Esper X Family – Chapter 404 – The System Has Its Eye on the Savings Again (Bonus Update Bounty in Progress)

In the past, Ye Yao had used the system’s family location tracker function to find the locations of the three lost family members.

In the end, she had only managed to find An Qi and Yu Jin.

The last one was nowhere to be found.

Later, a deep scan function was unlocked on the family location tracking feature, allowing her to find a target even if they were hiding in another dimension.

That made Ye Yao wonder if this last family member was hiding in some unknown dimension.

Although, generally speaking, the person would be considered dead if their fate was unknown, what if they were still alive?

That was also the reason Ye Yao hadn’t used her attribute points immediately after saving up one hundred.

“Sigh, I’ll just try to find this last family member first. If even a deep scan can’t find them, then they’re really dead, and I’ll just have to lead everyone in a three second moment of silence.”

Ye Yao muttered to herself, then activated the system’s deep scan.

【Detected that the target is not in the same dimension as the host.】

Ye Yao’s petite body jolted.

Holy crap! They’re alive! They’re actually not dead!

Ye Yao had almost been ready to have Ye Tong gather everyone in Sequence Zero to prepare funeral arrangements for this last family member.

Even though they had never met, they still deserved a grand farewell ceremony!

Mu Luo would definitely have to keep vigil for several days too.

After all, he was the one who brought them back. If the person got lost and died, he bore some responsibility.

She hadn’t expected the system to actually find them.

They were indeed in a different dimension, which was quite interesting.

“Interesting. It should cost some attribute points to bring them back. Good thing I didn’t use them all.”

A long time had passed. She wondered how the final companion of Sequence Zero was doing.

Since the system could still detect them, it meant that they were alive and well.

The fact that they had survived this long meant that there was no immediate danger to their life.

Perhaps they were just hiding somewhere, living peacefully, completely unaware that the times had changed.

In this era, Sequence Zero no longer needed to hide from the Countermeasures Bureau. She could just bring this last companion back!

“Hmm, let me see how much mental power the system needs to shatter the void?”

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【Traveling to the specified dimension will consume 100 attribute points. Would you like to confirm?】

Ye Yao: “?”

The white-haired loli expressionlessly closed the family location tracker panel, slowly got onto the bed under Luo Jianhua’s curious gaze, picked up her pillow, and slammed it back down onto the mattress.

She punched it with her left fist, then her right!

“Stupid system! Useless system!! Lousy system!!! You’re eyeing my attribute points again! I’ll beat you to death!”

Ye Yao hadn’t even been this angry when Lou Wei had silently mocked her.

A girl’s blush can surpass all curses.

What did consuming one hundred attribute points meant?

When she had torn through the void in the Yunited States back then, it had cost her 5 and 10 attribute points respectively.

So, why had it increased tenfold upon her return?

It was definitely the desire sensor ¹ 仓库检索cangkujiansuo (warehouse search) in raws. It’s basically the urban legend that gacha game devs spy on your account’s savings and manipulate the gacha so that you always end up just short of getting the character you want… !

It was absolutely that despicable system, setting a trap because it saw her hoarding addiction flare up!

Why else would it cost exactly one hundred attribute points?

The system really needs a good beating!

Ye Yao gritted her teeth.

You’d better be able to turn into a loli for me to vent on!

Otherwise, once she proved her Dao to become an Emperor later, she would eventually cut herself free from the system, dragging it out to give it a severe beating.

Ye Yao vented on the pillow for a while before finally calming down.

“ Hoo~ ”

“Sister, what happened? Who upset you?”

Luo Jianhua cast a concerned glance her way.

Could it be Mr. Lou Wei?

Ye Yao had indeed seemed quite frustrated when she lost to him in the game earlier.

Ye Yao shook her head.

“It’s some useless thing eyeing my little savings, Little Luo. Pay it no mind.”

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She was roasting, no, thinking.

Getting angry was one thing, venting was another, but the system’s ability to guide was undeniable.

The only reasonable explanation was equivalent exchange.

The key word was ‘equivalent’.

What kind of spatial barrier required consuming a full one hundred attribute points to break through?

If she added these one hundred attribute points to her status panel and underwent fission, she could probably treat Bluestar like a cup!

And yet, the system was demanding such a high price, wanting to use such valuable attribute points just to tunnel through a spatial barrier.

What was the deal?

Was the place on the other side of this space the underworld or something?

One hundred attribute points for a direct ticket to the Eighteenth Level of Hell, could it help someone fight the resurrection match to escape the underworld?

If that was the case, Ye Yao felt that spending the one hundred attribute points wasn’t a loss.

Being able to cosplay the Great Sage, Heaven’s Equal ² Sun Wukong’s title. In case you’re unfamiliar with Sun Wukong’s lore, he went to Hell and wiped his name and every monkey he knew from the Book of Life and Death, which is basically a Death Note but for natural lifespan. and cause havoc in the underworld would be worth it, even if it cost her a hundred attribute points, or even her life!

Unfortunately, Ye Yao had no idea what kind of novel experience spending one hundred attribute points would yield.

This never-before-met family member…

She would leave them be for now!

She had already delayed for so long. There was no need to hurry.

She would wait until she got back to the Countermeasures Bureau headquarters and ask the mysterious Tu Sheng.

Impulsive spending is not advisable!

It was better to treat herself!

Ye Yao took a deep breath.

“Little Luo, I’m ready to wash away my shame. I have a feeling I’ll definitely succeed this time.”

Three hundred attribute points weren’t enough?

Then she would add all her attribute points!

Wasn’t the whole point of saving up to one hundred to enjoy this moment?

That wretched system could forget about using her family to morally blackmail her out of attribute points!

It wouldn’t be too late to bring them back when she had attribute points to spare!

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Luo Jianhua blinked, quickly guessing what Ye Yao meant.

“Is Sister going to challenge Mr. Lou Wei again?”

“No. He is the challenger here.”

Ye Yao’s eyes were filled with depth and confidence.

“I’m not the same as before. The me as I am now can definitely do it!”

“Then… good luck, Sister?”

What else could Luo Jianhua say?

She couldn’t exactly use【Eyes Obscured by a Single Leaf】to assist Ye Yao, could she?

Using her ability to interfere with Lou Wei? Really?

All she could do was cheer Ye Yao on.

Ye Yao was swift to act.

Using her main body to fight was out of the question. She was a survivalist!

It was better to send out a disposable clone, which wouldn’t be missed if destroyed, to go and hiss at Lou Wei.

Meanwhile.

Xia Lian, who was learning how to cook, brought a plate of something pitch-black ³ It’s here! The specialty food of anime girls!! Mystery Food X!!! to Ye Tong.

Apparently, it was supposed to be scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

“White Catty, wanna try it?”

Xia Lian looked at Ye Tong with expectant eyes.

Ye Tong expressionlessly swept the garbage into the trash can.

“I’ll whip you if you waste food again! If you have no talent, stay out of the kitchen!”

“Wh-Why!? White Catty is treating my good intentions so cruelly, I’m so sad…”

Xia Lian went to a corner to draw circles ⁴ , looking utterly aggrieved.

“I was even going to have the newly returned Wu Meow and Pink Catty try it…”

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“If you dare feed that slop to my friends, I won’t just whip you. I’ll make you eat a fire poker ⁵ Used to adjust firewood. !”

Grandma’s soup ⁶ 奶奶滴nainaidi, a meme that comes from a war movie called《Fierce Battle in Jiangnan》. Long story short, a mole poisoned the soup and served it to others, but they all knew it’s poisoned so they didn’t touch it. The mole then took out a grenade and asked “Why won’t you drink it!?” before attempting to blow up with everyone, and the scene was turned into a meme. !

She just ate some delicious food at Mama Xiao Jing’s place, and then Xia Lian brought over that… thing. Just the sight alone nearly made her throw up.

This clueless woman really needs a good retorting!

“It’d be better to contact Old Mu to bring back some takeout from a restaurant. If I ever see you messing around in the kitchen again, I’ll stab you hard with a fire poker!”

“Waaah~”

Xia Lian made a pitiful sound from the corner.

Ye Tong snorted lightly, ignoring the annoying woman.

She looked at the three little lolis sitting in a row on the sofa.

“Wumi, Fang Tang, An Qi, you guys stay at home. I’m going out to arrange a fight. If nothing unexpected happens, I’ll be back victorious by evening!”

(Kids, the bounty is open. For every 300 gift points ⁷ 1 Yuan = 1 point. I dropped a 500 Yuan dono… , I will add an extra chapter. There’s no upper limit.

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Author Note

Kids, the bounty has begun, and I’m going to challenge myself!

However, I don’t think there will be many extra chapters. Fewer people are following the story at this point, and many authors only offer bounties when there are more readers in the early stages.

So it should be no problem!

I’ve started up! I’ve started up!

Text: Just put the red envelope here

Translator Note

Sadly, I got outwhaled… the other whale dropped 85 more than me.

At least I’m still #1 in all-time donation.

By the way, there are two author notes. One in the chapter itself and another in the usual spot. Authors tend to put important notes in the chapter itself since people might skip otherwise.