Chapter 152: Chapter 152: Scared Me to Death, Almost Lost 200,000
The sudden attack instantly alerted the two magical beasts. The dominant male magical beast immediately extended its claws, slashing at the bottled water and ripping it open.
The yellow smoke that was inside quickly dispersed in the air. After inhaling the yellow smoke, the two leopard-like magical beasts wobbled and soon plopped down on the ground, falling asleep.
Qian Qi took a gas mask from his waist and put it on his face. With a few quick steps, he reached the leopard-like magical beasts and took the steel wire rope from the other side of his waist.
The leopard-like magical beasts weren’t very large. She haphazardly wrapped them with the steel wire rope, binding their paws and mouths before tucking them under her arm and quickly running towards the exit of the instance.
The yellow smoke of the Demon Nightmare Beast sedates magical beasts for a shorter duration than humans, so she needed to hurry and get them into the truck cage.
Outside the instance, she had a truck she rented in advance. This truck wasn’t an ordinary one; it was a special high-defense truck made by the Magic Beast Recycling Station for transporting live magical beasts, costing 80,000 bucks just for a single rental.
"It’s way too expensive, absolutely too expensive!" Qian Qi thought of this and gritted her teeth, "How hard is it to capture live magical beasts, and yet they still want money! And worse, they want my money, Qian Qi’s money!"
She definitely planned to earn back this rental fee! Otherwise, wouldn’t her three-person group have been built for nothing?
Qian Qi, carrying two magical beasts, quickly left the instance.
At the entrance and exit of the instance, a lot of people were lingering. When they saw Qian Qi single-handedly bringing out two magical beasts, they all stared in wide-eyed disbelief, clearly not expecting that someone could kill two D-level magical beasts in one go.
"Could it be a C-level powerhouse?"
"It doesn’t seem like it. Look, there’s a bird beast on his head; could he be a Beast Master?"
"But he isn’t wearing a Beast Master badge... Could he simply not have applied yet?"
The Awakeners at the entrance discussed fervently, their eyes following Qian Qi curiously, especially when they saw her walking towards the Magic Beast Recycling Station’s truck, they were even more wide-eyed in astonishment.
"Is he selling live magical beasts?"
"But those magical beasts seem motionless. Surely he’s not a newbie and doesn’t know he can rent a regular truck?"
An Awakener immediately scoffed, "How could someone who can single-handedly kill D-level magical beasts be a newbie? Looks more like he’s showing off his wealth, opting for the recycling truck when a regular truck would do."
Just as this Awakener finished speaking, another Awakener beside him shouted in shock, "Woah! The two magical beasts have revived!"
Everyone looked over and, sure enough, the two leopard-like magical beasts in Qian Qi’s arms suddenly woke up, baring their fangs and roaring angrily, ready to attack Qian Qi and the nearby people.
Ordinary people around screamed, quickly fleeing, and even the truck driver was clearly flustered, but with his work experience, he promptly drew a D-level Long Blade from his waist, intending to decapitate the leopard-like magical beasts.
Qian Qi was startled, quickly stepping back with the two magical beasts in her arms and hoarsely shouted, "No way!"
"We can’t let it run into the civilian area!" The truck driver stepped forward, "It’s our duty, sorry!"
"It hasn’t even run to the civilian area!" Qian Qi picked up the magical beasts and ran to the back of the truck, "Put down your blade! Don’t think I don’t know I’d have to pay when you make a move!"
According to the rental guidelines of the recycling station’s trucks, if during transportation the live magical beasts enter the civilian area due to the employer’s fault, the driver has the responsibility to slay the magical beast, but the employer must pay for the action!
For a D-level magical beast, taking action incurs a cost of 200,000 bucks!
Hearing Qian Qi’s words, the truck driver was just about to scold her for neglecting the safety of the people when he noticed Qian Qi, as swift as lightning, hopping onto the truck with the two magical beasts. Despite their thunderbomb assaults, she stuffed them into the specially designed defense cage.
"And that’s that?" Qian Qi patted her hands, jumping out of the truck as she wiped sweat from her brow, her scruffy little face looking like she had just narrowly escaped a disaster, "Scared me to death, almost lost 200,000."
Truck driver: ...
I thought you were worrying about the surrounding people, but it turns out you were worried about your 200,000?
The truck driver checked the closure settings of the cage, confirmed there were no issues, then said to Qian Qi, "Now that they’re loaded, let’s go."
"No, no, your truck charges by trip, right?" Qian Qi quickly waved her hands, "I have a few more magical beasts, let’s haul them together later, save some money!"
Truck driver: ???
More?
Before he could ask any questions, Qian Qi hurriedly returned to the instance carrying a basket, and throughout the afternoon, she made four trips in total, each time dragging out two same-kind magical beasts from the instance.
Awakeners at the instance entrance were almost green with envy, "We have to team up to even hope to kill one or two D-level magical beasts, how does this kid seem to bring them out like inventory, capturing eight live magical beasts in a day?"
The truck driver was also so astonished that his eyes nearly popped out, in all his years of work, he had never seen anyone able to capture so many live magical beasts!
"Alright!" Qian Qi clapped her hands, gleefully said, "Let’s go! Time to settle accounts at the recycling station!"
One trip costs 80,000 bucks, and 8 magical beasts equal 640,000, saving a total of 560,000 bucks, how could Qian Qi not be happy?
Moreover, capturing 8 magical beasts was not Qian Qi’s upper limit, the recycling station’s truck could only fit 8 magical beasts, which was her lower limit!
"Oh, by the way!" Qian Qi sat in the truck’s passenger seat, quickly opened the Light Brain, and entered the three-person group.
Because she had shouted a price in the morning, Tang Yunde and Wei Bisheng had started a bidding war again, getting into a heated argument as their bidding escalated.
[Chairman Tang]: Wei, you’re really like a little knife cutting butts; you’ve opened my eyes! I’ve never seen someone so shameless!
[Wei Bisheng]: Haha, you’re also like an old lady getting into bed, making grandpa laugh, take a look in the mirror, you’re no more dignified than anyone else!
Qian Qi lightly tapped the keyboard.
[I am your uncle]: Are you two salting your groins, so bored you ache for trouble?
So much chat history, she couldn’t even find the last bidding amount!
[Chairman Tang]: Well, well, Comrade Little Qian is online, good evening~
[Wei Bisheng]: Hypocrite, Qian Qi, I bid 3 billion, how do you feel about that?
[I am your uncle]: Let’s not talk about that for now, I just captured 8 live D-level magical beasts, all in pairs, yet the recycling station asked me for 80,000 bucks in truck rental fees, President Wei, what do you think?
Wei Bisheng: ???
What did he think? Paying for rentals was only natural, what else was there to think?
Obviously, Wei Bisheng didn’t know what peculiar habits Qian Qi had, because with Tang Yunde in the group, he immediately recalled how Tang Yunde, a complete outsider, once criticized his decisions and suggested handing over the transportation business to civilians.
Thus, thinking Qian Qi was a poor fellow probably looking to discuss the unreasonableness of the rental fees, he replied:
[Wei Bisheng]: I think this fee structure is entirely appropriate, the truck wear and driver wages all require money, so the rental fee is naturally indispensable.
Just as Wei Bisheng sent this, Tang Yunde on the other side replied with a "hehe."
[Chairman Tang]: See, Comrade Little Qian, that Wei fellow is an old miser.
Qian Qi’s words clearly indicated she wanted a transport fee exemption privilege!
It seemed this three-person group now had another use. During this 28-day competition period, if Qian Qi wanted some privileges for convenience, both he and Wei Bisheng would certainly nod in agreement to win her favor!
This young girl sure had a deep, strategic mind!