Chapter 92
She often had an alibi, but it wasn't always the case. This seemingly perfect state of having a time of absence actually ruled her out as a suspect. Sometimes, being too perfect raised more eyebrows. But for Yu Xunge, it was all about being natural.
For Yu Xunhuan, however, his main concern was the day of the third internal test. On that day, Yu Xunge was in Jiangcheng, and he even had Su's family check the surveillance footage there. From the airport to the hotel, Yu Xunge never left Jiangcheng.
In fact, the two of them only checked on Yu Xunge as a precaution. Deep down, neither of them considered her a suspect. For no other reason than the fact that after participating in the second internal test, Yu Xunge shared the game with Yu Xunhuan—she even tried to share it with Su Yitong—this planted the thought in their minds that "Yu Xunge would never harm them."
During the dungeon run, Yu Xunge let a few people investigate, pretending not to notice. After all, her attribute points were disguised by her pocket watch, keeping her in a state of camouflage 24/7. No matter who came, they would see her attributes as normal but slightly high.
A level 4 dungeon could be cleared in just three hours, with each person earning 3% experience. If someone were to solo it, the gain would be even higher. No wonder Yu Xunge's experience skyrocketed; the speed was terrifying, but the cost was high. She had exhausted all her 50 gold in landmines and poison explosives—no one could afford that at this stage.
When Yu Xunge exited the dungeon, she explained to the others, "This method should only be used occasionally. It’s my first time trying it, and it’s really not worth it for leveling up."
Su Yitong, generous as ever, handed her 50 gold, covering the cost of the dungeon run. She didn’t mind being stingy over such trivial matters.
Yu Xunge directly gave all five pieces of equipment she obtained to Su Yitong—mainly because the total value of those five items at the auction house was only about 5 to 5 gold, so she felt no regret in giving them away.
After calculating the costs and benefits, Su Yitong was disheartened. Running the dungeon twice a day would start at 19 gold, and after three days, she would be bankrupt.
Since she was planning to stir things up behind the scenes, she couldn’t keep avoiding the male and female leads. Rather than repeatedly refusing and raising suspicions, it was better to agree when they first made a request and then find a way to dissuade them. Yu Xunge could tell from Su Yitong's expression that at least for the time being, these people wouldn’t be seeking her out again.
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After parting ways with Su Yitong and the others, Yu Xunge continued her classes on Zelan Star.
Now, not only did she have to bring Hufflepuff cigarettes and alcohol, a gaming console that didn’t require an internet connection, and various entertainment facilities, but she also had to cook for him.
But she was more than willing. She was immensely grateful that the Alchemy Master was willing to teach her. Didn’t the people from the Special Affairs Bureau struggle to even have a conversation with Hufflepuff? She even worried that one day Hufflepuff might lose interest in these indulgences and stop teaching her.
She was also kind to the little undead, bringing food and the gaming console without a second thought. The cost was just a bit of time and money.
She suspected that Hufflepuff and the little undead had already figured out she was from Blue Star, but both pretended not to know. Naturally, she wouldn’t be foolish enough to confess; they all played dumb together.
After her alchemy class, she maintained her cat form to sneakily learn cooking. The chef in the restaurant had grown accustomed to having a cat watch him cook, sometimes even setting aside a portion for the cat.
After eating her fill and waiting for her disguise to cool down, she dashed out of the restaurant and transformed into a goblin. She needed to visit the main city she hadn’t been to before to exchange for gold coins.
She was determined to trade with goblins in every major city. As for the transactions with the Special Affairs Bureau, Yu Xunge wasn’t worried about scamming them. Besides the goblins in the major cities, every major city was surrounded by towns, which also had goblins, though not as concentrated as in the main cities. The Special Affairs Bureau would have to search for them.
When the time came, she would inform the Special Affairs Bureau about the gold coin exchange. Given their efficiency, they would likely find 80% of the goblins on Zelan Star within six months. Once the goblins exchanged their gold coins, they wouldn’t trade gold with players anymore, even if they went to Blue Star for business. This way, the Su family’s gold would be firmly in their hands.
If gold couldn’t be exchanged for coins, it wouldn’t be much different from other assets, and it wouldn’t even generate profit.
She wondered if the Liang family had converted their assets into gold. Given their keen interest in the Su family, they must have heard about the Su family converting some assets into gold. If they had done the same, things would get interesting...
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After a busy day on Zelan Star, Yu Xunge returned to Blue Star and saw some good news on the game forum.
**[Shocking: Tauren Issue Bounty on Liang Family]**
**[What did the Liang family do to offend a race?]**
**[Blue Star's First Case! — A Blue Star force issued a bounty by an alien race]**
**[Analysis: Possibly related to the young prince of the Tauren tribe]**
Yu Xunge hesitated for a moment but decided not to fan the flames. The sooner the matter of the holy artifact came to light, the more it would seem premeditated.
Moreover, the Liang family was still unaware of the holy artifact. If she spoke up now, it would be like giving them a leg up and a chance to explain themselves. It was better to wait a while before revealing it; by then, the Liang family would have no way to clarify.
She had a play to perform the next day, so Yu Xunge went to bed early. The following morning, she gained another 14% experience. Unfortunately, the equipment she obtained was only around level 10, so she had to set it aside. However, she was lucky today and found a sewing blueprint. Without hesitation, she learned it herself. Once she crafted the items, selling them at the auction house would also be a source of income.
By the afternoon, calculating the time, it had been nearly 30 hours since she had run the dungeon with Su Yitong and Yu Xunhuan. Yu Xunge opened Yu Xunhuan's private chat window and began to subtly inquire about the skill crystal that could steal attribute points and equipment that Su Yitong had bought.
Yu Xunhuan almost immediately sensed the reason behind Yu Xunge's question. He had noticed that two pieces of equipment were missing from his bag yesterday. He and Su Yitong checked their attributes and bags almost daily, even writing down the checks on their hands. So now, they discovered anything missing on the same day.
Now that Yu Xunge was asking, it was likely that she had also lost attribute points or equipment! This realization left Yu Xunhuan with mixed feelings—he was both alarmed by the persistent thief and relieved that he wasn’t the only one suffering.
What pleased him even more was that Yu Xunge suspected Su Yitong didn’t suspect him...
Of course, he never considered using that skill crystal on Yu Xunge. There were so many detestable people in the Su family that he couldn’t steal from; he wouldn’t waste it on Yu Xunge.
**[Chapter 119: Dragons and Flood Dragons]**
After fooling Yu Xunge with his act, Yu Xunhuan shared the news with Su Yitong.
Su Yitong felt equally conflicted—angry at the persistent thief and somewhat gleeful that Yu Xunge had also fallen victim. However, she wasn’t upset that Yu Xunge suspected her. Having been stolen from herself, she could understand the feeling of suspecting everyone.
Perhaps it was because their attributes had become similar to those of level 0 players; they hadn’t lost any attribute points recently, only equipment.
They hadn’t lost any precious items either. Whenever they didn’t need an item, they would list it at the auction house for a price far exceeding its value, effectively using it as a sort of alternative safe.
They had indeed lost experience.
Upon learning that Yu Xunge had lost attribute points after running a dungeon with them, the two immediately invited her to run a few more dungeons, claiming they would help find the culprit.
Yu Xunge: Politely declined!
Don’t let that bad luck rub off on me.
After dealing with Yu Xunhuan and Su Yitong, Yu Xunge got back to her own business—brewing potions and crafting engineering products to sell, attending classes on Zelan Star, and practicing cooking. She had a lot on her plate.
Recently, her cooking scores had stabilized around 83.
This progress wasn’t slow, considering she had only gained the Food God talent a little over six months ago, and learning to cook was a recent endeavor. Once her cooking score stabilized above 95, she would have another channel to increase her attribute points.
With the holy artifact and the Thief God, she was confident she could outshine anyone. Once she fully matured, it wouldn’t be impossible to stand up to the three major forces: Su, Liang, and Han.
But for now, that was not the case. No matter how powerful a boss was, they couldn’t compete with hundreds or thousands of players teaming up.
Yu Xunge steadily improved herself. She needed to enhance her strength quickly to seize an important opportunity from Yu Xunhuan.
By the end of this year, the Su family would be exploring a young dragon on the verge of maturity in their level 15 dungeon. At that time, Yu Xunhuan happened to have a low-level pet contract scroll.
The limitation of this low-level pet contract scroll was that it could only tame beasts below level 15. Originally, Yu Xunhuan wasn’t in a hurry, but the young dragon had been level 14 when first discovered, and after half a month, it had reached level 15. Now, Yu Xunhuan had to hurry.
However, most ordinary players were only level 5 at that time, and even the top 100 on the leaderboard were only around level 10. To capture that level 15 young dragon early and prevent it from being given to someone else in the Su family by the family head, Yu Xunhuan and Su Yitong couldn’t afford to delay.
Although with their influence, they didn’t want to, and the Su family wouldn’t dare force them to give it up, the dungeon ultimately belonged to the Su family. Whoever could obtain it would have the upper hand.
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