The Proper Rebirth-and-Revenge Novel's Heroine...

Yu Xunge had no idea Su Yitong had already started thinking about marrying her into the Su Family so she could work for them. But even if she had known, it wouldn't have mattered. She'd already gotten angry about it in her previous life.

The Su Family could be pretty ridiculous sometimes. If you worked for them as an employee, the closer you got to the core of the family, the better your treatment became. It encouraged everyone to climb the ranks.

But if you married into the Su Family, becoming a daughter-in-law or a live-in son-in-law, that was it for you. You'd be working for free. You were one of the Su Family now, so why would you expect anything in return for working for your own family? What, did you marry into the Su Family just for their gold coins?

In her previous life, after she'd made a name for herself thanks to her God-given talent, Su Yitong had tried her hardest to get her to marry one of those rotten Su Family men. But seeing the life Yu Xunhuan led had already given Yu Xunge a bad impression of the Su Family. If Liang Yuchuan and Han Qianshan hadn't entered the picture later, with House Liang and the Han family holding nearly as much power as the Su Family, it was hard to say what Yu Xunhuan's standing and treatment would have been.

And what kind of men had Su Yitong been introducing her to? How could Yu Xunge possibly agree?

As far as Su Yitong was concerned, the reason she'd turned her down time and again was that she was in love with Yu Xunhuan.

What a filthy imagination!

At eight that evening, the portal lit up right on time. Everyone lined up and went through one at a time, with a two-minute wait before the next person was allowed through.

After Yu Xunge stepped through the blue portal, she found herself in a dim little room lit by a single candle.

Two people stood inside: a short-haired woman and the uniformed man who had come in to make an announcement earlier. The man had changed into a gray robe. The short-haired woman beckoned Yu Xunge over. "Come here. We'll turn you into a little animal."

Yu Xunge eyed her warily. "What happened to the people who went before me?" Even if they were turning them into little animals and sending them out of the city, it couldn't have happened that quickly.

The short-haired woman smiled and stepped aside, revealing a small glass box behind her. Cockroaches were crawling all over inside, packed in layer upon layer. Countless roaches were scrambling over one another to climb higher, none willing to be crushed underneath the rest.

This is what you call a little animal?!

Wait, what had Zhao Shuying said exactly? "We can turn everyone into cute little animals."

Yu Xunge was numb.

I'm the mighty heroine of a revenge novel, reborn from the future...

The short-haired woman said gently, "Come on."

Yu Xunge took a big step back. "Wait! I'll confess... I mean, I have an item that can turn me into a little animal. A real, cute little animal."

It was fine. She had plenty of trump cards. No one knew how many different animals she could turn into!!!

Her trump cards were there to make her life better!

Yu Xunge raised a hand to stop the short-haired woman from coming closer. "Can I change into one myself?"

The short-haired woman stood where she was, looking disappointed. "Of course."

Yu Xunge was about to transform when she suddenly asked, "Do I still have to pay back the five crystals I paid for this transformation service in the loan agreement?"

The short-haired woman pressed her lips together in a smile. She could tell Yu Xunge was probably a player who'd exchanged a skill for entry. "The five crystals are mainly for escorting you out of the city. Turning you into an animal is just a complimentary perk."

Yu Xunge gritted her teeth. "Fine, fine. You've got plenty of tricks! Just you wait!"

She turned into the plump cow-patterned cat she'd touched most recently and walked to the corner. Only then did she realize a black dog was already crouched there, looking at her with pity and understanding in its eyes.

Yu Xunge: "..."

Over the next while, Yu Xunge finally understood why it took so long for everyone to get through the portal. Once most people found out they'd be turned into cockroaches, they went through a whole process of shock, disbelief, struggle, resistance, and finally acceptance. Only a few seemed to have been here before and stayed calm and composed.

But when they saw the black dog and the cow-patterned cat in the corner, they all gave them one envious, resentful look after another.

Yu Xunge waited patiently, sensing the atmosphere of the other world the whole time. Even the air here seemed to be filled with magic.

Ever since becoming a player, she'd been able to feel the energy inside her. She could even sense magic flowing through her body whenever she used a skill, but never as clearly as she did now.

It was as if someone had wiped clean a lens that had always been fogged over, bringing the whole world into focus.

She even had the mistaken feeling that she could cast [Ice Flower Seal] instantly, without chanting or reciting an incantation.

Players walked past Yu Xunge one after another, but she didn't use the Thief God's skill. When she'd first been reborn, she'd wanted to steal from every dog that passed by. But after stealing Yu Xunhuan's [Food God] talent, the malice in her heart had greatly lessened. There were so many powerful beings from other worlds; she didn't need to steal from her fellow humans. Besides, she still had the Su, Liang, and Han families to deal with. She had plenty of enemies already. There was no need to target people who hadn't wronged her.

After waiting patiently for a while, everyone had finally arrived. An orange cat had joined them on Yu Xunge's right. It was the short-haired woman.

The uniformed man had put the box of cockroaches away. He used an item to turn himself into an undead, then led the two cats and the dog outside.

Dark City was full of all kinds of strange people: trolls, blood elves, dwarves, goblins. No one paid any attention to a few ordinary pets.

They soon left the city. Yu Xunge stayed close behind the leader, following him as he deftly skirted the territories of low-level creatures like wild wolves and goblins. After a long, long walk, they reached a large tree some distance from Dark City. Looking back, they could barely make out the spires of the Undead Palace.

The detection function of the Soros Pocket Watch was impressively powerful. In Yu Xunge's eyes, a line of text appeared over the tree: [A modified magical dwelling]

The leader knocked on the door and murmured a password. A flash of light passed beneath their feet. A few seconds later, a door appeared in the massive tree, so large that several people could have linked arms around it. A bespectacled man opened it and let them in.

Some kind of skill had been used inside. The place looked about as big as a soccer field, with two rows of tents inside. At a glance, there seemed to be nearly a hundred of them.

The orange cat changed back into the short-haired woman. She spoke to the cat and dog on the ground. "This is our base. You can come here to repay your loans."

What a cold thing to say.

Yu Xunge nodded her cat head, then realized how silly she looked. She returned to human form, put on her mask and hat, and asked, "Do you offer any other services here?"

The short-haired woman brought out the box of cockroaches. As she turned them back into people one by one, she said, "If you find you can't survive here, you can come back and continue working with us. Of course, in that case you'll have to follow orders. As for anything else, here's a price list. You can take a look."

Yu Xunge took the sheet of paper the bespectacled man handed her. It was filled with charges for all kinds of services, from medical treatment to lodging, from potions to help with Disguise. There was even a service where, if you got lost and couldn't find the camp, you could contact them and pay to have someone come pick you up...

The scariest part was that at least half the prices were marked "to be discussed."