Chapter 287: I Will Never Yield

"Get a Red! Get a Gold!"

Seeing that Yu Xueqing had returned and even brought back An Sheng—the little fox she had shown off in their WeChat group—Tang You's eyes lit up. She immediately asked Yu Xueqing to borrow the little fox, prepared to use the power of a "Guardian Immortal" to do battle with the source of all evil: Gabe Newell.

"Here we go again."

Seeing Tang You fall into a trance, Mo Yiqing couldn't help but complain to Yu Xueqing and Ling Ren.

Their roommate, who styled herself as the "Cyber Tiankehan," was actually quite skilled at games, rarely suffering defeat in either PC or mobile titles. However, after three years of living together, they all knew one thing:

Once Tang You got involved in the probability-based mechanics of game loot boxes, she would lose her mind.

There was no helping it.

Looking back at the lives of Yu Xueqing, Mo Yiqing, or Ling Ren, none of them could find a single person whose luck was worse than Tang You's—a total "black egg."

Whenever there was a pity system in place, Tang You would inevitably hit the maximum cap every single time.

If she could have gotten the guaranteed reward just one pull earlier, she would have been happy enough to kiss everyone in the dorm.

Tang You's "black egg" status was plain for all to see. Mo Yiqing had even advised her to ask the Consumer Association if she was being targeted by the game company.

But if you called her unlucky, she wouldn't be happy about it.

She would just mutter incomprehensible things about how buying skins was buying shame, and that she, Tang You, would never pay for shame.

Then she would go on to rant about how Gabe Newell deserved to die, or how the "European Emperors" (the lucky ones) didn't understand her pain.

【I... I don't want it to be like this. Even though I know I'm a black egg, you aren't allowed to say it! Quick! Give me a Gold so I can hold my head high! —Tang You, who was pretending to be hopelessly addicted to opening cases, was actually sweating bullets. In her heart, she was praying to every god and Buddha, desperate to show off in front of her roommates. But very unfortunately, she had already opened over three hundred cases without a single gold item appearing.】

【Wish Fulfilled: Cyber Bad Luck Terminator】

"..."

An Sheng looked up at the big sister holding him and let out a soft whine:

"Sister, why don't you stop opening them? CS cases seem pretty expensive. You've already blown through ten thousand; you might as well leave that cash for me. You'd earn Wish Power while I'd earn some pocket money."

Although An Sheng had never played CS: GO, he knew that the game's skins and accessories were incredibly expensive.

As for luck, An Sheng was quite confident in his own.

"I've already primed the pity counter..."

Tang You felt the gazes of her roommates. Even though her heart was bleeding, she maintained a calm facade, gripped the little fox's paw, and clicked the mouse to open a case.

The first pull: a blue-tier gun.

Question marks appeared over An Sheng's head. The confident expression on his face instantly turned to one of hesitation.

The second, third, fourth... they were all blue or white-tier items.

"Sigh! It looks like even the Guardian Immortal isn't working!" Tang You held the little fox's paw and opened ten more boxes, but still saw nothing of value. She let out a sigh.

"..."

At this very moment, the smile on An Sheng's face had completely vanished.

"I may be a little fox, but this is going too far, you big black egg!"

An Sheng, who had been laughed at by the game's opening sequence, let out a huff. Before Tang You could react, he quickly took control of the mouse, clicked on the key, and opened a case on the screen.

"Click, click..."

Countless guns flashed across the screen, and finally, the window stopped on a golden egg.

"?"

Tang You, who had been preparing to put the fox down, froze in place when she saw the golden egg on the screen.

The probability of a gold egg appearing in this game was a pitiful 0.026 percent.

Tang You had only ever seen images of the gold egg on video websites.

In reality, she hadn't even seen a red-tier item, let alone a gold one.

"Clang—"

A knife that looked like an ivory tusk appeared on the computer screen. A silver-black coating, mimicking the texture of marble, covered the blade, and the serrated spine revealed a unique metallic luster.

【Sawtooth Claw Knife · Doppler (Brand New)】

"Hmph!"

Seeing the gold item appear, An Sheng let out a huff, his face regaining its confident expression.

Tang You, however, didn't scream or cheer. She simply opened the game market with practiced ease to check the price of the 【Talon Knife】.

【Talon Knife | Doppler: 13,000】

Tang You, who had been wearing a dazed expression, saw the price, and a sharp glint instantly erupted from her vacant eyes.

She put the little fox down from her arms and shifted from a cross-legged position to a half-crouch on the sofa.

"Holy sh*t—"

Tang You leaped off the fabric sofa and used all her strength to let out a desperate, earth-shattering scream:

"I f*cking got a Gold in CS: GO! I got a Gold in a game with no pity system! Holy sh*t!"

"Tonight, dinner, drinks, and the bathhouse are all on me!"

Compared to the money she had poured into the game, the value of the Talon Knife was just a drop in the bucket.

But what Tang You cared about wasn't the price; it was the Gold!

Those sand-brained group members were always showing off what they had pulled, and Tang You had been holding in a breath of frustration, unable to pull a single gold item herself.

She even felt that her E-cup bust size was a result of all that pent-up frustration inflating her chest.

Today, she was going to take revenge for everything she had lost and all the times she had been mocked!

【The Cyber Bad Luck Terminator's wish has been fulfilled. Lord Fuli has exerted his heaven-defying power to drive away bad luck, proving his own name as a bringer of auspiciousness, suppressing cyber-evil spirits with his fist, and making the cyber-evil spirits lose so much money they have to take the bus to work.】

【Wish Power +1】

"... Although I got the Wish Power and proved that the 'African' (unlucky) attribute belonged to Tang You—that it was her fault, not mine—why can't I feel happy about it?"

Seeing the Talon Knife valued at 13,000, the smile on the little fox's face transferred entirely to Tang You's.

How much tea could this buy? It would be enough to stir the iron wok until sparks flew.

"I know you, you're Fox Grandpa, Fox Grandpa!"

Just as An Sheng was wondering if he should cooperate with the Golden Hedgehog to open a casino and balance out his frustrated mood, the Qin Ling Xiong Mao cub—which An Sheng had been ignoring—hugged his feet with its two little paws and rolled on the ground, bumping into his arm.

The panda cub froze, looked at An Sheng's face, and a look of sudden realization dawned on it:

"Fat Cat Boss said, if you meet Fox Grandpa, you absolutely must not tell him there's a weapons room on the teaching building floor. I definitely won't tell Fox Grandpa, um... my lips are sealed!"

"I will never yield to Fox Grandpa..." The panda cub looked at Lord Fuli and muttered to itself in a milky voice.

An Sheng: "..."

(End of Chapter)