Chapter 23: Is This Server Cursed? Enhancement +12 Success!

Chapter 23: Is This Server Cursed? Enhancement +12 Success!

"What the hell? He actually did it?"

"This isn't even scientific! How the heck did this happen? According to the Enhancement Conservation Law, this should've failed!"

It wasn't that Wang Lei and Wang Teng wanted Chen Mo to fail.
It was just that what Chen Mo had done was absolutely terrifying.

From Enhancement +3 to +8.
Five consecutive successes.
Without using a single safety item.
This... this completely shattered their understanding!

Compared to their shock, Chen Mo—who already knew the outcome—remained surprisingly calm.
He simply nodded once, then clicked the Enhancement button again.

Seconds later, the result appeared.
[Notification: Suonam Miying Sword Enhancement +9 Success!]

The Two Kings: "Huh?!"

They had half-expected this outcome—given Chen Mo's luck—but seeing it in real-time still made their eyes pop wide.

"Holy crap, six consecutive successes? Mo Brother, did you cheat or something?"
"Man, this can't be right! Earlier, Old Mo couldn't even get past +5. How did he suddenly jump to +9?!"
"That was then, this is now. I'm standing right here—see for yourself!"
"Huh?!"

While bantering, Chen Mo had already clicked the Enhancement button again.
The forge roared to life.
The process accelerated.
In the blink of an eye, the result flashed:

[Notification: Suonam Miying Sword Enhancement +10 Success!]

"Whoa!"

In future eras, a +10 purple weapon wouldn't even earn a glance—by then, +13 epic weapons were given away for free.
But in this age?
When an Enhancement +8 failure meant instant shatter, and a +7 weapon marked a top-tier player?

A +10 purple weapon?
This was legendary material.
Worthy of celebratory banquets!

"I swear, we're watching history here! Enhancement +10 already? Is this even Dnf anymore? Since when did Enhancement become this easy?!"
"Unbelievable! Played Dnf this long, and I've never seen someone pull Seven consecutive successes without safety items, turning a purple weapon into +10! Mo Brother, are you even human?!"

Watching their faces flush with excitement, Chen Mo grinned.
"You've never seen this because I hadn't started playing yet. Now that I'm here, you'll get to witness this daily."

The Two Kings: "..."

No sooner had he finished bragging than Chen Mo slammed the Enhancement button again.
The result materialized instantly:

[Notification: Suonam Miying Sword Enhancement +11 Success!]

What?!
Wang Lei and Wang Teng froze like statues.
They'd dreamed of this moment for years, yet this newbie—who'd only played for a day—achieved it effortlessly.

Was there no justice in the world?!
No fairness at all?!

"I must've watched too much cosplay last night... Am I hallucinating? Since when did Dnf's success rate become this ridiculous?!"
"Ridiculous? More like my cousin's logic! We couldn't even get past +7, yet Mo Brother's pure luck is breaking the laws of physics! This is insanely enviable!"

As the Two Kings fumed helplessly, multiple system notifications burst onto the screen:

[Notification: Witchyouxi's Orochi Blade Enhancement +13 Failure!]
[Notification: Ipressedwrong's Brilliant Light Severing Rock Sword Enhancement +13 Failure!]
[Notification: Orangeblossomdrizzle's White Flame Winged Dragon Enhancement +13 Failure!]
...

These were the same notifications that had appeared before Chen Mo's arrival.
Combining past and present messages—dozens in total—there wasn't a single Enhancement +13 success!

Witchyouxi: "Another Orochi Blade lost... I just wanted a Pink Glittering Orochi Blade. What did I do wrong?!"
Ipressedwrong: "You're crying over a blue weapon failure? My purple +12 just shattered!"
Orangeblossomdrizzle: "Shut up! I thought all these failures had reduced the failure rate, but my pink +12 cannon's gone too?!"
Callmedavinci: "See? I told you this server's cursed! You kept pushing your luck—how could you Not fail?"

Watching the chat explode, Wang Lei—who'd been cursing—suddenly turned serious toward Chen Mo.
"Mo Brother, switch servers. Something's wrong with this one!"
"What's wrong? I'm enhancing just fine", Chen Mo countered.
"Sure, you're fine at +11, but notice how NO One has succeeded at Enhancement +12 here? Over a dozen +12 attempts failed! This server's failure rate skyrockets at +12! You're attempting +12 next—switch Now!"
"Cousin's right, Mo Brother! Newbie here or not, Dnf's a mystical game. If a server stalls on successes, it's cursed! You must switch! Conversely, if a server shows many successes, it's lucky—you rush Enhancement then! That's why you see people in Horn Region begging to know which server has good rates!" Wang Teng chimed in.

The Two Kings had expected immediate agreement.
But instead...

Chen Mo only nodded strangely before slamming the Enhancement button again.

What?!
As the forge reactivated, the Two Kings froze.
"Hey! Mo Brother, why did you click it? Cancel now!"
"Mo Brother, wrong button! Press Esc! It's too late—"

Their panicked voices drowned in the final result:

[Notification: Suonam Miying Sword Enhancement +12 Success!]

"What?!"
"What?! What?!"
"What?! What?! What?!"

It wasn't that Wang Lei and Wang Teng lacked vocabulary—
—it was just that their shock transcended language.
They could only scream the most primal exclamation they knew.

After minutes of "What?!"-ing, they finally calmed down, staring at Chen Mo with complex expressions.
"Mo Brother... I never believed in Lucky Kings before. But watching you? I believe. I Truly believe."
"Goddamn it! Our Enhancement rates are different worlds! I struggled at +7 for ages, and you casually hit +12?! How?!"

(End of Chapter)

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