Chapter 16
In the current reality, however, it proved to be quite useful; she managed to acquire this skill book for just 120 gold.
In the end, she spent another 50 gold on a book titled "Hūnhūn Dǎodì" (C-grade), which could induce a brief sleep, and a potion that could put someone to sleep for five hours.
After purchasing these four items, Yu Xunge immediately dashed toward the outskirts of the city.
Just before her disguise wore off, she left the dim city and arrived at the graveyard where she had logged in.
Yu Xunge claimed the items from her email into her inventory, clicked to learn the skill book, donned the necklace, and then logged out of the game.
This time, her phone didn’t turn into black smoke, but as she logged out, two bags appeared on the ground—one black and one white. They were her new 35-slot bags. A cold necklace slowly materialized around her neck, and her mind filled with the usage methods for the two spells.
Yu Xunge cast the Illusion Spell on herself, feeling a chill wash over her, as if a layer of icy water slid down her body, and then she could no longer see herself.
Time was of the essence. After drinking the phasing potion, she returned to Yu Xunhuan's room.
To her surprise, Yu Xunhuan was awake, squatting on the floor, repeatedly trying to turn on his broken phone.
Seeing his frustrated expression, Yu Xunge felt a pang of fear. Was this really the male lead? Even with half a phone gone and yellow notifications popping up, he still had the urge to play with it?!
Lost in thought, she noticed Yu Xunhuan had walked over to his suitcase, rummaging for something.
Yu Xunge's sharp eyes caught sight of a tablet and a laptop inside his suitcase.
Oh no! How could I have missed that? A tablet too!
Alright, so this is how you want to play it?
Without hesitation, Yu Xunge cast "Hūnhūn Dǎodì" on Yu Xunhuan. This skill was meant for him, and since she would be away from the hotel for a while, she couldn’t keep an eye on him.
Once Yu Xunhuan collapsed to the ground, Yu Xunge rushed over and poured the sleeping potion into his mouth, ensuring he swallowed it all before leaving the hotel. The Illusion Spell consumed 10 mana points per minute, while she chewed on jerky, effectively reducing her mana consumption to just 5 points per minute.
It would take 20 minutes to deplete all her mana, but at such a time, drinking a basic mana potion would restore 50 points.
With the invisibility potion, she could remain hidden for a long time without needing to find a place to hide while the potion cooled down.
Yu Xunge sprinted straight toward the Su family’s estate.
Where could she find a large amount of gold? Besides the bank, it had to be in the Su family’s treasure room!
She knew this because the evil formation that could strip others of their divine gifts was located in that treasure room.
It was now 7:13.
After equipping the necklace that shortened cooldown times, the cooldown for "Jiā Lái" was reduced to five hours and six minutes, allowing her to use the disguise skill again at 12:12.
The second internal test would end at 13:05.
She had only four hours.
At 12:12, regardless of whether she could get gold from the Su family, she would find a safe place to log back into the game and use the disguise skill to re-enter the city. Although she was willing to change her original plan for the sake of the Illusion Spell, she wouldn’t stubbornly cling to it.
She had initially planned to stock up on goods and then grind monsters in the wild, but now she would simply swap the time spent grinding for a trip to the Su family’s dungeon.
Running to the Su family was impossible; their estate was a two-hour drive from the city center. The last time she ran from the Liang family to the city, she nearly lost her life.
She called the gunman who had missed Yu Xunhuan seven times, asking him to find a fast driver willing to earn some extra cash. She needed someone to deliver a double-door refrigerator parked in an alley next to XX Hotel to a suburban villa. She promised 50,000 for a one-and-a-half-hour drive, adding 10,000 for every minute saved.
Despite the gunman usually dealing in 50 pounds of gold per job, he knew plenty of principled brothers who would break the law but didn’t want to see blood. After Yu Xunge assured him that there were no corpses in the refrigerator, he immediately agreed to the job.
Ten minutes later, a black pickup truck stopped at the alley’s entrance. Two men got out, glanced around, and quickly located the refrigerator the employer had mentioned. They worked together to load it onto the truck and sped off.
At 8:45, the refrigerator was placed in the woods outside the villa area.
Yu Xunge, who had hitchhiked with the refrigerator, retrieved it into her backpack. Following her usual routine, she donned a swim cap to ensure not a single hair fell out, put on a mask and gloves, and recast the Illusion Spell before running toward the Su family.
**Chapter 19: The Treasure Seeker**
Gliding smoothly into the Su family estate, aided by the phasing potion, she followed her memories from her past life to find the entrance to the treasure room in the main building’s study. She descended, surrounded by various sophisticated technological devices.
She was even prepared to charge in if the thermal sensors detected her; she would grab what she could and run.
Fortunately, magic was unbeatable; only magic could defeat magic.
She felt like she had descended several meters, passing through three doors. Just as she reached the final door, alarms suddenly blared around her.
Looking down at the tiles, she clicked her tongue, instantly guessing that there was likely a pressure-sensitive device inside.
Without hesitation, she drank a phasing potion, passed through the ancient, exquisite door, and entered the treasure room.
The treasure room was no smaller than the estate above, divided into various sections: books, jewelry, antiques, and gold.
Yu Xunge dashed through, quickly dazzled by the sight of gold. In a small glass room, gold bars were neatly stacked. Each bar was slightly smaller than a phone but half an inch thick. Having handled so much gold recently, she could estimate that each bar weighed about 10 pounds.
Whoever said wealthy families didn’t have much liquid capital was mistaken!
Sure, they might not have much cash on hand, but they were hoarding gold!
She quickly ran in and started stuffing the gold bars into her spatial bag.
Fortunately, she had bought a new bag, and now 44 out of 72 slots were empty.
In other words, if she filled it up, she could carry 44 x 99, totaling 4,355 gold bars.
If she could slow down and place the gold bars into a storage box before packing them, she could carry even more, but time was short.
Soon, she heard commotion outside—the sound of doors opening and guns being loaded, and it was getting closer. Yu Xunge practically lay on the pile of gold bars, stuffing them into her bag.
Just as a large group burst in, Yu Xunge immediately stopped, even though 20 slots were still empty. She decisively left the room filled with gold, drank the phasing potion, and bolted outside.
Though the phasing potion only lasted 15 seconds, its cooldown was short—only 30 seconds. Fortunately, compared to the bodyguards, the Su family clearly trusted technology more. The group that had rushed into the basement was likely the Su family’s trusted aides, and not many others followed.
Instead of running out of the estate, Yu Xunge headed to Su Yitong’s room.
As soon as she entered, she saw Su Baizhou, Su Jinxuan, and Su Yitong sitting in the bedroom, engrossed in a game.
Even with all the commotion below, the three remained unfazed, whether out of faith in the Su family head’s abilities or reluctance to leave this life-changing game.
Without hesitation, Yu Xunge raised her hand and cast "Hūnhūn Dǎodì" three times.
Bang—bang—bang—!
One after another, the three collapsed.
As they fell, Yu Xunge thought to check their phones, only to find them blacked out as well.
It seemed the game connected to their consciousness, which made sense; otherwise, how could the skills she learned in the game sync to reality?
Then, two packages appeared in front of Su Yitong.
Ah, a pleasant surprise! She stepped forward and stuffed the two packages into her arms. Although she only had two slots on her waist, like equipment, she could carry more items; it was just that only two could be effective at a time. It was like how one person could wear multiple layers of clothing, but only one piece would be active due to limited slots.
Now, she could carry Su Yitong’s packages, but they wouldn’t register.
She had intended to hide here for a while, but with Su Yitong’s packages in hand, Yu Xunge didn’t dare to gamble. She had never imagined that packages could drop in such a way. Even with her Thief God talent, she could only steal one piece of equipment or item from a package—she could even steal the backpack someone had in their package, but she couldn’t take the package they were currently equipped with.
She could knock someone out and forcibly strip them of their gear, but to obtain a package someone was wearing, she would have to kill them; otherwise, she would just grasp at air.
Yu Xunge pulled out her axe, weighed it in her hands, and approached the three.
Liang Yuchuan had given her an arm as interest; what would these three offer?
How about an ear? Since Yu Xunhuan believed everything they said, taking one of your ears shouldn’t be too much to ask, right?
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