Chapter 404
Yu Xunge stared at the chaotic battlefield chat channel, which was in complete disarray, while stealing glances at the skill she had pilfered from Tingzhou Qiulu.
It was hard to tell if it was a divine gift, but the skill description sent waves of joy through her heart.
【Snap, Lockdown】(SSS) (Passive): The success rate of any SSS-level or lower theft skill used against you will drop to 0.000001%. If a player with lower combat power than yours attempts to use a theft skill and fails, you will randomly receive one item from their backpack or 1% of their wealth.
So, the gift from the divine is a rare existence that surpasses SSS-level?
Without a moment's hesitation, Yu Xunge equipped the skill.
Though she hadn’t managed to steal Tingzhou Qiulu’s theft skill, this 【Snap, Lockdown】 anti-theft skill was a hundred thousand times better for her.
As long as she could protect this skill until the end of the game, in the subsequent divine games, unless she encountered an event gift pack, the chances of her being robbed would be nearly nonexistent!
Yu Xunge didn’t rush to the kitchen; instead, she stayed by Mai Mang Xiexie’s side, bantering with the little seahorse.
Meanwhile, she was having a conversation with her electronic pet in her mind.
Yu Xunge: "What if I have two identical skills? Like if I use rabbit ears to copy the skill icon."
B8017913: "Then you’d get two identical skills."
What a pointless answer!
But it was the answer Yu Xunge wanted: "That puts my mind at ease."
B8017913: "You’re greedier than I thought."
Yu Xunge understood what B8017913 meant; she hadn’t copied the branch and skill icon but rather the rabbit fur.
While the branch was indeed rare for her at the moment, its source was obvious—she would have a chance to obtain it as she grew stronger.
What she wanted to copy were the precious items that she might not be able to get even if she became stronger in the future.
Yu Xunge retorted, "It’s called maximizing benefits."
B8017913: "Then why not use the second rabbit fur on Tingzhou Qiulu?"
Yu Xunge: "The players in those restaurants had too many skills. I want to save it for later, to see if any of the lower-ranked restaurants have a big shot. The fewer skills they have, the higher my chances of stealing something good."
If not, she could always go back to Tingzhou Qiulu, right?
B8017913: "If at that moment in Garbage Mountain you had met me and a Y-series mech was also willing to follow you, who would you choose, me or the Y-series mech?"
Yu Xunge: "Huh?"
Why was this suddenly turning into a life-or-death question?!
Yu Xunge: "I’d choose you!"
B8017913: "That was too quick! You didn’t even think about it—so fake!"
Yu Xunge: "Because in the Zai Jiu culture, B comes before Y. Back then, the inexperienced me would definitely think you were stronger, so I’d choose you."
B8017913: "..."
Yu Xunge: "Is that answer okay?"
B8017913: "Chocolate-flavored poop."
Yu Xunge: …
Even before igniting the fire of her soul, she was already this hard to please—how infuriating!
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In the battlefield chat channel, discussions about Song Gui were still ongoing.
After Yinghua Wulong said, "Could it be that he was penalized with a divine gift skill?" he waited, not just him, but many players watching the battlefield chat were also waiting. Yet, Song Gui remained silent.
Even when Yinghua Wulong provocatively remarked, "I feel much better now," Song Gui didn’t respond.
This left everyone with a sense of speculation.
【Zelan·Fat Goose】: No way! Zai Jiu Xun Ge, come out and chat! Did you really get Song Gui’s divine gift skill?
【Yinghua·Xun Yi】: Wulong, did you also die at Zai Jiu Xun Ge’s hands?
【Yinghua·Wulong】: Killed by reflected damage.
【Zelan·Maple Syrup】: Song Gui, are you okay? I remember the last time you cried was when you were 17.
【Huangyan·Blue Pie】: I was still playing in the mud when I was at level 7...
【Tingzhou·Mirror Goose】: I’ve long seen that Zai Jiu Xun Ge isn’t a good thing!
【Mai Mang·Xiexie】: Who do you think is a good thing in this battlefield?
【Tingzhou·Qiulu】: Do you believe I was definitely moved to the entrance of Restaurant No. 3 during the time stop?
【Yinghua·Zili】: Just wait to die!!!
【Maiquan·Xiong Ni】: Why wasn’t it Zelan Maple Syrup who got into trouble… Zai Jiu Xun Ge, you’re a good friend of the Autumn Bear tribe. Bless you, my friend!
【Zelan·Maple Syrup】: Maiquan Xiong Ni, you’re a cookie.
【Maiquan·Xiong Ni】: ￥#@！%￥！……￥#
Everyone was chatting away, making it feel like a festive celebration.
Yu Xunge, like Song Gui, was playing dead.
But while she could play dead in the battlefield chat, reality was another matter.
Mai Mang Xiexie and the little seahorse had her cornered on either side.
Mai Mang Xiexie gossiped, "Did you really get Song Gui’s divine gift skill?"
Though such things weren’t uncommon in the world battlefield—after all, the mode of kill rewards upgrading with kill counts wasn’t unheard of, and there were occasional special plots and gameplay where divine gift skills could be lost—there were indeed many instances of this happening.
Even Mai Mang Xiexie had lost a divine gift skill before, though it had also gained other players' divine gift skills.
It could be said that 99% of players with combat power over level 15 had experienced this.
But Zai Jiu Xun Ge was different; she was only level 7, and she had previously snatched the 【Midnight Exile】 from Donghai Shark Leng.
Having seen Zai Jiu Xun Ge in action up close in Kart Racing, along with the several curses that echoed across the battlefield, Zai Jiu Xun Ge had at least acquired 【Midnight Exile】, 【Absurd Story】, 【Bedtime Fairy Tale】, and 【Ancient Curse】.
Now she had also obtained Song Gui’s divine gift skill...
If before, Mai Mang Xiexie merely sensed that Zai Jiu Xun Ge would likely stand at the same height as them in the future, now it was a certainty.
Some things might be lucky once, but twice couldn’t just be chalked up to fortune.
Zai Jiu Xun Ge was like the once-rising Zelan Maple Syrup and Zelan Song Gui, emerging brilliantly, even more dazzling than the two of them.
There was a distinction among the strong.
Some divine players, while their combat power was high, had built it up purely over time.
They participated in divine games within the time limits, charging in if the game suited them, and withdrawing if it didn’t to avoid violating game rules and incurring divine punishment. The rest of the time, they relied on various means in the real world to stack attributes. Over time, even a pig could be leveled up.
But some divine players fought their way up.
Perhaps they didn’t participate in every divine game, but once they did, they would give it their all.
Moreover… Mai Mang Xiexie suspected that Zai Jiu Xun Ge had a theft skill.
Though it had no evidence for now.
Seven out of ten things Tingzhou Qiulu said were lies; he was not to be trusted. As for Zai Jiu Xun Ge, aside from stealing Donghai Shark Leng’s divine gift skill, she hadn’t shown any signs of having one.
But whether or not she did, it was still fine.
The theft skill was indeed rare, but with so many players in the world battlefield, even the rarest skills weren’t that scarce. Only a couple of players relied on their theft skills to thrive.
After all, there were no attributes to steal here, and most of the items and curiosities brought in were in a soul-bound state. What could be stolen?
In this current situation, where skills could be stolen and snatched, it actually benefited those thieves, but players without theft skills could also obtain stealing methods through various channels.
Divine beings loved to see change and excitement, growing weary of boredom and conservatism.
…
Facing Mai Mang Xiexie’s curiosity, just as Yu Xunge was about to respond, her health began to plummet.
100%—70%—40%—10%—0%.
In the blink of an eye, Yu Xunge found herself back in the starting room.
A glance at the records showed it was Song Gui’s doing.
She had used 【Ballroom Master】 to reclaim the health points she had previously "gifted" Yu Xunge through the ballroom formal wear.
This surprised Yu Xunge.
If killing the same target could yield a maximum of three kill rewards, why was Song Gui so eager to act?
She didn’t seem like someone lacking patience.
Just as this thought crossed her mind, she received a notification.
【Player Zelan Song Gui has used a divine game reward item - 'Package Upgrade' on you. The cost of your resurrection has been forcibly raised to level ten, and you must sacrifice a divine gift skill to revive.】
Well then...
This wasn’t a hard choice. She still had three skills from her sharpshooter talent. Even if she couldn’t part with 【Survive to the End】, skills two and three were still fair game.
Thinking this, she regretted not sacrificing a sharpshooter talent for the sake of holding onto three S-level skills...
The pain lasted only a moment before she let it go, her mind racing with questions.
What if, after reviving, Song Gui continued to kill her?
How many "Package Upgrades" did Song Gui have?
Even without counting the health points owed from the cooking competition, just considering the 3000% health points owed from the time stop, Song Gui could kill her ten more times.
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