Unreliable Sword Immortal

Chapter 1: Occasionally Unreliable System

Grand Dust Sword World, Newbie Village No. 523131241, Tianxing Island, Boiling Blood Lion Mountain, at the foot of the mountain.

Lu Chaoding stood expressionless, like a wooden man.

"Hey, brother, hurry up and choose a profession!"

"Why are you hesitating? We agreed on choosing Sword Demon, hurry up!"

"Hey, brother, show some team spirit, be reliable!"

Seven players urged Lu Chaoding beside him.

Lu Chaoding rubbed his temples.

In front of him was a giant sword statue, where players could choose their professions. Normally, players could choose from four professions: [Sword Immortal], [Sword Saint], [Sword God], and [Sword Demon].

The other seven players who arrived with Lu Chaoding had already chosen their professions: four Sword Gods, two Sword Saints, and one Sword Demon!

Now it was his turn to choose a profession, and according to the previous agreement, he was supposed to choose Sword Demon.

But...

The giant sword statue emitted a golden light, and the system announcement sounded: "Congratulations to player Lu Chaoding for becoming a Sword Immortal!"

"Oh no, why did you choose Sword Immortal?"

"Bro, are you deliberately causing trouble?"

"We agreed on choosing Sword Demon, why did you choose this trash Sword Immortal?"

"We're missing one Sword Demon, how can we form a party?"

"Are you playing with us?"

"What a big disappointment!"

Other players around Lu Chaoding were furious when they saw him choose Sword Immortal, cursing and stomping their feet.

Lu Chaoding put his hands in his pockets, pretending to be clueless, and said, "Oops, my hand slipped... my hand slipped..."

He felt wronged too.

He didn't want to deceive them!

He had no choice!

He had his own grievances!

Yesterday, Lu Chaoding was still a passionate young man on Earth, but when he woke up this morning, he found himself in a small dark room and encountered a system that looked like a light bulb.

That system told him that the newly discovered real game world, Grand Dust Sword World, was about to enter public beta and would be open to Earth players. He obtained the qualification to play the game and explore this new world with players from the entire universe.

But just as the system was guiding him into the game world, it suddenly encountered a mysterious malfunction. In short, the system said it gave up setting up servers on Earth, and Lu Chaoding became the first and last Earth player in Grand Dust Sword World.

What's even more unbelievable was that Lu Chaoding discovered that he was bound to an "Occasionally Unreliable System."

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Occasionally Unreliable System: This system, apart from occasionally being unreliable, has no other problems.

System functions: In order to provide players with a better gaming experience, this system hijacks the Grand Dust Sword World game system to automatically modify task content, objectives, and rewards.

Current task tracking: [Profession Selection]

Task description: Choose one of the four professions: Sword Immortal, Sword Saint, Sword God, or Sword Demon, and upon completion, receive a lottery ticket as a reward.

Modified content: Choose one of the four professions: Sword Immortal, Sword Immortal, Sword Immortal, or Sword Immortal, and upon completion, receive an unreliable lottery ticket as a reward.

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Lu Chaoding was dumbfounded at that time.

Damn it, it only allowed him to choose Sword Immortal!

What could he do?

"This damn system is definitely an unfinished product! If it keeps modifying tasks like this in the future, can we still enjoy playing?"

Lu Chaoding felt uneasy.

At this moment, a tall player next to him pressed his palm to signal everyone to be quiet. He loudly said, "Forget it, forget it. If he chose Sword Immortal, then Sword Immortal it is. After all, among the eight of us, there's still one Sword Demon, me. So, let's all go and draw lots together at the prize pool over there!"

As he spoke, he beckoned everyone to go to the sparkling crystal platform nearby.

Lu Chaoding followed a few steps and immediately saw the attribute information of the crystal platform.

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Name: Destiny Platform

Function: [Respawn Point], players can bind to this respawn point.

Function: [Quick Recovery], players can quickly recover their health at the Destiny Platform.

Function: [Regular Prize Pool], players can consume lottery tickets here to draw prizes, with a high chance of obtaining one-star items (white light), a low chance of obtaining two-star items (green light), a very low chance of obtaining three-star items (blue light), an extremely low chance of obtaining four-star items (purple light), and an extremely, extremely low chance of obtaining five-star items (golden light).

Limited-time privilege 1: Within the first month of the novice period, when drawing lots here, ten draws guarantee a green light, a hundred draws guarantee a blue light, a thousand draws guarantee a purple light, and ten thousand draws guarantee a golden light.

Limited-time privilege 2: Within the first month of the novice period, when drawing lots here, the chances of obtaining the five-star weapon [Heavenly Dragon] and the four-star outfit [Divine Perception], as well as the three-star weapon [Taiyi Radiance] and the three-star outfit [Vanguard Robe], are greatly increased.

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Just as Lu Chaoding finished reading the attribute information of the Destiny Platform, he received a system prompt: "Ding, you have discovered the Destiny Platform. Receive the task [Lottery]: Use a lottery ticket to draw once at the Destiny Platform. After completing the task, you will receive 10 gold coins as a reward."

"Ding, Occasionally Unreliable System activated, updating tracked task, modifying task content: Use a lottery ticket to draw once at the Destiny Platform. After completing the task, you will lose 10 gold coins as a reward."

"What the hell..."

Lu Chaoding widened his eyes, almost spitting out blood!

Reward: Minus ten gold coins!

Is this unreliable?

This is simply outrageous!

Can't you stop tricking the host?

"Damn system, if you keep causing trouble like this, I won't play anymore!"

Lu Chaoding stopped in his tracks.

Can we still draw this prize?

At this moment, the tall player who had been shouting earlier stepped onto the crystal platform. His face was filled with joy as he bowed to the crowd below and said, "Dear friends from the starry universe, I am delighted to be here with you all! To be honest, I am Zhao Weike, the little prince of Titan Star and Bear Country. I have had the privilege of experiencing three closed beta tests!"

Immediately, cheers erupted from the audience.

"I can't believe I'm in the same village as a closed beta expert!"

"I'm going to stick with the expert from now on. Please guide me!"

"This is a sure thing!"

"Please carry me!"

"I heard that closed beta players start with ten lottery tickets. Is that true?"

"It's true!" Zhao Weike smiled brightly and continued, "It's fate that we meet each other. From now on, we are the closest partners. I hope everyone can work together and quickly complete the beginner village storyline, and then venture into the vast Great World. Now, let me start with a ten consecutive draw to liven up the atmosphere!"

"Thumbs up!"

"Support!"

"Wishing the expert good luck!"

"Draw gold, draw gold..."

The crowd below shouted like mindless fans.

Lu Chaoding felt disdain in his heart and thought to himself, "Isn't this just 'gacha'? Who hasn't seen it before? Is there a need to be so excited?"

Soon, Zhao Weike took out ten lottery tickets and generously scattered them.

Buzz!

Accompanied by a slight sound similar to a bell, the clouds in the air dispersed, and then nine white lights and one green light descended from the sky.

"Nine white, one green!"

"Ten consecutive guaranteed!"

"Prince, your luck is average!"

"Let's see what they got?"

The crowd below shouted again.

Lu Chaoding thought that the special effects of this lottery draw were decent, so he curiously looked up at the stage.

Ten orbs appeared in front of Zhao Weike, nine white and one green. He clicked on each one, and items and large characters appeared above them.

"Compressed biscuits!"

"Ordinary iron sword!"

"Gold yuan!"

"Fine iron ingot!"

"Compressed biscuits!"

"Brass ingot!"

"Black iron ingot!"

"Compressed biscuits!"

"Dried meat!"

"Combat skill manual [Blood Light Shield]!"

Among them, the two-star item was the combat skill manual [Blood Light Shield].

Seeing this lottery result on the Destiny Platform, Zhao Weike said, "The lottery mechanism in the Grand Dust Sword World is extremely unreliable. I'm already quite satisfied with getting a two-star combat skill and an iron sword."

He quickly put away his prizes and said to the crowd below, "It's your turn!"

"Alright, it's my turn!" a short and fat player named Zhang Defa stepped onto the Destiny Platform. "I'm Zhang Defa from the Lucky Star Chicken Country. Wish me luck, everyone!"

Zhang Defa threw a lottery ticket without hesitation and looked up at the sky with anticipation. As a result, a white light hit his face!

He received a compressed biscuit!

"Oh my, what kind of lottery is this? It's so unreliable!"

Zhang Defa's face became dejected, and he grumbled as he stepped down from the Destiny Platform.

The following players took turns to go up, each one full of confidence, but they all received white lights, and most of the items they drew were useless.

Soon, all seven players had finished drawing, but Lu Chaoding still stood with his hands in his pockets, motionless at the bottom of the platform.

"Hey, it's your turn, that guy!"

"Sword Immortal brother, it's time to draw!"

"Even if you draw, it will be a white light!"

"This lottery is really unreliable..."

"A bunch of Africans!" Faced with their taunts, Lu Chaoding's heart wavered slightly, and he thought, "Why not try my luck..."

At this moment, Zhao Weike also said to Lu Chaoding, "Whether you draw early or late, you still have to draw. Hurry up and draw. After we finish drawing, we'll form groups to challenge instances. There are so many beginner villages and players, the competition is fierce, so we need to act quickly!"

Lu Chaoding nodded and thought that Zhao Weike was right. Whether early or late, he still had to draw. He couldn't just give up on the lottery for the sake of ten yuan, right?

With this in mind, he took out the [Unreliable Lottery Ticket] from his storage space.

This lottery ticket looked no different from the other players' lottery tickets in appearance, but its attributes were different.

[Unreliable Lottery Ticket: Can be used to draw once on the Destiny Platform. This ticket randomly generates the winning probability and ignores the guaranteed draw mechanism. Random effect: greatly increases the chance of drawing a three-star item!]

"Randomly generates the winning probability? Greatly increases the chance of drawing a three-star item?"

Lu Chaoding couldn't help but be intrigued.

"It sounds quite unique. Why not give it a try? After all, I don't even have one gold yuan now. If I lose ten yuan, can it make my balance negative?"

With this in mind, he walked up to the Destiny Platform and said, "Do you all know what it means to be lucky?"

After saying that, he threw the unreliable lottery ticket in his hand. As the ticket turned into light and disappeared, the clouds in the sky dispersed, and then a dazzling blue light shot out like an arrow, landing straight in front of Lu Chaoding and turning into a blue orb.

(End of this chapter)