Chapter 434
The restaurant on this food street, with its oversized bone, isn’t worth even a single rabbit hair, is it?
She still hadn’t forgotten about that skill icon she had stolen, which had dragged her own skill icon away.
Though it was all a transaction, she preferred the way Rabbit No. 1 did things. Even if the two trades proposed by the other party made her feel uneasy, she believed that was a true exchange, where the goods and their prices were equal, thus causing her discomfort.
Therefore, she would rather give the oversized bone to Rabbit No. 5 for free than get too entangled in anything.
Rabbit No. 5 nodded, no longer pressing the issue. It stood up, lifted the bone that was nearly twice its height, and muttered to itself, “What luck! This ingredient is on the verge of mutation… Hmm, really nice.”
Yu Xunge’s ears perked up: What?!
Rabbit No. 5 didn’t leave. It held the bone in front of itself, gently stroking the now bare bone, devoid of any meat or fat, nodding in admiration, “Not bad, really not bad.”
Yu Xunge found it hard to stay calm, feeling a prickling sensation all over. She knew she looked like someone about to be tricked into buying health supplements, but what if?
Yu Xunge quickly messaged her private customer service: “Is what it said true?”
B8017913: “Not sure. Ingredients can indeed mutate, but there’s never a fixed method for mutation. It’s hard to tell before an ingredient has fully mutated.”
Yu Xunge: “Are mutated ingredients expensive? Do they get better or worse?”
B8017913: “The effects of mutation are random, and the taste is unpredictable. However, even the most ordinary ingredients can see their prices skyrocket tenfold after mutation. Skilled chefs love to collect mutated ingredients for research and exploration.”
Yu Xunge stood up, her tail twitching, sitting cross-legged in front of the rabbit, her eyes fixed on Rabbit No. 5 without blinking.
Rabbit No. 5 pretended not to see her. It tapped the bone on the ground, then lifted it and spun around, making a clattering sound.
Yu Xunge stared at it for five minutes, and Rabbit No. 5 really did play for five minutes without leaving.
Yu Xunge couldn’t take it anymore, mainly because watching Rabbit No. 5 act foolishly reminded her of herself swinging a bone at someone: “...So, what’s the deal, clatter clatter? What do you really want?”
Rabbit No. 5 looked blank for a moment: “What’s clatter clatter?”
Yu Xunge: “You tell me what you want, and I’ll tell you what clatter clatter is.”
Rabbit No. 5 planted the bone in the ground, skipping the unnecessary small talk, and said directly, “I want to buy the Bai Chuan you have.”
Yu Xunge’s first reaction was: Are you still chasing stars?
Her second reaction was: That Bai Chuan figurine is definitely not simple!
But she feigned surprise and asked, “How do you know I have a Bai Chuan?”
“Skills,” Rabbit No. 5 explained. After all, anything could be justified by skills. It continued, “I like that deity, so I want to offer a high price to buy it.”
Yu Xunge didn’t bother with Rabbit No. 5’s excuse. After pondering for a moment, she asked, “So there are actually many kinds of deity figurines or merchandise in the World Battlefield?”
Rabbit No. 5 didn’t want to answer that question but asked again, “Are you selling it?”
Yu Xunge: “How many Bai Chuan are there in the World Battlefield? Is it limited edition?”
Rabbit No. 5: “...That information comes at a price.”
Yu Xunge: “How much? Is it expensive?”
Rabbit No. 5 and Yu Xunge stared at each other, the former knowing the latter’s ulterior motives. The price of information itself could convey meaning, and if it named a price, Yu Xunge might just guess it.
Realizing it couldn’t extract any information, Yu Xunge asked again, “What price are you offering?”
Rabbit No. 5 saw that Yu Xunge was trying to gauge the true value of such items. It candidly replied, “The prices of these items fluctuate greatly. Creatures that like them will pay high prices, but if you don’t encounter someone who truly loves them, you won’t sell them for a good price.”
Suddenly, Yu Xunge took out the Bai Chuan from her bag and held it in her left hand, then took out a petal that looked like it would scatter in the wind and held it in her right hand. She raised both hands in front of Rabbit No. 5 and asked, “If you were to buy, which do you think is more expensive, this Bai Chuan or this petal?”
Rabbit No. 5: !!!
It was sweating bullets. What a deadly question!
You might as well just ask whether it’s the flower or the captain that’s more impressive!
B8017913: “That’s ruthless.”
Yu Xunge: “Ah, I’m just asking about the price of the figurine. What are you thinking?”
B8017913: “Aren’t you afraid the deities will know you know their names and that they’re watching you?”
Yu Xunge: “They sent things to me so I would know. Pretending to be ignorant now would be an insult to our intelligence.”
B8017913 recalled the warnings in its mind and realized, so I’m just a part of your play…
Rabbit No. 5 held the oversized bone, silent for a long time, like a statue.
In that moment, it looked so helpless, so fragile.
Yu Xunge understood; it seemed that the flower and the captain were both stronger than Rabbit No. 5.
What she didn’t know was that Rabbit No. 5’s deity chat channel was about to explode.
Rabbit No. 5 decided to heed Ti Hu’s advice and countered Yu Xunge’s question: “I’m willing to offer the same price to buy them. What about you? Which of these two items do you think is more precious?”
Yu Xunge solemnly put away the Bai Chuan and the flower, looking at Rabbit No. 5 with a disapproving gaze, and said, “To try to price them and treat them as commodities is simply too much. They are priceless treasures in my heart.”
After saying that, she looked Rabbit No. 5 up and down, shaking her head and sighing, “Your affection for the deities is not pure.”
Rabbit No. 5: “…………”
The captain and the flower were really hungry!!!
It shot a glare at Yu Xunge and turned to leave, but then it realized it couldn’t move; Yu Xunge had pinned the oversized bone down.
Yu Xunge’s expression was rich with shock, disbelief, and incredulity as she asked herself, “Why are you trying to take my bone?”
Rabbit No. 5: …
When it got back, it would definitely make Ti Hu pay for its mental distress.
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After teasing Rabbit No. 5, Yu Xunge still gave it the oversized bone. In return, the other party didn’t really skin her alive.
But when leaving, Rabbit No. 5’s fur was all fluffed up, and its back looked like it was about to go beat someone up.
It had completely shed its earlier slow and reasoning demeanor.
Having taken the oversized bone, it left behind its dignity.
At this moment, Tu Lan finally spoke up: “I almost couldn’t watch anymore.”
Yu Xunge lay back down, retorting, “You only say that after they’ve left.”
Not long after she closed her eyes, Yu Xunge opened them again, looking at Rabbit No. 5, which had somehow returned. She thought, could it really be that the rabbit was angry enough to bite her?
Yu Xunge slowly sat up: “Is there something you need?”
Rabbit No. 5, holding its breath, said, “You still haven’t told me what clatter clatter is…”
Yu Xunge: “…”
After learning that clatter clatter was a cute Pokémon that wielded bones as weapons, and having seen Yu Xunge kindly draw it on animal skin, Rabbit No. 5’s fluffed-up fur smoothed down again. It stared at the drawing for a while, asked Yu Xunge a few questions, and then hopped away.
After sending Rabbit No. 5 off, Yu Xunge muttered, “It’s like a little kid.”
B8017913 said: “A rich variety of emotions and complex, profound feelings are the source of power.”
Its tone, mostly flat, carried a hint of envy and confusion.
“In your world, emotional stability is seen as a sign of maturity, but in fact, losing emotions means losing power.”
Yu Xunge remained silent for a long time before saying, “The path of emotionless truly has no future.”
B8017913: ?
Tu Lan: ?
…
Yu Xunge lay back down to rest, familiarizing herself with the online players on the ladder.
Tu Lan and B8017913 were helping her monitor the battlefield chat channel, extracting useful information and whispering it to her.
After listening quietly for a while, Yu Xunge asked, “Are there players complaining about being punished for killing low-level players after becoming blacklisted?”
This hidden rule had already been confirmed by B8017913, and Tu Lan knew it too. She replied, “No, so far, everyone has been keeping it under wraps.”
Yu Xunge frowned. She had endured countless powerful attacks relying on the 【Bedtime Fairy Tale】.
Didn’t these high-level players care about such punishments?
She thought of her three exclusive rules: prohibiting the use of stealing skills on players with lower combat power than you, prohibiting the killing of players in the fool tier of the deity game, and prohibiting the use of renovation skills on the mechanical race.
The penalties for violating these exclusive rules were unacceptable to her—【Each time you violate any of the above rules, you will randomly return one of the three most recent stolen items to its owner.】
Looking back now, she felt a chill.
Because there was a time when she really forgot about these exclusive rules…
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