Chapter 251 Fate is Unpredictable

After coming out, Zhao Shuying asked Yu Xunge and the blueprint on her shoulder, "Can Dragon Tears be sold?"

Tulan flicked out a dragon finger and shook it back and forth at her: "Dragons don't cry."

Yu Xunge took out a glass bottle about the size of a little finger: "She definitely didn't cry. There were no dragon tears, but there was a little snot."

Tu Lan flew up to Yu Xunge, pressed his forehead against the latter's, and angrily said, "...You are insulting a great dragon!"

Xiao Long was so small that Yu Xunge's eyes unconsciously squinted towards the center. She quickly closed her eyes and said, "Just have them convert it into a limited edition figurine for you. I can't get this, but the Special Affairs Bureau can."

Tu Lan immediately turned around, her eyes wide as she looked at Zhao Shuying: "Is this little bit of snot enough? If you want some tears, I can have some too, I'm very sentimental!!"

Yu Xunge & Zhao Shuying: ...

Yu Xunge handed Tu Lan to Zhao Shuying so she could choose the toy she wanted. In her heart, Yu Xunge told Tu Lan not to agree to anything, and to tell her if anyone said she couldn't understand something. She told her to come directly to her if she felt uncomfortable. Only after receiving Tu Lan's assurance did she go to class alone.

After class today, Zhao Shuying didn't see her off. Instead, after confirming that she had time, she took her and Tu Lan to a small conference room. Once they sat down, she got straight to the point: "We know that your strength is definitely greater than you show. Are you interested in taking on a mission?"

Yu Xunge didn't think the Special Affairs Bureau was short-staffed, nor did she think Zhao Shuying was being so serious just to get her to help clear the dungeon. She asked curiously, "A mission? You don't have enough people?"

"This task isn't mandatory, and we don't intend to morally blackmail you into agreeing," Zhao Shuying stated before getting to the point. "Are you wondering why we haven't asked you and Tu Lan to help clear the dungeon even though the level 14 dungeon is now unlocked?"

Yu Xunge nodded: "Yes." But she wasn't too nervous, because these things had happened in her previous life. But after everyone was nervous for a while, they found that the Special Affairs Bureau had somehow managed to control the situation, otherwise Blue Star wouldn't have been able to survive until the third year.

Zhao Shuying said, "Because you alone can't change the current situation. Our leveling speed can't keep up with the speed of dungeon unlocking. The level 14 dungeon has already been unlocked, and the level 15 dungeon will be unlocked in a few days... Our divine talent for locking the dungeon's light barrier can't be used infinitely."

"What's more serious is that one of the players we captured by the deputy city lord of Undercity has a special talent. He was able to extract some key information from the other party's mind and send it back to us."

"On February 22, June 6, and October 10 next year, new dungeon light curtains will appear. But if that's all, it's good for ordinary players, since there will be more resources for everyone to develop."

"But the problem is that our existing dungeon screens will also be upgraded. The unlocked dungeon screens will not be locked again or have their timer reset because of the appearance of higher-level alien races inside. Once a dungeon screen is unlocked, regardless of whether the alien races that come out are alive or dead, the dungeon screen will refresh every 7 natural days from now on. Moreover, the alien races that refresh each time will no longer be restricted by the original dungeon screen level. In other words, the level 13 dungeons that are currently unlocked may very well have level 20 or even level 30 alien races."

Yu Xunge asked curiously, "Is the mission you mentioned related to this matter?"

“Yes,” Zhao Shuying said. “We found a solution through our S-level prophecy talent. There is a tall tower in the City of Midnight, and at the bottom of the tower is a clock called ‘Destiny is Not Timely’. It can control the time of all things. We have an artist here. Even if it is an S-level item, as long as she can draw all the details, she can use her divinely bestowed talent skill to bring the item to life and then use a part of the item’s ability.”

"If we can draw that clock, we can rewind all the unlocked or soon-to-be-unlocked copies and reset the timer. But the problem is with the hour hands; the artist can't draw what's inside them."

"Even the second hand can pause. As long as the time and the image match during that pause, the prop can be materialized. But the things inside the hour hand are fluid and cannot match at all."

After Zhao Shuying finished speaking, she noticed that Yu Xunge's expression had become extremely strange. She asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Yu Xunge's professional instincts kicked in, and she couldn't help but ask, "Why don't we just steal the clock?"

Zhao Shuying said regretfully, "We checked, and that clock is in a bound state; it can't be stolen."

Yu Xunge suddenly realized, and asked, "What can I do? Help that artist modify the 'lucky' divination?"

“Not only that,” Zhao Shuying said. “The contents of the hour hand have nothing to do with the ‘unpredictable fate’ itself. Oak Owl used it as a storage tool. We need you to find a way to clear the contents of the hands, or at least the second hand.”

“We know you don’t actually like working with people. You don’t have to work with anyone. You’re on your own. We just want to give this necessary task more options for completion.”

"We will give you full support, the best props, equipment, and even skills, which can be your reward after completing the mission."

"Are you willing?"

Yu Xunge was starting to wonder how the Special Affairs Bureau had managed to do it in his previous life. The peach blossom guarding the tower was a member of the Oak Owl royal family, and even if she wasn't the Owl Emperor, her rank was definitely not low...

However, there was no need to hesitate. Moon Sand was exactly what she needed, so Yu Xunge quickly gave her answer: "I can accept this mission. I will return all the props and equipment I use along the way afterward. I will bear all the consumption and losses during the process myself. I will also bring Tu Lan to help. I only have one request."

"If I manage to get my hands on the item in the three pointers, then it belongs to me. If you manage to get it but you received my help in the process, then I will get a share based on my contribution to the mission. These conditions must be signed into the game contract."

Zhao Shuying then made her own demands: "If you ultimately succeed, but receive help from the Special Affairs Bureau in the process, you must afterwards share the profits with us according to how much effort the Special Affairs Bureau players contributed, for research purposes."

Theoretically speaking, that's certainly possible. She can let Hedgehog do the research, so why wouldn't she be willing to let the Special Affairs Bureau do the research?

But things weren't that simple. It was the Special Affairs Bureau that initially approached her for help, and the condition they wanted Yue Sha to give up the Special Affairs Bureau's reward was that she give up the reward.

From a moral standpoint, she should have helped without expecting anything in return. But cooperation is cooperation, and a task is a task. Talking about obligations during negotiations is as ridiculous as discussing ideals when negotiating salaries.

Yu Xunge shook his head, his expression becoming more serious, and said, "If that's the case, then I won't give up the rewards you initially promised for this mission. I will accept all the props, equipment, and skills I use during the process."

Zhao Shuying said with certainty, "Do you know what's inside those three pointers?"

Yu Xunge didn't actually know much either. She said, "An extremely high-grade alchemical material."