Chapter 400
If Feng Tang's health was down to just 1%, she would pull the trigger without hesitation. To personally take down such a formidable foe would be an honor.
The rabbit asked again, "Then why did you refuse? Aren't these wings more important than protecting your race and the world after you grow stronger?"
Yu Xunge felt a bit dizzy at the sudden leap to the lofty ideals of protecting her race and the world.
She chose not to answer the rabbit's question. Sensing its curiosity and mischievousness, she turned the tables and said, "This isn't part of the restaurant's service. If you want to know, you'll have to pay for my answer."
The rabbit stood on its hind legs, rummaging through its fur with its little paws, and pulled out a small square—an icon for a skill. It wasn't afraid of Yu Xunge snatching it away; instead, it hopped onto the cooking station and handed it to her:
"This will buy your answer. Your earlier choice doesn't align with your soul's fire; in fact, it contradicts it."
Yu Xunge took the icon, which bore a cross symbolizing error, rejection, and prohibition.
**[Match-3 Game] (SS Rank):** Use this skill to mark a player. The mark lasts for 5 minutes. If the marked player uses a specific magical element three times during this period, all skills related to that element will be banned for one hour. There is no limit to the types of magical elements that can be banned during the marking period. Each marking costs 500 mana points, and you can only mark three targets at a time.
The rabbit's generosity startled Yu Xunge. She asked, "Just to buy one answer?"
The rabbit replied, "Yes, but it has to satisfy me, or I’ll take it back."
Yu Xunge pushed the icon back, shaking her head with a sigh. "That's too low a price. The relationship and feelings I have with Feng Tang are secrets that can't be bought."
Mai Mang Xie Xie and the little seahorse gasped in unison!
The rabbit was also taken aback. After a moment of thought, it pushed the **[Match-3 Game]** back and pulled out another item: "How about this?"
—A withered golden leaf from a tree!
Yu Xunge exclaimed, "Ahhh, do the gods really love such melodramatic nonsense? Do they actually believe in such ridiculous tales?"
B8017913 replied, "…Mainly, I didn’t expect you to have such low standards."
Yu Xunge retorted, "The gods are so tacky!"
Maintaining her composure, she forced a smile at the rabbit and said, "Alright, I really can’t deal with you."
The rabbit frowned and touched itself. "Did you use some kind of mental skill on me? The moment you made that gesture and said those words, I suddenly felt a bit uncomfortable."
Yu Xunge expressionlessly snatched the withered golden leaf and casually pocketed the **[Match-3 Game]** icon, asking, "Do you still want to hear it?"
The rabbit replied, "You go ahead."
Yu Xunge glanced at Mai Mang Xie Xie and the little seahorse, who had been eavesdropping, and said, "I can only tell you because you paid."
Without turning back, the rabbit raised a hand and cast a skill that blocked sight and sound.
Yu Xunge gathered her thoughts and began, "There are many reasons..."
The rabbit interjected, "Oh, then list them one by one. What’s your relationship with her?"
At that moment, Yu Xunge felt as if she were sitting at the village entrance. Resigned, she steered the conversation back on track: "Feng Tang is the backup plan I left for Zai Jiu and myself."
With just that one sentence, the rabbit understood. It had watched enough of Zai Jiu and Yu Xunge's erratic behavior and their soul's fire to be misled into thinking there were some forbidden, juicy gossip to hear!
The rabbit teased her, "Didn’t you say you wanted to merge Ze Lan into Zai Jiu?"
Yu Xunge wasn’t angry; ideals are ideals, and reality is reality. "If defeat is inevitable, I have to carry the spark to survive in Ze Lan."
Every time she encountered the powerful beings of Ze Lan like Feng Tang, Mist Blade, and Song Gui, and then returned to Zai Jiu to check the rankings, she felt a wave of helplessness wash over her.
The idea of saving a world was something she certainly desired; she dreamed of it!
But her personality dictated that she would envision every possible outcome and prepare for it in advance.
If Zai Jiu were to fail, then merging into Ze Lan could be considered a good ending.
Even if she had nightmares of leading the remnants of Zai Jiu to survive in Ze Lan, only to become a monster in the eyes of beings from another world after Ze Lan invaded the new world.
Moreover, now there was a new nightmare—Cosmic Wanderers.
She liked being a lone wolf, but that didn’t mean she was indifferent to genocide. It was like retreating to the mountains to live in seclusion; she could do that, but she must never cut off her connection to the world.
The rabbit shook its head. "If Zai Jiu is defeated, Ze Lan and Feng Tang won’t spare your race just because they admire you."
"I know." She was well aware of the coldness and iron will beneath Feng Tang's grand ambitions. "But she would compromise because of the orange-red wings of flame."
"Besides... the power that the orange-red wings can give me is not less than what you just mentioned about that training space."
**[Chapter 521: Divine Game: Nonsense Restaurant 35]**
The ability to fly, **[Cheers]**, **[Drunkard]**, the connection with Feng Tang, and the potential to gain more subsequent skills from her...
All of these were tied to the orange-red wings.
And time?
Whether she wanted to practice cooking, alchemy, or combat skills, she could prepare and then visit the tower again.
Even if there were many drawbacks, such as uncontrollable time and identity, difficulty in finding suitable combat targets, and the need to gather enough materials for practice, it was indeed a good place.
In other words, this special training space with its unique flow of time was not irreplaceable, but the series of hidden benefits brought by the orange-red wings were, for now, irreplaceable.
After saying all this, she quietly watched the rabbit, which hopped down from the cooking station, dispelled the barrier, and said, "Alright, although I still don’t agree, this answer is barely convincing."
Being convincing was enough. Seeing the rabbit bounce off to talk to the little seahorse, Yu Xunge lowered her head again, focusing on preparing the dishes.
Yu Xunge thought, "Do these gods have some kind of betting game going on behind the scenes?"
B8017913 replied, "Why do you say that?"
Yu Xunge said, "The things they offer are too easy; it’s just a gossip-like question..."
B8017913 responded, "If Zhao Shuying had a question you were very curious about, and all you had to do was casually give her a D-rank skill or item you didn’t need, would she be willing to tell you the answer? Would you?"
Yu Xunge replied, "Alright, I get your point."
To her, good things were as trivial as clearing out junk from a backpack to these gods.
Yu Xunge said, "You didn’t directly answer my question."
B8017913 said, "Okay... sometimes you really are quite perceptive."
Yu Xunge asked, "Can you say it?"
B8017913 replied, "I can’t disclose the information in the database; I can only tell you what I’ve analyzed."
"Divine players come and go in the thousands, but few are remembered. The gaze of the gods is an extremely rare stroke of luck. When they enter the game in the form of event packages, they prioritize finding players they are interested in."
"They won’t give players anything that would disrupt the balance of the game, but for players they like, they will offer small gifts within the rules."
Yu Xunge couldn’t help but think of her previous profession and its connection to Zai Jiu.
She suddenly realized—why hadn’t she thought of this sooner? Since the gods viewed watching the divine game as entertainment, they would naturally have their own preferences...
This led her to a term: star players.
Yu Xunge asked, "What if a god really dislikes a player?"
B8017913 replied, "They’ll cause trouble within the rules."
Yu Xunge asked, "Is the event package something you analyzed about the gods and demons?"
B8017913 replied, "Of course."
Yu Xunge asked, "Besides the event package, do the gods also provide conveniences to players they pay attention to?"
B8017913 replied, "I can’t say."
Yu Xunge pressed, "You still avoided my first question. Do the gods really have various betting games or votes among themselves?"
B8017913 replied, "I can’t say."
Yu Xunge asked, "Do the results of the games among the gods provide rewards for players?"
B8017913 replied, "I can’t say."
Not being able to say was also an answer!
Yu Xunge thought to herself, with this information, bringing B8017913 along was worth it.
If the gods' attention truly had an effect, she couldn’t overlook it. She needed to adjust her gaming style in the divine game accordingly.
While staying true to her own desires and not changing her way of doing things, she needed a bit of starlight!
She understood that becoming a "star player" was a double-edged sword. She couldn’t achieve perfection; having the favor of some gods would inevitably attract the disdain of others.
But as long as she could find a way to make the game interesting, the gods wouldn’t want to see her come to harm!
She wanted to see what else the gods' gaze could bring her, aside from the event packages.
The attention of the gods was far from simple; Feng Tang was a prime example.
Even though she only had a combat power of 15, it seemed like everyone knew her!
And her rise was nothing short of terrifying...
The forest sea had been invaded for less than a century, yet Feng Tang's strength had already reached the top four thousand, while Song Gui was not far behind at over four thousand two hundred. In contrast, Tao Mian was outside the six thousand mark.
Was Tao Mian lacking in talent? No.
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