Chapter Three: The Sale and the Black Tower’s Arrival

The two girls leaned against each other, eagerly browsing through the merchandise.

“This bamboo dragonfly looks pretty interesting—it can actually fly when placed on your head!”

“This Anywhere Door is quite nice. It can teleport you anywhere within 10,000 kilometers, but it’s a bit pricey—100,000 star coins!”

“This starry sky camera looks great, and there’s even a pink version. Let me see... it has built-in magic with unlimited film and can develop photos instantly! This is literally my dream gadget!”

“This Trash Bin Scratch Card lottery is kind of fun; you can win prizes worth up to 500,000 star coins!”

The two girls chatted excitedly, chattering back and forth as they discussed the goods.

Ye Yun quietly sipped her soda on the side, watching the two select their items.

More than ten minutes later, the two girls finally turned off their phones, having chosen what they wanted to buy.

March Seven took out her 1,000 star coins and handed them to Ye Yun.

“Here, Ye Yun, I want to buy that starry sky camera!”

Hearing this, Ye Yun glanced at the price of the camera—it was exactly 1,000 star coins.

With a snap of her fingers, Ye Yun summoned a bubble enclosing the camera, which appeared between the three of them.

March Seven focused her eyes on it.

“This is it! This is it! Ye Yun, here’s the money!”

Ye Yun pointed at the bubble.

“You place the star coins on the bubble, and once the amount is sufficient, you’ll receive the item.”

Without hesitation, March Seven slapped the coins onto the bubble.

The coins and bubble vanished simultaneously, and the starry sky camera materialized into March Seven’s hands.

Excited, March Seven immediately started taking pictures.

“Wow! The resolution is so clear! It feels sharper than my own eyes!”

Ye Yun smiled.

“I’m glad you like it.”

Then Ye Yun looked toward Xing.

“How about you? What do you want to buy?”

Xing held 2,000 star coins.

“I want the Trash Bin Scratch Card lottery! Give me two cans!”

Ye Yun inwardly sighed.

Indeed, when she had transcribed this item earlier, she had thought Xing would pick it.

For Xing, this was a perfect countermeasure—she had absolutely no resistance to it.

Ye Yun checked the price and summoned two bubbles.

Each Trash Bin Scratch Card cost 1,000 star coins.

Without a word, Xing grabbed her coins and slapped them onto the two bubbles.

“Clunk!”

“Clunk!”

Two heavy thuds sounded as the luminous, sparkling trash bins appeared on the ground.

Xing tapped on the two bins, listening to the sounds coming from inside.

March Seven noticed and walked over for a closer look.

“Xing, why are you buying this? Scratch cards usually don’t yield good prizes.”

Xing patted her chest confidently.

“Normal people definitely don’t get good prizes. But I’m not normal! Am I? No way! I’m the future Galactic Bat Hero!”

March Seven was speechless. What kind of titles did Xing give herself? Galactic Bat Hero? How embarrassingly over-the-top.

At that moment, a voice sounded nearby.

“Found you. Is that coin the one you sold to Xing?”

The three turned to see who had spoken. Xing looked slightly surprised.

“Black Tower? What are you doing here?”

Black Tower glanced at Xing indifferently.

“Of course, I followed you here.”

Then Black Tower ignored Xing and looked at Ye Yun.

“Is that coin the one you sold?”

Ye Yun nodded and handed her phone over.

“Yes, take a look. Everything listed here is what I have for sale.

If what you want isn’t listed, just tell me the features of the items you’re looking for.

Here, as long as you have enough star coins, you can buy anything you want!”

Black Tower became intrigued.

“Star coins? What are those? How do you get them?”

Ye Yun explained,

“Star Quartz. Currently, only Star Quartz can be exchanged for star coins in this world. One Star Quartz equals 100 star coins.”

Black Tower understood and sent a message to Aisida to deliver some Star Quartz.

Then she took Ye Yun’s phone and began browsing.

Xing glanced at Black Tower but ignored her and resumed opening her cans.

She rubbed her hands together, muttering prayers and incantations.

Black Tower sighed.

“Xing, research shows that luck has no connection to these superstitions.”

Xing turned her head.

“You don’t understand—these things work if you believe in them, and don’t if you don’t.”

With that, Xing opened one of the trash bins.

In the next moment, dazzling light burst forth from the bin, so bright that everyone present had to squint—even Black Tower’s doll, which was a lifelike automaton she had created.

Xing forced her eyes open, staring into the bin with excitement written all over her face.

A golden legend!!!!!

When the light faded, the trash bin disappeared, replaced by a box of canned herring.

Curious, Xing picked up the can and shook it.

“What’s this?”

March Seven was also curious.

“Could it be fish food? There’s a fish drawing on the label.”

Black Tower gave the two girls a disdainful look.

“Idiots are idiots. This is canned fish, an old food from many years ago.”

Neither March Seven nor Xing had ever eaten canned food, so naturally they didn’t recognize it.

Xing was a star-core spirit with memory loss; March Seven was part of a train crew, where they had Chef Pam cooking fresh meals; canned food? That simply didn’t exist.

Upon hearing this, Xing was about to open the can and taste it.

Ye Yun quickly stopped her.

“Wait!”

Xing looked puzzled.

“Why? Isn’t this food? I’m a bit hungry, so I wanted to try it.”

Ye Yun thought for a moment and decided to tell the truth, to make Xing understand the seriousness of the matter.

“It is indeed edible, but the smell… well, it’s best not to open it around other people.”

Xing immediately understood.

Ah... so this stuff can’t be eaten...

Suddenly, an idea flashed in her mind, and her eyes lit up.

She put the can away and looked at the other trash bin.

March Seven placed her hands on her hips.

“Xing, why don’t you return this bin? You won’t get anything good from it, and it’s expensive—1,000 star coins each.”

Xing shook her head and without hesitation opened the bin!

After another burst of golden light, the trash bin vanished, and a pair of pistols appeared in its place.

Xing looked disappointed. She had spent 2,000 star coins and gotten only these two items. The canned herring might have some use in certain places, but the pistols? Not much use at all.

At that moment, Ye Yun looked at Xing as if she had seen a ghost.

“What kind of luck is that?”

Xing shrugged helplessly.

“Yeah, my luck is really bad.”

Ye Yun said,

“No, do you even know what you just pulled out?”

Xing shook her head, curious about Ye Yun’s reaction.

“Ye Yun, did I actually get something good?”

Ye Yun didn’t hesitate.

“Let me tell you this: if you bought these here, they’d cost 200,000 star coins.

These pistols have very imposing names:

‘Keys of the Gods! Divine Fire Judgment!’”