The end of the world is approaching, I'm handing myself over to the country.

Lin Mo's eyes widened little by little, and his breath even stopped for a moment.

He stared intently at the number, thinking he was seeing things.

"Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions...three million!"

I blinked hard, but the numbers remained unchanged.

"How...how do they still have so many source crystals!"

Lin Mo's voice was filled with disbelief.

You know, those guys only spent nearly two million source crystals.

What's going on here?

Adding to what I already had, I now have an extra two million!

Did they discover a source crystal mine?

Otherwise, how could there be so many source crystals?

Seeing Lin Mo's uncontrollable exclamation, Chi Zhengyang also laughed out loud from the bottom of his heart.

"hehe."

"Is it enough to upgrade the general store to level 5 now?" He didn't answer Lin Mo's question directly, but asked a question in return.

Lin Mo nodded subconsciously, then immediately realized what he meant and added, "That's enough, we've got even more than that."

Upgrading a general store to level 5 only requires two million source crystals, and now there's an extra one million.

Chi Zhengyang also breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "That's good."

He leaned back in his chair before slowly explaining, "This is all the Source Crystals our warriors can provide."

"I made them clear out all their reserves. This portion of source crystals has completely drained all of our working capital."

Chi Zhengyang spoke with a smile, his tone extremely relaxed.

Although it has a bit of a "killing the goose that lays the golden eggs" feel to it.

However, it's worth it to get the general store to level 5 quickly.

Once the general store is upgraded to level 5, the maximum number of employees in the general store can reach 100 million.

All the sacrifices will be worth it in the end.

Lin Mo nodded, increasingly convinced that cooperating with Chi Zhengyang back then was the right decision.

With that thought in mind, he no longer hesitated.

"System, upgrade the general store."

A familiar voice echoed in his mind.

Upgrading to a level 5 general store requires 200 million in revenue. Continue?

"continue."

[Confirmed instruction, deducting revenue...]

The 200 million in revenue has been deducted.

The general store upgrade requirements have been met; upgrade process will begin.

The voice just fell.

A thick, impenetrable white mist suddenly appeared from all sides of the grocery store.

Like soft yet thick walls, they instantly swallowed up the entire grocery store and the safe zone outside where it was raining heavily.

The sounds of rain and arguing outside the window abruptly ceased at that moment.

The world fell into an eerie silence.

Only inside the grocery store was a dim, warm light still emanating from it.

The sparrow, transformed from the system, spreads its wings and appears.

[The general store is being upgraded, please wait...]

Time passed by, second by second.

About ten minutes later, the thick white fog, so dense that you couldn't see your hand in front of your face, began to fade and dissipate at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The first thing to be restored was the sound.

The pattering rain outside the window, along with the booming arguments of the three old men, once again filled my ears.

However, those sounds seemed much more distant than before.

Lin Mo raised his head and looked out the window.

The boundary of the safe zone in the distance has now expanded outwards by a considerable margin.

The area of ​​the safe zone has been expanded again.

Chi Zhengyang stood there, looking around in surprise at the changes, before finally turning his gaze back to Lin Mo.

"Did it work?"

Lin Mo nodded happily, and with a thought, the system panel reappeared before his eyes.

[General Store Level: 5]

[Maximum number of employees for a general store: 1,000,000]

Available turnover: 1,112,420

[Unlocks: Weapon enhancement feature, advanced gene potion recipe.]

Lin Mo directly shared a portion of the system panel with Chi Zhengyang, who was sitting next to him.

One million!

The employee cap has indeed reached one million!

this means.

An army of a million men, could they possibly appear in this wasteland world?

What a terrifying force that would be!

Perhaps they didn't have much power at first, but Chi Zhengyang believed that it wouldn't be long before they could grow up quickly!

Upon seeing this number, Chi Zhengyang's tense mood finally relaxed.

Finally, a genuine smile appeared on his face.

He nodded emphatically.

"Alright, leave the number of people to me, I'll go back and make the arrangements right away."

After saying that, he didn't hesitate at all; his figure turned into a white light and disappeared from the spot in an instant.

Decisive and efficient, truly worthy of being called Elder Chi.

Lin Mo watched him log off, then glanced out the window again.

The rain had stopped, and the three old men who had been "passionately arguing" in the rain, along with Old Wu who had been watching the show under the eaves, had all disappeared.

They must have had enough of arguing and couldn't wait to go out and prove themselves.

"If there really were such a hardcore game, it would be hard for anyone not to get hooked."

Lin Mo chuckled softly and shook his head.

Once again, he was the only one left in the entire grocery store.

He turned his head and looked at the sparrow standing in the corner of the counter, curiously examining him with its small, black eyes.

"system."

Lin Mo spoke.

The sparrow tilted its head and let out a clear chirp.

"Help me calculate it."

Lin Mo's knuckles tapped rhythmically on the counter as his mind raced.

"I'm starting to use sales revenue as a bonus now, and it increases my success rate in passing the end-of-month assessment."

"Build the Rune Tower first, then use the remaining revenue to increase the success rate of passing the end-of-month assessment."

Lin Mo originally thought it would take about a week for the general store to upgrade to level 5, but he didn't expect it to upgrade so quickly.

Moreover, there is still an extra 100 million in turnover.

With this revenue, there's more than enough to build the Rune Tower.

More importantly, the monster has appeared, so we must hurry, even faster.

Sparrow instantly understood Lin Mo's idea.

His small eyes lit up, and a faint glow of data emanated from his body.

It flapped its wings and began to hover in mid-air, seemingly performing some kind of complex calculation.

[Calculation begins, please wait...]

Lin Mo nodded in satisfaction.

I must say, after the last "guidance"...

The system seemed to have suddenly become much smarter, and understood Lin Mo's thoughts without him having to explain in detail.

The waiting time always feels long.

Lin Mo wasn't in a hurry. He leisurely made himself a cup of hot tea, sat down in a chair, and drank it while looking at the sky outside after the rain had cleared.

Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

The circling sparrows stopped and landed back on the counter.

[Calculation complete.]

coming!

Lin Mo perked up and put down his teacup.

A pale blue light screen unfolded before him once more, displaying two lines of clear text.

[Option 1: From now on, use all available revenue to allocate points to personal attributes, and do not build the Rune Tower. Based on calculations, the host's final success rate in passing this month's end-of-month assessment is approximately 81.5%!]

81.5 percent.

A fairly good success rate.

It's even higher than before.

It's because we quickly reached level 5, which allows more people to join more easily.

The second after the first row of results appeared, the second row of data was also refreshed.

[Option Two: Prioritize using 100 million revenue to build the Rune Tower, then use the remaining revenue to allocate points to personal attributes.]

Based on calculations, the host's final success rate in passing this month's end-of-month assessment is approximately 93.5%!