Chapter 385 - Harvest. Video [2 in 1] (1/2)
The car drove out of the airport. During the drive back, the pedestrians and cars all seemed to be in a rush.
News of the demonic world’s invasion obviously could not be kept secret. By now, the common citizens already knew about it.
Although the demonic army was held off by the exotic beasts left on Mercury, and they wouldn’t be able to break through the perimeter any time soon, what about in the future?
The number of exotic beasts in Mercury was limited, after all, while the demonic creatures that poured out from the planar gates could only be described as endless.
Once the exotic beasts in those remote areas were slowly reduced to nothing by the demonic army’s overwhelming numbers, the demonic army would surely start attacking human settlements.
Also, that time would certainly not be very far off.
Therefore, the government and the army weren’t the only ones who had started preparing themselves. Even the civilian beastmasters had taken their own initiative to do something, be it raising their own strength, or forming teams with people they knew to prepare for the upcoming great battle.
Not only that, many people were feeling annoyed that the fifth beast swarm would come in only about three years!
If the beast swarm came sooner, although the cities would be subjected to fierce attacks again, the demonic army would similarly be under attack! Who knew? Perhaps the endless swarm of exotic beasts would directly force the demonic army to withdraw!
Moreover, with that, the humans could even borrow the strength of the demonic army to weaken the beast swarm, and push back their attacks sooner.
However, only a fraction of people were hoping for that.
According to past experience, the beast swarm would only come once a decade. There were still more than three years to go before the fifth beast swarm attacked.
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The car drove on, and finally returned to the villa district Zhang Che lived at.
After learning of Zhang Che’s victory in the arena deathmatch and his immediate return, Xi Muyun and the others closed shop early and everyone had gathered at the main gate, receiving Zhang Che for his triumphant return.
Having won the arena deathmatch, it meant that his and the Zhen family’s feud had been resolved… on the surface, at least.
In the future, if the Zhen family were unresigned to the results and wanted to take revenge, they would have to think twice, and could only do so in the dark.
After all, Zhang Che was no longer the same as before. He was no longer an insignificant man anyone could toy with as they wished.
After Zhang Che got out of the car, he saw his mother standing in the courtyard, smiling. He couldn’t help but feel a complicated mix of emotions. He said, choking on his words a little, “Mom, I’m back! Sorry for worrying you!”
Sun Lan nodded with a faint smile, her eyes slightly reddened. She tried her best to suppress her emotions and replied, “You’re back. That’s all that matters.”
Actually, she came to realize that as her son grew stronger and stronger, how could it be possible to not face all kinds of danger?
Instead of always showing a worried expression, it was better to support him. In any case, she couldn’t change a thing, especially now that the demonic world had invaded Mercury. As a powerful beastmaster, Zhang Che would surely have to step onto the battlefield. This was the responsibility of an expert of humanity.
“Aunt, Great-aunt, let’s not stand around in the courtyard. We should be happy that Zhang Che won.” Huang Tielan quickly smoothed out the situation after getting out of the car, and the group entered the living room of the villa, laughing.
All kinds of delicacies already filled the dining table.
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After dinner, Zhang Che drove Miss Tienan home.
The truth was, he really didn’t want her to go home, but the circumstances didn’t allow that.
“Right, are you going back to school for lessons tomorrow?”
Huang Tielan found the question a little strange. She had only applied for two days of leave. Of course she had to return to school tomorrow.
“Why not you take another day of leave?” Zhang Che suggested, leaving her feeling odd.
She blanked out for a moment, then her face quickly blushed red and she reprimanded him delicately, “Zhang Xiaoche, what are you thinking? I have to go to class tomorrow!”
Zhang Che cried out his innocence inside. This time, he really wasn’t thinking anything strange. But, the key thing was, it was useless even if he was thinking dirty. Miss Tienan was simply too unmoving in her stance. He had no way to proceed.
He sighed, showing a hurt expression. He turned to look at Huang Tielan, trying to look put upon, asking her, “In your heart, am I someone like that?”
“Mhm, you are!” Miss Tienan answered without hesitation.
Zhang Che: …
“Actually, I wanted to tell you that we’ve struck it rich this time, and are going to collect money tomorrow.”
After hearing that, Huang Tielan was stunned for a moment, then her eyes shone with excitement. She quickly asked, “You’re saying, you bet on the arena deathmatch?”
-Good girl, you’re quick on the uptake!-
Seeing Zhang Che’s lips drawing back into a faint smile, Huang Tielan grew even more excited. She subconsciously suppressed her voice and asked, “Zhang Xiaoche, how much did you bet?”
-Miss, is this necessary? Are you afraid of the pedestrians outside overhearing us? Even if we did some vigorous exercise in this car, no one would notice anything!-
Of course, Zhang Che was only thinking to himself. He would never say that out loud, even if he was beaten to death.
“Hmm, not much. Fifty-five million.”
“Fifty-five million purple crystal points!?”
Naturally Huang Tielan wouldn’t think it would be in dollars. Fifty-five million dollars was only worth about a four-star gold-quality beast card. To the commoners and low-tier beastmasters, it was indeed a huge sum. But to Zhang Che, it was an insignificant sum!
Miss Tienan yelped audibly. She immediately thought of the odds of the arena deathmatch. Without even having to calculate, she knew the final amount.
“So, excluding your capital, you earned over two hundred million purple crystal points!”
This amount truly shocked her. However, she was the sole princess of the third generation of the Huang family, after all. Although it was impossible for her to see such a huge amount in her daily life, she didn’t feel too overwhelmed.
“Not that much. There’s still tax and miscellaneous fees to be deducted. I’ll probably get around two hundred million in the end,” Zhang Che smiled, as if he was talking about something insignificant.
“Two hundred million!” Huang Tielan narrowed her eyes. “Zhang Xiaoche, we won’t have to worry about money for purchasing ingredients for concocting cultivation fluid anymore!”
Mhm, as someone who dreamed of becoming the best beast card cultivator in the world, nothing was more important than being able to purchase all kinds of ingredients without a care to concoct the cultivation fluids.
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“Zhang-shao, these are… for us?”