91: The more you use, the more they lose.

A series of notification sounds repeatedly struck Lin Yao's heart.

She looked at the rapidly flashing number in the bottom right corner of the control interface, feeling that her arithmetic abilities had completely failed under this barrage of information.

Finally, the number stopped at.

2.15 million / day.

Lin Yao was completely numb.

One day, 2.15 million?

This amount of money was enough to buy a small apartment in the best area of Linzhou.

And now, this was just the cost for her and her brother to stay here for one day.

Lin Yu nodded slightly, finally satisfied.

He turned around and looked at his sister, who was already petrified.

"Yao Yao."

"For the remaining value-added services, just pick whatever you like, don't be polite with me."

"Just pick whatever?"

Lin Yao's small head buzzed, completely crashing.

She looked at the 2.15 million figure, feeling that her understanding of money, built over the past eighteen years, was crushed to dust at this moment.

It wasn't that she had never seen money before.

Their family used to be quite well off.

But, several million... that was their life's savings.

And now?

One day.

Just the cost of staying here for one day was enough to make the money her parents had worked their entire lives to save, vanish into thin air.

Lin Yao stood dumbfounded, her body trembling slightly, not from fear, but from a deep-seated shudder of the unknown and loss of control, originating from the depths of her soul.

Her small face beneath the mask was already deathly pale.

She suddenly grabbed Lin Yu's sleeve, looked up, and asked in a trembling, tearful voice.

"Brother..."

"What... what we're doing, will we be beheaded for it?"

In her simple worldview, only those powerful figures standing at the top, or... desperate outlaws, could squander money like this.

Lin Yu was stunned for a moment.

Then, he chuckled slightly.

He reached out and gently patted his sister's head.

"Silly girl, what are you thinking about?"

Beheaded?

It wouldn't come to that.

This amount of money, to him, really wasn't much.

Two cards, the Ghost Card and Mirror Image Duplication, formed a perfect infinite loop.

As long as he wanted, his wealth could instantly overwhelm the entire world's financial system.

Money, to him, was just a number.

A number he could create at any time, as much as he wanted.

What's more, ever since Old Ghost Hall's business got on track, an astronomical sum of money flowed into his account every day.

He was even too lazy to check how many zeros were behind that number.

This visit to this 'bug residence' was Seventh Master's suggestion.

The Linzhou black market, and even the underground world of the surrounding three provinces, was controlled by a man named Chen Ao.

But the black market was not a monolith.

Service industries like "Bug Residence" that could grow large had powerful figures no less than Chen Ao himself backing them, ensuring absolute credibility and safety.

This place was truly outside the law, yet it was also the safest place in Linzhou right now.

Seeing his sister's continued anxiety, Lin Yu knew that without a reasonable explanation, the girl probably wouldn't even sleep well.

He cleared his throat and adopted a deliberately mysterious tone.

"Actually."

"I signed with a... well, a very mysterious and very powerful company."

"This company gave me an irresistible contract, and these are just the resources provided as part of the contract."

He made it up on the spot, without batting an eye.

This was the explanation he had prepared long ago, and the only one that could account for his current changes.

However, after Lin Yao heard it, she not only wasn't reassured but became even more upset.

Her mood instantly plummeted.

Company?

Influence?

Thinking of the greedy and ugly faces of those company representatives at the Awakening Ceremony, and the way they looked at her as if she were a perfect commodity, Lin Yao felt a wave of physiological disgust.

In her mind, these so-called companies, every single one of them, were no good.

"Brother!"

She grabbed Lin Yu's arm and said urgently, "Then weren't you tricked by them? They definitely have ill intentions! Brother, you're so talented, they signed you on to exploit you!"

"Quickly break the contract with them! We don't want their stuff! Let's go home!"

The little girl was truly anxious.

She would rather her brother still be the "madman" living in a container than for him to fall into another pit of fire.

Lin Yu looked at her anxious expression, and a warmth flowed through his heart.

"Don't worry, Yao Yao."

He ruffled his sister's hair, smoothing her somewhat disheveled bangs.

"Your brother here, he knows what he's doing."

"This company is different; they... well, they're rich and foolish."

"Moreover, the terms of the contract are very favorable to me, the initiative is completely in my hands. I can leave whenever I want, they can't stop me."

Lin Yao looked at him skeptically.

"Really?"

"More real than pure gold."

Lin Yu nodded solemnly.

He looked at his sister's still conflicted little face and suddenly had an idea.

He leaned close to Lin Yao's ear and lowered his voice.

"Yao Yao, do you want... for your brother to take enormous advantage of that company?"

Lin Yao was startled.

"What do you mean?"

Lin Yu pointed to the huge control interface, and to the dazzling array of paid services on it.

A mischievous smile played on his lips.

"This company signed a gambling agreement with me."

"They believe I have unlimited potential, so they've given me almost unlimited resources."

"However, what they give and what I can actually use are two different concepts."

"So..."

He looked at Lin Yao, gently coaxing her.

"Feel free to order, feel free to use."

"The more you use, the more you spend, the more that company loses on me."

"Turning their resources into our own strength, that's the most profitable thing, understand?"

"What we need to do is, during this period, fleece that company until they're bald!"

Lin Yao was completely dazed by this twisted logic.

She stared blankly at Lin Yu, then at the interface shimmering with enticing light.

It seemed... to make sense?

Brother signed with a company.

The company provides resources.

They use these resources, and their strength increases.

The company... loses money?

Although she still felt something was off, this logic seemed perfectly self-consistent.

Especially the phrase "fleece the company until they're bald," which inexplicably gave her a sense of satisfaction.

Thinking of those big companies getting frustrated, her resistance surprisingly dissipated quite a bit.

"Alright, I'm going to my room now."

Lin Yu patted her shoulder.

"Remember what I said, don't be polite, treat it like your own home."

"Oh no, be even less polite than you would be at home."

After saying that, he turned and walked into the passage connecting the two rooms, returning to his own suite.

Leaving Lin Yao alone, standing there, facing the huge light screen.

Her gaze fell on each of the service items.

【Top Technician Full Body Massage】

【Skin Care】

【Beauty and Hairdressing】

【Photorejuvenation】

...Damn it... Brother is right!

I'll use it hard, use it hard!

Those rotten companies, I hope they lose all their money!