Chapter 40: So Freaking Greedy!

“Hey~ my friend, what’s up?”

Fatty Lei and Wangcai entered the Trading Space. Wangcai turned on the Communicator. Then Andrew appeared on the screen with a big smile.

Wangcai wisely stepped back and stood behind Fatty Lei. Fatty Lei walked up to the screen and greeted Andrew.

“Hello! Mr. Andrew, we meet again.” Fatty Lei waved his arm at the screen.

“Nice to see you too, Mr. Odin,” Andrew replied. “I wonder why you’re contacting me now. Did you get a harvest already?”

Fatty Lei nodded and said, “I contacted you to tell you that we’ve had a harvest.”

Andrew looked surprised at first, then his face lit up with joy.

“Really!”

Andrew seemed unable to believe it. Even though he knew those plants grew fast in Fatty Lei’s Desert, he didn’t expect them to bear fruit and be harvested so quickly.

It had only been seven short days! Andrew truly couldn’t believe it.

But no matter what, this news from Fatty Lei was good news. It was exciting news that could even keep him awake for several days.

Actually, Fatty Lei didn’t know that Andrew, although a tier-one level 80 Merchant, was just as broke as he was and didn’t have much extra on hand.

So, facing the fact that Fatty Lei’s harvest could bring him income, Andrew was extremely excited.

Fatty Lei smiled and nodded. “Of course it’s true. Why would I joke about something like this?” Fatty Lei’s words put Andrew at ease.

“This time we harvested thirty-two Magic Fruits. I want to discuss with you—I plan to keep half as seeds to expand the planting area. That way, the next harvest could definitely be more than ten times the current one.” Fatty Lei told Andrew his plan.

“Originally, I considered using all of this batch of Magic Fruits to expand the planting area. But then I realized I don’t have extra Credit Points to buy guards, so I can only keep half.”

Andrew thought for a moment and said to Fatty Lei, “Mr. Odin, you really think things through. You’re indeed the best partner.” After hearing Fatty Lei’s words, Andrew said, “I have no problem with that. Shall we trade now?”

Fatty Lei waved his hand, and Wangcai came over.

Fatty Lei pointed at the Sweet Potatoes in the container in Wangcai’s hand and said to Andrew, “Here are sixteen Magic Fruits. Please check them.”

Andrew waved his hand. “No need to check. Send them over now. I’ll transfer the Credit Points to you right away.”

“Ding dong!”

A prompt sound immediately rang in Fatty Lei’s Trading Space.

“Account received 4,800 Credit Points. Please confirm whether to accept?”

Without Fatty Lei having to decide, Wangcai already controlled the account and accepted the Credit Points.

Then, after paying another Transmission Fee that he covered himself, a blue light beam shot out from the computer and hit the metal container in Wangcai’s hand.

After about three seconds, the metal container in Wangcai’s hand disappeared.

“Then I look forward to the next harvest,” Andrew said. After receiving the sixteen Magic Fruits, he was in a hurry to start selling them to the Merchants who had pre-ordered, so he said goodbye to Fatty Lei.

Fatty Lei waved at Andrew with a smile. “It seems Mr. Andrew can’t wait any longer. Then I won’t hold you up. Hurry and sell these Magic Fruits. We’ll have plenty of days to earn Credit Points in the future. This is just the beginning.”

Maybe Andrew realized he was being too impatient and felt a bit bad toward Fatty Lei.

So Andrew’s old face turned red, and he looked very embarrassed on the screen.

Fatty Lei could see Andrew hesitating and stammering before finally giving him an awkward smile.

“Mr. Andrew, don’t be embarrassed. For us right now, earning Credit Points is the most important thing. And for me, only when your financial power is strong enough will I have income, right?”

Actually, what Fatty Lei said was correct. As a Contract Manufacturing partner, only when the upper partner is financially strong can the lower partner, Fatty Lei, work with peace of mind.

Since Fatty Lei put it that way, Andrew didn’t dwell on it anymore.

Andrew looked at Fatty Lei very seriously and said, “Mr. Odin, you’re right. In that case, let’s see how things go in the future. I, Andrew, am not a petty person. You’ll understand once we work together longer.”

Then Andrew turned off the Communicator.

Just then, Wangcai came closer and whispered to Fatty Lei, “Master, just before Mr. Andrew left, he transferred another 3,000 Credit Points to us.”

Fatty Lei jolted and turned to look at Wangcai.

Seeing Fatty Lei looking at him, Wangcai nodded seriously.

“Wow~~” Fatty Lei reached up and rubbed the top of his head, looking very surprised. “I really didn’t expect that. This Andrew guy really knows how to handle things.”

“Hehe~”

Wangcai gave a flattering smile. “It’s all because he was moved by your righteousness, Master. I think your cooperation with Mr. Andrew will become even stronger.” Wangcai seized the moment to butter him up.

Although Fatty Lei knew Wangcai was flattering him, he didn’t think he had some ‘kingly aura’ just because of those words.

But Fatty Lei still felt that taking the honest route was the right choice.

“As the saying goes, treat others with sincerity, and they will treat you with sincerity.” These words suddenly flashed through Fatty Lei’s mind.

“It seems I’ll have to be honest all the way from now on,” Fatty Lei mumbled to himself quietly. Although Wangcai heard what Fatty Lei said, he didn’t quite understand what it meant.

But Wangcai guessed that his Master probably planned to treat people with honesty from now on.

“Maybe that’s not a bad thing,” Wangcai thought to himself, looking at Fatty Lei’s shiny face.

“Alright, Wangcai, now we have Credit Points. Let’s quickly find other Sci-Fi Dimension Merchants and buy some guards right away.” Fatty Lei turned slightly and looked at Wangcai.

According to Fatty Lei’s plan, earlier Andrew gave him one Sweet Potato to plant. He needed one ridge of land for that. Now that he had sixteen Sweet Potato seeds to cultivate, that meant he needed to clear sixteen more ridges of land.

Fatty Lei had lived in the countryside for a while in his original World, so he knew that sixteen ridges of land would be about one acre.

One acre isn’t too big, but it’s not small either. What’s more, Fatty Lei couldn’t watch over that land 24 hours a day.

After all, Fatty Lei was just an ordinary person now. He had no way to resist the seven or eight hours of Planetary Storm every night.

Moreover, without the protection of the Military Outpost’s Metal High Wall, Fatty Lei might not be able to handle those occasional Xenomorphs and those disgusting Bugs.

Even with Wangcai, the Intelligent Butler, by his side, Fatty Lei still didn’t feel very secure.

Right now, Fatty Lei always had a sense of crisis. If he wanted to feel safe, then in his view, he needed to have lots of underlings around him.

Only then could Fatty Lei feel secure.

No matter what enemies he encountered in the future, with one shout, countless underlings would swarm forward. No matter how strong or awesome you are, you’d still get taken down… Fatty Lei was determined to go the quantity route.

Of course, this had one precondition: he simply had no way to obtain items in the Dimensional Trading System that could increase his own power.

Ever since Fatty Lei ate one Sweet Potato in his attempt to become a Mage, he still felt uncomfortable in his stomach.

This also made Fatty Lei realize that he simply wasn’t cut out to be a Mage.

But one should always keep a little hope, right…

After hearing Fatty Lei’s words, Wangcai came over and tapped noisily on the keyboard of the old, worn-out computer in front of Fatty Lei.

“Bzzzz~~~~”

The image on the computer screen flickered and showed a scene of a brilliant Starry Sky.

“Welcome to the Dimensional Trading search function. Each search requires a payment of 30 Credit Points…”

Fatty Lei’s face immediately turned very unpleasant, as if he were constipated.

“Damn it!” Fatty Lei cursed loudly. “Is there anything in this Dimensional Trading System that doesn’t cost money? I feel like it’s really greedy.”

A violent thought suddenly rose in Fatty Lei’s heart. He really wanted to smash this old computer to vent his anger.

“Master, that’s just how the Dimensional Trading System is. You’ll get used to it over time, get used to it.” Seeing Fatty Lei’s dark expression, Wangcai comforted him with a few words.

Fatty Lei finally suppressed his anger. After all, he still needed to rely on this Dimensional Trading to leave this damn place. So it was fine to think about some things, but he absolutely couldn’t do them.

“Wangcai, pay the 30 Credit Points. After all, buying some guards is very important for us.” In the end, Fatty Lei had no choice but to pay the usage fee.

But unexpectedly, Wangcai told him with a pained face, “Master, this search bar only shows ten results per search. If none of those ten results have the information we need, then we’ll have to pay another 30 Credit Points to search again.”

Wangcai thought it best to explain these Dimensional Trading System search rules to Fatty Lei in advance.

Sure enough, after Wangcai finished speaking, Fatty Lei’s face changed dramatically.

“What! Only ten each time, and you have to pay again for another search!”

Besides anger, Fatty Lei felt his muscles twitching at the ‘greediness’ of the Dimensional Trading System.

Because he was just too agitated, Fatty Lei couldn’t hold back for a moment…

“Pffffffft~~~~~~~~~~~~” He let out gas again…

“Damn! What kind of nonsense is this!” Fatty Lei couldn’t help but think, feeling very frustrated.