Chapter 143: Settlement Rewards
Just as Yuan Zhu was about to engage in some academic exchange with Meng Xiyue, discussing their respective cognitions of the Underground World; on the other side, the iron dummy (Zhou Chu) had also finished haggling with the captain. Her facial expression still retained a trace of regret from the negotiation not being fully satisfactory.
At this time, the captain beckoned to the two whispering people: “There’s plenty of time for you to exchange now. I’ll settle the remuneration for this mission. What favorable intelligence do you have for Happy Home? What follow-up arrangements did you leave in the mission world? Do you have any items or rare resources to submit? Organize them all and hand them to me.”
Yuan Zhu, who had already pre-booked the best employee of the year, and Meng Xiyue, who was equally bursting with enthusiasm, both raised their hands to answer eagerly: “Me me me!” ×2
“No rush, take it slow. Zhou Chu has already submitted her ‘homework’ to me. She took in and rescued a group of native children, spread the power of the Law System. She also distributed the insect eggs I gave you, forming an employment relationship between these kids and the Mao Mao King. It can only be said to be average, even not as good as Huo Tuoluo who left early.”
The captain gave a brief comment, not satisfied with Zhou Chu’s actions.
The other party didn’t take the mission to heart at all, only remembering before returning that ‘raising caterpillars’ could give those desperate kids a way to survive, then handing them out.
Otherwise, he suspected Zhou Chu would take the insect eggs for a stroll in the Bubble World and bring them back to Happy Home.
Hearing the captain’s words, the activist Meng Xiyue followed up: “Captain, what remarkable feat did that black big brother accomplish?”
“Huo Tuoluo had a fierce conflict with Centipede City, which belongs to a demonic Immortal Sect, tried to break out of the encirclement relying on the power of the mutated uniform, and ultimately was unfortunately captured. During the imprisonment and torture, he showed extraordinary willpower (legendary tough guy), and also exposed the great potential of the uniform.”
“The mutated uniform attracted the attention of the Insect City rulers. After analysis and testing, the Centipede elders confirmed that the base material constituting the uniform is a kind of insect silk. Subsequently, they searched out that batch of insect eggs from Huo Tuoluo. And unanimously believed that Huo Tuoluo’s abnormal actions and the mystery of the uniform were inseparable from these insect eggs.”
“Coincidentally, the mainstream system of the mission world is Insect Pollution, which matches the profession perfectly. So the cultivators of this Centipede City directly bypassed Huo Tuoluo, spontaneously treating the uniform and insect eggs as the top priority for research and cracking, investing massive resources. Finally, when Huo Tuoluo couldn’t endure the torture and chose to return, his main mission was already automatically completed, and far exceeded Zhou Chu’s.”
Hearing this, Yuan Zhu and Meng Xiyue looked at each other in bewilderment. Another one who threw himself into the game, without using even a bit of power, and reversely completed the mission strategy.
It’s just that Meng Xi still had to work hard to show her value, actively flattering and cooperating with Insect City; while the black big brother just lay there, completed the mission, and even made money?
After descending, took a beating, and then the main mission was completed? This squad really has talents everywhere.
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Next, it was Meng Xiyue’s turn to submit the mission. Her mission strategy was stronger than Zhou Chu’s and Huo Tuoluo’s. She used providing ‘otherworld technology’ as a condition to have Cao Ling City arrange a group of bottom-level civilians to raise insect eggs for her.
Originally just that, her mission progress was even not as good as Huo Tuoluo’s. After all, that demonic Insect City was full of demonic elites with long-term vision and pattern, acting decisively.
After first seeing the filthy bone (demonic blood) uniform, they fell deeply in love with this high-fashion ‘clothing-type equipment’. Then they burst with enthusiasm, actively raising and cracking the mystery of the ‘insect eggs’, because they hoped to combine the uniform with the similarly ‘clothing-type equipment’ insect armor!
Using the otherworld insect silk uniform, combined with local bug gold exoskeleton knight armor, bypassing the Technician Alliance, to develop a brand new insect armor uniform with independent intellectual property rights, this might be the opportunity to truly shatter the void beyond heaven rank!
Compared to the demonic Insect City where everyone was bursting to crack ‘uniform insect silk’, Cao Ling City’s raising and hatching of insect eggs was much more perfunctory.
Fortunately, Meng Xiyue wasn’t stupid. After realizing her mission results might fall short, the young lady imprisoned in the laboratory began to fool the Insect City higher-ups.
Saying that after the insect eggs hatch, the ‘insect silk’ spit out by the caterpillars is an important resource, with irreplaceable uses for the skull servers she made. Thus Cao Ling City began to take it seriously.
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After Meng Xiyue, it was Yuan Zhu’s turn to submit the mission.
He not only took out a batch of perfect crystal silkworm cocoons that had absorbed ‘moonlight spiritual essence’ as spot goods, instantly crushing the two teammates who were all talk.
Then, he introduced to the captain his Mao Shi Worm mutation cultivation experiment plan. And the total annihilation of the Holy Light Mao Clan Insects, and the Shadow Yuan Shi Worm’s rebellious drift further away… this thing is increasingly unlike a ‘living bug’.
Then, he briefly introduced the animal husbandry village he founded, hoping to obtain investment from Happy Home and become an upstream raw material cultivation base.
Finally, he even pushed further: hoping the captain could personally descend, sit in the animal husbandry village, deter Cicada City riffraff. Turn the animal husbandry village into Happy Home’s major base in the Bubble World, a premium breeding base.
With the animal husbandry village as the core, send the latest and best-selected ‘insect eggs’ through trade channels to various insect cities… then arrange manpower to recycle ‘insect silk’ from various insect cities, converge them in one place, transmit back to Happy Home, realizing plane trade.
Hearing Yuan Zhu’s vision, the captain didn’t reject it, but actually pondered it.
Compared to Centipede City and Cao Ling City, which essentially involved ‘core insect egg leakage’ and held no initiative, and Ying Huo City with zero presence, Yuan Zhu’s small animal husbandry village was actually more suitable as Happy Home’s foothold.
Through the exploration and collected intelligence by the four teammates. And their respective actions in the Bubble World, and the final feedback to Happy Home… it could be judged that this world has great value, a treasure trove waiting to be mined, worth investing in. Then Yuan Zhu’s animal husbandry village was indeed an excellent landing point.
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The captain first listened to the three’s respective experience reports, then browsed the submitted intelligence.
In addition, the four of Yuan Zhu, as employees (emissaries/contractors) of the Mao Mao King. Their actions in the Bubble World were not only recorded by Happy Paradise of Gods, but also linked causally to the Mao Mao King, which would feedback to Happy Home.
Simply put, if the Mao Mao King doesn’t actively descend her mental will to the mission world, she can’t know the specific intelligence information of the ’employees’.
For example, what exactly Yuan Zhu did in the outskirts of Cicada City (shadow domain)? The Mao Mao King has no way to know the details, but through the feedback from Happy Home, knows he did something big, with extremely high energy fluctuation, far beyond the other teammates.
Another example, the captain also couldn’t confirm the origin and strength of the shadow snake demon (tiger demon), let alone know it’s Yuan Zhu’s hidden mode. But through the feedback received by Happy Home, confirmed this god and demon’s ‘shadow attribute’ and otherworlder identity.
Even if the captain doesn’t understand the detailed intelligence of the three in the Bubble World, as long as he listens to their respective reported experiences, and compares with the feedback values received by Happy Home, he can reverse-engineer each person’s experiences, achievements, and performance.
Just like headquarters doesn’t care what legal, illegal, or gray things a dispatched employee did locally.
The company only cares how much business you completed, how much wealth you created for the company? And issues bonuses based on this performance.
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Therefore, Yuan Zhu deservedly ranks first, the top salesperson of this mission trial!
Although the spread of his ‘insect eggs’ wasn’t as wide as Huo Tuoluo’s and Meng Xiyue’s, the completion degree was extremely high, and constantly innovating, developing even the Shadow Yuan Shi Worm that he himself despised.
The captain had already inwardly sentenced the Yuan Shi Worm to death, expelling it from the Mao Shi Worm family tree. This was clearly a wrong direction, hopeless waste project!
But Yuan Zhu’s exploratory spirit, loyalty to the Mao Mao King, attitude toward the company, are all plus points. Especially that shadow camp, its value is absolutely not as simple as he said.
According to the feedback received by Happy Home, Yuan Zhu’s experiences in the Bubble World continuously created multiple ‘super peaks’ crushing the other teammates (shadow dream hole, shadow domain, holy cough blast).
Very clearly, some of his actions had already stimulated the ‘Bubble World’ to react. Just like someone secretly detonating a nuclear bomb on Earth, the whole world can detect the aftershocks.
The fluctuations Yuan Zhu caused fundamentally didn’t seem like something this age, this level (newcomer) could do.
Genius! Elite! Saint son potential! And has research ability too?! Happy Home should focus on him, increase investment, cultivate him vigorously, and build good relations!
What a pity, this kid chose the [Holy Light System]. If he had joined the [Mao Mao King]’s [Path of Anti-Law], it would have been perfect.
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After the Captain calculated the comprehensive evaluation of the three based on the feedback content, they entered the salary payment stage.
“Zhou Chu, this is your reward.”
The Captain handed a black bag to Miss. It contained the coins for this mission’s reward. She opened it and counted; there were only 6, fewer than the 10 from last time.
Meng Xiyue shouted: “Ah? How come there’s only coins and nothing else? We worked so hard for so many days, and the result is worse than the last newcomer’s trial mission?”
The Captain explained: “There’s also a sum of Space points, already deposited into your personal accounts. In addition, Happy Home will open the ‘Discount Zone’ for you, allowing low-price exchanges for supplies, equipment, and abilities provided by the Mao Mao King.”
Meng Xiyue: “That’s more like it. Chu Chu Sis, how many points did you get?”
Miss reached out to touch the Stone Pillar, then replied: “800 points.”
Meng Xiyue was unhappy again: “What? Just this little?” The Space of Gods had given her several thousand points, this Mao Mao King was too lame!
The Captain ignored her and handed over a small black bag: “Meng Xi, this is yours.”
The girl shook the bag, spilling out 15 black metal coins, then reached out to touch the Stone Pillar: “I performed so excellently, how come only 1500 points? This is unfair! Black curtain, there’s a black curtain, I protest!”
“Yuan Zhu, yours.”
Candle reached out to take the black bag, weighed it, and found it a bit heavy. He poured them out and counted; only 20 coins, which greatly disappointed him. Then, he also touched the Stone Pillar; the Captain had only given 2000 points, pitifully few as well.
Meng Xiyue came over, counted Yuan Zhu’s coins clearly, then immediately ran to the Captain: “Captain, is this distribution method of yours reasonable? Is it fair? Why can’t I understand it!”
The Captain was helpless, pushed up his goggles, and explained: “Happy Home’s remuneration distribution is completely different from the Space of Gods’ calculation method. I only settle based on the extent of your contributions to the Mao Mao King. Although you each had adventures and faced no small risks, it was mostly for yourselves, with little thought given to the Mao Mao King. The rewards I gave you are still fairly reasonable.”
Meng Xiyue thought about it; her actions had indeed prioritized satisfying her own needs. Contributions to the Mao Mao King were always incidental.
But she still stubbornly said: “Then the difference in coins is too big, isn’t it?”
“Coins are different from contributions. In distributing coins, I lean more toward fairness and equal opportunity. Your current use of coins is limited to entering and exiting Happy Home, or unlocking some special ‘advanced/hidden sections’ in the Space’s Exchange List. Giving you too many wouldn’t mean much. If you need coins in the future, you’ll have to work harder and contribute your power to the Mao Mao King.”
After saying this, he looked at Yuan Zhu: “Little Yuan, come over here; I have something to tell you.”
As expected! I knew it; I’ve done so much for the Mao Mao King, how could the Organization not see my efforts and dedication? Here comes the follow-up hidden benefit.
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The Captain left Meng Xiyue there, pestering Zhou Chu and starting to boast endlessly again.
Yuan Zhu followed the Captain to a corner and began exchanging insights. It mainly revolved around his several disruptive actions in the Underground World, helping the Captain understand what exactly caused several special peaks in the feedback.
At this time, Yuan Zhu also figured it out: his creation of the Shadow Dream Hole, the Shadow Domain, and the successive Holy Light Blasts were all actions that touched the core of the Bubble World in Happy Home’s backend surveillance.
Each of these reached the level of leaving his own traces in the Bubble World. These three actions not only created a deep connection between Happy Home and the Underground World but also allowed the Space of Gods to use them as beacons and ropes, anchoring and deepening its connection and control over the Bubble World.
