"Come with me to the little hideout! First, I'll give you a shot on the butt, then you'll understand what I'm saying."
Ansheng got up from the bed, looking lazy, stretched out his front paws on the bed for a long stretch, and gestured for Momo to come a little closer.
Once Momo was close enough, Ansheng stepped off the bunk bed and landed steadily on Momo's shoulder.
"Let's go, to the cabin in the woods behind the cafeteria!"
Under Ansheng's command, Momo and Yuyu moved toward the Spirit Beast hideout.
Momo showed a curious expression, being curious not only about what the little fox had just said but also about that cabin in the woods...
A perfectly normal person suddenly turning into a giant moth is incredibly fantastical.
And inside the cabin, there was a fat Spirit Beast cat and a strange land jellyfish buying scratch cards.
Ansheng poked his head out, and with a facial recognition, the door opened, revealing the stairs leading to the basement for a split second. Inside, there was a fierce cat meow combined with a girl's cheer:
"Go! Come on, my night hero! You've successfully brought back the spoils, tonight's consumption at the strip bar is on me, with a double act included!"
"Meow! Go for it, for the cat's twenty thousand bucks!"
The ghostly sounds from the hideout startled Momo and Yuyu as they just stepped inside. They instinctively looked toward the little fox casually dangling on their shoulders.
"...First, I must clarify that Huhu has no peculiar habits whatsoever, and secondly, the one talking is a hopeless old gambler, don't lend her money. The jellyfish's chance of repayment is as likely as winning a Tenzu game."
Ansheng tried to maintain a polite smile as he attempted to explain the situation inside the cabin to reassure Momo and Yuyu.
"......."
Momo and Yuyu exchanged a glance, both displaying a speechless and sob-inducing expression.
The yelling girl was probably that jellyfish they saw earlier, right?
Although the Security Bureau had said that some high-level Spirit Beasts had intelligence comparable to humans, this seemed almost too human-like! Gambling at home in broad daylight.
Momo, with a dazed expression, followed the little fox into the underground hideout. The almost two hundred square meters of bright basement space appeared before them, leaving Momo unable to hide her astonishment.
The basement was dry, odorless, and maintained a relatively comfortable level of humidity.
To keep such an environment in the basement, it could only rely on the power of money. With close to two hundred square meters, a construction and renovation cost of three million would be considered normal.
Meanwhile inside.
The fat cat and the Jellyfish Lady didn't notice someone entering; they were fully engrossed in watching the big-screen broadcast on the hundred-inch TV, cheering for their chosen "Night Hero."
The TV showed a West Coast-style guy in a red hoodie and black hood, conducting a zero-cost shopping spree at a Sony store, stuffing various headphones and players into his pants.
As more goods filled his pant legs, the Night Hero's black hook became increasingly prominent.
After completing the zero-cost shopping spree, the Night Hero turned around nonchalantly and rode away in an old Toyota sedan from the street.
The person shooting the video also started their motorcycle, trailing the Night Hero from afar until the Toyota sedan entered the Night Hero's turf, Chen Nian's domain.
"OK, the live stream has ended; paying viewers, please leave the live stream group one by one. Up next, it's time for us to settle accounts with the players."
A guy riding an H2 said in the group live stream before closing the zero-cost shopping live stream.
"Woohoo~ What a haul! Totally worth it!" The Jellyfish Lady jumped up with excitement but didn't have time to perform her MVP settlement dance before her jellyfish cap got pinned down by a fox paw, twisting her in place.
"Eh? Master! You're back! Tons of profit, the Night Hero I picked just did a zero-cost purchase of three Sony gold brick players, five black brick players, and dozens of wireless headphones..."
The Jellyfish Lady, flushed with excitement, recounted the valiant deeds of the Night Hero to Master Fuli.
"However, it's a bit of a pity... We can only settle with the heroes through WeChat payment. Otherwise, we could team up a dozen hero units for large-scale operations in the city." The Jellyfish Lady said regretfully to Master Fuli.
The lucky WeChat number Master Fuli got was truly amazing. As long as you added the corporate account, you could unlock a real-life remote strategy game: "I Am the Underworld Boss of the American Crime Gang."
The game was incredibly immersive and realistic.
The only downside was, due to tax reasons, they only accepted WeChat payment or cryptocurrencies; they didn't want anything to do with bank-related settlement channels. Otherwise, the Jellyfish Lady felt she could leverage loans to assemble a hero team.
Three million Xia Country currency could be exchanged for nearly two thousand dollars in profit in no time, truly a conscientious WeChat corporate account for getting rich and out of troubles.
"...As long as it's fun, you guys being happy is enough." Ansheng said, withdrawing his gaze with a face full of black lines.
Master Fuli outwardly seemed calm but was utterly speechless inside.
He had no idea what was available on that WeChat number; it was a project by the Golden Hedgehog and Chen Nian.
Chen Nian said the operation was too big, and funding had always been tight, requiring some partners to invest, operate, and corrupt local management to delegate more grassroots governance permissions to their gang.
But this form of partnership almost made Master Fuli's jaw drop.
Chen Nian was in charge of manpower and effort, while the old Hedgehog granny was in charge of selling and laundering money. During this time, all the expenses and potential mishaps were borne by the partners.
Bail costs money, and not all criminals could be bailed. Naturally, Chen Nian wouldn't let his little brothers risking their lives go to public prisons; private prisons cost a minimum of fifty dollars a day, and family support was another expense.
Even though Chen Nian was robbing, controlling such a large transnational crime organization, he remained penniless, spending all the profits on righteous acts.
The strategic game was launched to transfer part of the organization's operating costs elsewhere.
With Master Fuli as the lead guarantor, Chen Nian, the Golden Hedgehog, and Miyel, the three dominant local figures, were able to maintain mutual sharing of resources and connections, quickly expanding their global market, becoming increasingly high-end.
"It's just ridiculous..."
Ansheng shook his head, unsure how to comment on the real strategic game of the WeChat corporate account.
Perhaps... it truly validated the saying: Three cobblers with their wits combined surpass Zhuge Liang. The operations were so sophisticated they were uncontrollable.
"Momo, just ignore them, I'll go make a call to the Security Bureau and have them send over some injections."
Ansheng hopped onto the tea table, tapped the automatic kettle to start boiling water for tea, picked up the phone, and sent a message to Wang Qiqi, asking her to bring some Spirit Particle Potion.