According to the system, the fourth Demon Electric Lion boss, while patrolling its territory, noticed the remains of its kind seemed to have died by the same method, and later when being chased by Qian Qi, it concluded she was likely the culprit behind the slaughter.
Therefore, it left a warning in its lair, which led to the fifth and sixth Demon Electric Lions running away at the sight of Qian Qi after seeing the warning message on the stone wall.
Qian Qi closed the Light Brain, cursing as she smashed the mural to pieces, "What’s the use of such a smart beast! Can’t even find a wife!"
Hey, insult the beast if you must, but no personal attacks!
Qian Qi pouted, clearly displeased, "The most crucial thing is, my legendary status only spreads within this instance, and only among the Demon Electric Lion race. Once I leave this instance, other instances’ Demon Electric Lions have no idea who I am!"
She sincerely hoped that every instance’s Demon Electric Lions would run away at her sight! Or rather, they’d get so scared at her portrait that they would panic!
Now that’s what you call prestige!
Humans would surely worship her to death, scrambling to join her Qian Sect to pay respects with money!
"I’ve got it!" Qian Qi put her hands on her hips and shouted, her face filled with determination, "After much consideration, I’m going to make a decision that goes against my ancestors!"
System: [What are you planning to do?]
Qian Qi’s mouth curled into a deep, sinister smile, "Hehe, what can a simple, innocent person do..."
With the system’s guidance, Qian Qi quickly located the Demon Electric Lion boss and dispatched it with lightning speed.
While receiving the strength buff, Qian Qi suddenly had a question.
"System darling, if an instance boss is killed by something non-human... like another Magic Beast, or starves to death, or dies from eating poisoned Magic Plants, what happens?"
[After a cooldown period, a new instance boss spawns.]
"So if I put a bomb in the instance boss’s belly and blow it up, will I still receive the instance rewards?"
"What if, I mean hypothetically, I put a bomb in the Demon Electric Lion’s belly and remotely detonate it from outside the instance, will I still get the rewards?"
The system opened its mouth, then realized it didn’t have one, so it displayed a (￣□￣;) expression on the panel.
"System?" Qian Qi rubbed her hands together expectantly.
[...]After a moment of silence, the system said, [You can give it a try.]
"You don’t know, do you?" Qian Qi gave a suspicious side-eye.
[How could I not!] The system retorted angrily, [What I mean is, don’t ask me every question! Cultivate the good habit of solving problems on your own!]
Qian Qi suspiciously stared at the system, "Really?"
"Alright then..." Qian Qi picked up the Thunderbolt Horn reward from the ground, "Have you selected the E-level dungeon for me to raid?"
[It’s ready, just waiting for you to transfer the money.]
Qian Qi snorted, transferring 2 million to the system, which immediately sent her the location and instance name.
"Huh? It’s Xia City?" Qian Qi squinted at the address and chuckled, "What a coincidence..."
"Looks like before heading to the instance, we have an old acquaintance to visit." Qian Qi shouldered her small backpack and rode off towards the instance exit on her child’s scooter.
Xia City is very prosperous, though not quite as filled with Awakeners as Yan City, and it even has an Awakener University, but it’s settled by countless wealthy people who invariably have Awakener bodyguards.
Before entering the instance, Qian Qi specifically went to a place where she aimlessly wandered around like some unemployed loafer.
"This kid’s been pretty quiet lately, why hasn’t he come to bother me?" Qian Qi stuffed her hands in her pockets, bent over in front of a flower shop, and took a deep sniff like a tiger sniffing roses, "Hmm, smells nice. It’s weird that he’s been so calm, it feels like something’s missing in life."
"Thinking about it, it must be the thrill~"
[...]The system looked at this freak with indescribable difficulty, then glanced across the street at the "Chen Group", [Maybe, he’s not actually that honest.]
"Oh?" Qian Qi’s eyes lit up, "Do you know something? Come on, spill it to me~"
[I don’t feel like talking.] The system chuckled maliciously, exacting revenge for when she wouldn’t let it talk back.
"Tsk, don’t be so petty." Qian Qi brazenly exchanged a few coins with the flower shop owner and forcibly stuffed them into the system’s mouth.
Initially, the system resisted, but overwhelmed by Qian Qi’s enthusiasm, it bashfully took a couple of bites and swallowed.
Then, like a village gossip, it excitedly blurted out:
[The hemostatic medicine formula and Defense Fruit planting method you stored in the Light Brain were hacked and stolen by him. He’s been secretly purchasing Magic Plant Fruits recently, and hiring individual Magic Plant farmers to help him grow Magic Plants. Judging by the timeframe, he’s probably about to start producing Blood Stopping Magic Potions.]
"Tsk tsk." Qian Qi couldn’t help but shake her head, "He actually hired hackers, how high-end is that? Why bother?"
The top-notch business wars often use the most basic, lowbrow, and shameless methods. If he wanted the Blood Stopping Magic Potion, he could just have someone steal her Light Brain, why spend the money hiring hackers?
Turns out she deliberately didn’t set a boot password or encrypt the files, what a waste of her efforts.
"That kid cares way too much about his reputation, wanting to remain spotless in the world." Qian Qi shook her head helplessly, "I have to teach him a lesson."
With that, she turned and walked into the building, found the main power switch on the 15th floor of Chen Group, flipped it off, and ran away.
"Hahahahaha—" Qian Qi ran, laughing wildly like a bandit.
System: ...Aren’t you childish!
After Qian Qi left, Chen Group fell into chaos; however, it did not affect Chen Tong in a certain office.
At this moment, he was lying against his floor-to-ceiling glass, eyes fixed on Qian Qi’s running figure downstairs.
It’s her, it’s definitely her!
Even if she turned to ashes, he would recognize her back!!!
"Qian Qi! What is she doing here?!" Chen Tong’s eyes flickered with uncontrollable excitement, he was just finding someone to get rid of Qian Qi, didn’t expect to see her right at his doorstep!
Now that he has obtained the formulas and planting methods, there’s no need to keep Qian Qi around. The world only needs him to sell hemostatic medicine and Defense Fruit.
"See, it’s her!" Chen Tong dragged a D-level Awakener beside him, pointing out Qian Qi’s figure downstairs, "Get rid of her for me, when it’s done, I’ll transfer the remaining 20 million to your account!"
"No problem." That D-level Awakener, Li Haisheng, glanced down at the miniscule, bean-sized Qian Qi, cackling wickedly, "Just an ordinary person, crushing her is as easy as crushing an ant."
"Don’t be careless." Chen Tong cautioned, "She might have a lot of Defense Fruits, each one can withstand 10 minutes of D-level damage, you can’t give her a chance to eat any!"
"Got it, got it." Li Haisheng replied impatiently, clearly finding Chen Tong to be overly cautious.
"No! You don’t understand!" Seeing Li Haisheng dismissive, Chen Tong flew into a rage, gripping the other’s shoulders tightly, roaring, "She’s very cunning! You can’t underestimate her! Do you understand! Especially don’t let her swindle you! If she turns you, remember she can’t pay double what I did, might even hustle you for your money! Don’t be fooled! Don’t engage with her! Just kill her!"
"Absolutely do not converse with her!!! Don’t give her a chance to speak!!!"
Chen Tong’s voice was full of malice as he frantically reminded, clearly still haunted by a certain shadow Qian Qi had cast over him.
And the reason for his caution was not just worrying about the 20,000 deposit he paid to Li Haisheng going to waste, but also the fear of Qian Qi possibly conning Li Haisheng out of it just before his death.
He’d rather Li Haisheng die for nothing than let Qian Qi get a penny from him!
If Qian Qi knew his current resolve, she would definitely give a thumbs up to Chen Tong, congratulating him on learning the essence of frugality in being a cheapskate, a truly commendable achievement.
Seeing Chen Tong in such a frenzied state, Li Haisheng could only shrug, "Alright then, I’ll kill her before she opens her mouth."