Chapter 468
On ordinary days, she would use the "Romantic Tourist" to travel back and forth, but the day before participating in the divine game, she would stop all markings, reserving those slots for the game. After returning, she would use the teleportation array to travel again, re-establishing her sightseeing points.
This way, she could ensure that each trip to Zelan would involve changing the sightseeing points to alter the teleportation landing spots, while the teleportation array carved into the empty rock served as a safety net, preventing any accidental disconnection of the route to Zelan.
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After a night’s rest, Yu Xunge contacted Zhao Shuying the next morning, asking her to find a dungeon for the Bone Black Fei to level up.
Currently, the top-tier players grinding dungeons were still at level 13, but those with exceptional talents and ample dungeon access had already reached level 15. The most sought-after dungeons were those for levels 8 to 15.
However, the level 15 Bone Black Fei could easily solo dungeons ranging from levels 8 to 20, so there was plenty of room for leveling up at that tier.
The Bone Black Fei wouldn’t consume player resources, and if there was no rush, it could even tackle dungeons above level 20, which could help Zai Jiu resolve some issues.
Yu Xunge laid out her request: “Find a support-type player who can provide mana and various buffs for the Bone Black Fei to team up with. The gold and equipment dropped can go to that player as a reward, but any items, curios, and skill books must be kept for me. I’ll have the Bone Black Fei collect them.”
This was quite a generous offer; the drops from a level 20 dungeon could fetch a good price.
However, teaming up with the Bone Black Fei wouldn’t yield much experience, so it depended on whether the player was willing to sacrifice leveling speed for profit.
Yu Xunge wasn’t worried about finding someone in Dinghai; posting a task internally would surely attract interest.
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“And if there’s a gathering of foreign armies or a task to take down a boss from the Ten Thousand Races Colosseum, just let me know, and I’ll send the Bone Black Fei to help.”
Zhao Shuying readily agreed; in fact, the Black Fei had previously been doing just that.
But she had a question: “Can it be healed? Or, in its current state, can it die a second time?”
Yu Xunge explained, “It’s just a pile of bones. If it gets completely shattered, it will lose its mobility, but as long as I’m here, I can reassemble it. So, anyone following it will need to pick up the bones it drops.”
She didn’t mention that after placing the Mianlong Dragon Horn inside the Bone Black Fei, she could sense everything it was doing, even every single bone.
Even if it was stored in her backpack and she couldn’t sense it, once it was taken out, she would eventually be able to feel it again.
To put it another way, as long as the Bone Black Fei didn’t lose more than 20% of its bones, she could reignite its soul fire.
The missing bones could be replaced with other materials.
But the replacement ratio couldn’t exceed 50%, or else the Bone Black Fei would no longer be the Bone Black Fei.
She had learned all this from her magic theory class, though she hadn’t tested it yet.
In any case, she had a plan; otherwise, she wouldn’t let other players follow along.
As for why she didn’t let the Bone Black Fei directly go to the dungeon in the study...
First, finding a player who could restore mana would reduce her own resource consumption.
Second, once the Bone Black Fei had the potential to grow, she immediately changed her strategy.
She no longer viewed the Bone Black Fei as a disposable resource destined for elimination; she wanted it to act in her stead while Zai Jiu traversed the world.
The news of her defeating the Black Fei and transforming it into the Bone Black Fei had spread, and videos of the Bone Black Fei flying around her territory had appeared online.
The players who had liked the Black Fei made a bit of noise, but after all, it was Yu Xunge who had caused its evolution just days prior. Even if they were dissatisfied, they didn’t dare voice it.
Now everyone knew that the Bone Black Fei belonged to Zai Jiu Xun Ge.
Thus, every action of the Bone Black Fei represented her, and its appearance signified her arrival.
She didn’t want to be too closely associated with Dinghai, nor did she want Dinghai to represent her, even though Dinghai had been doing well.
It hadn’t allowed powerful factions to monopolize dungeon resources, instead letting ordinary players queue up to grind dungeons. Even the lowest-level F-grade divine talents could level up if they wanted to.
The social order hadn’t collapsed, and older players hadn’t been abandoned; Dinghai had opened various professional training classes for those who weren’t good at or didn’t enjoy combat.
Years ago, they promoted affordable healing injections and potions in major hospitals, and now they offered equipment rental services for ordinary players.
When tackling dungeons, players only needed to pay 10% of the dungeon’s earnings to rent a full set of equipment.
This brought hope to many players and saved those with bad luck but talent from wasting time grinding low-level dungeons to buy gear.
There were many similar initiatives.
Even if Dinghai had to make ruthless decisions for the greater good, it was still worthy of its name for the 19% of ordinary players.
As the game descended, Dinghai had always seen war, not the opportunity to dominate Zai Jiu.
Because of this, she had cooperation, clashes, and calculations with Dinghai, but until the other side truly attempted to harm her, she couldn’t regard it as a mortal enemy.
There were things she wouldn’t do, but someone had to do them.
Yet, Yu Xunge still wanted to completely sever ties with Dinghai.
She was herself, and Dinghai was Dinghai.
She needed the Bone Black Fei to help deepen her presence time and again.
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After sending Zhao Shuying off with the Bone Black Fei, Yu Xunge wandered around the engineering workshop, feeling as if she had stepped into a sci-fi movie set where scientists worked.
This was a workshop of mechanical beauty, with deep gray as its main color, and the roof was adorned with a 30-centimeter tall miniature dragon statue.
Every detail inside was exquisite, as if every design was the result of meticulous measurement. There was no casual beauty here; being within it, one could only feel the rigor and precision.
Storage rooms, display rooms, workspaces, and laboratories were all clearly defined. The workshop even had a basic set of tools tailored for engineering, sized to fit the most common forms of Tulan.
Moreover, many details indicated that this was a workshop and tools made for a dragon.
Even unfinished, it already resembled a work of art, and Yu Xunge began to look forward to her own alchemy workshop.
Back at the villa, after finishing the last archery class, she finally took out the Abyssal Treasure Chest she had been holding off on opening.
B8017913: “Why have you waited until now?”
Yu Xunge’s fingers gently glided over the edges of the Abyssal Treasure Chest, the highest-grade chest she had obtained so far.
She replied, “Luck is limited in a day, even with Luck 10.”
Just like when she used "I Want to Progress Too Much," after frequent successes within a day, her success rate would gradually decrease, and the quality of the items she obtained would worsen.
Didn’t she want to stack her attributes to over a thousand before entering the divine game?
It wasn’t that she couldn’t.
Without using "One-Person Party," the probability of stealing equipment and money was already higher than that of stealing attributes. Once her attempts exceeded a hundred in a day, the success rate would start to drop, and if she succeeded over a hundred times, the failure rate would soar to 19%...
Taking a deep breath, she opened the treasure chest.
A black collar!
Fluffy, resembling the tail of some animal, connected end to end, almost like a hair tie.
Was it jewelry?
She hoped not; she only had one accessory slot, and it was already tight. She was constantly switching between the "Ring of Fire Spirit" and a necklace that reduced cooldown time by 15%.
Perhaps it was a weapon or a curious item? She picked up the collar to examine it.
【Doll Ring Toss】 (Toy): Using this item to encircle any living being or object for more than 3 seconds can transform the target into a 10-centimeter tall plush doll; the being’s will and thoughts will not be erased, and they can still use skills, not becoming your possession or obeying your commands, and they can exit this state at any time; the item must be encircled again to revert to its original state; no cooldown time.
“A toy,” she mused.
This wasn’t the first time Yu Xunge had seen a toy. The robot she bought while shopping in Zelan with Tulan and the Minotaur clock she gifted to Hufflepuff were also toys.
She rubbed the fluffy black collar in her hands, reading the item information over and over.
Then... she slipped the collar onto her wrist.
Three seconds later, the collar fell to the ground, and standing inside it was a 10-centimeter tall plush doll with beady eyes.
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Chapter 508: Plush Doll & Next Game
10 centimeters tall, not even as high as her phone when standing.
She raised her hand to look at the two rings on her fingers; just like her clothes, B8017913 and 【Breach of Oath】 had also shrunk, transforming into plush forms.
She flew up to the table and opened her phone’s front camera to assess her current state.
She really was a plush toy, not a proportionally reduced version.
At this moment, she looked like a cartoon doll.
No, not like one; she was one.
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