Chapter 480

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Chapter 480: Pinball

"She’s so cheap!"

Inside the train carriage, there was a sense of injustice.

"There’s money to be made, it would be a shame to kill her."

"Let these inexperienced businessmen know what capital means."

"Shouldn’t she donate most of her family’s fortune to provide resources and money for the cause of restoring the country? If the surplus value is not squeezed dry, how can we resolve our grievances?"

Bai Wei spoke with great seriousness, "You guys, your perspective is too narrow."

"I understand everything." Nalan Qingshu snorted coldly, "Why is she so cheap?"

"You understand everything, so why ask?"

"Ignoring the reasons, why is she so cheap?"

"You’ve already ignored the reasons, what else is there to say?"

"I, I, I, I…" Nalan Qingshu was both anxious and irritable.

"Alright, alright, Little Green is actually just in a bad mood and couldn’t think of a better way to handle it, so she said something angry here." Chao Lu smoothed things over.

Nalan Qingshu asked, "Aren’t you angry, Bai Ze?"

"Why would I be?" Princess Bai Ze smiled.

Why would they be angry?

Why wouldn’t you be angry?

"My mother said, women who appear to be more magnanimous and tolerant often have deeper hidden jealousy and are more petty…" Nalan Qingshu said directly.

Bai Wei agreed deeply, "Yes, indeed."

Isn’t Liu Xiaowan just like that? In this aspect, there is no conflict. The more gentle a woman is, the scarier and more terrifying she becomes when she loses her temper. So we must not let her turn evil.

Once she turns evil, when the time comes for the sacrificial killing, the flag named "Love is Dead" will have the decapitated head of a certain person named Bai hanging from it.

Princess Bai Ze sat dignifiedly, "Actually, it’s fine how the merchant group is handled. She will surely be repaid tenfold for the debts she owes, but the problem is that the merchant group is now slowing down our progress, and we need to prioritize efficiency."

"So what do you think?"

"If we hire some sedan carriers during the day, our speed of advancement will be much faster. This mountain road is difficult to traverse, and carriages are not as efficient as human labor." Chao Lu mentioned the joyful sect’s method of transporting with sedan carriers.

"Horses are no match for human labor…" Bai Wei was momentarily at a loss for words. After thinking for a moment, he remembered how to respond, "Then let someone wear a Tony’s headgear…"

"I heard that the princes and princesses of the Demon Emperor’s Court all have special animals pulling their carriages. Some can even fly or travel underground, and their speed is extremely fast," Nalan Qingshu reminisced with a dignified posture. "But ever since the era of feudal lords began, we haven’t seen those anymore."

"There are still some, the Xiangliu family has done it. However, the ones pulling the carriage were their own descendants."

"Having one’s own descendants be used as beasts of burden is quite an idea," Bai Wei smirked.

The more luxurious the carriage, the more prestigious the mount, the higher their status. The empire used to be like that too.

Bai Wei, too, in order to create a super powerful mount, cut down several gold trees to build an aircraft carrier. It was a typical spectacle of wonders, extreme martial arts, and beautiful distractions leading a country astray.

Unfortunately, she never had the chance to ride or drive it.

Bai Wei said, "It’s getting late, let’s rest. It’s snowing heavily tonight, and the road is becoming more difficult to traverse."

They slept inside the carriage, which was specially made with insulation materials so the puppets were not affected by the cold or heat. They stood guard outside the carriage.

Stepping outside the carriage, Bai Wei flicked her Crouching Tiger Sword and asked, "Are you interested in driving a carriage?"

The crouching tiger made a vomiting gesture and spat.

Tigers can be used as ride-able animals, but they can’t pull carts. Sometimes, the rider and the tiger can switch positions, and they depend on each other.

Just like being married to someone from the Dragon Palace, during the day you can ride a dragon and fly on its back, covering a distance of nine thousand miles per day. But at night, the positions have to be switched.

But what kind of animals are responsible for pulling the carts? In ancient times, horse-drawn carriages were actually quite rare because horses were very expensive. Donkey carts and ox carts were the main types of carts.

The ones pulling the carts have almost no dignity left. Just like donkeys, unless they have a very good temper, they are unwilling to carry heavy loads and run.

It’s like working the 996 schedule, which is done for the sake of a salary. Even though the boss must treat you respectfully and pay your salary, deep down they may have an attitude of wanting to squeeze you to death.

Over here, they completely stopped acting, and they adopt an attitude of wanting to exploit you until you die. They have a condescending attitude as if they have plenty of other people to do the work if you don’t want to.

Just thinking about it makes my fists tense up.

Pulling a cart? It’s impossible for me to pull a cart in this lifetime!

Close your eyes. Bai Wei sat on a carriage, his mind leaving this place and returning to Yingzhou.

Multi-tasking, Yingzhou was drinking tea while also correcting Sakurai Shiru’s homework.

Ever since discovering the ability to do two things at once, his efficiency in time management has increased. However, on the other hand, he has become lazier.

Laziness doesn’t refer to physical laziness, but rather a delay in thinking. Procrastination increases and inertia in thinking becomes greater.

When running two high-performance games on one computer, it’s only natural that the processing speed cannot keep up and the frame rate cannot be demanding.

Bai Wei now focuses on the problem at hand and glanced at it. The problem states: A is one kilometer away from B. A’s average pursuit speed is five hundred meters per minute, and B’s running speed is six hundred meters per minute. How long will it take for A to kill B?

"Who is the person who came up with this question? I think we should report him for teaching bad things to students."

"It’s Simozi, big sister."

"Why did she come up with this kind of question? Moreover, A doesn’t run as fast as B, so he can’t catch up at all. There must be a mistake in the question."

"Yes, they didn’t even provide us with the types of weapons. The conditions are not sufficient, so we can’t make deductions. The quickest solution would be if we had a sniper rifle…"

"Letting children think about this kind of problem, this test paper can be torn up." Bai Wei, with his hand on his forehead, said, "My sister, what are you doing?"

"General education." Yagyū Simozi turned off the television and leaned in closer. "This world is dangerous. Always consider self-protection, no matter when."

"Making a fuss." Bai Wei said, "Protecting my sister is the responsibility of an older brother."

"The past was, but the future doesn’t have to be." Yagyū Simozi clenched her fist earnestly. "I will protect my older brother in the future!"

At one point, she had been stronger than Bai Wei, but now, she could no longer discern his true strength. In addition, with her older brother gradually becoming lazy, the two siblings haven’t sparred for a long time.

Bai Wei smiled reassuringly, "Next time, for sure."

Next time, referring to the next lifetime, it’s not that I have no expectations for you as a brother, but rather that there may be a tiny gap between us.

…

In the morning, Bai Wei woke up and noticed there was a fire in front of him and a cat on his knee.

He reached out and flicked the cat’s ear, but the cat was fast asleep and didn’t react.

His finger moved down, with his thumb against his index finger, getting ready to flick between the cat’s legs…

Flick!

"Meoooow!" The cat let out a loud and painful cry, rolling around with its fur standing up.

After rolling in the snow for seven or eight turns, the cat finally calmed down and grumbled, "I may not be a person, but you… you’re a real dog!"

"True heroes always have to go through some pain!" Bai Wei said seriously.

"Heroes my foot! What does this have to do with playing ping pong!" The cat’s legs were shaking uncontrollably.

"Men go through strange moods…" Bai Wei tried to cheer the cat up.

"I don’t believe you! Even a mother like me knows that you’re lying!" Ying Ming sobbed on the snowy ground with tears streaming down her cat face. "Why should this female cat have to endure such nonexistent pain…"

Bai Wei cleared his throat and said, "It’s your fault for being transformed into a cat. Seeing those two bouncy balls here, who could resist not giving them a little bounce? I didn’t expect you to be a female cat, but it’s okay. Let’s just consider it a life experience."

"I curse you!"

The cat cursed a few words, and Bai Wei decisively took off the ring from his hand. Without the ring, he couldn’t understand the cat’s words anymore, only a bunch of meowing. He let the cat vent for a while until it calmed down and the pain subsided before putting the ring back on.

"So, did you come to find me because you have some clues or leads?"

"No!" It responded with unusual confidence.

The frustrated cat spoke with toughness.

Bai Wei made a sound of agreement, waiting for what it had to say next. When petting a cat, you can’t be impatient, you have to stroke with the fur.

As soon as it saw him raise his hand, the cat quickly dodged several meters away. It was quite agile. It immediately crouched in a sword-back dragon pose, a reflex it had developed.

The demon vigilantly said, "I came this time to give a reminder… I’ve found a way to infiltrate the Royal Court. Although I can’t freely investigate, I’ve gained some insights and made some speculations. The situation in the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom is changing rapidly, and the Bai Ze Kingdom is facing increasingly difficult battles."

"Has Lord Qiongqi chosen to slow down?"

"Heavy snow has blocked the roads… There is intense internal conflict in Qiongqi, and the military is clearly getting impatient. At the same time, the situation in Bai Ze Kingdom is rapidly deteriorating. It’s highly likely that they have exhausted their winter supplies and reserves." The demon licked its claws and said, "There is less than two weeks left. If you can’t start the uprising and cut off the enemy’s supply line to reclaim Bi Fang Kingdom within two weeks, Bai Ze Kingdom will be captured first. It will be too late to say anything then."

"Two weeks…" Bai Wei brushed off the snowflakes from his shoulder. "I understand. It seems this heavy snowfall came earlier than usual, and it’s not a good sign."

"At the speed of this carriage, it will probably take you over a month to reach Xiangyang City." The cat muttered.

"That’s true about the carriage…" Bai Wei chuckled. "But in the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom, demonic power is the primary means of production, you know."

"What mischief are you thinking about?" The cat caught a glimpse of Bai Wei’s wicked expression… alright, it couldn’t see but imagined the Dragon King with a twisted mouth based on the voice.

Bai Wei said, "Tell me about the various martial arts sects, gangs, and experts we may encounter on this journey. I could use some extra sources of power."