[HEQrC]

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Chapter 23: The Power of Money

Even though it was already very late, Xing Ye still didn't sleep. He only had three days' time and needed to make every second count.

He laid on the bed, scrolling through his phone. He ignored the parts about the system and just focused on the information on his current identity.

He poked around for a while before chuckling to the mirror: "Who said I had no special abilities? This identity of mine can practically be called a super power."

"What happened?" The mirror could make small actions and hopped over from the headboard to peer at Xing Ye's phone.

Xing Ye let the mirror look at his phone. It was the original body's bank information, with a number of 0s trailing at the balance. He had a ridiculous amount of money for a high school student.

"Eh, it's not even that much money." The mirror said disdainfully, "In the real world, I'm also very wealthy."

"What a coincidence, me too." Xing Ye tapped the mirror surface.

"Hmph, it's definitely not as much as me." The mirror continued on arrogantly.

The mirror was clearly a very proud person, the kind where if something happened and they didn't show off, they would be unhappy. Xing Ye didn't mind him flaunting: "Since you're also wealthy, you should know the power of money, right? Although I don't have any special abilities, money is my ability."

"But this is a supernatural world. The other players' special abilities and identities are unknown, so no matter how useful money is, can it bribe a ghost? If you can't find her head in three days and bring over a chest full of money, will that Miss Human Head spare you?" As a high level player, the mirror felt that it was his obligation to remind newbies that they weren't in any ordinary world.

"Who says I want to bribe the ghosts or players?" Xing Ye laughed, "Let's sleep. I'll tell you tomorrow."

"Oi, tell me now!!" The mirror jumped around Xing Ye's pillow, trying to attract his attention.

"Shush, go sleep." Xing Ye casally grabbed the mirror and stuffed him inside the covers, right against his chest. The mirror immediately quietened.

After a good night's sleep, Xing Ye got up the next day and immediately created a temporary Wechat group chat. He gathered all his school cronies there and made an announcement: "Starting today, split up and watch Cao Qian and Wu Yu for me. If anything happens, even something as minor as going to the bathroom for a minute longer than normal, report it to me. I'll pay a thousand yuan for normal news and if I think it's valuable, I'll do 10k a piece. Don't report to me in this group chat, just DM me."

After he sent the message, the bunch of the guys in the group chat exploded. One after another, they expressed their agreement. They would even count how many grains of rice Cao Qian and Wu Yu ate for lunch.

Mirror: "..."

Xing Ye sent another message: "Make sure those two won't discover you. No money will be given to those that are caught- you guys better keep an eye on each other."

The little bros in the group chat all agreed. Somebody asked Xing Ye why he wanted them to watch those two and without another word, Xing Ye just directly kicked him from the group chat, implying that those who spoke out of turn wouldn't get anything. Everybody in the group chat promptly shut up.

Mirror: "..."

"I'm not sure if Cao Qian has a teammate or not, but Wu Yu definitely has one. Furthermore, they both have more experience than me and there's also no way that they would work to find clues with me. Thus, I'd might as well just have people trail them so if something happens, I'll know immediately. Furthermore, Wu Yu is clearly a following fate camp player- his luck is his trump card. If we watch him, there's a chance that he might find a QR code." Xing Ye said to the mirror. "It's not like everybody has superpowers like in cartoons. This is only a slightly supernatural world, so the sheer number of people will still be useful. Don't think that I just have ten or so people with me, each of them have their own connections and to make money, they'll find even more people. By that point, more than half of the school would become my spies. Say, isn't this a super power?"