[According to Article 233 of the "Transmigrator Service Terms"] Suddenly, a long electronic scroll appeared on her retina. The chibi-style Taoist priest changed into a lawyer's robe, and a gold-rimmed monocle perched on his nose. [The agreement voluntarily signed by the user clearly states that the final interpretation right belongs to this system!]
"This is an unfair contract!" Lin Cuiying grabbed a straw and poked it at the air. "Wait, when did I sign this agreement? Or was it voluntary?"
Lin Cuiying suddenly heard a "beep" sound, and a yellowed Xuan paper contract appeared on her retina, with a bloody fingerprint pressed in the lower right corner.
A dialogue box appears above the head of the chibi-style Taoist priest: [Beep—Replay function loaded!]
Suddenly, a crack appeared in the void, projecting an image of the original owner curled up in the room.
Blood trickled from the woman's forehead as she trembled, clutching the scroll floating in the air. Her weak voice was exceptionally clear through the drafty window: "I do..."
"This wasn't signed by me..." Lin Cuiying kicked away a clod of dirt at her feet, but then saw the original owner in the projection suddenly turn her head.
His blood-stained face met her gaze. "I only ask that you treat my two daughters well..."
The system also played "underworld theme music" in a fitting way, and the chibi-style Taoist priest transformed into the White Impermanence character.
Lin Cuiying stumbled back half a step and bumped into the woodpile, straw falling all over her shoulders.
Suddenly, two lines of bloody tears streamed down the original owner's face in the projection, leaving dark red marks on his ashen cheeks.
"Soul binding fluctuation detected!" the system suddenly announced in a news broadcast tone, as a chibi-style figure dressed as Bai Wuchang (the White Impermanence) flung chains wildly across the screen. [If the host breaches the contract, a heavenly tribulation service will be triggered~]
"Feudal superstition is unacceptable."
No sooner had he finished speaking than dark clouds gathered.
A bolt of lightning grazed her ear and struck the woodpile, the smell of burnt straw mixed with ash falling onto her front.
The system thoughtfully displayed a colorful message on her retina: 【Darling~ We suggest you don't make promises you can't keep!~】
Lin Cuiying wiped the dust off her face and suddenly noticed two little girls with pigtails huddled under the bed, trembling in the projection.
The original owner's blood and tears happened to drip onto the words "daughter" in the contract, creating a desolate scene.
Lin Cuiying stared at the two small figures huddled together under the bed, and suddenly felt a burning ember stuck in her throat.
Crack!
Another bolt of lightning struck just three inches from my feet, and shards of scorched earth splattered onto my clothes.
She wiped the cold sweat mixed with straw ash from her face, and the sweet, metallic taste of the original owner's blood and tears seemed to linger between her fingers.
"Charge! I'll charge, okay?!" Lin Cuiying's back molars ground together with a grinding sound.
"Ding—Nine coins received!" The yellow paper talismans suddenly turned into a rain of gold foil, and the system instantly transformed into a golden retriever dressed in a suit, happily rolling around in the void while carrying a PoS machine.
Lin Cuiying suddenly felt a lightness in her arms, and the five taels of silver ingot exploded into a rain of copper coins in front of her.
Thousands of copper coins bounced into her arms with a clatter, and a few coins dangled in her hair.
"How did they all turn into copper coins?" She frantically caught the copper coins that bounced into the air, and one of them clattered and hit her on the tip of her nose.
The system switched to the storyteller skin, slamming its gavel into the air: "Sir, you may not know this, but this system's change function only accepts copper coins. To be truly authentic, all change must be in copper coins! And..."
Lin Cuiying looked down at the pile of copper coins on the ground and couldn't help but blurt out, "Who the hell is carrying so many copper coins?"
Suddenly, a glittering golden abacus popped up from the void, and the storyteller's attire changed to a chibi version of the God of Wealth, who was sitting with his legs crossed, turning the beads: "Look—five taels of silver equals five thousand coins, minus nine coins equals four thousand nine hundred and ninety-one coins..."
Lin Cuiying kicked aside the copper coins that had bounced to her feet, interrupting the system's words, "Quickly put this pile of copper coins into your spatial storage!"
The system suddenly transformed into a warehouse manager wearing a red armband, holding a megaphone and playing a loop in her ear: "[According to the Provisional Regulations on the Management of Transmigrators' Items—]"
"If you keep talking nonsense, do you believe I'll shut you up with a pair of copper coins?" She grabbed two handfuls of copper coins and threw them into the air, then suddenly remembered something and quickly asked, "Don't tell me there are other handling fees or something?"
【Friendly Reminder: A 5% service fee will be charged for deposits and withdrawals.】The system instantly switched to blue and white striped clothing, and the electronic voice suddenly stopped amidst the "beep" of electricity.
"You dare deduct my pay? I'll lie down right now!" Lin Cuiying suddenly scattered copper coins like stars, clattering and rolling everywhere. "Do you believe I'll use these coins to plaster the walls?"
The God of Wealth in the void suddenly transformed into an accountant wearing round-framed glasses, and the electronic abacus crackled and sparked: [Warning! Intentionally damaging currency will trigger heavenly lightning...]
"Chop!" She grabbed a hoe and slammed it into the ground, a few copper coins sliding down the handle into the mud. "Good riddance to me, then I won't have to put up with this humiliation!"
The dark clouds that had just gathered were dispersed by electronic lotus petals, and the system instantly switched to a crying cat emoji: [Don't be like that, honey~ We can discuss the transaction fee~]
Lin Cuiying suddenly grabbed two handfuls of copper coins and tossed them into the air, watching the coins rain down on the haystack. "I'll count to three," she said, "either you store them for free, or—"
She suddenly threw herself to the ground, exclaiming, "I'll break a boulder on my chest right here and now!"
The chibi system suddenly split into eight clones, each holding a sign that read "Calm down, think it over, and let's talk things out," and circled around her.
The instant Lin Cuiying counted to two, her eight clones suddenly merged into a giant lucky cat, its glass eyes crackling with electricity: [Special approval granted for waiver of handling fees!]
The copper coins scattered on the ground suddenly floated into a vortex, brushing against her clothes and disappearing into a rift in the void.
"This ridiculous rule is discriminatory, isn't it?" Lin Cuiying stood up from the ground, patting the dirt off her clothes. "When we let the black bear in last night, we didn't hear about any handling fee. Today, we let a few copper coins in, and they still have the nerve to charge a handling fee."
Lin Cuiying kicked away a small, unsightly stone on the ground, her knuckles cracking as she clenched her fists.
She stared at the still-smoking electronic lotus in the void, her anger flaring. "I've paid the money, I've been struck by lightning, and now you're telling me where that black bear went?"
[Host, don't rush~] The lucky cat suddenly exploded into a sky full of fireflies, the blue-green light dots forming an arrow in front of her nose, "See how thoughtful this guidance is—"
"Stop with all this fancy stuff!" Lin Cuiying waved away the flying light specks. "Just give me the address."
The afterimage of the lucky cat suddenly twisted into an electronic tour guide in a cheongsam, a small flag bobbing in front of her eyes. "[The target is located in the cave to the right of the wild walnut forest on the third ridge of Cangshu Mountain outside the village~]"
"Cangshan Mountain? I've lived in Luhua Village for almost twenty years and have never heard of any Cangshan Mountain!" Lin Cuiying crushed a piece of tile with her foot. "Lead the way! Now, immediately!"
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