The Double Drop Buff Surviving The Endless Ocean novel Chapter 167

Chapter 167

Leeanne waved her hand. “Let’s go back and chop some trees!”

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They returned to the yellow pomelo wood forest. Leeanne took out her iron axe, but after a moment’s thought, she pulled out Barrow’s handsaw, deciding to give it a try.

With the handsaw in hand, she made a few light strokes across the yellow pomelo tree. After a few more cuts, the tree snapped with a loud crack.

[You have chopped down 1 Advanced Yellow Pomelo Tree. With Gatherer’s Luck active today, you scored a critical hit x100, obtaining 1000 Advanced Yellow Pomelo Wood. The wood has been added to your backpack.]

‘Holy crap!‘ Leeanne thought to herself, stunned.

She opened her backpack again, just to double–check.

A x100 critical hit, for real! That felt amazing. I’ve never gotten anything close to this with my iron axe, she thought, still thrilled.

Is this plain, crude handsaw actually some kind of treasure?‘ Leeanne wondered.

No doubt about it. the handsaw sliced through the wood effortlessly, not a single bit of resistance.

Apprentice 23 said quietly, “This was a gift from Bob to Bob 13. It’s not just sharp and sturdy. It even adds a bit of luck. It’s a real treasure. Bob made it look ordinary so no one would covet it. Who would’ve thought your habit of picking up everything, even junk, would actually help you out and let you stumble on a treasure?”

Leeanne was speechless.

“Don’t slander me! I’m not that kind of person!” Leeanne protested.

‘Who am I kidding? It’s just because I’m broke,‘ Leeanne thought to herself.

This was a game, and folks like Bob, Lucas, and the others are all non–player characters. Sure, they act smart, but they’re still bound by their programming and have to stick to certain rules.

Since Bob and Lucas have shown up in the game, it means players are meant to interact with them. Some items and skills can only be unlocked through non–player characters.

Take Bob’s treasure, the wood on this island, or the skills from Lucas and Apprentice 23. They were all set up for players to discover or use.

Whether they could actually get their hands on them or pick up those skills, well, that was all up to their own skills and luck.

If Leeanne hadn’t used this handsaw, there was no way she could’ve harvested so much wood in such a short time.

With the handsaw and Gatherer’s Luck, she racked up 3,500 wood in just three hours. She totally exceeded her target

She absolutely went above and beyond.

Leeanne stopped chopping, sat back in a wooden chair, and enjoyed the view around her.

It was already evening, and Bob’s family liked things neat, streetlights lined both sides of the stone path, spaced every so often, so the forest was still faintly visible in the dim glow.

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In the yellow pomelo wood forest, colorful butterfies danced through the air tight, their wing dimmed with shutting rainbow colors, not all at once, but sometimes red sometimes green like a spinning light foow

For some reason, Leeanne suddenly thought of the sea demon vine–it could flow like that too

The butterflies and the sea demon vine oddly matched each other.

If Apprentice 23 hadn’t warned her that the Prism Botterflies were trouble, she would’ve definitely tried to catch a few

It had already been seven or eight hours, and time was running out

Leeanne checked in with Rodger and the others. All the squads had finished their tasks and even went a bit over their qual

With only an hour or two left, Leeanne thought, What should I do now?

Leeanne remembered the mulberries. Jessica had just messaged her, raving about how they tasted, so much bemer than an she’d had before

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“Yeah, Bar’s nest asking for any special terms or wood. He just wants to take a look around. That’s really not a big deal.

Lease, don’t be worth is not like you and Robin have any real beef”

Leanne was getting irritated. She’d already been ignoring Robin, so why was he still clinging to her like a leech, always trying to make a five?

Without saying a word, she posted all of Robin’s private chats straight into the public channel.

Everyone went through the messages, and suddenly it all made sense.

“Man. Rekao sneaky. He acts like he only wants to visit the island in public, but in private, he’s got a whole list of dem

“Yeah, and he even did a countdown, who does he think he is, acting all high and mighty? If it were me, I wouldn’t take his

“Two–faced mache Robin’s got some nerve!”

Damn, we got played

“I told you guys ages ago. Robin’s a total snake, a backstabber. And you still defended him.”

Robin shot back, “When Leeanne was selling those teleportation cards, wasn’t she the same? Just negotiating, what’s wrong With that?”

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thing wrong. ‘Didn’t Leeanne do the same? And Enrique did it too, maybe even more so. in the next guy?‘ he thought.

ightforward. What you see is what you get. But you? You put on a front for everyone, then act eir backs. That’s the real difference, you know?]

eeanne messes with people, but at least she does it openly. You? You’re sneaky, always going behind

Reed: [I just want to get on the island, that’s all. Fine, I’ve got a Summoning Token. Whoever on the island can

ne over, I’ll make it worth your while!]

he frowned and immediately messaged the Assault Squad group chat: [Let everyone on the island know. If anyone e the rule by summoning someone else here, both of them will be dumped outside the safe zone. After that, they’re on own, life or death!]

only felt even a little safe because Apprentice 49 and Apprentice 23 were with her and knew the way. For anyone else, aving the safe zone was basically suicide.

The squad leaders had already set up a group chat for the island players to make things easier, so they hurriedly passed Jeanne’s warning along to everyone.

Robin kept shouting in the chat: Whoever can pull me onto the island, I’ll reward you big time! You all know I’ve got plenty

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nett chimed in: [Don’t fall for it, guys, his dude’s flat broke now!]

pike added: If you dare summon Robin to the island, you won’t even know what hit you!!

Eliery agreed (Yeah, everyone, be smart, don’t let him scam you l

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