Chapter 222
No, she wouldn’t. She would definitely take matters into her own hands, hiding the trap in the most easily overlooked place.
Concealed in the safest, most harmless, even unsuspected moment!
Hidden in the instant before the prey realizes it is prey!
Buried at the very starting point of everything!!
With her hands spread out against the edge of the table, Yu Xunge slowly opened her eyes.
—【Mind Snatcher】!!
In that moment when all information was still unclear, it was also when her guard was at its weakest!
The most “wonderful” part was that there were no tests or obstacles in obtaining the Mind Snatcher.
Because for Yu Xunge, who at the time had no idea of Mi Yasi’s intentions or identity, it was just an “ordinary person’s” tomb. It could be connected to the sea monster, which was why it had strange artifacts, but theoretically, it shouldn’t contain too many Zelan elements.
If it weren’t for the fact that Heifei had come to Blue Star to find a way to cope, she, as a player for less than two years, would have relied on the seemingly omnipotent 【Mind Snatcher】—an artifact devoid of its own consciousness and thought. Who would suspect it?
Even her “first step” was taken with the help of the 【Mind Snatcher】!
Yu Xunge placed the prepared meat soup in the backyard and, with Tu Lan, once again concealed herself as she headed to Liang Pozhou’s grave.
This time, she began her search layer by layer from the outskirts of the cemetery. After nearly five hours, she finally discovered a clue within the group of relief sculptures behind Liang Pozhou’s tombstone! When she smashed the relief, several metallic magic runes fell out.
The metal clattered against the tiles, and the sound echoed in Yu Xunge’s heart—just as she had expected.
She didn’t know much about magic runes; they were mostly knowledge used by enchantment specialists and tailors. After leaving the cemetery with the runes, she sketched them out and anonymously posted a thread on the game forum, asking everyone what they were.
Before she even got home, Yu Xunge received an answer.
【Chapter 258: ＜Mayfly＞】
These are advanced magic runes used when designing equipment wear requirements. By setting restrictions, they can balance and stabilize the magic within the equipment, allowing it to accommodate more characteristics and possess better attributes. Ordinary equipment doesn’t even qualify to use them; only level 10 purple gear might be able to.
However, they can also be used elsewhere. For example, these symbols are typically used by enchanters and tailors to hide and protect valuables, allowing for a freely set “visibility” threshold. If the criteria aren’t met, the protected items become invisible.
The requirements displayed by these symbols are: Divine Gift S-level, True Strength > 80, True Intelligence > 80, True Agility > 80, True Constitution > 80.
What a perfect trap!
The 【Thief God】 talent is indeed S-level, and with this talent in hand, anyone with a bit of ambition wouldn’t have low attributes. Even without wearing equipment, her average attributes would exceed 80.
This discovery further confirmed for Yu Xunge that the 【Mind Snatcher】 had issues. Her best option now might be to investigate Mi Yasi’s relics and lair; perhaps there would be new clues.
She took Tu Lan to the Liang family, changed her name to that of a Liang family employee, and then directly disguised herself and used stealth to enter the Liang residence.
After confirming that Liang Yuchuan had acquired a 【Fragmented Fixation】 status, she flew in the air, watching Liang Yuchuan, who was training at 5 AM, and the snowboard beneath her feet, observing her tirelessly wielding her blade again and again.
She asked Tu Lan, “Can your expert account heal her?” She was worried about Liang Yuchuan recovering, and also about ending up in the same situation as her.
Tu Lan observed for a moment and replied, “It’s hard to say. Theoretically, I can indeed heal her and lift Liang Pozhou’s curse, but the problem is that when this curse took effect, it was imprinted on the bloodline shackles. My skill can only provide temporary healing; the curse etched on the bloodline shackles will gradually regenerate. Unless she permanently severs the bloodline shackles, even temporarily lifting them won’t help.”
Yu Xunge asked, “What does it mean to permanently sever?”
Tu Lan replied, “It means all her blood relatives must die.”
She stared for a long time, until the Liang family noticed something was off through the screening water curtain and rushed over, at which point she left the Liang residence.
Having Liang Yuchuan as an enemy would make it hard to sleep, but if she were a tool in her hands, that would be an SSR card. Even if it meant sending her to her death, Yu Xunge wouldn’t feel any guilt and could use her to her heart’s content.
With a long breath, Yu Xunge finally made up her mind.
She used her shadow movement to teleport into the Liang family’s fishing boat. Considering she hadn’t truly contracted yet, she didn’t lift her disguise skill and released Liang Pozhou.
When Liang Pozhou woke up and saw the sky, his first reaction was relief. If someone wanted to silence him, they wouldn’t give him a chance to wake up: “Have you made up your mind?”
Yu Xunge replied, “Yes.”
Just as the 【One-Time Transaction】 stated, is there anything in this world that cannot be “borrowed” with money? No.
As long as Liang Pozhou offered enough chips, she could “borrow” her grievances and hatred.
If there were things in the future that she couldn’t handle herself, she would have an additional force at her disposal, one that wouldn’t require her to invest money and resources to cultivate. Even if the other party suffered losses on missions, she wouldn’t bear any psychological burden.
Moreover, she had also seen a few scattered snake servants at the Liang family estate today…
The collaboration between the Liang family and Yu Xunhuan was something she absolutely did not want to see.
If Liang Yuchuan had to die, it could only be at her hands. She didn’t want to see Liang Yuchuan being drained of her essence and used to death by Yu Xunhuan. It wasn’t that she felt pity for Liang Yuchuan; she simply believed that Yu Xunhuan didn’t deserve Liang Yuchuan, whether as a tool or as a wife.
Yu Xunge directly used the game’s contract function to sign a contract with Liang Pozhou.
Liang Pozhou needed to fulfill all his previous promises and could not disclose Yu Xunge’s true identity or any information he knew about her—this naturally included her enmity with the Liang family.
In addition, the legion established by Liang Pozhou and the Liang family could not refuse any tasks issued by Yu Xunge, nor could they harm her in any way. The moment they attempted to breach the contract, Liang Pozhou, Liang Sha, Liang Jing, and Liang Yuchuan would have their attributes reset to zero, all memories wiped, and fall into a petrified state for a hundred years.
As the other party of the contract, Yu Xunge accepted the loyalty of the Liang family members. According to Blue Star time, she would need to assign at least one task to the Liang family members each month and fight alongside them once a year. If she breached the contract, she would owe the Liang family 50,000 gold coins.
The final clause stated that when Yu Xunge died completely, Liang Yuchuan’s health would also be instantly reduced to zero.
The contract was set for a duration of fifty years.
An extremely harsh and unequal contract.
But Liang Pozhou agreed without hesitation.
Yu Xunge asked, “Don’t you need me to promise to help you lift the curse?”
“A cornered dog will…” Liang Pozhou slapped himself, adjusting his expression, and said seriously, “Leaving some things unsaid can actually yield more.”
This was a lesson he learned from his 【Life Experience】, and it was precisely because he always left Yu Xunge a way out that she stood here signing a contract with him.
Yu Xunge thought, “You think I don’t know you’re implying a cornered dog will jump over the wall? You’re the one who’s anxious!”
After waiting a few seconds, Liang Pozhou saw that Yu Xunge didn’t backtrack on the contract due to his words and continued with his actions.
He pulled out a legion token from somewhere and, in front of Yu Xunge, sent it to someone. Before long, the legion leaderboard displayed the world’s second legion—＜Mayfly＞.
Legion leader: Liang Sha.
The legion consisted of only three members: Liang Sha, Liang Jing, and Liang Yuchuan.
Liang Pozhou’s current race made it inconvenient for him to join the Liang family’s legion, so he specified the legion’s name in the contract to show his sincerity. Then, he signed his name along with Liang Sha, Liang Jing, and Liang Yuchuan on the contract light screen, dripping their blood onto their respective names.
He then said, “Prohibit them from accessing the name of the other party in the contract.”
On the contract, the name Yu Xunge was replaced with 【Unknown】.
Golden light swept over the three blood-stained names, the process lasting several seconds, seemingly determining whether the owners of those three drops of blood were willing.
Soon, the golden light dissipated, and the contract was recognized.
She checked the contract from beginning to end once more, then looked at Liang Pozhou and suddenly said, “Add one more name to the punishment list: your wife, the one named Xu Yunsheng.”
For the first time, Liang Pozhou’s expression turned extremely grim. With a near-sigh, he added his wife’s name: Xu Yunsheng.
His story was a mix of truth and lies; the plot could be designed, but feelings didn’t need to be, nor could they be deliberately crafted.
Since meeting Liang Pozhou, he had mentioned his wife neither too few nor too many times, which was quite strange. If he didn’t care, he would either not mention her at all or frequently bring her up to attract Yu Xunge’s attention. Yet it was precisely his hesitant attitude, not daring to mention her too much or too little, that made Yu Xunge keenly aware of his longing and affection for that Mrs. Yunsheng.
He couldn’t treat it lightly or heavily; in those more than ninety time reversals, who knows how many times it was for that Mrs. Yunsheng.
Liang Pozhou must have left a means of resurrection for that Mrs. Yunsheng, and as long as she could be resurrected, it would be a weakness.
After signing Xu Yunsheng’s name, Liang Pozhou sent a message to the Liang family. After about two hours, he received Xu Yunsheng’s blood…
Yu Xunge thought to herself, as expected…
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