"Oh right, Ye Chuan, do you know about the big event that recently happened in the Rift?" While shopping with Ye Chuan, Lan Xiaoke brought the matter up to him.
After all, she knew that Ye Chuan practically holed himself up in the other world and didn't pay much attention to things in the real world.
"The Rift? What big event? Did another player pop up?" Ye Chuan asked casually.
The situation in the real world was basically stable. Aside from the monsters in the Rift constantly getting stronger, nothing particularly special seemed to be happening.
"Looks like you really don't pay attention." Lan Xiaoke put on a 'you don't get it' expression, wagged her finger, and then narrowed her eyes into a crescent.
"Ehehe, a high tower recently appeared in the Rift, and I heard it's super amazing."
"A high tower..." Ye Chuan didn't quite understand. "Is there anything special inside?"
"I only heard that there are incredibly powerful monsters inside the tower, and nobody even knows how many floors it has in total. Right now, many superhuman martial artists and factions have headed over," Lan Xiaoke said.
"A lot of monsters?" Ye Chuan thought about it, finding himself feeling a rare spark of interest. "Where is it located?"
"I heard it's on a small island. Superhuman martial artists from all over the world are rushing there right now, and all the plane and boat tickets have been completely sold out." Lan Xiaoke spread her hands.
I see...
But before that, Ye Chuan wanted to ask Wang Yanran if she knew about this. After all, she was an administrator of a branch of the Superhuman Martial Arts Alliance; Yanran's intelligence should be more well-informed than the Silly White-Hair at home.
But at this moment, Ye Chuan wasn't in a hurry. After all, he was currently accompanying Lan Xiaoke on a shopping trip.
"Ye Chuan, is it your treat?" Seeing all the delicious food at the stalls, Lan Xiaoke suddenly leaned closer to Ye Chuan, wearing a cat-like expression and grinning happily.
"I'm a bit poor lately."
"Your allowance isn't small, is it?" Ye Chuan asked.
"I bought a few things and it was all gone." Lan Xiaoke poked her fingers together somewhat awkwardly. "Look, games require top-ups, right? Equipment occasionally needs upgrading, right? Look, when we play games, aren't I the one who buys all those items?"
"How much could those little toys possibly cost?" Ye Chuan remained expressionless.
Those are the cheapest things, right?
"T-Then I also bought a lot of cosplay clothes!" Lan Xiaoke said, sounding confident despite lacking justification.
"You had a great time cosplaying. You have every kind of outfit in your closet."
"Weren't you very happy too, Ye Chuan..." Lan Xiaoke said, her voice trailing off. "It's perfectly normal to buy some clothes for a pet, right?"
Lan Xiaoke was very self-aware and completely considered herself a pet. After all, she could hole up at home every day and play games, and no one would say anything even if she slacked off.
Just like the cats and dogs at home, who would ever expect a cat to do anything other than act cute?
"Give me your phone," Ye Chuan said.
"Eek! No way." Lan Xiaoke immediately shook her head.
"Let me see it," Ye Chuan said. "Hmm? Do you think you can resist?"
Lan Xiaoke pouted and finally handed over her phone obediently.
Holding the phone, Ye Chuan said casually,
"Alright, I transferred a hundred thousand over to you."
"So generous?!"
"Yeah, I borrowed it all for you from online lending platforms. You're welcome."
Lan Xiaoke: "?"
No way, bro.
"T-This isn't good, is it." Lan Xiaoke had thought Ye Chuan was going to increase her allowance; who knew he'd pull a stunt like this.
"You're at the Golden Core stage of cultivation at least, are you still afraid of debt collectors?"
"Makes sense!" Lan Xiaoke's eyes lit up as if she had discovered a new continent.
Of course, Ye Chuan was just joking. He had just opened Lan Xiaoke's phone out of curiosity to see exactly what this girl was spending her money on.
Casually clicking on her account balance, Ye Chuan glanced at the money shown.
0.28
Hiss...
Ye Chuan clicked on her payment history and was ultimately left dizzy by the uniform rows of 648s.
Going down the list, it was entirely 648-yuan top-ups.
Just from a quick look, Ye Chuan discovered that Lan Xiaoke played at least five or six games, and every single one was highly pay-to-win.
Ye Chuan glanced at the white-haired girl beside him. Lan Xiaoke put on a dumb expression.
"Wow, the moon is so round today."
The sky was cloudless, the wind was gentle, and the sun was shining brightly.
"You're that much of a grinder, playing five or six games?" Ye Chuan asked.
Lan Xiaoke scratched her head. "Ehehe, not really, it's alright, it's nothing amazing."
"I wasn't praising you."
But in reality, Lan Xiaoke's expenses were absolutely nothing to Ye Chuan. To him, someone who would casually throw over a hundred million into the enhancement function, Lan Xiaoke's monthly expenditure of a few tens of thousands was on a completely different scale.
However, Ye Chuan wasn't the type to just casually give Lan Xiaoke unlimited money to spend, so everyone's allowance was fixed.
Ye Chuan took a casual look and noticed that among the apps recommended by the smart assistant, the photo gallery was the one Lan Xiaoke used the most.
Just as he clicked into it, even Ye Chuan froze for a moment.
How should he put it? There were densely packed photos inside, featuring almost every style, angle, and type imaginable.
Ye Chuan was stunned for several seconds.
"Y-You can't look at these!" Lan Xiaoke snatched her phone back, her ears turning completely red.
"You really do like taking selfies," Ye Chuan said.
However, Ye Chuan hadn't expected Lan Xiaoke to have this hobby, so he asked, "Why do you take so many?"
"Because they look good." Lan Xiaoke nodded.
"They do look good..." Ye Chuan didn't deny this point, and then, as if realizing something,
"You're not selling your photos online, are you?"
Lan Xiaoke stared blankly for a moment. "You can sell photos?"
Seeing her reaction, Ye Chuan stopped worrying about it.
"Looks like you aren't."
"Alright, I transferred ten thousand to you. Let's continue shopping," Ye Chuan said.
"Hooray!" Lan Xiaoke hugged Ye Chuan's arm tightly, practically leaning her entire weight onto him. "I love you the most, Ye Chuan!"
"You're only this enthusiastic when we're doing it or when I'm giving you money," Ye Chuan said.
"That's not true, I really like you too, Ye Chuan."
"Ah, right, right, right."
...
He continued shopping with Lan Xiaoke. By the time they returned home, it was already evening. After a simple dinner, Ye Chuan went back to his room.
It wasn't to enter the adventure world; he just recalled what Lan Xiaoke had said during the day and couldn't help but look into that so-called tower.
Some high tower.
With powerful monsters inside.
It seemed that quite a few miraculous changes had occurred within the Rift. At first, Ye Chuan had thought that only monsters would appear from the Rift, but the later invasion of players into reality, as well as the discovery of otherworldly resources inside many Rifts, made Ye Chuan feel that things were not that simple.
"I'd better get a brief understanding of it first." Ye Chuan casually clicked open the news section, and he soon saw information about the high tower right in the eye-catching headlines.
world slacker. But a genius female disciple just had to get clingy, insisting that he take her as a disciple. Not only that, she was always making advances on him, thoroughly disrupting his peaceful slacker life...
iemie, male, Race: Moon. Hobby: Collecting anomalies. At first, he thought he possessed two systems: the Crimson Rainbow Moon and the Clear Cold Frost Moon. One day, he discovered that he himself could also become a system for others, holding the chessboard of fate. The Eighth Epoch, also known as the Eternal Moon Epoch. Humans, witches, elves, bloodline descendants, specters, demons, and spirits together compose a new history. Walking the path on behalf of the moon, before he knew it, Chen Miemie's footsteps were followed by all manner of strange and wondrous anomalies. As time passed, many titles circulated about him—The King in Yellow, Lord of Anomalies, Heart of the Eternal Moon, and more. "Me? I'm just a traveler who enjoys collecting interesting creatures," Chen Miemie said.
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
