Chapter 182
Chapter 182 Monroe Gina’s Ritual Card
“So expensive…”
Ye Qiyan felt that he had somewhat underestimated the final product of the GT Series.
Or rather, he had underestimated the market price of high-end electronic components.
He originally thought that spending just over sixty Train Coins would be enough to buy all the materials.
The others were easy enough to handle, and the resources he had collected were almost sufficient.
Only these high-end electronic components.
Although they could be bought on the Trading Platform, their prices were far too erratic.
For the final five hundred high-end electronic components, he unexpectedly spent a full one hundred Train Coins to buy them all.
Coupled with the mind cube and other materials.
The cost of manufacturing the GT-EX was almost even more expensive than the upgrade options after upgrading the Train.
“No wonder the Hunting Mechadragon’s blueprint cannot be replicated… They are all machines, but compared to this, the manufacturing materials of the Hunting Mechadragon are practically a drop in the bucket.”
All the purchased high-end electronic components were placed by Ye Qiyan into the spare Storage Unit.
Once he returned to the Train, he could manufacture them.
“Tomorrow… everything should go smoothly, right?”
Beep beep——
Night fell.
This time, Ye Qiyan, who had found a private hot spring, dazedly heard a notification sound coming from beside his ear.
Perhaps he had soaked for too long, leaving his brain in a dizzy state.
Casually opening the system Light Screen, he rubbed his eyes, saw the name on it clearly, and opened the chat interface.
Zhao Lin: [“Brother Qiyan, for you, this is the reward for saving me last time.”]
It was Zhao Lin; she still remembered the matter in Ten-Cang Rice City last time.
Eight Train Coins were credited to his account.
She must have accumulated quite a bit of luck, allowing her to find a Treasure Chest at the previous Platform.
[“Returning two to you.”]
When collecting life-saving money from Zhao An and the others previously, Zhao Lin had also paid it; after all, since everyone else gave it, if she didn’t, it would only breed suspicion and dissatisfaction.
[“Right, if you have time, you can come to Solomon City. The Inquisition has a monthly stipend you can collect, though I don’t know how much someone of your level can receive.”]
[“Really? Then I’ll go tomorrow!”]
Tomorrow?
Ye Qiyan sobered up a bit and pondered slightly.
[“Tomorrow won’t do.”]
[“Okay, I understand. Then after some time.”]
She didn’t ask why tomorrow wouldn’t do; since Ye Qiyan said so, something must be happening in Solomon City tomorrow.
The chat ended.
Ye Qiyan once again immersed his body in the water.
He liked this feeling.
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Solomon City, second tier, the top floor of the tallest building.
Monroe Gina dragged her exhausted body and sat in the boss chair, looking in a slight daze at a Ritual Card in her hand.
“It really… took quite a bit of time… How long was it again? Three months…”
She had stayed in a Platform for three months.
Returning to the wilderness, only a day or two had passed.
During these three months, she encountered quite a bit of trouble.
If someone hadn’t given her a hand, it would have been really difficult to get this Ritual Card into her hands.
Because wanting to obtain a card sequence required not only finding it, but also spending a massive amount of time to find the key to unlock the seal.
Finding the key took a full three months.
“I should properly thank that short Grand Judge, hehe…”
“The City of Eternal Night is going to attack Solomon City… That’s really strange, where on earth do they get their confidence?”
“However, that Grand Judge really has quite a formidable Module, actually managing to forcibly merge the time flow rates in a Platform where the time flow was different from the wilderness and then communicate. If it weren’t for her, I’d probably still be searching for even longer.”
Monroe Gina gazed at the Ritual Card in her hand in a slight daze.
“Still lacking, the last two…”
The sword gently twisted.
Counting the one in her hand, a total of eight Ritual Cards revolved around her body.
She took down that Karma card.
The chains on it were glowing faintly.
“Brother Ye… To repay his karma, there is still so much… How should I continue to repay it? If I can complete this Karma ritual, I might even be able to get the coordinates of the next Ritual Card, hehe.”
[Ritual Card: Karma Repayment]
[Karma: Borrow a Cause, Return an Effect]
[Ritual: Repay to Receive Recompense]
Thud thud——
A knock came from outside the door.
A cyan-skinned young girl walked in.
“What is it, little Annie?”
The young girl blinked and placed a document sealed with flowing, bizarre runes in front of her.
“Sister, this is something someone sent while you were away.”
After finishing, Annie turned and left.
Monroe Gina picked up the document, tapped it with her sword, and the rune seal vanished.
The text on it also manifested at this moment.
[“The Monitorial Department of Solomon City and the Mayor of Solomon City have reached an agreement: when the City of Eternal Night launches a War against Solomon City, they will place a curse on Grand Judge Zhao Xi to cause her failure. The caster of the curse is Kamelin Gallo, holder of the curse card sequence.”]
[“This is the last piece of news; your ritual has already been fulfilled. This news is enough for me to repay the cost of that ritual. From now on, all news within Solomon City will no longer be transmitted, and henceforth, we shall have no further ties.”]
“…”
“This really is…”
Monroe Gina’s fingers gently tapped on the tabletop.
“Should I tell that short Grand Judge? But… would she believe it? Being betrayed by a respected mayor…”
Pondering for a long time.
Monroe Gina tapped her fingers lightly in the air, holding the newly acquired Ritual Card in her hand.
[Ritual Card: Past of Mortals]
[Past: Exchange a Cost for Another’s Past]
[Ritual: Exchange the Past for Your Gaze]
She took out fifteen Train Coins, which transformed into points of light under the power of the Ritual Card. Immediately after, the points of light turned into a Light Screen, and then she entered a line of text on it.
[Grand Judge of Solomon City, Zhao Xi]
“Let me see what she did today, just right to test this new card sequence.”
After performing some operations, a series of images emerged on the Light Screen.
“Hmm?”
On the screen was a video of Zhao Xi wearing a dress during the day and buying plush toys.
But this wasn’t the main point.
The point was that beside Zhao Xi, a blurry figure whose appearance could not be seen at all, and which even inexplicably gave rise to the thought “How am I worthy to gaze upon this person” in her heart, attracted Monroe Gina’s attention.
If it were someone else, they certainly wouldn’t be able to guess who the other person was.
But Monroe Gina, who had once possessed it, knew very well that only one thing could maintain concealment even under the power of a Ritual Card.
“Pride? Hm? Brother Ye? How did he end up hanging out with Zhao Xi? And… this Grand Judge actually likes… plush toys?”
“Really strange.”
Before she could continue watching, a message was sent right before her eyes.
The person who sent the message was Zhu Xingtu.
“Tsk…”
[“Gina~ Destiny tells me~ something very interesting is going to happen in the City of Eternal Night~ This matter is related to a curse, so tomorrow, a collective event that isn’t too long overdue will be held, you must come and join us~”]
“It’s really… disgusting…”
Monroe Gina’s hand gripping the sword exerted continuous force, her eyes filled with coldness.
[“None of my business.”]
[“~It doesn’t matter, you will definitely participate in it~”]
[“You really deserve to die.”]
[“Heehee, thanks for the compliment~”]
Inside the Astrology Platform, Zhu Xingtu tapped on the Light Screen with a smiling expression.
She didn’t notice at all that the black Bad Luck she had stored in the transparent bottle was growing little by little.
Bad Luck · Non-Conservation.
Even if it was stripped away, it didn’t mean that its growth would stop.
No one noticed, nor could they possibly notice.
An extremely tiny crack appeared on the transparent bottle.
A faint black aura drifted out.
