"I see your hesitation."
"So, this time, let me take your place."
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Wilderness city, ochre plains.
Shi Ying wiped the sweat from her brow.
It was already past noon, but the temperature showed no sign of dropping.
But Granny Masalia, who was holding the special white stone, was neither dry nor hot, and did not sweat a drop. This white stone seemed to have an endless amount of energy, constantly producing cool air.
As expected of a five-star target, she is so special.
However, Bai Shitou refused to budge. Shi Ying had been making a big show of her strategy for a long time, using her "attractive eye waves" and "pitiful tears" to flirt with the blind man.
"Shi Ying, I heard that it's your birthday today." Bai Shitou said to Tian Gang with a smile: "Can you wish me a happy birthday?"
"Happy birthday..." Shi Ying said weakly.
She thought to herself, what kind of good person am I anyway? This stone is so difficult to capture, why not sell it quickly, then she will be rich!
"Hey, your eyes are so scary. Are you thinking about anything bad about money?" Bai Shitou muttered.
"Bad money?" Shi Ying was already very angry, and she no longer wanted to please this old man who was impossible to conquer. "A day of pulling goods at the construction site is 5 rounds of wages, and a night standing in the tavern is 15 rounds... This is what my mother told me in person. I started to make money at the age of 14. People like you will definitely not understand it!?"
Unexpectedly, after she had lost her temper, she heard the prompt: [(Special white stone) Favorability increased by 10 points].
"Yes... I'm sorry. That's not what I meant. I'm just afraid that you will sell me out..." Bai Shitou said in a low voice.
Bai Shitou was so straightforward that Shi Ying felt uncomfortable.
Since childhood, in order to support her younger brothers and sisters, she was instilled with the concepts that "emotions are a tool for money transactions" and "your beauty is very valuable." She vaguely understood that these were wrong, but she had to do so to survive.
The cat car that Hongta slacker Hui Bai took casually had a starting price of 5 Luoer coins, which was the entire day's wages for Shi Ying's family. The class gap in Luowasha was so great that it was despairing.
The twenty-seven gods in the sky are all waiting for the "first player" and the "great savior" - but even if these great people come, who will pay attention to the humble family in the corner?
The saviors have never even left the rich lands of "World Tree", "Red Tower", "Central Kingdom", "No. 1 Experimental City", "Undead Imperial Capital", "Sky Clan Cloud Island" and never set foot in the muddy corners with their noble feet.
If life is meant to suffer and endure, why is birth considered a joy and a miracle?
Even if the savior tries his best, there is no eternal ivory tower or Eden. Can the poor be happy if the two worlds go on the road of exile in the universe?
Shi Ying smiled bitterly. Perhaps, only a selfish person like her could obtain such a selfish golden finger as the [Favorability Strategy System].
So, when it comes to a white stone, her first reaction is to capture it, and her second reaction is to sell it.
"If I sell it, I can at least get Shar coins. After the Red Sun, I can buy a big manor and grow a lot of wheat, so that I can have endless bread... Well, I also need to buy a lot of firewood, so that I will never feel cold again..." She thought:
"Then we'll build an orphanage and take back all the girls from the taverns. Some of them are only 13 or 14 years old... and they can go to school. This will cost about 5,000 Shar coins. There will also be a relief fund to help families like mine... Only 80 Shar coins are enough to feed a family..."
She vaguely realized what a stone with infinite energy meant. It was something that even gods coveted.
"It would be great if I could conquer that 'Son of the Plane'... The system says he has a fetish for lighthouses, and the difficulty of conquering him is seven stars..." Shi Ying thought while biting her nails.
"Shi Ying, do I look stupid and silly?" Bai Shitou said suddenly.
"Uh... No, how could that be?" Shi Ying stammered, trying to hide the fact that she had always regarded Bai Shitou as a fool: "Kind people look stupid and dumb."
"So what do you think is more important, being kind or being smart?" Bai Shitou said.
Shi Ying thought about it and gave her true answer: "Intelligence is important. Smart people can live well, and kindness is worth less than weeds."
Bai Shitou really stopped talking and seemed to be autistic.
"Hey, Grandma Martha, look! What is that!" Shi Ying suddenly noticed something and raised her head.
Marsalia raised her head quickly.
As the red sun was setting, the two of them looked towards the distant horizon and saw a bright red spider lily blooming in the direction of the World Tree.
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