Dream Travel

Chapter 224 It was my own choice, wasn't it?

Bai Mu had just returned home after working up a sweat and hadn't even had a chance to cook himself a meal when he received a call from Lily.

The other party didn't engage in small talk; they went straight to telling Bai Mu that his net worth had skyrocketed. After learning the amount of the increase in the bounty, Bai Mu couldn't hold back his excitement.

"Wait, what's this about the 20 million? Wait for me to come over."

While Lucy was still wondering, Bai Mu hung up the phone and headed straight for the experience store: "Why did my bounty increase again?"

He wasn't afraid of trouble; it was just 20 million heads, and Bai Mu felt he could handle it now.

But suddenly having 20 million more is going to be a disaster.

Money is very valuable in this world, and Bai Mu has not yet completed his net worth certification, so the days ahead are not going to be easy.

"To be specific, it's 23 million, but we can only get 40 million if we capture them alive," Lily corrected Bai Mu's misconception.

"What's the difference between being captured alive and being dead!"

The requirements for the reward are clearly stated.

After you're done using him, kill him. Don't worry about injury or disability when you capture him; just keep him alive.

“There’s a chance to escape. Let’s cooperate. I’ll take this portion of the bounty, Bai Mu, you find a chance to escape, and I’ll take 30%.”

Bai Mu stared at Lily with a somewhat distorted expression: "You're actually a pretty nice person!"

Is this something a person can say?
"If I didn't escape, are you going to take the rest of the bounty?"

“I don’t want to see that happen either. If it does happen, I will take good care of your estate.”

Bai Mu laughed angrily: "So you really are planning to fatten them up before killing them? Don't you have any bounty?"

Lily laughed and said, "I'm a legitimate businesswoman, why would I offer a bounty?"

"That's strange, where did this bounty come from? It's just popping up everywhere!"

Bai Mu frowned as he looked at the new bounty: "And how did this thing appear so quickly?"

Lily offered an explanation: "Because you live in Rota City."

Rota City is far from the Golden Capital, but that's how it is; the distance allows for the printing of bounty posters locally, and besides, White Curtain lives in Rota City.

The bounty posters are updated at a similar rate to those in the City of Gold.

If Bai Mu moves to a different city, the rate at which bounty posters for him are updated in that city will increase.

"That's strange..." Bai Mu took the bounty notice and had just left the Yimeng Experience Store to drive back when he saw Lily running out of the store and knocking on the car window.

Seeing her bright smile, Bai Mu felt even more uneasy: "Is it bad news?"

"Yes, Bai Mu, your bounty has been increased by 700 million. The news of the two bounties was only three hours apart."

"Depend on!"

Bai Mu couldn't hold back any longer. Who the hell was keeping stuffing bounties onto him?
"Who's so kind as to round it up for me?"

The three-hour bounty is three million for the dead and twenty million for the alive, clearly a high reward to lure people into action. As everyone knows, it's harder to catch someone alive, so a higher price is normal.

However, someone added an extra seven million to the bounty, bringing his total number of kills to thirty million.

It is equivalent to 'Evangeline' in terms of quality.

Who doesn't do something outrageous and shocking? How could someone rack up a bounty of 30 million in just six months?
"I don't know." Lily chuckled and continued to bombard White Curtain with negative and spam messages.

"But your situation is rare, Bai Mu. There have been similar cases before, but guess what happened?"

Bai Mu pulled Lily into the car: "I won't guess, just tell me!"

“Betting odds.” Lily’s words were both surprising and reasonable, since when something becomes too special, its original nature changes.

It's normal for someone to open a market with a bounty that appreciates extremely quickly.

"Do you think they'll bet on whether I'll live longer or die sooner?"

Lily's smile remained unchanged, her tone light: "Of course, we have everything. Those who want you to die quickly will keep adding bonuses to the prize pool. The bonuses may not be much, but they add up."

Bai Mu fell into deep thought: "...What did they take me for? A payment QR code!?"

If what Lily said happens, Bai Mu can imagine how crazy things will get. Trying to reason with a gambler? Naïve!

It's just that he can't update the bounty information in time, otherwise the number +XXXX would definitely keep popping up above his head.

If gamers saw this, they'd think it was a money-making scheme.

"Bai Mu, please consider my proposal. Even if you die, I will fulfill your last wish."

Bai Mu's face fell: "What last wishes do I need if I'm already dead?"

"What was your wish before you died?"

"marry me!"

"Huh?" Lily looked a little embarrassed. "This doesn't seem like a good idea. I'm quite sentimental, and this could easily be mistaken for a bounty scam."

"Then there's no room for discussion, get off the bus! Get off the bus!"

Lily regained her smile, got out of the car, stood by the window, and said to Bai Mu, "If it really goes on sale, I'll let you know."

Bai Mu stepped on the gas and drove off.

He needed to go home to calm down. After thinking for a moment, he dialed Lily's number and said, "Hey, don't come to my house again."

"Huh? Bai Mu, are you angry?"

"I'm worried you might come to my house one day and get bombed. I don't think you'll die that easily, but I'd better be careful." He's got 30 million heads already; from now on, he might get his ID checked even when he goes out to buy a bottle of water.

His residence? His residence could be bombed and blown up!

Bai Mu was clearly being maliciously targeted. Capturing him alive would indeed bring in an extra 17 million in revenue, but it would be much more difficult. Killing him, on the other hand, would be much simpler, with no limit to the methods used. Killing him would bring in 30 million.

When the number is large enough, for someone who has never dealt with such a large number before, losing more than ten million doesn't really have a big impact. The key is that only what you can actually get your hands on is truly yours.

“I see.” Lily, holding the phone, laughed. “This is Rota City. If your house really explodes, it’s a serious public security incident, and the losses to the city will be much more than 30 million.”

"Tsk tsk, do people who want money even care about this? The loss of the city is not their loss."

Bai Mu sneered, "Thirty million? Now that you have a chance, those who want to make money even dare to mess with the mayor."

“I will have professionals conduct regular home inspections; you are living here because I share a portion of the property.”

"You'd rather lose your life than your money?" Bai Mu hung up the phone.

Lucy Ella, who was filing her nails on the sofa, glanced at him: "What happened?"

"My bounty has increased." White Curtain summoned Beatrice and asked her to make him two Cokes.

Even if it's an alchemical potion, if it tastes like cola, it's still cola.

"How much has it increased?" Beatrice was very concerned about this.

Bai Mu's life is now tied to hers. Although she has thought of a hundred ways to torture Bai Mu, right now she just wants Bai Mu to live a good life.

To live to be a hundred, she must at least live well until she is able to regain her freedom.

"Ten million to twenty-seven million..."

"Is there a difference?"

Bai Mu nodded: "The difference between dead and alive."

He took out the two bounty notices, reached for the cola that Beatrice had mixed, took a sip, and found it tasted good.

"I think I know what's going on." After reading the two bounties, Beatrice roughly guessed the source of the bounties.

She didn't keep anyone in suspense and quickly revealed everything she knew.

“I have supporters near Meilin City. They support my research so that I can regain my youth.”

Of course, when White Curtain killed her, Atresia also realized that her boss, who supported her research, also had the idea of ​​devouring her.

However, this wasn't the first time Beatrice had experienced this. Her boss supported her research, and before providing him with the necessary information, she would try her best to make things convenient for herself.

Most of the funding he received was used for his own research.

And research on extending lifespan?

If we just give it away so easily, wouldn't that make her skills seem too cheap?
Things that are too easily obtained are not expensive, and besides, her life alchemy has very few side effects.

Once the vitality is replenished, no further maintenance is needed as long as you don't mess with it.

It's much safer to go after those vampires. Once you become a vampire, you're easily controlled, and most vampires can't eat this or that.

For ordinary people, at least they gained power; for the wealthy, those restrictions were actually quite inconvenient.

“I was killed by you before I could complete the commission. If it weren’t for this accident, I would probably have performed life modification on the boss in about a month.”

It wasn't that she didn't want to delay any longer; the longer she delayed, the more research funding she would receive.

The boss couldn't wait any longer. After all, employers aren't stupid. In order to regain their youth and live longer, they tend to turn a blind eye to some things.

I'm willing to spend a little more as long as the other party gets what they want.

Beatrice had no intention of testing her boss's limits or pushing him too far; enough was enough.

She's already gotten enough; a little over a month is more than enough time for her to prepare to run away with the bucket.

Once the life extension is handed over, she'll just run away.

The transaction was completed after the boss woke up. Even if she ran away, there was no reason to hunt her down, since with her skills, many people would want her to live.

After she ran away, the boss couldn't go too far.

They've already gotten what they wanted, yet they still want to hunt her down. What will other bosses with similar needs think if they find out?
You bastard, you're trying to eat all by yourself, aren't you?

So as long as she runs away fast enough, she will be safe.

Now she doesn't need to run away anymore, and the previous boss didn't get what he wanted either.

"How crazy do you think a person who is about to die of old age can go?"

"Hmm... I think 20 million is a bit too little for capturing them alive. They're probably not driven to desperation, they're just unhappy?"

The information provided by Beatrice was very valuable. He didn't know how crazy a rich and capable person who was about to die could be, but such a person wouldn't leave himself a way out, would he?

"Yes, but as far as I know, he also has a son who is not young. He helped me a lot in delaying my research for so long."

"A loving father and a filial son," Bai Mu remarked with some emotion.

The melancholy in his heart lessened considerably; at least he knew that the bounty hadn't come out of nowhere.

This wouldn't have happened if he hadn't chosen Beatrice as his target. Now there's a new bounty, and that's what he chose.

"……grass!"

(End of this chapter)