Collecting Rent From All Realms, Even Empresses Must Pay Tribute
Ch. 113 - Three Hundred Million

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Ye Chuan looked at the petite girl in surprise, speechless after hearing her words.

So, she had opened her door out of curiosity when she heard the ghosts screaming last night?

She wasn't afraid of a jump scare at all?

Ye Chuan felt that if this were a horror movie, she would be the first to die.

She looked like a naive, innocent loli, the perfect cannon fodder.

"So? What's your point?" Even though he had been seen, Ye Chuan asked calmly. He hadn't intended to hide his actions.

It wasn't important.

"I want you to protect me," the girl said, clutching her hands together and looking at Ye Chuan with pleading eyes, like an abandoned kitten.

"I have no obligation to protect a stranger. And what can you offer me in return?" Ye Chuan shook his head. 

He wasn't going to take on a burden for no reason.

Hearing this, the girl lowered her head. "I… I have nothing but cuteness and money."

Ye Chuan twitched his lips. She was cute, but also quite arrogant.

But the mention of "money" perked up his ears.

"How much money?" Ye Chuan asked.

"A lot. If you can help me escape this place, I'm willing to give you half of my inheritance," the girl said.

"How much?" Hearing the word "inheritance," Ye Chuan felt that this wasn't going to be simple.

"About three hundred million," the girl said, counting on her fingers, a bit uncertain.

Ye Chuan was stunned.

How much?!

Even he couldn't remain calm. Why was this little loli casually mentioning three hundred million?

Was she talking about Monopoly money?

But then Ye Chuan realized a problem. He didn't know how to escape this place either.

This was just his Holographic Adventure, but for these other people, they seemed to have been dragged here.

He didn't even know if they existed in the real world.

Ye Chuan thought for a moment and decided to ask her about the real world. "Just curious, what year is it? And where are you from?"

The girl froze, a bit confused by his question. "Blue Star Calendar 1099, I'm from B City."

Ye Chuan: "..."

What the hell?

"I'm from 2025," Ye Chuan said. 

His words stunned the girl for a few seconds, then she said hesitantly,

"So, we're not from the same time?"

"It seems that way," Ye Chuan felt a pang of pain in his heart.

Damn it.

A three-hundred-million-yuan, world-class money tree, and she wasn't even from his world!

He wanted to imitate Lan Xiaoke and scratch his head in frustration.

He was so frustrated!

"Is this valuable to you?" the girl asked, taking out a gold bar from her small bag.

"Oh?" Ye Chuan instinctively took it, feeling its weight.

"Do you have more?" he asked. After all, the price of gold had been soaring recently; this gold bar was quite valuable.

He could use it to make some gold jewelry for Luo Xi.

"This is the only one. I was going to use it to make a gold lock for Laifu," the girl explained.

"Who's Laifu?"

"My husky," the girl said, tilting her head and making a paw gesture. "Woof!"

Ye Chuan: "..."

Seeing his silence, the girl quickly said, "I-I didn't mean you're a dog!"

Although he was disappointed about missing out on the three hundred million, Ye Chuan consoled himself that it was probably Zimbabwean dollars; the value was different.

But even if the value was different, the gold bar was still real gold.

"I'll take the gold bar. I'll protect you for a few days, that's a fair trade, right?" Ye Chuan asked.

The girl nodded vigorously.

"What's your name?"

"Tian Xiaotian."

"Then follow me," Ye Chuan said, and Tian Xiaotian immediately stuck to his side, almost hanging off him.

"Too close," Ye Chuan glanced at her. What was she doing getting so close? There were no ghosts around.

"Oh."

Having received his payment, Ye Chuan didn't mind having a little tail. 

He started chatting with Tian Xiaotian and learned that their worlds were similar.

Just some differences in history, but the basic knowledge and common sense were the same.

"Boss Ye Chuan, were you also pulled into this place while you were sleeping?" Tian Xiaotian asked curiously.

"I came in voluntarily," Ye Chuan replied casually.

"V-voluntarily?!" Tian Xiaotian was stunned. Why would anyone voluntarily enter this terrifying place?

Ye Chuan didn't explain further. "I'm interested in those ghosts, so I'll definitely be facing them at night… Don't follow me if you're scared."

"I'll follow," Tian Xiaotian said. She wasn't stupid. Almost everyone here was terrified of the ghosts, but this boss was hunting them. 

She would definitely stick with him.

"Everyone seems to be collecting supplies, shouldn't we be doing that too, Boss?" Tian Xiaotian asked.

"What's the point of collecting supplies?"

"You can craft weapons and upgrade your dormitory to defend against the ghosts," Tian Xiaotian said, looking at the messages in the chat group.

"I'll just kill all the ghosts," Ye Chuan said.

Tian Xiaotian blinked. That… seemed to make sense?

A boss was a boss, their thinking was different from ordinary people.

Unbeknownst to them, many eyes were watching Ye Chuan—

[This guy must be a high-level player, somehow entering this beginner dungeon.]

[I don't think so, I can't see his level, maybe he's not even a player.]

[The daytime is so boring, can we release some small fry to spice things up?]

[Let's not, last time we released ghosts during the day in the Monster Dormitory, and no one survived.]

[Tsk tsk, I wonder if he'll slaughter all the ghosts on the second night too.]

Just then, the admin spoke—

[Admin: Don't worry, I've granted special permission, other high-level players can now enter this dungeon.]

[Hahaha, this is going to be interesting, I love watching digital cockfights.] ( TL: 电子斗蛐蛐, diànzǐ dòu qūqū, a slang term for watching others fight online.)

[Hurry, hurry, I want to see bloodshed!]

…

Ye Chuan and Tian Xiaotian explored all the floors but didn't find anything special. There was a door on the first floor, but when Ye Chuan probed it with his divine sense, he found only emptiness.

Simply put, there was nothing there.

"Hey, you two, have you joined a team yet?" Just as Ye Chuan and Tian Xiaotian were walking, they were stopped by a group of people.

"N-no," Tian Xiaotian instinctively replied.

"Just the two of you, huh? Then hand over all your supplies," one of them said, grinning, after hearing that they weren't in a team.

They looked at Ye Chuan and Tian Xiaotian like they were looking at a feast.