Chapter 187
Xia'er opened her mouth directly in the silvery space, addressing the system with a question.
She wasn't in a hurry to save her progress; the flow of time in this space was akin to the simulation and reality, allowing her to ask more questions and think a little longer. Every extra second spent here felt like a gain.
【The thing that’s parasitizing the host won’t be counted as part of the host itself, so… of course, it doesn’t count.】
【This save is at most just a heavy injury effect; after all, your head is all messed up, so you’ll have to stitch it up yourself^^ D】
“What was that feather just now? What’s its connection to you?” Xia'er pressed on.
【Can’t you just check the system shop yourself? You’re stalling, aren’t you?】
【Save or not? Do as you please!】
“Save, No.4.”
Having been caught by the system, Xia'er didn’t delay any longer and directly saved her progress to No.4.
Soon, the previously blank No.4 slot began to flicker, and a line of text was printed above it.
【No.4: Xia'er the Coroner】
After the save was successful, the coroner Xia'er erupted in a dazzling silver light, and she briefly lost consciousness.
……
【Reality】
【June 24, Year 741 of the Holy Era, 08:11】
【Evaluation: Well, you turned a perfectly good scene into a supernatural slaughterhouse. Look at how scared the kids are; they’ve gone completely mad.】
【Regardless, this is your most glorious achievement yet. You not only slaughtered over a dozen supernatural beings without a scratch but also successfully completed the “Coroner” resurrection ritual.】
【The answer seems to be surfacing… but how will you resolve it?】
【Don’t disturb it—this shouldn’t need reminding, right?】
【By the way, I just thought of a joke.】
【Do you know why Xia'er the Coroner is so depressed? Because her path is called “The World-Weary Officer”^^_】
【Laugh? Why aren’t you laughing? Is my Chinese joke not funny?】
【Take it; this is what you deserve based on your performance.】
【Reward: Destiny Points ×77, 【Head Hunter Lv.2】, 【Endless Manual of Forgetting】, 【Warehouse】 +2】
【Destiny Points: 166】
Xia'er slowly opened her eyes and looked at the system settlement screen in front of her.
Having slaughtered so many supernatural beings, combined with successfully completing the resurrection ritual to become a supernatural being herself, these two major rewards stacked together allowed her Destiny Points to reach a staggering 77—higher than the last time she broke the Destiny of Death.
There are levels to the Destiny of Death; such a high reward surely meant she had gained new intelligence.
The previous high reward was due to the Destiny of Death originating from a third-tier bishop. This time, even without resolving the event, the high reward indicated that the opponent’s rank couldn’t be low.
Aside from the Destiny Points reward, Xia'er was somewhat surprised that the 【Head Hunter】 had leveled up… was it because she had taken so many heads?
Xia'er recalled that blue feather and felt a headache coming on.
This was going to be a tough battle…
The opponent was a sealed entity, and a sentient one at that; it had been observing her all along… Xia'er couldn’t let Aivina translate Ancient Ansu for her anymore, and she should avoid writing down her thought processes on paper.
Fortunately, the previous Xia'er had only dared to boldly jot down plans on paper during simulations.
Suddenly, Xia'er had a thought. She quickly opened her eyes, found her notebook, and set it ablaze with a candle before tossing it into a metal trash bin, waiting for it to burn to ashes.
The notebook could no longer be used… Xia'er had no idea how much information the entity had on her.
She needed to find a new way or item to replace her notebook.
Right, the system rewards…
Xia'er looked at the system reward, 【Endless Manual of Forgetting】, which lay quietly in her system warehouse.
The warehouse had increased from 4 slots to 6, allowing her to store more items—this was a trump card for Xia'er.
In the new slot, an ancient-looking manual with a black cover lay quietly.
As Xia'er gazed at it, a system introduction appeared before her.
【【Endless Manual of Forgetting】】
【Ability: An extraordinary manual that can be flipped through infinitely, allowing you to record things on it.】
【Side Effect: When the manual is closed, all creatures that have seen it will forget what was written inside.】
Xia'er: “…”
Just write it down and forget it as soon as I close it? What’s the point?
Wait…
In Xia'er’s view, the system warehouse interface still existed, but as she focused her thoughts, the Endless Manual slowly flipped a page.
Though the icon was small, if she wrote larger, it would still be legible.
She could write it out and then flip through it in the warehouse?
Xia'er seemed to grasp its true use.
There was so much to do; she closed the system warehouse interface.
She opened the system shop interface, where new items appeared before her.
And in the 【Basic Subjects】 section, a highlighted red dot indicated that new things were available for learning.
Chapter 119: Learning Ancient Ansu.
Xia'er looked at the system shop.
After ignoring the miscellaneous clothing items, she showed a hint of confusion.
“System, what about that sealed entity? Didn’t it enter my mind? Why isn’t it counted as something I brought back to the shop?”
Indeed, Xia'er couldn’t find that black-blue feather in the system shop, even though it had clearly remained within her body until the last moment before the simulation ended.
There was definitely something wrong here.
“Did you bug out?”
Xia'er questioned in her mind without holding back.
【I already mentioned this.】
【The system cannot purchase sentient living beings, you know^^】
Living beings? Isn’t it a sealed entity?
Does a sealed entity that has gained self-awareness count as a living being?
Xia'er frowned slightly, feeling a bit troubled.
The idea of using the system to figure out the details of that feather had fallen through, which would inevitably increase her workload and investigation.
Moreover, due to the interference from that sealed entity, the “Lucky Coin” and “Evil Eye” she had almost secured were directly discarded.
If she hadn’t successfully saved a progress file, she would have lost everything.
However, encountering that feather wasn’t entirely without gain.
The words spoken by that feather while controlling her body were all etched in her mind.
This could be a breakthrough.
But it also posed a new problem.
Without written text, only spoken language, there was no way to translate it. She couldn’t even borrow an Ancient Ansu dictionary from Aivina for reference.
Unless she could find someone proficient in Ancient Ansu who was absolutely trustworthy to listen to her recount the words.
As Xia'er pondered, she opened the 【Basic Subjects】 interface in the shop.
In addition to the previous four subjects, three new ones had been added this time.
【【Basic Subjects】】
【Sewing (Learnable): 1 Destiny Point】
【Sculpting (Learnable): 1 Destiny Point】
【Linguistics (Learnable): 1 Destiny Point】
Linguistics?
Previously, when she saw Ancient Ansu, this subject hadn’t triggered the learnable option. Now that she had heard it, the option appeared?
The murmurs produced by potions should not have been classified under basic subjects, so it was normal that they couldn’t be learned.
Xia'er looked at her remaining 166 Destiny Points, and without much hesitation, she selected Linguistics.
Xia'er had never purchased any subject from the Basic Subjects before, so she was a bit curious.
After she chose to buy the learning option, the Linguistics section flickered slightly, changing from “Learnable” to “Lv.1.”
【Linguistics (Lv.1): Slightly enhances your talent in linguistics, making it easier for you to learn various basic languages. With a little effort, you can become an excellent linguist.】
…Is that it?
Xia'er didn’t feel any changes within herself.
The Ancient Ansu phrases still eluded her understanding, as if they were written in an incomprehensible script.
So, she still had to learn it herself…
Xia'er felt a twinge of disappointment.
Learning a language is easy to say, but it takes at least a few months of dedicated study. Clearly, she didn’t have that kind of time right now.
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