[Food God](SS)! Theft!

The next second, the screen lit up. The Blood Elf in ghost form appeared at the graveyard, while her own mangled corpse lay on the ground just a step away. She walked over, and [Resurrect in Weakness] appeared on the screen. She clicked confirm.

Her character then solidified from a phantom state. The (Weakened) beside her name changed to (Severely Weakened), followed by a countdown: (47:59:59).

All her attributes were now only 40% of their original values.

Yu Xunge entered Silvermoon City once more.

Through the shadows, she saw Yu Xunhuan accepting quests, and his very first quest was a high-level chain quest.

A few minutes later, Yu Xunge found Yu Xunhuan again by comparing the buildings on the screen.

[In the name of the Thief God, you attempt to steal the talent of the Elf player Xunhuan.]

[Theft successful—Target's God-given Talent level is too high—Theft interrupted!]

Yu Xunge checked the time. 10:57.

There was no time. Besides, she was severely weakened now. If she died again, she had no idea what would happen. She was unwilling to gamble. She did not want to die for her greed.

Even though her character's condition had yet to affect her physical body, after hundreds of Phantom Shifts, both her body and mind were already on the verge of collapse.

Yu Xunge controlled her character toward the Goblin district.

Rich Goblins really were hard to find. She sought out more than a dozen Goblins, trading a little with this one and a little with that one. It took some time, but she finally scraped together 10,000 gold.

At that point, she had only five minutes left on her disguise.

Yu Xunge immediately found the nearest city gate and ran out. But considering her weakened condition, she did not dare go too far. Instead, she stopped by the city wall between two gates.

Then she logged off.

She closed her eyes. The sensation of severe weakness nearly drowned her, but she did not care. She did not even look at the bag, pocket watch, and false teeth on the floor.

Instead, she immediately opened her character panel.

[Character] Yu Xunge (Level 0, 0.001%) (Severely Weakened) (47:45:39)

[God-given Talent] Thief God (S-rank)

[God-given Talent] Immortality (SS-rank) (Incomplete)

[God-given Talent] Food God (SS-rank) (Incomplete)

[God-given Talent] Sharpshooter (A-rank)

[Race] Human

[Race Talents] Undead Will ┃ Feeding

[Health]: 60/150

[Mana]: 80/200

[Strength]: 8→3.2

[Constitution]: 11→4.4

[Intelligence]: 14→5.6

[Agility]: 21→8.4

[Luck]: 10 (Maximum)

[Charm]: 10 (Maximum)

With trembling hands, she opened [Food God].

[Food God] (SS-rank)

Even gods are nothing more than ingredients in your hands.

[Skill 1] What, Is, a Food God?: Whenever a dish you make scores above 80 points, it has a 20% chance of triggering a critical hit. For every additional point in score, the chance of triggering a critical hit when others eat it increases by 1%. When a critical hit is triggered, the effects of eating it are doubled. If it is a recipe of your own creation, as long as it scores above 80 points, its effects will definitely be doubled when eaten by others. As the creator of the food, all food you cook yourself will have triple the original effects when you eat it.

[Skill 2] Who Is Hannibal?: When you turn any target into thirty-eight different delicacies, with every dish scoring above 90 points, then eat all thirty-eight delicacies by yourself, you will randomly learn one of their skills from before they died. (Can only be triggered once per target.)

[Skill 3] That's Right, I Am a Master Chef: The food you cook is exquisite cuisine. Food made entirely by your own hands and scoring above 95 points has a 20% chance of randomly increasing 1 attribute point after being eaten. (Can only be triggered once per target each day.)

[Skill 4] Huh? Look, Friend, There's a Pot Here: Food Gods never receive bad reviews. Mark someone who trusts you, and transfer all negative emotions diners feel toward you onto the marked target.

[Skill 5] You Want a Free Ride? (Passive): No one gets to enjoy a Food God's cooking for free. Unless you explicitly state that the meal is on you, if diners do not pay for a dish before or after eating food you cooked, then for a period of time afterward, their fortune will be yours to use—until that damned person pays for that damned meal.

Five skills. Just like the [Immortality] of the Undead City Lord, there were five skills in total.

Skills 1 through 4 were fully lit, while only Skill 5 was dark gray.

Only then did Yu Xunge feel as though she had come back to life. It was as if she had been pinned beneath deep water, unable to breathe or move, but at this moment, she finally broke free and burst to the surface!!

And she finally understood why Yu Xunhuan had treated her that way in her previous life, why he had worked so hard to earn her trust, and why his women and brothers had been so hostile toward her.

So that was it...

So! That! Was! It!

Very good, Yu! Xun! Huan!

But she did not forgive him or let it go because of that. Yes, those people had humiliated, trampled, and plotted against her because Yu Xunhuan had transferred their negative emotions toward him onto her. But weren't they the ones who had turned that malice into action?!

She would not forgive anyone who had hurt her in her previous life, no matter the reason.

Everyone could betray her, but she could not betray herself. She could not betray the suffering she had endured!

Yu Xunge trembled as she gulped down a health potion, but her health remained at 40. She guessed that until the countdown ended, her maximum health would remain at only 40% of its original value.

But right now, she felt utterly refreshed. She felt better than she ever had before!!!

She put on the necklace that reduced cooldowns, then crawled beneath the bed to rest.

She was too tired.

But she did not dare fall asleep. Instead, she rested with her eyes closed while continuously observing what Yu Xunhuan was doing through the shadows.

She had also seen Yu Xunhuan's original Luck stat just now. Like hers now, it was 10.

Because of the Thief God's talent, he had temporarily overlooked his own God-given Talent, but he remembered Skill 5, [You Want a Free Ride?]. So he used the money he had left to buy a large batch of ingredients and began cooking. He only made low-level recipes. Having just learned cooking, he was not worried about suddenly becoming a culinary god; most of the food he made did not even receive passing scores.

He placed the food he cooked directly on the ground, letting passersby and players eat whatever they wanted.

At first, his luck was fairly ordinary. But as more and more people ate his food, it was as though he had activated cheats. In less than two hours of questing, he earned three gold and a small piece of green equipment. He learned cooking, then not long after, he found a money pouch in the city's sewers containing over three hundred gold. He used that gold to learn [Jewelcrafting] and [Alchemy]...

Yu Xunge simply watched Yu Xunhuan use other people's fortune to offset the Luck stat she had altered.