Dream Travel

Let's go check out Chapter 242 first.
The technology Atreus possessed was not universally applicable, and even so, it was targeted by her peers, not to mention other life-extending technologies.

This market is not open to ordinary people, but it is still very large and involves a wide range of circles. Anyone who wants to dominate will only be resisted by others, including her.

Although her technology is for her own benefit, isn't researching technology free?
Going around looting and vandalizing? That's something she could do, but how could she properly conduct her research if everyone did that? And if others did the same, wouldn't she also be robbed?
So there are many things she still has to spend money to buy, and she even has to maintain a good reputation, otherwise she simply can't buy some of them.

She isn't particularly competitive in this field; her life technology mainly requires adaptation and adjustment for the user.

This prevents her from generalizing the technology; at most, she can only provide one-to-many services and cannot turn the technology into a product that can be placed in pharmacies. She can only take the customized route.

Therefore, she is not very competitive in this circle.

They might spend years providing customized services to only one boss.

How long you work depends on the boss's bottom line and how long you can keep exploiting him.

Just because Beatrice can only take a small share of the cake doesn't mean she can tolerate someone taking the whole cake away!
Without a corresponding market, where will she find investors? Ordinary people? What use are ordinary people...? Can they even scrape together tens of thousands a year?

several thousand!

This amount of money wasn't even enough for her to conduct a small experiment.

"Your circle is quite complicated." With Beatrice's detailed explanation, Bai Mu now understood the inside story of this circle.

"It just goes to show there are still too many rich people." Beatrice was quite calm; she was no longer a novice.

During her lifetime, she has customized rejuvenation projects for at least twenty bosses.

Based on the expiration date, if the original owners hadn't died in the accident, they should have already arranged for someone to look for her.

Thinking of this, Atrist looked at the white curtain: "Your bounty will probably be higher again in a while."

"Huh?" Bai Mu paused, about to ask, "What's the reason?"

"My former boss."

Her simple explanation made Bai Mu immediately understand what was going on.

"Are they only targeting you?"

"Hmph." Atris chuckled coldly, explaining, "Since they've commissioned my services, they're my customers, and no one else can just take them away!"

The life extension services she customized for those bosses were perfect; they could restore their youth and allow them to live healthily for decades longer.

But the technology used is hers, and if those bosses find someone else, that person might not be able to provide the new service perfectly.

If she encounters someone more capable than herself, she accepts it; if she can't find anyone, she'll eventually have to turn to her. That's the circle in which she divides the spoils.

She couldn't touch the other parts of the cake, and she didn't want anyone else to take away the part she was entitled to.

But she died.

If those bosses can't find a more skilled alchemist, they can only turn to her. After learning of her death and who did it, will White Curtain's bounty increase?

The odds surrounding this guy are skyrocketing, and those angry former bosses might just push the prize pool even higher.

Why do you have so many troubles?

Beatrice crossed her arms and smiled sincerely: "It's precisely because I can cause so much trouble that I've been able to live until now."

I've lived this long and all I've encountered is this brute, Bai Mu.

Ordinary people are easy to mess with because they have no background and only one life to live when they encounter trouble. But rich people care about many things because they often have a certain level of background.

Even if someone has no background at the beginning, if they can stay rich, they will eventually find a suitable background.

The reason why her fellow alchemists dared to cause her trouble was because their purpose was clear: after taking away her technology, they were confident that they could digest it and then take her place.

For those wealthy bosses, it doesn't matter whether the person providing them with customized services is Beatrice or some other alchemist.

As long as the same service can be provided, it doesn't matter who it is.

Those bosses won't specifically target her for customized services just because she's good-looking.

"This kind of trouble can also be resolved. As long as you let me out and let me complete the services they need, there will be no further trouble."

"Yes, and then a new problem arose: you were dead, so how did you come back to life?"

“Uh—” Beatrice’s gaze fell on the weapon case in the white curtain, and she immediately shook her head: “I think we shouldn’t do that. Just kill those former bosses.”

Compared to the excessive exposure of the weapon crates, she felt it was more worthwhile to let those former bosses die.

Otherwise, a group of people would definitely be eyeing Bai Mu's weapon box. His weapon box is also part of the prize pool. As he continues to collect new spirit fragments, the value of the weapon box will increase.

Bai Mu put the invitation aside and pondered whether or not to accept it.

The last invitation was from Nightow Mining, who wanted him to join the company. This invitation is a hiring offer. It's related to a different dream; they want White Curtain to help with something, which involves certain items within that dream.

The bottle of medicine given to him was just a small gift, not even a deposit, so it wouldn't matter if he accepted it but didn't go.

The question is, why did Nightow Mining approach me?

He has two days to consider it, so he's not in a hurry to respond immediately.

Bai Mu contacted Bo Lei, intending to inquire with him to see if he had any inside information.

"...How could I have inside information? Although Night Owl Mining has a partnership with the Rota Processing Bureau, the content of the partnership has nothing to do with their business."

Borre, sitting in his office, was somewhat helpless. What kind of cooperation could the processing bureau possibly have with mining companies?

Mining? Give me a break. There are indeed many mines in the Dream World, but the problem is how to bring back the mined ore intact?
Even if there is a special trump card like the White Curtain, which can bring back several tons or even tens of tons of minerals at once, what use are those minerals?

The labor costs alone are less than mining in reality, unless some dream worlds have extremely special minerals.

Only a small portion can be retained after refining, thus creating an opportunity for cooperation—the question is, why choose Nightow Mining?
Therefore, the cooperation between the two parties is limited to dealing with the strange dreams. Even with this type of cooperation, the two parties do not interact much on a daily basis.

The Bureau mainly conducts inspections similar to fire checks to ensure that the Dream Sources controlled by Nightow Mining are legitimate.

"Alright then, I'll go take a look over there. They're being quite generous this time."

"Okay, be careful," Borei replied. Bai Mu was an adult, and he couldn't control what he wanted to do.

Moreover, White Curtain is now essentially a 'mercenary' entity, only with a deeper cooperative relationship with the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics.

At other times, this guy would take on any bounty and go straight to Meilin City to kill people, so it was his job to take on any other jobs Bai Mu might take on.

After hanging up the phone, Borre continued working. Looking at the huge pile of documents, he yawned. This kind of work couldn't compare to fieldwork...

"Let's go exercise." Bai Mu put the phone back. He had two days to think it over. Why was he in such a hurry? He could reply tomorrow. He just needed to finish today's work first.

No matter what you face, improving yourself is always a good idea.

The next day at noon, Bai Mu dialed the number on the invitation and contacted the Night Owl Mining Company.

"Hello? I'd like to understand your invitation first, and decide whether to accept or not after I figure out what it is."

Bai Mu got straight to the point when the call connected, and the contact person on the other end immediately responded: "No problem. Anything outside of the invitation needs to be kept confidential, so if you want to know more, Mr. Bai Mu needs to sign a confidentiality agreement."

"I am going now."

Bai Mu drove to the experience store, first met with Lily, hired her as an assistant, and then went to the Night Owl Mining company building.

Although they are in the mining business, their company building is quite impressive and is one of the most iconic buildings in Rota City.

The white curtains in the parking lot give the feeling of being back in the 21st century, as few of the cars parked here fit the era of this world.

Either the cars driven by employees in the company are all from Yimeng, or they have "borrowed" some of Yimeng's vehicle designs and independently produced the related vehicles.

The latter is more likely.

"Mr. Bai Mu, please come with me." The staff member who was already waiting immediately came forward.

He led Bai Mu and Lily to a meeting room, during which he did not ask about Lily.

"Hello, my name is An Yongkang, the manager of Nightow Mining's Rota City branch." An Yongkang took out the prepared confidentiality agreement.

Bai Mu handed the confidentiality agreement to Lily, who was beside him. Bai Mu was very cautious about things that needed to be signed, especially when dealing with unfamiliar companies...

If he were on Earth, he certainly wouldn't have access to such a thing, but in this world, his head is worth over thirty million.

In addition, since there are demons and the like in this world, and he has even witnessed the process of summoning demons using demon patterns, he should be cautious about some things.

Night Owl Mining is a large and powerful company; he doesn't believe there isn't a devilish element involved.

Borei had explained to him before that demons, as beings, had long been integrated into all walks of life in this world.

You never know, even a milk tea shop you stumble upon on the street might be backed by evil funds.

Since Lily understands demonic script and has many areas of expertise, he simply asked her to take a look at the confidentiality agreement.

Only sign it when you're absolutely sure there are no problems, lest this thing be like some kind of demonic contract, which seems fine on the surface but turns into a disaster once you sign your name.

“No problem, it’s a perfectly normal confidentiality agreement.” Lily handed the confidentiality agreement to Bai Mu after she finished reading it.

An Yongkang, who was sipping tea, put his teacup back and waited for Bai Mu to sign the confidentiality agreement. With this step completed, the rest was basically a done deal.

The company investigated, and Bai Mu is not a docile person...

(End of this chapter)