Chapter 68: Money Makes Money

At eleven o'clock, Tang Yingying finally returned.

Compared to earlier in the day, she had clearly changed into a new outfit and was carrying several bags, suggesting she had indeed gone shopping.

Zhao Kuo, who had been deep in thought, glanced at her and asked, "How was your haul today?"

Tang Yingying took off her newly bought boots and grinned. "Not bad. While you guys were causing chaos at the bank, I grabbed 3,564 subway coins. At other times, I also got over a thousand. Today's total haul is over 4,000 subway coins. Hehehe."

Over 4,000 subway coins was definitely not a small amount.

After all, most ordinary players probably didn't even have 50 subway coins on them.

The main sources of subway coins, aside from system rewards, were killing monsters.

But the mutated monsters in the subway world were no pushovers. Even Zhao Kuo had nearly been defeated by them.

So, aside from a few people with firearms or powerful skills, most players wouldn't make hunting monsters their main task.

"Here, big sis bought these for you. The fabric and everything are pretty good," Tang Yingying said, placing two bags in Zhao Kuo's arms. She glanced at the mind map in front of him. "What are you thinking about so seriously?"

"Thinking about whether or not to destroy the world," Zhao Kuo replied, then opened the bags in front of him.

Inside were two sets of men's clothing. The fabric did look good, and they were branded, likely costing several subway coins.

But this amount of subway coins was nothing to the two of them. After storing the clothes in his warehouse, Zhao Kuo took out the remaining advanced evolution potion.

"Here, yours," Zhao Kuo said.

Tang Yingying looked surprised. "I thought you wouldn't give it to me. This thing could fetch a good price in the Dimensional Auction, or even be traded for a rare-grade item."

Zhao Kuo was a bit surprised. "You know about the Dimensional Auction?"

Tang Yingying pouted. "I'm a reincarnator, after all. Of course, I've been to the Dimensional Auction. Since you're so nice to me, I'll tell you a rule about the Dimensional Auction that no one else knows~"

"What rule?" Zhao Kuo asked.

He had originally planned to give the advanced evolution potion to Tang Yingying. While Zhao Kuo was self-interested, he wasn't petty about this kind of thing.

Even if it seemed like Tang Yingying hadn't done much in this matter.

But now, it seemed there might be another benefit.

Tang Yingying took out a bottle of soda, sipping it as she spoke. "You should know that every time the Dimensional Auction opens, the host is different. But if you have the ability to buy all the auction items at three times the starting price, you can become the host of that auction. Understand what I'm saying?"

Three times the price? Zhao Kuo thought for a moment and asked, "So, if the final auction price exceeds three times the starting price, you profit. If it's less than three times, the loss is on the player?"

Tang Yingying nodded. "Not only that, but you can also choose one of the auction items and buy it at the starting price. But in exchange, after becoming the host, you lose the right to bid on the other items."

Hearing this, Zhao Kuo's eyes lit up!

After all, the items in the Dimensional Auction came from the best of various worlds, and there were bound to be some good things among them.

Especially the items provided by the host—they were particularly valuable.

If he could know in advance what items were being auctioned and buy one, it would definitely be a surefire profit.

For example, the skill upgrade card he had bid on in the last Dimensional Auction had a starting price of only 500 subway coins, but he ended up paying 1,550 subway coins for it—and that was without much competition.

If there had been competition, the price would have been even higher.

Although, according to Tang Yingying's method, he would need to pay four times the starting price to secure one item.

But it was easy to imagine that in the Dimensional Auction, some items would far exceed four times their starting price.

For example, super-rare-grade items!

It had to be said, Zhao Kuo was tempted. So he asked, "Then how do you become the host?"

"It's simple," Tang Yingying said. "After entering the Dimensional Auction, just silently say 'I want to be the host' three times in your mind. Then the system will give you a quote. As long as you have the money, it's done."

"Got it," Zhao Kuo nodded.

If he could consistently obtain a high-level item from the Dimensional Auction, it would be a very profitable deal.

Moreover, the auction might not necessarily result in a loss. If there were multiple good items at the same time, he might even make a huge profit.

This was the advantage of having a reincarnator by his side. If he had to figure this out on his own, it would have taken who knows how long.

Indeed, sometimes information was the most valuable and useful thing.

By now, Tang Yingying had changed into more casual clothes and had taken out some desserts from her pocket. She ate while saying, "By the way, the players are arriving one after another. I saw Lu Tianming on my way back. Should we ask Gu Shan and Luo Ping'an? They should be arriving soon too, right?"

"Lu Tianming," Zhao Kuo frowned slightly.

He had a very poor impression of Lu Tianming. The man was a smiling tiger and had his own team. Such people were difficult to deal with.

Just then, a message came from Gu Shan.

Gu Shan: "Brother Zhao, I've arrived at Eternal Station. Just as you said, the upper-level people control the platform. I'm the 15th to arrive and received 1,000 subway coins and a rare-grade item. When should we meet up?"

Zhao Kuo: "No rush. Head to the upper levels first. We'll communicate if anything comes up. Oh, and be careful of Lu Tianming. He's here too."

Gu Shan: "Understood. I'll contact you later."

After the conversation, Zhao Kuo didn't immediately close the chat window. Instead, he initiated a video call with Luo Ping'an.

The call connected quickly. On the other end, Luo Ping'an was still on the subway and hadn't arrived at the station yet.

Luo Ping'an: "What's up? I'll probably arrive in three or four hours. You have no idea, the weather's getting colder. Those who don't arrive within seven days will probably freeze to death."

Zhao Kuo: "Yeah, I wanted to discuss something with you."

Luo Ping'an: "Feel free to speak, Brother Zhao."

As soon as he sent the message, he saw a trade window pop up from Zhao Kuo's side, containing subway coins.

Luo Ping'an counted them—a full 20,000 subway coins. He was completely stunned but quickly realized that these subway coins were likely from Zhao Kuo selling evolution potions, and this was probably only a portion of the total.

Luo Ping'an joked: "What's this? Are you trying to buy me out?"

Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "Buying you out would cost far more than this. I want to hand this money over to you to manage and see if it can generate some returns."

Zhao Kuo's idea was simple. He had a lot of subway coins on him—over 50,000. Leaving them idle was a waste, so he might as well let Luo Ping'an handle the trading, like an investment or financial management, to make money grow.

As a merchant, Luo Ping'an immediately understood Zhao Kuo's intention. Without any pretenses, he agreed on the spot.

After discussing some details, the two ended the call.

But when Zhao Kuo turned around, he saw Tang Yingying floating in mid-air, clearly having taken the advanced evolution potion.