Bai Yaoyao's lingering irritation was instantly soothed.
"Pool it together?"
Shi Nian nodded. "Everyone still has a little stashed away. We just need to get them to fork it over.
"Tell them the Dark Night Restaurant is about to close. Put out a batch of good food and run a few promotions while we're at it. It's only a hundred thousand energy points. Easy."
Bai Yaoyao had been too anxious earlier and forgotten that, although there were no zombies left, people still had some Crystal Cores stockpiled.
"You gave me a fright! My unreliable System actually tried to trick me into going to the next world for another round. I knew System was up to no good!"
Qian Duoduo: ಥ⌣ಥ...
Little Daodao slapped his thigh in anguish. "Oh, my host, why are you being so proactive? Don't you want to be with this fierce human girl too? Just go to the next world with her, and we can finish our mission quickly again!"
"She misses home."
"But it's not as if she can't go back..."
"Shut up. You don't understand."
Little Daodao looked utterly bewildered. Humans really were such complicated creatures.
Once Bai Yaoyao knew the problem could be solved, she stopped dwelling on it. For the past two years, she had spent almost all her time out fighting alongside all the teams.
Now that the burden was gone, she really did feel much more relaxed.
She lay down in bed and practically slept for an entire day and night. When she got up the next day, she habitually checked her debt.
And discovered... it had been cleared!
Debt: 0.00 Savings: 4,368 energy points
Bai Yaoyao was a little bewildered. Yesterday, she had still owed nearly a hundred thousand energy points. How had it all disappeared overnight? More