Chapter 39 Things have come to an end for now, it's time to take a break (?)
Lu Zhaoran's house.
Cipher looked at Lu Zhaoran, who was completely silent and unlike her usual self, and didn't know what to say for a moment.
According to what Zhaoran had said in the warehouse earlier, a senior who had been missing for ten years suddenly appeared before her, and in a hostile state no less. If it were Cipher, she wouldn't feel good either... Having never experienced such a thing, Cipher felt that any words of comfort might easily backfire, so she decided to let Lu Zhaoran be alone for a while.
Cipher sighed, then turned and walked towards her bedroom.
Perfect, she could also take this opportunity to research the system's updated features.
Upon entering the bedroom, Cipher lay down on the bed and silently thought, "Gacha."
"[Currently, you have: 960 stellar jade (1 stellar jade can be exchanged for 1000 credit points; current credit points: 2,304,523). Would you like to draw?]"
Huh? Over two million three hundred thousand credit points, where did they come from?
Looking at the number, Cipher was a bit bewildered. She remembered only having two hundred ninety thousand, so how did it become over two million three hundred thousand now?
With this question in mind, Cipher took out her terminal and checked her transaction history.
Soon, she saw a transfer record of over three million, and the person who transferred it was Lu Zhaoran.
'Hiss, Xiao Ran couldn't have transferred all her assets to me, could she?'
Looking at the exact transfer amount, Cipher felt her guess was correct.
"So, were those two sold, or were they snatched away?"
Cipher scratched her head, a bit confused.
She looked towards the door, considering whether to ask Lu Zhaoran about it.
But recalling Zhaoran's silent demeanor just now, Cipher ultimately decided not to disturb her yet.
"Wait a minute..."
Suddenly, Cipher noticed a crucial detail.
"Since Xiao Ran transferred over three million to me... then why is there only over two million three hundred thousand left in the account now? How did nearly one million of my credit points disappear?"
The decrease in credit points made Cipher suddenly realize something, and she continued to scroll through the transaction history, but she couldn't find any large deduction records, as if the deduction never existed.
"Oh, right! The system's new function, how could I forget about that?"
After searching around and finding nothing, Cipher suddenly remembered the list of functions that the system had just finished updating after she killed Jin Chuan.
At that time, in order to regain powerful combat strength, she had used this function to conduct an experiment, acquiring the Death Curse from Castorice.
Then, a prompt for a one-million deduction appeared, but at the time, she was anxious to go check on Xiao Ran, so she didn't pay much attention to it.
"One million, huh... I emptied the personal accounts of three people and still couldn't earn that much money."
Thinking of this, Cipher immediately showed an expression of heartache and pain.
The heartache was for the loss of one million.
The pain was because Cipher remembered something.
Although she had gained Castorice's ability through this function, those people had sensed danger beforehand and ran away.
The ability couldn't be used, which meant one million was wasted for nothing!
One million, how many people's personal accounts would she have to clear to achieve that... She, Cipher, was depressed!
Damn Niliu League, this cat will earn back the money I lost here, sooner or later!
Cipher thought fiercely to herself.
After recovering from the sadness of her loss for a while, Cipher looked at the system's gacha interface.
She was currently only four draws short of a ten-pull, which meant six hundred forty thousand credit points.
So... why not just use six hundred forty thousand credit points to complete a ten-pull? Just consider it testing the new function!
Thinking of this, Cipher immediately whispered:
"System, ten-pull!"
"[stellar jade insufficient. Would you like to exchange 640,000 credit points for 640 stellar jade?]"
"Exchange!"
"[Alright, 1600 stellar jade consumed. Drawing now...]"
It was still the familiar purple glow, no early pulls.
"[Congratulations, Host, you have received: Bagged Dried Fish x5 (box), Soletta x1 (box), Choco-Bar Snacks x3 (box), splitting silver coin x1 (Purple)]"
"splitting silver coin? Choco-Bar Snacks?"
Looking at the two new items, Cipher curiously clicked on them.
Although in the game, one was used to restore skill points, and the other was a Curio that could directly double the current Cosmic Fragments.
But this wasn't the game, after all, and she didn't know if these items had been modified.
"[Choco-Bar Snacks] (Blue Consumable)
"A packet of cooked seeds inspired by the cyclone principle. When consumed, the seeds will pop and bounce to the roof of your mouth like Pop Rocks (recommended to eat while lying down)."
Effect: No particular effect, just eat it as a snack. After all, you don't need Technique Points for your abilities now."
"Hmm... so it seems most blue items are useless. Let's look at the splitting silver coin."
"[splitting silver coin] (Purple Consumable)
"A Curio, but in the game, it takes effect immediately upon acquisition. However, after being modified by mysterious forces, it has become an actively usable item. Isn't it much better than in the game? (∠・ω＜)⌒☆"
Effect: When the Host uses the splitting silver coin, immediately gain an additional 50% credit points equivalent to the credit points stored in Quantum Storage."
"That's indeed much better." Cipher nodded, agreeing with the system's description.
One is an item that can be controlled whether to use or not, while the other is an item that automatically activates upon acquisition, and you don't even know when you'll get it.
And the effects of both are exactly the same.
One could say, any normal person would choose the former, right?
"But... 50% of the credit points equivalent to what's in Quantum Storage... does that mean if I don't have credit points stored in Quantum Storage when I use it, that part won't be split?"
"Then I should first transfer most of my credit points back to Quantum Storage. Anyway, if I really need to use them, transferring them to the terminal won't take much time. Because if I urgently need the silver coin at that time, I might get carried away and forget to put them into Quantum Storage."
Thinking of this, Cipher quickly transferred most of her credit points back to Quantum Storage.
After finishing this task, and counting that there were no other matters to deal with for the time being, Cipher stretched, then lay on the bed in a 'tree' (wood) shape, closing her eyes.
"I'll rest for a while. Although only less than an hour has passed, facing two Vice-Leaders of the Reverse Current Alliance at the same time is very exhausting, meow."
Murmuring to herself, her body honestly turned over, and Cipher gradually fell into a state of slumber...