Chapter 286
Since they returned from the tower, the vending machines upstairs had been left entirely to Tu Lan to handle the little engineering toys she created. After the copy screen was sold, those vending machines were moved to the mahjong room.
The alchemical products she now made were no longer affordable for players at the current stage in Blue Star. She couldn't sell them at a loss to everyone, nor could she waste time crafting low-level potions. Tu Lan's little toys were just right.
Tu Lan also enjoyed the feeling of making things and earning pocket money.
Yu Xunge suspected that Tu Lan had learned to exploit the market on her own; otherwise, how could she start promoting her toys online? She even began signing her name on the toys and launched limited editions and blind boxes.
Yu Xunge always felt that sooner or later, players would accuse her of manipulating Tu Lan to make money behind the scenes...
Fortunately, Tu Lan spent all the money she earned from selling toys in Blue Star, focusing on the idea that money made in Blue Star should be spent in Blue Star. Now, whenever she had time, she would go out shopping and had even learned to tip. Some of the things she bought were kept at home, while others were sent back to Dragon Island via conch.
There were indeed no rumors outside that Yu Xunge was secretly teaching the innocent little dragon to earn money through shady means. In the past week, everyone had been saying she was relying on the dragon to support her. Otherwise, why was it always Tu Lan making money and going out to shop?
Could Yu Xunge raise a dragon? She absolutely couldn’t!! Did she even understand how to take care of one? Not a clue!
Tu Lan would daily gush online about how good Yu Xunge was to her, but to Tu Lan's devoted fans, this was just Yu Xunge's toxic obsession. Their minds were clearly muddled; poor baby, deceived by that wicked woman from Blue Star!
Yu Xunge didn’t dare say anything online; Tu Lan’s fans were spread across the globe, and there were at least ten times more of them than hers...
Even if she were at the top of the four rankings, she wouldn’t dare provoke them easily. Her fans were also on edge, letting Yu Xunge fly solo.
—“Click.”
As soon as Tu Lan returned from Dragon Island, she flew straight into Yu Xunge's arms, grabbed her hand, and hugged herself close, snapping a selfie with her.
Yu Xunge, dressed in a black bathrobe, was lazily holding a toothbrush. To make brushing easier, she had just dampened her hand and swept her hair back, creating a slicked-back look that made her appear less languid and more rebellious.
She looked at Tu Lan in exasperation, having grown accustomed to Tu Lan’s recent obsession with taking selfies of the two of them. Each time, she would thoughtfully blur the background and check with Yu Xunge, asking if it was okay to post or if she needed to edit the photo.
Spitting out mouthwash, Yu Xunge glanced at the picture, confirming there was nothing revealing in it, and scoffed, “Edit the photo?! Me? Please, just post the raw image!”
Tu Lan happily flew off with her phone, eager to show her fans just how infatuated her main character was with her! Even brushing her teeth required a hug!
The little ice dragon thrived on driving a toxic fan crazy every day, as she herself was Yu Xunge’s biggest toxic fan.
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The one even more lively than Tu Lan was Liang Yuchuan... Ever since she got the Emerald Wings and returned to Blue Star, the aura of despair around her had vanished, and she had become obsessed with the internet.
Every day! She took photos of her Emerald Wings from different angles, even using a green cup for her coffee, asking netizens if the cup matched her wings... The hatred she stirred up was immense, passionately arguing online with those who were "eating lemons"!
Just thinking about Liang Yuchuan’s personality made Yu Xunge shudder, worried that one day she would wake up to news of Liang Yuchuan tracking down netizens through the internet.
Zhao Shuying was a bit better; she still had some rationality. At most, she would post a few selfies in the Dinghai copy screen, promoting the benefits of Dinghai, and casually show off her Obsidian Wings—mentioning in passing that her coffee cup was black.
Every time Yu Xunge complained at home with Tu Lan about their flamboyant behavior, Tu Lan would silently gaze at the new orange-red bedding set on the bed, too afraid to speak. She preferred the previous blue and white one...
These three, along with the dragon, had drawn a massive amount of hatred. There were many voices internationally demanding that Huaxia disclose the method for obtaining wings, but the Huaxia officials ignored them. Even though the domestic internet had been in an uproar for half a month, the people from Dinghai didn’t come out to explain.
In fact, 99% of the people in Dinghai were unaware of the specific method for obtaining wings. Although most had vaguely heard about the task, those who hadn’t taken it had no idea of the details. They only knew that the task was extremely dangerous, as evidenced by the final results.
Only fifty people had participated, with most going mad, and only five had obtained the Wings of Light. One of them wasn’t even from Dinghai; it was Yu Xunge, the top of the four rankings, and one of them, Su Yitong, who had an S-level divine talent, had died, clearly going insane before her death, even starting to speak in the language of the rubber owl.
However, the temptation of the Light Wings was too great. It was like the top-tier weapons and ultra-rare skins in a game; many players pursuing power would risk everything to obtain them, especially with a 12% success rate that wasn’t too shabby!
Dinghai internally set the method for obtaining the Light Wings as an SSS-level reward, requiring contribution points to exchange. This method not only consumed the contribution points accumulated by the first batch of special bureau players over the past year but also served to placate the more than ninety members of the Jiaolong group.
After Su Yitong reneged and defected, the hope of the promised Black Feather also vanished. As compensation, members of the Jiaolong group wanting to participate in the Light Wings reward could now get a 30% discount on the required contribution points.
Interestingly, this SSS-level reward was “accidentally” leaked... It was unclear whether it was intentional or not.
Now, the number of members in Dinghai had surpassed ten million. If it weren’t for the entry barriers, which required an investigation of divine talent skills and signing numerous contracts, it might have reached over a hundred million in no time.
In the “Even in the Apocalypse, I’ll Keep Playing Single Player” group, many had already collaborated with Dinghai just to take on the task for the Wings of Light.
When Yu Xunge heard this news, she sat in her study for a long time. Initially, her rationality had led her to give up on going back to the past to stop Su Yitong from entering the tower, but she couldn’t help but feel a sense of regret.
But at this moment, she understood that there was nothing she could do to stop it.
As long as Su Yitong was alive, with her personality, she would find a way to enter the tower whenever she learned about the channel for obtaining wings and power. Moreover, she had the means to secure a spot to enter the tower, because that was just how Su Yitong was—she would never be satisfied, never willing to accept defeat.
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Yu Xunge finally relaxed her tense nerves after finishing “Spring is Not Late” on January 8. Once she used it, she felt ready to start sorting through the items in her World’s Tomb.
The six, seven, and eight tubes formed the “World’s Tomb Forest: Rubber Owl: Six, Seven, Eight,” and she also obtained a skill called “Beginner’s Table,” which could unlock a divine talent skill. If separated, each tube card could unlock a unique item.
Besides the six, seven, and eight tubes that served as keys, she also had six pieces of the World’s Tomb: two Red Dragons, three Ten-Thousands, five Ten-Thousands, seven Ten-Thousands, and nine Stripes.
The “World’s Tomb: Nine Stripes” had the effect of allowing her to bring one teammate into the arena, undoubtedly serving as a ticket to enter the world battlefield.
She had two pieces of “World’s Tomb: Middle,” which, if stacked, would allow her to enter the main battlefield two minutes early. Although she could combine it with “World’s Tomb Forest: Rubber Owl: Six, Seven, Eight” to form a new key, “World’s Tomb Forest: Minions,” she preferred to enter two minutes early to prepare rather than gain an extra skill.
The three Ten-Thousand cards—“Three Ten-Thousands,” “Five Ten-Thousands,” and “Seven Ten-Thousands”—could unlock three items. “Furious Moon” and “Soros’ Time” were must-haves, while “Big World, Small Me” and “Mind Catcher” were unique items that couldn’t be taken.
For the last item, she planned to bring “The Magician’s Dentures.”
The description for the Ten-Thousand card was: “When entering the world battlefield, you (and your pet) can unlock one item.” Since it had such an effect, it indicated that even soul-bound items would be locked, let alone the game package itself being a type of item.
The dentures served as a space, providing a lot of convenience. Even if they weren’t needed in the world battlefield, they could at least store her lantern and pocket watch, the two most important items.
However, the space inside was a bit small, only one cubic meter. If she usually relied on the game backpack, the dentures would be a sufficient supplement. But if the game backpack was indeed locked and brought into the world battlefield, she wasn’t sure if it would be enough...
She didn’t need weapons because one of the ten A-level skills she obtained in the tower was called “Conjure from Thin Air,” which could briefly create equipment she had used before. Although the duration was only one minute, it would be enough in a critical moment. After thinking it over, she still deemed the space item more important.
Yu Xunge decided to take Tu Lan with her to the Zelan Auction House.
Space-type items were rare, not only were they generally human organs or parts, but their internal spaces were also small. The largest was only three cubic meters, but that thing was a finger bone. Yu Xunge could consider trading her dentures for space, but trading a finger bone was unnecessary as it would affect her agility when using weapons.
After looking around, she found that the magician’s dentures she had bought earlier were still the most suitable.
Perhaps there was another way to use the “Renovation” skill to modify it. She thought of the A-level magic eye she had never used; ever since the moonlight could be stored in her eyes, she had been extremely averse to modifying her eyes.
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