In the morning mist.
A pickup truck slowly drove up.
Xie Litang stretched lazily and gathered the blanket closer around Chen Linling.
Yang Yiyi jumped down from the pickup truck, waved, and said, "Morning, Miss Xie."
Xie Litang stepped forward and greeted her, "Morning."
Yang Yiyi directed the workers to unload the cargo from the truck. Only then did Xie Litang realize that the workbench alone weighed over two thousand kilograms.
Xie Litang put on a face like the subway old man looking at his phone meme and said, "You call this small?"
Yang Yiyi looked completely innocent and said, "Is it not small? Regular equipment in factories weighs several tons, not to mention this is military-grade: a Nanometer-Grade Additive Integrated Manufacturing Terminal."
Cargo crates were loaded onto pallets one by one, dragged by manual forklifts into a riverside office building, and then installed by the workers in turn.
Yang Yiyi tossed over a manifest and said, "One Nanometer-Grade Additive Integrated Manufacturing Terminal, one Blood River Divine Canon (Remnant) cultivation technique manual, ten bionic industrial robots, and various supplies. Take a look and see if everything's correct."
Xie Litang checked the manifest against the supplies; indeed, nothing was wrong.
She then motioned to Yang Yiyi to follow her.
The two of them went to the place where the Corpse General was killed.
Xie Litang pointed at the corpse on the ground and said, "The Corpse General you wanted is right there. Go harvest it yourself, and while you're at it, see if there are any other useful materials to sell together."
"What? You killed the Corpse General?"
"Is there a problem?"
"O-Of course there's no problem."
Yang Yiyi hurriedly went forward to inspect it, unable to hide the excitement in her expression.
Putting on white gloves, she used instruments to extract and refine the corpse blood, pulled out its teeth, and clipped its poisonous claws.
She didn't even let the red fur on the Corpse General's body go, and finally cut open its chest to dig out a jade-like heart.
Yang Yiyi said excitedly, "It's a jade-like Corpse King core! We hit the jackpot, we hit the jackpot!"
It had to be said.
When it came to disassembling demon beasts, Yang Yiyi was a true professional.
After a flurry of actions, almost nothing went to waste. Elegantly taking off her gloves, she immediately pulled out her phone and began calculating.
Yang Yiyi pushed up her wire-rimmed glasses and said, "Corpse blood, twelve thousand; corpse fur, two thousand; claws, twenty thousand; as for the corpse teeth, a rich guy's family offered eight hundred thousand to use it for a lifesaving cure. The middleman usually takes sixty percent, but I'll only take forty percent. Sound good?"
Xie Litang nodded and said, "Sounds good."
Yang Yiyi then pointed at a box containing the jade-like Corpse King core and said:
"Next is the Corpse King core."
"The last time one appeared at an auction house, the starting bid was 1.2 million, and it ultimately sold for 2.2 million. Do you need me to consign it to an auction house for you? I'll only take a five percent commission."
"Or I can buy it out all at once, but I can only offer 1.8 million. After all, there are too many uncertain factors with this thing. It might sit in my hands unsold, or I might meet someone in desperate need who'd pay three to five million for it without hesitation."
Xie Litang said without a second thought, "Let's go with 1.8 million."
Yang Yiyi smiled so wide her eyes narrowed into slits. "Alright. In total, I need to pay you one million seven hundred and fourteen thousand. So, boss, is there anything else you need?"
Xie Litang: "..."
She knew it would end up like this.
Whatever money she earned from Yang Yiyi would ultimately be spent right back on this woman.
"Do you have spatial storage items?"
"Yes, of course. Do you want a brand-new one or a second-hand one used by a rich guy?"
"What's the difference?"
"A brand-new one with one cubic meter of storage space has a market price of 1.2 million. I can get it for you for 1.15 million. A second-hand one used by a rich guy with two cubic meters is 1.6 million."
Xie Litang was rendered speechlessly annoyed and gritted her teeth, saying, "Am I becoming a junk recycling station for rich guys?"
Yang Yiyi covered her mouth, giggling softly for a moment before saying, "Just tell me, do you want it or not?"
"I want it! Of course I want it."
"You still have one hundred and fourteen thousand left."
Xie Litang rested a hand on her forehead and waved her hand dismissively in distaste. "I... Forget it, forget it. Take the rest to my sister. She should have things she needs."
Yang Yiyi left quickly and returned just as fast.
Chen Linling bought a water turbine and a generator to set up a mini hydroelectric power station.
Along with various parts, materials, and daily necessities, every single cent of the one hundred and fourteen thousand was spent without a penny remaining.
Looking overjoyed, Yang Yiyi extended her hand and said, "Pleasure doing business with you."
Xie Litang shook her hand and said, "Pleasure doing business with you."
"By the way, here's a final piece of news for free."
"What news?"
"The practical combat exam venue for Jianghai High School's Gaokao is at Beitao City from the Old Era."
"What does that have to do with me?"
"Descendants of the Ye Family are participating too."
What? The Ye Family?
A surge of murderous intent instantly erupted from Xie Litang's body.
If the Ye Family hadn't been sore losers, she would probably still be inside the city enjoying her life right now.
"Aren't you going to ask which members of the Ye Family are participating in Jianghai City's Gaokao?"
"There's no need to ask, because they're all going to die."
"Nice, ambitious. But Miss Xie, you'd better be careful. Powerful experts from the City Defense Force, Peacekeeper Bureau, and various university admissions offices will all be there. I'd hate to lose such a high-quality client like you."
Xie Litang gave a slight smile, neither agreeing nor denying it.
After organizing the supplies, the sisters' little home was quickly set up.
Sitting in her wheelchair, data streams occasionally flashed across Chen Linling's eyes as she said, "I just need to reprogram the robot code." Commanding ten robots simultaneously was as natural to her as moving her own limbs.
The first floor of the office building was cleared out in short order, with the workbench placed in a corner of the lobby.
According to Chen Linling's plan, the office building would serve as the living area, and centered around it, small production lines for disassembly, remelting, and so forth would be built outward.
She's my sister, after all.
Let her do whatever she wants.
Xie Litang turned her attention to a box.
Inside lay a helmet and a chip. Once Xie Litang put on the helmet, the technique's text, illustrations, annotations, and even video demonstrations instantly appeared in her mind.
Xie Litang took one look and realized that it would probably take about a year or half a year to reach the Beginner stage.
Xie Litang couldn't help but complain, "By the time I reach Beginner, the food will be cold."
Suddenly.
Ding.
Xie Litang's eyes lit up.
[External technique detected. Would you like to learn it?]
"Yes."
[2,000 Gold deducted. Converting technique into host's passive skill.]
The light in Xie Litang's eyes was instantly replaced by distaste. "2,000? If I saved up a bit more, I'd have enough to buy Unending Despair."
[Panel updated.]
[Name: Xie Litang]
[Ability: Teammate Sacrifice, Uses: 0]
[Class: Wind-Style Swordmaster]
[Skills: Wind-Style Swordsmanship (Major Accomplishment) 4256/100000, Sweeping Blade (Minor Accomplishment) 546/1000, Blood River Divine Canon 0/100, Usable Enhancement Points: 4]
[Vitality: 447,845, Defense: 4478, Spirit: 45]
[Equipment: Heartsteel (Toggleable)]
[Gold: 96]
[Note: Blood River Divine Canon Effect: Converts 1% of Vitality into Defense.]
"Holy crap."
"Over four thousand Defense directly! I'm invincible!"
Xie Litang pulled out a gun and shot herself.
Bang!
Ordinary firearms and ammunition dealt around 200 damage; hitting vital spots or using specialized firearms/ammunition yielded higher damage.
Xie Litang looked at her arm, but there wasn't even a white mark.
Chen Linling, who was directing the robots, couldn't help but shudder all over.
When she saw Xie Litang about to point the gun at her own head...
Thud!
Despite both her legs being paralyzed, Chen Linling fell off her wheelchair and scrambled to Xie Litang's feet using both hands, her eyes brimmed with tears as she cried, "Sis, don't do it!"
"I'll never spend your money recklessly again!"
"I'll eat one less meal a day from now on!"
"I'll earn money for you to spend!"
"I'll buy you ant nests!"
"Please don't do anything rash!"
Her poor sister had crushed mosquitoes, killed ants, and now she was pointing a gun at her own head.
What a tragedy!
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