Chapter 56: Nora Star?

As a tank, Shi Qingqing’s role was simple—she just had a handful of skills, all mapped to the keys 1, 2, 3, and 4. Focus on the boss, press the buttons in order, and that was it. After battling for ages, she realized she was the most relaxed member of the whole party.

The Zombie King boss had a ridiculously long health bar, and as she mindlessly pressed her keys, boredom crept in. She took the opportunity to try her luck at snatching red envelopes. For quite a while, there hadn’t been any groups within five hundred meters sending out red envelopes.

Shi Qingqing tapped the “Snatch” button several times, but with no luck—nothing came up. Undeterred, she pressed it once more.

“...Searching for groups sending red envelopes within five hundred meters. Beep beep beep... Due to a special magnetic field, you have connected to the frequency band signal of Planet Nora. Would you like to join the Planet Nora Red Envelope Alliance?”

What? Planet Nora?

She didn’t understand, feeling even more confused. But the words “Red Envelope Alliance” were clear enough! Of course she joined—how could anyone let a red envelope go unclaimed?

Her right hand continued to tap 1, 2, 3, 4, while her left operated her phone, snatching envelopes—perfect multitasking.

Suddenly, a flash of white light shot across her phone screen. The display flickered, then faded to blank. Shi Qingqing thought her phone was broken, but upon closer inspection, she saw an explanation at the bottom: User permissions insufficient, unable to view other users.

Then, on the white screen, a large treasure chest appeared—real and tangible, golden and dazzling!

Shi Qingqing was startled. She’d expected a red envelope, but now a treasure chest had suddenly popped up—enough to frighten anyone.

She quickly recovered and tapped to snatch it!

“Sorry, you didn’t get it...”

Shi Qingqing felt disappointed; she’d probably been stunned for a moment and missed the chance. Fortunately, another small treasure chest appeared soon after, identical to the first but a bit smaller.

With sharp reflexes, she tried again.

“Sorry, you didn’t get it...”

Seriously?

With her phone’s black technology, she almost never missed when snatching envelopes, so why had she failed twice in a row? Maybe her left hand wasn’t nimble enough.

Shi Qingqing switched her left hand to operate her MT character, freeing up her right hand for professional envelope-snatching.

Big treasure chest! Big treasure chest!

And, as if responding to her fervent wishes, another chest appeared.

Small, but better than nothing.

I’ll snatch it, snatch it, snatch it!

Missed again!

Even with her full concentration, she failed to snatch it.

Shi Qingqing was losing her composure.

Nine treasure chests appeared in succession, and she didn’t get a single one!

Her heart felt as cold as shattered tiles.

These treasure chests were much harder to snatch than ordinary red envelopes. Who knew how many people were competing for them—she couldn’t see any details due to her limited permissions. And she had no idea what was inside these chests. Everything was shrouded in mystery.

Just then, her phone signal started to falter and flicker, as if about to disconnect.

Shi Qingqing was furious. Damn it! Was she ever going to have fun again?

The white screen flashed several times...

Shi Qingqing’s heart twisted with anxiety.

Then, a large treasure chest appeared on the screen—bigger than the previous ones, about the size of a thumbnail.

She kept snatching, stubbornly refusing to give up.

“Beep! Congratulations, you’ve snatched a Lucky Candy.”

“Zzzzz...”

Her decrepit phone seemed on the verge of collapse.

Just before disconnecting, another large treasure chest appeared. Shi Qingqing, with lightning-fast fingers, tapped it.

“Beep! Congratulations, you’ve snatched a Bad Luck Sticker.”