But Xia Chujian thought about it again and felt that it was a reasonable request that had to be met.
She nodded, "Okay, I'll top up your account with one thousand Beichen Coins, enough for you to read for a year."
Then she asked, "How did you read novels before? I never topped up your account? There's never been any money in your account..."
Liu Shun's eye display flashed a series of red and blue lines, chaotic and disordered, making it look very flustered.
Xia Chujian suddenly understood and hurriedly looked down at her account.
She also had her own account on the Star Network's webnovel platform.
Sure enough, as expected, her account had no money! This was her only entertainment, and also the cheapest entertainment on the entire Star Network.
A few cents to read a thousand words, and the price hadn't increased in hundreds of years.
She used to have one hundred Beichen Coins in her account.
It was the value she topped up after her first time as a Bounty Hunter, after receiving her share of the profits.
But in the years since then, she had been busy working as a Bounty Hunter to support herself, and also had to go to school, so she had very little time to read novels.
So how did those one hundred Beichen Coins disappear? Did she even need to ask?! That sly Liu Shun was indeed using her webnovel account to read novels!
No wonder it knew her previous reading habits! Xia Chujian glared at Liu Shun, and said, word by word, "Taking without asking is stealing! Liu Shun! I'll only top up your account with nine hundred Beichen Coins, and the remaining one hundred will be considered as you returning it to me!"
This time, Liu Shun did not struggle, and honestly said, "Okay, Master, I'm sorry, Master..."
It actually admitted its mistake so readily.
Xia Chujian didn't say anything more, but warned Liu Shun, "Remember in the future, you can't mess around on the Star Network. The Star Network is not a lawless place. You are Mechanical Intelligence, but there are even more powerful Mechanical Intelligences on the Star Network!"
"They monitor all Star Network users. If you mess around with my account, and they come after me, I'll hand you over!"
"Also, you can't use my account, but you also can't go online and hack to steal other people's money, understand?"
Liu Shun: "Okay, Master, I'm sorry, Master..."
Xia Chujian: "Mm, remember, there won't be a next time. If there's a next time, I'll send you back to the furnace for a complete reboot."
On Liu Shun's eye display, the lines were almost flashing out of flowers: "Master, please don't! Liu Shun won't dare to do it again!"
Xia Chujian nodded in satisfaction.
So this is how to deal with you?!
She knew that only this could touch the soul of this Mechanical Intelligence!
Of course, Mechanical Intelligence has no soul. Xia Chujian was just complaining in her heart.
...
After a busy five hours, all one thousand dead Wild Rhinoceros Pigs were cleaned up and loaded onto Xia Chujian's small Flying Vehicle.
This was still Feng Qianzhan's Flying Vehicle. Although it was small, it was not small in size. There were many rooms inside that could store cut food.
Xia Chujian also kept a little meat for herself, planning to share it with her teammates first.
She chatted with Liu Shun, "We need to build a food cold storage in the Manor."
"It doesn't need to be frozen solid, the key is to keep it fresh."
This kind of fresh-keeping cold storage is not an ordinary freezer, but it is also a mature technology, but not many people can build it.
Because compared to ordinary freezing, a fresh-keeping cold storage requires a geometric increase in energy compared to a freezer.
Even ordinary wealthy people can only build a one-cubic-meter ultra-mini fresh-keeping cold storage.
Only Nobles and wealthy people with at least the title of Earl have the ability to maintain a ten-cubic-meter medium-sized fresh-keeping cold storage.
As for true warehouse-level fresh-keeping cold storage, currently only the Royal Palace and the Main Residences of the four top Nobles families have such equipment.
Xia Chujian was not afraid of this, because she had a Small-Scale Controlled Nuclear Fusion powered generator.
This thing is so high-end that only the four top Nobles families and the Royal Family use it as a household generator.
Other Controllable Nuclear Fusion generators are controlled by the Special Security Bureau.
The Military needs to use it, and there are very complicated application conditions and recycling requirements.
Xia Chujian felt that her family's plan to build a small fresh-keeping cold storage could be put on the agenda.
She instructed Liu Shun, "I will tell Aunt that we need to build an eight-cubic-meter fresh-keeping cold storage at home, which should be enough for the food storage needs of all our family members."
"I hope the fresh-keeping cold storage will be built by the time you get home."
Because some foods need to be kept fresh. If they are just frozen, the meat quality will be destroyed after a long time.
And fresh-keeping cold storage is a mature technology. As long as you are willing to spend money to buy energy, it is easy to build.
Xia Chujian sent Liu Shun to the Flying Vehicle and set it to autopilot, so Liu Shun could assist from the side.
Then she said to Liu Shun, "I will send a message to Aunt, and she will be waiting at home."
It takes three days to fly back from here.
And in these three days, it is enough for Xia Yuanfang to find Bai Li Xin and the others to build a fresh-keeping cold storage immediately.
Liu Shun left alone with the Flying Vehicle.
Xia Chujian then activated the Shao Siming Mecha and quickly flew to a place where she could connect to the Star Network, sending a message to Xia Yuanfang asking her to find Bai Li Xin to build an eight-cubic-meter fresh-keeping cold storage.
Then, she sent a video call invitation in the Dark Night Hunter Association's Squad Channel.
Soon, Li Fu, Song Mingqian, and Ping Qiong came online.
What surprised everyone the most was that even Ye Shijie was online.
When everyone saw Ye Shijie appearing on the virtual display screen, they were very pleasantly surprised.
Xia Chujian was the first to say, "Ye Dui, have you finished your mission?"
Li Fu also said, "Ye Dui, if you don't come back, we will have to post a missing person notice at the Dark Night Hunter Association!"
Song Mingqian laughed, "Ye Dui, have you paid off your favors?"
Ping Qiong said, "It's good that you're back! Chujian, what do you want to talk to us about?"
Ye Shijie looked normal, without any abnormality, and said with a smile, "Fortunately, but the mission is not yet complete."
"Although this mission was dangerous, fortunately, I was lucky and escaped at the last moment."
"It's just a pity that the mission has not been completed."
"By the way, congratulations to Chujian for becoming the Empire Top Scorer!"
"Chujian really gave us a huge surprise!"
After speaking, he glanced at Xia Chujian, seemingly unintentionally.
Xia Chujian thought, could it be because of the Haidagong disguised as a teenager? Ye Shijie said that Qiu Zijun had another mission, and the person Qiu Zijun wanted to take away was a disguised Haidagong.
So, Qiu Zijun's mission is to find someone on Senze Star?
But there are no normal humans in Senze Star.
So, she is not looking for normal humans? But Gene Evolvers? Because only Gene Evolvers can survive on Senze Star.
But apart from the Shang People and the Haidagong, she has not seen any other native humans on Senze Star, even Gene Evolvers...
There are only those foreign humans.
In just a moment, Xia Chujian's mind turned so many thoughts.
Of course, she didn't say a word, and smiled as if nothing had happened, "The National Higher Education Entrance Examination is already over."
"Ye Dui, you came back just in time!"
"You're here to get rich with everyone!"
These words made Ping Qiong's eyes light up, and she immediately said, "Chujian, tell us quickly!"
Xia Chujian said, "Do you still remember the Wild Rhinoceros Pig?"
Ping Qiong nodded.
Li Fu said thoughtfully, "I heard that the Wild Rhinoceros Pig in the Exotic Beast Forest is extinct. Now, the frozen Wild Rhinoceros Pig meat in high-end restaurants on major planets has been sold at sky-high prices."
"And it has always been out of stock, a situation where there is a price but no market."
Xia Chujian smiled even sweeter: "That's great! Then we really deserve to get rich!"
"Guess what, I found the last surviving Wild Rhinoceros Pig herd in the entire Exotic Beast Forest!"
Her four teammates exclaimed in unison, "What?!"
"You really found a living Wild Rhinoceros Pig herd?!"
"Are there males and females?!"
"How did you find them?"
Undoubtedly, the last question was asked by Ye Shijie.
Xia Chujian didn't answer Ye Shijie's question, but said with a smile, "Really, alive, males and females, big and small. And over a thousand dead Wild Rhinoceros Pigs!"
"If it wasn't true, why would I lie to you?"
"Could I possibly spend my own money to buy priceless Wild Rhinoceros Pigs to put on a show for you?"
What she said was true.
Li Fu, Song Mingqian, and Ping Qiong nodded together: "We believe you! What do you want us to do?!"
Ye Shijie frowned slightly and said, "Chujian, are you sure there's no trouble? Or did you find a loophole?"
These words made the other three teammates frown.
Xia Chujian said, "Ye Dui, I guarantee there's no trouble now, but if it takes too long and others find out, I can't guarantee it."
"But I didn't find a loophole, these are prey I worked hard to hunt."
"If Ye Dui is afraid of trouble, you don't have to participate."
Xia Chujian didn't expect that sharing her wealth with her teammates would lead to doubts about her credibility.
She was a little unhappy and looked at Li Fu, Song Mingqian, and Ping Qiong, saying, "What about you three? If you're afraid of trouble, you don't have to come, I can handle this many Wild Rhinoceros Pigs on my own."
Li Fu immediately said, "I don't care what others do, I'm definitely going to get rich with Little Chujian!"
"Tell us, what do you need us to do?!"
Song Mingqian and Ping Qiong also said in unison, "...Definitely going to get rich with Little Chujian!"
Ye Shijie said with a wry smile, "I'm not stopping you from getting rich, but you know that Wild Rhinoceros Pigs are not resources that commoners like us can control."
Xia Chujian narrowed her eyes and said, "I know you're already citizens, and I'm the only commoner."
"I don't know much about the Nobles' situation, but I do know that for us Bounty Hunters, whoever hunts the prey gets to keep it."
"If someone wants to take it, they have to show their strength."
"Nobles can use their power to suppress others, but if they want to rob openly... you know me, they have to ask my Large Sniper Rifle if it agrees first."
Li Fu: "!!!"
Song Mingqian: "!!!"
Ping Qiong: "!!!"
Ye Shijie: "..."
Xia Chujian said with a smile, "You guys, you're all people with families and assets now, tsk tsk, you're not as daring and impulsive as you used to be!"
Li Fu smiled and gave a thumbs up: "Little Chujian is still the best! Your Brother Fu will follow you from now on! Tell us, what do you want us to do?! Can we stop talking nonsense?!"
Song Mingqian was the smartest and had already guessed Xia Chujian's intention, saying, "Is it because there's too much stuff and you need a bigger Flying Vehicle? That's no problem, I'll negotiate with the Association."
Ping Qiong hurriedly said, "Little Chujian, where are you? I'll come and stay with you first!"
Ye Shijie took a deep breath and said, "Chujian, I'm doing this for your own good... the foundation of the Nobles is really not something we can compare to."
"We used to be bodyguards for the Quan Family, and I know that you might think that top Nobles are nothing more than that."
"It's really not true, what they show us is only what they want us to see."
"They've been around for ten thousand years, how could they only have that little bit on the surface?"
Xia Chujian was a little impatient and said, "Ye Dui, I'm not an idiot, how could I not know that the Nobles have a deep foundation?"
"What does the deep foundation of the nobles have to do with my Wild Rhinoceros Pig?"
"I earned this with my own ability! I didn't pick it up!"
"So many people, including the Bounty Hunters from our Association, spend years wandering in the Exotic Beast Forest, but have they found any Wild Rhinoceros Pigs? No!"
"Only me! Only I can find the Wild Rhinoceros Pig when I take action!"
Ye Shijie said, "Chujian, you yourself said that the Wild Rhinoceros Pig herds have disappeared from the Exotic Beast Forest for more than half a year. So many elite hunters hired by the nobles and the Royal Family have been searching in the Exotic Beast Forest, but they haven't found any..."
"What makes you think you can find them? Is your equipment better than theirs? Or is your Gene Evolution level higher than theirs?"
Hitting someone doesn't mean hitting their face, and Ye Shijie's last sentence was obviously a bit much.
Li Fu and Song Mingqian's expressions were a little unsightly.
Ping Qiong directly retorted Ye Shijie, "Ye Shijie! If you don't want to do it, then quit! Don't whine like you're not a man!"
Ye Shijie's face also darkened.
Song Mingqian quickly said, "Ye Dui, Cai Jie's words may be rough, but the meaning is there. We are teammates with Chujian, so of course we believe her."
Li Fu crossed his arms and said sarcastically, "Others can't find them, but our little Chujian found them. Is that a crime now, huh?"
Xia Chujian's mouth twitched at this moment, and she said, "Thank you, teammates, for speaking up for me. Ye Dui, so what if those people have better equipment than me? So what if they are Gene Evolvers?"
"I still say the same thing, the reason those people can't find them is because they don't have my luck!"
Xia Chujian looked at her teammates in front of her and said sternly, "Who supports me? Who opposes me?"
That's right, no matter how capable you are, no matter how heavenly your equipment is, she can kill you with one "good luck"!
Li Fu, Song Mingqian, and Ping Qiong said with a smile at the same time, "We support you!"
Ye Shijie glanced at them, looking like he didn't want to provoke public anger, and sighed, "I also support you. Chujian, it's not that I don't believe you, I just hope you don't get into any unnecessary trouble."
Xia Chujian said, "Ye Dui, there's really no need to force yourself. It's not good to make money while feeling wronged. You'll offend the God of Wealth."
Ping Qiong was a devout believer of the God of Wealth, and upon hearing this, she immediately said fiercely to Ye Shijie, "Ye Dui, what's wrong with you today?! You've been constantly contradicting us! You don't lack money, but I do!"
"I have a big family and a heavy burden. I bought a house last year, and it hasn't been renovated yet!"
"My parents are still waiting for me to bring more money back to buy a house for my younger siblings!"
Ye Shijie quickly raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, "I apologize! I apologize! I apologize to the God of Wealth!"
Then he sincerely said to Xia Chujian, "Chujian, I really didn't mean anything else. I just want you to be more cautious, more cautious when you take action..."
As he spoke, the meaning in his eyes was already different.
Xia Chujian thought of everything on Senze Star and nodded, "I understand. Ye Dui, don't worry, you are growing, and I am also growing."
This is the second big chapter, including the first bonus chapter for the enigmayanxi Alliance Leader.
The Alliance Leader gets two bonus chapters. ().
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