[Terminal Receipt: 30,000 star coins.]
A deep, pleasing voice resonated in the spacious living room. As soon as Qi Yu heard clearly what the voice conveyed, he, who had just been boasting proudly, froze in place.
Instinctively, he lowered his head and the next moment, he saw his transaction record. It wasn’t a hallucination or a video; it was a genuine notification from the terminal account: [Terminal Receipt: 30,000 star coins.]
Wha… What…
Who transferred star coins to him???
Or was it transferred by mistake???
Qi Yu swiftly opened the notification, and a new interface appeared on the terminal. He quickly scanned it and instantly locked onto the message he needed. However, when he saw the name of the transferor, he was momentarily stunned.
Mo Yan…
A familiar yet unfamiliar name, a user on the terminal with whom he didn’t even have any chat records. At this moment, the name lay prominently in the transferor’s column.
Qi Yu had just been boasting proudly about the star coins he earned, and the projection hadn’t even had a chance to close. Now, after opening the receipt interface, Roly-Poly also saw the name of the transferor. For a moment, the small mechanical intelligence didn’t know what expression to display.
On Roly-Poly’s round mechanical screen, expressions changed repeatedly, eventually settling into three lines, two short and one long.
[Master, this is a transfer from your newly signed agreement’s queen.] Roly-Poly, seeing that its master hadn’t spoken for a while, fearing that its master might forget about his agreement’s queen, hastened to remind him.
Qi Yu glanced at Roly-Poly with a hint of disdain in his eyes. “Do I look like an idiot to you?”
There was no need for such reminders; his brain wasn’t damaged, and his eyesight was intact. Those two big words hung there, hard to miss even if he tried.
Roly-Poly: […]
The little steward who hadn’t mastered the art of language, seeing the disdain in its master’s eyes, quickly changed the subject. [Master, your queen is really good to you. Thirty thousand star coins, thirty times more than the star coins you earned this afternoon.]
Qi Yu: “…”
Better not to say anything about this.
Looking at the receipt on the terminal, Qi Yu fell silent for a moment before slowly speaking, “I can’t accept these star coins.”
After saying that, he looked at his intelligent steward. “Roly-Poly, you also need to correct your attitude. You’re the one who initiated the agreement, so you should be aware of the terms between me and him. Since we have an agreement, the terms of the agreement must be followed, otherwise, what’s the use of this agreement?”
Roly-Poly: […]
It had nothing to say.
Roly-Poly’s round face instantly became guilty, its round head turned slightly, and it lowered its head, trying hard not to let its master see its expression.
Qi Yu didn’t notice; he looked at Roly-Poly’s appearance and thought Roly-Poly had taken it to heart, continuing, “I will return these star coins to Mo Yan, and then I will continue to earn star coins. I can earn my own living expenses.”
Roly-Poly: […]
Roly-Poly watched as its master began typing, unable to sit still any longer, and with anxious electronic sounds, it interrupted, [Master, stop for a moment.]
Qi Yu looked at Roly-Poly by his feet. The zerg-like intelligent being was like a young zergling, constantly adjusting its personality based on its master’s character. Qi Yu didn’t want to give Roly-Poly any wrong ideas. After spending a few days together, this little steward suited his tastes quite well, and he didn’t want to send it back to the factory.
Don’t ask, the answer is that buying a new one is too expensive.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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The mechanical electronic voice intermittently sounded as if choked up, “[Master… Master, if I say, it’s already spent, will you still want me?]”
Qi Yu: “……????”
He was taken aback for a moment, somewhat unable to regain his senses. Spent? How could it be spent?
Seeing his expression, Roly-Poly shed more tears, “[You… You seem to have forgotten, when you bought Roly-Poly, you only paid half of the star coins. Roly-Poly’s total price is one hundred thousand, you only paid fifty thousand, and still owe fifty thousand.]”
Qi Yu: “So?”
A bad premonition instantly rose in his heart.
“[So… so… the account system automatically transferred these thirty thousand out, this matter was agreed upon by you… there are more than five thousand in the terminal account, immediately repay…]”
Qi Yu: “????”
Summarizing Roly-Poly’s meaning, Qi Yu understood that the thirty thousand star coins he received were gone, used for repayment, and to buy Roly-Poly?
Qi Yu painfully covered his forehead. He finally understood how poor the original owner was. An intelligent steward, fifty thousand was already good enough, but he insisted on one hundred thousand. Could he not be poor?
When he checked the expenditure records, he once thought Roly-Poly was just fifty thousand.
Now, he had become the pauper.
Thirty thousand star coins were transferred out, and now there was only one thousand in his account. Even with the temporary terminal, it was only fifteen thousand…
Qi Yu looked down at the words he had just typed on his terminal, “You don’t need to do this, I’ll return the star coins to you,” and fell into a silent silence.
On the other side, Mo Yan returned to the camp after surveying, only then remembering that his nominal lord now had no source of income.
It was only natural for a female to support a male, and since his lord had no source of income, naturally he had to support him.
Raising a zerg was effortless for him, not to mention his lord’s personality, which should be easier to care for than an ordinary male. Mo Yan thought this way and remembered his lord’s personality.
Originally intending to transfer ten thousand star coins as a gesture, to prevent his lord from starving to death when he wasn’t around, but thinking about his lord’s respect for him, he changed it to thirty thousand.
At the same time, he was also curious. After transferring these thirty thousand, how would his nominal lord react? Would he return it or keep it for use? Although the male zerg couldn’t earn star coins, his lord agreement clearly stated separate management of pre-marital and post-marital property.
In addition to handling matters, Mo Yan also paid attention to the terminal. Then, he saw above his lord’s dialogue box, the words “typing” appeared and disappeared, disappearing and appearing again.
After more than ten minutes like this, Mo Yan saw a screenshot sent by the other party.
What attracted Mo Yan most on the screenshot wasn’t a string of numbers. At a glance, he saw the balance of his lord at the top of the screenshot.
Seeing the balance, his heart was filled with complexity.
It seemed that his lord was even poorer than he had expected, with only one thousand star coins in total assets. What could one thousand star coins do? It was a miracle that he wasn’t starved to death being this poor.
However, for a male zerg who spent star coins recklessly and had no source of income, having only one thousand star coins left seemed normal…
So, what did this screenshot mean? Was the male zerg asking him for star coins?
After pondering for a moment, Mo Yan thought, he couldn’t let his lord starve to death after all… With the rank of his lord, ten thousand wouldn’t even be enough to buy necessary things…
Forget it, just give him a bit more!
On the other hand, Qi Yu didn’t know what to do. After hesitating for a long time, afraid that Mo Yan would think he was making excuses not to return the star coins, he could only send the screenshot over.
It’s not that he doesn’t want to repay, it’s just that he currently can’t afford to. Although it’s temporary, an explanation is still necessary.
Qi Yu began typing, but before he could type much, another transfer message came through.
[Terminal Receipt: Fifty Thousand star coins.]
Qi Yu: “……”
He quickly opened the receipt and was surprised to see it was from Mo Yan again.
“Are all military females so wealthy nowadays?” Looking at the string of numbers, Qi Yu felt envy and jealousy. With just one transfer, it amounted to eighty thousand star coins. Did military females have such good treatment?
Seeing that the deduction hadn’t been made yet, he quickly transferred the fifty thousand back to Mo Yan and sent a message on the terminal interface.
[General, you don’t need to transfer star coins to me.]
He also checked the screenshot to see where Mo Yan might have misunderstood. Then, looking at his balance, which was now one digit less than what Mo Yan casually transferred, he fell silent. He seemed to… understand Mo Yan’s intention.
Continuing to type, [The previous thirty thousand star coins were transferred out, and I’ll need some time to repay you. I’ll try to schedule the repayment within two months, including interest.]
After sending this, he silently added, [Don’t worry, I won’t starve.]
After typing these words, Qi Yu breathed a sigh of relief, facing the star coins his queen casually gave him. He was eager to continue earning star coins. He looked at Roly-Poly. “Roly-Poly, do I owe anything else?”
Because of the incident with the previous owner a few days ago, Qi Yu claimed he couldn’t remember many things, and this little mechanical intelligence didn’t doubt him.
Roly-Poly rattled its round body, the tearful expression on its face instantly disappeared. “[No, Master, you always dislike buying expensive things. Roly-Poly is an exception.]”
It sounded somewhat proud.
“Have you repaid the remaining balance for your purchase?”
The question seemed strange, but there was no problem. Qi Yu thought, after all, wasn’t Roly-Poly bought?
[Yes, yes, Roly-Poly can accompany Master in the future.]
With the understanding that he didn’t owe anything else, Qi Yu also felt relieved. Fortunately, this beginning wasn’t too bad. It was just a little debt. Previously, he owed other zergs, now he owed Mo Yan.
He carefully examined the terminal and noticed that Mo Yan hadn’t replied. He took it as his acceptance. Although he didn’t want to owe, he had no choice at the moment.
The plan to earn money had encountered an unexpected twist in front of Roly-Poly, but fortunately, the outcome was fine. After ordering some nutrient solution on the Star Network, Qi Yu, with an empty terminal, said to his steward, “Roly-Poly, just notify me if there’s anything.”
Then, Qi Yu thought of something else.
It seemed that the terminal could be linked to another terminal. Qi Yu contemplated. As his intelligent steward, if there were any major messages on his terminal, they would also be relayed to Roly-Poly, just in case. Most males without a female would set it up this way.
Just like this morning’s match, when he was still asleep and hadn’t checked, the message was automatically synchronized to Roly-Poly. So, if there were any messages sent and he didn’t receive them in time, they would be synchronized to Roly-Poly, making it difficult to ensure that Roly-Poly wouldn’t see the location of his terminal…
Location!!!???
Qi Yu hadn’t thought of this before, but now he realized it wasn’t appropriate to bring the easily exposed terminal with him.
Waiting for the delivery for over an hour, Qi Yu had been contemplating the possibility of exposure. Eliminating factors unfavorable to him, under this waiting, the nutrient solution he ordered was also delivered.
After organizing all the nutrient solutions and putting them in the refrigerator, Qi Yu closed the refrigerator door and looked at Roly-Poly beside him.
“Roly-Poly, help me move to the second floor.”
In the future, his living area would be on the second floor. He would just come downstairs to clock in every day. It was simply perfect evidence of staying at home.
After everything was arranged, the moon was already hanging in the middle of the sky. The male zerg’s body was easily tired. Busy all day, Qi Yu was eager to rest, but he was also worried about the group of zergs on Black Obsidian Star. He didn’t know if he could control those zergs while he was away from Nanda.
Thinking like this, Qi Yu changed into the silver cloak he had just bought and flashed to Black Obsidian Star. Following the spatial positioning mark of the torch, he quickly found Nanda’s group of zergs.
More than two hours later, a group of zergs had arrived at the location. This was a place Qi Yu hadn’t been to before. It was very dark in the passage, with only sporadic light from the torches, nothing else to illuminate.
The atmosphere was relatively harmonious, not as bad as he had imagined, Qi Yu thought.
He didn’t approach but instead used his mental power to penetrate deep underground. After searching for a while, he found something satisfactory—obsidian.
The obsidian here was larger than the one he had found before, mostly of this quality, and within just ten kilometers, his mental power ‘saw’ three larger pieces of obsidian, at least one worth two hundred thousand star coins.
Digging was a must. Qi Yu planned to let Nanda take the zergs to dig obsidian. But just as he took a few steps, Tony’s voice came.
“Nanda, are you really willing to be a dog for that female zerg?”
Qi Yu: “???”
Hearing this, Qi Yu stopped in his tracks, a cold light flashing in his eyes. It seemed… there were still zergs not being honest!
Was the intimidation just now not enough, or were all female zergs incorrigible?
Qi Yu didn’t rush to approach but stood still. It was dark where he stood, and since he wasn’t holding a torch, the zergs didn’t notice him.
“It’s none of your business,” was Nanda’s reply.
“I admit that what we did was wrong. I shouldn’t have attacked you just for a few pieces of obsidian, but if we wanted to kill you, it would have been done then. There was no need to leave you alive.” Tony’s voice sounded again.
“Nanda, you’ve always admired the strong, right? That masked female zerg doesn’t seem that strong, he just has a weapon. Without this weapon, any one of us could fight him. You’ve always valued interests, so why are you now learning from those zergs about the gratitude of being saved?”
Tony’s voice sounded resentful, “When you joined the adventure team back then, you weren’t like this.”
“Tony.” Nanda’s voice raised a bit, carrying a hint of coldness. “Have you ever thought about it? How many zergs have died in our adventure team? How many could have been saved? Over the years, haven’t you regretted even a bit?”
The flames flickered, and through mental perception, Qi Yu saw Nanda’s red eyes, filled with hatred and regret.
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