Chapter 239: Flesh and Blood Pawn, a Blessing for Yun Zhenyue, the Fox Ghoul Appears
"Is that where you’re going for your next mission?"
Hearing Gu Yuan’s curious question,
Yun Zhenyue nodded. "Yeah. The mission says I need to go ’work in a factory to temper my will.’ I think it’s a little weird. Who goes to a factory to temper their will?"
"Hmm, that’s true."
Gu Yuan was lost in thought.
’Temper one’s will?’
’Definitely.’
’Not only will she be exploited by the factory, but she’ll also have to put up with that group of lunatics.’
’If she can make it out of that Purgatory Factory safely,’
’her will would undoubtedly be tempered.’
However, Yun Zhenyue had no reason to be afraid. If the factory’s president wasn’t an idiot, he should be able to recognize the lingering trace of Gu Yuan’s aura on her. Then, Yun Zhenyue would be promoted directly to management.
Besides,
Gu Yuan had given Yun Zhenyue a special gift a while ago.
At her birthday banquet.
It wasn’t just a simple kiss.
It was his "blessing."
Gu Yuan had a skill called "Flesh Pawn," which allowed him to lend any part of himself to others. In return, they had to repay him with something of equal value.
It could be one of their own abilities.
Or it could be their flesh and soul...
Nowadays, the abnormalities Yun Zhenyue encountered were becoming more and more dangerous.
So, Gu Yuan had lent his Abyssal Organ to Yun Zhenyue.
Of course,
as for the "something of equal value,"
Gu Yuan could choose it freely.
He had chosen the price of "accompanying him for 15 days."
Yun Zhenyue’s debt was now repaid.
She was still unaware that she temporarily possessed Gu Yuan’s Abyssal Eye.
As long as it was within her line of sight,
she could alter certain rules.
The world would change for her.
Thinking of this, Gu Yuan said softly, "Go have fun. Don’t be afraid."
’Fun?’
Yun Zhenyue didn’t understand what he meant by that.
She couldn’t be bothered to ask too many questions.
She didn’t ask Gu Yuan for a gift.
After all, the reward from her last mission had been applied to herself.
Plus, Gu Yuan hadn’t brought it up.
So Yun Zhenyue forgot about it.
...
Seeing this,
the Dragon Country audience was a bit caught off guard.
How could there be no gift-giving segment!
They were hoping to see what was in the bottom drawer of the bedroom dresser!
So many people in the stream had been speculating for ages.
But the two of them were acting as if nothing was amiss.
Not even a mention?
[How could Gu Yuan forget to give her a gift? I even took my blood pressure medicine for this.]
[I thought Gu Yuan had a big surprise hidden away. Yun Zhenyue, just say something!]
[Hey bros, when did you get so corrupted? Gift-giving has to be sincere. If the great Gu Yuan doesn’t bring it up, and you’re telling Yun Zhenyue to ask for it, what does that make her?]
[But that’s how the Bizarre Matchmaking rules work. You give me a gift, I complete a mission, get a reward, and then give you a gift.]
[Is there a chance the great Gu Yuan is also connected to this Purgatory Factory?]
[No way. The factory is an SSS-level instance. I heard its manager is also a Great Evil, on the same level as the great Gu Yuan. If there was a connection, he would’ve said so long ago.]
...
At this moment,
faced with Gu Yuan not giving a gift,
the foreign audience’s attention wasn’t on Yun Zhenyue.
It was because two other matchmaking participants’ partners had met with an accident.
The Holy Country and the Kangaroo Country.
The participants from these two countries were going crazy!
They had just teleported back!
They hadn’t even chosen their mission rewards yet!
But they couldn’t find their matchmaking partners no matter what.
It was as if they had suddenly vanished into thin air.
Count Dracula had disappeared along with them.
Just then,
the participant from the Holy Country found a note under the table.
It had been left by her matchmaking partner.
It said that they had gone with Count Dracula to hunt an Evil Star abnormality.
It also told her not to worry...
The Evil Star abnormality came from a small factory.
It was carrying tens of thousands of Ghost Coins.
With Count Dracula present, it posed no threat to them.
Seeing this little note,
the Holy Country’s Maya felt her heart sink.
Because her next mission was also at this Purgatory Factory.
You see,
players from the Holy Country had entered this factory before.
They said it was less a factory and more a cult.
Besides work, there were also tasks that needed to be completed in the factory.
Many of these tasks involved hunting abnormalities and bringing their corpses back for processing.
That Evil Star carrying Ghost Coins was definitely just bait!
Just as Maya was at a loss,
she suddenly received a system notification.
[Ding! Your matchmaking partner has been detected as deceased!]
[The Matchmaking System is now reselecting a partner for you...]
[Ding! A new matchmaking partner has been locked in!]
[Fox Mr. Tu.]
[Please have your initial meeting with your matchmaking partner within one hour!]
Meanwhile,
the participant from Kangaroo Country also received this message.
This made the audiences of both countries turn pale with fury.
They started cursing up a storm!
[Damn it, those two idiots! How could they not see such obvious bait?!]
[We finally went through so many missions and their Affinity was almost full, and now she’s getting a new partner?]
[It’s all that Dragon Country woman’s fault! She’s the one who brought Maya to that manor, so she couldn’t learn proper etiquette. Maybe if she had come back sooner, her partner wouldn’t have died.]
[Don’t tell me she’s going to be matched with some trash-tier abnormality?]
[I just hope she gets matched with a Crimson-robed Ghost. After all, Ms. Maya’s last husband was also a Crimson-robed Ghost.]
...
Unaware that her countrymen were having a meltdown,
Maya took a deep breath.
Her skin was rough and somewhat darkened from constant exposure to the wind and sun. She had a curvy figure that exuded a hormonal scent. Rumor had it that people from the Holy Country were very shrewd, and she was no exception, like a rose with thorns.
Her parents had taught Maya the principles of economics from a young age.
This was something the people of the Holy Country had always been proud of.
In the past, many books from the Dragon Country had recorded false stories about the people of the Holy Country. For example, one story claimed that Holy Country elders would coat books with honey and have children lick them, so the children would think books were sweet and study hard.
Coupled with the fact that the people of the Holy Country had always held a certain degree of influence on the international stage,
this had led many ordinary people around the world to hold them in high esteem in the past.
But after the Bizarre Matchmaking began,
the global audience gradually discovered the truth.
The so-called people of the Holy Country weren’t as smart as they were made out to be.
In fact, their petty cleverness often caused abnormalities to hold grudges against them.
After all, this was their way of doing business.
For example, when working at an abnormality supermarket, they might claim they had no small change, give a few pieces of candy instead, and then secretly pocket the difference.
Later, the abnormality customers grew furious, leading many instances to stop recruiting people from the Holy Country.
As more incidents like this occurred,
the Holy Country’s reputation plummeted.
Especially in Yun Zhenyue’s Bizarre Matchmaking round, Maya had secretly schemed against other participants to survive, though she never dared to provoke Yun Zhenyue.
As a result, the global audience despised her.
Now, seeing that Maya’s partner was dead,
the Great Cold Country and the Sun Country were laughing more gleefully than anyone.
[Serves you right! That’s what you get for being so needlessly clever!]
[I couldn’t stand this bunch from the Holy Country for a long time. They’re even worse than the Dragon Country people!]
[At least with Dragon Country people, if you don’t bother them, they won’t bother you. The Holy Country people pretend to be your friend but are secretly plotting against you behind your back. Their hearts are completely black.]
...
At this moment,
Maya was trying her best to calm down.
’Since my last partner is dead, the only way to recoup my losses now is through my new one.’
’I have to extract even more value from him!’
But just then,
Maya suddenly saw a flash of white light before her.
A peculiar scent suddenly assaulted her nostrils.
The smell was a bit rank and musky.
Yet, it caused a sudden surge of hormones throughout her body.
Maya’s heart pounded in her chest.
She immediately moved next to the light and bowed slightly to show her submission.
Her new partner, Fox Mr. Tu, had appeared.
