Chapter 1126: Chapter 837: Inquiry (First Update)
“What kind of face is that?”
Su Mo looked at Sun Duoxiang’s exaggerated expression and replied irritably.
“Boss, it’s 100 billion Contribution Value; how are we going to manage that?”
“What do you an ‘how’? We’ll just do it slowly.”
Su Mo replied helplessly.
“Boss, don’t joke with . We could work ourselves to death and still not have enough Contribution Value, unless we take on those ultra-difficult missions, but we can’t handle those.”
Sun Duoxiang replied with a downcast face.
“Even if we can’t handle them, we have to try. We can’t really spend 500 billion Star Coins to buy a qualification certificate.”
Su Mo furrowed his eyebrows, speaking with a headache.
“500 billion Star Coins, that’s robbery!”
Sun Duoxiang yelled like a cat who had its tail stepped on; 500 billion Star Coins seed ridiculous.
“That’s just how much it costs.”
“Then we can only grind Contribution slowly.”
Sun Duoxiang said with a crestfallen expression.
“It’s not like there’s no other way; I actually have a shortcut.”
Su Mo changed his tone upon seeing Sun Duoxiang’s dejected look.
“What way?”
Sun Duoxiang’s eyes imdiately lit up, eagerly asking.
“And that is to beco soone’s son and have them give us a qualification certificate for free.”
Su Mo casually joked to Sun Duoxiang.
“Boss, if you’re getting a deal like that, count in,”
Sun Duoxiang shalessly chid in.
Su Mo kicked Sun Duoxiang lightly with a retort: “I was joking, and you actually believed it. Can you have so dignity?”
Sun Duoxiang scratched his head, replying, “500 billion Star Coins, what do I need dignity for?”
At this point, the low voice of Fake Owner·Swallower suddenly echoed in Su Mo’s mind: “Even if you wanted to beco soone’s son, they wouldn’t want you.”
“Pfft, I’m not that kind of person; I just saw Sun Duoxiang looking so down and teased him a bit.”
Su Mo replied helplessly.
“The kid is right, though. Grinding Contribution for decades still won’t be enough. You’re better off borrowing those 500 billion Star Coins.”
“That’s not possible; I already asked to defer 200 billion Star Coins. How could I change that to 700 billion? That’s against principles. If I promise that without sha, how will the old man see ? Wouldn’t I beco a person without principles, driven only by profit?”
Su Mo explained solemnly to Fake Owner·Swallower.
“Hmm, smart, not too foolish.”
Fake Owner·Swallower paused for a few seconds, finally replying.
Of course, Su Mo actually has another path to take, but he won’t do it unless absolutely necessary.
“Boss?”
Seeing Su Mo silent for a while, Sun Duoxiang cautiously asked.
Su Mo snapped back to reality, patted Sun Duoxiang’s shoulder, and said, “Alright, no more nonsense. Get so rest. As for the Contribution grind, let think more about it.”
“Okay.”
Sun Duoxiang listened, breathed a sigh of relief; if they really had to grind Contribution, half of his life would be gone.
Then Su headed towards his room.
Not long after, Su Mo returned to his room, walked into the bathroom, and began a cold shower.
Letting the cold water continuously wash over his head, clearing his thoughts considerably.
His expression kept changing, but he remained silent.
“What are you thinking about now?”
Fake Owner·Swallower’s deep voice echoed.
“I’m thinking about finding a good way. Right now, it feels like we’re in a dead end.”
Su Mo candidly shared his thoughts with Fake Owner·Swallower.
“Then what are you planning to do?”
“Just relying on Contribution grinding isn’t realistic; it wastes too much ti. I might as well spend money.”
“Problem is, you don’t have money, and you don’t want to defer paynt.”
“So I’m thinking of cutting the Eternal tal Ore first. I rember you said it has a chance to explode, right? If it produces enough Eternal tal, I could use part of that to exchange for a license.”
Su Mo explained his thoughts.
Fake Owner·Swallower listened and replied, “It’s feasible. That raw stone is so large; as long as your luck is decent, the yield won’t be small.”
“Let’s do that. By the way, how do we cut the ore ourselves?”
Su Mo asked humbly.
“No, you don’t have professional tools. Star Ring City has specialized stone-cutting shops. Find the biggest one and send it there for cutting.”
“Got any recomndations?”
“No, you need to find one yourself.”
“Alright, I’ll check Star Ring Forum for guides later.”
Su Mo turned off the tap, picked up a towel to dry himself, changed into loose pajamas, and left the bathroom, grabbing his phone to lie on the bed.
Imdiately, Su Mo opened the Star Ring City’s forum, searching for information on stone-cutting shops.
The search results were overwhelming.
These stone-cutting shops were everywhere, forming a huge industry chain.
He carefully browsed the posts, unable to stop taking a chill breath; many people gamble away their fortunes.
Of course, there are very few lucky ones who get rich overnight, showing off various photos in different posts.
But Su Mo couldn’t shake the feeling that so seed staged.
“I feel like cutting raw stones is just like gambling.”
Su Mo frowned and said.
“It’s basically gambling, but you got it for free rather than buying it, so it doesn’t matter. Cut away. No matter how much material you get, you’re profiting. And rember, really good stones—do you think shop owners would sell them to others? What’s on sale is either low quality or extrely risky because they’re leveraging people’s greed.”
Fake Owner·Swallower replied calmly.
“Makes sense. Let’s go with this one.”
Su Mo chose a store called Xingyuan, which had a relatively decent reputation and scale.
“Whatever, as long as I’m keeping an eye on them during the cutting. If they dare to shortchange you, that’s even better.”
“Hey, hey, you say it’ll be better if they cheat ?”
“Correct; you can report them to Star Ring City, and the compensation will be at least triple, provided they can afford it. That’s why I advised you to choose a bigger shop.”
Fake Owner·Swallower replied nonchalantly.
Su Mo listened and had a complex expression, “You’re ruthless.”
“It’s nothing. As long as they play by the rules, it’s fine.”
Fake Owner·Swallower showed no concern.
“Didn’t say anything, ti to sleep; tomorrow we’ll cut the stone.”
Su Mo stretched and fell asleep.
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The next day at Star Ring City, Third Ring.
Outside the World Bank.
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