Chapter 106
Chapter 106: Sustainable, Humane Robbery
Qian Qi was numb.
Yes, she’d farted in front of Chen Miao Miao plenty of times. Yes, she regularly did shameless, disgraceful things against her will.
But her dream—her original, pure, shining dream—was to be an elegant, gentle, holy top-student lady.
Poison farts?
That was so unfashionable it hurt.
It did not match her vibe.
She wanted power.
She wanted strength.
She wanted the kind of strength where you sat down once and ten people simply… stopped being people.
“I will never run that dungeon a second time,” she swore at the window, exhaling a long, gloomy breath like she was smoking invisible despair.
[Even if the poison gas is controllable, and it comes from your mouth?] System asked.
Qian Qi froze.
Then her head slowly turned.
“…Are you calling my mouth a fart-hole?”
[If you insist on understanding it that way, there’s nothing I can do~^_^]
Qian Qi yanked the window open and tossed System out like yesterday’s trash.
Then she blinked, remembering something. “Wait. I got poisoned. Why am I fine now?”
[Because you gained the toxic gas attribute. The poison fused with you. You can resist Shakyamuni Magic Vine poison gas below E+. If you kill more poisonous magic plant and magic beast bosses in the future, you may fuse stronger poison gas and stronger immunity.]
“Oh.” Qian Qi’s mood flipped instantly. She flopped onto the bed and rolled twice, pleased with herself.
Then she sat up like she’d been zapped.
“My windfall!”
She grabbed Li Hai Sheng’s light-brain, opened the chat, and sent her edited “death photo” to Chen Tong.
Then she typed, carefully mimicking Li Hai Sheng’s tone:
Sea King Great Sage: Mission complete. Transfer the money.
Chen Tong replied almost immediately.
Chen Tong – Not Somber: !!!
Chen Tong – Not Somber: That fast?
Chen Tong – Not Somber: Did you figure out why she went into the dungeon?
Sea King Great Sage: Yep. She found a new magic beast species here—three-headed magic lightning lion. Their lightning horn can be used to make a new potion formula. She said each horn is worth at least three million.
Chen Tong – Not Somber: !!!
Chen Tong – Not Somber: The new formula—did you get it?!
Sea King Great Sage: Found it in the light-brain. You want it?
Chen Tong – Not Somber: Of course!
Send it now!
And the lightning horns—bring them all back!
Sea King Great Sage: I can, but the price…
Qian Qi’s grin sharpened.
System watched with deep concern. […You scammed Li Hai Sheng. Now you’re scamming Chen Tong too? Are you trying to bankrupt his family?]
“How could I?” Qian Qi clasped her hands, pure as fresh snow. “His family business is great. It needs to keep running. Chen Tong needs to keep making money—so he can keep paying tribute to me.”
System went quiet in the face of this “logic.”
Chen Tong’s next message arrived.
Chen Tong – Not Somber: I quoted you forty million before, and that included this info!
You’re still asking me for money?
Qian Qi clicked her tongue. “My good son is suddenly stingy.”
She replied immediately.
Sea King Great Sage: Pay or don’t. If you won’t, I’ll sell it to someone else.
I’ve got plenty of lightning horns. Together they’re worth more than your forty million.
Chen Tong – Not Somber: How much do you want?!
Qian Qi didn’t hesitate.
Sea King Great Sage: Thirty million. And for Qian Qi’s life? Sixty million total. Lightning horns cost extra.
On the other end, Chen Tong nearly choked.
He didn’t want to pay.
But he also knew the formula’s value wasn’t something he could just walk away from.
So he gritted his teeth and transferred Chen family liquid funds to “Li Hai Sheng.”
He was cautious, though—only sending half first. He’d pay the rest once he confirmed the formula was real.
Qian Qi received forty-five million.
She didn’t even flinch at the “discount.” She transferred the money out of Li Hai Sheng’s account into her own shadow account. As for Li Hai Sheng’s password—
In this chaotic era with chaotic tech, it took her a few taps to change it.
After she sent the “formula,” Chen Tong asked how many lightning horns she had.
Qian Qi rummaged through her backpack.
Thirteen horns.
And the seven extra?
Her smile turned inexplicably evil.
Sea King Great Sage: I’ve got thirteen. Want them?
Chen Tong – Not Somber: No.
Chen Tong wasn’t stupid. News had already spread that the Early Cloud Mountain dungeon had been cleared. Before everyone caught on to the lightning horn value, he could hire people to hunt three-headed magic lightning lions himself—cheaper than buying from “Li Hai Sheng.”
Sea King Great Sage: You’re thinking of getting them yourself?
Heh. If you can even find them, I lose.
Chen Tong – Not Somber: What do you mean?
Qian Qi was about to type another lie when a cold realization hit.
“Shit.”
She opened her own light-brain and logged onto the official dungeon forum.
An announcement sat at the top: Early Cloud Mountain had been cleared.
She slammed a fist into the bed. “Damn it. I should’ve been more careful.”
[What’s wrong?] System asked.
“I just hope nobody goes in,” Qian Qi said, already moving.
She registered a new account.
Then another, with a shadow identity.
And posted:
Ex-Wife Ran Off with Money: Bros, before you enter the Early Cloud Mountain dungeon, buy a parachute!
She posted it again.
And again.
Finally, someone noticed.
“Why a parachute?”
Then more replies came, faster and faster, the thread snowballing.
People argued. Mocked. Then paused.
Then thought.
Then panicked.
If the exit point was high altitude…
If “only enter, never exit” meant…
Qian Qi watched the realization spread and finally exhaled, tension sliding off her shoulders.
She closed the forum and turned—only to find System hovering, staring at her.
“What?” Qian Qi asked, perfectly composed.
System hesitated. [It’s just… you’re kind of… kind.]
Qian Qi planted her hands on her hips. “Of course I am. I’m the kindest, gentlest, purest, most loving person alive.”
System didn’t respond.
It circled her once. Twice.
Then, casually, like it was talking about the weather:
[I killed Li Hai Sheng.]
Qian Qi blinked.
Then, with the calm clarity of someone learning a universal truth, she had exactly one takeaway:
Never give your bank card password to a bear child whose brain still wasn’t fully developed.