Chapter 143
Chapter 143 [ Luck? Not Conserved! ]
Walking with familiar ease into the Platform behind the church.
Above the tracks, a Train adorned with meteor-leaping patterns rested quietly.
This was Zhu Xingtu’s Train.
Following the message sent by Zhu Xingtu, Ye Qiyan climbed into the second carriage, where he saw a translucent device with a few points of light inside.
[ Stellar Pulse Device (Level 9) ]
[ Requires manual activation. Once activated, it releases a stellar pulse beam to attack enemy targets within any area. ]
Such a small device turned out to be a Level 9 item.
However, forcing back that man previously had required the use of the Hunting Mechadragon’s Transcendent Mode.
Could this thing really be of any use?
Ye Qiyan remained skeptical.
But since that female Charlatan Zhu Xingtu had requested it, he didn’t need to worry about whether it could help or not.
He pressed a button on it.
Inside the transparent bottle, a small point of light vanished out of thin air.
The second layer of the City of a Thousand Stars.
Zhu Xingtu looked extremely disheveled at this moment.
She panted heavily, blood streaming down her arm.
Hiding in a dark corner.
Her mood was extremely terrible.
“Can’t hear, can’t hear… Fate, why are you silent? No stars… I, I need to see the stars.”
Her eyes had transformed into the appearance of stars.
Yet the voice of fate from the past did not appear at all.
The man in the sky scanned the vast expanse of ruins below, order spreading as he completely controlled this space.
“You can’t hide.”
Raising his blade, he swung it out.
Zhu Xingtu knelt on the ground, clasping her hands together.
Suddenly, a stream of light beam manifested in space.
“I see it!”
Under the starlight, the voice of fate rang in her ears once more.
“Fate tells me~ is the escape route here.”
Stars flowed in her eyes.
The blasphemy card · Astrologer revolved in front of her.
“I won’t die, at least, not today.”
Divination, successful.
Zhu Xingtu’s figure rushed in the exact opposite direction of the space where the stellar pulse beam appeared.
She crashed into the stars, and her entire body turned into specks of light and disappeared.
The moment the divination succeeded, in order to make the divined result correct, she could do everything.
If the result of that recent divination had been to finish off the man above her, she could have done that as well.
“Disappeared?”
The man cut off the pulse with his blade, glanced at the bloodstain scraped on his palm, and clutched his chest in some pain.
The damage caused by the Hunting Mechadragon there had still not faded.
“Damn it…”
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44 Nakolo Street.
With Ye Qiyan’s help, Zhao Lin transferred her Train here.
Just as she was about to return to the Train to check her personal information, a flash of starlight crossed.
That stellar pulse device burst apart.
A humanoid body fell from within, heavily smashing onto the ground.
“Cough… cough cough…”
Ye Qiyan walked up, squatted down, and gazed at her.
“Boss, do you want me to help you find a doctor?”
Zhu Xingtu revealed a smile, and then completely passed out.
“It seems there’s no need to look; she shouldn’t die, right?”
Summoning the Red Tear Demon, he had her pick up Zhu Xingtu and place her on the ground in a relatively clean area.
“Tsk tsk, this is truly tragic. How many slashes did she take?”
Hearing the commotion, Zhao Lin ran out and froze when she saw Zhu Xingtu’s miserable appearance.
“Eh, isn’t this that older sister? What happened to her? Ah, was that man in the sky attacking her?”
Seeing Zhao Lin’s worried look, Ye Qiyan hesitated slightly, feeling that it would be better for him to remind her.
Compared to many people in this world, this girl was relatively innocent.
Facing someone like Zhu Xingtu, truly trusting her would only result in being eaten clean down to the bones.
“Stop looking, she won’t die, come with me.”
Grabbing Zhao Lin’s hand, he walked to the door of her Train.
“Go on, pull up your personal information, and then send me a screenshot.”
Although Zhao Lin didn’t understand, she chose to do as told.
When she saw the Talent column in her personal information, Zhao Lin froze for a few seconds before realizing why Ye Qiyan wanted her to check her Talent.
[ Luck? Not Conserved! ]
[ Your luck will accumulate, originally meant to be neutralized and alternated with Bad Luck, but due to some reasons, the Bad Luck was snatched away by someone. ]
Pure luck.
Without Bad Luck, Zhao Lin’s Talent was enough to reach the absolute top tier.
“Brother Qiyan, my Talent? Is it because of that card from earlier? This pretty sister, she?”
“Don’t misunderstand, she isn’t helping you.”
Ye Qiyan interrupted Zhao Lin’s words.
Pointing at the unconscious Zhu Xingtu not far away.
“She came looking for you on purpose. Her goal is your Talent, and through that card, she acquired half of your Talent. Coincidentally, your luck caused the half traded away to be the Bad Luck portion.”
Zhao Lin stood in a daze, silently looking at Zhu Xingtu, and after a moment, she smiled bitterly.
“I understand.”
She didn’t say anything more, merely taking out [ Fate Card – Unequal Gift ], staring straight at it, not knowing what she was thinking.
Ye Qiyan didn’t speak anymore; he had said enough. From beginning to end, he simply didn’t want Zhao Lin to treat the Charlatan Zhu Xingtu as a good person.
That was all.
Inside the Emperor Sequence Organization Chat Room.
Monroe Gina sent a few screenshot photos into it.
The scene within them was precisely the second layer of the City of a Thousand Stars at this moment.
[ “I heard someone got chased and slashed across several streets in the City of a Thousand Stars. What a pity I wasn’t there, otherwise, I probably could have added another slash for you. @Zhu Xingtu” ]
These photos looked like images captured by surveillance cameras in the city.
Ye Qiyan strongly suspected that Monroe Gina had been watching all of that from start to finish.
A second person spoke in the Chat Room shortly after.
It was still his acquaintance.
Shaya: [ “Hmm? That Charlatan got hacked again? Serves her right, she definitely didn’t do anything good again.” ]
That statement was indeed correct.
If Zhu Xingtu hadn’t come to forcibly obtain half of Zhao Lin’s Talent, she wouldn’t have been affected by Bad Luck and chased down and hacked for so long.
Continuing to lurk, Zhao Lin suddenly walked over and gently patted his shoulder.
“Brother Qiyan, can this card be given to you?”
[ Fate Card – Unequal Gift ]
She handed this card sequence to Ye Qiyan’s hands.
“Why give it to me? You should have already seen the special nature of this card. It’s not an ordinary item; the ability to forcibly obtain half of someone else’s Talent might be one of a kind.”
He didn’t take it, looking at Zhao Lin with a question.
“Mm, I know it’s very precious, so that’s why I want to use it for a trade.”
The young girl smiled as she looked at the sleeping Zhu Xingtu.
“Since she chose to steal my Talent, it’s probably not the first time she’s done so. Then she will definitely find a way to take this card back into her own hands again. By then, I might not be able to keep it. Rather than that, it’s better to hand it to you in exchange for some practical resources. Besides…”
“I don’t think I need any Talent other than luck.”
