Infinite Disasters: I Hoarded My Way to Godhood novel Chapter 488

Chapter 488: Chapter 488: Player Key

Seraphina Sullivan’s Treasure Chest collection plan was officially underway.

With the comprehensive scouting provided by her [Bird Manipulation Technique] and [Pelican’s Eye], she marked, located, and then raced to each of the meteorite crash sites scattered across the wilderness.

The first Treasure Chest yielded a [lucky charm].

Even though it was just one item, anything that increased her luck attribute was definitely worth it.

The second crash site was not far from the first.

Seraphina and Flora arrived within minutes, riding the Four Seasons Deer Alpha.

It was a small crater left by a meteorite’s impact. The bottom was still steaming faintly, and the surrounding soil had been scorched black and glossy by the intense heat.

Seraphina hopped off the deer’s back, strode to the crater’s edge, and peered down—

It wasn’t a Treasure Chest.

It was a... gear?

A colorful, palm-sized gear, gleaming faintly in the darkness. 𝚏𝑟𝘦𝗲𝘸𝔢𝘣𝖓ℴ𝒗ⅇ𝑙.𝘤𝖔𝗆

The gear’s teeth were jagged, looking like a component from some precision instrument, yet it exuded an ineffable sense of mystery.

Seraphina reached out and picked it up.

A system prompt immediately appeared:

[Player Key]

[Type: Special Consumable / Credential]

[Effect: Upon use, grants one ordinary human or creature (non-Player) ’Player’ status, allowing them to officially enter the Disaster Game system and begin their path of survival through instances.]

[Note: This item cannot be used by those who already have Player status.]

Seraphina was stunned.

Then, she smiled.

’So... this is how the "one million Player slots" from Event One are being filled.’

She looked at the [Player Key] in her hand with mixed feelings.

This thing was useless to her, since she was already a Player.

But for Paul Payne, for Freya Lynn, for the countless ordinary people still struggling in the apocalypse—

This was a turning point in their destiny.

With it, they could become Players.

They could enter instances, gain Power, and change their lives.

"A good find," she murmured, carefully storing the [Player Key] in her Space.

’Doesn’t matter if I can use it or not. I’ll just hang onto it for now.’

She was just about to signal for Flora to leave when—

"Stop right there!"

Several figures shot out from the darkness, blocking their path.

Three men and a woman. Four of them.

They were all holding guns.

Their leader was a bald, burly man with a beefy face and a vicious glare.

He was holding a modified assault rifle, the muzzle aimed straight at Seraphina’s chest.

The other three also spread out in a fan shape, blocking all their escape routes.

"Hand over what was in the crater," the bald man’s voice rasped, thick with an unquestionable dominance. "Hand it over, and we’ll let you live."

Seraphina stood her ground, not moving.

Flora stood by her side, also not moving.

The expressions of the two were so calm it was eerie.

The bald man frowned.

He’d pulled plenty of heists and seen every kind of reaction—people who trembled in fear, people who knelt and begged for mercy, and people who fought to the death.

But he’d never seen anything like this.

Two women, with four guns pointed at them, had no trace of fear on their faces.

Something was wrong.

The smaller of the two women even had the faint beginnings of a smile playing on her lips.

"Are you deaf?" another, lanky man yelled impatiently. "Hand over the stuff! Didn’t you hear me?!"

Seraphina glanced at him.

Then, she smiled.

It was a faint, soft smile, but for some reason, an intense chill suddenly washed over the bald man.

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