Chapter 25.13: Unlocking the Character! Tonight's Pull!
[ At the same time, the video on the screen began to play once again.
As expected, a shadow of Abby appeared within the Echo on Rover's right hand, effortlessly absorbing all the Echoes left behind by the Crownless.
After it ended, Rover saw some blurry images due to the Crownless's memories.
Chixia, on the other hand, immediately raised her small hand with a face full of excitement, expressing her curiosity about this powerful force.
Chixia: "This… what kind of power is this? You been playin' the fool all along?"
Chixia: "I've never seen a Resonance Ability quite like this. You got any other tricks up your sleeve? Like, eating a whole Tacet Discord? Grilling Echoes alive?"
While speaking, Chixia had already familiarly blinked her big eyes and moved to Rover's left side.
Rover immediately expressed that they did not know the culinary skills the young girl was talking about.
Chixia: "I heard someone tried cooking Gulpuffs before. Wasn't it a famous dish from some region? And they even made it a local speciality, didn't they?" ]
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〜Exposure Chat Group〜
Gulpuffs: "??? No, who did we provoke? You want to turn us into a dish?"
Gulpuffs King: "Damn it, to dare use my kin as food, this is simply frenzied madness. ⦍FuriousJinhsi.jpeg⦎"
Chixia: "Uh… looking at it now, it does seem quite cruel, haha. ⦍ShakesheadJinhsi.jpeg⦎"
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[ In the video, after Rover chatted with the three girls for a while, Yangyang and the others' Pangu Terminals also regained their signal.
After Chixia accepted the signal, a beautiful woman with white twin-tails, dressed in white clothes, immediately appeared before their eyes.
Yangyang: "This is… a Jinzhou-wide holographic message from the Jinzhou Magistrate's Court."
After Yangyang's explanation, that holographic image began to speak with a face full of majesty.
/Jinhsi: "To the soldiers and people situated in Jinzhou, pardon this intrusion."
/Jinhsi: "I am the current Magistrate of Jinzhou—Jinhsi."
/Jinhsi: "As the Moon-Chasing Festival approaches, Jinzhou welcomes guests from all directions. The festivities are highly anticipated by our people, and I, too, share in this joyful sentiment."
/Jinhsi: "Jinzhou has stood in Huanglong until today as the frontline pass and perilous ground for Huanglong's defense against the Tacet Discord outbreaks. Since the establishment of the state, it has shouldered the heavy burden of war, where retreat is impossible, and failure is not an option."
/Jinhsi: "It is due to the soldiers of Jinzhou who faithfully stand guard at the borders, and the protection of the dedicated, enthusiastic people."
/Jinhsi: "Only then can we have such a peaceful and prosperous Jinzhou, presenting such a shining appearance to the world."
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/Jinhsi: "Therefore, I have a matter to ask of everyone."
/Jinhsi: "Among the arriving guests, there is one guest who is very important to me, to Jinzhou, and even to the entire Huanglong."
When speaking to this point, the projected Jinhsi raised her right hand to her chest to show respect.
/Jinhsi: "We have awaited your arrival for a long time."
/Jinhsi: "Given the circumstances, you may be feeling bewildered at this time."
/Jinhsi: "You should have noticed some strange happenings related to you."
/Jinhsi: "If you are currently staying within the territory of Jinzhou and are willing to spare a moment, may I invite you to meet at the Magistrate's Court within Jinzhou City?"
/Jinhsi: "Although I cannot guarantee to fully answer your doubts, if possible, I hope to assist a little or provide some permissions to facilitate your actions."
/Jinhsi: "This is not a restriction, merely a request. You have the freedom to choose any action."
/Jinhsi: "Therefore, I also ask all soldiers and people of Jinzhou here, if there is a chance, please make things convenient for the guest and look after them."
Speaking to the end, she left behind a smiling face… and the holographic message vanished. ]
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[ ~Ding! Unlocked character Jinhsi's extraction. ]
[ Each extraction requires 160 Astrites. 80 pulls guarantee obtaining Jinhsi or characters such as (Calcharo, Lingyang, Encore, Verina, Jianxin, etc.). ]
[ Every 160 pulls guarantees obtaining the character Jinhsi. ]
[ The character has a total of 6 Resonance Chains. If an outsider extracts them, aside from being able to use the character Jinhsi during the challenge game, each chain will increase your understanding of the Power of Spectro by 20% of Jinhsi's (value taken from the early Tsunami class). ]
[ If Jinhsi herself extracts the Resonance Chains, each chain will correspond to specific mechanisms and abilities. ]
〜Exposure Chat Group〜
Chat Group Crowd: "??? What the hell? Does this mean as long as we pull a full chain… we directly ascend to 120% of Magistrate Jinhsi's strength level? ⦍ShockedJinhsi.jpeg⦎"
Jiyan: "If all the people of Jinzhou were to have max Resonance, what kind of scene would that be?"
Changli: "A state full of max Resonance Jinhsis, that… is that really possible? ⦍SmirksJinhsi.jpeg⦎"
Jinhsi: "…..What is all this? But from this, the importance of Astrites is certainly highlighted. ⦍SolemnJinhsi.jpeg⦎"
Iuno: "That stuff has never not been important, okay? It's a pity, clearly there was a chance to acquire them at a low price before. ⦍BitterJinhsi.jpeg⦎"
Cantarella: "It was already speculated up to a ratio of 100 to 1, now I'm afraid it's going to grow crazily again. ⦍SmilesBitterlyJinhsi.jpeg⦎"
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After unlocking Jinhsi's character extraction, absolutely no one cared about the so-called character strength review.
Anyway, after seeing the effect of those so-called Resonance Chains, there wasn't a single person or Tacet Discord who wouldn't want to extract it.
〜Seven Hills〜
"Augusta, how many Astrites did we receive before? Why do I suddenly feel like even a hundred million of these things wouldn't be enough for me?"
Iuno immediately found Augusta and asked about their previous harvest.
"The entire population of Seven Hills, plus those Tacet Discords and Echoes willing to sell… adding it all together, it's only 128,964 Astrites."
"If I had known it would be like this, I should have directly gone outside Seven Hills to buy at the highest price."
"Whether it's a 100 to 1 or 500 to 1, or even a 1000 to 1 ratio, the value is far greater than that."
Augusta responded with some annoyance; clearly, she felt that for this major error in decision-making, she had to bear most of the responsibility.
"Sigh. Only close to one hundred and thirty thousand? It feels far from enough… I'm afraid it's at most enough to extract one max Resonance."
"But there's no helping it. The Astrites everyone randomly obtained were limited to begin with. We can only look forward to more fusions of Seven-Colored Treasure Chests."
Seeing this, Iuno also spoke the crux of the matter; the root cause was still that this wave of Astrites was too scarce.
Originally, only a portion of people had harvested Astrites, and naturally, among them, there were some unwilling to sell. Plus, there were others secretly collecting them.
Calculating it carefully like this, getting close to one hundred and thirty thousand Astrites—if it weren't for Augusta being quite popular in Seven Hills, it would have been absolutely impossible to reach this amount.
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