HBWnovel Chapter 441: Divine Game: Diamond Miner14
Chapter 441: Divine Game: Diamond Miner14
Rita’s logic was flawless—she was completely unbothered by emotions or sentiment.
Just like when she had traded with Winter Sea Frenzied Shark earlier, she hadn’t relied on analyzing his personality or emotions. She didn’t know him at all, nor did she understand what kind of alien creature he was.
And really, emotions, feelings, or character traits were all too subject to change depending on the situation.
Rita didn’t bother analyzing these fluctuating or even performative aspects. Instead, she focused solely on one thing: What was Winter Sea Frenzied Shark desperate to solve? What price was he willing to pay? And what was the result he was trying to get?
Winter Sea Frenzied Shark had let her set the terms of the deal, only asking for one thing: that she wouldn’t curse him for a single star-sea year. But this condition was easy enough to meet. If it were up to Rita, instead of making a deal with an enemy and giving them resources to benefit from, she’d much rather hire other players to irritate herself, using up the last of her curse slots at a far lesser cost.
But Winter Sea Frenzied Shark wanted to make a deal with her. He wasn’t afraid of her asking for an excessive price. He was willing to give up a lot of resources to an enemy, just to achieve a result he could have reached through other means.
Such an "unfair" deal made Rita suspicious.
She couldn’t help but feel a sense of wonder and said to L4327777, "Sometimes, I really envy you guys."
Even though Rita prided herself on being selfish and indifferent, she still often found herself affected by her surroundings and the people around her, like with some of her dealings with Eclipse Vanguard and BS.
L4327777’s voice came with a programmed confusion: "Envy us? For what?"
Much like the colleagues Rita encountered when acting in a performance, its confusion was perfectly accurate and unflawed, but Rita could tell it was playing at confusion.
Once again, Rita could feel the distinct difference between L4327777 and B80234615.
Rita wasn’t intending to get personal with L4327777. She sold all ten of her precious minerals to the robot, then shifted the conversation. "Do you know any other players with stealing skills?"
L4327777 responded, "That’s player privacy. If we leak such information, we will be deleted."
L4327777: ??? Battery: 88% | Learning | Lacks Initiative Taboo: Poverty | Weakness: Battery Depletion
L4327777 replied, "However, I can’t give you an exact answer. All I know is that when the 10,000th investment happens in this market, the Inspector will arrive."
Ten thousand!
Rita frowned. When she had come through the game’s stone tablet earlier, there had only been about seven hundred online players in this special market.
And the game rule stated that an investment could only be made to a robot once every thirty minutes.
This made it seem like the 10,000th investment was a long way off.
But the problem was—when did the count begin?
It had already been five hours since the start of the Diamond Miner game! Who knew how many players had come through the special market during that time?
She had to complete this task and leave as soon as possible.
Rita told L4327777, "Let’s get to work! You lead, and I’ll follow."
L4327777 didn’t waste time. In the robot world, there was no such thing as slacking. It quickly scanned the players on the street, chose one, and approached them for a conversation.
Rita, still wearing the robe from the previous special market, moved a bit farther away. Using her disguise skill, she turned into an oak owl and then shifted back with her shadow move, ready to get to work.
She used I Just Want to Improve So Badly nine times, succeeding twice. She earned over 3,000 diamonds, along with a pair of legendary-grade gloves. However, these gloves were shaped more like steel shears than actual gloves and were made of metal—completely unusable.
When Rita went to L4327777 to heal, she handed over both the gloves and the diamonds, planning to have L4327777 convert them into diamonds and give her a share during the settlement.