flstandardbreds Chapter 138 Who Lost Out?
Chapter 138 Who Lost Out?
After dating for so long, even if Zuo You is dense, she still knows her darling's personality. Lin Ling is definitely trying to manipulate her and make demands.
Zuo You actually wanted to say, there's no need to go through all this trouble. I already promised you. It's so upsetting to be stood up at the crucial moment.
"Hmph, from now on you must behave and come home on time. No matter what happens, as long as your leg isn't broken, you must come home!"
"Okay, I promise I'll be a good girl and come home on time from now on," Zuo You replied without the slightest hesitation.
After a minor incident, Zuo You returned to her aloof and mature demeanor, while Lin Ling reverted to her soft and adorable self. However, this adorable girl had, without anyone noticing, grown two invisible devil horns on her head.
More than a month has passed in the process of leveling up and defeating monsters. As the old saying goes, fortunes change every thirty years.
In just over a month, Zuo You went from being poor to becoming the largest household in the base.
The base ordered a batch of weapons from Zuo You, including a thousand bows and an unlimited supply of arrows, which made Zuo You a fortune and instantly made him one of the base's biggest spenders.
There's no other reason than that An Yingying is a fifth-tier weapon master.
Lin Ling had heard Jian Hong mention before that the only weapon master in the Eastern Base was only at the fourth level. That weapon master was so busy forging weapons for the base every day that he was overwhelmed. Unlike An Yingying, who was idle all day long.
The base manager of the N City base probably knew about this, which is why he gritted his teeth and spent a lot of money to customize a batch of superpowered weapons. Superpowered weapons are good, but they are too expensive!
Weapons crafted by fifth-tier weapon masters are especially expensive! This batch of weapons almost bankrupted the base!
Having tasted success, Lin Ling wanted to expand into new businesses.
"Youyou, how about we sell the purification crystal core to Jian Hong at a high price?"
When it comes to doing business, the first person that comes to mind is that generous, albeit cunning, guy.
They were eager to return to the eastern base, but worried that their team wouldn't be strong enough and they might encounter trouble on the way. Selling them crystal cores now would allow them to quickly advance their ranks, so they would definitely be willing to buy them.
"What's the price range?" Zuo You asked, eating the pomegranate Lin Ling fed her, while looking up at the cute little girl's pretty face.
“Sell it to them at a 1:3 ratio, and we'll only settle the payment for sixth-tier crystal cores. What do you think?”
Lin Ling glanced down at the pomegranate juice that had accidentally gotten on Zuo You's lips; it looked incredibly alluring.
She couldn't resist pressing her lips to hers for a quick kiss, their lips meeting. Lin Ling's innate skill in teasing Zuo You left her completely bewildered.
Zuo You sat up, ready to continue kissing the little cutie, but Lin Ling rolled over and sat on Zuo You's lap, wrapping her arms around her neck, smiling and pleading, "Youyou, don't bully me yet, let me finish, okay?"
Why bring up irrelevant topics now? Zuo You shook her head in refusal.
Seeing Zuo You's alluring eyes, transforming from a mature woman into a seductive one, Lin Ling looked at Zuo You with her watery, pitiful eyes, appearing utterly sympathetic.
After several rounds of silent eye contact, Zuo You sighed softly. Seeing through things but not saying them out loud, she ultimately lost the battle.
Zuo You buried her head in Lin Ling's chest and absentmindedly murmured "Mmm".
However, her slender, jade-like hands seemed to have their own thoughts, uncontrolled by Zuo You's brain, and were doing something on their own.
Lin Ling felt the strange sensation in her body, and the tingling feeling in her mind made her thoughts a little unclear. "Actually, it's not expensive. Absorbing our crystal cores can save one-third of the advancement time, and not a single bit of the energy in our crystal cores is wasted, which also saves them some money..."
She was so flustered by Zuo You that she lost her bearings and eventually didn't even know what she had said.
Zuo You couldn't say for sure who had lost this round.
She didn't object to Lin Ling doing business, but the little cutie wasn't ruthless enough, so Zuo You adjusted the ratio to 1:5.
Tang Haoran can buy it or not, things are valued for their rarity, and this item can't be sold in too many quantities. Selling a dozen or twenty a day shouldn't be a problem.
After using a purification crystal core, Tang Haoran agreed to the deal. After a heated debate, they agreed that Zuo You would provide Tang Haoran with 20 fifth-tier crystal cores every day, and he would pay Zuo You 10 sixth-tier crystal cores.
Moreover, the news cannot be leaked. If the news is leaked, Zuo You will find Tang Haoran no matter who it comes from.
This isn't the first time the two sides have collaborated; everyone knows the usual rules. Tang Haoran has always done a good job of keeping things confidential.
The extreme cold continues; there is no wind or snow, but the outside temperature remains constant at -45 degrees Celsius.
Zuo You and her friends agreed that if they reached the eighth rank and the extreme cold was still not over, they would not wait for the extreme cold to end and would head directly to the eastern base.
If Zuo You hasn't broken through to the eighth rank by the end of the extreme cold, then the same applies: go directly to the eastern base.
Judging by the timeline, even with multiple buffs stacked, it will probably still be three months before she breaks through to the eighth rank.
And it's unclear when this extreme cold will end.
Zuo You has been experiencing palpitations on and off these past few days. She hasn't left the base for three days, and she hasn't allowed Lin Ling, Erdan, or An Yingying to leave the base either.
She couldn't find the source of her heart palpitations and was always somewhat uneasy.
The communication watch on her wrist rang. Zuo You glanced down at it and answered.
"Captain Zuo, our thermal sensors have detected a large gathering of creatures on the back mountain. Just in case, the base commander wants to form an exploration team to go into the mountains to take a look. Are you interested in participating in the exploration? It's paid, and this mission will earn you 1000 points."
The caller was Dong Qing, the base chief's secretary, a young man under thirty who had been representing the base in trading supernatural weapons with Zuo You.
Zuo You paused for a moment, then didn't refuse outright. "I need to see the monitoring data first."
“Okay, I’ll send a car to pick you up and take you to the office.” Dong Qing had done business with Zuo You more than once or twice, and he knew that Captain Zuo didn’t like Mo Ji. He also liked to communicate with Zuo You in such a straightforward manner.
"No need, I'll go straight there, I'll be there in ten minutes."
Zuo You hung up the communicator, put on her ice skates, leaped onto the ice from the yard, and glided rapidly toward the office.
When she followed Dong Qing to the monitoring room and saw the dense clusters of red dots on the monitoring equipment, Zuo You felt a chill run down her spine.
Her first thought was, "Has my 'Black Widow' persona been upgraded?"
She was reborn in T City, which was burned down!
Let's look here again, the N City base.
Are you kidding me? The number of red dots on the monitor screen is countless; it's obvious that the mutated beasts are about to riot.
"Secretary of the Board, look here!" a monitor shouted, pointing to another surveillance screen. The red dots on it had begun to shift direction, and they were heading straight for the base!