Chapter 47
**Chapter 51: I’m a Purchasing Agent in the Game World**
Yu Xunge said, “They’ll believe it. This thing can’t stay at the same price forever. Right now, it’s selling for 3 gold, which might be a small team’s earnings for three days. But what about later? When a small team’s earnings hit 10 gold, will this still sell for 3 gold? This skill crystal isn’t useful in combat, but its value in crafting gear is immeasurable. I can’t protect it myself, so I can only turn to you guys.”
Zhao Shuying nodded, almost sighing as she repeated, “You can’t protect it yourself, so you can only turn to us.”
Yu Xunge bit her lip, realizing she had shown a crack in her armor. After all, she was still at a disadvantage compared to these seasoned negotiators. She said, “I could also seek refuge with other factions.”
Zhao Shuying replied, “But you don’t like faction disputes, do you? Joining a faction means internal conflicts. Once the true value of your skill is discovered, other factions will fight over you and the faction you’re aligned with.”
Yu Xunge fell silent for a long time before standing up. “Then forget it.”
Zhao Shuying paused, her hand still holding the coffee cup. What was going on? She looked at Yu Xunge, her expression one of shock, as if to say, “Why aren’t you following the script?”
Yu Xunge clicked her tongue, visibly irritated. “I’m done talking. Let’s leave it at that. I’m out of here.”
How could you be halfway through a game of mahjong, about to win, and then have the other side flip the table?!
And after flipping the table, Yu Xunge turned to leave, but before she could take a step, Zhao Shuying grabbed her hand.
The negotiation elite from a moment ago was now leaning over the table, clutching her hand. “Sister!!!”
Yu Xunge replied, “I’m only 25.”
Zhao Shuying had already gotten up and quickly walked to her side, affectionately wrapping her arm around Yu Xunge’s shoulder. “Little sister!”
From behind, Zhao Xianyin chimed in, “Hey! I’m right here.”
Zhao Shuying didn’t even look back. “Get lost.”
Zhao Xianyin stifled a laugh. “Okay.”
Zhao Shuying said, “Little sister, let’s talk this out.”
Yu Xunge replied, “You won’t like what I have to say.”
Zhao Shuying: “…” That sounded a bit familiar.
Yu Xunge continued, “Four percent is impossible; at most, one percent.”
Zhao Shuying said, “One percent is really not feasible…”
Yu Xunge shrugged off Zhao Shuying’s hand and started to walk away.
Zhao Shuying held on tightly! She hadn’t even tried this hard to keep her ex-boyfriend from the school heartthrob: “Two percent! That’s my bottom line! I swear, that’s the absolute limit!”
How coincidental; that was also Yu Xunge’s bottom line. She couldn’t avoid paying fees, but she still maintained a cold demeanor. “Then if I exchange for gold, I want a cut—1%. That’s not too much, right?”
Zhao Shuying pushed her away. “You can go. If you leave, don’t think about coming back.”
Yu Xunge lifted her foot to leave, but before she could step out, Zhao Shuying wrapped her arms around her again.
Zhao Shuying smiled at her. “Because I’ll come after you.”
Yu Xunge: “……………………”
Zhao Shuying led her back to the table. “If you only exchange for 100,000 gold coins, you can only take 0.5%. But if you can exchange for 200,000 gold coins, then you can take 1%.”
Yu Xunge reached out. “Deal. I’ll find a way to exchange for 200,000 gold coins.”
Zhao Shuying’s smile froze.
Zhao Xianyin leaned in. “Sister, that’s some impressive negotiation skills.”
Zhao Shuying snapped, “Get lost!”
Yu Xunge wasn’t in a hurry to go after Su Zhi and the others. She waited for the contract to arrive, confirmed it once more, and found it aligned with what they had just discussed.
1. Player Yu Xunge will exchange 200 gold for 1 gold coin as the exchange rate for the Special Affairs Bureau to convert gold coins from Zelan Star. The final exchange amount is below 100,000 gold coins, and Yu Xunge will take 0.5%. If she can exchange for 200,000 gold coins or more, her overall cut will be 1%. During this period, no member of the Special Affairs Bureau may investigate Yu Xunge’s methods of exchanging gold coins in any way.
2. The skill crystal “You’re Happy Again” created by player Yu Xunge will be fully entrusted to the Special Affairs Bureau for external sale. The Bureau will provide Yu Xunge with blank skill crystals and publicly claim that she only profits 20%, while doing everything possible to protect her. The profits from “You’re Happy Again” will allow the Bureau to take 20%, settled every 15 natural days.
The contract was quite favorable to Yu Xunge, only stipulating that the skill crystals she created would be sold by the Bureau, but using them herself or giving them to others wouldn’t count as a breach.
However, if the contract were violated, all members under the concept of the Special Affairs Bureau would randomly lose 1 attribute point as punishment, while Yu Xunge would lose 10 attribute points and all her gold coins. Moreover, this collaboration had a time limit of only two years, after which they would renegotiate.
Yu Xunge wasn’t surprised; after all, the Fate Gear was only a B-level talent, and A-level and below divine talents weren’t unique. Who knows when they might find a second one? But if they didn’t find it, the advantage would swing back to Yu Xunge.
There were many details, such as Yu Xunge not being able to exchange gold coins for other factions, and after a year, she would reveal her method of exchanging gold coins to the Special Affairs Bureau.
In return, the Bureau promised that if anything happened to Yu Xunge in the next two years, and they used a divine talent related to causality to track down the culprit, they would avenge her.
It was fair; within two years, even for the sake of the gold exchange method, the Bureau would do its best to protect Yu Xunge, and during that time, they would also help her seek revenge if anything happened. As for revealing the exchange method after a year, it wouldn’t affect Yu Xunge’s own development. By then, she would have probably cleaned out all the goblins.
Yu Xunge got what she wanted but had to pay a price. After reading through the contract word by word, she finally signed her name.
Zhao Shuying signed on behalf of the Special Affairs Bureau and stamped it with the official seal.
Yu Xunge asked curiously, “Do game contracts really require an official seal?”
Zhao Shuying smiled. “Of course they do.”
She regained her previous composure and elegance, making Yu Xunge suspect that her earlier antics were just part of her negotiation tactics.
After signing the contract, Yu Xunge could check the relevant details from her character interface. She double-checked before finally feeling at ease.
Zhao Shuying said, “We’ll deliver the gold within three days. No matter which outpost you go to, just let the staff there know. We’ve already entered your information and level into our system. You’re currently the highest level among the external personnel.”
Yu Xunge glanced at the time; it was already 3 PM. If she didn’t hurry out to take revenge, she’d miss her chance. She said, “Okay, I won’t be going far in the next few days. I’ll head out now; I still haven’t done anything productive this afternoon.”
Zhao Shuying and Zhao Xianyin escorted her to the entrance of the first-floor outpost, drawing the attention of other players.
After leaving the treehouse, Yu Xunge ran into the forest. She wrapped herself in a black cloak, concealing her entire body, and cast the Illusion Spell to arrive at the cave where she had tracked Su Zhi that morning, standing in the corner to wait.
During this time, she watched alchemy videos in her mind while contemplating her next plan.
With only five days until New Year’s Day, she planned to level up in the next few days. Once the gold arrived, she would start exchanging for coins, using her downtime for alchemy.
After all, she needed to use the Thief’s Disguise skill to exchange for gold, and with the cooldown time deducted, she could work for one hour every five hours. During that cooldown, fighting monsters wasn’t worth it; each main city had different environments, and it was possible to find monsters only to have to return after two hours. It was better to practice her professional skills in the sewers or elsewhere.
Anyway, she could transform into animals and use Illusion Movement, so escaping wouldn’t be a problem.
As dusk fell, Yu Xunge heard the sound of cursing drawing near.
It was Su Zhi and a few burly men, a total of eight.
Yu Xunge had calculated earlier that there were 21 of them in total, and she had only killed 10 that morning. Why were only eight back now?
“Do you think she sensed something?”
“Impossible. There were other teams that invited her before, and she turned them down without being on guard.”
“She probably went to another outpost. Didn’t they say she doesn’t have a fixed base?”
“Yeah, we’ll go back tomorrow and keep an eye on that area while fighting monsters.”
“Do you think she dares to go that deep alone? We only dare to fight level 4… and a few died today.”
“Didn’t you notice that the monsters have gotten stronger today? I really wasn’t prepared; otherwise, Xiao Si and the others wouldn’t have died.”
Yu Xunge couldn’t be bothered to listen anymore. She pulled out a grenade, pulled the pin, and tossed one after another, throwing five in total before using Illusion Movement to get outside the cave.
As soon as Yu Xunge materialized at the cave entrance, she heard the explosions from inside.
She patiently waited for five minutes, then maintained the Illusion Spell as she walked in, looking at the eight “corpses” on the ground, blood and flesh in disarray. Instead of approaching, she drew her gun and fired three shots at Su Zhi’s head, then at the burly man, and then one after another, each head receiving three shots.
After waiting quietly for a moment, she drew her long knife and walked in, severing each head before pouring gasoline over their bodies and setting them ablaze.
Throughout this, she maintained her invisibility.
Only after watching the bodies burn to a crisp did Yu Xunge feel satisfied. She used Illusion Movement again and arrived at Outpost 0003, which was at least a two-hour journey from the crime scene.
Zhao Shuying said three days, and even before New Year’s Day, Yu Xunge not only cleared her debt of skill crystals but also received 100 blank skill crystals and 40,000 gold, enough to exchange for 100,000 gold coins.
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