Chapter 71 – Cat Dad is Rich (2)

Xiaomao frowned. He didn’t care about politics and social status. Thus, he had no interest in Liu Bei’s offer.

“I’m only interested in money, and I’m in a bad mood, munya! Do you know that I lost 20,000 RMB because of a stupid accident, munya?!”

‘How about this? I want to purchase some information from you. I’ll pay in cash.’

“That’s more like it, sir. What would you like to know, munya?”

Xiaomao’s tone softened. He smiled and almost licked his phone. He didn’t realize that the taxi driver noticed the creepy smiling face in the rear mirror, and the latter’s expression turned dark.

‘Where did you get those element fruits? I’ll pay a million RMB for it.’

Xiaomao’s facial expression turned stiff. His smiling face distorted in contempt as he was not stupid enough to disclose his future knowledge to the public. After all, a G1 fruit could be sold for a million dollars in the future.

But after being reminded of the price of the fruits, Xiaomao swiped his phone to check his game account and the auction house.

6 days remained until the auction of Xiaomao’s items ended. However, the current bidding price of each fruit shocked Xiaomao.

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G1 Dark Fruit

Last Bid: Three minutes ago.

Current Price: 1,555,555 USDT_.

Time Remaining: 6 Days

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G1 Light Fruit

Last Bid: Two minutes ago

Current Price: 2,500,000 USDT

Time Remaining: 6 Days

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G1 Water Fruit

Last Bid: Three minutes ago

Current Price: 1,200,001 USDT

Time Remaining: 6 Days

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The bid offers were insane. Xiaomao rubbed his eyes twice and slapped his face to check if he wasn’t dreaming.

The slap was so loud that the taxi driver peeked in the rear mirror and broke a sweat. He cursed in his mind that he had picked up a mental customer today.

After Xiaomao confirmed that he wasn’t dreaming, he processed the information. Now, he understood why Liu Bei wanted to get close to him.

‘I see. I’m rich now, and he wants my money printers. Predicable kid.’

Xiaomao coughed and deepened his voice.

“Aha. Listen here, little Liu. This senior’s information is not cheap. Unless you are a billionaire, you can’t afford it, munya.”

‘Don’t be like this, Miao Xiaomao. Didn’t I bail you out of jail?’

“I was innocent, and you did nothing, munya. Also, only an idiot will sell this information for lower than a billion dollars. Look at the current bidding price, munya!”

Xiaomao smirked. He knew that Liu Bei knew about the potential of these items. Any gold-farming guild would kill to learn where it came from.

‘Listen. I’m serious. Can’t you share this information with me, please? I’m begging you. It’s not like those fruits are common drops. You can’t monopolize this forever. One day, someone might find it and sell the intel to other players. Come on, sell it to me, and we can still be friends.’

“If I don’t, munya?”

‘Do you realize the gravity of the situation? I can easily reveal your identity, and all mobs will come after you!’

“Now, you’re blackmailing me, munya? How nice of you.”

‘I’m stating the facts. I’m giving you one million RMB for the information. Sell it to me, and we can still be friends.’

“Hohou?”

Xiaomao cracked his knuckles. He recalled the miserable life when Liu Bei’s henchmen bullied him in school. And now, the guy behind all the bullies was blackmailing him.

“Try me.”

‘You…’

Xiaomao ended the call. He scoffed and leaned on the seat. However, his sclera turned dark, and his golden pupils turned orange as if they were fiery flames.

Again, the taxi driver noticed how terrifying Xiaomao’s expression was. He sweated profusely.

“Please don’t eat me. I’m not tasty!”

“…”

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Xiaomao and got home. He carried Mu-Nyang back to his usual place, which was the tallest cat tree’s bed. The cat yawned and slept as if he was exhausted.

Munya (Leave a bowl of wet food in the kitchen. I’ll eat it later.)

“Okay, master.”

Unfortunately, Xiaomao had three other masters.

Mew (I want Wagyu Steak!)

Meo (I want a medium-rare rib-eye steak!)

Nya! (Papa, I want a big fish!)

Xiaomao laughed. He went to the kitchen and prepared food for himself and his masters.

After feeding his cats with canned food, Xiaomao changed his clothes and got ready to return to the game. He hummed in a good mood as his financial problem was solved, and he would become a millionaire next week.

DING

While Xiaomao was about to return to his room to play the game, his phone sounded an alarm. He picked up the phone to check.

Surprisingly, it was an email from a strange sender. Xiaomao opened it to check.

[My name is Qamar Ismael. I’ve noticed that you’re selling element fruits in bulk in the auction house, and I’m interested in being your trade partner. I would like to purchase your spirit fruits for five million dollars each, and I’m willing to buy in bulk. If you’re interested, reply to this email to me. If you want to, I can fly anywhere on earth and meet you in person.]

Everything was written in English. Even though Xiaomao was Chinese, he understood it.

“Wow, munya.”

Money came so fast. Xiaomao couldn’t believe that he would get a trade offer so soon.

Still, this email was a wake-up call. It demonstrated that his private information could be easily exposed to conglomerates, nobles, politicians, or crime organizations. This might be the time to increase his home security.

Moreover, this offer and the auction revealed another important clue. It showed that many rich players were already aware of the spiritual roots’ true value. They might also be aware of the superpower perks that they could get from the game like Xiaomao.

‘These guys should be the insiders or the shareholders of the company. When the alien invasion war broke out, those oil barons, billionaires, company employees, and children of politicians were the first group of superhumans that repelled the invaders. I’m sure they know about the game’s perks ahead of time.’

When the game was launched, the game communities weren’t interested in the game as it was expensive. Yet, millions of players joined the game and temporarily increased the price of PACT from five USD to 5.5 per PACT for a few hours before it dipped because of the traders.

But a day after the game was released, someone posted about the elusive story quest of the second world, and the game became even more popular.

‘Come to think of it, the second world is the most active world of all three worlds because of the cultivator theme. But the people of that world will become the enemies of mankind. I didn’t pay attention to that world when I was farming PACT the last time. I should check on the event.’

Xiaomao went to his computer and explored the news about the cultivation world.

Coincidentally, the second world had another global event. A country was being invaded by a monster force, and players were mobilized to defend it.

The monsters, on the other hand, were absurdly strong. All of them were over level 900 and above while players had an average level of 90-100. Only less than 100 people managed to surpass level 100.

Xiaomao had the urge to watch the clips to see how they defeated level-900 monsters. However, he chose not to watch them as he might get addicted and waste his precious time instead of playing the game. He simply skimmed through articles and forums to collect information.

Half an hour later, Xiaomao stopped. He glanced at a YouTube video’s thumbnail, which was a handsome angel with a black and a white wing.

[Mao Clan Lore] was the video title.

Xiaomao was tempted to watch it as the angel was a famous story NPC, but he mustered his willpower not to click it. He closed his computer and entered the game capsule.