Chapter 15: However…

250 Credit Points was not a lot, but it was not a little either. But for Fatty Lei at that moment, those 250 Credit Points could let him survive one more month.

If Fatty Lei had really annoyed Andrew away, it would have been a total loss.

“If we sell this Sand Beast, maybe we can go out again tomorrow. With luck, we might hunt another one,” Fatty Lei thought to himself. Meanwhile, the Andrew on the display was also grinning from ear to ear inside. “Aha, if I really bought a super-rank magical beast for 250 Credit Points, I would have made a huge profit,” Andrew thought gleefully as he looked at the Sand Beast.

“Then Mr. Odin, I will now transfer the Credit Points to your account,” Andrew said. After he did some work on his end, a ‘ding-dong’ sound came from Fatty Lei’s computer. “Credit Points received. Total: 250 points. Please check.”

“The transfer was quite fast,” Fatty Lei smiled at Andrew on the display. Then he turned his head to look at his Intelligent Butler Wangcai and said in a low voice, “The other party has transferred the points. Can I hand over the goods to him now?”

Wangcai nodded. “Rest assured, Master. I checked the transfer as soon as it came in. As an Intelligent Butler, I can link to the Trading Space account.” Fatty Lei looked at Wangcai. “I didn’t expect you to have such a function. But how do I trade with this Andrew?”

Fatty Lei did not know how to operate the trading system to give the still-unconscious Sand Beast to Andrew.

“That’s easy, Master. You don’t need to worry,” Wangcai said as he came closer and smiled at Fatty Lei, seeing his difficulty. “These are things we servants should handle. Leave it to me.”

After saying that, Wangcai walked to the computer. Green data streams flashed in his eyes. Thin, transparent data lines extended from the tips of his ten fingers and went into the computer.

“Bang!”

When the data lines entered the computer, a ball of white light burst out.

Fatty Lei squinted, watching Wangcai control the white light and thinking, “What is this guy doing?” He did not really understand what Wangcai was doing. But in this situation, he could not ask too many questions and had to patiently watch Wangcai fiddle around.

After a short while, the white light gradually faded.

Wangcai retracted the data lines, and his ten fingers returned to normal.

He straightened his clothes and looked at Fatty Lei with a fawning expression, like a little dog that had just completed its master’s command and hoped for a reward.

“Hehe,” Wangcai first chuckled at Fatty Lei, then said, “That Sand Beast has been sent over. Our trade with this Andrew is complete.” As soon as Wangcai finished speaking, a string of Arabic numbers appeared on the old desktop computer display.

“Oh, 250,” Fatty Lei saw the numbers and immediately understood it was the Credit Points Andrew transferred to him.

The screen flashed, and Andrew appeared again in the display.

He waved at Fatty Lei. “Mr. Odin, our trade is now complete. I’m going offline now to check the goods I just bought. If the product is as I expected, then Mr. Odin…” Andrew paused here. “Then Mr. Odin, I can responsibly assure you that we can establish a long-term cooperative relationship in the future.”

If it was really as Andrew said, that they could establish a long-term cooperative relationship, that would of course be good. After all, it meant Fatty Lei could get a stable income every month and no longer have to live in fear.

But Fatty Lei also heard Andrew’s words clearly. There was a premise. The premise was that Andrew had to check and confirm that the Sand Beast Fatty Lei sold him was what he needed.

It depended on Andrew’s appraisal result.

For Fatty Lei, he certainly hoped that the Sand Beast was what Andrew needed.

Then Andrew turned off the communicator. The display image shook and then returned to its original pitch-black state.

“Whew~~~”

“The trade is finally done,” Fatty Lei let out a long breath. His tense body relaxed, and as soon as it did, he felt weak all over.

Forcing himself to stay alert, he walked to the wooden wall in the Trading Space and weakly slid down to sit against the wall.

“I was really worried just now, worried that Andrew would just leave.”

Thinking back to what just happened, Fatty Lei felt a wave of fear.

Fatty Lei also calmed down at this moment. He recalled what he did wrong earlier and kept summarizing.

Wangcai also came over at this time, walking to Fatty Lei’s side and sitting down just like him.

“Master, you really didn’t need to worry about Andrew,” the Intelligent Butler Wangcai said. “Oh?” Fatty Lei looked at him strangely after hearing Wangcai’s words. “What do you mean by that? You should know that Andrew wanted to buy our goods. If he didn’t buy them, who knows when our three low-quality items would sell?”

Fatty Lei leaned against the wall, sighing and lamenting to Wangcai.

As soon as Fatty Lei finished speaking, Wangcai said to him, “My Master, just think about it. The number of merchants in the Dimensional Trading Device is countless. Even if this Andrew didn’t buy our goods, I think someone would eventually buy them. It would just take some time, but they would sell eventually.”

Fatty Lei could not agree with Wangcai’s words.

“Wangcai, what you said is not right,” Fatty Lei moved to sit more comfortably, then looked at Wangcai and said, “You should know that time is very important to me now. After all, in one month, I have to pay 250 Credit Points, or I will be eliminated by the system.” Thinking of this, Fatty Lei felt quite emotional.

“Although there are many merchants in the Trading System, neither of us can guarantee that our goods will definitely sell,” Fatty Lei told his Intelligent Butler his opinion.

It was not that Fatty Lei was wrong to think that way. After all, their three items really had little merit. It was quite possible that, as Fatty Lei said, they might not sell at all.

After all, most things traded by Dimensional Merchants were specialty products. Not everything could be sold in the Trading System.

After saying those words, Fatty Lei raised his hands and stretched.

“Ha!”

“I’m so tired today. I went out hunting in the morning. In the afternoon, I came back and saw the bugs fighting among themselves, and then you showed up. I haven’t had a proper rest all day. Now I can finally rest.” After stretching, waves of fatigue began to flood Fatty Lei’s nerves.

Along with the fatigue came hunger, both constantly assailing Fatty Lei.

“I’m so hungry~~~”

Fatty Lei patted his belly, but his face immediately turned very ugly.

“Uh!”

Fatty Lei first froze, then raised his hand and slapped his own head hard.

“I’m such a pig! How could I forget such an important thing!”

Only then did Fatty Lei remember that the Sand Beast he originally intended to use as food had been sold. That meant he now had no food or drinking water left.

“Master, what exactly is the matter?”

The Intelligent Butler Wangcai did not know about this. Seeing the look of annoyance on Fatty Lei’s face, he asked with concern.

Fatty Lei shook his head with a bitter smile, then said to Wangcai, “I’m very hungry now, but I have no food left. The Sand Beast that was supposed to be food was sold by me for Credit Points.” Fatty Lei told Wangcai about the difficulty he was facing now.

“Hey~ So that’s what it is,” Wangcai sighed in relief after hearing Fatty Lei’s words. He thought his master had encountered some huge problem, but it was just a small issue.

“I say, Wangcai, you are an Intelligent Life. You have no need for food, but I’m different. If I don’t eat for a day, it will greatly affect my body functions. And I also need to replenish water. These are very important to me.”

Seeing his Intelligent Butler looking so relaxed, Fatty Lei felt a bit angry.

Seeing Fatty Lei was a little angry, Wangcai quickly put on a smiling face and explained, “My Master, I know your current situation. I didn’t mean to compare you to me. I meant that this small problem can be solved.”

Wangcai did not want to make his master angry. The consequences of his master’s anger would undoubtedly fall on him.

So Wangcai, whose programming was already a bit messed up and who had become very fawning, immediately explained to Fatty Lei.

“Can be solved? How? I need to eat and drink now,” Fatty Lei rolled his eyes at Wangcai.

“Hehe,” Wangcai showed a sycophantic smile to Fatty Lei and said, “Master, have you forgotten? You are now a great Dimensional Trading Merchant. You can completely use the Dimensional Trading System to buy the food and water you need. These are all very easy. It can completely solve your current trouble.”

“Are these things expensive to buy in the Dimensional Trading Device?” Fatty Lei was most worried about the price.

“These things are even more trash than the goods we sell, so they won’t cost many Credit Points at all,” Wangcai said to Fatty Lei. “However…”

At the end, Wangcai became hesitant.

“However what? Spit it out,” Wangcai’s behavior made Fatty Lei feel something was wrong.