Chapter 338
She planned to consider theft only after thoroughly completing the fraud game. That way, if anything went wrong, she could at least make a run for it, rather than being trapped with nowhere to escape… or rather, caught in a jar… no, that’s not quite right…
In any case, these were just trivial criminal experiences.
With the seamless cooperation of Tu Lan, Yu Xun Ge was sold five times in quick succession. She even made a special trip to the shop to check out several gems priced above five thousand baozuan (宝钻, precious gems).
As Tu Lan grew more skilled, Yu Xun Ge became increasingly valuable.
Thanks to her ability to "hang in there until the end," Yu Xun Ge's baozuan count quickly surpassed ten thousand, and she had completed five unfair trades, gaining five new languages of the myriad races.
Unfortunately, during the sixth unfair trade, even though she had profited improperly, she did not acquire any new languages. This might be a limitation of this trading district.
If she could truly gain unlimited languages, Yu Xun Ge would have decisively abandoned this divine game and stayed in this trading district to rack up languages.
Such restrictions were likely designed to prevent players like Yu Xun Ge.
However, even without the languages, Yu Xun Ge and Tu Lan showed no signs of stopping.
This place was like paradise; having tasted the sweetness of deception, neither of them wanted to return to the drudgery of mining…
Even though Yu Xun Ge and Tu Lan were stirring up trouble, they didn’t make much of a splash in this trading district.
Each player had their own tricks for scamming, and the players in this district had no choice but to engage in transactions to complete their tasks.
Even Yu Xun Ge’s method of swindling—playing the innocent—once led to a “fair trade,” meaning she ended up with nothing, and all the baozuan she received were fake.
After one trade after another, Tu Lan became addicted to this game of deception. She asked Yu Xun Ge, “Why don’t we just stay here until the divine game ends?”
Yu Xun Ge felt a twinge of temptation, but she suspected the divine game wouldn’t be that easy.
By now, they had been in the game for five hours, and Yu Xun Ge had amassed twenty thousand baozuan, ranking her at 37,521.
But there was a problem: the number of online players in this special trading district was increasing, now totaling 5,781.
As she and Tu Lan walked down the street, they nearly bumped into other players at every turn.
This made her feel a bit uneasy.
Though Yu Xun Ge was at full luck, she rarely relied on her sixth sense. Most of the time, she made decisions based on rational analysis of the pros and cons.
She squeezed out of the crowd and stood at a street corner, observing the passing players from an outsider’s perspective. She noticed that most of the high-level players she could see had similar emotions displayed above their heads.
[Unease], [Restlessness], [Frustration], [Doubt], [Anxiety], [Nervousness]…
Every player who could enter the divine battlefield was, without exception, a lucky one, favored by fortune. There were rarely any unfortunate souls, and the hints of luck often manifested in these sudden emotions.
Yu Xun Ge thought to Tu Lan, “Something’s off. Let’s stop trading and get ready to leave!”
Tu Lan didn’t understand but immediately shrank down a bit more, tightly gripping Yu Xun Ge’s ear. “Okay.”
As they passed a mineral shop, Yu Xun Ge went inside again, found B8017913, and brought it to the trading room. She took out the [World’s Tomb: Ace of Hearts]. “Will you take this?”
B8017913 replied, “Of course, but this doesn’t hold much value for us. If you want to sell it, we can only offer you 20,000 baozuan.”
Yu Xun Ge asked, “If I don’t want baozuan, what else can you offer?”
B8017913 responded, “What do you want?”
Yu Xun Ge said, “Information, intelligence, my rule decryption, languages of the myriad races, or a piece of advice or suggestion from a friend—anything will do.”
B8017913 was silent for a long time, its eye display flickering. Finally, it said, “For this World’s Tomb, I can offer three prices: one important piece of information related to baozuan miners, two rule decryptions, or… one piece of malicious intelligence.”
Yu Xun Ge pressed down on the card, not allowing B8017913 to take it away. “I want that piece of malicious intelligence.”
B8017913 said slowly, “I’ve heard that recently, the Y-series mechanical race is responsible for transporting an extremely valuable item that cannot be transmitted by any means. This battlefield happens to be their necessary route, and during the 13th to 15th hours of this divine game, you might see them.”
Yu Xun Ge immediately prepared to use her time-reversing ability, but before she could, B8017913 spoke first: “Dear friend, deceiving time is also deceiving me.”
It even knew Chinese; Yu Xun Ge wasn’t surprised it could detect her time manipulation. Perhaps in the eyes of this robot, there was also a line of information above her head.
Yu Xun Ge smiled, picked up the Ace of Hearts, and without hesitation, used her time-reversing ability.
She could afford it!
Time reversed.
Under the influence of the ability, time rolled back five minutes.
She and Tu Lan returned to the moment they had just entered the shop.
And she triggered divine punishment.
[Chapter 439: Divine Game: Baozuan Miner 7]
[Beep—You have violated a game rule, and a random divine punishment will be drawn.]
[Divine punishment drawn: You have lost 150 mana points.]
Since entering this special trading district to swindle, she had already violated several rules, so this one didn’t matter.
However, seeing the loss of 150 mana points still stung her heart for a moment. She gritted her teeth and approached B8017913 once more.
Everything was repeating.
—“For this World’s Tomb, I can offer three prices: one important piece of information related to baozuan miners, two rule decryptions, or… one piece of malicious intelligence.”
This time, Yu Xun Ge chose, “I want two rule decryptions.”
Soon, her two rules transformed into Chinese.
—Game Rule Six: Do not touch gems with a temperature exceeding section B.
—Game Rule Seventeen: Do not respond to C-series robots.
Yu Xun Ge held tightly onto the Ace of Hearts, preventing B8017913 from taking it, but the latter was pushing back with increasing force.
Yu Xun Ge had to use both hands.
B8017913 exclaimed, “Customer! That’s enough!”
Yu Xun Ge replied, “Just one last time!”
B8017913 said, “1,000 baozuan, esteemed guest! Just 1,000 baozuan, and I’ll sell you an important piece of information about the baozuan miner game! Don’t let time roll back again.”
Rather than getting information for free, it was better to earn a little something.
Yu Xun Ge immediately released the Ace of Hearts. “Deal.”
B8017913 was silent.
She hadn’t planned to leave empty-handed. A World’s Tomb was something she could still afford, and she didn’t want to offend these robots over just that.
The fact that B8017913 wanted to use her to swindle the Y-series robots showed that it wasn’t entirely innocent, and there was definitely a connection among these robots.
So she could afford to be a bit reckless, but she had to know when to stop.
Yu Xun Ge took out 1,500 baozuan and stuffed them into B8017913’s hands. “Friend, you are the most advanced and intelligent robot I’ve ever met! The extra 500 baozuan is my apology.”
B8017913’s eye display flickered. “Is this a trading technique?”
Yu Xun Ge smiled with satisfaction and replied sincerely, “Yes, it’s a strategy of ups and downs. Aren’t you a bit surprised now? You’ll give me better intelligence.”
B8017913 said, “Not really.”
Yu Xun Ge immediately reached out and took back 500 baozuan from in front of the robot. “Oh, is that so?”
B8017913 was silent.
When Yu Xun Ge first encountered B8017913 in the shop, its battery was at 92%. After wandering around this trading district for over five hours, it had only consumed 2% of its power. Yet, in just a few minutes of conversation, its battery had dropped from 19% to 88%.
This showed just how exhausting it was to interact with Yu Xun Ge.
B8017913 silently put away the Ace of Hearts and the remaining baozuan. For a moment, its cold, precise, and beautifully mechanical form looked somewhat pitiful.
Tu Lan felt a pang of sympathy. “Are we being too harsh?”
Yu Xun Ge silently observed the personality and mood displayed above B8017913’s head.
[B8017913 ??? Battery: 88%┃Integrity: Happy┃Feeling: Curious and Interesting┃Taboo: Customer stealing store items┃Weakness: Battery depletion]
Ah, this is an M-type robot.
Yu Xun Ge suddenly walked around the metal table and approached B8017913, wrapping her arms around the barrel-shaped robot’s shoulder. “Are you upset?”
B8017913 honestly replied, “No, I find it very interesting.”
Tu Lan was speechless. “Is it broken?”
Yu Xun Ge pondered for a moment and asked, “Is it because of my prank? Because I was being tricky with you?”
B8017913 answered, “Yes, it’s a very novel experience.”
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