Prodigal System in the Flourishing City

Chapter 486: Chapter 484 Upgrade [Second Release]

I’m back in the country.

On the way home from the seaport, Su Luoxue kept asking Liang Lan questions.

She has finally started to take the initiative in learning these things, rather than being passively indoctrinated.

”Sister Lan, you said this time it’s a win-win, but doesn’t this mean Young Master Bu is going up against the Lin Family! Why is it a win-win?”

Su Luoxue asked softly.

”You look at things too simply. Let me ask you, since Lin Feng wants the Young Master to deal with the Lin Family, is the Young Master currently strong enough to confront the Lin Family?” Liang Lan replied.

”No.” Su Luoxue shook her head, then had a moment of realization: ”Does that mean Lin Feng will figure out a way to increase the Young Master’s strength?!”

”Exactly! Starting today, Lin Feng will find all sorts of ways to increase the Young Master’s strength, and he will provide protection for Young Master Bu in many aspects. This is equivalent to the Young Master having an extra layer of a protective umbrella. Wouldn’t you call that a win-win?”

Liang Lan nodded with satisfaction.

”Then in that case, the Young Master should have just agreed to Lin Feng from the start! Why go through all these troubles?”

Su Luoxue raised another question.

”That’s because the Young Master needs Lin Feng to take him seriously enough, to make him realize that the Young Master is his partner, or even an enemy, not some so-called subordinate.” Liang Lan explained.

”This way, when Lin Feng’s position is threatened, he definitely won’t, and wouldn’t dare to just discard Young Master Bu as an expendable piece. Instead, he will do everything possible to protect the Young Master. After all, they share the wealth together, and if one gets damaged, they both go down!”

”Sss!” Su Luoxue swallowed her saliva: ”The Young Master actually thinks so far ahead?”

”Of course, no one can guess the Young Master’s thoughts!”

Liang Lan proudly said, ”You have a long way to go!”

After a while.

”Sister Lan, let’s buy another cruise ship.”

Lu Xiaobu said to Liang Lan, ”Our yacht blew up, and honestly, I feel like blowing some cash too.”

To tell the truth, this time on the deserted island, he had spent the entire 150 million, and the amount for indulging in luxuries was empty again.

”How big does the Young Master want?”

Liang Lan asked.

”Let’s get one around a hundred meters long.”

Lu Xiaobu wasn’t very clear about the yacht market, so he just threw out a number.

”Uh... okay.”

Liang Lan shook her head with a wry smile.

The Young Master’s standards were always so blunt and straightforward.

She went to make a phone call.

Shortly after.

”Young Master, there’s a 91.5-meter one available, currently ranking 51st among the world’s largest yachts, with an owner’s suite, three VIP rooms, three double rooms, and two double cabins, accommodating a total of 26 guests.”

”The yacht is equipped with a sauna, steam room, performance area, a small swimming pool, beauty salon, and gym. And of course, it has a helicopter pad, what do you think?”

Liang Lan introduced a yacht that basically met the Young Master’s requirements.

”It sounds similar to the one before.” Lu Xiaobu recalled the yacht Lin Feng gave him as he heard about these facilities.

”It’s similar in terms of configuration, but this one is a bit bigger. The one Young Master Lin gave you was custom-made for him, small but fully equipped.” Liang Lan explained.

”Alright, that one then. How much?”

Lu Xiaobu asked.

”250 million US dollars, about 1.5 billion RMB.”

Liang Lan reported back.

”Deal!” Lu Xiaobu was immediately beaming with joy: ”I didn’t realize yachts were such a money sink! Had I known earlier, I wouldn’t have taken Lin Feng’s; I would’ve bought my own.”

That was really satisfying.

Twenty billion in luxury spending money should last him a while now.

Speaking of money, Lu Xiaobu squinted his eyes: ”System, come on out!”

”What’s up?”

The system asked.

”What’s up? You have the nerve to ask what’s up? I’m asking you, how many bullets did the Charging Shield block this time?”

Lu Xiaobu asked with displeasure.

”Just one.”

The system was puzzled, yet answered honestly.

”How much Shield did that use up?”

Lu Xiaobu squinted his eyes and asked, a ’murderous’ intent beginning to surge within them.

He had thought that this system was finally not screwing him over, but as it turns out, the damn Shield was the biggest pit of them all!

”Cough cough, ten... ten... billion!”

The system said in an utterly embarrassed tone.

It finally understood what Lu Xiaobu was getting at.

”So you’re telling me, I used ten billion just to block one bullet? Could you remind me, how much was it for the specialized bullet Shield that I bought at the beginning?”

Lu Xiaobu asked, his eyes askew.

”That... this... ahem, roughly, a couple tens of millions.”

The system was thief-like in its embarrassment.

”A couple of tens of millions, huh?”

Lu Xiaobu pressed on.

”Ten million, cough cough cough!”

The system was so mortified it wanted to crawl into a hole.

”So, under normal circumstances, it’s ten million per bullet, and now look, ten billion per bullet? Am I a fool to you? You’re just jacking up the price a hundredfold? I charged fifty billion, and in the end, it can only withstand five bullets?!”

Lu Xiaobu was on the verge of cursing out loud!

Anyone would be furious if something like this happened to them.

”No, didn’t I explain it to you before! This Charging Shield operates in an all-rounded, no dead angle manner, also providing protection irrespective of the attack type, so it consumes a bit more. I’ve told you all these things!”

The system was both embarrassed and aggrieved.

”Damn it, how the hell was I supposed to know your ’no dead angle’ was like this?!”

Lu Xiaobu’s liver hurt from the anger!

He originally thought this Charging Shield was like a flowing water-type Shield, where if you took a cut from a knife, the energy at that spot would rapidly deplete; even if it was a higher consumption, he would have tolerated it, since after all, it covered all angles without dead zone.

But what now?

It turned out this damn Shield was like an eggshell.

Once you break a layer, the whole thing is wasted.

So, something that could’ve been taken care of with ten million blows out to ten billion!

What if he had used those ten billion to buy a hundred bullet Shields?!

What a scoundrel!

”This! That! How do I put it!”

The system was somewhat at a loss for words.

It could understand Lu Xiaobu’s anger.

However, comprehension aside, it felt that it wasn’t in the wrong.

Forget it, no more defending itself, lest the smart-ass Host starts blowing his top again!

”How about, I find a way to upgrade it? Upgrade it to that flowing water-type Shield style?”

The system cautiously suggested a solution.

”Deal!”

Lu Xiaobu agreed, ”Get on it right now!”

”No no no, it’s not about right now or not, but rather... money... this...”

The system hinted with a meaningful tone.

”How much?”

Lu Xiaobu was too angry to beat around the bush and said it bluntly.

The system said, ”Roughly, fifteen billion...”

”Hmm?!” Lu Xiaobu raised his eyebrows, his eyes narrowing.

”Cough cough cough, actually, ten billion would suffice!” The system instantly backpedaled.

”Hmm?!” Lu Xiaobu’s eyes narrowed completely.

”Let’s do this then, I take some responsibility for this, so how about I chip in, and you pay eight billion?”

The system said, feeling the pain.