Chapter 2562: Uncut Jade
"Light Gentleman?" Xu Huo pushed her face away a bit.
"Kind of like, kind of not," the Painting Woman thought about it. "Anyway, it's that fragrant smell. I want it."
"Those three probably aren't people you can just rob casually," Xu Huo signaled for her to calm down.
The Painting Woman instead asked him, "Why rob? Can't I just ask her for it directly?"
Xu Huo was stumped for a moment, then said, "If you can get it, that works too."
The Painting Woman wanted to act on it right then, but remembering what he'd just said, she sat back down with restraint. "I'll go tomorrow."
Before lights out, Xu Huo went back to his room to rest. It wasn't that he didn't want to prepare a room for the Painting Woman—it was that when they arrived, only one empty room was left. As usual, the Painting Woman wanted to squeeze in with him, but in the end, she only got a table. She curled up on it very aggrievedly, staring at the bed with longing eyes.
"Stop pretending." Xu Huo pulled out a sleeping bag. Seeing this, the Painting Woman immediately jumped onto the bed, shoving him off, and deliberately said, "The floor is yours!"
Watching the "Painting" close her eyes and pretend to sleep, Xu Huo could only crawl into the sleeping bag.
The night went fairly well. Although the rear carriage door had been damaged, the players in Car 4 didn't come out causing trouble. Car 3 had a little commotion, but it was negligible.
The Painting Woman woke up very early. As soon as the lights came on, she eagerly went to the rear carriage to find that female player. Seeing that the other party didn't seem inclined to start a fight, Xu Huo stopped worrying about it. He ate breakfast and began researching ways to break the Water Cube Barrier.
Regarding super devices, the information on Under Dimension was really unreliable. He spent a high price to buy some replies from Artificers on the bounty platform, but even they weren't very clear about spatial-type super devices. The core idea was: to deal with spatial devices, it's best to use the same type of power, like spatial jamming devices. They also provided some feasible plans.
To reach the grade of a super device, it's definitely not something ordinary items can destroy. If the spatial device involves temporal mechanisms, temporal power can be used to destroy those mechanisms, thereby achieving the goal of destroying the device. If there are no temporal mechanisms, then one can only seek a breakthrough from the device itself. The ones who understand devices best are definitely the Artificers, but those who can make super devices are absolutely not ordinary Artificers. Moreover, many devices aren't entirely made by Artificers; they often involve the assistance of advanced technology. So the best way is to go to an A-level wormhole point.
If you can afford it, many companies at A-level wormhole points are willing to help.
Xu Huo wasn't stupid enough to run to an A-level wormhole point and ask for trouble. He searched for famous Artificers again. Apart from the Platinum Eye and some Artificers who have been on the game leaderboards for years and are generally inaccessible, the Artificers at the C9 wormhole point are also quite famous. Coincidentally, the ticket he was using this time was for the C9 wormhole point, so he could drop by and take a look.
While searching for information, he noticed the pregnant female player going to the restroom multiple times, and each time she came back, her complexion was worse.
Players can apply to suspend their player status and leave the instance. However, after suspending player status, the player's personal panel closes, and traits, items, and potions cannot be used. They need to use another ticket to reactivate it. During the suspension period, they won't accumulate missed instances, so players don't have to worry about high-risk random instances later.
But this application isn't easy to get. The Game Government channel has high requirements, and the District Governments have limited quotas. Besides, each district has different application conditions. Additionally, many technologically advanced districts no longer require people to go through the full gestation process. So players either prepare thoroughly or don't get pregnant easily. In short, on trains and in instances, pregnant people are rarely seen.
"Are you okay?" Sister Zhong asked with concern. "That's pregnancy reaction, pretty severe. Haven't you taken any medicine?"
The game has plenty of medications to reduce discomfort for pregnant people.
"I've already taken some," the female player said with a smile. "This child wasn't easy to get. I'm not taking heavy medication."
"Is the child's father dead?" Sister Zhong asked directly. "If you're planning to have the child alone, you should have applied to suspend your player status in advance."
The female player wasn't angry. She nodded. "He died very tragically. To protect me, he didn't even leave a complete corpse. There was no time to apply."
"Then you'll still have to spend some money to buy a quota," Sister Zhong comforted her. "Finish this instance, sell some items, and find a district with a good environment to have the child. The environment is very important for raising a child."
The female player thanked her for her kindness and leaned back on the sofa to rest.
People who have experienced the taste of having power find it very hard to decide to return to ordinariness. The more a player needs to take care of their family, the more this is true.
Shi Potian was a chatterbox. He struck up conversations with everyone in the carriage he could. Some players were easygoing and chatted with him for a bit; others almost started a fight after just two sentences. After making a round, he set his sights on Xu Huo.
"That trait of yours yesterday was really impressive, much better than mine... By the way, which district are you going to? Going home or entering an instance?"
"I'm doing an instance this time, sightseeing along the way. I heard C9-001 has many famous clock masters. The clocks they make are practical in other districts and can sell for high prices..."
"I heard there's a Time Tower there that's especially famous. I've never been..."
"Is this your occupational hazard?" Xu Huo interrupted him. "I don't have any problems that need mediating right now."
Shi Potian chuckled sheepishly. "Sorry about that. It's a habit. If I don't talk for a while, my mouth gets itchy."
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"I have a way to make you unable to speak, and you definitely won't feel your mouth itching. Want to try it?" Xu Huo asked.
Shi Potian jumped a yard away. "No thanks! I suddenly remembered I'm a bit hungry. I'm going to the dining car!"
Seeing that he didn't accept his kindness, Xu Huo shook his head regretfully, lowered his head, and continued reading the Artificer books he had bought.
After a while longer, the Painting Woman came running back joyfully, holding a jade pendant in her hand. Carved on the white jade pendant were the two characters "Uncut Jade." Below the pendant, on the tassel, was threaded a small stone bead.
The jade pendant wasn't anything special, but that stone bead—it was a Primordial Stone.
Primordial Stone is a rare ore. It can cause nearby ores to undergo a qualitative change, turning them into important materials for items and devices—Subclass Stones. The type of Primordial Stone that can cause ores to undergo special changes, thereby gaining space-time properties, is called a "Time Origin." Bai Kou once revealed a rumor that someone had traded a "Time Origin" for an entire district. Additionally, one of the Field Battle Angel's eyes was made using a "Time Origin."
Of course, not all Primordial Stones can give ores special properties, but the preciousness of Primordial Stone is beyond doubt. It's an important resource that even the Game Government fights over... And this tiny Primordial Stone was just hanging under the jade pendant as a decoration?
Xu Huo looked up towards the woman in the rear carriage.