316: miser

“Who would be looking for me?”

According to Wu La’s description, he should only have Bi Qi as a friend.

However, because it was a female voice, Chen Du quickly guessed what was happening, stepped out of the room, and calmly said:

“Xiao Ran, right? Where are we going?”

Chen Du didn’t understand the aesthetic of the Shushu Civilization, so he could only tell that the Shushu Other-race in front of him was a female. He couldn’t distinguish beauty or ugliness. She was holding a coat, which gave Chen Du a strange feeling.

“Hmm?”

Xiao Ran was startled. Wu La’s way of speaking and the content of his words were completely different from before.

If she remembered correctly, today was Wu La’s day to inspect the magma egg area. Logically, this was a day to gain some benefits, so he should be very happy.

And why was he so calm when she came to find him on her own today?

However, she still said, “To the slum. I can’t tell you the exact location, but I found a dry well there.”

“Beneath this dry well, there’s a bronze door, and it’s very likely there are resources inside!”

After Chen Du confirmed this person was Xiao Ran, his facial expression subtly changed, and he perfectly incorporated the elements of a sycophant into his subsequent words and actions.

“Resources?”

“There are actually resources!”

Underground resources were extremely scarce, which was the core reason for the overall weakness of the Underground people.

Even if there were magma eggs that could be exchanged at an equivalent value, you wouldn’t have the corresponding items to exchange.

Xiao Ran nodded, looking at Wu La, who seemed to have returned to his original state, and smiled:

“However, these resources aren’t that easy to get. There’s a Greedy Ghost under the dry well.”

“A Greedy Ghost?”

Chen Du repeated the phrase with a questioning tone. For a moment, he wasn’t quite sure if this thing was common knowledge in the Shushu Civilization or something else, so he didn’t dare to continue the conversation.

Fortunately, Xiao Ran didn't mind and continued:

“Yes, Greedy Ghost is the name I gave it. I’m not sure what its true nature is, I only know it likes gold beans.”

“As long as we have gold beans, we can make it open the door for us.”

“Didn’t you say before that you had almost saved enough money to marry me?”

“Now, take out all of them and use them to make the Greedy Ghost open the door for us. If there are resources inside, we’ll get married immediately after we come out!”

“Really!?”

“I’m going!”

Chen Du feigned excitement. Xiao Ran’s private life was messy, and her character was probably not much better.

This invitation was most likely a trap. Although Chen Du didn’t know what exactly she wanted to do, he naturally wouldn’t refuse.

Because he was Chen Du, not Wu La.

Even the village chief of the Shushu Civilization might not be able to defeat him, let alone a Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran was not surprised by this outcome. She smiled, then told Chen Du that she was afraid this secret would be discovered by others, urging him to quickly go and get the money.

Chen Du didn't hesitate. This was both to maintain Wu La’s persona and to understand the cultural landscape of these Underground civilizations by immersing himself in the situation.

Soon, Chen Du took the receipts and went to the Shushu Bank to withdraw 80 gold beans. What surprised Chen Du was that withdrawing money here actually required facial recognition!

Despite having no technology, they could use facial recognition, which directly exceeded Chen Du's understanding.

Fortunately, the Seventh Secret Treasure’s shapeshifting ability was excellent; as long as he didn’t fight, he wouldn’t revert to his original form.

Chen Du’s appearance was identical to Wu La’s. Only someone very familiar with Wu La would notice the strangeness in his behavior after some time.

Bi Qi hadn’t noticed because he had been kidnapped by Chen Du earlier and was in a state of panic the whole time, his attention not on Wu La at all.

Xiao Ran waited for Chen Du outside the Shushu Bank. When she saw him take out a total of 82 gold beans, Chen Du noticed a fleeting glint of greed in her eyes.

He confirmed that she definitely intended to steal his money today. 82 gold beans was equivalent to Wu La’s income for 8 months without eating or drinking, a large sum of money.

Especially for a non-Martial Artist like Xiao Ran, whose life fluctuations were only level 8, it was a huge fortune.

She clearly didn’t have the ability to forcibly rob him. As for what exactly she wanted to do, Chen Du decided to wait and see. He only knew that the destination was a remote place, which suited him perfectly.

Subsequently, Chen Du followed Xiao Ran from the residential area to the slum, and continued walking outwards.

“Is it that far?”

“Almost there.”

Xiao Ran replied, her voice trembling slightly. The average temperature in the residential area was around minus 30 degrees Celsius, and in the slum, it was minus 50 degrees Celsius.

Although the Shushu Civilization’s physical quality was naturally much stronger than that of humans in a High Martial Civilization, preventing them from freezing to death, it was still very uncomfortable.

Xiao Ran, wrapped in a coat, led the way. They walked like this for a day and a night.

Finally, they stopped in a desolate area beyond the slum, on the fringes of the Shushu Civilization, where there was indeed a dilapidated dry well in front of them.

Chen Du examined the well, feeling a bit curious. Wells were usually used for drawing water, but was there water here?

If Chen Du remembered correctly, all the water sources here came from an Underground river.

“We’re here!”

Xiao Ran revealed an excited smile.

Chen Du had been playing along the whole time, wanting to see what she was actually going to do. If it was just some scheme to steal money, Chen Du would be very disappointed.

Because these gold beans were meaningless to him.

The diameter of this dry well was quite large, nearly 2 meters. Xiao Ran took the lead and jumped down, and a landing sound quickly followed.

The well wasn't deep, only about 10 meters, a height that posed no pressure for an 8th-level Xiao Ran.

Chen Du did the same. Subsequently, Xiao Ran raised her hand and turned three ordinary-looking stones on the well wall in a certain sequence, which surprisingly opened a secret door at the bottom of the well.

About five seconds after they entered, the secret door automatically closed.

Behind the secret door was a downward passage. They walked all the way to the bottom, which wasn’t too deep. Chen Du roughly calculated that their current position was about three hundred meters below the well.

Looking at the completely blocked wall ahead, Chen Du thought Xiao Ran was going to open another mechanism to clear the way, when she spoke:

“Wu La, throw the gold beans.”

“Throw the gold beans in front, and the Greedy Ghost will come out and lead the way.”

Chen Du didn’t think much of it upon hearing this and directly threw a gold bean onto the blocked path ahead.

Seconds later, something bizarre happened. A gust of cold wind suddenly appeared, condensing into something with long hair and an indistinguishable face right in front of Chen Du.

He saw it curled up on the ground, picking up the gold bean with a bony arm, and a voice that couldn’t be distinguished as male or female came from its mouth:

“Gold, I see gold!”

Chen Du’s expression changed in surprise at this sight. This time, it wasn’t an act.

He actually felt an aura similar to Cao Daba’s on this Greedy Ghost. Could it be an Energy Lifeform?

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