Chapter 11
Now, Liang Yuchuan had lost a small arm, and that was just the interest.
Yu Xunge stowed the severed limb into her game pack. Before the intruders outside could burst in, she donned the Eye of Soros. The basic invisibility potion was still on cooldown, so she exploited a bug to drink a medium invisibility potion. The two potions had separate cooldowns, and the parts of her body stained with blood that had become visible were once again cloaked in invisibility.
After downing a bottle of phasing potion, she gracefully walked through the wall and out of the room.
Through the Eye of Soros, she could see the information of everyone coming and going in the villa.
There were no players, not even Liang Yuchuan's brothers, who were currently not players either.
They probably only entered the game during the second closed beta, thanks to Liang Yuchuan's help.
Yu Xunge dashed out of the manor before the invisibility potion wore off.
With an agility of 85, she was now faster than the quickest sprinter. She ran like the wind, and before the bottle of invisibility potion was even finished, she had already exited the villa area. Instead of returning to her own villa, she sprinted to the nearest lake, maintaining the appearance of Su Yitong. At the lakeside, she washed off the blood, stripped off her clothes, and set them ablaze, turning them to ashes. She even shoveled the layer of dirt into the lake.
Once again invisible, she ran toward the city.
Having been stained with Liang Yuchuan's blood, she was unsure if he could sense anything through it. The divine talent was too overpowered; some things were not just what appeared on the skill panel.
Take herself, for example. In her past life, her initial agility was 5, but this time, after acquiring the Thief God talent, her initial agility was 11. Moreover, even without using skills, she could ensure that she stole someone’s phone while brushing past them without being noticed. Her hands had become incredibly nimble and soft, all thanks to the changes brought by her skills.
As her thieving became more frequent, the sensation of using her skills became increasingly fluid.
Since the Water God could control water, she dared not gamble on whether Liang Yuchuan could sense her blood.
Throughout the day, Yu Xunge didn’t return home. After her disguise wore off, she wandered around wearing a hat and mask, along with the Eye of Soros. She became a street rat again, slipping into crowds wherever they gathered. Once her disguise cooldown was up, she changed into a different outfit, disguised herself as a man, and took a shower at a rundown hotel that didn’t require ID.
In the end, she even took a black cab to the neighboring city.
Along the way, she received a call from her new agent, who wanted to discuss her upcoming work arrangements. Yu Xunge simply said she was traveling and asked him to wait three days.
She wasn’t sure if she was outsmarting the air, but she didn’t dare take the risk. She would rather seem foolish than return to her old nest after doing something bad. That was the experience and intuition she had gained from years of fleeing.
More importantly, she was now at full luck; sometimes, intuition was just luck guiding her.
As it turned out, Yu Xunge had made the right bet.
After Yu Xunge left, Liang Yuchuan switched forms. After drinking a basic healing potion, she was airlifted to the hospital by helicopter. Such an injury was beyond the capabilities of a family doctor.
On the plane, she kept sensing her blood. She could feel the essence of her blood leaving the manor and lingering at the lake, but her sensing range was too small. After the pain and bleeding in her arm were managed, she boarded the helicopter, beginning her pursuit of her blood's essence.
Just as Yu Xunge was leaving City S, the Liang family had already traced her to the city.
The helicopter flew brazenly over the city, the Liang family's power not needing to apply for flight routes.
But the scent was too chaotic. Liang Yuchuan had only received her talent less than a week ago, and reaching the city was already her limit.
She clutched her wound tightly, pressing down so hard that blood seeped out, unable to suppress the pain deep within her. Her right arm was only half left!
She had become disabled!!
Liang Yuchuan's eyes burned with rage.
She remembered those eyes; she would definitely find her, without a doubt!
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Yu Xunge was also busy in City H. If it weren’t for her body being digitized, she would be afraid of collapsing from exhaustion.
She came to City H for a very famous item.
After the game invasion, some things on Earth had a chance of mutating. She even heard that a machine from a starch factory had mutated into an S-grade item, capable of mass-producing starch sausages that granted +2 strength for five minutes after consumption.
She didn’t want to think about such things. Although she was selfish and wouldn’t inform everyone about the game invasion in advance, she wouldn’t touch an item that was clearly more useful in battle if it were in the hands of the officials.
What she wanted was a cat bed from a pet hospital. This cat bed had been there since the hospital opened, allowing all stray cats passing by to rest in it. The doctors would regularly clean it. After the game invasion, it triggered a mutation chance and became an S-grade item.
**Meow Meow Inn** (S-grade): Placed at your doorstep, it has a chance to attract visiting stray animals. If you sincerely host them, they will leave behind one of their favorite recent treasures as a thank-you gift.
Though it was just vaguely described as "one of their favorite recent treasures," the fact that it was S-grade indicated that the treasures here were clearly not ordinary junk like mice or stones.
In her past life, this pet hospital rose rapidly thanks to this cat bed. However, with so many people around, the cat bed was not a secret for long. It was soon discovered, and overnight, the pet hospital was wiped out, with all the people and animals gone, even the hamsters.
That was why she had come early to take the cat bed.
She still had a conscience.
Yu Xunge patted herself: "Even though you steal and rob and like to hide under the bed, you’re still a good girl."
Alright, she admitted that even if the pet hospital hadn’t been wiped out because of this cat bed, she was determined to get it.
She wanted it, and she would have it.
She didn’t come back to life to be a moral exemplar.
The cat bed was placed outside the pet hospital. Unless it was windy or rainy, even when the hospital closed at night, the old gray cat bed remained outside.
After nightfall, using her disguise skill, Yu Xunge placed two luxurious cat tents, one on each side of the pet hospital's entrance. Then she tucked the cat bed under her arm and returned to her rented car, casually tossing the cat bed into the passenger seat. She then moved ten boxes of high-end cat food to the pet hospital entrance, with a sign taped on top—"Please feed all nearby stray animals."
She even opened ten cans on the spot, lining them up at the hospital entrance.
The next day, she disguised herself as someone else and walked into the hospital to donate two million.
It was all about strong-arming.
As she left the hospital, she could still hear the staff lamenting how there were so many good people lately, but unfortunately, the cat bed was gone, and they had all grown attached to it.
That was what she feared. Although she could wait until the game invasion to take the cat bed, some things, once emotional attachments were formed, would easily bind themselves when they mutated into items or equipment.
Once bound, such items could only be used by that person. Even if you killed them, you couldn’t unbind it.
After securing the cat bed, she bought some materials needed for homemade bandages and gathered ingredients required for cooking recipes. Then she returned to her thirty-million-yuan villa, preparing to max out **First Aid** (Beginner) and **Cooking** (Beginner) over the next week, so she could learn Intermediate skills during the second closed beta.
On the morning she returned from City H to City S, Su Yitong arrived at the Yu family again. She had been coming almost every day, and while in City H, Yi Qiuguo had urged her to come back, saying Su Yitong had asked about her.
Yu Xunge felt busier than when she was fleeing for her life in her past life!
Back then, she could still sleep five hours a day!
Early in the morning, she received a call from Yi Qiuguo asking her to come home today. Yu Xunge turned the steering wheel, not even returning to her own house, and headed straight to the Yu family. Upon entering, her appearance clearly indicated that she hadn’t even returned home.
Su Yitong’s expression gave nothing away, and as a seasoned actress, Yu Xunge naturally couldn’t detect any emotions.
During dinner, Su Yitong accidentally knocked over a glass of red wine, spilling it all over Yu Xunge. Yu Xunge seemed to react quickly and leaned back, but it was too late.
Su Yitong hurriedly apologized, and Yu Xunge smiled and waved her hand, saying it was fine. She then went upstairs to wash up and change clothes.
With her agility at 85, it was impossible for her to dodge. Su Yitong had deliberately tested her reaction, and she had intentionally given a response that an ordinary person would have.
It was a minor incident, but it stirred up many unpleasant memories for Yu Xunge.
Yu Xunhuan and Su Yitong were getting engaged on May 1st, Children’s Day, right? She had to do everything she could to ensure that Yu Xunhuan was taken care of before May, so that little Yu Xunhuan could enjoy a Children’s Day away from his father.
After dealing with Su Yitong, Yu Xunge went to the agency and directly announced her intention to retire from the industry. Seeing the disbelief on the faces of several executives, she, adhering to the principle of avoiding trouble, stated that she could issue a retirement statement right then and there.
Friends who often kill know that there’s a psychological difference between those who have killed and those who haven’t.
Ordinary people think about resolving disputes like this: "Maybe we should just let it go."
But those who have killed think: "Maybe we should just kill."
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