Arc 19The Mechanical Race Bargain

Yu Xunge escaped the Abandoned Zone with B, stole a Y-series robot’s antenna and formed a contract with B. Back home, she learned more about the Mechanical Race, Songgui, and her family as B uncovered the secrets of her Treasure Mines and relatives.

  • Yu Xunge met B at the garbage mountain, accepted its request to leave with her, and learned a route out of the Abandoned Zone.
  • Yu Xunge traded with Maple Syrup, escaped the Abandoned Zone, and stole a cold item and Y128’s antenna while fleeing the Mechanical Race.
  • Yu Xunge returned to her villa with Treasure Mines and the stolen items, then learned about the Perfect Artifact Lonely Antenna Baby and the Scented Candle-like container.
  • Yu Xunge visited Lizhou on Dragon Island, learned that the antenna belonged to Y128, and heard Lizhou warn that contracting a Mechanical Race member would bring misfortune.
  • Yu Xunge used Lonely Antenna Baby as a relay for the Holy Grail to form a Master-Servant Contract with B, which then shut down from exhaustion.
  • Yu Xunge learned that Songgui’s Loyal Devotion talent affected those around her, while Lizhou explained that she had kept the dragons from attacking Songgui.
  • Yu Xunge recharged B with a Tomb of the World, and B revealed its skill library and found Skill Stones in twenty-seven of Yu Xunge’s Treasure Mines.
  • Yu Xunge learned from B that Yu Zhaohai was her paternal aunt and that Yu Qingshan resented her over a family artifact, but she refused to let his grievance excuse his treatment of her.
Chapters 454–478 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 454Abandoned Zone 1

Yu Xunge explored the Mechanical Race gathering and negotiated with Zelan the Fat Goose for food and information. Their conversation ended with her joking about being Mist Blade and Feng Tang’s child, prompting Feng Tang to attack her.

  • Yu Xunge watched the Mechanical Race and searched for someone approachable, but their intense emotions made her wary.
  • Zelan the Fat Goose confronted Yu Xunge over her past dealings, and she blamed Mist Blade Moon Empress for forcing her.
  • Yu Xunge offered Tomb of the World for food, but Zelan rejected it and proposed a curse-related bargain instead.
  • Yu Xunge asked to trade for food and information about Commercial District 1211, and Zelan gave her a roast goose while asking about Hechipa’s recipe.
  • Yu Xunge refused to betray Hechipa for a thousand bottles of I Don't Like This Skill II, then joked about being Mist Blade and Feng Tang’s child.
  • Feng Tang threw a lightning ball at Yu Xunge, who dodged it and apologized for making cheap jokes.

Ch. 455Abandoned Zone 2

Yu Xunge restored her strength by refurbishing a roast goose with a Treasure Mine, then traded food for information with Fat Goose about Special Commercial Zone No. 1211. She learned that B had led the Mechanical Race rebellion there and was executed when the zone became an Abandoned Zone, leaving her to face the truth about the robot she knew.

  • Yu Xunge combined a Treasure Mine with a roast goose, ate the resulting Cyber Roast Goose, and offered Fat Goose two more combinations in exchange for food and Treasure Mines.
  • Yu Xunge and Fat Goose exchanged information about Special Commercial Zones No. 8017 and No. 1211, and Fat Goose recounted how the Mechanical Race deceived players into killing one another during the inspection.
  • Fat Goose explained that the rebellion killed nearly all the players in Special Commercial Zone No. 1211, while the punishment marks on the dead players were never transferred.
  • Fat Goose revealed that B had led the rebellion, killed the real inspector, and was executed by the gods when Commercial Zone No. 1211 became an Abandoned Zone.
  • Yu Xunge recognized B's name, and Fat Goose pointed out the garbage mountain where B had fallen.

Ch. 456Abandoned Zone 3

Yu Xunge left the players and Mechanical Race to search the garbage mountain for B, driven by curiosity about the robot and the fate of awakening Mechanical Race members. After hours of searching, she found B’s damaged head and asked whether it regretted what it had done.

  • Yu Xunge flew away from the group and traveled to the garbage mountain, reasoning with herself about why she had left and recalling L’s signs of awakening.
  • At the garbage mountain, Yu Xunge refurbished her roast geese with Treasure Mine into Cyber Roast Geese and searched the scrap for B.
  • Yu Xunge called for B while flying over the garbage mountain, where discarded Mechanical Race members babbled unintelligibly and patrols dropped more wreckage.
  • After searching for hours, Yu Xunge heard a damaged Mechanical Race member answer her and recognized it as B.
  • Yu Xunge ate a Cyber Fat Goose and told B she had come because she admired what it had done, then asked whether it regretted it.

Ch. 457Abandoned Zone 4

Yu Xunge visited B in the robot graveyard, discussed B’s punishment and L’s awakening, and discovered that B knew a way out. The chapter ended with B asking Yu Xunge to take it to her planet, but she refused because she would not deceive and abandon it.

  • B told Yu Xunge that it regretted its actions despite having calculated the consequences of defying the gods.
  • Yu Xunge told B that she might have helped awaken L, and B teased her about L falling in love with her.
  • Yu Xunge said she had visited B to talk, but B pointed out that the game had lasted 14 hours, 12 minutes, and 22 seconds and accused her of seeking information about the Y-series robots.
  • Yu Xunge recognized that B had deliberately provoked her when she said she was leaving, and B admitted it wanted Yu Xunge to take it to her planet if it revealed a way out.
  • Yu Xunge refused to take B to Wine-Carrying Star because she considered it too dangerous and did not want to deceive and abandon it.

Ch. 458Abandoned Zone 5

Yu Xunge tried to leave B behind, wary of taking in a sentient machine, while B pleaded to go with her. B offered its chip and freedom under Yu Xunge’s control, betting that their friendship would eventually earn it freedom.

  • B asked Yu Xunge to take it away so it could experience hope and develop its will, but Yu Xunge suspected its appeal was a trap and prepared to leave.
  • B recalled how Yu Xunge had called it by its designation and realized that being remembered had helped it feel complete.
  • Yu Xunge explained that she feared she could not control B and refused to replace her dragon, even after B claimed it could kill powerful inspectors.
  • B offered Yu Xunge its chip, allowing her to control or destroy it, and said it was betting that their friendship would eventually win it freedom.

Ch. 459Abandoned Zone 6

Yu Xunge recruited B, a Mechanical Race felon, and learned how to return from the Abandoned Zone to the mining district. After selling her Cyber Roast Geese, she offered Maple Sugar the route in exchange for a reward, but Maple Sugar tried to pay with the same goose Yu Xunge had just sold her.

  • Yu Xunge accepted B’s request to follow her and extracted its chip, becoming its owner.
  • B told Yu Xunge that a gatekeeper could send her back to the mining district for 50,000 gem diamonds, then to Mining District 99 for another 20,000 before the fifteenth hour.
  • Yu Xunge returned to Maple Sugar and traded her remaining Cyber Roast Geese for Treasure Mines.
  • Yu Xunge offered to sell Maple Sugar the secret route out of the Abandoned Zone, and Maple Sugar enclosed them in a lightning barrier to hear it.
  • Maple Sugar offered Yu Xunge the Cyber Roast Goose she had just bought as payment for the secret.

Ch. 460Abandoned Zone 7

Yu Xunge negotiated with Maple Syrup for a way out of the Abandoned Zone while realizing B had guided her into a plan that could unleash chaos in the mining zone. Maple Syrup offered her a self-created skill and invited her to become a student, but Yu Xunge made her acceptance conditional on Zeland joining Zai Jiu.

  • Yu Xunge asked Maple Syrup for rare skills, then demanded fifty thousand treasure diamonds as the price for leaving the Abandoned Zone.
  • Yu Xunge realized B had predicted her actions and intended the return of many players and Mechanical Race members to throw the mining zone into chaos.
  • Maple Syrup considered whether to profit from the players or lead them in a revolt, while B’s vibration warned Yu Xunge that time was running short.
  • Maple Syrup offered Yu Xunge the self-created skill Drunkard, and Yu Xunge accepted its Skill Memory Feather.
  • Maple Syrup invited Yu Xunge to return to Daybreak City as her student, and Yu Xunge said she would go when Zeland joined Zai Jiu.

Ch. 461Return to the Mining Zone

Yu Xunge returned from the Abandoned Zone with B and raced toward the marketplace to reach a Y-series Robot before it left. She was thrown toward Moon No. 1, where Tulan rescued her, and arrived in the marketplace with only minutes to spare.

  • Yu Xunge realized B had shared the secret of freeing Mechanical Race members because it supported both her needs and B’s goal, though B denied manipulating her.
  • The Abandoned Zone guard took Yu Xunge’s seventy thousand gem diamonds and threw her toward Moon No. 1 after she showed B’s chip.
  • Yu Xunge used Who Will Cut The Moonlight on the cube and suffered intense pain in her right eye as she passed through barriers.
  • Tulan rescued Yu Xunge, and she told the dragon to return to Pet Space while she pursued a Y-series Robot.
  • Yu Xunge changed her appearance and hurried toward the marketplace as B reported that the caravans were leaving and seventeen Y-series Robots remained in line.

Ch. 462B8017913: You Have to Take Responsibility for Me!

Yu Xunge tried to steal spring water that could upgrade Godly Game rewards, but B revealed that the robots escorting it were protected by an anti-theft starnet. B asked Yu Xunge to give it two accessory slots so it could become her pet, then admitted it wanted to evolve into a living being and asked her to take responsibility for it.

  • Yu Xunge repeatedly failed to use Ultimate: I Want to Improve So Badly on a robot because the robots had an anti-theft starnet.
  • B offered to amplify Yu Xunge's skill if she made a pet contract with it, and explained that the robots were carrying Snow Village Appointment spring water.
  • Yu Xunge refused to trust B's offer and watched the robot caravan disappear through the gate of light.
  • B proposed converting two of Yu Xunge's accessory slots into a Pet Contract slot, and Yu Xunge questioned why it wanted the contract so badly.
  • B explained that it wanted to ignite Soul Fire and become a living being, then told Yu Xunge she had to take responsibility for it.

Ch. 463You're the 0.01%

Yu Xunge agreed to turn her accessory slots into a Pet Space so B could disable the robots’ anti-theft net, then used the brief opening to steal from the merchant convoy. She succeeded in taking a cold cup-shaped item and was still under attack as the chapter ended.

  • B promised that Yu Xunge would control its life and death as her pet, and Yu Xunge agreed to form a contract after they left the market.
  • B altered Yu Xunge’s two accessory slots into a Pet Space and prepared to disable the robots’ anti-theft star net for five seconds.
  • Yu Xunge used Thieving Baby Dragon to return to the moment when the merchant convoy was entering the light gate, then flew within range of the Y-type robots.
  • B disabled the star net, and Yu Xunge repeatedly used I Want to Improve So Badly while dodging the robots’ attacks until she stole a cold cup-shaped item.
  • Yu Xunge gave the item and B to Tulan to store, while Tulan healed her; Yu Xunge’s HP fell to 33% as the robots continued firing at her.

Ch. 464Escape

Yu Xunge used her skills to renovate part of Y128, escape the Mechanical Race, and hide inside a well by transforming into a treasure gem. The Mechanical Race was still searching for her as she concealed herself in the well wall.

  • Yu Xunge locked her HP at 1% with the ultimate version of Mysterious Power and used the ultimate version of Renovation to take ownership of parts of Y128.
  • Yu Xunge survived the Y-type robots' attacks while Renovation fused the robot's components, and she used One-Man Party to prevent the Mechanical Race from binding players without game eligibility.
  • Yu Xunge tore the renovated antenna from Y128 and fled through the market as the Mechanical Race pursued her.
  • Yu Xunge slapped players who blocked her path while searching for a well, then jumped into one as more than thirty Mechanical Race members chased her.
  • Yu Xunge transformed into a small spider, crawled into a hole in the well wall, and used Survive to the End to take the form of a treasure gem.

Ch. 465The Stolen Secret

While hiding as a diamond, Yu Xunge learned that Treasure Mines might contain Skill Stone tablets and decided to steal more before leaving the marketplace. She and Tulan raided a shop, but the alarm sounded without giving Yu Xunge a way to kill herself and escape the instance.

  • Yu Xunge resolved to return for more Treasure Mines after learning they might contain Skill Stone tablets, and she waited half an hour before ending Survive to the End.
  • She climbed out of the well and spotted the Mechanical Race surrounding the players, then headed for an unguarded Treasure Mine shop.
  • Yu Xunge summoned Tulan and told her to store the stolen mines and retreat if anything went wrong.
  • Yu Xunge began emptying the shop’s display cases, splitting the Treasure Mines between Tulan’s space and her Temporary Pocket as an alarm rang.
  • Tulan asked whether Yu Xunge had found a way to kill herself and leave the instance, but Yu Xunge had not.

Ch. 466Successful Exit

Yu Xunge cursed herself to die by her own hand, then used the chaos of the Mechanical Race’s attack on the Treasure Mine to test how her survival skills worked together. The chapter ended as she took a second hit while disguised as a Diamond Miner.

  • Yu Xunge had Tulan attack her once before Tulan escaped with the Treasure Mine.
  • Yu Xunge used Ancient Curse to curse herself to die by her own hand on February 12th, 6798, unless the curse was lifted before Godly Game Diamond Miner ended.
  • Zelan Fengtang heard the curse and decided she wanted to recruit Yu Xunge and build an alliance with her.
  • Yu Xunge’s curse magic pattern succeeded, but the area was sealed and she could not use Phantom Shift to escape.
  • Yu Xunge used Hide and Seek and Survive to the End to disguise herself among Diamond Miners as the Mechanical Race attacked.
  • The leading robot’s area attack struck the room again, hitting the disguised Yu Xunge for a second time.

Ch. 467Taking Stock of the Gains

Yu Xunge escaped the Mechanical Race’s lockdown by canceling Survive to the End and killing herself, then revived outside the field and returned to her villa to assess her gains. She discovered that the stolen antenna was a powerful Perfect Artifact and began examining another mysterious item.

  • Yu Xunge confirmed the death penalty deduction, canceled Survive to the End, and used Magic Missile on herself to escape the scene.
  • Mechanical Race member B lifted the lockdown, and the group privately discussed Yu Xunge’s departure, the lost Treasure Mines, and Zelan Fengtang’s likely counterattack.
  • Yu Xunge revived outside the field by sacrificing three S-rank skills, secured her Treasure Mines and the drunkard’s skill feather, then returned to her villa.
  • Yu Xunge asked Zhao Shuying to collect the goods from the Mai Mang Great World and summoned Tulan to sort through her gains.
  • Yu Xunge found that her eyes had turned silver and identified the stolen antenna as the Perfect Artifact Lonely Antenna Baby, which could isolate and conceal her from the world at a steep energy cost.
  • Yu Xunge examined the icy item she had stolen and noticed that its snow-filled glass container and dead branch resembled a Scented Candle.

Ch. 468Snow Village Appointment & Drunkard

Yu Xunge studied Maple Syrup’s Drunkard Skill Memory Feather, sorted her recovered loot, and planned to visit Senior Lizhou before contracting B. Zhao Shuying arrived to inspect the goods, and Yu Xunge warned her that returning from the other world might be difficult.

  • Yu Xunge watched Maple Syrup’s lesson on Drunkard’s Mist and learned that it could confuse living beings, with its strength depending on their relative power.
  • Yu Xunge and Tulan sorted twenty-one types of Tombs of the World and 107 unidentified Treasure Mines, then discussed Yu Xunge’s plan to contract B.
  • Yu Xunge decided to visit Senior Lizhou on Dragon Island to ask about the Mechanical Race, and Tulan asked whether she could return Lizhou’s Dragon Blood.
  • Zhao Shuying arrived to inspect Yu Xunge’s goods, and Yu Xunge explained that she had returned by participating in a Mahjong Competition.
  • Yu Xunge warned Zhao Shuying that skills might not work for returning from the other world, and Zhao Shuying said her group had postponed sending anyone because their divinations were extremely inauspicious.

Ch. 469Those Moments & the Leader

After reclaiming the top spot in the Wealth Rankings, Yu Xunge realized that Maple Sugar had taught her how to become a leader, not merely a strong player. Zhao Shuying pledged Dinghai’s support and relayed that its legion commander believed Yu Xunge should lead all of Zai Jiu instead.

  • Zhao Shuying paid Yu Xunge fifty thousand gold coins for Dinghai’s goods, and Yu Xunge returned to first place in the Wealth Rankings and gave Tulan some spending money.
  • Yu Xunge reflected on how Maple Sugar’s courage and example had taught her to step into the spotlight and take responsibility as a leader.
  • Zhao Shuying told Yu Xunge that Dinghai had used its mystical methods to predict the future and was willing to support her.
  • Yu Xunge joked about becoming Dinghai’s legion commander, and Zhao Shuying said the legion commander thought she should become Zai Jiu’s legion commander instead.

Ch. 470I May Have No Shame, but You Still Do

Yu Xunge accepted Dinghai’s support for her ambition to become Zaijiu’s spiritual leader and traveled with Tulan to Dragon Island. There, she tried to rein in Tulan’s demand for payment from Lizhou, but Lizhou ordered them both out.

  • Yu Xunge told Zhao Shuying she had already set out on the road she had chosen, and explained to Tulan that she wanted to become humanity’s Mistblade and Maple Syrup with Dinghai’s support.
  • Tulan announced that she had fully recovered, evolved, and upgraded her Thieving Baby Dragon to rewind time by four minutes.
  • Yu Xunge put on the Sleeping Dragon Eggshell and went with Tulan to Dragon Island, where she gave gifts to Holy Grail Bei Sui and Xuedui.
  • Tulan asked Lizhou to pay a dozen SSS-rank Skills for the recovered Dragon Blood, and Yu Xunge scolded her for demanding too much.
  • Yu Xunge bargained Tulan down to two SSS-rank Skills, and Lizhou told both of them to get out.

Ch. 471Lizhou: You Wouldn't Mind If I Beat Her to Death, Right?

Yu Xunge questioned Lizhou about the Mechanical Race and learned that contracting one could raise the difficulty of her games and bring bad luck. Lizhou also warned her not to offend Y-series machines, leaving Yu Xunge worried that she and Tulan had already angered Y128 by taking its antenna.

  • Yu Xunge offered Lizhou Dragon Blood and asked her questions about the World Battlefield and the Mechanical Race in return.
  • Lizhou realized Yu Xunge had brought a Mechanical Race member out of a Godly Game and explained that Songgui had done the same, prompting Tulan to learn that Songgui had not abandoned Lizhou.
  • Lizhou warned Yu Xunge about Y128, a machine that had hunted Songgui for years after she scratched its antenna.
  • Yu Xunge and Tulan realized the antenna they had found in the Treasure Mine belonged to Y128, and Lizhou deduced that they had taken it.
  • Lizhou advised Yu Xunge that contracting a Mechanical Race member increased game difficulty, invited misfortune, and stopped luck from favoring her.

Ch. 472Song Gui—Loyal Devotion

Yu Xunge learned more about the World Battlefield and Song Gui from Lizhou, including the secret of Song Gui’s Loyal Devotion talent. The chapter ended with Lizhou insisting that her own feelings for Song Gui had nothing to do with the talent.

  • Yu Xunge considered whether powerful players faced restrictions that prevented them from dominating weaker players in games.
  • Tulan questioned how Lizhou knew so much about Song Gui, and Lizhou sent her flying with her tail.
  • Yu Xunge asked whether her Pet Contract could restrain a Mechanical Race member, and Lizhou recommended asking Holy Grail about soul-related contracts.
  • Lizhou described Song Gui as a charismatic leader beloved by her friends, lovers, and family, then revealed that Song Gui’s hidden Loyal Devotion talent made affection for her difficult to lose.
  • Yu Xunge suggested Lizhou’s feelings might be caused by the talent, but Lizhou denied it.

Ch. 473The Second Pet!!

Yu Xunge asked the Holy Grail to help bind the Mechanical Race chip B as her second pet without letting it connect directly to her soul. The Holy Grail used Lonely Antenna Baby as a relay for a Master-Servant Contract, and B appeared above Tulan on the pet rankings, leaving Zaijiu wondering how Yu Xunge had acquired two pets.

  • Yu Xunge told the Holy Grail about Songgui and explained that she did not trust it enough to let it connect to her soul.
  • The Holy Grail offered to use a soul-bound artifact as a relay, with the artifact being destroyed if B ever attacked Yu Xunge's soul.
  • Yu Xunge chose Lonely Antenna Baby, and the Holy Grail used it to form a Master-Servant Contract between Yu Xunge and B.
  • B submitted to Yu Xunge, but the contract exhausted its energy and it shut down inside the Nine-Tier Magic Cube.
  • Zaijiu noticed that B had taken first place on the pet rankings while Tulan had fallen to second, and wondered whether players could have two pets.

Ch. 474Vicious Fat Goose!

Yu Xunge questioned Lizhou about her conflicted feelings toward Song Gui and learned that Zeland needed Song Gui to survive. As Lizhou revealed that she could see World Battlefield chat, she told Yu Xunge that Fat Goose had publicly linked her to Maple Sugar’s battle plans.

  • Yu Xunge asked Zhao Shuying whether Dinghai had helped look after her family, and learned the legion commander had reunited her parents with Yu Xunhuan.
  • Yu Xunge realized Lizhou might have been guarding Holy Grail and Bei Sui from Song Gui’s Loyal Devotion skill rather than deceiving them.
  • Lizhou admitted she had not warned the dragons because they might kill Song Gui, whom Zeland needed as nourishment and resources.
  • Lizhou revealed that she could see World Battlefield chat and told Yu Xunge that Fat Goose had described her role in Maple Sugar’s battle.
  • Yu Xunge called Fat Goose vicious after learning he had publicly said she helped lead the battle as an honorary soldier.

Ch. 475Song Gui: Rose Token

Yu Xunge learned more about the World Battlefield and the personal restrictions placed on powerful players. Lizhou explained that Maple Syrup traded resources and a concession to obtain one of Song Gui’s rare Rose Tokens, then wished for both her daughters to return so their family could be reunited.

  • Yu Xunge stayed on Dragon Island to hear Lizhou share World Battlefield news while she tried charging B with a Treasure Mine.
  • Lizhou said the Y-series kept its original forms and serial numbers in the game, and B began charging after Yu Xunge placed it on a Treasure Mine.
  • Lizhou told Yu Xunge that Maple Syrup had slapped the powerful players Sakura Satori and Tingzhou Jing'e.
  • Lizhou explained that the Godly Game gave players individual Special Penalties, including muting Yulv when he killed weaker players.
  • Lizhou revealed that Maple Syrup had traded resources and a concession for one of Song Gui’s Rose Tokens and wished for both her daughters to return to her side.

Ch. 476When Children Don't Get Along, It's Usually Because the Parents Lack Virtue

Yu Xunge reflected on how fate may have changed the lives of Feng Tang, Tulan, and others before her group returned to the Dragon's Nest. There, B awakened and explained how it could be charged and how its vast skill library worked, leaving Yu Xunge to realize how rare her Time and Theft Skills were.

  • Yu Xunge wondered whether Feng Tang's Rose Token had changed her and Su Yitong's fate, and whether other dragons' lives had also been shaped by altered threads of fate.
  • After the Diamond Miner game ended at midnight, Yu Xunge comforted Lizhou about losing Song Gui, prompting Lizhou and Tulan to tease her for sounding like Song Gui.
  • At the Dragon's Nest, Yu Xunge decided to stop feeding B Treasure Mine and wait for it to wake and explain how it could recharge itself.
  • B told Yu Xunge that Tombs of the World could fully recharge it, then revealed a skill library containing hundreds of skills, many unusable until Yu Xunge grew stronger.
  • B explained that high-rank Time and Theft Skills were exceptionally rare, and Yu Xunge and Tulan realized how unusual Yu Xunge's abilities were.

Ch. 477It Seems to Be Insulting You Indirectly

Yu Xunge had B conceal the markers that revealed her rare skills and used Tombs of the World to have it scan her Treasure Mines for Skill Stones. As B shared details about Yu Xunge’s past and family, it revealed that her grandmother had secretly invested in a drama important to her and that Dinghai Legion Commander Yu Zhaohai was her paternal aunt.

  • Yu Xunge asked B how rare Time Skills and Theft Skills were, then ordered it to hide the information marking her as their owner.
  • Yu Xunge gave B Tombs of the World to scan her Treasure Mines, and it found Skill Stones in twenty-seven of them.
  • B and Tulan talked about Yu Xunge’s acting career, including her awkward interviews, while B continued scanning the mines.
  • B told Yu Xunge that her grandmother, Shen Yushi, had secretly invested in a period drama that mattered greatly to her.
  • B revealed that Yu Zhaohai, the Dinghai Legion Commander, was Yu Xunge’s paternal aunt.

Ch. 478Yu Zhaohai & Yu Qingshan

Yu Xunge learned why Yu Qingshan hated Yu Zhaohai: a wondrous artifact they found as children had given Yu Zhaohai power, and Yu Qingshan believed it should have been his. B also confirmed that Yu Qingshan met Yu Zhaohai in the year the family left B City, but Yu Xunge remained unwilling to forgive him or blame Yu Zhaohai.

  • Yu Xunge asked B to investigate Yu Zhaohai’s relationship with her family and learned Yu Qingshan had blamed her for being adopted into the main family.
  • B explained that Yu Qingshan believed Yu Zhaohai had taken an artifact he found first, which helped Yu Zhaohai enter the main family and gain power.
  • B identified the artifact as a dried-up starfish that could bewitch voices, hold a small amount of storage, and produce healing Ocean Spirit Dew.
  • Yu Xunge refused to let Yu Qingshan’s resentment excuse how he had treated her or make her hate Yu Zhaohai.
  • After restoring surveillance footage, B confirmed Yu Qingshan had met Yu Zhaohai in the year the family left B City.
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