Chapter 367
B8017913: "I don't know your specific skills, but players like you, who have time manipulation and thievery skills, will have a special mark in our eyes, reminding us to pay close attention."
Yu Xunge frowned and said, "Then your first task is to block all information related to my skills."
"As you wish." B8017913 began to help her block the information while reassuring her, "The skills you’ve locked cannot be detected by any probing abilities."
Ever since her thievery skill upgraded to "I Want to Improve So Badly," and with the one-time-use skill "I Could Just Steal It" already used on Donghai Shark, Yu Xunge had become less concerned about disguising her skills.
Of course, she would still hide them if she could; such habits were ingrained in her. Otherwise, she wouldn’t be so cautious in the Baodian Miner game.
However, the situation wouldn’t escalate to the point where someone without a grudge would want to harm her out of fear. She had indeed relaxed a bit.
But now, learning from B8017913 that thievery skills were so precious made her heart race again.
After addressing this potential risk, Yu Xunge took out all her precious ores and said to B8017913, whose battery had dropped to 9%, "Is it possible that there are skill tablets hidden among these ores? Help me find them."
B8017913: "I can, but each scan will cost me 1%..."
Before it could finish, a duck-billed cap-style World Tomb landed in front of it: "Take as many as you need."
She had picked up 47 World Tombs, plus the 3 she had accumulated from defeating enemies. Excluding the Mahjong-type World Tombs, she now had a total of 50 World Tombs that could only be used as tickets.
As long as it could be used to convert resources into power, she had no qualms about it.
B8017913 exclaimed, "I’m being so extravagant! I know how rare these are."
Yu Xunge and Tu Lan: ...
That sounded familiar; it was as if Tu Lan had just scolded B8017913 with a question version of that very statement a few minutes ago.
Yu Xunge cleared her throat and held down Tu Lan, who was bouncing in her arms, ready to retort: "Ahem... We’re all family, it’s fine."
B8017913: "Tu Lan, can I?"
Tu Lan was about to explode with anger.
Yu Xunge was genuinely impressed by B8017913 and sincerely asked, "Haven't you ignited your soul fire yet?"
B8017913 replied in surprise, "Of course not! Why do you ask?"
Yu Xunge said, "Because I feel that you..." are a bit cheeky, not like a robot.
Of course, she couldn’t say that. Instead, she rephrased it with high emotional intelligence, "I feel that what you say is very lively and can evoke strong emotions—traits only living beings possess."
B8017913: "Because of you."
"Me?"
"Yes, after you charged me, I remained dormant for so long because I connected to this world’s network and gathered all the information related to you from every corner of phones and computers, analyzing your words and actions, and learning from them."
"…"
Yu Xunge struggled to recall her past misdeeds.
Tu Lan summarized, "It seems like it’s indirectly insulting you."
Yu Xunge quickly retorted, "I didn’t catch that!"
She praised B8017913 with conviction, "Great job, B8017913!"
After saying that, she pushed all the precious ores in front of it, "Get to work!"
B8017913 didn’t say much, but the information displayed above it showed its mood—pleased, relaxed, relieved.
However, while scanning, it didn’t keep quiet—speaking of which, Yu Xunge had been searching for a while and still hadn’t found where it could produce sound. It was chatting with Tu Lan about Yu Xunge’s past.
"Her interviews when she was a star were quite interesting. It’s understandable why she couldn’t break into the top tier."
Tu Lan urged, "Come on, tell me more!"
Yu Xunge: "…Weren’t you two just arguing?"
B8017913 ignored her and continued answering Tu Lan, "She often got a bit fiery. She clearly wanted to hold back, but couldn’t, which was quite awkward. She couldn’t show her personality to attract fans, yet ended up offending people."
This was a side of Yu Xunge that Tu Lan had never seen before. Her voice softened, "Like what?"
B8017913: "For example, when someone asked her how she felt about her last drama flopping, her manager had prepared many smooth answers for her, but she insisted on saying, 'The sooner it flops, the sooner you can enjoy it.'"
Yu Xunge recalled... What was wrong with that answer?
But she didn’t interrupt. If sharing her past could ease the relationship between these two pets, she had no reason to stop it.
Tu Lan listened with great interest; the Yu Xunge from the past seemed like a different person from the one she knew.
The Yu Xunge she knew seemed to have had her edges smoothed out, but her sharpness was hidden deep inside, and she had grown much colder.
B8017913 pushed 27 precious ores containing skill stones in front of Yu Xunge:
"These contain skill stones. You can use your skills to shatter the outer layer of the ores to extract the skill stones inside. Be careful; damaging the skill stones will affect their effectiveness."
Yu Xunge thanked it and put away the remaining 78 ores, planning to sell them to Dinghai tomorrow.
At this point, after scanning 105 ores, B8017913’s battery had dropped to 4%, and the duck-billed cap World Tomb had vanished. Yu Xunge simply gave it another World Tomb.
While charging, B8017913 said, "There’s one piece of information that, although it’s been years, the calculations tell me it’s very important to you."
Yu Xunge carefully rubbed the precious ore in her hands with her skill: "What is it?"
B8017913: "A period drama that’s very important to you was invested in by your grandmother, Shen Yushi. She specifically wanted you in it and didn’t allow anyone to tell you."
Yu Xunge’s hand trembled, and after a few seconds of silence, she whispered, "…Oh."
B8017913: "There’s one more thing you might find very interesting."
"You say."
"Dinghai’s commander, Yu Zhaohai, is your father’s biological sister. According to your human terms, she is your aunt."
【Chapter 478: Yu Zhaohai & Yu Qingshan】
—"Yu Zhaohai is your biological aunt."
—"But she was adopted by the main family when she was young."
Yu Xunge was stunned by this news, her expression blank for a few seconds, then she suddenly realized.
No wonder! No wonder the commander of Dinghai in this life is Yu Zhaohai!
In her previous life, although Yu Xunhuan was strong, his rise wasn’t so rapid. In the early stages, he was busy vying for power in S City, building his influence. Later, he even allied with the Han and Liang families to dominate S City, suppressing the Special Affairs Bureau.
Moreover, as a son-in-law, he was more often hidden in the shadows until he had enough power to turn the tables.
His strength wasn’t outstanding enough to amaze people, and his ambitions were all too clear. He was too deeply entangled with the three forces of Su, Liang, and Han.
In such a situation, not to mention that his influence would help Yu Zhaohai, even Yu Xunhuan’s existence would only be a hindrance to her.
Because players with blood ties to her were rushing to seize power in a chaotic world.
Many relationships can’t simply be severed by adoption.
In contrast, Yu Xunge was just doing her own thing, but her strength was unmatched, and she was moving faster and faster.
No matter how much she guarded against Dinghai in private, she had no ambitions; she was a solo player.
Outstanding strength, good reputation, no ambitions or desire for power, and she also had the unique Dragon of Zai Jiu.
Even if she was reluctant to join Dinghai, she had repeatedly shown goodwill towards them.
All these factors combined meant that her existence must have propelled Yu Zhaohai to successfully take the position of commander of Dinghai.
But whether in the previous life or this one, Yu Zhaohai had no intention of acknowledging their family...
Why?
Yu Xunge asked B8017913, "What else do you know about the relationship between Yu Zhaohai and my family?"
B8017913: "I can only gather traces left on the internet. There are significant issues between Yu Zhaohai and Yu Qingshan.
"Your grandmother, Shen Yushi, has asked Yu Qingshan countless times why he hates Yu Zhaohai so much, to the point of transferring that hatred for his sister onto his own children, just because Yu Zhaohai was adopted and not him?"
At this point, B8017913 paused for a moment.
Yu Xunge’s expression revealed no joy or anger: "Continue."
Perhaps having understood Yu Xunge’s feelings towards her family from the vast amount of information, B8017913 only prefixed Shen Yushi’s name with her identity when mentioning her, while referring to others by their names.
"Yu Qingshan’s response was this.
"He said, 'You don’t understand anything. Even if one day he wakes up to the whole world spitting on him, even if everyone says he’s worse than a pig or a dog, even if his parents and children never recognize him, even if he dies alone in the wilderness, he will never forgive Yu Zhaohai.'"
Yu Xunge had completely set aside everything she was doing. She asked, "You’ve pieced it together, right? Even if it’s just a fragment, it’s enough for you to assemble the truth."
B8017913: "Yes, the accuracy rate is over 87%."
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