Chapter 39
After sending everyone off, Yu Xunge sat alone on the sofa, clutching 112 blank skill crystals, a loan contract, and a confidentiality agreement. The confidentiality agreement was quite detailed; it not only prohibited her from telling anyone about entering the game but also forbade her from revealing any player-related information if captured in the other world. Any act of betrayal would result in a few days of being silenced.
Zhao Shuying had said this was a product of divine talent. Yu Xunge had seen it in her previous life, and after checking it thoroughly, she found no traps or harsh terms, so she signed it.
How did it suddenly come to this?
She seemed to still be a lone wolf, but now she was a lone wolf burdened with a massive loan.
She had been planning to sell this skill for 3 gold coins each! With 108 uses, rounding up, that would be 500 gold, right?
Yu Xunge wiped her face, thinking that this time, she had to at least break even before coming back.
First, she spent a few days investigating Zhao Shuying and Wu Qingbai, and only after confirming they were indeed official personnel did she feel completely at ease.
She posted a vague message in her social circle, something that only those in the know would understand: 【Lucky 10】 has been taken by the officials and will no longer be sold to the public.
Then she went to the backyard to bake cat cookies, which were tastier and more nutritious than cat food. She didn’t stop until she filled all five feeders. The food would last these cats a month, dispensed every three hours.
Finally, she sent a message in the family group chat.
Only the most idle Yi Qiuguo replied immediately; the other two probably had their notifications turned off.
【Yu Xunge】: My skills can only be used by the officials now. I’ll be on a business trip for over a month, and I can’t disclose the itinerary.
【Happy Qiuguo】: Ah, do they pay?
【Yu Xunge】: What do you think?
【Happy Qiuguo】: I say they can’t not pay.
【Yu Xunge】: They don’t pay and even want me to pay taxes.
【Happy Qiuguo】: How can that be!!! Is there no law anymore?
【Yu Xunge】: Exactly!
After some light banter, Yu Xunge changed into comfortable clothes for movement—long sleeves, long pants, and boots made of lightweight, soft material. She didn’t care about wind or water resistance; she just needed to move without making noise. After double-checking her weapons, potions, and food, she drove to the address Zhao Shuying had given her, where a portal would open tonight.
Wearing a mask, sunglasses, and a baseball cap, Yu Xunge entered the top floor of the library, which was already filled with people, most of whom, like her, wore masks and sunglasses to hide their true appearances.
In the corner, there was a table laden with food and drinks, but Yu Xunge didn’t go over; she had her reservations about free food and wouldn’t touch it in this lifetime.
They waited until 7 PM when a man in military uniform walked in and addressed the hundreds present.
“Those who follow the team must obey commands. If you disobey orders more than three times, we have the right to eliminate you.”
“Cooperative players who don’t follow the team can act freely after leaving the city. If you encounter a crisis, you can seek our protection, but I believe you all understand the cost; we are only generous to our own.”
“To those with loans, please repay on time; otherwise, future cooperation will be difficult.”
“I hope everyone adheres to the terms of the confidentiality agreement. This is a product of divine talent, and I believe no one wants to know the consequences of violating the terms.”
“Does everyone understand?!”
Yu Xunge shouted “understand” along with the crowd, feeling a strange sense of participating in military training.
…
Su Yitong only learned about Yu Xunge’s situation after the meeting.
Her brows furrowed slightly; this skill had actually been taken by the officials…
She felt a sense of displeasure, as if something of hers had been snatched away.
But she quickly controlled her emotions and began to ponder why the officials needed the 【Fate Gear】 divine talent.
That evening, during dinner, she asked Yu Xunhuan if she knew about it.
Yu Xunhuan showed her the group chat.
Su Yitong’s gaze lingered on the line “I’ll be on a business trip for over a month, and I can’t disclose the itinerary.”
She asked, “Really didn’t get paid?”
Yu Xunhuan shrugged. “It should be true. She’s a bit stingy, but she wouldn’t lie about this.”
Su Yitong nodded thoughtfully, falling silent.
Soon, she pushed it to the back of her mind.
She assumed the officials needed 【Lucky 10】 for some special task, just like when she and Liang Yuchuan had sought to improve their divination.
This skill was indeed useful. Recently, she had been considering bringing Yu Xunge into the Su family, but she was still contemplating which branch to approach for marrying Yu Xunge. Someone too outstanding like Yu Xunge wouldn’t be a good match, but someone slightly less would be a loss of face. After all, Yu Xunge was, in a way, her husband’s sister…
But it was too late.
Oh well, it was just a B-level talent.
【Chapter 50: I, the Grand Heroine of a Revenge Novel…】
Yu Xunge had no idea that Su Yitong was already thinking about marrying her into the Su family to serve them, but even if she knew, it wouldn’t matter; she had already vented her frustrations in her previous life.
The Su family was sometimes quite amusing. If you worked for them, the closer you got to the core, the better the treatment, motivating everyone to climb higher.
But if you married into the Su family, becoming a daughter-in-law or son-in-law, that was it; you were essentially working for your own family. Why would you still ask for this or that? Surely, you didn’t marry into the Su family just for their gold coins.
In her previous life, after gaining some fame with her divine talent, Su Yitong had desperately wanted her to marry one of those unscrupulous Su family members. But Yu Xunge only looked at how Yu Xunhuan lived and had no good impression of the Su family. If it weren’t for Liang Yuchuan and Han Qianshan entering the picture later, the Liang and Han families were not much weaker than the Su family, and Yu Xunhuan’s status and treatment would be hard to say.
And what kind of people did Su Yitong introduce? How could Yu Xunge possibly agree?
As a result, after repeatedly refusing, in Su Yitong’s eyes, it meant she was harboring feelings for Yu Xunhuan.
What a dirty imagination!!
…
At 8 PM, the portal lit up on time, and everyone lined up to go through. Each person had to wait two minutes before the next was allowed to pass.
After Yu Xunge stepped through the blue light gate, she found herself in a dimly lit small room with only a single candle flickering.
Inside stood two people: a short-haired woman and the military man who had spoken earlier. Now, the military man had changed into a gray robe, and the short-haired woman waved Yu Xunge over. “Come here, we’ll turn you into a small animal.”
Yu Xunge warily eyed her. “What happened to the others?” Even if they were turning people into small animals to send them out of the city, it shouldn’t be happening this quickly.
The short-haired woman smiled and turned slightly, revealing a small glass box behind her, filled to the brim with cockroaches, stacked on top of each other. Countless cockroaches were trying to climb over one another, unwilling to be crushed beneath.
Is this what you call a small animal?!
Wait, what were Zhao Shuying’s exact words? “We can turn everyone into cute little animals.”
Yu Xunge felt numb.
I, the grand heroine of a revenge novel, have returned…
The short-haired woman said gently, “Come on.”
Yu Xunge took a big step back. “Wait! I mean, I have a prop that can turn me into a small animal, a real cute one.”
No problem, she had plenty of trump cards; no one knew how many small animals she could turn into!!!
Trump cards were meant to ensure her well-being!
Yu Xunge raised her hand to stop the short-haired woman from coming closer. “Can I do it myself?”
The short-haired woman stood there regretfully. “Of course you can.”
Just as Yu Xunge was about to transform, she suddenly asked, “Do I still have to pay the 5 crystals for this transformation service in the loan contract?”
The short-haired woman smiled slightly, realizing she was likely a player who had exchanged skills for entry qualifications. “The 5 crystals are mainly for escorting you out of the city; turning into an animal is just a complimentary service.”
Yu Xunge gritted her teeth. Fine, fine, you have your tricks! Just wait!
She transformed into a chubby cow cat she had recently petted and walked to the corner, only to find a black dog already squatting there, looking at her with eyes full of pity and understanding.
Yu Xunge: “…”
For a while, Yu Xunge understood why the line to enter was so slow. Most people, upon learning they would be turned into cockroaches, had to go through a process of shock, doubt, struggle, resistance, and eventual compromise. Only a few seemed calm, likely because they had been through it before.
But upon seeing the black dog and the cow cat in the corner, they all exchanged glances filled with a sour sense of camaraderie.
Yu Xunge patiently waited, during which she felt the aura of the other world. The air here seemed to be infused with magic.
Ever since becoming a player, she had been able to sense the energy within her, even feeling the magic flowing through her body each time she used a skill, but never had she felt it as clearly as at this moment.
It was as if a lens that had been shrouded in mist was suddenly polished, and the world became clear.
She even had the illusion that she could instantly cast 【Ice Flower Seal】 without chanting.
Players passed by Yu Xunge one by one, but she didn’t use her thieving skills. When she had just been reborn, she would have stolen from any dog that passed by, but ever since she had stolen Yu Xunhuan’s 【Food God】 talent, her hostility had greatly diminished. With so many powerful beings from other worlds around, she didn’t need to steal from her own kind. Besides, there were the Su, Liang, and Han families; she had plenty of enemies, and there was no need to target those who hadn’t wronged her.
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