Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Negotiation was an art, and this form of art was not confined by strict rules.
It was different from a debate competition. There were no judges nor audience, and under many circumstances, there was not necessarily a victor or loser.
One could be diplomatic about it or go down the road of being nonsensical enough to disrupt the other party’s thought process.
Whatever thod got one the winning edge was the best and right tactic!
Su Mo’s thod of negotiation with the ga was demanding an exorbitant amount and getting paid on the spot.
His negotiation was outrageous despite knowing how important he was to the ga.
“Give ten shots of Dongfeng!”
“2?”
“Don’t you have any here? Even Ma Fei has them. Besides, I was the one who defeated the Evil god!”
Each price he demanded placed Adam, who was opposite him, in a tight spot. Adam had to reject him and explain why at the sa ti.
Fortunately for Su Mo, Adam was just a program.
He did not have any real human emotions. All rage, disdain, and suspicious shocks were rely lines of code.
If Su Mo’s reward request was within an acceptable range, Adam would go through a quick face change—much like soone in a Sichuan opera—and he would agree imdiately, which actually made him lose his sense of authenticity.
Su Mo’s throat was close to frying after continuous probing and haggling for nearly three hours. In the end, the negotiations for the reward were finally complete.
Adam, who was sitting right opposite him, seed to now be in possession of human emotions after negotiations were done.
He let out a sigh of relief as he pushed the stool aside and slowly stood up while reaching out with his hand.
“Su Mo, your greed is truly an eye-opener for . I have never t anyone like you. I’ve t so many players before this, yet you’re still at the top of the list. Is this the reason why you’ve been able to gain so much success in such a short ti on the wasteland?”
Su Mo laughed out loud as he stood up too. He reached out with his hand. “Thank you for the complint, and thank you for your generous gifts. You’re like a second Ma Fei to !”
Both parties had gotten what they wanted, while each harboring goals of their own.
Just like how the friendly negotiations at Huaxia had ended with a handshake, both parties shook each other’s hands tightly.
[hope to see you here again. To be honest, you’re starting to grow on as a player!”
“Haha, sa here. I hope to be able to fulfill all the needed requirents soon!”
They released each other’s hands.
Su Mo took the trouble to put on a show of looking about the room nostalgically before waving his hand. Adam waved back.
Boom!
A muffled thunderclap was heard, and that familiar dizziness returned once more. Su Mo opened one eye and closed the other.
Once he was able to see clearly once more, he was surprised to see himself back on the captain’s quarters on the third level of Hope One!
‘The minute hand of the clock hanging on the wall was ticking slowly.
The ti was now eight forty-two in the morning!
‘The examination of his sea of consciousness had taken longer than he thought. With no way of checking the ti back then, this interrogation had actually taken up his entire day, which was quite frightening!
Fortunately, this was a reward collection, so in the end, it was more of a shock than a threat!
With the protection of the system, the ga not only failed to detect any problems, it even showed so of its hand.
Su Mo felt so level of relief when he realized that the ga’s surveillance on this side of the world was so weak!
The ga could only test for anomalies using data, not through visual observation or all-day surveillance.
This was the program’s strength and its weakness too.
Such a chanism guaranteed that he would never make a mistake nor would he be tricked by anything that was only surface-deep.
However, to a certain level, he had also lost the most direct way of examination and had now entangled himself with a chaotic chain of logic.
“I’ve obtained a Trust License from the ga, which has completely washed clean everything about that doesn’t seem reasonable.
However, the mont he entered, a fragrant sll filled his nostrils before he managed to even take two steps forward.
Since his body was enhanced, his stamina consumption was frighteningly high. Even if he had had a good sleep or breakfast, those would not have been enough to sustain him.
When he slled the aroma, his tummy imdiately rumbled like muffled thunder.
“Huh, did that girl Su Chan cook up a al?”
Su Mo followed the aroma out of curiosity. All he could hear was the clanging and banging of cooking pots and pans coming from the direction of the kitchen, as well as the sound of howling wind.
‘There was no gas stove on Hope One, nor was there an induction cooker.
Su Mo was only able to make delicious food out of an earthen pot and firewood every day because he had used the Ocean Wind’s blessing for additional pressure on the temperature of the stove.
As for the others, if they wanted to make food, all they could do was to stir their dish in the pot and manually add to the fire.
As a foodie, Su Mo could tell from the sound of the person stir-frying the dish that it was a thod unfamiliar to him.
He could not help but poke his head inside.
He saw the honest Moore lying on the ground in front of the stove and blowing into an opening while Su Chan was crouching at the side, trying her best to fan Moore and lower his temperature.
Shen Ke was standing where the head chef should be standing in a kitchen like this. She was focused on stir-frying the vegetables in the pot and occasionally tasting one or two pieces.
‘The side of her face was very different from Zhong Qingshu’s gentle deanor. She had more strength in her, much like Mulan.
Seven or eight plates had been laid out on the dinner table behind her. Even though they were covered with bowls, the aroma continued escaping from them.
For a mont, Su Mo’s mind went blank.
‘There seed to be a sudden gap in his mory. The scene in front of him brought him back to a ti when he was young, at the Northern Shaanxi Compound.
Back then, he had been just like Su Chan, standing in front of the stove and watching his mother fan while sweating profusely and greedily tasting the flavors of the pot.
He had never had to worry about his als for the next day and the day after tomorrow.
He never had to think about what sort of responsibility he had to bear, nor what he should be striving to achieve.
Back then, he was very relaxed and innocent. He was not stressed because soone was helping him with getting by in life!
Just like the first ti he had entered trading ruins when he saw his family from when he was young.
Su Mo entered a dazed state at that mont, and his mind grew a little fuzzy.
At that mont, he was no longer the Almighty Su of the humans.
He was an ordinary young man, a man with a family!
“Hey, Brother Su, wake up! Quickly co up here and help with the fanning. Moore’s mouth is about to burn off!”
In the end, it was Su Chan who unexpectedly turned back and spotted Su Mo standing at the door.
‘When she called out to him, Moore, who was lying on the ground, and Shen Ke, who was frying the vegetables, turned to look at him with different expressions on their faces.
Moore looked embarrassed, like a child who had just stolen sothing. His entire body was yelling ‘don’t look at !”
Shen Ke was smiling sweetly. “Wow, Su Mo, you’re awake. Hurry and clean yourself up. I’m about to finish up with the cooking. Let’s eat together in a while!”
“Alright, thanks for the trouble!”
“It’s no trouble at all, just cooking so dishes. It’s nothing compared to what you did. I can cook every day for you if you want to!”
“Wow, Big Sis Chen, is this a love confession?” Su Chan imdiately shouted when she heard Shen Ke’s words, as if she was looking forward to more drama. The atmosphere in the kitchen instantly changed.
Su Mo watched as a blush appeared across Shen Ke’s rough, scarred face. He smiled and nodded whilst gently waving toward the sky.
A magical gust of wind appeared from nowhere and imdiately blew over the stove.
‘The warm fire expanded as if a giant dragon had breathed into it.
Su Mo watched as Moore and Su Chan celebrated by jumping and dancing about. He and Shen Ke exchanged exasperated looks before he quickly ran off to clean up.
The cold water poured over him, gushing out from the shower.
It extinguished the fire burning in Su Mo’s body.
This was the first ti since arriving at the wasteland that Su Mo truly believed that it was so goddamned aweso to be alive!
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