It was only then that Lin Tao realized that Du Ruizhi with short hair also had a beautiful face, a sweet voice, and was smooth and sophisticated.

Perhaps it was because he often stayed in the herbal medicine store to help that he developed this kind of personality, Lin Tao thought.

However, the more this is the case, the more help it will be for Lin Tao to enter the First Mecha Academy in the future.

With Du Ruizhi's eloquence and smooth side, she soon became more familiar with Aunt Bai.

"You are such a good talker, kid." Aunt Bai said with a smile. She looked at Lin Tao and the others enthusiastically and said, "Well, how about this? Originally, the rent here is not high. Normally, I would charge you a deposit of three months. Now I will waive it for you. You only need to pay the rent for that month in advance at the beginning of the month."

Aunt Bai knew clearly that Lin Tao and the others must be short of money, otherwise they would not have come to her. She liked Du Ruizhi very much and wanted to reduce their deposit on the spot.

"Aunt Bai, this won't work." Du Ruizhi shook her head repeatedly. Her family was also in business, so they naturally knew the rules.

Without saying a word, Lin Tao swiped his electronic watch and immediately transferred one million star coins.

"You kid." Seeing the one million in cash transferred over, Aunt Bai repeatedly reminded: "You just arrived in Mingyuan City. The prices here are very high. For example, we charge a rent of 100,000 or 80,000, which is only enough for one or two months of living expenses. If you really go to that end, I'm afraid you won't even be able to survive for a month."

Aunt Bai pointed to the area near the First Mecha Academy, which was the central area.

Lin Tao smiled and said, "Aunt Bai, don't worry, we still have some money left."

With the gambling experience at the Zhengwei Mecha Center, Lin Tao was confident that he could make some quick money from the mecha gambling. Although he might not be able to make 10 or 20 million, around a million should not be a problem.

Beep beep!

Just at this moment.

Lin Tao's electronic watch suddenly began to beep. He looked at it and was stunned again.

"Dear Skynet Mecha Master L, since your gambling fight video has been watched by many people, according to Skynet regulations, both participating mecha masters can get 20% of the spectator fees. There are 345 people watching this gambling fight video, and the income is 345,000,000 star coins. You will get a total of 69,000,000 star coins."

Next, there was another message related to the bank account number.

"Your bank account has received a transfer of 69,000,000 star coins from Skynet..."

"What? You're busy so soon?" Aunt Bai was far away and didn't know what had happened. She just thought that Lin Tao had something urgent to do.

"It's okay." Lin Tao waved his hand.

"That's good." Aunt Bai smiled and said, "Well, how about this, since you paid so much rent at once, Aunt Bai will consider it as collecting ten months' rent from you. If you have nothing to do tonight, come to Aunt Bai's house for a simple meal."

"How can this be so embarrassing?" Lin Tao waved his hands repeatedly: "Why don't we treat Aunt Bai to a meal outside?"

Having suddenly received a large sum of money, Lin Tao immediately suggested going out for dinner.

"Hey, kid, the prices outside are high, you might as well stay at my house and save some money. Besides, Aunt Bai is planning to introduce Xiaofan to you so that you can take care of him." At this point, Aunt Bai's face darkened: "My Xiaofan is such an unmotivated child. He has been in the First Mecha Academy for two years, but he still has no achievements. I'm really afraid that he will go astray and I don't know what to do in the future."

"Oh?" Lin Tao was surprised. All the students who could enter the First Mecha Academy possessed amazing talents. Even large mecha companies from outside had invested in this stage one by one, so that they could get a capable general after they graduated.

Two years, and he's going backwards? Lin Tao didn't quite believe it.

"Aunt Bai, students who can enter the First Mecha Academy are considered geniuses even in the Interstellar Federation. How could your Xiaofan be bad?" Du Ruizhi said sweetly.

"Hey, you are such a sweet-talker." Although Aunt Bai was dissatisfied with her son, she also liked to hear words praising him. She became more and more satisfied with Du Ruizhi and said with a smile: "Wait for me, I will go and prepare some dishes and we will have a good meal tonight."

"Aunt Bai, how can I let you spend money? Let's go together." Du Ruizhi had already taken Aunt Bai's hand and left together. As they left, he did not forget to call out to Lin Tao and the others, "You guys should tidy up the place first."

Lin Tao nodded.

After the two left, Lin Tao turned around and found Du Ruiming standing there stupidly with a dazed look on his face.

"What's wrong with you?" Lin Tao frowned slightly.

"Lin Tao, you...you..." Du Ruiming swallowed his saliva with a gulp. He was close to Lin Tao and could see both messages on Lin Tao's watch clearly.

Originally, he was skeptical about Lin Tao winning tens of millions of gambling money in the mecha gambling game, but after seeing the two messages, the last trace of doubt finally disappeared, and he became shocked and stunned on the spot.

Although Du Ruiming was only a member of the mecha maintenance department, he would go to Skynet to play a few games when he was free. Although his mecha combat skills were average, he was familiar with the rules of Skynet. More than 300 people watched the battle, and the spectator fees reached more than 300 million. Obviously, the gambling battle that Lin Tao participated in was at least a battle with a gambling gold of tens of millions.

With over 10 million in gambling stakes, the game can still attract more than 300 people to watch.

A Skynet mecha master who reaches this level is basically a high-level mecha master even if he leaves Skynet, and may even be a genius-level mecha master trainee. In other words, he must at least have a certain fame in Skynet to attract so many people.

Lin Tao is famous? Absolutely not.

If he had a certain popularity in Skynet, not only would the news spread widely, even the Skynet mecha master himself would be eager to announce it to the outside world, so that he could get strong support from some forces.

Moreover, if Lin Tao had been famous in Skynet earlier, he would not have stayed in the mecha maintenance department, and he would not have had to live the hard life he had in the past.

Obviously, this famous person is definitely Lin Tao's opponent.

But in this case, how could someone who could meet such conditions engage in a high-stakes bet with an ordinary unknown person? Although the bet was not small, the strength of the two sides was very different. If he won, it would be fine, but if he lost, his reputation would be ruined.

Seeing Du Ruiming's expression, Lin Tao immediately understood that this guy must have seen the two messages. He couldn't help but smile and said, "I told you before that I won my money in the mecha gambling battle."

"I...I..." Du Ruiming kept saying "I" for a long time but still couldn't utter a complete sentence.

Sometimes it is like this, a person who is usually not that good can sometimes become so successful that it is really hard to imagine.

In Du Ruiming's eyes, Lin Tao had suddenly become successful.

"Let's go and clean up the room first, see if we need anything, and then go buy some more." With nearly 70 million extra at once, Lin Tao planned to purchase some necessary items, such as a mecha virtual cabin.

This way, if you want to enter Skynet in the future, you won’t have to go to the Mecha Center anymore.

The two of them cleaned for a while and soon tidied up all the rooms. After freeing up three rooms for living, Lin Tao just glanced at the other two rooms and took both of them.

In one of them, he planned to place a few virtual cabins, and in the other room, he planned to turn it into a pharmacy and equip it with some medicine processing tools.

Du Ruiming didn't say anything about this. Lin Tao paid all the rent. Even when he proposed to split the rent equally, Lin Tao refused.

It's getting late.

Accompanied by Du Ruizhi, Aunt Bai prepared a table full of delicious food.

After waiting for a while, the three finally saw a young man of the same age as them coming back. It was Bai Fan mentioned by Aunt Bai.

Looking at the three strangers who suddenly appeared in his house, Bai Fan, who was covered in stains, was confused.

"Xiao Fan, come here quickly, I'll introduce you to her." Aunt Bai waved at him.

“Ah!” Suddenly, Bai Fan screamed and pointed his hand at Lin Tao: “You are…you are…Lin Tao!”

"Do you know each other?" Aunt Bai asked in confusion.

The Du siblings were also surprised.

Lin Tao was actually confused. Today was only his first day in Mingyuan City and he had never seen this young man named Bai Fan before. How could he possibly know him?

"Of course I know him. Lin Tao is very famous now." Bai Fan's face looked strange.

"What's going on?" Aunt Bai looked confused.

"You are Lin Tao, and you, Du Ruizhi from the Engine Design Department, and Du Ruiming who is in the same department as me." Bai Fan laughed and recognized Lin Tao and the others.

"Mom, they rented this place?" Bai Fan thought about it and immediately understood why Lin Tao and others appeared in this place.

"Yeah." Aunt Bai nodded.

…

After dinner, Bai Fan called Lin Tao and others out.

"Mom, I'm going to go out for a while." Bai Fan closed the door.

Aunt Bai shook her head repeatedly, but she didn't mind seeing these young people getting along well. Moreover, she had already found out that Du Ruizhi had no relationship with Lin Tao, so she hoped that Bai Fan could get along well with her.

Thinking of this, Aunt Bai was filled with joy.

The group arrived at the place rented by Lin Tao.

"How do you know us?" Du Ruizhi was full of doubts.

"Do we still need to know each other?" Bai Fan laughed: "With your current reputation in the First Mecha Academy, you can be compared with the top ten people in the Mecha Academy."

"Could it be..." Suddenly, Du Ruizhi's heart skipped a beat and his expression suddenly changed.

The corners of Du Ruiming's eyes twitched a few times, and he suddenly turned his head to look at Lin Tao. There was no need to ask any more questions, it was definitely about what happened when they entered the school in the morning.

Lin Tao didn't care at all and crossed his arms over his chest.

"You are really amazing. On your first day at the First Mecha Academy, you not only cursed in front of the dean, but also offended Tong Zhi and the head of the Engine Design Department." Bai Fan laughed: "Lin Tao, it's a good thing you didn't enter the Engine Design Department, otherwise I think you would never graduate from the First Mecha Academy in your lifetime."

Hearing this, Du Ruizhi almost squeezed out two tears. Lin Tao did not choose the engine design department, but she did.

It looks like she's in a lot of trouble.

"What about me? What will happen to me?" Du Ruiming asked anxiously.

"Don't worry, you are the ones recommended by Master Gu Lei. Don't you think about Master Gu Lei's professional background? He is the pillar of our maintenance department. Even if he leaves the First Mecha Academy, even the department head will have to obey him with just one word." Bai Fan said with a smile.

Du Ruiming then secretly breathed a sigh of relief.