I Am Cultivating in the Apocalypse-Chapter 865 - 955: That’s the Condition?? That’s It??
At this moment, Jing Shu threw a cold bucket of water over everyone. She calmly said, "However, every time it’s used for a while, my energy crystals decrease, so I’m not contributing them for free. I have conditions—"
"Conditions?"
"What conditions?"
"Are you saying this mud rope isn’t contributed for free and it comes with conditions?"
"Are you stupid? Big Yellow Teeth said earlier, the mud rope was made with energy crystals, each drop costing so many virtual coins! Since it’s an energy chemical reaction, it’s basically burning money."
Big Yellow Teeth took another sip of goji water and, while talking, spat a bit from between his teeth, spraying the faces of those who thought they could use someone’s energy crystals without paying:
"My gosh, at this point, if we don’t find a way out soon, we’re going to die, and some people want free stuff? If you want something for nothing, please find your own way out, because I sure don’t want to die of thirst or hunger." Big Yellow Teeth couldn’t stand being hungry or without water. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
If he couldn’t drink more water to produce more body fluids, he couldn’t support the entire zombie squad. When the whole zombie squad completely turned to stone, where would he go to cry?
Old Zhou coughed to quiet everyone, then turned to ask Jing Shu, "Miss Jing, please feel free to state your requirements. We can’t let you bear such a huge cost alone."
Once Jing Shu felt enough groundwork was laid and everyone thought she was going to make a lion’s share demand and tacitly accepted her conditions, she smiled disarmingly and let everyone’s hearts sink:
"I’m sacrificing so much, I initially thought about demanding everyone’s contributions—"
Many bodyguards’ hearts sank at the thought of losing all their contributions. If they didn’t give them, they’d lose their lives too.
Nannan showed a subtle, gloating smile. Such an over-the-top demand, Jing Shu was dead for sure!
Just when that thought crossed everyone’s minds, they saw Jing Shu continue: "Or simply demanding all the apocalypse new energy discovered in the sea area—"
She paused again.
This time it was Old Zhou’s turn to take a breath. Did this girl know what she was saying? How could she dare to make such excessive demands?
Then they saw Jing Shu say:
"Of course, I, Jing Shu, am not such an unreasonable person. Based on my previous experiences, no matter if it’s six-dimensional space or whatever, the new energy produced is enormous, requiring a large mining team to extract it. But this time, the Mirror Sea Area is so eerie and only allows entry without exit. Once you enter, the following troops might not continue to enter, so this time it might be a one-time entrance.
Therefore, if new energy is indeed discovered this time, and it’s too vast for everyone to mine, can I have free mining rights? All the energy my fleet can take away belongs to me, after all, I need to invest a lot to open the way with four-in-one energy. Of course, if there isn’t enough energy for national mining, I won’t take any, as the country is currently in a state of poverty, and I cannot take the country’s resources."
"That’s it?"
"That’s it?"
"So simple??"
Old Zhou, in charge, thought this condition couldn’t even be called a condition!
Even Nannan felt like, is this all Jing Shu is asking for? This doesn’t seem like her!!
Other members of the bodyguard team secretly breathed a sigh of relief. As long as their contributions weren’t taken, anything was fine! After all, even if energy was discovered, as hired help, they didn’t have any mining rights.
Some bodyguards even felt Jing Shu’s conditions were too few, making them feel guilty: "Captain Jing, you’ve done so much; you can’t be shortchanged. This is like saving our lives, why don’t you take some of our contributions."
"Yeah, yeah!"
Jing Shu quickly refused: "No need, no need, I just want some mining rights."
Old Zhou nodded appreciatively, understanding that Miss Jing was sensible: "We can’t let you be at a loss. If there’s a lot of new energy out there that can’t be taken away, whatever you can mine is yours. If there’s little new energy, I’ll make the decision to give you 50% mining rights!"
Nannan lowered her head to hide her envy and jealousy. If Jing Shu had mining rights, how much energy could she load on her ship? Well, not just one ship, but how many ferries? And how much would that be worth?! It drove her crazy with jealousy.
In fact, Nannan didn’t know that Jing Shu didn’t just have a few ferries; she had thousands of rotten mermaids and could even cultivate more with some white energy to use as free transportation tools. Otherwise, Jing Shu wouldn’t be so ostentatious in asking just for mining rights.
Others nodded in agreement, very pleased not to have to spend any money themselves, and happy to be the good guy, as long as they didn’t have to pay, everything was good.
Of course, if Jing Shu had proposed this condition first, some people might have felt it unfair. No one else had mining rights or ownership, why should she?
But Jing Shu started with a grand demand, making everyone think they would work for free this time. But in a blink, hey, she no longer wanted it, and the psychological shift made everyone feel her request wasn’t even a request!
It’s like wanting your parents to take you to Zibo for a barbecue, but you can’t say that directly. You first ask them to buy you a ten-thousand-yuan iPhone 15. When they refuse, you take the opportunity to pitifully suggest just having a barbecue.
Spending tens of thousands of money or a few hundred, presumably, your parents are clear-headed enough to choose the latter, possibly even adding a day at an amusement park to make it up to you.
Yang Yang looked down and barely registered a smile. This tactic, Jing Shu had perfected. She had likely aimed for mining rights all along.
Thus, the matter was settled.
Jing Shu also grinned, rubbing her hands energetically and spiritedly, ready to bag whatever was discovered in the Mirror Sea Area into the belly of rotten mermaids.
This way, it’s akin to giving the energy of seven-dimensional space a straightforward path. Any treasures uncovered later can be retrieved without a hitch.
A few squads continued to act as human coordinates, two squads began clearing the path ahead, especially speeding up by directly demolishing the air wall with several speedboats.
The speed initially expected to be at fastest 20 nautical miles suddenly increased to near-normal sailing speed due to reasonable allocation and coordination.
Everyone breathed a collective sigh of relief.
Even on the official ship, everyone’s mood lightened up quite a bit.
Old Zhou sipped the red date and goji Eight Treasure Tea Jing Shu gave him, only to realize that Jing Shu’s small team had vanished to who knows where.
Jing Shu, at this moment, was exhausted like a dog. No, even more than a dog—this wasn’t even human work, but to ensure Magic Cube Space could upgrade smoothly, she, Niu Gulu, Straw Hat Luffy, Yilibai Sha, Jingshu, was going all out!!!
