After running several kilometers, Yao Ji finally had time to catch her breath. At this moment, the knife in her hand was almost slipping, and Yao Ji could clearly feel it wanted to slap her head with its blunt side.
Finally, the round, spherical Eye Soul, clad in armor with a cape on its back and two horns on its head, appeared again. Its expression was fierce, as if it was questioning Yao Ji, and it was clear what it was saying without even thinking: “You coward, go fight! Why are you so useless?”
Yao Ji sighed and slowly placed her hand on the two horns of her Eye Soul. The strength in her hand gradually increased, and her Eye Soul clearly felt the threat. Its originally fierce eyes became completely harmless, revealing a clear stupidity. Yao Ji cast a harmless, benevolent smile and slowly removed her hand from the Eye Soul’s two horns.
I have to say, the texture of these horns was very good. It would be satisfying to break them off. By the way, there don’t seem to be any horned creatures in the Zero Zone, right? I should break one off at some point!
“Speaking of which, it’s a probabilistic event that I managed to escape. I didn’t even know I had a ultimate skill,” Yao Ji comforted herself, recalling the battle just now, “That move… it’s not in my memories at all?”
At this moment, the completely harmless-looking Eye Soul ran over and blinked madly in front of her, jumping around.
“?? Oh, I understand, this is your credit, right?” Yao Ji looked up and poked her Eye Soul’s head. Her Eye Soul seemed to enjoy it immensely, closing its eyes and raising its head high (does this thing really have a head?), seemingly showing off its achievement.
“Then what are my own skills?” Yao Ji once again had a face full of question marks. She originally thought that move, like muscle memory, was an ultimate skill she already possessed. It turns out this move was a skill of the weapon’s special state. Indeed, at that time, she felt her knife was restless. Normally, her knife was colorless, but after the Eye Soul entered it, it took on a scarlet red hue.
“So, what was your name again?” Poking the Eye Soul again, Yao Ji blinked twice in a daze, “Hmm, what was it called, Demon Lord?”
The Eye Soul turned its gaze and blinked twice.
“Then who am I? Yao General?”
The Eye Soul completely turned sideways and blinked its clear eyes somewhat foolishly.
“??? No? Then you’re called Demon Lord Yao General?” After she finished speaking, the Eye Soul immediately floated in front of her and blinked.
“…So Demon Lord Yao General refers to you? Am I some kind of freebie?”
The Eye Soul seemed to understand and shook its head twice. Yao Ji felt a headache. There was no language barrier between them, but why did she feel it was so difficult to communicate? Well, to be precise, there was still a language barrier, but the other party could understand what she was saying.
Looking around, the interior of the Hollow was essentially a former city, and there were still some routes to find. But then again, what would happen if she left directly from the edge of the Hollow?
“The main roads of the entire city seem relatively intact. Hollows generally distribute in a hemispherical shape. If I follow the main roads of the city, I’ll most likely reach the edge of the Hollow.”
No sooner said than done, Yao Ji immediately got up and quickly ran along the main road of the city. In a short while, she reached the edge of the Hollow, happily stepped out, and then, with a spatial rift, returned to her original spot.
“…” At this moment, Yao Ji suddenly understood why Rope Master was such an important profession in this world. Inside the Hollow, one could indeed get lost, and even if one found the right direction, they might be sent back to square one by a spatial rift.
As if resigned to fate, her body spread out on the floor in a large ‘X’ shape. For a moment, she didn’t know how to get out. Should she look for, or other Tomb Raider, to steal carrots? It wouldn’t be a bad strategy. On one hand, a Tomb Raider’s combat power is 10000% no match for her, and she could also change out of her current half-naked attire.
Yao Ji looked down at herself, feeling like a Japanese dance hall singer from the bubble economy era of the last century. Her refugee clothing was already very tattered, and after the battle just now, one thigh was completely exposed, and her upper body was also badly damaged, barely covering her chest and above. As for what was underneath… (I believe all you readers understand).
Slowly getting up from the ground, countless alpaca memes flashed through her mind. She really didn’t understand who this body had offended to live such a miserable life? After all, she was a fierce person who could retreat unscathed from the youngest Void Hunter! She shook her head, and just as she stood up, she turned around and bumped into someone a head shorter than her. Yao Ji reached out to touch. Hmm, two horns, icy cold.
“Wow!!! Chief Hoshimi Miyabi! What are you doing?” Cang Jiao retreated to the side, blushing, protecting the two horns on his head with both hands.
“?” Realizing that Cang Jiao was just an immature child and didn’t realize her problem, an evil thought arose in Yao Ji’s mind.
“Cang Jiao, didn’t Liu notify you? A transformed Eihai imitated my appearance and is wandering around in the Hollow, and its strength is very great. You must be careful. Oh, by the way, lend me your carrot data.”
The cute Cang Jiao, upon hearing this, quickly took out his carrot data and handed it to Yao Ji, but then suddenly clenched his hand, and a look of confusion appeared in his two large eyes.
“Chief Hoshimi Miyabi… is this… a new trend in fashion?” Cang Jiao, seeing Yao Ji’s scantily clad appearance, asked a soul-searching question. As his gaze gradually shifted towards her chest: “And the size isn’t right either…”
“Bang!” A large bump appeared on Cang Jiao’s head, and then he fainted. Yao Ji, her face covered in black lines, had materialized black aura behind her. She had only intended to lightly tap little Cang Jiao’s head, but she completely underestimated her current strength. With one downward swing, Cang Jiao fainted directly, his eyes spinning like mosquito coils, and a medium-sized bump popped up between his two horns on his head. He was still clutching the carrot data in his hand.
Yao Ji looked around, seeing no one. She snatched the carrot data and ran off. After opening the carrot data, she found that it was essentially a rough backup of the routes inside the Hollow. The only difference was that the carrot data marked the activity cycles of various spatial rifts, essentially a real-time navigation system that didn’t auto-update and had no voice.
To be honest, Yao Ji was practically illiterate in this world. She couldn’t read the local script, but she could make out the things on the map, which were roughly similar to game icons.
Roughly, this is a spatial rift, this is a healing station, and there are shopping carts all over the map… Hmm, huh? Are there really markers for all the shopping carts?!!!
—Next to a perfect shopping cart.
“Boss, there are a lot of treasures in this box. We’ve hit the jackpot today!” A Tomb Raider said to the tall, burly man beside him.
“Good, good, good, good! The Hollow erupted, and these people didn’t have time to take their possessions, so we’ll gladly accept them! Ha! Hmm, what just flashed by? Where’s my box?” The massive Thug looked around and saw a person with a very familiar back carrying his box and running quickly.
“Outrageous! Someone dares to steal from me! Minions! Prepare…”
“Boss, it looks like the one opposite is… the youngest Void Hunter, Hoshimi Miyabi…”
“Prepare to head back! Really, it’s just a bit of petty cash. I don’t even care for it!”
“…”
Running wildly, she collected all the shopping carts and looted all the residential areas, including the wealthy districts where rich people lived, feeling that she had earned a lot of money. Yao Ji grumbled, “It’s clearly a rich district, but there’s hardly any money! Only these residential areas have provided some harvest.”
She filled all ten or so shopping carts with dini, astonishingly filling eleven full carts! Weighing it, the weight was at least hundreds of thousands. She also found a few clothes that seemed to fit her quite well, but these clothes looked particularly luxurious? She didn’t care too much; she was already scantily clad, so she might as well put them on first.
With no one around, she changed her clothes right there. It had to be said, the clothes fit reasonably well, though the top was still a bit too large. Yao Ji looked down and basically confirmed that after wearing these clothes, she was flat, well, a steel plate.
A sky-blue and gold off-the-shoulder top paired with a dark blue and gold jacket, a black and gold underskirt, and black stockings. Yao Ji touched the very obvious gold parts on the jacket, feeling they were very soft, as if they could deform with a squeeze. Then she walked to the water’s edge, swept her hair up, and the image of a capable katana girl appeared.
“This way, I won’t be scantily clad. Even if I run out of the Hollow, I should be able to make a living. So, how do I leave the Hollow?” Yao Ji felt speechless. She was alone, without family or friends, stranded in another world. Was there no one who could take her out of this place of trouble?
Hmm, wait, people? People? People! Aren’t Tomb Raider people? I think I just robbed some.
—Next to an empty shopping cart.
“Damn it! Why are all the shopping carts empty? Even the money in the residents’ rooms has been completely looted? Which lunatic did this?!”
“Boss, boss, it’s bad, that Void Hunter is back again!” A Tomb Raider ran over and said to the Thug. Upon hearing this, even though he wore a mask, his face was visibly bewildered, and he didn’t know what to do. Logically, a big shot like a Void Hunter wouldn’t bother with small fries like them.
“Just stand on both sides, don’t block their way. With our meager goods, they won’t even look at us!” Subsequently, the Tomb Raider moved as much as possible to the sides of the road, avoiding blocking the “Lord Void Hunter” who was charging through.
As the red figure flashed past, Yao Ji looked around somewhat confusedly. Why did she feel like she couldn’t find that group of Tomb Raider? Her gaze then moved to the sides of the road, and she saw the Tomb Raider on both sides with faces (how did she see their faces?) of utter despair. Then, she walked towards the tallest one, jumped up, grabbed the tall figure’s neck, forcing his gaze to be at the same level as hers.
“I hate tall people like you,” Yao Ji said, enunciating each word. The Thug Tomb Raider was already scared out of his wits, almost kneeling on the ground and kowtowing.
“Do you have anything to eat? Can I have some?” Yao Ji asked.
Upon hearing this, the Thug Tomb Raider henchman, as if granted a great pardon, handed over all his compressed biscuits. Yao Ji took them and bit into one, then asked a nearby minion for some water and drank it. Compressed biscuits shouldn’t be eaten too much, or they’ll burst your stomach!
After Yao Ji finished the biscuits, the Tomb Raider finally reacted. Why would such a big shot ask them for food? Could this be an imposter? Visibly, the Thug Tomb Raider became a bit irritable and slowly walked towards Yao Ji. When the satiated Yao Ji noticed this, she turned and gently placed her hand on the right side of the Thug Tomb Raider’s helmet. Then, with force, she pressed down, and the Thug Tomb Raider henchman spun 180 degrees around his center of gravity, landing with a “bang” that created a large pit in the ground, just big enough to accommodate half of the Thug Tomb Raider.
“…” All the Tomb Raider instantly dared not speak, slowly huddling together, trying to minimize their presence.
“So where are you all going?” Yao Ji, seeing no one speaking, slammed her knife into the ground. A wave of air immediately spread out, as if it was about to slaughter all the minions present.
“I’ll ask again, and this is the last time.”
The Thug instantly revived to full health, knelt down on both knees before Yao Ji, and said in a fawning tone, “Respected Lord Void Hunter, we are from the black market. We originally wanted to take some unwanted things from here to exchange at the black market! We never expected to offend Your Excellency…”
Before he could finish, Yao Ji nodded and said, “Alright then, take me out of here. Also, don’t ask what you shouldn’t ask.”
Then she slammed a box of shopping cart dini in front of these people: “This is your reward. No need to count, there should be tens of thousands.”
The Tomb Raider, who were originally on edge, suddenly became excited and even more sycophantic.
They thought a King of Hell had arrived, but it turned out to be a God of Wealth!
The Thug’s tone had already become very amiable: “Your Excellency, you should have said so earlier! If there’s anything your humble servant can do, please be sure to call upon me! I’ll go through mountains of swords and seas of fire for Your Excellency without hesitation…”
Yao Ji elegantly ignored their flattery. After they had flattered enough, they also led Yao Ji out of the Hollow. However, as they were leaving the Hollow, the Thug hesitated, turned around, and asked, “Your Excellency, we only have carrot data for the black market…”
Yao Ji immediately handed over the carrot data she had just snatched not long ago, and after handing it over, she didn’t forget to remind him, “Backup it, and don’t take the carrot away.”
The Thug saw the official mark on it and couldn’t help but swallow. He also realized that this big shot in front of him was truly the type not to be provoked. Then, he obediently and promptly backed up the data.
“Don’t feel like you’re at a disadvantage. This data belongs to Anti-Air Division Six. If they find out you took their carrot, what do you think will happen to you?” Yao Ji remained expressionless.
Upon hearing this, the surrounding minions, including their boss, the Thug Boss, suddenly felt that this person was indeed reliable, at least she didn’t betray her teammates… if they counted as such.
If Yao Ji was indeed the Section Chief of Anti-Air Division Six.
“Then, Your Excellency, where are we going?”
“To the black market. Also, after we get to the black market, you still can’t leave,” Yao Ji said expressionlessly, “The previous carrot data counts as the second reward. I need to get familiar with the environment there.”