When Lin Mo woke up from his sleep, it was already four in the afternoon.
Ever since Divine Oracle launched, Lin Mo hadn't had a proper night's sleep.
This time, he slept a full eight hours.
He finally slept his fill.
After all, only by keeping his stamina up could he continue pulling all-nighters tonight.
So Lin Mo went downstairs, planning to find Ning Xi and go out to eat something together.
When he arrived at Listening Rain Pavilion, the front desk girls told him that Ning Xi had taken the day off.
'Did something happen?'
Lin Mo felt a bit worried.
He asked the front desk to connect him to Ning Xi's phone.
After learning that Ning Xi was fine, and that she had never drunk alcohol before but got force-fed too much by those scumbags last night, leaving her throat uncomfortable, so she took the day off to rest at home, Lin Mo finally felt relieved.
["Brother Lin Mo, wait for me, I'll come over right away,"] Ning Xi said in a slightly hoarse voice.
Lin Mo said, "It's okay, you don't need to come over. Just rest well at home."
"I've got things to do later anyway."
Ning Xi felt a bit embarrassed, ["Brother Lin Mo, tomorrow I'll definitely give you a really good massage."]
Lin Mo smiled, "Deal!"
After hanging up, Lin Mo let out a sigh of relief.
But toward this future-only SSS-tier national server Empress of the Dragon Nation region, he always had a sense of unease.
He worried that Ning Xi would be bullied, and he was also afraid she'd be taken by someone else.
"No!"
"I need to keep her by my side so I can feel at ease."
"As long as I don't let her enter Divine Oracle too early, it shouldn't affect her getting an SSS-tier talent."
Coincidentally, the three-bedroom apartment Lin Mo rented in Tianyuan Residence was spacious enough.
Living alone, Lin Mo often felt lonely and empty.
If the Xiyue Empress were by his side, that would simply be—
"Absolutely blissful."
So Lin Mo immediately made up his mind. Tomorrow, he'd help Ning Xi go through the resignation process.
He'd hire her, pay her a salary, and have her work as his personal assistant.
Even if all she did was water plants at home, take care of a cat, listen to music, or watch movies.
That was still far safer than staying at Listening Rain Pavilion, where she could run into perverted customers at any time.
Then in the evenings or on weekends, Lin Mo could take her out shopping, to the movies, buy her clothes, eat out. Much more convenient for training.
"How could the Xiyue Empress serve others?"
"She can only serve me alone."
After eating, Lin Mo went back home and logged in.
———
[Ding~ Respected player Rulebound, welcome back to the world of Divine Oracle!]
Whoosh!
White light descended.
Lin Mo appeared in Blazing Ember City.
After being offline for a full eight hours, the situation in Blazing Ember City had changed quite a bit.
Aside from Lin Mo himself being level 27 and still firmly holding the top spot on the level leaderboard.
Second place, Archer Dragon Soul Dusk, was already level 25.
And the first-line players of Blazing Ember City had all reached levels 22 to 23.
Second- and third-line players had average levels approaching around 20.
Clearly, compared to Lin Mo, who had slept less than fifteen hours total over the three days since launch, there were plenty of people even crazier than him.
Through his omniscient network of players, Lin Mo took a look at the situation over in Shadow City.
He discovered that under Wang Junjie's command, after the tireless efforts of over three thousand Chaotic World guild members, the Shadow Legion had already been cleared eight times.
Their level had risen from the initial level 15 all the way up to level 23.
"Just two more rounds and the Shadow Legion will be wiped out, and the Shadow Gate can be opened."
"Looks like I need to pick up the pace and finish collecting the remaining three pieces of the Venomous set as soon as possible."
Thinking this, Lin Mo went to the potion shop and stocked up on a batch of mana potions.
After all, Lin Mo was now level 27. One cast of SSS-tier Ice Snow • Extreme Cold Grasp or Heaven-Slaying · Seven-Star Volley consumed over 80 mana.
Relying solely on the mana recovery effect from the Tier 2 orange Poison Burst Necklace, which granted +25 mana per kill, was no longer enough to keep up with the massive mana consumption.
Lin Mo bought a backpack full of level 6 mana potions.
Only then did he leave Blazing Ember City and head toward the Insect Nest Underground Palace.
On the way to the dungeon, Lin Mo collected his mail.
[Ding~ Congratulations, your consigned C-rank magic scroll · Insect Burst has finished auctioning. Total bids: 52. Final winning bidder: player · I Am Not Wang Junjie at 415,000 yuan. The platform deducted a 5% handling fee. The remaining 394,250 yuan has been transferred to your bank account.]
[Ding~ Congratulations, your consigned C-rank skill book · Bug Detonation has finished auctioning. Total bids: 111. Final winning bidder: player · Dragon Soul Aoshi at 640,000 yuan. The platform deducted a 5% handling fee. The remaining 608,000 yuan has been transferred to your bank account.]
[Ding…]
Four mails.
Two C-rank Insect Burst scrolls and two C-rank Bug Detonation skill books had all sold.
After deducting fees, Lin Mo netted 1.85 million yuan.
Far beyond his expected 800,000.
Lin Mo couldn't help but exclaim excitedly, "There really are a lot of big spenders in Blazing Ember City."
As a result, Lin Mo's assets rose to 16.7 million.
The original plan was to make 50 million in three months.
Yet in just three days, Lin Mo had already completed a full third of it.
This speed was maxed out.
"Looks like after three months, when Divine Oracle opens the recharge function, the 50-million cumulative recharge reward is basically guaranteed."
"Next, we'll see how much I can still make in these three months, and what my true limit is."
Three months later, Divine Oracle would devour reality.
The more you recharge, the stronger you become.
"In this life, no one is stopping me from reaching the peak of Divine Oracle."
Soon, Lin Mo arrived at the Insect Nest Underground Palace.
Because the average level of Blazing Ember City players had already reached 20.
And because Dynasty Overlord, in order to squeeze even more benefits from Wang Junjie, had secretly been encouraging players everywhere to farm Venomous equipment in the Insect Nest Underground Palace and sell it to him at double the market price, which he then resold to Wang Junjie at ten times the price.
More and more players had started paying attention to the Insect Nest Underground Palace.
At this moment, quite a few players were coming and going.
Wang Junjie was naturally not stupid.
As Venomous sets began to flood the market and many people could obtain them, he started compressing their value.
Previously, when Lin Mo monopolized everything, he was willing to pay ten times the price to buy from Lin Mo.
But now, according to Lin Mo's understanding, the value of Venomous sets had already been compressed to no more than twice that of ordinary equipment.
Some people, eager to make money, were even selling Venomous sets at the same price as normal equipment.
So, just as Lin Mo had predicted, the biggest dividend period had already passed.
Fortunately, Lin Mo had already successfully eaten the largest share of that dividend.
And next, he wasn't worried at all about not being able to keep making money off Wang Junjie.
Since sucking Wang Junjie's blood through the Venomous set no longer worked.
He could just switch to another route.
As long as Ling Xiao remained this "straw," Lin Mo could suck Wang Junjie's blood anytime, anywhere.
"I'll let you catch your breath for now. Once I finish collecting the Venomous set and deal with the Shadow Holy Hall dungeon, I'll keep sucking you dry."
Thinking this, just as Lin Mo entered the tenth floor of the Insect Nest Underground Palace.
Suddenly, he saw a familiar figure standing ahead.
As if quietly waiting for his arrival…
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