Chapter 40
After waiting patiently for a while, the group finally arrived. On the right side of Yu Xunge, there was now an orange cat, which belonged to a short-haired woman.
The man in military uniform had already packed away the cockroach box. After transforming himself into a wraith with his props, he led the two cats and a dog out.
In the dark city, there were all sorts of strange beings—trolls, blood elves, dwarves, and goblins. No one paid any attention to a few ordinary pets.
The group quickly exited the city. Yu Xunge closely followed the captain, skillfully navigating around the territories of wild wolves, goblins, and other low-level creatures. After what felt like a long time, they reached a large tree a little distance from the dark city. Looking back, all that could be seen was the faint outline of the spire of the wraith palace.
The exploration function of Soros's pocket watch was indeed powerful. In Yu Xunge's eyes, a line of text appeared around the large tree: [A modified magical dwelling].
The captain knocked on the door and whispered a code. A flash of light passed beneath their feet, and after a few seconds, a door appeared in the tree, which was large enough for them to embrace. A bespectacled man opened the door and let them in.
Inside, it was hard to tell what kind of skill had been used, but it looked about the size of a football field. There were two rows of tents, roughly close to a hundred in total.
The orange cat transformed back into the short-haired woman. She said to the cat and dog on the ground, “This is our base. You can come here to repay your loans.”
What a cold statement.
Yu Xunge nodded at the cat, then felt a bit foolish for doing so. She transformed back into her human form, put on her mask and hat, and asked, “Are there any other services here?”
The short-haired woman took out the cockroach box, restoring one cockroach after another into human form as she spoke to everyone, “If you find it hard to survive here, you can come and continue working with us. Of course, that means you’ll have to follow orders. As for other matters, here’s the bill; you can take a look.”
Yu Xunge took the paper handed to her by the bespectacled man and saw it filled with charges—from healing to lodging, from potions to assistance with disguises, and even a service to contact them for help if you got lost and couldn’t find the camp…
The most terrifying part was that at least half of the items had prices listed as “to be discussed.”
**Chapter 51: The Treehouse Base**
Yu Xunge asked, “How much does it cost to stay here?”
“It’s just 2 silver coins, but it’s cheaper if you pay with skill crystals.” The bespectacled man pulled out a ledger and asked, “What’s your name? You can tell me quietly.”
This was targeted exploitation, a form of alternative big data.
Yu Xunge understood.
She needed to come up with a plan; she couldn’t remain so passive!
Damn it!!!
The clever rabbits had turned this into an industry so quickly! And they did it so openly and confidently, without causing any resentment!
Considering it was getting late, Yu Xunge decided to stay overnight. As for those who had joined the official forces, they followed the man in military uniform out, likely to another place.
After spending 2 silver coins, Yu Xunge settled into a tent. Inside, there was nothing but a sleeping bag. She dragged the sleeping bag, which she wasn’t sure had been used by someone else, to the side, took out her toiletries and her own sleeping bag, and after a quick wash, she spent her first night in this other world. She was even woken up in the middle of the night by a timer alarm, which prompted her to create a skill crystal for [Fate Gear].
The next day, she used her loan contract to collect a teleportation stone from the bespectacled man, which would allow her to return to Blue Star once crushed. [Teleportation Stone (Single Use)]: Crush it to teleport to the teleportation array at S City, XX District, XX Lane 51. (Activation time: 1 second) (Producer: Ming Cheng)
What a high-end item, and what an impressive name for the teleportation array.
Yu Xunge asked, “Once activated, will I be teleported back directly, or will a portal open after 1 second, and I’ll still need to walk through it?”
The bespectacled man replied, “After a 1-second activation time, you will be teleported away directly.”
After saying that, he pulled out something that looked like a water balloon: “If you can’t find a contact point, you can crush this water balloon, and our people will come to pick you up at the nearest contact point. However, there will be a fee for each pickup. Let me see… it will cost you three skill crystals for one pickup.”
She had fallen into a den of thieves.
Yu Xunge took the water balloon, smiled politely yet awkwardly, thanked him, donned her hood, covered her mouth and nose with her mask, and took out her crossbow as she left the treehouse.
She didn’t expect to escape using the teleportation stone, as she had her Shadow Shift, which only required 0.1 seconds to cast. She just needed to quickly shift to a safe place. However, if her magic was restricted or she couldn’t use her powers, then she would need to rely on the teleportation stone.
She needed to return to the dark city; this was crucial for her future plans—whether to focus on hunting in the wild or return to the city to practice various skills and engage in buying and selling.
After defeating a few unavoidable wild wolves, Yu Xunge arrived at the graveyard near the dark city. She then transformed into a cow cat and ran toward the dark city.
Uncertain if any players were following her, transforming into a cow cat was a relatively safe choice.
In the game, it always felt like characters entered the city after just a short run, but now, in this other world, she had to run for over half an hour to reach the city gate of the dark city. Looking up, she saw her character’s wanted poster still hanging on the city wall. The guards didn’t stop a harmless little cat, and Yu Xunge smoothly entered the dark city.
The little cat felt too small in the vast alien main city. She wandered around the walls, circling again and again. During the previous beta test, she had rushed through, and aside from the first time when she had to hustle for starting funds, she hadn’t taken the time to explore.
By the end of the last beta test, she had spent all her gold coins. Now, she only had the gold coins she had crafted herself. From October 11 to yesterday, December 15, she had occasionally slacked off and skipped classes, but she had consistently transformed into a goblin to craft gold coins every day.
After deducting the silver coins spent on lodging yesterday, she currently had 200 gold and 70 silver.
Enough to spend, but not wealthy.
Mainly because the official base was too intimidating, it felt like entering a tourist attraction…
Thinking about it, wasn’t this just a tourist spot? Ordinary players without wealth or strength wouldn’t spend money to come here.
Yu Xunge passed by the alchemy shop and glanced at the undead female mentor, Hufflepuff, who was still brewing potions in her usual spot. She then headed to the goblin area and suddenly realized she couldn’t understand what the aliens were saying.
In the game, translated text would automatically appear at the bottom, but in her previous life, everyone had to use a translation device made from engineering to curse at the aliens. This device wasn’t expensive; it activated when clipped to clothing. Over time, she had forgotten about the language barrier and the existence of the translation device.
She crawled into the sewer, sprinkled revealing potions around, and waited a minute before disguising herself as a goblin, changing into a robe that fit the alien aesthetic. She first crafted three gold coins for the day, then pulled out the official price list. Flipping to the end, she found that they indeed sold translation devices for 2 gold each.
What a rip-off! How much do players earn in a day, and they dare to charge 2 gold!
She grumbled as she crawled out of the sewer and headed toward the goblin area.
This time, she found she could understand the strange language, but when she tried to speak a few words softly, she realized she was still speaking Chinese. Yu Xunge didn’t pay it any mind and walked into the goblin engineer’s shop, directly pulling out materials to craft a translation device.
This item was a recipe from intermediate engineering, and the materials weren’t expensive; a mix of materials only cost 27 silver coins.
Once the device was ready, she could communicate with the goblins. Unfortunately, the goblins here had been drained dry, and no one was willing to trade gold bricks with her. Although she could profit from the price difference, she had no money to spend. The once wealthiest Old Bill was now so poor he couldn’t even afford a drink.
Yu Xunge still had some herbs left. Previously, she thought she could no longer enter the game to learn skills, so she focused on practical training. Finally, she turned to the auction house, spending 5 gold to buy the skill book [Clean Slate (E-level)], and then spent 85 gold on [Water Creation (D-level)], resolving her long-standing regret of not purchasing the cleaning and water creation skills. She immediately crawled back into the sewer, transformed back into a cow cat, and left the city.
She planned to level up.
She believed the officials had already gotten ahead of her. Although she wouldn’t lose in terms of attribute points, if she wanted to participate in some large official events, she needed to meet the minimum requirements.
After returning to the graveyard, she transformed back into her human form. Three years of experience from her previous life meant she didn’t need any psychological preparation to kill monsters, but it had been a while since she had engaged in high-intensity combat, so she needed to warm up today.
Yu Xunge walked for more than ten minutes in the direction away from the treehouse base and the dark city before encountering a monster.
**Chapter 52: Leveling Up**
【Bone Wolf】 (Level 2) Health: 200/200
This was a product of a wild wolf being drained of its flesh and blood by low-level undead, resembling a wolf skeleton. It moved quickly but couldn’t use magic, and its attack power was low, making it easy to deal with—perfect for her warm-up.
Yu Xunge took out her crossbow, aimed, and shot. A normal attack could take away 50 health points, while a critical hit would deal 100. Using the skill Explosive Arrow not only could eliminate the targeted monster but also deal 50 damage to nearby monsters.
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