The weapon refiner is not doing her job properly

Chapter 130 A New Job Comes to Your Door
Not long after Su Ninglong and her group left the abandoned resort, a group of bold and somewhat curious young people appeared at the resort.

They wore rain gear of various colors and peeked furtively ahead.

The once magnificent visitor center now resembles a giant "haunted house" standing amidst overgrown weeds, with dark, empty windows and mostly dilapidated surrounding buildings, their walls crumbling and roofs collapsed.

The weeds on the ground, nourished by a little rain, were exceptionally lush and green, exuding vitality.

However, instead of bringing life, the vibrant greenery added a touch of gloom and eeriness against the backdrop of the dilapidated buildings, making the visitor center even more terrifying.

"My God, the destructive power... it must have been done by some powerful hunter." A young man's voice was filled with disbelief and amazement.

"I've never heard of any hunter with such an exaggerated special ability."

"Just because we haven't heard about it doesn't mean it doesn't exist."

As they whispered among themselves, they raised their wrists and used the built-in camera on their wristbands to take photos of the eerie visitor center and its surroundings from multiple angles.

The freshly produced "haunted house adventure" footage, along with footage of lightning striking that the camera had previously captured, was packaged and uploaded to Douban, one of the most popular social media platforms at the time.

The videos uploaded by these young people have all sorts of catchy titles, each one more eye-catching than the last.

Don't miss out! Experience an immersive, real-life abandoned haunted house.

[A Hunter's Special Ability That 99% of People Don't Know? Live Footage, a Miracle You Can't Miss in Your Lifetime.]

[A lightning bolt struck the resort—was it really the work of a hunter? Seeking expert advice!]

The edited video is quite impactful, especially the lightning that tears the sky apart and the eerie close-up of the visitor center.

The comments section quickly became lively, with various speculations and discussions emerging:
"Wait, this place looks familiar. Isn't this the resort area on the Star Alliance Academy planet that was abandoned not long after it was built?" (Directions: Planet - Precise Location.)
"It's obviously fake, photoshopped, the traces are too obvious, okay? Nowadays, people will make up anything for clicks."

“If the person upstairs doesn’t need their eyes, they can donate them. I was right next door and saw it with my own eyes, and a group of more than a dozen of my friends could also witness it.”

"Hilarious, they only dared to scout ahead with a dozen or so people."

"We found a blind spot upstairs, hahaha, I thought it was strange at first too, aren't there usually two or three people on an expedition?"

"Hmm... The cloud formations before the lightning strike were indeed strange. Maybe it was just some rare extreme weather phenomenon that broke out in a specific area... Okay, I can't make this up anymore."

"By the way, haven't you noticed that there are more people with special abilities around us lately? Several students from our school have been recruited by the Star Alliance and the Star Radiance Alliance this semester."

"To be honest, what impact does it have on our ordinary lives? My neighbors are two brothers who were approached by the Star Alliance before. But they came back in less than a week. Why? Because their special abilities are too useless. One can make the fruit hanging on the tree slightly sweeter, and the other can at most make the potted plants grow a little more vigorously. The Hunter Organization needs people who can fight, withstand attacks, or rescue people. They don't even look at these kinds of life support characters."

"Perhaps their abilities will become stronger later on?"

"You're overthinking it. The Star Alliance isn't a charity; they're a purely private, profit-driven organization. In their eyes, investing resources in training requires a clear return."

"Don't say that about the Star Alliance. The Star Alliance and the Star Alliance are doing real work and are really working hard to help ordinary people. They're really going all out. You just haven't seen the mutants and the families killed by the Mystic Spirits. Once you have, you'll definitely change your opinion of them."

"Yes, last month, my neighbor's house was blocked, and the Star Alliance helped resolve it."

"We are relieved that the Star Alliance is getting stronger and stronger."

……

Upon returning to the academy, Su Ninglong immediately handed the payment to Tong Zi.

"Thank you, Teacher Tong." She said sincerely.

Tong Zi accepted the Qingxin earrings with both hands, confirmed that they were indeed the sacred artifacts from last time, and put them into her bosom.

Her gaze involuntarily drifted again to the quietly standing fish-lipped robot, and she whispered to Su Ninglong, "Does your teacher... accept commissions for custom-made sacred artifacts?"

Tong Zi's eyes gleamed with longing for a custom-made sacred artifact. Yun Fei's flawless artifact was the envy of many hunters, who all asked him where he had dug it up (or bought it).

No one could glean even the slightest bit of information.

Others might not know, but how could Tong Zi not guess?
"You can ask me directly." The unique electronic synthesized voice of the fish-lipped robot suddenly sounded: "I can take on this task for you, to save money for my apprentice and acquire some assets."

Tong Zi was slightly taken aback.

This "Master Su" really has an unconventional and down-to-earth style.

Doesn't that mean she only spends money when she's short of cash or when she's in the mood? That's quite capricious.

With a quick thought running through her mind, Tong Zi immediately seized the opportunity, "That's great, Master Su. If it's convenient, shall we find a quiet place to talk in detail?"

The grotesquely shaped head of the fish-lipped robot nodded slightly. "Okay."

She then went with Tong Zi to the Hunter's House to talk.

Watching her "master" walk away, Su Ninglong subconsciously rubbed the ring on her thumb with her fingertips.

It's better to act separately; at least in the eyes of others, she and Master Su are two distinct individuals.

Su Ninglong calculated her current funds: mission rewards, the sale of sacred artifacts, and the previous transaction fees from Lei Qingya. In total, she actually had over ten million star coins.

But she only had one million Star Coins left in her savings account, and she had no recollection of how she used the money in her empty pocket.

This amount of money can only buy a very small plot of land in the Star Alliance region, where land is extremely valuable.

Su Ninglong suddenly recalled the abandoned resort area she had just left. The scenery was nice, and the place was spacious and open enough... She just wondered if that piece of land might be available for sale.

It's a bit far away, but at least it's still on this planet.

As for buying a house on the main planet... haha!
With a glimmer of hope for the resort land in mind, Su Ninglong turned on her bracelet and started searching for past bidding information for that area.

The number that popped up made her gasp instantly: 30 million Star Coins! Just for a piece of land in the suburbs?
Even robbery wasn't as swift as it.

She counted on her fingers, her mind racing, figuring out how many Qingxin earrings she would need to craft and sell to raise that astronomical sum.

Even custom-made magical artifacts would require five or six orders to reach this astronomical sum. This doesn't even include the enormous expenses of building houses later on. An invisible pressure loomed over her, and Su Ninglong suddenly felt with all her heart how "touching" the price level was in the interstellar era.

Looking at the long "wish list" lying in my shopping cart, and then glancing at the depressing land prices, I decided to simply ignore it.

Su Ninglong closed the list page and, to change her mood, casually opened the Douli platform.

Coincidentally, the video that was pushed to the user was the same one filmed by that clingy group, the "lightning spectacle" she had created not long ago.

The video has gained popularity and has clearly attracted considerable attention.

Su Ninglong re-examined the dazzling lightning from an outsider's perspective, and the scene was indeed very impactful; one could feel the immense power even through the screen.

A smile involuntarily crept onto her lips as she thought to herself: How cool! This scene is simply awesome.

With a touch of smugness, he casually shared the video with Lei Qingya and said to her, "Look, look at this effect! With this lightning-summoning technique alone, if I went to be a star, wouldn't I be able to directly become a national idol?"

"Lightning Summoning Technique? Isn't that for advancing to the Lightning Tribulation?" Lei Qingya replied almost instantly.

Su Ninglong placed her clean little feet on her own Dingding Mouse doll, and said, "It works."

Now that he has reached the Foundation Establishment stage, Ancestor Duobao should possess more powerful magic weapons, preferably those capable of defeating opponents of higher levels with a single blow.

Lei Qingya suddenly remembered something: "There really is an event to select people with special abilities to become stars. My dad organized a nationwide recruitment to let people with special abilities become stars, and the government approved it."

"Didn't your dad not believe in the Star Alliance and the Mystic Spirits?"

“He doesn’t believe it, but he loves making money. People with special abilities do exist, and he can’t ignore it,” Lei Qingya said. “Do you want to participate? If you do, I can help you register.”

"No way! You're at the age to study, what are you doing playing around?" Old Master Su, the old-fashioned man, withdrew his "interest" online.

"Can you help me contact these two people?" Su Ninglong pointed to the two brothers in the comments section who had been rejected by the Star Glory Alliance.

The two brothers' special abilities were exactly what Su Ninglong needed. She wanted to grow some things but had no one to help her, and their appearance was just what she wanted.

However, this means they can no longer rent the school's land, as the Star Alliance will definitely mind since they have been involved in the Star Alliance.

There are gains and losses; hopefully, the other party won't be too greedy.

Xingyuan swiped open the memo on the bracelet's screen and began to report the intelligence: "Yuan Ming's (Yuan Mingxing's) judgment is in. All the fraudulent money will be returned, using Yuan Ming's savings. As for the part that is still missing, the police will continue to investigate."

"Because he was not involved in any deaths, his abilities had been abolished, and his harm to society was reduced, he was only sentenced to five years in prison."

"Five years in prison?" Lei Qingya felt it was too lenient and sighed, "Although everyone is equal before the law, isn't this sentence too light? When he gets out again, I wonder how many people he'll be able to fool with his pretty-boy nature."

Su Ninglong: "There's an old saying in interstellar space: the internet has a memory. Five years isn't enough time for people to forget his existence. After he came out, he watched the new stars rise, saw his former fans stop following him, couldn't use his curse ability, and was looked down upon wherever he went. How do you think he felt?"

“It’s worse than death.” Lei Qingya suddenly realized that Yuan Ming might as well have spent more than ten years in prison before coming out. With such a huge drop in mentality, he might do bad things again after he got out.

The detective Xingyuan had previously hired has also completed his investigation into the identity of the assassin who killed Yuan Ming's manager.

The killer was once a follower of the Church of Awakening. He was an orphan from a young age and had almost no social interaction. No one knew that he possessed special abilities, but he often went to charity organizations to collect cheap meals.

The detective suspects he gets his assassin jobs from these places.

Moreover, the only parts of the assassin's body that were not modified were his internal organs and head and neck, and the exorbitant cost of those modifications must have been funded by someone behind the scenes.

The detective stopped there, not daring to investigate further.

The payment was reduced to one-third of the original amount.

"Should we change the detective?" Xingyuan was inclined to stop investigating. The assassin organization was too murky, and Su Ninglong could easily be dragged into the mire. "To investigate further, we need to hire experienced spiritual detectives, and the reward will be five times higher."

Su Ninglong's heart was bleeding; information was indeed the most valuable resource. "Do you have any trustworthy detectives?"

“Yes, have you forgotten? Ms. Zou is an intelligence gatherer. Detectives also work part-time as intelligence agents for the Star Alliance.” Xingyuan gave her a few candidates. “Let me make it clear beforehand, even at five times the price, they might not be willing to take the job. I can only ask them one by one.”

If the spiritualist cult, charitable organizations, the media industry, and assassins are all connected, the risk of a single spiritualist investigating them is indeed too high.

"Let's pause for a bit," Su Ninglong said, fearing that a deeper investigation might lead to someone's death. "We'll look for more information after the Star Police's follow-up investigation."

"And then..." Now for the important part, Xingyuan's magnetic voice was filled with excitement: "Star Police hopes you can help seal or destroy the abilities of certain people."

This means that Su Ninglong has another part-time job opportunity, allowing her to avoid frequently facing the vicious spirits.

Last time, when dealing with the Gathering Throat, Xingyuan was restless and wished that the child would always stay on the back line of the battle.

Naturally, you'd love a child you raised yourself more and wouldn't want her to face violence.

"Many criminals are now imprisoned on distant planets. They want you to seal or destroy them, just like you did with Yuan Ming."

Depending on the star rating, you'll be paid between 1,000 and 5,000 star coins per person; you can negotiate the price.

Su Ninglong urgently needs money, and since it's legal, it's not unreasonable for her to act as a stifler.

"Sealing and destroying are not simple matters."

Since she had already set up a master, she certainly didn't want to show herself in person, lest those guys remember her—that wouldn't be a good thing.

Wait a minute, the Star Police need this kind of talent. Does that mean she's a rare talent for the interstellar government?
They offer many preferential treatments to talented individuals.

There's such a large open space in front of the school... If others can't buy it, then as a "probationary disciple" of the law enforcement department, is there a possibility that she could?

After pondering for a moment, Su Ninglong pretended to contact the fish-lipped robot, and half an hour later, she explained her bottom line and requirements to Xingyuan one by one.

"Make two points clear with them. First, I need partial usage rights to the vacant land in front of the school to create a planting area and build a dedicated workshop. In exchange, my master can provide technical support, and Lei Lei can also lend a hand in the future. Second..."

Su Ninglong paused, her tone becoming serious and leaving no room for doubt, "My master only accepts the ability destruction service for death row inmates who have no possibility of reprieve and must be executed. For other prisoners, he only provides sealing services."