The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers
Chapter 53 - 053 Human tragedy!!!

Chapter 53: 053 Human tragedy!!!

Not thinking about the problem was one thing. But once I started, numerous things stopped making sense.

Why, out of the blue, would I get so many emails? With Star Network’s powerful monitoring capabilities, there’s no way there could be any rogue software.

Besides, the first time might be dismissed, but the second time, my inbox suddenly flooded with over 10 million emails? What’s the deal, are they swamped with idle time?

...

There must have been something I overlooked.

Ji You rubbed her temples; she had been too focused on learning these days to care about anything else. Now that she thought more about it, something seemed off, and she immediately dropped the axe in her hand to check.

After a long search, she still couldn’t find the reason.

Then she suddenly remembered her online store.

Ji You hurriedly logged in to take a look. To her surprise, the store’s popularity was through the roof?

"!!!"

"Fake, right?"

"How could such a tucked-away little shop have daily traffic in the millions?"

Ji You couldn’t believe her eyes and stared for a long while before accepting that the traffic was indeed that high.

When did this happen?

Next, Ji You carefully checked the time and realized it had surged in popularity a week ago.

"Could it be that people suddenly started to appreciate my craftsmanship? Thinking it unique, a priceless treasure if bought?"

Ji You had a lot of confidence in her own skills. Originally pricing them at 20 credit points each was out of necessity; people here were pragmatic, not fond of pretty but useless things, they only cared about practicality!

Therefore, things like works of art had little appeal.

The bracelets I made by hand, priced at 20, that was truly a loss. From now on, they should go for 1000 credit points each.

Selling 10 would make 10,000, and 100 would then be 100,000, right?

Thinking this, Ji You couldn’t help but smile.

Then, she could no longer manage even a hint of a smile.

Her hands trembling, Ji You muttered, "Wha... what? I sold something worth 1 million for 1,000 credit points? And I almost split my sides laughing?"

"I..."

"Woo..."

"Wah..."

"Awoo awoo awoo..." Grief swiftly overtook her entire body, sorrow seeped into every limb, a feeling of suffocation nearly dragged Ji You into a river of regret to drown, she raised her hand and thumped her head hard...

"What on earth did I do?"

"I sold something worth 9 million for just 9,000 and felt smug about it?"

"I..."

"Miserable, miserable, miserable!"

This poignant tragedy came unexpectedly. Ji You’s emotions were momentarily uncontrollable, and she almost fainted from sadness. Of course—she soon pulled herself together and reopened her store’s emails to go through them meticulously.

Time ticked away.

...

Ji You’s frown deepened.

Does that mean, the bracelets and necklaces I wove, they’re all Soul Devices?

How—

How could that be?

If Soul Devices were so commonly found, they wouldn’t be so scarce in the interstellar era. Soul artifact makers wouldn’t be so sought after.

So——

Definitely, there’s something I don’t understand.

Ji You’s online nickname is ’Qingyou,’ and her shop’s name is ’Green Glaze Workshop.’ Since its opening, she has sold 5 Grass Seed Fruit Bracelets and 9 Grass Seed Fruit Pendants. For both items, the main material is grass seed fruit; other than some dyes and tools, what’s left are worthless threads and silk...

Ji You felt that just as the internet streamer known as ’Ah Da Takes You Treasure Hunting’ said, what she sells isn’t valuable in itself; after all, the materials are common and cheap stuff. What is she selling? In fact, it’s her own craftsmanship.

In the beginning, she put a lot of effort into polishing, designing, and carving the 5 bracelets... The bracelets were beautifully woven, and she thought that even in this era which prioritizes practicality, there should be a market for them.

However...

Harsh reality slapped her in the face.

Afterward.

For the 9 pendants, although Ji You didn’t have high hopes, she was fully dedicated when making them, to the point of neglecting sleep and food, wishing she could keep making them indefinitely. Had she not been so mentally exhausted, she might have produced a 10th or 11th piece.

Hmm?

Exhausted?

Mentally exhausted?

Ji You got a jolt through her body. Could it be— that she had used her spiritual power while crafting?

But——

Aren’t Soul Devices supposed to start with crafting Arrays, and once one has learned the related Array Diagrams, can freely construct those diagrams, and is able to strip away and draw out a few wisps of their spiritual power, seal them into the array to form a cycle?

Let’s not even mention other issues; can I, a person with a Spiritual Level of F and who’s a complete dud, manage to strip away and draw out spiritual power?

That’s got to be a joke.

Moreover, even if I had cheated and was able to strip away and draw out spiritual power, how exactly did I seal the spiritual power and make it automatically generate a cyclical system?

Little do people know, in the entire Universe, many geniuses with a Spiritual Level of S can’t manage this step. It’s not difficult for people with high Spiritual Levels to strip away, condense, compress, and pull out their own spiritual power; what’s difficult? The difficulty lies in the fact that although the spiritual power is successfully sealed within a Medium, it is inert; it cannot initiate a cycle...

So—— this is the most difficult aspect of Soul Artifact Manufacturing.

Does Ji You have this ability?

She’s very doubtful.

"Uh..."

"What’s the key point?"

After fretting for a while, Ji You revisited the initial sales info, which were the first 5 bracelets; they had been sold a few days ago, and 4 people sent additional feedback to Ji You’s shop.

stars - Bai Ji My God: [Shop owner, can I quietly ask if there are more bracelets for sale? When approximately? Can we add each other as friends?]

stars - Duoduo’s Fantastic Flower: [Shop owner, I’ve received the bracelet, and both my sister and I really love it; it looks so beautiful on the wrist.]

stars - Xiao Baibai Not White: [My roommate took my bracelet, which I really liked, but she liked it too; it’s hard for me to say no, so I had no choice but to give it to her. I want to ask the shop owner if there are any more bracelets for sale?]

star - Courting Death Without Fear: [All items are sold out, when will the shop owner restock? I want to wholesale the Grass Seed Fruit Bracelets in bulk, can we add each other to discuss in detail?]

Ji You furrowed her brows.

Firstly, it’s impossible from the additional feedback given by the 4-star and 5-star customers alone to determine whether the bracelets they received are Soul Devices or not. This can be verified later.

However, Ji You can be completely certain about the 3-star customer ’Bai Ji My God,’ and the 1-star customer ’Courting Death Without Fear’; what they’ve purchased must definitely be Soul Devices! Otherwise, they wouldn’t have such an attitude. As for the 1-star customer ’Courting Death Without Fear,’ Ji You had a profound memory of him. She had suspected that the guy must be a professional bad reviewer because his Star Network credit rating was 1 star and he had given a lot of bad reviews to others.

Now, this guy didn’t leave a bad review, which was out of character, and he cunningly wanted to wholesale her bracelets in bulk?

If you say there’s no trickery, no one would believe it!

Huh——

Ji You gritted her teeth, "Fortunately, I’ve been busy gathering Iron Pear Wood recently and had no time to manage the shop otherwise, wouldn’t I be conned by this guy into giving away many Soul Devices?"

You sly devil!

Say he isn’t a professional bad reviewer would be an injustice to him!

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