Chapter 8
Yu Xunge kept silently counting down the time in her heart. At this moment, there were still two minutes left before her invisibility wore off. She moved gently out of the room and made her way to Yu Xunhuan's bedroom, pulling aside the sheet that hung by the bed and hiding beneath it.
At this point, her luck value had reached a staggering 10, with two additional characters—"full value."
Not long after Yu Xunge lay down, the invisibility potion expired. She quickly munched on some jerky to restore her health while quietly waiting for the cooldown of her basic healing potion to end. Thanks to the meat, her health would recover by 5 points every minute.
Five minutes later, when the potion's cooldown ended, her health had already recovered to 45%.
Yu Xunge didn’t rush to drink the potion; instead, she continued eating the jerky in her bag. When she was at a lower level, she could steal without a care, but as her level increased, her health would be in the thousands. Each time she stole from the same target, the health deduction would be based on a percentage. The basic healing potion only restored 50 points, so if she wanted to recover quickly later on, she would have to use intermediate, advanced, or even super potions, making the cost of stealing again quite expensive.
Just as her health reached 95%, the door opened, and voices followed.
It was Su Yitong and Yu Xunhuan.
"I knew it! What couple doesn’t sneak into the bedroom for a little chat?"
The two of them sat down by the bed, their legs brushing against each other. Yu Xunge's mind was clear, without a single ripple of distraction—time to steal!
She stole four times in quick succession, and her health dropped to 15%.
The person on the bed had a pale face, while the one hiding under it looked as white as a ghost.
She downed a bottle of potion, careful to sip quietly.
Her health recovered to 75%.
Yu Xunge didn’t stop munching on the jerky.
Three more times.
Yu Xunge was almost grinning from ear to ear. She thought to herself that her luck must have run out during her last game session, where she had to steal hundreds of times to succeed a few. But look at today! She had stolen so many times, not only gaining 2 points of luck but also acquiring an item.
【Soros Set · Mask (1/3)】(A Grade): After use, it disguises the character's panel information. The item takes effect once stored in the bag, and the disguise fails if the mask is dropped. (Cannot be detected successfully by items below A Grade. Note: Each additional Soros set collected increases stealth level by 1.)
Seeing this item, Yu Xunge was overjoyed, even more so than when she had gained luck.
Items differ from equipment; their effects are varied and bizarre. Some take effect just by being in the bag, while others need to be worn, and some require peculiar conditions to activate. However, they do not occupy equipment slots, and some can be used in conjunction with gear.
After the initial thrill, a wave of anxiety washed over her. Since there was a mask that could disguise panel information, did that mean there were components like the Soros Eye or glasses for detection?
Yu Xunge took a deep breath, waiting for the cooldown of the basic healing potion to end.
Fortunately, it was broad daylight, and the couple was just sharing kisses, not doing anything else. Otherwise, she might have dug through the floor.
Perhaps everyone has a fixed amount of luck each day.
After stealing 2 points of luck and an A-grade item, she lay under the bed for an hour, consuming potions and jerky whenever her health ran low, and stealing whenever it was restored.
In that moment, she truly understood the saying: to love thievery is to love life...
Finally, she stole 1 point of charm.
Yu Xunge wasn’t disappointed; charm and luck were attributes that couldn’t be increased with points, and the rarer, the better.
She only stopped stealing when the couple left the room. The family soon went out together, and Yu Xunge guessed they were off to eat. She didn’t know if they had called her; anyway, her phone was off, and she had left her game bag behind, so she just pretended she didn’t know.
When she crawled out from under the bed, her face pale and hair disheveled, Yu Xunge thought her current appearance could scare someone with a weak heart, like Yi Qiu.
She still had 15% health left and was reluctant to drink a potion.
Today, to steal Su Yitong's attributes and items, she had consumed over twenty basic healing potions and finished all twenty pounds of jerky in her bag. She felt like her face had puffed up a bit.
Yu Xunge returned to her room and took a nap, waking up only when the happy family of three returned. She glanced at her talents; 【Armor Come!】 was already lit. First, she used her disguise skill to transform back into her previous burly form, changed her clothes, and then drank the invisibility potion before stepping out of her bedroom, going downstairs, and out the door.
The door closed with a loud bang, so she left it slightly ajar, waiting for the people inside to discover it on their own.
Then she headed straight for the stairs. By the time she reached the second floor, the potion had worn off, but her disguise remained. Yu Xunge calmly carried her toolbox out of the community.
...
Before Yu Xunge even left the community, she used the Soros mask to alter her player information.
Her current real data was:
【Character】Yu Xunge (Level 0, 0.001%)
【Divine Gift Talent】God of Thieves (S Grade)
【Divine Gift Talent】Immortal (SS Grade) (Incomplete)
【Race】Human
【Racial Talent】Undead Will┃Consumption
【Health】: 100/100
【Mana】: 100/100
【Strength】: 5
【Constitution】: 7
【Intelligence】: 10
【Agility】: 12
【Luck】: 10 (Full Value)
【Charm】: 10 (Full Value)
【Available Attribute Points】: 0
She couldn’t be sure if others could see the specific skills of her talents, but she still made the modifications.
The disguised character panel was:
【Character】Yu Xunge (Level 0, 0.001%)
【Divine Gift Talent】Broker (A Grade)
【Race】Human
【Racial Talent】Undead Will┃Consumption
【Health】: 100/100
【Mana】: 100/100
【Strength】: 5
【Constitution】: 7
【Intelligence】: 7
【Agility】: 7
【Luck】: 5
【Charm】: 9
【Available Attribute Points】: 0
Her attributes had become quite mediocre, but she didn’t change her charm too much. Reflecting back, she recalled that even when disguised as a beggar, she seemed to earn more than others. A person's aura cannot be hidden! A charming person is captivating wherever they go.
So she decided not to alter her charm attribute too drastically. For now, she changed her talent to the A-grade Broker, a decent choice that wouldn’t raise too many suspicions.
If the God of Thieves talent were ever revealed, she would become the enemy of all players; no one would want to see someone who could steal their attributes live.
Once she acquired a more suitable divine gift talent through the 【Death Imitation Show】 in the future, she could modify it again.
She placed the mask deep in her storage box; it would be her most precious item for a long time to come.
...
On her way home, Yu Xunge kept replaying every detail in her mind, searching for any flaws since her rebirth on the 22nd.
The timing of her rebirth was too close to the game's beta test; she hadn’t had time to plan or strategize. Just getting home on time was a challenge. If Yu Xunhuan knew the significance of that game, would he hate her?
She didn’t care about Yu Xunhuan's hatred, but this was crucial for whether she could continue to hide within the main characters' camp. Many opportunities could only be discovered by the main characters. Even if she couldn’t sabotage them, she could at least follow along and let them lower their guard.
In her past life, during the first two years after the game invasion, she had occasionally been taken by Yu Xunhuan to secret realms and dungeons fully controlled by the Su, Han, and Liang families. She had genuinely received many good things from Yu Xunhuan. Even now, she knew the locations of those dungeons and could sneak in using various potions and skills, but many valuable items couldn’t be obtained alone.
Especially those bosses that required dozens or even hundreds of people to defeat...
Let her think... think about how Yu Qingshan and Yu Xunhuan had earned her trust over the years.
Yes, every time they gained something from her, they would pay a price, like using the money she gave them to buy a thirty-million villa, or when a dungeon appeared in the villa she gifted Yu Xunhuan, he had taken her there, but he said that dungeon had already been seized by the Liang family, and he only had the right to use it, so he could only take her occasionally.
Even when the Su, Liang, and Han families were jointly hunting her down, he had risked his safety several times to warn her, helping her escape from a few minor crises.
Each time she avoided a crisis thanks to Yu Xunhuan's warning, her trust in him grew.
But now that she thought back, her near-death experiences had all come after dodging a few minor crises...
So what about her? Should she give Yu Xunhuan a little bait? After the game invasion, relying on her own strength and Yu Xunhuan's trust, she would have the opportunity to participate in some major events of the Su family and create some chaos.
There were still two beta tests left; this was actually the best opportunity to tell Yu Xunhuan this secret, while secretly stopping him. She would only need to say a few words, gaining his utmost trust while ensuring he got nothing.
But would this cause Yu Xunhuan to turn the tables?
She knew that the safest course of action would be to eliminate Yu Xunhuan immediately, but she truly wasn’t willing to!
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