Brush teeth, wash up, eat breakfast, stretch a little, and Yang Qizhou was back on the sofa again.
Work?
Working is absolutely out of the question. With over six million yuan in hand, how could he still stoop to a sorting center job, slogging through twelve hours a day just for a asly three hundred yuan?
Although, maybe, possibly, probably, this couple million might get swallowed by the ’Hidden God’s Clothes’ tonight.
QAQ.
"Wow, Qizhou-ge, you’re actually ho? Why aren’t you working?" A tiny, cute figure dashed inside.
"Not into it, too lazy to move. I’m lying flat, officially rotting away..."
As he muttered, he suddenly thought of sothing and glared viciously. "I literally locked the door. How the hell did you get into my place?"
Ding Xiaolan smirked mischievously, twirling the key in her hand. "You’re so dumb. Did you forget? This house belongs to my family."
A spare key, apparently.
Damn it,
Yang Qizhou suddenly had a thought... This little bean sprout must’ve assud he was out working and sneakily snuck in. What the hell is she up to, acting like a little thief?
"So, tell . You were planning to sneak in while I wasn’t ho. What was your purpose?" His voice turned eerie, paired with a half-smile, executing the delivery just right.
Ding Xiaolan froze instantly, looking guilty, nervous, and evasive. She might as well have had "I’m up to no good" tattooed on her face.
Shrugging his shoulders, Yang Qizhou made to stand. "Not talking? Alright then. I’ll go chat with Sister Xin. Haven’t had her dumplings in ages."
That set the little bean sprout into a flurry of panic, blocking his way with teary eyes, looking so pitiable like she was seconds away from crying.
"No, no, don’t! I’ll talk, okay?"
Seeing through it all, Yang Qizhou scoffed. "Kiddo, we’ve known each other long enough. Do you think playing pity cards and fishing for sympathy works on ?"
"Tch, you iron-hearted straight man. You’ll never find a wife." Ding Xiaolan’s previously pitiful deanor evaporated as she rolled her eyes, her face now highly animated.
She went over to the wardrobe and started rummaging through it, pulling out ’potato chips,’ ’cola,’ and ’crackers.’
A mountain of snacks erged.
Then she beelined to the kitchen, rooting around the lowest cabinet and ca back with ’spicy strips,’ ’soft candies,’ and ’chocolate.’
Finally, the little bean sprout stood with a heap of snacks in her arms, her posture upright, her expression serious, and her voice filled with authority. "This is my empire. Of course, I need to check in regularly."
Well, damn,
How much junk food is she hiding here? If Sister Xin found out, she’d definitely dish out "mom-style justice."
"Speaking of the negative health effects of kids eating too many snacks, I think I should have a talk with Sister Xin."
"No, no, no!"
’Ding Xiaolan’ bounced in a frenzy, stomping her feet. "Fine, I’ll share so snacks with you. No, wait, one-third... one-fifth... one-tenth... Waaaah, Yang Qizhou, you demon! I’m your best friend! You can’t be this cruel!"
"Half."
"Huh, what?"
Yang Qizhou flashed an evil grin. "I said, I want half the snacks."
This declaration made ’Ding Xiaolan’ explode. Half her empire?! This despicable, shaless wretch wanted to snatch up half of it just by opening his mouth. Such audacity! She wouldn’t allow it! She’d rather go down in flas than cede her empire to this tyrant.
"Actually, I’m not really into snacks. Mostly, I just miss Sister Xin; haven’t seen her the past two days. Wouldn’t hurt to catch up..."
"Fine."
Before Yang Qizhou could finish, ’Ding Xiaolan’ gritted her teeth and cut him off, her expression fierce but sohow adorably intimidating. "Half it is. As the grand empress, I graciously share half my empire with my best friend."
And so, wearing a grimace and simring resentnt, Ding Xiaolan painstakingly divided up her snacks, reluctantly surrendering half of her "empire."
Before she left, she shot him a final venomous glare...
"Bullying kids? Qizhou-ge, you’re destined to stay single."
A mocking face!
Back in the room, Yang Qizhou was left to himself, utterly devoid of any guilt for "bullying kids." Flopping onto the sofa, he gazed at the mountain of snacks on the coffee table, grinning from ear to ear.
Tonight’s stash for his gaming marathon was secured. Nice, nice. Honestly, who knew ’Little Bean Sprout’ could cave like that? Maybe he should’ve asked for two-thirds instead.
But nah, let’s leave so room for civility. What goes around, cos around!
Just then, a group chat notification went off. It was from the Secret Cultivation Society. The sender was ’Rabbit.’ Her storyline had reached a critical point, and she wasn’t confident about tackling it alone. She wanted to team up with another Secret Cultivation Society mber to complete the quest. Of course, she’d cover the required Destiny Chain,
and the reward sounded pretty generous. Yang Qizhou pondered for a mont, considering whether or not to accept...
Too bad,
soone else had already taken the job before he could decide. And it was the group leader, ’Seeker of Mysteries,’ stepping in personally.
"So straightforward? Looks like ’Seeker of Mysteries’ probably knows sothing about ’Rabbit’s’ current quest," Yang Qizhou muttered lazily, stretching exaggeratedly, not feeling too bumd about it.
At around ten at night,
the dreaded "cash-eating" phase began again. The negative effects of the ’Hidden God’s Clothes’ flared up...
Yang Qizhou squeezed his eyes shut, too nervous to check his balance, terrified that the six million-plus yuan might have gone up in smoke. But a grown-up has to face life’s cruel realities and dripping blood sooner or later. He finally opened his eyes and launched his banking app.
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Account balance: 1,054,700 yuan.
"Phew, not too bad, at least it left with over a million... wait, what the hell?!"
"Goddammit, it only took thirty thousand yuan yesterday. Today, five freaking million? At this rate, won’t it be in the billions tomorrow? Nine digits?! A regular person with a ten-thousand-yuan monthly salary would need to work non-stop for a thousand years to scrape that together. How on earth can I make that in one day?"
Yang Qizhou felt a cold chill.
Realistically, with his current strange thods and the save-and-load abuse of the ’Free-Ride Dark Crow,’ squeezing out a billion yuan in a day wasn’t entirely impossible.
But the problem was, even if he did, it’d only keep the ’Hidden God’s Clothes’ fed for one more day.
Day after, fifteen billion. The day after that, hundreds of billions. By that ti, even the richest person in the world couldn’t satiate its appetite.
And judging by the ’Hidden God’s Clothes’ now manifesting Activated characteristics, as well as the occasional mysterious whispers in his ears, Yang Qizhou gritted his teeth and made a decision.
"If I don’t find a way to counter the ’Hidden God’s Clothes’ negative effects by the last day, I’ll have no choice but to ditch it."
"Giving up a ’quasi-legendary’ item is better than getting wiped out myself."
"Damn it."
Putting the ’Hidden God’s Clothes’ dilemma aside for now, Yang Qizhou redirected his focus back to the ga itself.
There was still ti before midnight, and he had already used up the initial resurrection allowances. The ’Dark Crow of Profane Fortune’ only had one use left, yet he wasn’t planning to wait any longer.
With 10 Destiny Fire Bottles remaining, he didn’t need to worry about resurrections. If he didn’t use the ’Dark Crow of Profane Fortune’ now, its reset would just go to waste. Better to make the most of it beforehand.
As for running out of ’Dark Crow’ uses and resorting to the Destiny Fire Bottles to brute-force the storyline progression,
Yang Qizhou rejected that idea outright. What if he hit a critical checkpoint and made the wrong choice? Without the ability to "save and load" to adjust Destiny Chains, it could make the whole storyline spiral out of control, trapping his ga character in a terrible situation.
He opened the ’Deceit World’ interface, and soon, the familiar visuals ca into view...
"Continue, continue, continue."
"Let’s see if I can get the ga character to successfully change class to ’Wizard’ tonight and find a solution for the ’Hidden God’s Clothes’ negative effects."
...
...
"You reopened your eyes in the unknown and mysterious wilderness."
"You are well aware of the dangers lurking in the ’Bright Outpost.’ Even children under the age of sixteen might already be polluted by the ’Endless Abyss.’ Entering recklessly could bring about misfortune."
"You resolved yourself."
"You activated the ’Hidden God’s Clothes,’ entering ’Hidden’ mode."
"You headed towards the ’Bright Outpost.’"
"Inside the grand fortress walls, young Northern Realm Clan mbers, under the leadership of ’Sarshit,’ were strengthening their bodies, training tirelessly to beco stronger, preparing for the threats posed by the ’Dragon of Greed’ and the dangers erging from the depths of the ’North Realm Abyss.’"
"Not bad. If I hadn’t experienced the Destiny Chain events firsthand, I might’ve actually been fooled by you lot."
"You mused silently."
"You cheerfully continued searching, looking for any trace of ’Harriet.’ anwhile, you wondered if your earlier warnings had tipped him off to the anomalies within the ’Bright Outpost.’"
"But you couldn’t find ’Harriet’ after searching high and low."
"Feeling puzzled,
you kept exploring the Bright Outpost. While investigating, you triggered a chanism, and hundreds of arrows imbued with mysterious forces pierced through your body like a beehive. You collapsed on the ground, looking tragically like a human pincushion."
"You died."
...
...
???
ow ow ow, what the hell?!
Yang Qizhou was dumbfounded. Last ti the ga character ca here, wasn’t he treated as a Holy Envoy sent from the Divine City? People were cheering for his arrival.
But this ti, he ended up as target practice.
What is this, a reenactnt of "Borrow Arrows with Straw Boats?"
"Clearly, the ’Bright Outpost’ isn’t as safe as it seems. It’s riddled with traps and chanisms, likely set by untainted Northern Realm Clan mbers to defend against dangers erging from the North Realm Abyss."
"Last ti the ga character was guided into the Bright Outpost by ’Harriet’ and his group, so the traps didn’t activate."
"But this ti, it’s different."
"The ga character sneaked in using ’Hidden’ mode. Naturally, no one guided him to the safe zones."
"So sneaking into the Bright Outpost ironically made the ga character even more vulnerable."
Yang Qizhou was utterly exasperated now. No wonder it’s called the ’Old Earth’s Domain.’ Towns get wiped out without warning, gods perish on a whim, and just when you think your ga character is on the rise, he gets slapped back down into trash-tier.
"Speaking of which, why is ’Harriet’ so damn hard to find?"
"Where the hell did he go?"
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