Chapter 272 Borrowing Power from Dinghai
The day broke before Yu Xunge and Tu Lan finished playing. They went straight to the street for morning tea. On the way, Yu Xunge noticed the changes that had occurred to the [Mind Catcher] after completing the Great Adventure.
[Good Will Hunting] (Oddity): Intertwine our fingers and tell me, choose truth or dare.
[One answer (1/1)]: You can ask me a question related to money and wealth.
【One Transaction (1/1)】: Is there anything in the world that cannot be "borrowed" with money? My answer is no. Designate a target, and as long as the other party accepts all the money you currently have, you can forcibly rent an item, a skill, or an emotion from them (Note 1: You need to describe the item, skill, or emotion you want to rent. If the description is not clear enough or the content is incorrect, the item/skill/emotion with the highest similarity will be rented based on the information you provide; Note 2: The rental period for items, skills, and emotions is determined by the amount of money you pay, and the rental fee for each natural day is the other party's current wealth value).
It has many limitations, but it depends on how you use it. If used well, this skill can definitely have amazing effects.
98% of people and people of different races would not refuse to receive gold coins.
Even someone as cautious as Yu Xunge, before witnessing this skill, if she saw a bag of gold coins on the ground and couldn't find anything wrong with it after using her detection skill, would she not pick it up?!
What's even more terrifying is that you can actually buy emotions. Although emotions are different from items and have time limits, as long as you can buy them, it means infinite possibilities. Loyalty, friendship, compassion, apology, guilt, gratitude, and so on—she instantly came up with many uses for them.
Judging from the practicality of the three skills I've acquired so far, this "Mind Catcher" truth or dare game is definitely worth continuing to play.
Although they are all one-time skills, each one is more practical than the last.
While waiting at a red light, Yu Xunge asked Tu Lan for her opinion and then prepared to bind the Mind Catcher to her soul. Although Tu Lan clearly said that she didn't need it, Yu Xunge still explained to Tu Lan that she could ask her for it anytime she wanted to play with it, so that they would share it.
Just as she was about to bid on the binding stone, she suddenly remembered the Holy Grail's words: "Don't add too much burden to your soul."
Yu Xunge asked Tu Lan, "Is the Holy Grail's talent related to the soul?"
Tulan: "Yes, her divinely bestowed talent is called the Stargazer, which is related to the soul."
Yu Xunge counted the equipment and items currently bound to her: pocket watch, irritable moon, fire spirit ring, [Ember], [Meteor], [Water God is my enemy], and before she knew it, she already had six items...
If it weren't for the fact that the cat's nest needs to be accessible to the cat, and since I couldn't use a binding stone and had to use tattoo ink instead, then that would be 7 items.
She ultimately did not bind the [Mind Catcher], and she planned to investigate the equipment binding stone after the Dragon Ancestor's Reverse Scale incident was over. At present, the only thing she could think of that could be called a "burden on the soul" was this.
After sitting down in the private room, Yu Xunge approached Zhao Shuying to discuss going abroad.
She didn't need to report to the Special Affairs Bureau where she went or what she was doing, nor did she intend to actually follow the rules.
The more you follow the rules, the more rules others will set for you.
With all sides facing a shortage of troops, the Special Affairs Bureau shouldn't be able to keep an eye on the coast and border 24/7. However, judging from the occasional announcements on the Special Affairs Bureau's official website, Yu Xunge could guess that the authorities must have the means to monitor 24/7.
For example, the bronze artifacts they brought out when they fought Black Jade were a testament to the profound cultural heritage and numerous antiques of China.
She mainly wanted to use this incident to test Dinghai, to see just how "indulgent" they were towards her.
Since the start of the partnership, she has already made considerable concessions in Dinghai, so it's time to further test the other party's bottom line.
If Dinghai still prefers to manage herself with rules and regulations, then she will need to adjust her attitude and strategies.
[Yu Xun Ge]: I have to go out for something.
[Zhao Shuying]: ? ? ?
[Zhao Shuying]: Xiao Yu, this is too ambiguous, far too ambiguous. No need to be so detailed, you're a lone wolf, you don't need to inform me of everything.
[Yu Xun Ge]: Going abroad
[Zhao Shuying]: What happened?! Tell me in detail!
[Zhao Shuying]: When and where will you be back?
[Zhao Shuying]: Beep~! Beep beep beep~! Beep beep beep beep beep beep~!
[Zhao Shuying]: The five-star red flag flutters in the wind~~ How resounding is the song of victory~~
[Yu Xun Ge]: ……………………
Her head was throbbing. If it weren't for the game's intrusion, Zhao Shuying could have easily made it to the central government.
[Yu Xun Ge]: I still prefer your sly, three parts indifferent, three parts mocking, and four parts nonchalant attitude from just now.
[Yu Xunge]: I have to go out for a bit. I just wanted to let you know so you don't misunderstand.
[Zhao Shuying]: Do you need our help?
[Yu Xun Ge]: It shouldn't be necessary.
Yu Xunge's attitude was consistently one of notification from beginning to end.
They didn't reply for several minutes.
[Zhao Shuying]: Okay, I understand. Don't worry, what you're worried about won't happen. Contact us anytime if you need help.
Yu Xunge calmly turned off the game screen, her mood neither good nor bad, only exhausted.
Lone wolves with huge potential profits never gain the support of various forces. Their most likely fate is to be targeted and divided up by them. Before the situation becomes clear, being unconventional and flamboyant is never a good thing.
Did those organizations and forces really abandon her and her dragon? That's impossible.
But these calculations were repeatedly suppressed by Dinghai's stance. Those public service messages and statements in the chat channels that she thought were useless were actually exactly what she wanted most at the moment.
She also bought it herself by "spending money" through repeated discounts.
She's leveraging Dinghai's influence!
How much money did she "spend" in Dinghai? Even with the advance notice of the discount for exchanging gold coins, the total "discount" might not even amount to 10,000 gold coins, but it bought her the official organization's current protection, trust, and favoritism.
Just like when celebrities spend money to create a persona, she is simply building her persona in Dinghai by repeatedly offering discounts. Some money has to be spent, and it has to be spent as early as possible to save money.
Dinghai's "trust" is only so cheap in the early stages. Once they develop, she will have to spend far more than ten thousand gold coins to gain the same level of trust!
The Legion Tokens and [Time is Expected] that are currently valuable will rapidly depreciate next year or the year after. She also doesn't have enough time to go to Zelan every day to run around to small towns to find goblins in remote corners to exchange for gold coins. That kind of income is less efficient than using it to research potions and sell them.
The extra money she earned wasn't much, but it helped her resolve many overt and covert schemes.
As long as she remains a lone wolf, Dinghai will treat her with caution and will not push her towards any faction.
After severing the skill crystal cooperation with "Happy Again" and ending the gold-for-coin trade, she has stabilized the situation again. She is now in the middle of the seesaw, and has also won the hearts of the people through the honor points and the bear cookie incident. No one will easily touch her...
Not being a lone wolf doesn't mean you don't team up or cooperate with anyone.
Instead, she doesn't cooperate with any force, yet no one dares to touch her. She lives more freely than anyone else, which is what makes her a lone wolf.
She cannot achieve absolute freedom yet, but one day she will.
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