Sir! Don't close the net!

"Then let's do it this way!"

Valkyrie waved her hand with considerable flair.

“She’s just my mistress. She can’t even decide what position we use at night,” Li Yili rolled her eyes.

"How could this be—"

The man stumbled and nearly fell to the ground. The awkward atmosphere made him break out in a cold sweat. He subconsciously raised his hand to wipe his forehead, while stealing a glance at Valkyrie.

He simply couldn't reconcile the word "mistress" with such a beautiful and aloof person; just the thought of it was a desecration of beauty!

Unfortunately, this beautiful woman was insisting that she could decide what position to use that night.

"Cough cough cough—so, so the renovation of the second floor," the man had a gut feeling that he had encountered the most difficult customer he had ever dealt with in his career.

"Let me think about it..."

Li Yili raised her hand and pressed it against Valhou Lei's face. After thinking for a while, she tilted her head and looked at the man.

"If you had a house like this, how would you decorate it?"

The man's lips twitched violently, and he rubbed his hands together with a forced smile. "Those who can afford such mansions are usually nobles."

“And nobles buy such mansions just so they can hold a ball someday, right?” Li Yili snapped her fingers.

The man froze as he rubbed his hands, somewhat embarrassed.

Li Yili was right; nobles usually bought such houses to hold balls or banquets.

"Never mind, it's not important, but it's really a headache. How do I allocate a thousand square meters of space so that it doesn't feel empty?" Li Yili frowned.

The man couldn't help but glance at Valkyrie, who was also frowning.

Perhaps it wasn't his imagination, but the young minister didn't treat his mistress as a human being.

And it certainly wasn't his imagination; this beautiful mistress didn't treat the young minister like a human being either.

"Ha...you guys handle the renovations, money's not a problem."

Li Yili smiled calmly and patted the man's shoulder.

"Yes, yes, it should be understated luxury."

"It's the kind of renovation that looks ordinary, but the price will scare you to death when you ask about it," Valkyrie gestured with her hand.

“Uh… okay,” the man said with a somewhat awkward expression.

Although he didn't understand what "understated luxury" meant, money wasn't an issue, so he still got it.

Once the money is in place, there won't be any problems.

"Minister Li Yili, rest assured, I guarantee you will be able to check in within thirty days," the man said, his professional smile returning.

Li Yili and Valqiu Lei both froze on the spot.

"Eh?"

"Huh?" The man tilted his head, not understanding why the man and woman in front of him looked so stunned.

"Does it take... thirty days to check in?" Li Yili stammered. "Can't it be sooner?"

The man raised an eyebrow. “Our renovation is a masterpiece; thirty days is the fastest we can do.”

A gust of wind blew between Li Yili and Valhou Lei.

After a long while, Li Yili finally managed to squeeze out a single word between her teeth.

The man left satisfied with the order. Valkyrie, who had been smiling and waving at him, suddenly turned grim the moment his figure disappeared and grabbed Li Yili by the collar.

"Thirty days! Thirty days! Let's see what good deeds you've done!"

"Who knows if this is just an empty shell! Ultimately, isn't it you who insisted on living in the best house?!"

Li Yili's lips twitched violently. Because he needed to consider where Yun Zhong would stay, he specifically asked El to inquire about it on the way.

The real estate market in Instas is quite healthy, with not many vacant houses available for purchase. Most of them are rented out. Unless Instas is destroyed, Sheep Village will likely continue operating here. However, renting out houses indefinitely is not a good idea, so he simply passed the question of where Cloud Clan would live to El.

"I don't care! I absolutely refuse to live in the staff dormitory!!! That's my bottom line!"

Under Valkyrie's relentless nagging, Li Yili had no choice but to compromise and bite the bullet to find a place to stay for the next thirty days in the unfamiliar city of Instas, while Valkyrie was responsible for watching the luggage.

"Ugh...it's so uncomfortable..."

Looking at the map in her hand, Li Yili let out a long sigh.

He doesn't really care where he lives, but he has one bottom line when looking for a place in Instas: he absolutely refuses to have a sea view room, and the farther away from the coast the better, for one reason only.

Li Yili turned his head to look in the direction of the Sea of ​​Dead. The deep silence and the curtain of water that stretched to the sky made his scalp tingle.

The oceans of this world are magnificent, truly unique.

Chapter Two: Hello, We Are McCarthy

Phobias are neuroses characterized by uncontrollable fear, anxiety, and other emotions. Patients exhibit intense and unnecessary fear of certain things and often exhibit avoidance behaviors.

Genetics, personality, external factors, and society are several factors that can cause phobias.

However, thalassophobia is special. This fear stems from the fear of the unknown world. Most people with thalassophobia feel like they are in a confined space from which they cannot escape. Moreover, the ocean is unfathomable and harbors many unknown creatures. For those who cannot swim, the deep sea is more like a terrifying abyss.

Many people are well aware that their fear of the deep sea is due to excessive anxiety, and sometimes they even know that this fear is completely unnecessary, but they still can't help but exhibit some symptoms of fear of the deep sea.

Li Yili is well aware that she has thalassophobia. Even watching documentaries about deep-sea diving will make her unconsciously tense, so she will do something else to distract herself or simply change the channel.

Fortunately, his spirit of exploration is limited to the land. Even if he can swim, he would never try activities like diving and would not actively seek out the deep sea.

Sorry, yes, that's fine.

The wondrous laws of physics in this world slapped him hard, rewarding him with a severe fear of the deep sea.

The ocean in this world is above the horizon. He didn't know the principle that allowed the ocean to rebel so recklessly instead of crashing directly onto the land, but his intuition told him not to think about it, not to investigate, it was useless. He only needed to know that the seabed, which, in his common sense, was still unfathomable to humankind, was right in front of him, pitch black, yet still flowing, like playing a survival game and reaching the edge of the map.

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The higher you go, the brighter the sea becomes, and the actual sea surface seems to merge with the ever-present starry sky.

The ocean floor, unknown and unexplorable, requiring an immense price to even enter, was the first place humans encountered in this world, while the surface, easily accessible, lies beneath the stars.

Li Yili had no idea what lay beneath the seabed connected to the land, nor did she intend to inquire. In any case, it was something that would surely make Newton turn in his grave.

The problem he now faces is not the Instas Ocean, which he doesn't care whether he understands it or not, but finding accommodation for the next thirty days.

The good news is that renting a house in Instas is not difficult. Because of its coastal location, Instas experiences a high turnover of people; many come to Instas every day, but none of them stay permanently.

Instas even has a dedicated rental center.

The bad news is that I'm in an unfamiliar place.

Li Yili adjusted her backpack, took out the Instas map that El had given her from her pocket, went to the roadside, and determined her current location based on the road signs.

He was in the most prosperous area of ​​Instas, the so-called city center. Its prosperity was so great that even Guo Weidun, who had developed rapidly for ten years with the help of Sheep Village, could not even touch its footing. The gentlemen and ladies walking on the street were no longer disguised as gentlemen and ladies with cheap dresses, but the real deal.

The carriage was also quite elegant.

Li Yili breathed a sigh of relief and found the nearest rental center according to the map. Just as she was about to approach, she saw several men with headscarves and wearing black and white striped sailor uniforms approaching the glass door and immediately stopped in her tracks.

“Pirates…” Li Yili frowned slightly.

The most common group among the Indians was pirates.

Initially, his impression of pirates was that they made a living by robbing ships. After learning more, he discovered that pirates often raided ports. After all, the sea is so vast, and you never know when you will run into a merchant ship, but the port is there and you can't escape. They can just run away after they've robbed it.

But the pirates in this world have principles. Pirates only steal and rob at sea, and they also live in harbors.

He could understand this point. Going out to sea here was equivalent to deep-sea diving, which was extremely risky. The risk of robbing and running away was much greater than being caught while robbing. Moreover, anyone with a normal brain would not live in such dark deep sea for a long time.

Once the pirates were far away, Li Yili stepped forward and pushed open the glass door of the rental center. Before entering, she glanced once more at the receding figures of the pirates.

There were seven pirates in total. Logically speaking, it's just renting a house. As long as the money is right, each person can rent as many houses as they want. Why are there seven pirates?

The rental information posted on the wall of the rental center gave him the answer.

Each pirate can only rent five houses, and can only choose [sea view houses].

Li Yili was somewhat puzzled.

Pirates, with all their issues like the sea, would definitely prioritize ocean-view properties. After all, pirates do things that are often shameful, and being retaliated against and besieged is only a matter of time. In case of an attack, ocean-view properties also make it easier to escape.

Why is there a policy that only allows people to choose ocean view properties? Is it just to fleece pirates?

The rental restrictions are also somewhat puzzling. Piracy is a high-risk job; one second you're rich, the next you're penniless. If someone is renting a place, they must be wealthy. Why not take the opportunity to rip them off?

Afraid of defaulting on the debt?

Li Yili turned her head and looked again at the ocean that stretched straight to the starry sky.

Can these pirates really stay in the deep sea forever?

However, the pirate group that just rented rooms consisted of seven people. Since it was a plural group, they would definitely rent the maximum number of rooms, thirty-five sea-view rooms. This group of pirates must have at least seventy people, and most likely one hundred and forty.

They should be considered a large pirate group.

After muttering a few words, Li Yili walked to the nearest counter, sat down, pulled out a chair, and was about to speak when she froze in place, staring straight at the man opposite her.

The man behind the counter smiled politely. "Hello, is there anything I can help you with?"

“Uh…” Li Yili hesitated for a moment, “You’re not just in charge of…selling luxury homes?”

Li Yili wasn't very confident in his memory, but he wasn't so good as to forget someone's face the moment he turned around.

The man sitting opposite him now was the salesperson who had previously introduced him to the luxury home and told him that even the most meticulously crafted project would take at least thirty days to complete.

The man blinked, tilted his head, and said, "Sorry, I don't understand what you're talking about. I've been working here all along."

“Uh…” Li Yili pressed her temples, her memory drifting back to the salesperson’s self-introduction.

Hello, I'm McCarthy.

"McCarthy?"

“It’s me,” the man sitting opposite Li Yili nodded.

Li Yili crossed her arms and leaned back tactically, which ruled out the possibility of twins.

So...why?

Hit a ghost?

A passing fisherman noticed Li Yili's embarrassment, laughed, and patted her on the shoulder. "Is this your first time renting a room at Instar? McCarthy is Instar's sales genius; everyone trusts him."