Chapter 280
In other words, if she didn’t want the Six Tubes to disappear, she had to use them at least once before the end of January? The latest deadline was January 15, the same as the time given by Wu Ren. Was that just a coincidence?
Yu Xunge furrowed her brow. This information wasn’t mentioned in the item descriptions in the World Tomb Forest. Was there some hidden information she didn’t know about?
After having a simple meal with Tu Lan at Xiao Ma Qi’s place, Yu Xunge left. She had cooked a meal for Tu Lan and Xiao Ma Qi that scored above 19, and while Tu Lan was satisfied, Xiao Ma Qi licked her bowl clean.
After seeing Yu Xunge off, Xiao Ma Qi returned to the alchemy shop. “Hecipa, I’m back~!”
Hecipa didn’t look up, her eyes focused on stirring the potion in the cauldron. “Did you take Ravenclaw to your place?” Although she knew Yu Xunge’s real name, she never called her by it in the shop, and neither did Xiao Ma Qi.
“Yeah.”
“That's rare. You actually brought a foreigner to your little nest.”
“Ravenclaw isn’t a foreigner; she’s my friend!”
Only then did Hecipa look up in surprise at Xiao Ma Qi, but all she saw was Xiao Ma Qi’s cheerful back as the little spirit hummed a ghostly nursery rhyme, tiptoeing to organize the potions and gems in the cabinet.
…
Yu Xunge had been busy all day, and by the time she rushed back to Lanxing, it was already the early hours of the 25th.
She immediately went invisible and headed to the Su family estate, using the “Furious Moon” skill to return to the moment on the 15th when she had resurrected Su Yitong with her cotton candy skill.
If she returned to before the resurrection, the act of resurrecting Su Yitong would be impossible. This thought caused her brain to freeze for a few seconds. What if she returned to just before the resurrection and used the forbidden resurrection skill? What would happen then?
Nothing would happen… because she discovered that when she included herself under the constraints of the rules, trying to trigger the 10-minute rule time, the “One-Person Party” skill simply wouldn’t activate due to the presence of another version of herself in a team state.
To make this skill work, she had to bypass her “past self.” However, when she was at the point where the cotton candy was about to expire, and she tried to set rules specifically for Su Yitong, the activation time for the party rules was only 2 minutes.
Seeing that Su Yitong had died and the green wine hadn’t been revealed, she knew that this 2 minutes hadn’t completely severed the activation time for Su Yitong’s resurrection skill.
There might be another way to return to the moment before she arrived at the Su family, but she had arrived too early. The time of Su Yitong’s massacre at the Su family, the time she spent talking nonsense with Su Yitong, and the time they fought had long exceeded 10 minutes. She couldn’t bypass herself, so that option was also impossible…
Frustrated, Yu Xunge returned to the current timeline.
She entered her study and quickly continued working on “Spring Days Are Not Late,” leaving the cats in the backyard for Tu Lan to feed. Since returning from the tower, she hadn’t even touched the cat nest. She planned to wait a few more days and pet them on New Year’s Eve.
She worked until 4 AM before stopping to sleep for a bit, only to be woken up at 8 AM by a call from Zhao Shuying.
When she answered the phone, she was still a bit dazed. Didn’t everyone use private messages in the game now?
She rolled over, letting Tu Lan, who was sleeping on her stomach, slide off, and lazily said, “Hello?”
“Hey, Xunge, satellites have spotted an alien army gathering underwater. Dinghai is planning to form a few teams to explore the depths and look for a dungeon light screen. Do you want to come?”
Xunge? That sounded so intimate.
Yu Xunge opened her eyes, the sleepiness fading. Zhao Shuying had never called her that before; she immediately sensed that Zhao Shuying was likely trying to alert her to something unusual.
“Not going.” Yu Xunge’s voice still carried a hint of sleepiness, and she rejected the invitation without hesitation.
Although it was an opportunity to leverage Dinghai’s power against other forces that might be plotting against her, she wasn’t really one of Dinghai’s people. If she didn’t want to participate, she didn’t have to make excuses.
She was swamped with work.
She needed to refine “Spring Days Are Not Late,” steal the moonlight from Zelan, and even though the Furious Moon was still leveling up and couldn’t receive moonlight, she was saving it up. She had promised to make up for Tu Lan’s essence points.
She also needed to ignite the orange-red wings and was searching for thunderstorms to use the power of lightning to ignite each of her light feathers. Plus, she had to go to the World Battlefield on the 15th of next month, and she wanted to check out the nest of Miya Si.
She also needed to find time to copy all the martial arts books she had stolen from Moon Lake City and send the originals to Hecipa, planning to find a way to sell them to ordinary players later to boost her reputation. However, that was a bit troublesome, and she figured it wouldn’t be as profitable as selling directly to Dinghai, so she was a bit hesitant.
“Alright, I’m just going through the motions here, mainly wanted to ask how much you know about the Moon Sand in ‘Destiny Is Never On Time’?” Zhao Shuying’s voice on the other end didn’t reveal any abnormalities.
Zhao Shuying had called specifically, which likely meant Dinghai wanted to hear this conversation. Why?
Yu Xunge could only think that the other side was testing for lies. The private message interface in the game couldn’t be probed by others; only real-world voices and texts could be tested for truthfulness.
Moreover, Zhao Shuying’s questioning was quite skillful. If she had asked, “Do you know where the Moon Sand went?” Yu Xunge would have had no room to dodge the truth… This was clearly helping her.
But why was Dinghai suddenly so serious? Risking the impact on their relationship, they wanted to hear the whereabouts of the Moon Sand through monitoring and lie detection.
Yu Xunge countered with a question, “Have you figured out the use of the Moon Sand?”
Her tone was assertive, and Zhao Shuying didn’t use formalities but directly answered, “It can allow someone to re-draw a divine talent.”
Yu Xunge, who had been toying with Tu Lan’s tail, paused her movements. She asked, “How many grams do you need to re-draw once?”
“10 grams can allow for one re-draw, but it doesn’t guarantee a better outcome. We’ve experimented a few times with the Moon Sand you sold to Dinghai along with time-related divine talents, and it’s just like when we participated in the internal test—random selection.”
Yu Xunge fell silent for a long time. Was the Moon Sand really that powerful? If it could truly allow for a re-draw of divine talents, it was no wonder Dinghai valued it so highly.
Many players with exceptional combat talents or intelligence had drawn less favorable talents. If they could re-draw, it would be an opportunity to enhance high-end combat power. Although it was random, with a skill like “Happiness Again,” which could modify luck, the results of this “randomness” could only be positive.
Even if it didn’t work, the Moon Sand could serve as a unique reward for Dinghai, attracting more players to join.
A chance to re-draw talents was almost equivalent to an opportunity to change one’s fate. The benefits involved were self-evident.
**Chapter 354: Dinghai Legion Commander—Yu Zhao Hai!**
On the other end of the line, Zhao Shuying asked, “So, do you still have any Moon Sand? We’d like to purchase some.”
Yu Xunge relaxed her body, leaning back against the headboard. “I have some, but I need it for myself. I won’t sell it.”
Montage-style lies wouldn’t work in front of the professionals gathered in Dinghai. Plus, she had seen Baozi’s skill—“True or False?!”: With this skill, you could discern the truth of any information, whether text or image, story or prophecy.
Dinghai likely possessed a similar ability. Denying it would be pointless; they had the means to tell truth from lies.
So, why not just not deny it?
Yes, she did have Moon Sand. So what?
Once, she had been weak and needed to borrow strength from Dinghai.
Even though she had Tu Lan back then, she didn’t trust her… She wouldn’t confront Dinghai or other forces just because she had a dragon. If she clashed with those forces and Tu Lan left at a critical moment, she would be in grave danger.
But after coming out of the tower, she no longer needed Dinghai.
Whether it was the combat skills honed in the tower or the skill system she had established, she had already begun to grow.
Su Yitong could single-handedly wipe out the Su family, and she! Once she got serious, combined with Tu Lan, her combat and destructive power would be a hundredfold! Even if something happened to Tu Lan, she wouldn’t lose!
She listened to Zhao Shuying’s breathing on the other end of the line, waiting for Dinghai’s reaction.
She felt anticipation and tension, but above all, she felt no fear.
What would Dinghai do?
The accumulated benefits she had gathered had reached a new critical point! Tu Lan, Moon Sand, resurrection skills…
Would Dinghai turn against her? Would they accuse her of disregarding the bigger picture and threaten to reveal the uses of Moon Sand if she didn’t comply?
An opportunity to change fate—everyone would want it. If Yu Xunge didn’t hand it over, she would be drowned in a sea of spit. Once she had been at the top, but if she held the chance for players to change their fate and refused to give it up, she would become the public enemy.
The benefits she had accumulated had reached their limit: Moon Sand, Tu Lan, alchemy formulas, orange-red wings…
Dinghai could easily take the opportunity to strike. The orange-red wings were a perfect excuse to label her a traitor.
And what about her? Facing betrayal, she would smirk and think, “I knew this day would come. My once loyal heart was misplaced!” Then she would lead Tu Lan to battle against the team sent by Dinghai at her villa.
Her three hundred years in the tower were not spent in vain. Even against high-level players, she was confident she could take on a thousand, and with Tu Lan having grasped many advanced skills in the tower, she would never lose!
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