Chapter 50

Chapter 50: Money Burning Like It’s Free.

Although Li Morui did not understand why Ning Rong asked about the other person’s character, he thought that whatever a big shot asked must have her own intention.

In fact, in that game instance, he had used a skill on that female player. Since his hidden identity was 【Gossip Collector】, his skills were naturally all related to gossip.

In real life, he loved eating melons and watching the drama unfold, and it was no different in the game.

At the time, the skill he used was called 【Gossip Inquiry】.

Just hearing the name, it was very straightforward—and very interesting, right?

It could be said that this skill was perfectly to his taste. Before even activating it, he was already rubbing his fists together in anticipation.

But after activating it, the result was——

That female player did not like eating scallions with her vegetables.

Li Morui: …

Doesn’t like scallions?

Is that what he was curious about?

Obviously not!

But what else could he say?

He could only say that 【Gossip Inquiry】 had an extremely wide scope. Even though he wanted to hear something interesting, the skill only let him know this.

The randomness of this skill was just too extreme.

Unwilling to give up, he activated 【Let Me See Your Secret】 again.

Skill result——

【The target possesses a hidden identity—Controller of Time.】

The fact that this female player had a hidden identity—he could already infer that much with his instincts and analysis skills alone, okay? What he really wanted to know was the specific details of her abilities, such as how long her 【Time Reversal】 could actually go back.

Unfortunately, the important information… the skill didn’t bring back even a single bit.

At that moment, he was practically tearing his hair out. He was really curious about this!

Because of this, he gained a clearer understanding of how useless his skill actually was.

And then, time came to today.

To be honest, Ning Rong’s appearance shocked him. How should he put it—she showed up with a foreman NPC by her side. Being able to handle an NPC in such a short time meant she was definitely not an ordinary player.

At that time, he secretly used a skill on Ning Rong—【Gossip Inquiry】.

Yes, the skill worked successfully.

He did obtain a secret.

And this time, the secret was much better than “doesn’t like scallions.”

So what was it?

The skill result said——【Her boyfriend loves her very much.】

Alright, alright. This gossip… barely satisfied his burning thirst for drama.

He didn’t expect that his 【Gossip Inquiry】 could even probe the emotional status between couples.

This was also the main reason he proactively shoved the hearing-aid prop into Zhou Yujing’s hand when he saw Ning Rong’s hearing issue.

After all, he had just eaten a sweet melon.

He was someone who understood reciprocation. Since others satisfied his urge to secretly eat gossip, he naturally had to return the favor.

As for why he could be so sure Zhou Yujing was the big shot’s boyfriend—

What else could it be?

Otherwise, why would the big shot specifically make Zhou Yujing go over to be her assistant instead of someone else?

From his perspective, he was certain that when the two of them looked at each other, their gazes were slightly… sticky.

If the two of them didn’t know each other and weren’t in a boyfriend–girlfriend relationship, he would do a handstand and eat shit!

Of course, he had never told anyone about his hidden identity in normal times.

After all, secretly probing into other people’s secrets was something that could easily get you beaten up. How could he dare say it?

Maybe one day he would discover something absolutely explosive and end up in danger because of it?

This hidden identity really wasn’t something you could just talk about casually.

But now, in order to show goodwill to Ning Rong, he had voluntarily exposed it.

Why?

It was definitely a bit impulsive, but his intuition told him the big shot was trustworthy. Perhaps his hidden identity could play an even greater role in the future.

At the very least, having a hidden identity meant he also wanted to accomplish something significant in the game. Among so many players, only an extremely, extremely, extremely small fraction had hidden identities. For him to have one was already a blessing from three lifetimes.

He also had a heart that wanted to do something for humanity.

But relying on himself alone, that would clearly be very difficult.

So he needed to latch onto a big thigh and get carried.

And now, he thought, he had found one.

While the few of them were chatting, the foreman arrived late. He wiped away nonexistent sweat and said, “I’m late.”

After speaking, his sinister small eyes swept across all the players present one by one. His tone sounded rather gloomy. “Bumper cars—who’s going to test them?”

At the same time.

On the player forum, after the faction war rules were updated, some players immediately joined the red faction.

Coincidentally, many players also joined the blue faction.

Only after truly joining a faction did players understand just how much “can switch factions at any time” was watered down!

The ten Crown Princes had privileges and could receive buffs provided by their faction. Players who joined a faction also received benefits from it.

Joining the blue faction meant that for every month stayed, one would receive a 999-game-coin salary reward.

But joining the red faction meant the monthly reward was a random item worth between 300 and 3000. The exact value depended entirely on luck. After staying for a full year, the reward for that month would 100% be an item worth between 3001 and 5000.

All of these salary rewards were issued by the game officials.

Once the hidden details beneath the faction war were uncovered, countless players sparked a new round of discussion on the forum.

【On the surface, joining the red faction might yield more expensive items… but who would actually want to gamble?】

【Joining the blue faction guarantees 999 game coins every month, but joining the red faction might give you an item worth 3000 coins. Hahaha, how many people are actually lucky enough? Isn’t this just forcing players into the blue faction?】

【Here’s the question: are you willing to gamble?】

【I really want to choose the red faction, but I’m really poor…】

【As if everyone else isn’t poor and doesn’t need that 999 coins a month.】

【We’re all broke because of the game… any player knows how hard it is to earn money in here.】

【This is a blatant scheme…】

【Sorry, my heart leans toward the red faction, but I need to survive first… I’ve never even won a lucky draw in real life, my luck is terrible. Brothers and sisters, you guys go ahead and fight for it!】

Game coins can be used to buy any item one needs.

But who knows whether the items dropped by the red faction are actually what you need?

As for items dropping with a value of 3000 game coins?

Ordinary people didn’t even dare to think about it.

After all, “lucky Europeans” were only a minority. Anyone who had played games understood this.

The final sentence of the rules was even more absurd. Who knew what the situation would be like a year later? It was entirely possible that by then, the faction war would already be over. Since the game’s arrival, it had updated multiple times, and players had cycled through countless generations.

For ordinary players, they could only focus on the present.

After seeing these discussions on the player forum, some players couldn’t help but think further ahead.

The faction war clearly wasn’t just a competition between Crown Princes…

If the number of people in the blue faction far exceeded that of the red faction, what would the future look like?

—

After the foreman said, “Bumper cars—who’s going to test them?”, Ning Rong casually said, “I’ll try.”

Hearing this, the players’ expressions varied—some were excited, some confused, some relieved, and some were secretly watching the show…

The foreman, however, looked suspicious. “Boss, what are you doing…”

Since when did a boss personally go down to test equipment?

Of course, there might be such bosses elsewhere, but here, it was always subordinates who tested equipment performance.

【Is the foreman finally starting to suspect something?】

【Is his brain finally starting to un-clog and function again?】

Ning Rong’s expression darkened slightly. She casually threw the small stack of game coins in her hand toward him.

With a sharp pa sound, the coins slapped against the foreman’s face, producing a crisp impact.

Before this, she had already activated the skill 【Money Smash】.

This was her first time actually using it in practice after discovering that 【Money Smash】 could also function as a physical attack skill.

The effect…

Unexpectedly good.

【!!! Oh my god, as expected of Big Sis Boss, she strikes without hesitation!】

【Not much force, but extremely humiliating.】

【I’m dying laughing, did you see the expressions of the people nearby? They looked like they’d seen a ghost in broad daylight hahahaha.】

【They’re cowards, but Big Sis Boss has never been one.】

【“Survival Amusement Park” should be the upgraded version of the old game “Midnight Amusement Park,” right? The difficulty used to be lower, but this foreman NPC has always been here.

The foreman’s combat power is maxed out. Once a death condition is triggered, he can crush players as easily as crushing ants. Yet who would’ve thought that this foreman, who used to act wildly in front of players, would actually get hit by Big Sis Boss?】

Ning Rong looked at the foreman, who stood nearly two meters tall. She was about twenty centimeters shorter than him, but her aura was several times stronger.

“Do you have any objections to what I said?”

After being hit by the game coins, they rustled down to the ground. The foreman lowered his head, glanced at them, then touched his slightly stinging right cheek and grinned.

“No.”

Ning Rong walked ahead toward the bumper car area. “You’re coming with me.”

Zhou Yujing immediately followed.

Ning Rong turned around and waved at him. “I meant him.”

As she spoke, her right index finger precisely pointed at the foreman.

The foreman who had been singled out: …

What’s wrong with this generation’s boss? Wanting to personally handle everything is one thing—but now she’s even dragging subordinates along?

The foreman paused, but in the end still followed after her. He didn’t want to be humiliated with money again by the boss. However, before catching up, he still bent down and picked up the money the boss had just used to smash his face with. He had clearly seen that quite a few players had been glancing at those game coins.

This money shouldn’t go to waste. It could barely be considered compensation for his mental damage.

The foreman roughly counted it.

Good heavens—there were actually more than ten hundred-denomination game coins.

His boss was seriously fucking rich to the point of burning money!

The foreman pocketed the money, then rubbed his chin.

If his boss always used money to humiliate him like this… it didn’t actually seem impossible…

—

The bumper cars on the field were all red. This red wasn’t an ordinary red, but a blood-like crimson.

Just looking at it gave off an ominous feeling.

The other players fell silent in fear; none of them dared to speak.

Only Zhou Yujing and Li Morui kept staring at Ning Rong without blinking.

Zhou Yujing was worried about his girlfriend.

As for Li Morui, he was completely shocked by the big shot’s extravagant spending.

The big shot could actually casually pull out so many game coins!

How great would it be if she threw that money at him instead!

A rough glance—it was easily more than ten bills!

Throwing it at the foreman was just too wasteful!

Originally, he even thought he might be able to pick up a few coins, but unexpectedly, the foreman was surprisingly flexible and actually bent down to pick up the money!

—

Ning Rong was about to casually choose a bumper car when the foreman suddenly spoke.

“Boss, come, let’s sit in this one.”

Ning Rong followed the direction the foreman pointed to and saw that a green bumper car had appeared in the empty space that was just there a moment ago.

【Oh my god! It can even do that?!】

【Is this why Big Sis Boss dragged the foreman along?】

【Seriously! Seriously! This cunning NPC actually prepared another bumper car!】

【If Big Sis Boss hadn’t brought the foreman along, this car probably wouldn’t have even appeared, right?】

Ning Rong glanced at the foreman.

The foreman rubbed his hands together. “Boss, this one’s newer and better.”

It could basically be called the classic case of “there are no three hundred taels of silver here.”

Ning Rong stepped into the green bumper car in a few strides. The foreman quickly sat down beside her.

The foreman’s body looked like a small mountain, but sitting in the bumper car, there was no sense of mismatch at all.

Ning Rong didn’t wait for the foreman to fasten his seatbelt and directly stepped on the accelerator. The bumper car shot forward at high speed.

Foreman: !!!

Viewers: !!!

【LOL, today is truly a suffocating day for the foreman.】

【Foreman is suffocating, Big Sis Boss isn’t suffocating, and as a viewer I’m not suffocating either.】

【This is just too satisfying.】

【Absolutely amazing.】

As the Big Sis Boss’s bumper car shot out in a racing-style burst, Li Morui’s gossiping heart began burning fiercely again.

What should he do—he really couldn’t resist wanting to eat the gossip!

The big shot was so strong, so special—he genuinely couldn’t control his curiosity anymore!

He closed his eyes and carefully activated his skill toward Ning Rong—

【Let Me See Your Secret】. This skill was clearly far more advanced than 【Gossip Inquiry】. 【Gossip Inquiry】 might dig up something boring, but this skill wouldn’t. This one, at the very least, could let him bite into some fresh, piping-hot gossip.

After the skill activated successfully, Li Morui looked excitedly at the result displayed.

Let’s see—what exactly was the big shot’s secret?

After clearly seeing the result, Li Morui couldn’t help but let out a small gasp.

Good heavens—really good heavens!

It could even be like this?!