Infinite Disasters: I Hoarded My Way to Godhood novel Chapter 58

Chapter 58: Chapter 58: Silver Treasure Chest, Skill Upgrade Card

[Ding! Survival Game - The Insect Frenzy - Instance Ended!]

[Ding! Worker Talent - Stealing Master Agreement - Ability activated!]

[Please select one Ability from the Perfumer Profession: ’Sleeping Fragrance’ or ’Sweet Fragrance’.]

[Ding! Experience requirements met. Player Level successfully increased to Level 2.]

[Ding! Detected Player has reached Level 2. The Disaster System’s newbie mode has ended. Future instances will be more dangerous, and Players must explore on their own to make new discoveries!]

Seraphina Sullivan felt a wave of intense dizziness, as if the whole world was spinning madly.

Unlike her two previous, calm returns, this teleportation was agonizing. The system had forcibly terminated the instance, and the process made her stomach churn violently.

"BLEGH—" She collapsed to her knees, her vision going black.

The next moment, the familiar outlines of her furniture gradually came into focus.

She was back in her own apartment.

The clock showed that only a few minutes had passed since she entered the instance.

Before she could even recover, a series of system notifications exploded in her mind.

But Seraphina was too exhausted to deal with them right now. She dragged her weary body over to the sofa, collapsed onto it, and instantly fell into a deep sleep.

An hour later, Seraphina bolted awake, her forehead covered in cold sweat.

She’d had a short nightmare, dreaming that she was being torn apart by countless swarms of insects.

After taking a few deep breaths to calm herself, she began to review the perilous instance she had just experienced.

"This time really taught me a lesson..." she muttered to herself with a wry smile, pouring a glass of warm water.

The warm water sliding down her throat helped her wake up completely.

The thought of Tina Lewis, a High Rank player, still made Seraphina’s heart pound with fear. ’If it’s possible to encounter Advanced Players like her illegally entering instances, then there’s no way for regular Players to survive.’

She couldn’t help but feel relieved that the system had finally intervened and identified Tina Lewis’s non-Azure Star identity. Otherwise, the 24-hour pursuit by The Swarm would have been an absolute death sentence.

What left an even deeper impression on her was the system penalty triggered when Tina Lewis revealed her Player identity.

’This penalty mechanism is a bit strange...’ Seraphina frowned in thought. ’Caleb Chase had obviously guessed our "outsider" identity, but as long as we didn’t explicitly reveal it ourselves, it seemed the penalty wouldn’t trigger.’

She recalled the details of that moment.

When Justin Brooks claimed to be a "soldier," it aroused Caleb Chase’s suspicion, but the system didn’t issue a penalty.

But when Tina Lewis directly said keywords like "Player" and "instance," the penalty mechanism was triggered.

’It seems the system’s criteria for a violation is "explicitly revealing," not "being figured out by the Native People,"’ Seraphina concluded. ’That’s a loophole I can exploit.’

She called up her system panel to check the notifications she had ignored earlier.

Seraphina took a deep breath and turned her attention to the final tally for her most prized Worker Talent.

On the system panel.

The two skill options for the [Perfumer] Profession shimmered with a faint light:

[Sleeping Fragrance] - Hypnotizes a target, putting them into a state of Sleep.

[Sweet Fragrance] - Charms a target, briefly taking Control of its actions.

’Which one should I choose?’ she bit her lower lip, conflicted.

The hypnotic effect of Sleeping Fragrance had proven its worth multiple times in the instance, but the Control Ability of Sweet Fragrance was just as tempting.

Especially after witnessing a dangerous Player like Tina Lewis, a Skill that could briefly Control an enemy seemed particularly valuable.

After a fierce internal debate, Seraphina finally chose [Sweet Fragrance].

"A Control Skill is more important at this stage," she murmured to herself. "When facing a powerful enemy, even just a few seconds of Control is enough to turn the tide of battle."

As she made her choice, a warm current flowed into her throat, and she could feel that she had gained a more precise Ability to Control fragrances.

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