News of Ye Feng and Yan Huan's bet spread throughout the entire senior class in less than half a day.
Almost no one believed in Ye Feng.
There was no helping it. His poor grades had long been deeply ingrained in everyone's minds, while Yan Huan really was an excellent student.
The gap between them was simply too great.
After school that afternoon.
Su Lin did not wait for Chen Yang. The two of them had already switched to contacting each other online through QQ.
So there was no need for him to wait for Chen Yang after school anymore.
Since he had a driver to pick him up and drop him off, Su Lin got home earlier than many of his classmates.
As soon as he got home, he turned on his computer and logged into the game.
The game needed updating...
Dear player, due to abnormal game data...
"Awesome. Looks like the developers really did patch it. Ye Feng, Ye Feng, how are you going to keep playing this time?"
Although he did not know how much Ye Feng had borrowed from Xia Shiyu, Su Lin estimated it had to be at least fifty or sixty thousand, if not a hundred thousand.
Once the game patch went live, the Necklace of Fate would become worthless.
They could no longer be stacked infinitely, and the fixed value had been changed as well. Forget dropping back to fifty yuan apiece—no one would want a Necklace of Fate even at twenty yuan each.
"Ye Feng, Ye Feng, I wonder what your expression looks like right now."
At the same time, Ye Feng brought Xia Shiyu to an internet café.
It was Xia Shiyu's first time at an internet café.
When the attendant saw Xia Shiyu, he was briefly stunned.
He had never seen such a beautiful girl in an internet café before.
"Xiao Yu, I'll get you a computer first. Wait a few minutes. We'll be able to collect the money soon."
Xia Shiyu nodded. "Okay."
Seeing Ye Feng brimming with confidence, hope rekindled in Xia Shiyu's heart.
She waited with eager anticipation.
A few minutes later, Ye Feng turned on the computer.
The internet café updated faster than his home computer, so Ye Feng had not received any pop-up notification.
He went straight into the game, then opened his inventory and explained to Xia Shiyu, "Xiao Yu, this is the item I stockpiled—the Necklace of Fate."
"Because its attributes were revised, the price of this Necklace of Fate skyrocketed. I originally bought them for seven hundred yuan each, and now they're worth five or six thousand."
Xia Shiyu covered her little mouth. "That much? Xiao Feng, you have over a thousand of them. Doesn't that mean this is worth several hundred thousand?"
Ye Feng nodded. "Yeah. If I sell all of them, it'll come to around six hundred thousand. It isn't much, but it'll definitely be enough for Uncle Xia's treatment."
"It's enough. It's definitely enough."
"Mm! Then I'll start selling them now. Xiao Yu, wait for me a moment."
"Okay!"
Ye Feng opened the game's trading platform, preparing to list all of the necklaces for sale.
The moment he opened the page, he saw a scene that left him dumbfounded.
The equipment trading page was filled with Necklaces of Fate.
The prices were lower than the last. The cheapest listing was for two hundred necklaces, priced at only forty yuan.
"H-How is that possible?"
"What is it, Xiao Feng? What happened?" Xia Shiyu's heart skipped a beat as she looked at Ye Feng in confusion.
Could there have been some unexpected change?
Ye Feng waved his hand. "I'm not sure yet. Xiao Yu, let me figure it out first."
"Oh!"
Ye Feng opened the forums and started reading through the posts.
A pinned post highlighted in red immediately caught his attention.
Necklace of Fate BUG Fixed, War Under Heaven May Become the Biggest Winner.
The Necklace of Fate Had an Epic BUG; Goose Factory Officials Issued a Patch.
Necklace of Fate BUG Fixed, Prices Plummet; Secondhand Scalpers Become the Biggest Losers.
Necklace of Fate...
Ye Feng slumped into his chair as if he had lost his soul. "H-How is that possible?"
"Xiao Feng, what exactly happened? Can you tell me?"
Ye Feng came back to himself and looked at Xia Shiyu with bloodshot eyes. "Xiao Yu, the Necklace of Fate bug was fixed. The equipment is worthless now."
"What do you mean, worthless?"
Ye Feng gave a bitter smile. "It means my thousand-plus necklaces are only worth a few thousand yuan now."
"Ah!"
"Xiao Yu, listen to me. I... I still have a way..."
Tears instantly streamed down Xia Shiyu's face, and she broke down crying. "Xiao Feng, you lied to me, didn't you? You said it was foolproof."
"I..."
"Xiao Yu, I have other options. Xiao Yu, listen to me, I can still speculate on..."
"Don't say it. Don't say any more, Ye Feng."
"Xiao Yu..."
"I want to know how much of the eighty thousand yuan in principal is left." Xia Shiyu forced herself to calm down and asked.
"This... If we had sold earlier, we probably could have recovered a few thousand. But now that the bug has been fixed, with such a huge quantity, we probably won't be able to sell them anytime soon." Ye Feng smiled bitterly again.
Xia Shiyu looked utterly devastated. "Xiao Feng, sell these necklaces slowly. I... my dad is still in the hospital. I need to go take care of him."
With that, Xia Shiyu staggered out of the internet café.
Ye Feng chased after her, wanting to explain something, but Xia Shiyu shook him off. "Ye Feng, can you let me be alone for a while?"
"I..."
Seeing Xia Shiyu's despairing, heart-dead expression, Ye Feng desperately wanted to tell her that he still had other options, but Xia Shiyu could not take in a single word.
He could only lower his head and let Xia Shiyu leave.
The system activated, thanks to Su Lin's slip of the hand!
While Su Lin was at home doing his homework, he suddenly heard a voice ring out in his mind.
Ding! Congratulations, host. You have fulfilled the activation requirements. The Super Villain System has been activated.
Ding! Congratulations, host. You have received a Warm Gift Pack. Would you like to open it?
"Open it!"
Ding! Congratulations, host. You have obtained the skill—Eidetic Memory.
Ding! Congratulations, host. You have obtained the skill—Baji Quan (Grandmaster Level).
Ding! Congratulations, host. You have obtained the skill—Probe Technique (can inspect basic information and favorability).
Ding! Due to the host's suppression, Protagonist Ye Feng's memory ability has been reduced by ten percent, and his memories of his past life have been reduced by ten percent.
Ding! Congratulations, host. You have received comprehensive physical enhancement.
For a full twenty minutes, Su Lin absorbed the changes brought about by the system.
For instance, after the physical enhancement, his previous single abdominal muscle had vanished, replaced by a six-pack.
Baji Quan came to him at will. Heavy Cannon, Tiger Pounce, Iron Mountain Lean, Half-Step Crashing Fist, and more seemed carved into his bones, already thoroughly mastered.
"System, are you there?"
I am here, host.
"I want to ask, is this world simply the world of a rebirth novel, or is it a world made up of multiple novels?"
Having read villain novels, Su Lin knew very well that a Protagonist like Ye Feng was only the lowest tier.
If someone like a returning war god, a mountain-descending divine physician, or a reborn immortal sovereign appeared, that would be truly difficult to handle.
Host, this is a world that is continuously being perfected and is constantly evolving. The possibility of other novels merging into it in the future cannot be ruled out.
"Uh..."
"I was just happy to have some martial power to protect myself, and then you had to say that."
Host, rather than dwelling on that, you should think of more ways to suppress the Protagonist and obtain more abilities.
Before you continue