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"Maybe I'll even make a name for myself and become a legend in the history of the Cloud Knights!"
Thinking of how her strength would skyrocket and how she would become invincible across the Xianzhou, Li Sushang began fantasizing about what she would look like after becoming a great figure.
"Poor child."
Sylvester lowered his gaze, blew lightly over the tea in his cup, and took a soft sip.
Were the children of the Xianzhou really under this much academic pressure?
Yanqing was one thing—Sword Champion sounded easy to say, just two words from the mouth, but judging from March 7th's training situation, the hardships he endured must have been far greater than they appeared.
But at least that still made reasonable sense. After all, he was the General's disciple. If he wasn't more hardworking than everyone else, how could that ever be justified?
In comparison, Li Sushang seemed much more pitiful.
She already had a little deficiency in terms of intellect, and her mother still pushed her relentlessly every day.
Other people opened trash cans carrying grand ambitions.
Even March 7th had a heroine's lofty wish… accompanied by the desire to slack off and escape training.
But Li Sushang's thoughts were extremely pure—her first reaction was to escape her mother's looming shadow before even thinking about her own future.
"Shangshang, I'm opening my trash can first, okay?"
Seeing Li Sushang standing there as if she had already achieved everything, happily imagining her bright future, Guinaifen didn't interrupt her. After calling out softly, she went to the counter and handed her Jade Abacus to Sylvester.
"Oh, sure. You go ahead, haha."
Realizing she had just made a fool of herself in public, Li Sushang felt her face burn slightly, but luckily her best friend helped smooth it over.
Without changing her expression, she silently walked to the resting area, just like patrolling during duty in her Cloud Knights class.
Guinaifen checked her various accounts and found she could buy at most eight trash cans.
Ay, I came too unprepared. Should've found someone to divine my luck for today before coming.
With her wallet's power limited, she decided to test the waters first. If bad luck struck, she would stop immediately and come back next time.
"Boss Sylvester, let me open two first and see how my luck is."
Sylvester raised his hand to scan her payment. After receiving the credits, he pointed toward the shelves. "Alright, please go ahead."
Thinking about how opening a steel lid could mean watching a full million Credits vanish from someone's account, Guinaifen's earlier blind optimism faded. She began carefully examining each trash can.
She stood on tiptoe to observe the top row first, then gradually moved downward.
Guinaifen rested one hand on her slim waist, the other tapping her chin with her index finger. Staring at the indistinguishable trash cans, her little face showed a hint of trouble.
"Instinct… trust your instinct."
She recited her little luck-mantra to herself, and when her eyes swept past a certain trash can, she suddenly brightened, a strange flutter rising in her chest.
Maybe this one was compatible with her?
Guinaifen's brows arched with joy. She pulled the can out, lifted the lid, and tugged it upward in one motion.
A surge of blue light burst out.
Guinaifen's lips curled into a small joyful circle, and she closed her eyes in satisfaction.
She already understood these cans well. A blue Curio wasn't particularly powerful, but it always returned its value, and if luck was a little better, it could even bring in a big profit.
Although it was only a blue-tier Curio, Guinaifen was far happier than the customers before her.
Because as a well-known streamer, she had heard plenty from online circles.
Many sellers on streaming platforms were already branding their goods as Curios and selling them at sky-high prices. Tens of thousands of items had been sold collectively—whether any of them were real Curios was a mystery, and how many people wasted their money was even more unknown.
But just a few days ago, the Realm-Keeping Commission had arrested a new batch of scammers—likely because of this matter.
Compared to those poor victims, she had gotten something genuinely useful!
As the light faded, a slip of paper—woven from blue and pink hues—appeared in Guinaifen's hand.
What was this?
Seeing Guinaifen's slightly curious look toward him, Sylvester chuckled. "This thing is called the [Galactic Grand Lotto]. Mm, Guinaifen, you mentioned earlier that you wanted to get rich, right? With this Curio, maybe you really can."
"Oh?!"
Hearing Sylvester's explanation, Guinaifen lit up. This matched her hopes perfectly!
She didn't love money per se, but as an outworlder whose homeland had been destroyed, the very first obstacle to surviving on the Xianzhou was money.
If she couldn't solve that problem, she would have no energy to chase anything else.
If the [Galactic Grand Lotto]could help her achieve financial freedom, then she could finally stream whatever she truly loved!
Surely no one actually thought she liked smashing stones with her chest that much, right?!
"How do I use it?"
Facing Guinaifen's eager tone, Sylvester explained patiently, "Just scan the QR code on it with your banking app. It'll bind to your account. Every day at midnight, it draws automatically."
He held up two fingers. "There's a 70% chance you get nothing, but there's also a 20% chance you get one million Credits."
"So convenient? I can just lie in bed, sleep all night, do nothing, and I still have a chance to get a million Credits?"
Hearing this effect, Guinaifen exclaimed outright.
If calculated by probability, thirty days in a month meant six million Credits!
It was far from the fortunes of great merchants, but it was still a proper elite income. More importantly, she didn't have to work for it at all—it was literally free money falling from the sky!
And most importantly, this wasn't a one-time deal.
If nothing went wrong, she could live off this for life!
This was incredible!
"Congratulations, Little Gui. One trash can and you've achieved your dream! At this rate, you could become famous with a single move."
Li Sushang rose to congratulate her. "If this keeps up, maybe you'll go all the way and just buy out the Interastral Peace Corporation someday."
"Ahahaha, it's not that easy."
Guinaifen tried to sound modest, but the smile on her face refused to fade at all.
Maybe she was truly lucky today—maybe she could really accomplish something big?
A spark of ambition ignited under her best friend's compliments.
"Well, who knows! Let me calculate this—seventy percent, twenty percent, add them together, then…"
Li Sushang appeared to be seriously thinking about acquiring the Corporation, counting with her fingers.
Thankfully, the problem was still within her ability. She scratched her head, unsure. "Eh? Feels like there's still ten percent left?"
She asked hesitantly, "I didn't miss something, right?"
"Oh, right." Guinaifen laughed. She had noticed it earlier too, but she'd been so focused on how much she could earn that she forgot to ask until Li Sushang reminded her.
"Shopkeeper Sylvester, what's that remaining ten-percent chance? Can it give even more money?"