Wu Duo Duo Mall

"Beep beep beep!"

"New user registration—exclusive benefits await!"

"Would you like to activate Wu Duo Duo Mall now and claim your benefits?"

Everything that had happened today was bizarre beyond belief. First, he had struck it rich, and then he had nearly been drained dry by a Succubus.

Charles had nothing left to fear. He shouted in his heart, "Activate! Activate! Activate everything!!"

A series of lights flashed before Charles. As they gathered, a sound rang out beside his ears once more:

"Beep beep beep!"

"You have claimed the Wu Duo Duo Mall newcomer benefit!"

"You have received one use of: Buy Now, Pay Later!"

The interface before him clearly displayed an explanation of Buy Now, Pay Later:

"You may obtain goods from merchants without payment. Pay for the goods after receiving and using them."

Charles was astonished. But what the hell was this supposed to be?

There was an X on the interface, and he hurriedly tapped it to close the window.

But in the next instant, the lights before him gathered again, condensing into another interface.

"Beep beep beep!"

"You have claimed the Wu Duo Duo newcomer benefit!"

"You have received a 10-billion subsidy red packet: 49.9 Soul Coins!"

"The red packet may be used to offset the price of goods!"

Fuck!

At this life-or-death moment, Charles only wanted to curse. He closed the interface again.

But the lights before him gathered once more, forming yet another interface:

"Beep beep beep!"

"You have claimed the Wu Duo Duo newcomer benefit!"

"Your credit is excellent. You have received one use of: Refund Only Service!"

???

Charles stared blankly.

He stiffly closed the interface in front of him. He was already mentally exhausted, and his little brother was stiff as a board.

The lights before him changed again. This time, there were finally no more newcomer benefits. The main interface of Wu Duo Duo Mall appeared.

But it was completely blank. There was not a single product on it.

Charles cursed furiously in his heart, "Why are there only benefits and no products?!"

"Give me something that can save my life!"

In the next instant, a notification popped up on the main interface:

"Ding!"

"A new merchant has listed products!"

At that moment, Charles treated it like a priceless treasure and hurriedly looked over.

On the homepage of the interface, there was only one merchant:

Lesser Succubus: Delis (Projection)

Charles did not have time to look closely. He hurriedly entered Delis's shop.

There were only three products in her display window:

Spell-like Ability: Charm Person. Price: 30 Soul Coins

Delis's Original-Flavored Bra. Price: 10 Soul Coins

Abyssal Succubus Bloodline (Diluted Version). Price: 100 Soul Coins!

??

As Charles looked at the three items in Delis's display window, ten thousand alpacas stampeded through his mind.

"Customer service! Where's customer service?!"

"I want to see customer service!"

Charles roared in his heart, but the Wu Duo Duo system was clearly rather crude. It did not have the customer service support Charles wanted.

With no customer service, he could only rely on his own judgment to buy what he needed.

Charles could already feel the pressure coming from Delis. He probably would not be able to hold out much longer.

Once the flight took off, that might very well be the day Charles died.

Of the three options, Delis's original-flavored bra went straight into the trash.

That obviously could not save Charles.

Next was the spell-like ability: Charm Person.

Could he even use it?

Delis had just called him a handsome mortal, which meant he was a mortal. How could a mortal use magic?

Even if he could cast it, it would consume mana. Without mana, it could only consume health.

Lastly, there was the Abyssal Succubus Bloodline (Diluted Version).

Among Delis's three options, this one looked like the most expensive by far.

Charles's mind raced. At a time like this, he had one use of the Buy Now, Pay Later benefit and one use of the Refund Only benefit.

At such a critical moment, he had to use everything he could.

When in doubt, choose the most expensive one. The expensive one might not be useful, but the cheap one definitely would not be.

Having made up his mind, Charles clicked to purchase the Abyssal Succubus Bloodline (Diluted Version)!

"Ding!"

"You have used the newcomer benefit: Buy Now, Pay Later!"

"The merchant is shipping your order!"

Charles was utterly confused. Shipping? How were they going to ship it?

Just then, Delis suddenly let out a scream.

"Ah!~~"

Delis threw back her head, exposing her snow-white neck as she let out a long, piercing cry.

At that moment, Charles suddenly realized he could move. He looked up and met Delis's eyes.

There was nothing in them but emptiness.

Charles knew that feeling far too well. It was the sage mode he entered after every flight took off.

In the next instant, Delis, who was on top of Charles, exploded into translucent fragments. They turned into black mist, gathered into a mass, and rushed swiftly into Charles's chest and abdomen.

"I will... find you!"

A somewhat weary female voice still echoed by his ears.

Charles did not even have time to react before the black mist rushed into his body.

Then Wu Duo Duo's notification sounded beside his ears:

"Ding!"

"The merchant has shipped your order!"

After that, Charles fell unconscious.

While unconscious, his entire body was wrapped in the black mist, trembling without end.

It felt as though countless little rats were scurrying beneath his skin.

Patches of black scales grew from every corner of his body, only to disappear again.

In the end, who knew how much time had passed before Charles finally woke up again.

"Ugh~~"

He let out a pained groan, clutched his head, and climbed up from the floor. He was still completely naked, with quite a bit of debris and blood from the ground stuck to his body.

He stood up and looked around. Delis the Succubus had completely vanished from the surroundings.

Charles felt around his body. None of his parts were missing, especially not his little brother.

Only then did Charles finally breathe a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness! Thank goodness!"

"It still works!"

The immediate threat to his life was gone, but looking at the mess covering the floor of the cramped room—

Charles knew the crisis had not been completely resolved. No matter how he looked at it, summoning a Succubus could not possibly have been legal, right?

Looking around, he seemed to be on a ship. Through the small window, Charles could even see the sea outside.

It was not dawn yet, so Charles did not have time to check whether his body had changed. He hurriedly began cleaning up the room.

He threw the goat's corpse into the sea, sending up a splash.

Then Charles hurriedly cleaned the blood-drawn patterns from the wooden floor.

It took a tremendous amount of effort, but fortunately, he managed to clean up most of it before dawn.

There were still patches of red markings on the floor that Charles simply could not get rid of.

Only then did he have time to think about what exactly was going on.

Hadn't I struck it rich? How did I end up here?!