Chapter 100 · Volume 1

Pretentious Cargo

Cheng Shuili shook her head and opened another leaderboard.
【Dragon Country’s Third Region, Partition 666 Periodic Leaderboard - Wealth Leaderboard】
【1st: Angry Crow Takes Flight (Wealth Valuation 32.8 gold)
2nd: Yu Linling (Wealth Valuation 15.3 gold)
3rd: Xun Xun (Wealth Valuation 14.8 gold)
4th: Chrysanthemum-like Calm (Wealth Valuation 13.7 gold)
5th: AA Barbecue Brother Zhou (Wealth Valuation 12.2 gold)
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9th: Glory Shines on Blue Star (Wealth Valuation 9.3 gold)
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21st: New Snow Clearing (Wealth Valuation 7.8 gold)
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Cheng Shuili curled her lips. There were indeed many more people now, and many more talented ones, but when it came to being number one, only she, Angry Crow Takes Flight, fit the bill!
The regional channel also had quite a few people discussing the rankings.
"Angry Crow really has some tricks up her sleeve."
"Saying 'some tricks' is too sloppy. Are you not looking at the numbers? Let's not talk about the mileage leaderboard; let's look at the wealth leaderboard, which showcases real strength. The second place isn't even half of what Angry Crow has!"
"Does anyone still doubt Angry Crow's strength? From the server launch until now, besides her, who else has had full-server announcements?"
"What about that guy bragging earlier? Didn't you say your district's top player would definitely stay number one? You guys aren't so great either. Look at the leaderboard! Look at it! Speak after you've looked!"
"What exactly are you being proud of?"
"What does her being number one have to do with you? You're just in the same district, is that supposed to be some kind of close relationship? You're actually acting proud on her behalf?"
"Is everyone who comes to the regional channel to argue like this brain-damaged?"
"No, damn it, I'm here for useful information. When is the next leaderboard reward? Is it once a week or once a month?"
"Big brother, who are you asking? Aside from the system, who knows this stuff?"
"I can't take it anymore, hahahaha. People arguing like it's a fan club, or using the regional channel like it's Baidu to ask questions—how did you people even survive until now?"
"And there are those who randomly start summarizing things, a bunch of animals."
"And there are those who randomly call people animals, you're the animal."
"Did the person above just insult themselves?"
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Cheng Shuili: "..."
Forget it, she was used to it.
Could she really stop them from arguing for no reason?
The atmosphere in the small group was much better.
The group was mainly filled with Liang Shanbo's solo wailing.
【Liang Shanbo vs. Pig】: Wuwu, I didn't get to eat the beef lunch I'd been thinking about. After I came out of the dungeon, I checked and I'm not even in the top 100 of the mileage leaderboard, which I'd maintained for nearly a week! Wuwu!
【Liang Shanbo vs. Pig】: Ah! My ranking! Wuwu! My mileage! Wuwu! I'm so sad, I worked so hard to move forward, yet I still couldn't beat these people!
【New Snow Clearing】: Alright, alright, I opened a chest yesterday and got a box of bubble gum. Do you want it?
【Liang Shanbo vs. Pig】: Wuwuwuwu hic, wuwu, I want it, I want to eat it.
Cheng Shuili: "..."
The voice message she sent was full of sobbing and hiccups, but the words "want to eat it" were crystal clear.
It was very much in line with Cheng Shuili's stereotype of her.
【New Snow Clearing】: @Angry Crow Takes Flight, boss, someone is provoking you.
【Angry Crow Takes Flight】: ?
【New Snow Clearing】: Look at the regional channel quickly. I'm speechless, seriously, is this big idiot crazy?
Cheng Shuili was amused by her last sentence. She clicked on the regional channel, scrolled up a bit, and found the big idiot New Snow Clearing was talking about.
【Chrysanthemum-like Calm】: Only those of you who have never been on the leaderboard care so much about it.
"???"
"What's the meaning of that?"
"Something's not right. Is this guy trying to provoke Angry Crow?"
【Chrysanthemum-like Calm】: The leaderboard just gives out some trash anyway. Who among the true powerhouses cares about this? Some people rely on luck to reach number one and really think they're someone important?
"Awesome, if you don't care, can you give the rewards to me?"
"Pretentious cargo."
Cheng Shuili silently liked those two words.
"If you don't care, why are you barking here?"
"Angry Crow's wealth leaderboard number is twenty higher than yours. Did you hear that? Twenty higher! The difference is higher than your total value!"
【Chrysanthemum-like Calm】: Wealth leaderboard? Laughable. Who can't guess how your Angry Crow boss gets her supplies? It's just reselling supplies or doing subcontracting work with blueprints. Is this kind of speculation even worthy of being called strength?
The regional channel exploded instantly.
"Damn, they're tearing into each other directly?"
"I can smell the sourness through the screen. Fourth place is jealous of first place, right?"
"Wait, isn't buying low and selling high normal operation? The system didn't forbid this operation..."
"Angry Crow doesn't even do that kind of business. The ones in our district doing that are New Snow Clearing and Xu Lingqi."
"Of the two you mentioned, the former is notorious, and the latter did themselves in. But objectively speaking, Angry Crow really never resells supplies. I guess she finds it troublesome."
"That's not right. Didn't Angry Crow earn one game coin per subcontracting job? Can she earn that much?"
Cheng Shuili paused when she saw this.
Wait, no? Is her image in these people's minds this conscientious?
She thought that even if she wasn't a major profiteer, she definitely wasn't some charitable philanthropist, right?
Do these people really think she's a saint?
"Did the person above mix up Glory Shines on Blue Star and Angry Crow? I'm not saying this to be mean, but Glory is a true philanthropist. Angry Crow... tsk, those who know, know. Even if she isn't an egoist, she's definitely not the selfless type!"
"No, does anyone actually believe Angry Crow earns five game coins per subcontracting job? The people saying that are the ones whose brains really need a checkup."
"Angry Crow must be making a profit doing this business. Why would she do it if she didn't? As for how much she makes... let me put it plainly, if you didn't have a problem with the price she quoted, and you really needed the items she processed, then it's a win-win situation! Why think so much?"
"But she shouldn't make too much off me, right?"
"Don't worry, people like you would help the person who sold you out count the money."
【Chrysanthemum-like Calm】: Haha, look at you guys. I haven't even said two sentences and you're already arguing with people from your own district. Really boring.
"???"
"Would it kill you not to pretend, you pretentious cargo?"
"Low and despicable to no end."
"I'm not saying this to be mean, but besides barking, what else can you do? Fourth is fourth. If you want to be first, either rely on your strength, or go take out the top three!"
"Exactly, exactly. Do you have the strength? If you don't have the strength, shut up."
【Chrysanthemum-like Calm】: Unfortunately, I really do have that strength.
"You need to pay me for finishing that sentence."
"Hahahaha, 'unfortunately~ I really do have that strength~' Hahahahaha damn, I laughed so hard I let out a fart, and now it's so smelly I can only go outside my vehicle to breathe."
"Where did this pretentious cargo and fart king come from? Give me back the normal people!"

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