Stelle looked at Herta, and suddenly an inspiration flashed through her mind—she seemed to have a way to get some Stellar Jades!
Stelle let out a cheeky chuckle and took out the Coin of the Pantheon.
"Herta, take a look at this for me."
Herta looked at the Coin of the Pantheon with absolute disdain.
"Isn't this just a coin? What's so special about it?"
Stelle's lips curved upward as she put her hands on her hips.
"Of course it's special! This is a Coin of the Pantheon. You toss it up into the air. If it lands heads up, it restores HP; if it lands tails up, you get struck by lightning. How about that? Pretty powerful, right?"
Hearing this, Herta grew a little interested.
Herta picked up the Coin of the Pantheon and tossed it straight into the air.
Watching the coin fly, Stelle felt a surge of joy—her plot had succeeded! Heh, no matter the outcome, as long as this Coin of the Pantheon was real, she could extort Herta and make her pay out some Stellar Jades as compensation.
The Coin of the Pantheon spun and danced continuously in the air before finally dropping to the ground.
Stelle stretched her neck out to see the result.
[Tails]!
The next second, Herta's puppet suddenly let out a cry, as if taking a heavy blow.
Stelle scratched her head in puzzlement, staring at the Herta puppet in front of her.
To her surprise, aside from making a sound, the Herta puppet didn't move at all.
"What's wrong with you, Herta?"
What Stelle didn't know was that Herta's real body had just been struck by lightning the exact moment the Coin of the Pantheon landed.
Fortunately, she had the Blessing of Erudition on her, so she didn't suffer any serious injuries.
Herta was now thoroughly captivated by this Coin of the Pantheon; this thing could actually target her real body directly and launch an attack.
Herta's real body hurriedly controlled the puppet to pick up the Coin of the Pantheon on the ground.
The very instant the Herta puppet touched the Coin of the Pantheon, the coin dissolved into fine dust and vanished.
"Interesting, this thing is just too interesting! Stelle, where did you get this thing? Do you have any more?"
Stelle shook her head.
"Nope. Besides, this was my only one. Pay up!"
Stelle confidently thrust out her right hand to demand compensation.
Herta said nothing. A few seconds later, a notification chime came from Stelle's phone.
[IPC Treasure account credited: 100,000 Credits!]
Stelle looked at the extra 100,000 Credits in her phone with utter satisfaction.
Later, she would take a portion of it to buy some Stellar Jades from people, and then go find Ye Yun to buy the other two items as well, heh.
After buying them, she would still have a ton of Credits left over. Heh, she really was a genius.
Having received the money, Stelle no longer wanted to waste time here with Herta.
"Um, Herta, I've got things to do today, so let's skip the Simulated Universe testing for today."
To Stelle's surprise, Herta agreed straight away.
By the time Stelle asked for compensation, Herta had already given up on the idea of having Stelle test the Simulated Universe today.
Her willingness to pay compensation so directly was entirely because she wanted Stelle to expose the person who had sold her the Coin of the Pantheon.
Without a doubt, someone capable of selling an item like the Coin of the Pantheon definitely wouldn't have just a single product.
With this money in hand, Stelle would undoubtedly go looking for that merchant again, and all she needed to do was keep an eye on Stelle.
"Go on then. I'm not in the mood for testing today either; we'll talk tomorrow."
With that, the Herta puppet went offline and stood motionless in place.
Seeing this, Stelle raised an eyebrow and walked out of Herta's office.
Along the way, Stelle asked everyone she saw if they had any Stellar Jades or anything similar.
And you know what? By using this method, she really did manage to trade for quite a few Stellar Jades.
She was willing to offer 500 Credits per Stellar Jade. To many people, a Stellar Jade was just a pretty rock anyway—why not exchange it for 500 Credits?
After asking around the Master Control Zone, her bag gained another 20 Stellar Jades.
Just as Stelle was planning to go find Ye Yun, a voice rang out from behind her.
"Stelle, what are you doing here?"
Stelle turned her head and saw that it was March 7th.
"March, I'm trading for some Stellar Jades. By the way, do you have any Stellar Jades? I'm willing to offer 500 Credits each for them."
March 7th looked at Stelle suspiciously. What was this girl up to now?
"I do, yeah. Why? What do you want those for? You're even spending money to collect them."
Stelle looked around, and seeing that it was just her and March 7th, she broke into a mysterious smile and leaned in close to March 7th.
"Of course it's for a *huge* use."
March 7th looked at Stelle, who was right in front of her.
"What huge use? Is there something fun going on? Tell me!"
Stelle let out a cheeky chuckle and muttered softly into March 7th's ear.
"Let me tell you..."
March 7th gasped in surprise every now and then as she listened, letting out occasional cries of astonishment.
"That sounds so fun! Stelle, I want to go buy things too. Take me with you!"
Stelle tossed her head back proudly.
"Let's roll, let's roll. Keep up!"
Stelle brought March 7th along, following the location pin Ye Yun had sent her.
At that moment, Ye Yun was taking a stroll in the small garden next to the Master Control Zone.
You have to hand it to her, Asta truly lived up to being the young miss of the Interastral Peace Corporation—just building a tiny garden like this must have cost a pretty penny.
Inside the garden, countless brightly colored flowers of all shapes and sizes bloomed in abundance.
Before long, Stelle arrived at the spot with March 7th.
Catching sight of Ye Yun, Stelle pulled March 7th along and broke into a trot to close the distance.
Seeing the two of them, Ye Yun smiled and waved.
"Stelle! Over here."
Stelle and March 7th came up to him.
Stelle glanced around beside Ye Yun, prompting March 7th to ask curiously,
"Stelle, what are you looking at?"
Hearing this, Stelle replied,
"I'm looking for that scale. Quick, Ye Yun, take your scale out. I want to exchange some Credits."
Ye Yun smiled and produced the scale.
"Stelle, you even brought a friend? Care to introduce us?"
Prompted by Ye Yun, Stelle finally remembered that she hadn't introduced March 7th and Ye Yun to each other yet.
"Ye Yun, this is my best friend, March 7th, a Nameless of the Astral Express."
"March, this is Ye Yun, the merchant I told you about."
With that, Stelle couldn't wait to place all 20 Stellar Jades from her bag onto one side of the scale.
In no time at all, the Stellar Jades vanished without a trace, and in their place on the other side appeared 20 Credit bills in denominations of 100.
With total satisfaction, Stelle picked up the 2,000 Credits, reached out to wet her fingers with a bit of water from a nearby automatic sprinkler, and began counting them. This feeling of counting money was simply the best!
March 7th stared curiously at the Credits in Stelle's hands.
"Stelle, are these the Credits you were talking about?"
Stelle nodded.
"That's right, March. You should hurry up and trade yours too. Once you exchange them, you can buy things from Ye Yun here."
Hearing this, March 7th followed suit, placing the 10 Stellar Jades she had on her onto one end of the scale.
Moments later, 10 Credit bills in denominations of 100 appeared on the other side.
March 7th picked them up and examined them one by one.
Seeing this, Ye Yun smiled and handed his phone over to the two of them.
"My shop isn't open yet, and the conditions are a bit crude, so you can just use my phone to take a look. All the items listed on it are available for purchase here."
Ye Yun had spent quite a while trying to think of a good way to rent a passenger car from the Express crew.
In the end, he had simply taken some time to log the items from the system mall into his phone.
Names, prices, and functions were all recorded with crystal clarity to make it easy for buyers to intuitively understand the characteristics of the merchandise.
In just this short while, Ye Yun had already copied down over 500 different products.