50: Chapter 50 Mental Potion

"Brother, what's your card number? Let me transfer the money to you."

Li Qing held his phone, his face full of excitement.

Jiang He felt even more helpless; he really didn't know what Li Qing was so excited about. Was it because he earned five hundred yuan?

Jiang He waved his hand. "I was just teasing you. This money belongs to you; I don't want it."

"Huh? No, no, no, that won't do. You killed the BOSS; I was just tagging along behind you. Why should I get it all?"

Hearing this, Jiang He felt a warmth in his heart.

Li Qing might be a little greedy for money, but he wasn't the type to abandon his principles for it.

Come to think of it, he was actually quite similar to how Jiang He had been back when he was living in that rental apartment.

"If I say it's yours, it's yours. Do you really think I'm short on that 150,000?"

Jiang He chuckled to himself. He still had over fifty thousand gold coins. Each one was worth ten thousand; he was rolling in money now.

After repeated refusals, Li Qing, wanting to show his gratitude, rushed to the supermarket and bought a ton of food, insisting that they have a good drink together.

Jiang He naturally wouldn't refuse a meal. After downing a few beers, Li Qing began to talk incessantly.

"Brother, do you know? This is the first bucket of gold I've ever earned in my life."

"If it weren't for you, I probably wouldn't even be able to pay next month's rent."

Seeing his reaction, Jiang He took a sip of his own drink. He thought back to the scene when he and Zhao Yun had first earned money while living in their rental apartment.

It was just like this—emotionally overwhelmed and unable to contain himself.

"Qingzi, what are your plans for the future?"

"Plans? I plan to play the game well and earn more money."

"Uh... I'm asking about your plans in reality."

"Reality? What kind of plans could I have in reality? Of course, it's to earn money, buy a gaming pod, and lie inside it to make money from the game."

Fine, forget I asked.

Jiang He sighed. He really didn't know if the appearance of Immortal Domain was a good or bad thing.

The benefit was that it could indeed realize many superhuman technologies.

But the downside was that it made many people addicted, preferring to live in a virtual world rather than face reality.

Just then, Jiang He's phone rang.

"Son, come to the hospital quickly, Mumu she..." Mother Jiang's voice trailed off, and she began to sob uncontrollably.

Upon hearing this, Jiang He's heart skipped a beat. "Mom, don't panic, I'm coming over right now."

Ten minutes later, Jiang He arrived at the hospital. His uncle, aunt, and mother were sitting in the hospital room, wiping away tears.

Mumu was still lying on the bed, just as calm as ever.

Jiang He let out a sigh of relief. "Mom, what's going on? Why were you crying on the phone?"

Throughout the trip, Jiang He's heart had been in his throat. What he feared most was something happening to Mumu.

For a brain-dead patient like Mumu, it wasn't uncommon for them to live for eight or ten years without danger. But there were also plenty who would suddenly die from complications.

"The doctor just came by for a check-up and said... said that Mumu seems to be showing signs of waking up," Mother Jiang said, crying.

"That's right, I just saw Mumu's finger move a moment ago," the aunt said, crying.

Jiang He frowned and pondered. He was wondering what exactly had happened to Mumu today.

He had changed her equipment and leveled up by killing a BOSS. It seemed like nothing else special had happened, right?

Suddenly, he looked at the time on his phone. 12:00 PM. It had been three hours since he logged off.

Could something have happened during that time?

The more Jiang He thought about it, the more something felt off, so he hurriedly left the hospital and rushed home. Back home, he put on his helmet and entered the game.

He opened the chat. [Chuan Liu Bu Xi]: Where are you guys?

[Luo Yao]: Uh... how did you log on so quickly? (Coordinates)

Seeing the coordinates, it was at an inn in Chang'an City. Many players usually chose to AFK here. Even after logging off, they could still gain offline experience.

But it wasn't free. It required money to unlock. The cheapest one still cost 10 copper coins.

He arrived at the inn room. Mumu, Xiao Yao, and Xiaoxue were sitting in the room chatting.

Jiang He hurriedly asked what they had been doing during the three hours he was logged off.

They all shook their heads. They said that after he logged off, they took Mumu to walk around Chang'an City. Once they had walked enough, they rented a room to chat.

It sounded completely normal. Now Jiang He had a headache; he had thought he found a way to make Mumu wake up, but in the end... he had gained nothing.

Jiang He described the reaction of the real-world Mumu.

"Really? That's great! I'm going to wake up!" Mumu stomped her feet in joy. Xiao Yao and Xiaoxue also happily wiped away tears.

But after hearing what Jiang He said next, everyone quieted down. Then, they began to analyze it frame by frame.

From the moment Jiang He logged off, they returned to Chang'an. This included the route they took and the players they encountered. Mumu had even picked some wildflowers, and they recounted everything in great detail.

Later, they talked about how they came to the inn. With nothing to do, Mumu sat on the bed and started opening blind boxes (First Kill Treasure Chests). She opened some low-level equipment and a few bottles of recovery potions.

Then, the three girls hit it off. Mumu suggested they become sworn sisters.

At the time, she took out the recovery potions she had gotten from opening the blind boxes, gave one to each of them, and drank them in place of wine...

"Wait." Jiang He interrupted here. "What did you drink?"

Mumu took a small blue potion bottle out of her bag and handed it over. "It's this."

[Spirit Potion] Upon use: Restores 50 Energy points within 10 seconds.

Jiang He frowned. Isn't this just a very ordinary mana recovery potion? Although the store function hadn't been opened yet.

But this kind of potion was already circulating in the market. Basically, they were all obtained from BOSS treasure chests.

Although it only restored 50 Energy points in 10 seconds, it was still considered a rare item. After all, classes like Mages and Priests were indeed very mana-intensive.

Especially when grinding a BOSS, relying on time to slowly recover mana was simply too slow.

Jiang He began to voice his hypothesis. "I suspect that this potion helps with Mumu's awakening."

Everyone was overjoyed at the same time. But a few seconds later, they looked troubled. Because at this stage, there was no other way to obtain this item other than opening treasure chests.

"How many treasure chests do you have on hand?" Xiao Yao understood immediately.

After sending many messages, she said, "I don't have any left. I opened them right after I got them." Xiaoxue also shook her head.

Jiang He glanced at his backpack. 109 of them. Fortunately, he was a bit lazy; since the Novice Village, he hadn't opened any of the treasure chests he had obtained.

He threw all the treasure chests on the ground. "Come on, let's open them together."

Soon, all the treasure chests were opened. Everyone looked disappointed—only 5 bottles were opened? This probability was shockingly low!

Just then, a group of people arrived outside the inn room. A Priest walked in. "Miss, the treasure chests you asked for, our Bai Clan has currently gathered 980 of them."

Following closely behind, three familiar figures walked in. "Xiao Yao, you haven't been very well-behaved lately. How did you get into opening blind boxes?"

"That's right, Xiao Yao. These are basically all trash inside. It's fine to open a few for fun, but why did you say you wanted as many as you could get?"

Zhao Yun, Blood Blade, and Old Demon walked in. As soon as they finished speaking, they saw Jiang He sitting on the floor. They were all shocked. "Holy crap, it's you?"