Chapter 371
"Take it. This is what you deserve based on your performance."
"Rewards: Destiny Points * 248, [Calm Thinking Lv.4], [Keen Insight Lv.2], [Nemesis Lv.3], [Charm Lv.4], [Agility Lv.3], [Art of Conversation Lv.4], [The Toy Box of the 'Sage of the Mind']"
"Destiny Points: 508"
Xia'er took a slow breath, regaining her composure.
She didn’t rush to examine the numerous system rewards; her focus was solely on one thing.
"System, will the power of uniqueness affect reality?" Xia'er quickly asked.
In the simulation, the system had no function beyond tracking time. Even when she posed questions, it merely acted like a brick, offering no answers regardless of what she asked.
However, in reality, when Xia'er asked questions, the system usually provided some sort of response, even if the answers were often irrelevant.
"Of course, host^^"
This reply made Xia'er’s heart skip a beat... but she had already considered this possibility.
"So, after 5 hours, 59 minutes, and 43 seconds, time will rewind?" Xia'er furrowed her brow and quickly followed up.
"At 18:00:17 on October 25, 741, uniqueness will cause time to rewind to 12:00:00 on the same day—uniqueness merely creates a closed loop for that period."
In other words, the current time would remain unaffected...
Xia'er let out a slight sigh of relief. Then, as if struck by another thought, she asked, "So, the hint left for him by Qiangyin will only appear at 12:00 on October 25?"
"The negative effects caused by 'uniqueness' transcend time and space—no matter the timeline, any damage already inflicted will remain unchanged."
So, Qiangyin received the hint 100 days in advance...
While it wasn’t as urgent as the time frame of 5 hours and 59 minutes, if Qiangyin received the hint now, he might indeed be able to clarify everything within a matter of days or even weeks.
Xia'er had been involved in the process of killing the key person, and Princess Vita had witnessed it. There was no way to avoid scrutiny...
She had to control her before Princess Vita returned to Ansu City.
"What’s the deal with that lock-on?" Xia'er asked the system, voicing her confusion. "In the simulation, I felt the uniqueness lock onto me twice... Qiangyin seems to sense it too."
"When a unique item is used, it locks onto the instigator of these events. Generally speaking, if the user has just defeated a creature from another realm, the time lock of uniqueness becomes ineffective."
"Generally speaking?" Xia'er caught the crucial part of the system's words; it had deliberately left some things vague.
"Uh... because of the existence of 'The Echo of the Silver-White Binder,' the chain automatically locked onto the host... it’s not the system’s fault^^_"
So it was the system's doing.
In other words, even if Xia'er could remain hidden, after a hundred days, Qiangyin, who had found nothing, would still lock onto her due to uniqueness...
After a moment of silence, Xia'er asked the system one last question.
This question was tied to why she had encountered so many events in such a short time, even the "uniqueness" that ordinary extraordinary beings might never hear in their lifetime had frequently appeared around her.
"Unique items of the same type attract each other, right?" Xia'er asked calmly.
This time, the system didn’t respond, as if it had gone into standby mode, falling silent.
It seemed there was a 99% chance of that being true.
No wonder the rewards this time were so abundant... it turned out to be out of guilt...
So, even if she did nothing, the moment she activated "The Echo of the Silver-White Binder," disaster would seek her out...
No wonder the system had been so reluctant to reveal this.
If her past self from two or three weeks ago had heard this, she would have likely thrown away this ticking time bomb that could disrupt her peaceful life right after resolving the crisis.
But now, Xia'er had already accepted the fact that her life would no longer remain tranquil.
With the system silent, Xia'er decided not to press further. She opened the system list to check her gains this time.
Six skills had been upgraded, and Xia'er read through their descriptions one by one.
The skills that had advanced from Lv.3 to Lv.4 had seen significant improvements in their descriptions.
For instance, with Charm, when it was at Lv.3, the system stated that most spiritual beings would have a natural affinity for Xia'er.
But at Lv.4, the description changed to "all spiritual beings."
Of course, this didn’t mean that every monster would suddenly like Xia'er; it could simply mean that a creature with a -100 affinity might now have a -99 affinity, still ready to strike her down on sight.
Finally, Xia'er’s gaze landed on [The Toy Box of the 'Sage of the Mind'].
This time, Xia'er had received 248 destiny points, which felt a bit too meager for her...
While it was somewhat related to her not having lived for a full 24 hours, 248 destiny points seemed rather inadequate, especially considering the significant commotion she had caused, indirectly leading to the deaths of several extraordinary beings, including a few at the fourth tier.
Although the upgrades to many skills compensated for some of the missing destiny points, Xia'er’s intuition told her that this extraordinary item was the real highlight of the rewards—despite its unimpressive name.
Xia'er looked at the description of this sealed item.
"[The Toy Box of the 'Sage of the Mind']: A special sealed item. Wearing this item allows you to consume rationality or spirituality to retrieve a small toy from the 'Sage of the Mind's' endless toy collection. The toy lasts for one hour, and you can maintain consumption to extend its duration."
"Side effect: Beware of the 'Sage's' pranks..."
Xia'er: "......"
Xia'er had initially thought this item was merely named like a toy, but she hadn’t expected its function and side effects to be just like a toy box...
And judging by the side effects, it might even produce something completely useless.
At that moment, Xia'er couldn’t fathom what this thing could possibly do.
Previously, the most useless sealed item she had received from the system was the [Box of Soul Incitement]. The only seemingly useful side effect was its silence, while its active effect of providing "hints" could also lead to errors, making it no different from having no hints at all.
In life-and-death situations, a single wrong hint could undo all of Xia'er’s efforts.
"System, isn’t the 'quality' of this sealed item too poor?" Xia'er couldn’t help but mutter in her mind.
"Poor? This is the highest specification treasure among all your sealed items right now^^"
Highest specification?
Looking at the palm-sized object that resembled a stone box, she found it hard to believe.
Currently, the highest-priced sealed item in the system was likely the [Sewing Seal Ring of the Spider Demon Doctor], which she had pried off the key person.
Not only did it have an impressive name, but its effects were also multi-faceted; even now, Xia'er hadn’t fully unleashed the ring's power.
Now the system was claiming that this toy box was even better than the ring?
However, Xia'er didn’t want to experiment with it just yet, to avoid causing too much commotion that would be hard to wrap up.
After some thought, Xia'er took out her pocket watch from the system warehouse, made space for the toy box, and placed it inside, while keeping the pocket watch in her pocket.
All six slots were filled, and since other items weren’t suitable to take out, she had to let the pocket watch have a spot—after all, it was something she carried with her.
Xia'er glanced at the lunch on the table, now devoid of any appetite. She stood up from the dining table and walked over to her desk, directly picking up paper and pen.
Due to the final suicide exit, she couldn’t exchange Adele’s research notes, nor could she trick Adele into believing they were notes she had written in her sleep.
Now, Xia'er could only rely on her photographic memory to transcribe the notes directly and choose an appropriate time to hand them over to Adele.
Just as Xia'er began to copy the research notes from memory, a knock sounded at the door.
Instinctively, she reached for her gun, but realizing this wasn’t a simulation, she paused and said, "Come in."
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