Daily Summary: I'm a CEO in a Bizarre World

Normally, Ye Lin would be busy from morning till night to finish cleaning the mansion, but now, with the help of Mai Xing using "Social Dust" speed-up, she actually finished in half an hour. There was still some time before lunchtime, so she could still rush back to the Wealth District to have a meal of synthetic porridge.

"How about we don't go back? I'll treat you to two steamed buns worth 1 sanity each for lunch, and then we can continue to take on cleaning jobs in the Ideal District," Ye Lin suggested.

Although I've never actually tasted white flour steamed buns or wheat flour cakes in this world, this kind of food is usually only a breakfast choice for the middle class and above.

Just thinking about the piping hot, freshly baked bread, with its enticing aroma of fermented flour, makes Mai Xingguang's mouth water.

In the work order just now, the two of them used "Social Dust" a total of 6 times. Although it increased the influence value by 36 points, they are only two-thirds of the way to the "Initial Influence" stage.

However, Mai Xing also paid a high price of 21 points of sanity [use cost] for this!

With total assets plummeting by 5%, Maixing's heart is bleeding.

Moreover, this work order only grants 10 performance points, leaving each person with only 5 sanity points. While they don't object to paid work, such a high cost is ultimately unsustainable.

"Sister Lin, I really want to do post-construction cleaning with you for the rest of my life, but I'm just too broke," Mai Xing said with difficulty. "This 'Dust of Society' [usage cost] is as high as 3.5 sanity. That half hour just now cost Old Wang almost half a month's performance bonus."

But Ye Lin was clearly engrossed in the exhilarating combat experience of dealing with Level 1 pollutants; she was completely absorbed. She put her arm around Mai Xing's shoulder and whispered seductively in his ear:

"You heard it today, Team One's performance has surpassed ours. If the two of us can complete a few more villa development projects, we can narrow the performance gap."

"Fine... I promise you. We'll stop once this 'dust of society' has reached its initial impact," Mai Xing said reluctantly.

Ye Lin was overjoyed.

Upgrading a level 1 sealed item to the [Initial Influence] level takes a considerable amount of time, especially since this is being done during Sequence 7, which inevitably doubles the difficulty.

He readily agreed, "Okay!"

But then, after a second thought, she added, "How many more days do you estimate it will take to reach the [initial impact]?"

Ye Lin's question was deliberately conservative; in her estimation, Mai Xing would need at least half a month or even a month. Exaggerating the timeframe was simply to make him feel better.

But Mai Xing waved his hand and said, "It won't take more than a few days. Two more cleaning jobs of that intensity will be enough to achieve the [initial impact]."

Ye Lin: ...

Ye Lin was in a bad mood.

Seeing her face darken as if she was about to go back on her word, Mai Xing quickly stopped her: "You just promised, you can't go back on your word!"

"I know!" Ye Lin said through gritted teeth, enunciating each word clearly.

With the last two [Team Bonds] exhausted, Mai Xing had no choice but to spend 1000 points of Wish Power to draw 20 [Wish Power Lottery].

Another standard ending of 5 blue and 15 white. I've accumulated 68 pulls for the golden legendary item and still haven't gotten it. I'm so frustrated.

[Take Notes (White)]*10, [Take Notes (Blue)]*1, [Kill My Peers (Blue)]*1, [Pollution Special Medicine (White)]*5, [Team Bond (Blue)]*3.

The prize pool has not been updated, and the rewards remain the same.

"Work order accepted, let's go." Ye Lin had also selected a work order. The destination wasn't far from here, only a 10-minute ride on her electric scooter.

"Damn it, there are more and more rich people lately. I've seen a lot more new housing developments since six months ago, and the ones doing post-construction cleaning lately are all new homes that are about to be occupied," Ye Lin said indignantly as the two left the villa after the cleaning was completed.

"Perhaps it's a period of economic growth. I'm grateful for the great [Supreme Wealth]." Mai Xing didn't seem to appreciate the benefits of economic growth, and there was no gratitude in his words.

"Help! Is anyone there? Help!" At that moment, cries for help came from not far away in the residential area.

Mai Xing and Ye Lin exchanged a glance and immediately ran towards the direction of the sound. They soon saw a middle-aged man standing on the sidewalk, anxiously calling for help.

Upon seeing Mai Xing and the other man, the man rushed towards them as if he were a drowning person finding a lifebuoy.

"Please help me! There's a dangerous contaminant in my house, and the housekeeper who's handling it is about to collapse. Please save him quickly!"

The male homeowner pleaded in a very fast voice.

There are more than just "Pintuan" companies that provide domestic services. In Yueji City alone, there are three giants in the livelihood industry: "Pintuan", "Juanleyao", and "Gandong". There are countless other small and medium-sized enterprises as well.

If a colleague is in danger, I will naturally help if I can.

"Okay, please lead the way." Mai Xing nodded in agreement.

Led by the male homeowner, the two rushed into the mansion and found a "dust of society" in the room that had almost solidified into a vortex.

A large, obese figure was caught in a vortex of dust and suspended in mid-air. His legs were off the ground and he was swaying wildly. His neck and chest were being squeezed by the increasingly dense dust, and he was almost suffocating.

The trapped housekeeper also noticed Mai Xing and the other person, and frantically waved her limbs, desperately calling for help:

"Help...help me..."

Then Mai Xing and the other person saw that the housekeeper, who was caught in the dust vortex, was wearing a bright yellow uniform and was obviously a member of the "group-buying housekeeping" company!

Mai Xing recognized his build and appearance as Liao Bin, the group leader of Group 1 in the Household Management Department.

Should we save them?

This question arose in the minds of the two of them.

"We should save him, but we can make sure he suffers some serious injuries, like breaking a few ribs or losing an arm or leg. It will take at least six months for him to recover," Ye Lin suggested in front of Liao Bin.

Mai Xing thought about it, but still couldn't live with his conscience.

[Use of "2-0954 King's Hypocrisy" will deduct 0.17 sanity.]

[Seal item: "2-1549 Kidney Deficiency Essence" - Use deducts 0.15 sanity]

[Remaining usage time: 02:59:99]

[Rationality Balance: 365.72]

The province should spend its money wisely; it's just cleaning up one patch of dust pollution. There's no need for Mai Xing to waste its rationality on "social dust."

After advancing to Sequence 7, his control over spiritual power was further enhanced, and a water tornado instantly condensed in front of him.

Under Mai Xing's control, the water tornado crashed into the dust tornado, and the split wind blades shattered the solidified dust vortex, while the torrent with purifying power cleared away the pollution attached to the dust.

In just a few seconds, the dust pollution was completely cleared by Mai Xing, and Liao Bin, who was bound, fell from mid-air and was caught by Mai Xing using "Wang Zhi Xu Gong".

"Ah, we meet again, Team Leader Liao."

Looking at his two indifferent saviors, Liao Bin thought about their current antagonistic relationship and swallowed back the words of thanks that were about to come out of his mouth.

"What are you doing here?"

"You're asking us now? Shouldn't we thank you for saving us?" Ye Lin questioned coldly.

"Thank you..." Liao Bin said softly, then added, "If you think that you can blackmail me into becoming a mole just because you saved my life, then you should just give up!"

My loyalty to the series is unquestionable; I would rather die than betray it!

"Heh, you're quite the imagination. I shouldn't have saved you in the first place; I should have just hanged you up there." Ye Lin was amused by Liao Bin's words.