"After those who were turned into puppets turned back, their bodies completed their growth within an hour." Chen Chu said the information he had just collected, "The children grew up, the adults grew old, and most of them survived."
Lin Yan listened blankly, unable to imagine how those people felt when they grew several or even dozens of years older in an hour. Especially those who had been turned into puppets for decades. These people were probably the few who did not survive. Their lives were imprisoned by puppets for decades. After finally returning to normal, they were taken away by time again.
"The supernatural organization also found an account book in the puppet shop. According to the records in the account book alone, the puppet shop has sold more than 300 puppets over the years. And these are only the account books for the past five years." This is because Dracula does not open the shop often and the prices of puppets are extremely high.
When Lin Xi thought of Dracula's identity as a vampire and his long life, she could hardly imagine how many puppets he had sold through this method over the years.
"Don't think about it. Go eat something. We'll be leaving soon after we finish eating." Seeing Lin Xi's heavy face, Chen Chu guessed what she was thinking and changed the subject at the right time.
"Yeah." The flight back home was finally rescheduled to five in the afternoon, and it would take another two hours to drive from Odin Island to the nearby airport, so they had to leave almost after lunch.
"What do you want to eat? Ramen again?" Chen Chu asked.
"We are all going back to China, why are we still eating ramen?" Ramen is a rare thing abroad, but it is everywhere in China. "I want to eat lobster."
She saw it on the hotel menu during breakfast today. It was such a big lobster and looked delicious.
Chen Chu looked at her in silence.
Lin Yan: "Okay, let's eat noodles, but not Lanzhou ramen. Let's eat Italian noodles. It's not easy to go abroad, so we have to eat some foreign noodles."
Chen Chu suppressed his laughter and nodded seriously.
After lunch, the two returned to their room to pack up their things. Actually, there was nothing to pack, just a few clothes. Lin Yan first put the clothes she brought to Song Ranran into the storage props, and then she found a paper bag and stuffed her own clothes into it. After stuffing two pieces, Lin Yan was suddenly stunned.
She looked at the neatly folded clothes on the sofa and couldn't help but wonder who had taken off her clothes.
The clothes were folded very neatly, and it looked like they were done by the room attendant. But judging from the way he looked when he woke up in the early morning, it seemed that this suite had been sealed off by Senior Chen Chu, and no one except him could come in, so it was more likely that Senior Chen Chu helped him take them off.
This palace-style long dress, inside and out, has 12 pieces in total. If Senior Chen Chu helped me take it off, then one piece at a time...
No, no, I can’t imagine this scene in my mind. Forget it, forget it!
“Knock, knock.”
Lin Xi raised her eyes and unexpectedly saw the person she was imagining standing at the door. She suddenly felt guilty as if she had done something wrong and dared not speak.
"The car is downstairs. How long will it take you?" Fortunately, Chen Chu did not notice anything unusual about Lin Xi.
"Right...right away." Lin Yan hurriedly stuffed the clothes into the bag, then threw the bag into the storage props, clapped her hands and said, "Alright."
Chen Chu: "There's no need to be so anxious."
Chen Chu checked out of the room in advance, and the two of them took the elevator down and got into the taxi waiting at the door. The taxi driver saw that the two of them came out empty-handed and asked in surprise: "Don't you have any luggage?"
He was waiting outside specifically to help the guests put their luggage.
Lin Xi casually replied, "It was blown away by the typhoon yesterday."
Chen Chu glanced at her.
Driver: “That’s so unfortunate.”
On the coastal highway, Lin Xi rolled down the car window, looked at the sea view outside the window, and felt the slightly intoxicating sea breeze. She felt that her mood was as bright and sunny as the sun.
Lin Yan couldn't help but say: "This place is so beautiful. It feels like just standing here will make people's luck better."
Chen Chu was puzzled: "What does this have to do with luck?"
Lin Yan: "Because if it gets more sun, it won't get moldy."
Chen Chu was slightly stunned, then he smiled and nodded, agreeing seriously: "That makes sense."
Lin Yan looked at Chen Chu, her eyes rolling around: "Why don't we play a lottery game while we're lucky?"
Chen Chu: "How do we play?"
Lin Yan sat up straight: "Remember the last time at the auction? We played it once. Suppose there is a big round turntable in front of you."
Lin Yan gestured as she spoke. She had been thinking about how to trick Chen Chu into giving her a lottery. She still had 1201 merit points in her current system panel, but these merit points would only last for another hour or two. After an hour or two, the plague would be sealed again, clearing all the merit points.
Since the system said that a little merit would be considered cleared, it would be very uneconomical to leave 1201 merit points for the system to clear. As a graduate of financial management, although she did not do anything related to finance after graduation, she still had some basic financial management ideas, so she decided to spend as much as she could, and it would be best to leave only one dollar for the system. No, it was a little merit point.
Chen Chu had an excellent memory, and Lin Xi's behavior at the time was a bit strange, so he remembered it as soon as Lin Xi reminded him.
Lottery? Lin Yan seemed to have said the same thing last time.
Lin Yan had already prepared the lottery page in the system. She pointed at the turntable accurately and said to Chen Chu, "Just like last time, let's assume this is a lottery turntable with many prizes on it. You can pick any one at random."
Chen Chu looked silently at the position where Lin Yan was pointing. His long eyelashes blocked the emotions in his eyes, making it difficult to see his emotions at the moment.
Chen Chu: "Just order one?"
Lin Yan nodded heavily: "Yes, order whatever you want."
Lin Xi absolutely believed in Chen Chu's luck. It's not that she thought Chen Chu could win the item in one try, but mainly because she felt that everyone had better luck than her.
Chen Chu nodded and raised his hand to point to a place at random.
Lin Wei was always paying attention to Chen Chu's actions. When she saw Chen Chu had chosen the props, she raised her hand and clicked on it, fearing that if she was a second slow, the system would change the props for him privately.
The two fingers touched together again, Chen Chu raised his eyebrows slightly, and noticed the obvious joy in Lin Xi's eyes.
Did you win the lottery
"Congratulations to the host, you have won item No. 068, the signature of the God of Thieves. Please go to the item column to check the product properties."
As expected, I won the lottery.
Lin Yan was delighted, but she did not rush to check the properties of the props. Instead, she continued to let Chen Chu draw the lottery: "Senior, draw again."
1201 merit points are enough for 12 draws.
Chen Chu obediently clicked the transparent turntable again. To him, this was a transparent turntable, transparent but not empty.
"Congratulations to the host, you have won item No. 068, the autograph paper of the thief god. Please go to the item column to check the product properties."
"Huh?" Lin Xi uttered in surprise. Why was it item No. 068 again? Was it a duplicate
Chen Chu also noticed Lin Xi's expression: Didn't she get the prop this time
Lin Xi opened the inventory, and found an x2 mark in the lower right corner of the inventory where the "Signature Paper of the Stealing God" was stored.
Two? Could it be a one-time item that disappears after use
Forget it, let’s study it after the draw is over. It would definitely seem strange if we interrupt the draw now and ask Senior Chen Chu for help later.
"Senior, can you click a few more times?" Lin Ping thought she was thoughtful, but she didn't know that the way she was immersed in her own world just now had already betrayed her.
Chen Chu: "How many times, how many times exactly?"
"Order..." Lin Yan paused, met Chen Chu's gaze, and suddenly smiled calmly, "Ten more orders, please?"
Chen Chu raised his eyebrows, said nothing, and nodded in agreement: "Okay."
After that, without Lin Yan's reminder, Chen Chu tapped once and waited for Lin Yan to extend her finger and tap the same place once, and then tapped it a second time. He repeated this cycle ten times before stopping.
Lin Xi looked at the x12 "Signature Paper of Stealing God" in the inventory, and then began to check the properties.
[Name: The signature paper of the thief god.]
[Guidelines: The thief god steals everything. Before using it, you need to silently say "I admire the thief god the most" three times. The thief god's signature will give his fans the ability to steal. The time limit is one second, and the success rate is 10%. (Note: Stealing only takes one second, and it will be discovered if it takes too long.)]
[Tip: The God of Stealing is a very idol-like god. Because there are few fans who worship him, he is particularly fond of his fans. Every autograph he gives to his fans has the ability to steal. PS: There is a code of conduct for stealing. If the stolen item does not belong to the original owner, the success rate of theft is 100%. ]
Lin Yan read the attribute descriptions one by one. When she saw that these signature papers actually had the ability to steal, she was surprised and excited. But when she saw that the success rate was only 10%, she immediately felt that it was rubbish. With such a low success rate, coupled with her luck value, she could not steal anything.
Until she saw the last PS, Lin Yan suddenly became thoughtful. She felt that the key point of the entire attribute description was in the last PS. There is a code of conduct for thieves. Although you cannot steal the original owner's own things, you can steal things stolen or borrowed by others.
Lin Xi's thoughts immediately began to diverge. For example, someone borrowed a powerful high-level item from a friend because he wanted to enter a secondary space. At this time, if she went up and stole it, the item would fall into his hands within a second.
Although the method is a bit dishonorable, it may be effective at the critical moment.
Although it is a disposable prop and has some negative influence on her world outlook, values and outlook on life, fortunately she is an honest person with correct values and will not go astray because of such a small temptation.
"Have you forgotten that you framed two people this morning?" the system suddenly spoke.
Lin Yan: "How can that be a frame-up? I had no choice."
System: "The first step for every bad guy to do bad things is to be forced to do so."
What he said made sense. Lin Yan couldn't think of any words to refute him, but she noticed something else: "System, I've always been wondering why my trap was successful?"
System: "Do you admit that you were framed?"
Lin Yan: "Okay, okay, I admit that I did it on purpose. I framed them. But if you care so much about it, why did you let my frame-up succeed? Is a man-made event also considered divination?"
System: "Divination is for the object of divination. The so-called divination is actually a kind of advance notification of what is about to happen to the person concerned. For you, the whole incident was designed and framed by you, but for the person concerned, future events are still unknown. Therefore, from the perspective of the person concerned, your foresight is still considered divination."
Lin Yan: "I see. So no matter whether the event happened naturally or intentionally, as long as it is unknown to the parties involved, it is considered a successful divination. If I want to gain a huge amount of merit points in the future, I can just plan ahead. For example, if there is a concert somewhere on a certain day, I can create a small scare or something, and easily get 10,000 merit points."
As Lin Xi was thinking about it, she suddenly went deeper and finally she took a breath.
Lin Yan: "No, no, this idea is too dangerous. If you are not careful, you will end up committing a crime."
System: "You know this is illegal."
Lin Yan: "You are still mocking me. This is obviously your problem. You are a system that earns merit points through divination. Since you earn merit points, why can you also gain merit points by doing bad things? You should set a limit. Bad luck deliberately created by humans will not be counted as merit points."
System: "I am a divination system, not a good and evil system."
Lin Yan sighed: "Your main program is too simple. I thought high-tech products like yours would be more user-friendly."
System: "I am not a person, I am a system."
Lin Yan: "Well, you are lucky to meet a kind-hearted host like me. If you meet someone with bad intentions, I guess the world will be ruined by you."
The system remained silent.
Lin Yan: "By the way, am I your first host?"
System: “No.”
Lin Xi's eyes suddenly widened: "Then which host am I? Was the previous host also an Earthling? Did he die, so he turned to bind to me? What kind of person is he? Is he as unlucky as me?"
Lin Yan was extremely curious about the previous host of the system and asked several questions in one breath, but unfortunately the system did not answer her. The system suddenly started to play dead and no matter how Lin Yan called, it would not make any sound.
Based on Lin Xi's experience from reading novels, the system seemed to be unbound only after the task was completed or the host died, and her own divination system seemed to have no other tasks except daily divination, so the previous owner of the system should have died.
Am I bringing up the system's sad story
Just when Lin Xi decided not to harass the system anymore, the system suddenly spoke again: "Although framing can complete the divination, it will also consume your own luck. Once your luck disappears, the system will detach from you. Once the system detaches from you, you will die immediately."
Lin Yan was shocked: "With my luck, how can I still have such a thing as luck? How much luck do I have? How much will it take for you to break away?"
The system played dead again.
Lin Xi curled her lips helplessly, and raised her eyes inadvertently, and found that Chen Chu was staring at her quietly.
Lin Xi was stunned. Oh no, she was too focused on her own world.
Lin Xi laughed dryly: "Haha, I was just in a daze for a while."
Chen Chu nodded and asked, "What were you thinking about when you were in a daze?"
The question was asked without exposing the truth directly, but it sounded like she knew everything. Lin Yan didn't really intend to hide it from Chen Chu. If she wanted to hide it, she wouldn't have done something like letting Chen Chu draw 12 times in a row. After so many draws, even a fool would know that there was something wrong. If the system's affairs could not be disclosed to the public, she would have revealed her cards long ago.
Lin Xi: "I just thought of a friend of mine. He is usually very cold and indifferent. He basically ignores me when I don't contact him. But suddenly one day, he suddenly became enthusiastic and took the initiative to talk to me. Why do you think this happened?"
Chen Chu did not ask who Lin Yan's friend was, but analyzed: "What did he say to you?"
Lin Yan recalled: "Because of a bad thing I did."
Chen Chu raised his eyebrows.
Lin Yan hurriedly explained: "I definitely did not commit any crime, and I had no choice but to do it."
Chen Chu smiled and said, "They are probably afraid that you will go astray, so they warn you in time."
Lin Yan nodded: "What if it still threatens me?"
Chen Chu raised his eyebrows again.
Lin Xi laughed dryly: "It must be because it's afraid that I'll go astray. I just think it's overreacting a bit."
Didn't she frame her once out of necessity? She was even threatened with death. Lin Xi always felt that this was a bit inconsistent with the system settings.
Chen Chu: "Maybe, it's because he has had similar experiences."
Lin Xi was slightly stunned. Similar experience, previous host
(End of this chapter)