Chapter 305
After the upgrade, the **Lietou Zhe** (猎头者, "Head Hunter") gained a new passive ability. Xia Er speculated that it was similar to the "Gambler" skill's hit determination, but without the "bet" process, allowing for a guaranteed hit right away.
The downside was that this was not an active skill; it had to be used in the first attack. If the initial strike wasn't executed with full force, the **Lietou Zhe**'s targeting ability would enter a lengthy ten-minute cooldown.
The only method Xia Er could think of to utilize it was to unleash the **Zhiming Xue Luolan** (致命血罗兰, "Deadly Blood Roland") from a distance, then activate the **Lietou Zhe** for a long-range assassination.
However, this approach would cost her one sealing item and one skill in one go... so it had to be used with caution.
She had no idea what the outcome of the **Lietou Zhe** would be after its upgrade. It already had a built-in "guaranteed hit" feature, and Xia Er couldn't even begin to imagine what would happen after the upgrade.
Aside from these skills, the system shop had also added new items.
These were two sealing items sent over by Lucy after she finished cleaning up the scene in the simulation.
Xia Er opened the system shop and found the two sealing items.
【【“Zhu Mo Yi Sheng”'s Suture Seal Ring (Unawakened)】】
【Destined Points: 780】
【【Mind Veil (Severely Damaged)】】
【Destined Points: 230】
What an expensive ring...
According to the system's exchange rate of 1 destined point for 125 gold pounds, this ring was worth 100,000 Su pounds in the system's eyes...
Xia Er couldn't help but gasp in disbelief.
Of course, it was impossible to sell it for that much in reality, since even a first-tier potion from the system cost 100 destined points... it was a total rip-off.
Moreover, the holder of a sealing item had to consider not only whether they could fully develop the item but also whether they could utilize its abilities completely while managing its negative effects.
In this light, Lucy was quite sincere. In the simulation, Xia Er hadn't specified which sealing item she wanted, yet Lucy still personally delivered it—though the price of the potions and flesh Xia Er left for her was no small sum.
This was definitely not all of the Key Person's possessions.
The **Fanfu Zhe** (颠覆者, "Subverter") was not like the **Gambler**; she must have stashed away quite a few valuable items during her not-so-short life... but raiding her estate would surely attract the attention of the **Huan Yu Hui** (欢愉会, "Joyous Society").
If Xia Er went looking for trouble, it would be a case of "penny wise, pound foolish."
It was better to let Lucy take the fall and bear the consequences. Xia Er wasn't greedy; just getting that ring in reality would be a win.
Xia Er carefully examined the descriptions of the ring and the veil.
The function and side effects of the Mind Veil were quite straightforward.
It was more like a stealth sealing item; simply draping the veil over oneself would allow one to "disappear" from the sight of any living being.
You wouldn't actually vanish; it was more like disappearing from a spiritual and visual perspective, akin to the **Fanfu Zhe**'s hypnosis or illusions. If used wisely, it could create a multi-layered deception.
It was a fun toy for the **Fanfu Zhe**. The Key Person had used it in the simulation, but unfortunately, not to great effect.
However, it had to be deactivated every ten seconds, or else a random organ in the body would be permanently "erased" by the Mind Veil.
If the organ that "disappeared" was the lungs, you'd forget to breathe and suffocate to death.
This was definitely a sealing item from the paths of the **Ting Ting Zhe** (聆听者, "Listener") or **Jiao Cuo Zhe** (教唆者, "Instigator").
As for the emerald ring, its effects were far more complex than Xia Er had imagined.
It wasn't a combat sealing item; in Xia Er's eyes, it leaned more towards "creation."
【【“Zhu Mo Yi Sheng”'s Suture Seal Ring: Special sealing item. Wearing this item allows you to continuously infuse flesh or spider silk, enhancing the seal ring】】
【Infusing 500g of flesh can create and release a strand of enhanced spider silk.】
【Infusing 20 strands of spider silk can release a large amount of enhanced spider silk to wrap around the target, dissolving and transforming them into spider flesh.】
【Infusing 10 pieces of spider flesh (500g/1 standard unit) will inject you with spider-enhanced serum, granting you 60 seconds of "spider transformation."】
【Side Effects: While wearing the ring, it will automatically extract 500g of your flesh, and after you release spider silk, it will automatically extract another 500g.】
【Note: The spider serum is only effective for the **Yuan Ding** (园丁, "Gardener") and **Yan Si Guan** (验尸官, "Coroner") paths; it cannot be digested by other paths.】
Xia Er: "..."
It's a limited sealing item?
And the Key Person only used the first ability?
That makes sense... with such a brutal blood extraction effect, only someone from the **Yan Si Guan** path, who deals with corpses, could handle it.
It would be a waste to keep this on the Key Person; better to hand it over to someone who understands it.
After confirming her desired items, Xia Er opened the simulation interface again and looked at the simulation time.
【Next Day: Day 113 (Saint Year 741, October 25, 12:00) (Cost: 200 Destined Points)】
【Past Day: Day 300 (Saint Year 740, September 24, 12:00) (Cost: 300 Destined Points)】
Now, Xia Er had a rough understanding of how simulation time corresponded to the points consumed.
For up to 30 days, it was calculated at 10 points; beyond that, it increased to 100 points, and over 100 days, it was calculated at 200 points, increasing by 100 points every 100 days until a year prior.
Xia Er still had a bonus die she hadn't used... but she didn't plan to use it or spend 200 destined points on a simulation.
In fact, upon seeing the time for the next simulation, she felt a sense of relief.
She had been planning to kill the Key Person these past few days, and the next simulation time indicated that even if she did kill the Key Person, she would still have at least 113 days to live.
This meant she had successfully concealed the act of killing the Key Person and managed to escape without attracting the attention of the **Huan Yu Hui**.
Leaning back against the sofa, Xia Er rubbed her temples and shook her head gently.
Now she had a better grasp of how to use the **Fanfu Zhe**'s save file effectively.
While the **Fanfu Zhe** was useful, the influence of the potions was significant.
She wasn't sure if it was because she digested them too well, but whenever she switched to the **Fanfu Zhe** save, she could never sense the presence of the potions—her thoughts seemed to align perfectly with those of the potions.
According to the standards of the **Huan Yu Hui**, the **Jiao Cuo Zhe** path's digestion seemed to revolve around reckless self-destruction and stirring up trouble, embodying a "live fast, die young" attitude, all for the sake of creating sensational news and entertainment.
Xia Er's mindset entering the simulation seemed to perfectly align with the **Jiao Cuo Zhe** path.
Both were reckless, both wanted to stir up big events and see the aftermath.
In these two aspects, she found an inexplicable resonance with the potions—however, if Xia Er were to drink the **Jiao Cuo Zhe** potion in reality, she would definitely not experience such effects.
In reality, Xia Er was still quite cautious about her life, and all her plans prioritized simplicity, efficiency, and safety. Drinking the **Jiao Cuo Zhe** potion directly in reality would likely lead to the same fate as the Key Person.
Moreover, Xia Er had basically mastered how to use the **Fanfu Zhe** to avoid being led astray by the potions.
That meant not giving herself enough time and not letting her simulation self drink the **Jiao Cuo Zhe** potion.
As long as her self under the influence of the **Fanfu Zhe** potion didn't have enough time to act, that self would start to slack off.
But this was too much to write about... Returning to reality, Xia Er's mind was still filled with thoughts of how great the **Fanfu Zhe** was, and she hadn't quite recovered yet.
After all, she had spent nearly an entire day in the simulation, writing about how wonderful the **Fanfu Zhe** was, without a single repeated phrase.
Xia Er grabbed a new notebook and began to write.
She needed to sort out the tasks she needed to accomplish, the information she had gathered in the simulation, and filter out the overwhelming praise that felt like a brainwashing mantra echoing in her mind.
It was now the 4th, and with less than three days until the banquet on the 7th, Xia Er needed to plan what to do after killing the Key Person at the banquet.
The first point was that batch of siege gunpowder barrels still in the hands of the Black Water Party remnants. These things had too much destructive power and could easily be exploited; they had to be confiscated by the police or military, which would count as a significant achievement.
Then there was the matter of the Orlando Republican Army and the factory workers.
Although the **Huan Yu Hui** was gone, a large number of Orlando Republican Army members had already mixed in with the refugees in Berun City, and no one knew which refugees would become Orlando Republican Army members on any given day.
At the very least, Xia Er needed to ensure that these people wouldn't cause trouble while she was still in Berun City.
Once she was ready to leave Berun City for An Su, she wouldn't care what happened to them.
Yes, going to An Su had become Xia Er's plan.
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