Apocalypse: System of lotteries



Ming sat on the sofa, staring at Wendy in front of him, unsure of what to do next.

"Since you've joined the Ming family, make some contributions first."

As Ming spoke, he took out a storage box and placed it in front of Wendy, giving her a command: "Launch the fish attack at this box."

"Hehe…"

Wendy's eyes were blank, and she didn't move or react at all.

Hiss~

Ming took a deep breath, wondering why Wendy did not react now before she had just squatted down, stood up, and walked two steps earlier. Did something go wrong?

It couldn't be, could it? Although Alan's puppet control was a bit off, his puppets could still do some dancing, handstands, and splits. But his puppet did not react at all? There must be a problem somewhere.

Ming checked his attribute panel, opened the Puppeteer secondary profession page, and examined the puppet slot.

Checking Wendy:

[Ming's Wendy]

[Exclusive Skill: Fish Swarm Attack, requires 200 spirit energy consumption]

[Exclusive Skill: Scale Scraper, requires 2 spirit energy consumption]

[Exclusive Talent: Immunity to Water-related Effects]

"…"

"So that's how it is?"

Ming finally understood that puppets also needed to consume spirit energy to use their skills. From the two skills listed above, special skills like Fish Swarm Attack had massive energy consumption, similar to car bombs. However, such consumption didn't seem to be a big deal for Ming.

Ming took out a spirit energy bracelet and said to Wendy, "Raise your arm~"

As Wendy raised her arm, Ming placed the spirit energy bracelet on her wrist, allowing her to access the energy she needed. Now, with the necessary spirit energy, Wendy should be able to execute Ming's commands and use her skills.

Wendy suddenly raised her arm... Ming dodged... He almost got hit by this 'uppercut' on his chin.

"Lift your arm gently, up to chest level, straighten it, and level your palm..."

"Don't move randomly, you don't need to raise that arm, put it down, right... not both arms down."

"What I meant was put down your left arm, alright, stretching out your left arm works too..."

"I said left arm would be fine... never mind, let's start over..."

"Put down your right arm, no, put down your left arm, raise your right arm, straighten it in front of your chest, palm facing down towards me..."

"..."

[Your foodie doesn't understand what Ming is doing... Da Vinci rubs the foodie's belly, saying that the little frog doesn't need to know so much; Ming is checking Wendy's body...]

[Foodie is puzzled, wondering why he's checking her body... Da Vinci pats Foodie's head, saying seriously that there's no need for it to know so much... foodie looks at Da Vinci, thinking that also he doesn't know...]

"I got it~" Ming touched his nose tip, thinking of the puppeteer from the 109th zone. After each bridging, they needed to spend some time consolidating the bridge and even more time for integration.

After all, the interaction between a puppeteer and a puppet crossed two minds, using invisible and intangible mental ideas to communicate. It was impossible to immediately achieve perfect coordination as if they were one entity. It seemed that controlling puppets couldn't be rushed.

"Stretch your hand towards me, right, keep this position, and don't move."

"Bring your fingers together and slightly contract the space between them... come on, I said contract! Not clenching your fist!"

"..."

Ming slapped his forehead, feeling impatient. He was relying on these puppets to help him defeat the five-star king-level enemies.

"Damn it, I hope I won't end up like Alan."

[Your frog babies watch you grab Wendy's hand, putting a bracelet with a faint blue glow on her wrist. The frog babies look at each other, hugging each other, and sticking out their tongues... Wow, Ming is proposing...]

[Your frog babies squat in the bear's paw, rubbing against the soft flesh in the middle... They tell the little bear that when it grows up, it can also find a little bear... Mmm, the honey on the bear's paw is so sweet...]

[Your frogs wish you and Wendy happiness, everlasting love, and abundant wealth...]

"Come on, launch the fish swarm attack at this storage box..."

Ming issued the command to Wendy and ignored the two frogs, already used to their nonsense.

Splash! Wendy launched the attack at the storage box, filling it with fish, totaling dozens of them.

Seeing the box full of fresh fish, Ming smiled, satisfied with his first time controlling Wendy. However, he decided to use her skill sparingly until absolutely necessary.

It was very uneconomical to exchange 200 spirit energy for dozens of fish at current prices. After all, he had plenty of food, and the fish obtained with 200 spirit energy would be better spent summoning more car bombs.

[Your Da Vinci tells foodie that it's a gift from Wendy to Ming... Foodie thinks Wendy's ability to conjure fish out of thin air is amazing, and it hops in front of her, croaking, asking her to create a sister for the lonely koi...]

[Your foodie feels you picking it up and tossing it aside, and it looks at you, thinking that Ming needs to learn to share. Wendy was brought back by Da Vinci for you, so Wendy belongs to everyone... Sharing just one fish wouldn't hurt...]

"Eh?" Ming suddenly thought, since it takes time for a puppet to get used to following orders, wouldn't she be able to perform tasks she's already familiar with without any adjustment?

He immediately threw her the lotus knife, which originally belonged to her, and gave her a command, "Scrape the scales off a fish and let's see."

Swish! Wendy quickly squatted beside the box of fish, grabbed a fish, slammed it on the ground... used the lotus knife to horizontally scrape off the scales... dissected it... pulled out the innards, leaving the fish maw, and stuffed it back... then threw the fish towards Ming... and reached out her hand to ask for money... (The whole process took 12.4139881 seconds)

"..."

As expected from him, the fish scales were scraped off very cleanly. Wendy could not only catch fish but also kill and clean them, making her an excellent helper in daily life.

However, her audacity to ask for money from him was outrageous...

That's right, Wendy should have money on her, right? Not handing it over to the family account and keeping it for yourself is unacceptable!

"Give me the money." Ming handed the prescription to Wendy. After all, the money would be of no use to her, but if he had it, he could buy her facial masks and other things.

How nice～

[Skill activated, received 6000 gold coins from the other party]

"Oh, my God!" The moment Ming received this information, he got goosebumps. Why was there so much money?

No, no, it must be because the two frogs gave their blessings earlier. Oh my, these two silly creatures always bring unexpected surprises.

Not bad, not bad～

Ding~ received 6000 gold coins

"Haha~" As expected, Wendy had been hiding money behind, and quite a lot of it too. This was outrageous! Hand it all over!

Five minutes later, Ming handed the prescription to Wendy again.

[Skill activated, received 10000 gold coins from the other party]

Ding~ received 4000 gold coins

[No more money, items offered as payment]

Ding~ received yoga pants, a small top, a headband, earrings, a necklace, ***, ***, ***, shoes, and socks.

"…"

[Your frog babies stared with wide eyes...]

[Da Vinci covered the foodie's eyes and told the little bear to cover its own, asking them to leave... Foodie didn't understand why they had to leave, but after a slap from Da Vinci, it got the message...]

[Your frogs took the little bear and left the basement, coming to a room outside... Da Vinci sighed with satisfaction, feeling that everything was finally complete... One minute later, they saw you coming out, and Wendy followed you and the little bear back to the basement to sleep...]

[Your frogs looked at the neatly dressed Wendy... Foodie told Da Vinci that Ming was a decent person... Da Vinci slapped the foodie's belly hard, saying that this was not the time for him to be decent...]