“Ding! The system upgrade will consume 10 billion gold coins...”
“Wait a minute! 10 billion gold coins?” Meng Lei was stupefied. “Why do you need to consume 10 billion gold coins in order to upgrade?”
Meng Lei glanced at his Wealth—he was only left with 23.4 billion gold coins now. Should he upgrade the system, wouldn’t he only be left with 13.4 billion?
What a huge loss!
“Ding! Dear host, after the system upgrade, the system will become even more powerful and the functions even more well-rounded, and it will provide even better service to the host!”
“Dear host, will you upgrade the system immediately?”
“The functions will become even more powerful? Even more well-rounded? Meng Lei gritted his teeth and then said, “Yes, proceed with the upgrade!”
“Ding! System upgrade commencing!”
“Upgrade Duration: Half an hour!”
“During the upgrading process, all functions of the system will be shut down. Dear host, please wait patiently!”
Then, the system’s voice died down in an instant, and even the stats interface disappeared. Meng Lei returned to his bed with his eyes full of anticipation.
“I wonder what kind of additional functions the system will gain after the upgrade?”
Waiting always felt too long—a short half an hour seemed as long as a century.
At last, the familiar cold, icy voice sounded in his mind.
“Ding! System upgrade of The Most Powerful Pickup System is complete!”
“Ding! The Most Powerful Pickup System at your service!”
“It’s finally done upgrading!” Meng Lei was overjoyed. “Hurry, tell me. System, what functions have you gained after the upgrade?”
“Dear host, after the system upgrade, I have now gained two major functions pertaining to the Pickup function!”
“They are respectively Limitless Pickup and Brutal Plunder!” the system replied coldly.
“Limitless Pickup? Brutal Plunder?” Meng Lei blinked and remarked, “It certainly sounds very dramatic. Except I don’t know what exactly they are. Hurry and explain it in detail, System!”
“Limitless Pickup: One can pick up dropped items from other existential planes at random. It includes, but is not limited to Wealth, Bloodlines, Laws of Nature Fragments, Divinity, Divine Weapons...”
“It costs 10 billion gold coins per pickup!”
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Pick up dropped items from other existential planes at random?
“System, what does ‘other existential planes’ mean?” asked a puzzled Meng Lei.
The system explained, “To answer the host, there are countless dimensional planes of existence in the vast and boundless universe. They are like quicksand and stars, scattered in all corners of the universe. Heaven’s Vault Continent is only a very ordinary material plane among them!”
“Countless dimensional planes of existence? I see, that’s understandable.” Meng Lei nodded quietly. “In other words, the Limitless Pickup function can pick up objects from other planes and dimensions?”
“Yes, host!” replied the system definitively.
Meng Lei’s spirits were all roused up now. “It can actually also pick up things from other planes... What a crazy function! What does the 10 billion gold coins at the end mean, though? You’re charging for it?”
“Dear host, Limitless Pickup is a chargeable function. The price for using it is 10 billion gold coins each time!”
“10 billion gold coins per usage! That’s daylight robbery!”
Meng Lei almost jumped off his seat.
10 billion gold coins were no small amount. It meant that he had to kill a Saint Domain Magical Beast, such as the Underground Cave Magical Spider Emperor, so that he would have enough to use it even once.
What kind of sh*tty function was that? Wasn’t that a little too expensive!?
“I only have 13.4 billion gold coins left at the moment. I need only to use it once, and I’ll return to being a pauper?”
F*ck! What a scam!
A corner of Meng Lei’s lips was spasming as he barked furiously, “You sh*tty system, that’s so corrupt of you! Even if I starve to death or die out there, I’ll never use this function! 10 billion per use? You’re not getting even a single cent from me!”
“Ding! A friendly reminder: Among the countless dimensional planes exist innumerable planes and worlds of a higher level than Heaven’s Vault Continent! Inside these higher-level planes and worlds are innumerable advanced lifeforms that far surpass the Saint Domain. By using said function, the host has a certain probability of picking up dropped items from these advanced lifeforms!”
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Meng Lei was stunned.
Higher-level planes and worlds? Advanced lifeforms that far surpass the Saint Domain?
“Higher-level... Far surpass...”
Meng Lei licked his lips. Even though he was very reluctant to admit it, he had to say it—he was indeed tempted.
Based on the trend in the past, the stronger the lifeform, the more precious and valuable the items they dropped were.
Didn’t everyone see? Even a strand of leg hair that a Saint Domain dropped could contain Laws of Nature fragment within.
In that case, what kind of things would powerful lifeforms that far surpassed the Saint Domain drop?
Just the thought of it alone was terribly tempting.
Meng Lei’s eyes swiveled a little, and then he gave a couple of dry coughs and asked, “System, what about Brutal Plunder? What can this function do?”
“Brutal Plunder: An unconventional pickup function! It can forcibly pick up any object on the target lifeform, including but not limited to Wealth, Bloodlines, Vitality, Spiritual Power, Laws of Nature Comprehension, Divine Weapons...”
“What the heck? This is such a crazy function, too!”
Meng Lei took a deep breath and remarked, “Picking up by force? Isn’t that just plundering? But hehe, I like it.
“System, is this function chargeable?”
The system replied coldly, “Brutal Plunder is also a chargeable function. The usage fee for this function is determined according to how strong the target of plunder is, as well as the value of the object to be plundered!”
“So, it depends on how strong the target of plunder is and how valuable the object to
