Chapter 17: The Unknown Sense of Anticipation
Xanthia felt that this item was incredibly ruthless— how much "pain value" could it extract?
She compared this item to the genjutsu "Tsukuyomi" from "Naruto," except it was a one-time use. Essentially, it pulled the target into a "Tsukuyomi space," forcing them to experience intense pain. After awakening, some might grow from the experience, while others might succumb to despair.
This item needed to be used cautiously. It wasn’t entirely a negative tool—
A false rebirth memory might cause someone to have a great epiphany, mistakenly thinking they had truly been reborn, thus seizing the present with newfound determination.
After opening the three blind boxes, Xanthia was generally satisfied with the results. At least it wasn't a complete failure where all she got were white-quality "stamina potions" or "energy potions."
She had to admit that opening blind boxes, similar to playing gacha games, indeed had an addictive thrill, with an anticipation for the unknown.
However, Xanthia had strong self-control. Just as she had played gacha games for free in her past life, she found opening blind boxes fun and was tempted by the quirky items and summoned beasts in the system store. Yet, this didn’t change her current strategy, which was to focus on accumulating happiness points. As for pain points, she would collect them as they came.
With this mindset, Xanthia went to sleep happily, steadily accumulating happiness points.
As she continued converting happiness points into "constitution" attribute points, she felt her body growing healthier. She believed a strong body was fundamental. With it, she could engage in more thrilling extreme sports to accumulate even more happiness points, creating a positive feedback loop.
In fact, she had been a competitive sports enthusiast in her past life, always fantasizing about wearing the national flag and winning glory for her country, a thought that brought her immense joy.
Unfortunately, she lacked the talent in her past life. But in this life, with the system's help, it was different. As long as she kept getting stronger, anything was possible!