Super Mothership
From living a moderately well-off life to suddenly becoming completely penniless, Goldtooth felt as if the entire world had turned dark.
“Waaah~ My Captain! We don’t have the money to pay the remaining balance! Once it’s in the pockets of the Gold Coin Pirate Crew, it’s absolutely impossible to get it back!” Goldtooth collapsed to the ground, wailing in despair.
No wonder they paid so readily—turns out it wasn’t even your money to begin with.
“It’s fine, it’s fine. Once they’ve prepared the slaves, we’ll pretty much earn back the remaining payment.” Nie Yun, however, looked completely relaxed.
“Earn?”
“Of course. I came to Shattered Star City in the first place to make money.” Nie Yun grinned slyly.
……
“Huff… huff… Captain, the information for the Ghost Pirate Crew has been updated. This is the captain’s authentication badge.” Goldtooth panted as he ran out of the certification hall, holding a metal badge in his hand.
“Mmm~ thanks a lot!” Stuffing the last dumpling into his mouth, Nie Yun spoke while chewing.
The exotic delicacies of Shattered Star City were truly irresistible. While his subordinate was busy running errands, Nie Yun had already finished strolling through the entire food street.
Even though this was just an avatar, simulating taste buds to stimulate the nerves was no problem at all.
Goldtooth stared at his new boss, who was still eating nonstop and had even packed a huge takeaway portion, his eyes filled with bewilderment.
What kind of damn robot is this? It even has a digestion function?
Wait! Don’t tell me… you spent the last bit of our travel money on food?!
“Captain, what are we going to do next to make money?” Goldtooth asked cautiously.
Although he felt that earning more than eight million Shattered Star Points in such a short time was basically impossible, seeing how confident Nie Yun looked, Goldtooth could only gamble on this last sliver of hope.
“Let me ask you: in Shattered Star City, what’s the fastest way to make money?”
“Robbing?” Goldtooth reflexively blurted out.
“Cough cough! Do you think you’d still be alive after robbing people here?” Nie Yun nearly choked.
“Then… what makes money fast?”
“Gambling, of course! Take a gamble—turn a bicycle into a motorcycle! Don’t tell me Shattered Star City doesn’t have casinos!” Nie Yun said matter-of-factly.
“Uh… you mean… cheating?” Goldtooth quickly understood Nie Yun’s intention, and his expression instantly became strange.
Nine out of ten honest gamblers lose; only cheaters dominate the casino—this was common sense.
If Nie Yun wanted to earn that much money in such a short time, other than cheating, Goldtooth couldn’t think of any other possibility.
“What do you mean cheating? I call this flexible application within the rules—pure technical skill, okay?” Nie Yun retorted.
Using mechanical insects to secretly tamper, flipping dice and such… this was the triumph of technology—how could that be called cheating?
“Well… do you know that modern casinos all use remote betting, and the casinos themselves are floating in the sky?” Goldtooth pointed upward.
“Uh…” This time, Nie Yun was truly stunned.
Are anti-cheating measures in the interstellar age really this shameless? This is totally different from what’s written in those web novels!
But luckily, I still have Plan B!
“Cough! I was just joking. I heard you mention that Shattered Star City has a mecha arena, where you can challenge the Shattered Star Rankings?” Nie Yun coughed lightly to hide his embarrassment.
“You want to climb the rankings?” Goldtooth paused before reacting.
“Exactly. That’s the main reason I came to Shattered Star City.”
The sheer power of the Wolf Empire undoubtedly placed tremendous pressure on Nie Yun.
Its territory was at least a hundred times larger than that of the Binary Star system, and it possessed advanced weapons and wormhole technology. Once the Binary Star system was destroyed, Earth civilization would likely be unable to escape disaster either.
Even the natural barrier of wormholes was merely a minor inconvenience for the Wolf Empire. If war truly broke out, with Earth’s current level of strength, the only outcomes would be becoming a subordinate civilization—or fleeing into exile.
Here is the continuation of the Chinese → English translation, keeping dialogue bolded and replacing Goldfang → Goldtooth for consistency:
Making money multiply by several hundred or even a thousand times—wouldn’t that be easy?
You can grind the rankings and make a quick fortune on the side at the same time—this deal is absolutely worth doing!
“You’re going to fight personally?” Goldtooth stared at Nie Yun suspiciously.
A mental power master playing dirty tricks behind the scenes would indeed be terrifying, but head-on combat… could he actually be a true expert?
“Sigh! If you really have confidence, squeezing into the top hundred and earning a share of the profits might be possible, but as for making money—don’t even think about it.” Goldtooth sighed.
“Why is that?” Nie Yun asked in confusion.
“Over a hundred years ago, there was a completely shameless arena expert. His strength was obvious and his record was brilliant, but every time he entered the arena, he would deliberately lose—diarrhea, cramps, headaches, humidity too high, air-conditioning too cold—basically, he used every ridiculous excuse imaginable to lose.
Then, behind the scenes, he would secretly place huge bets on himself to lose. He kept losing and winning money at the same time, until eventually he ‘lost’ his way into becoming the richest man in Shattered Star City…
After that, no one ever dared to open betting pools in the arena again. Of course, in the end, this guy offended far too many people and was directly erased from existence…”
“Uh…”
So novels really do lie.
Plan B for getting rich overnight died before it even had a chance to begin…
TL Note- Time for Plan C
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