“Yo, you’re back.”

Chai Chai, lying in its doghouse and enjoying the breeze from a fan, lazily greeted Li Ang upon seeing him.

“Why aren’t you playing games with the landlord?”

Li Ang removed his dragon head mask, his facial contours wriggling before gradually reverting to his own appearance.

“She played a couple of rounds and then logged off, said she had something to do and had to go out.”

Chai Chai said lazily, “Ah, this doghouse is really cool... it’s just a bit small. Could you use your alchemy to make it bigger?”

Li Ang twisted his jaw, which had returned to its original shape, and said speechlessly, “Then why didn’t you just have me use alchemy to make one for you? It’s a waste of money to buy one online.”

“You wouldn’t understand~”

Chai Chai defended itself, “The joy of online shopping lies in the relief the moment you press the payment button, the anxiety of waiting for the express delivery, and the anticipation of opening the box.

“Besides, things bought online have more user-friendly designs. Some ingenious designs can’t be seen just by looking at the product pictures.”

“You’re good at making excuses.”

Li Ang rolled his eyes, but still took out soil from his backpack inventory and piled it next to the doghouse. He activated the alchemy array, enlarging the doghouse so that a person could lie down in it spread-eagled.

“Thank~ you~”

Chai Chai drew out the words of thanks, changed its position, and continued lying down, watching a movie on its tablet.

Li Ang shook his head helplessly, turned, and walked into the bedroom, logging into the player forum on his computer.

As he expected, the top of the forum was flooded with messages about “Wugou Ronglu.”

Some people were discussing the bizarre operation performed by the shop owner in the Sky Arena. Previously, everyone thought that lone wolf players climbing the tower didn’t need guardians,

But today, such an incident occurred, and everyone suddenly became apprehensive, fearing that they would be defeated by their opponents while climbing the tower, unable to surrender, and only be arbitrarily manipulated and exploited like Black Stone Razor.

Some people were discussing whether the shop was as magical as the advertisements claimed.

Many organizations also sold magic potion products, but what was rare was equipment forging, body strengthening, and modification.

These technologies could be said to be the closely guarded secrets of medium and large-sized organizations, and the enormous interests involved could drive many forces into madness.

The most exaggerated thing was that, according to the Wugou Ronglu shopkeeper, their shop’s deluxe modification package could even turn an ordinary person with no strength to truss a chicken,

Into a transcendent comparable to a Lv10 player after a week of surgical procedures...

This was too terrifying. It should be known that many middle and high-level members of emerging organizations were still ordinary people.

They were originally elites of human society, possessing higher knowledge, occupying social resources, and mastering relationship networks. They could rely on the first-mover advantage of the old world to occupy the upper echelons of the organization.

They had more time, more management experience, and didn’t have to worry about suddenly dying in script missions.

To avoid accidental death, they could also accept the protection of players and enjoy the resources of the organization.

However,

No matter how good external things were, they were not their own.

Many mortal managers of organizations were afraid of one fact—that their power advantage in the old world would continue to fade away with the passage of time.

Transcendent beings were the future of human civilization.

In the face of those who possessed the power to pluck stars and seize the moon, move mountains and fill seas, and whose intelligence even far surpassed them,

How long could managers who were ordinary people

Maintain their status and act arbitrarily...

The most likely outcome was just to become stewards assisting transcendent beings in maintaining the order of human civilization.

To be pessimistic, they might even have fierce conflicts with the transcendent group due to interests and eventually be purged...

Although that future was too far away, no one could say when the conflict would erupt.

And now, this shop called Wugou Ronglu brought new possibilities...

Buzz—

The player panel vibrated. Li Ang, who was sitting on the chair, kicked off the ground and slid a distance, placing the fingertip gyro in his hand on the bookshelf.

Mule: [Are you there?]

Li Risheng: [Yes.]

Mule: [What you did in the arena has now become news. As far as I know, many organizations are buying information about you, and many of my colleagues are also inquiring around.]

Li Ang indifferently replied with an “Oh.” He had long known that doing so would attract the covetousness of others,

That’s why he set up an advertisement-specific name in the arena.

Currently, only Wanli Fengdao and Mule know that he is the owner of Wugou Ronglu.

Mule signed a confidentiality agreement and could not and would not reveal his identity.

As for Wanli Fengdao, there was a certain possibility that he would reveal this information to the Special Affairs Bureau—Li Ang hinted that he didn’t care if the Special Affairs Bureau knew when he said goodbye.

Mule: [I can finish the proposal in about an hour. If you don’t mind, can I ask how much magic potion stock you have left?]

Li Risheng: [Adding up all the types, about six or seven hundred bottles. Some magic potions can’t be stored for too long and have to be sold immediately after being made. By the way, if you have time, help me keep an eye out for storage-type equipment and props on the market.]

While Li Ang was talking to Mule,

He took out the automated pet feeder and entered it.

The scene inside the box had not changed much.

The forest was lush, the pond was calm, and different kinds of bee soldiers lived together in harmony and tranquility.

The reclaimed fields were full of various herbs.

There were also some worms with hands, feet, and tentacles, diligently crawling between the fields, spraying water and fertilizing the herbs.

Next to the field, there was also a laboratory built with plastic sheeting.

There were also several worms inside, using their arm tentacles to operate alcohol lamps and beakers.

Each of these worms had a brain worm attached to its head.

Normally, if Li Ang wanted to precisely control the brain worm, he would have to expend a considerable amount of swamp divine power.

But if he allowed the brain worm to maintain its minimum instinct and act on its own, he would not have to expend any divine power.

This was very suitable for them to do some simple work that did not require creativity.

Such as watering and fertilizing, cultivating fields, planting crops, cleaning up garbage, and helping worker bees take care of larvae.

They could even mix and refine some simple magic potions.

They didn’t need any wages.

They could be called the most diligent and hardworking tool worms.

Of course, Li Ang was not a demon either. He would still let the brain worms rest for a while from time to time.

Every weekend, he would also replenish the brain worms with some potions to make their brains feel happy and work harder.

Swish—

Li Ang lifted the plastic door curtain of the laboratory. The worms working inside saw him coming, stopped what they were doing, and stood up halfway, staring at him blankly.

“Keep working.”

Li Ang gave the order, letting the brain worm laborers return to their posts, while he went to the corner of the laboratory and put all the magic potions into the iron box.