In the game.
After the B-rank zone was closed, the team channel suddenly became lively, probably because Yue Cheng and He Yi had both joined the group chat.
Wen Shichun, sitting on the wooden chair, kept a calm expression, but his thin lips pressed together slightly.
His gaze was fixed on:
Chang Zhao: [Xiao Shi, why don't you spin? My luck has always been bad, I can't do it.]
Shen Jing was the first to support this suggestion. It was clear she had full confidence in their team's Xiao Shi.
Shen Jing: [Shi, you go ahead? (hands clasped together) (praying)]
Yue Cheng also popped up: [Brother, I believe in you. Brother’s luck is number one in the universe. If brother spins, he’ll definitely summon a top-rank reinforcement for us!]
That flattery was a bit over the top.
Chang Zhao quickly added: [Forget top-rank reinforcements, A-rank is fine, A-rank is enough! Xiao Shi! (hands clasped together)]
He Yi chimed in: [We've all seen Xiao Shi's luck firsthand. He’s been turning danger into safety since we entered the dungeon. Go ahead and spin, Xiao Shi. I believe in you too.]
Yue Cheng: [Shut up, don't call him that randomly.]
...
Looking at the messages in the team chat box, Xun Yi rubbed his forehead in frustration. He could practically see Chang Zhao’s excitement on the other side as he typed. These people really were treating the E-rank player as their leader now.
But… he himself also felt that E-rank could do it.
...
So, Xun Yi was wise enough to follow the good advice: [Shi, you go ahead and spin it.]
...
In the bedroom where the former victims used to live.
The system spoke: [Go on, spin it.]
Wen Shichun looked at the messages in the channel and took a deep breath.
Alright then.
He then switched his panel to the page of the Wheel of Fate.
However, as he raised his hand, the white-haired young man still sighed inwardly: Whether we can deal with those ghosts depends entirely on this spin of mine.
Upon hearing his thoughts, the system: [...]
The next second, it saw its host’s fair and slender finger press down on the spin button.
Without any warning.
But at the same moment, not only the players inside the instance, but everyone outside who was paying attention to this particular instance in the upgrade zone could see that the Wheel of Fate beneath the instance had been activated.
[!]
[It’s spinning! They spun it... wait.]
Soon, someone noticed that the initiator column for the wheel was displaying the codename "Shi".
[Why is Shi the one spinning the wheel?]
[???]
[Huh?]
[Although... but... why is Xiao Shi spinning? Where are the others?]
[Isn't it usually the most capable... or the one with the most authority in the instance who spins at times like this?]
[Maybe sometimes luck is also a factor?]
[Could it be that Xiao Shi has exceptionally good luck?] The kind that's been validated by his teammates?
The audience in the live stream room was momentarily stunned by the identity of the current roulette spinner.
Finally, someone said: [Let’s wait and see, let’s just wait and see…]
...
In the instance.
Above the roulette wheel, the golden pointer began to spin. Its speed started slow, then gradually increased, sweeping past the differently colored sectors that represented various tiers, until those watching could only see a blurred afterimage of the pointer above the wheel.
At this moment, Wen Shichun, like everyone else, was watching that pointer above the wheel.
A fifty percent probability.
That was really not small.
Wen Shichun felt his luck wasn't that bad.
The probability of landing on the A-rank sector was 50%, C-rank 10%, D-rank 10%, with both E-rank and S-rank at 5% each…
The probability for the closed B-rank sector would be evenly distributed among the others.
So the chance of them getting an A-rank external support really wasn't small!
Wen Shichun thought to himself.
...
In this somewhat tense atmosphere.
Time passed, second by second.
A minute later.
The speed of the golden pointer finally began to slow.
At this moment, no one knew how many people were holding their breath.
...Until it finally came to a stop within that black-colored sector.
...
Seeing this result, Wen Shichun, whose gaze had remained fixed on the roulette wheel, frowned slightly.
At the same time, in the team chat:
Yue Cheng cheered: [See, I told you big brother would definitely be able to get us a top-rank external support! (cat reaching out to paw at the screen.jpg)]
Chang Zhao: […]
Shen Jing: […]
Seeing this result, Chang Zhao felt like crying on the spot. He would rather not have this kind of “support.”
Xun Yi, who was in the same room, also fell silent.
For once, He Yi didn’t take the opportunity to add a few sarcastic remarks.
If it was already like this within the team, outside the dungeon it was even more of an uproar.
Out of the corner of his eye, Wen Shichun caught sight of the barrage on the right side of the interface flashing nonstop. Even without looking, he could guess what people in the livestream were saying.
The young man sitting by the wall slowly lowered his eyelashes.
Black zone.
S-rank player.
Winning probability: 5%.
Has the right to refuse entry into the dungeon.
One line after another drifted through Wen Shichun’s mind.
The system paused: [Don’t… don’t be sad.]
An attempt at consolation.
***
Outside the dungeon.
“So he really did roll an S-rank external support?” Gu Heng showed a genuinely pleased smile this time.
At this moment, beneath the roulette wheel, the identity of the person who activated it was displayed:
Shi (District 10, E-rank)
“What exactly is going on in this dungeon?” Gu Heng glanced at the dungeon info again. “A bunch of B-rank players, yet they let an E-rank handle the operation?”
“Let’s see who gets selected.”
After the pointer landed in the S-rank external support zone, Xie Huai—on the other sofa—clearly grew interested as well.
Xiao Qi’s eyes were fixed intently on his panel projection.
Among the group, only Ge Baiyuan maintained his initial calm, though he too was watching the movements on the wheel.
Above the projection, after the golden pointer of the Wheel of Fate had come to a stop, another minute passed. A string of transparent characters then appeared above the black sector. Soon, the text began to cycle rapidly. Upon closer inspection, one could see that the fleeting characters were actually the player IDs of some of the most recognizable top-rank players in this world.
In Wen Shichun’s live stream:
[What can I say? Shi has some lucky hands!]
[I just got a glimpse of Shi's hands. So beautiful! Pale, smooth, slender, elegant, with well-defined knuckles! Truly the divine hands that summoned an S-rank ally!]
[A pity there's no hope left, poor thing.] No one’s ever heard of an S-rank player entering a promotion dungeon.
[The suspense is building, forget about what comes later… Let me see which big shot gets chosen.]
[Whoever it is won't matter. Poor Xiao Shi is doomed to face this alone.]
[Poor thing, who on earth forced you to spin this? You better not take the blame for this.]
[If anyone in the dungeon bullies you, just switch your perspective and blink at us.]
While the live stream chat flooded with comments, the cycling of ally IDs gradually slowed down.
[It's stopping, it's about to stop!]
[Why am I getting a little excited?]
***
Inside the dungeon, 'poor thing' Wen Shichun’s expression remained placid. Apart from a slight frown when the pointer landed on the black sector, his gaze remained steady on the shifting, translucent IDs.
Until the cycling finally ceased.
The three characters "De Yuechen" came to a standstill before his eyes.
Then, he glanced at the information revealed in the chat:
[De Yuechen… He actually landed De Yuechen.]
[De Yuechen!!!]
[D*mn, this luck is insane!]
[Let's be real, if it weren't for S-rank players having the right to refuse entering a dungeon as reinforcements, who would dare say his luck is bad?]
[Since we're on this topic (tentatively)... isn't De Yuechen that openly acknowledged regional agent for District 9?]
[Probably just rumors. There were also rumors that De Yuechen is just an identity created by that person in District 9 for themselves.]
[Welp, De Yuechen definitely won't enter a dungeon like this. Poor Xiao Shi.]
[Hey, you there, watch your words! Anyone would be too busy to enter! Don't make it sound like our District 9 bigshot is heartless!]
[Here we go again, who is it, who's starting to whitewash and big up their own region again.]
[Poor Xiao Shi, wuwuwu! If only he had rolled an A-rank player, they wouldn't even have the right to refuse, wuwuwu! (Sponsorship Points +1)]
[Your crying there sounds a bit fake; I can see your wide grin behind the screen. (Sponsorship Points +10)]
