Chapter 12 - Sliced Cold Chicken
Translator: Lav
Editor: Levs
Three days passed quickly and a mere 300 yuan was not difficult for Shi Lei to spend. In the blink of eye, it was Saturday night.
He took a nap in the afternoon for the sake of checking his bank balance as soon as it turns midnight.
The instant when the phone received the notification, the sleepy Shi Lei was as if revived with full health. He grabbed his phone so quickly that it left a ghost behind in the air. He tapped open the mobile bank app, and logged in with the password.
40,000 yuan!
This was the new balance on the card.
Shit! Why was it 40,000 instead of 30,000?
Shi Lei’s first reaction was he dashed out of the empty dorm on a weekend, ran to the ATM in front of the school and inserted the mysterious black card.
After typing in the password, the whirlpool like hole appeared on the screen once again, the gold light in the middle gradually enlarged as it spun, eventually creating the shape of an ancient Scepter.
Shi Lei did not make the same mistake as before and asked with a modest attitude: “Respectful master, your humble slave is wondering, how did this week’s balance become 40,000?”
The Scepter was satisfied with Shi Lei’s attitude, but at the same time also irritated by the new questions that emerge every week. The asexual voice said: “This means the fortune you hold is becoming greater, isn’t that a good thing? Plus, why can’t it be 40,000?”
Shi Lei swore silently, but still maintained a polite expression on his face. He discovered that the Scepter was not as invincible as he thought. At least with the things that does not relate with spending money, what he was thinking, the Scepter had no way of knowing it.
“The first week was 10,000, second week was 20,000, wouldn’t the third week be 30,000?” Shi Lei asked patiently.
The Scepter let out a freakish laugh, filled with disdain: “You lowly slave, you do not know about logic. Who told you that the weekly balance follows arithmetic sequence?”
‘Damn, it even knew about arithmetic sequence. Mr. Scepter, you actually graduated with a mathematics bachelor, didn’t you?’
Shi Lei thought quickly, first week 10,000, second week 20,000, third week 40,000……
“No way! Geometric series? Then next week would be 80,000 yuan?” Shi Lei’s mind broke down. Originally, according to his expectation of arithmetic sequence, although every week the balance was increasing, but he would have about 500,000 yuan a week after a year, and after ten years, the weekly balance would be...... Hmm, fine, he won’t think about what will happen after ten years. Surely after ten years he would have learnt how to spend money lavishly?
But having found out that the weekly balance increases in geometric series, Shi Lei was extremely alarmed and worried.
Geometric series, even though Shi Lei was not too good at math, he could calculate that the fourth week will be 80,000, fifth week will be 160,000…… It was 2 n-1, with n being the number of weeks……
This meant, in half a year’s time, it would increase to an imaginable number, and after a year……
Shi Lei quickly calculated in his mind, what the hell would 251 be? Although Shi Lei could not calculate it in his mind, but he knew that his wealth would surpass everyone in the world.
The richest person in the world?!
It was such an exciting and breath-taking idea, but who the hell wants to be that? Every week, he had to spend the wealth of the richest person in the world, no, it was possible that it was the wealth of multiple richest people in the world, surely it did not mean that he had to go buy planets? If this damned Scepter will really keep going like this, it would definitely cause inflation around the world. In less than two years’ time, he would be so wealthy that even the entire earth’s fortune added together cannot be compared to his. When that time comes, Shi Lei was afraid that he would have to purchase a few parallel universes in order to spend the money.
Shi Lei’s expressions became dull and lifeless, this was unexpected……
As the Scepter saw that Shi Lei was battered out of his senses, it finally felt a sense of satisfaction. The fact that Shi Lei was not surprised by his first appearances always made the Scepter feel ashamed. Now that Shi Lei was shocked by the geometric series in which the quota increases just like all the other newly developed slaves, it finally felt even.
“Don’t be silly, the balance I will give you will not grow at this crazy rate. In short, just remember that I have control over the amount of weekly balance, you do not have to worry about that. All you have to worry about is how to finish spending the money I give out each week. Right now, you are only doing beginner missions and you’re doing it carelessly and casually, yet you are actually worrying about such a complicated question.”
Shi Lei finally recovered from the surprise, feeling that he was worrying too much. The Scepter would not be that dumb. If it was really following the geometric series, it would not take long before it crushes the earth’s economy, and that was obviously impossible.
A soft clicking sound rang beside his ears. Shi Lei became absent-minded; is that a finger clicking? Did this damned Scepter just click its fingers? But where are its hands?
“I almost forgot…… You did not finish spending this week’s quota. It was merely 20,000 yuan, yet you…… Stupid slave, accept your penalty……”
Shi Lei yelled in panic: “I finished spending those money, how could I not!” He felt immense fear in his heart, constantly trying to recall which part of the transactions was not counted by the Scepter, but it did not give him the time to do so.
He felt heat emitting from his crotch. Shi Lei abruptly looked down, the blood fog that appeared twice already again filled the air, and this time, it was at the part he worried the most about.
‘Please no, I’m still a virgin yet to touch a woman, if you gave fucking penalties like this, receiving more money won’t do shit!’
Obviously, the Scepter’s penalty did not disappear because of Shi Lei’s thoughts. But luckily, the uncounted quota was small. The blood fog which just appeared already became thinner and disappeared quickly.
“Think again carefully, did you really spend all the money? Although it was only about ten yuan, but it was approximately 0.001% of quota which you did not finish spending. Stupid guy, I will state this once again, do not try to trick me. I know every single one of your expenditure clearly.
Shi Lei unzipped his pants and looked down. Holy shit, cold sliced chicken!
The bold, cold sliced chicken looked extremely hideous, it did not look like something that grew on Shi Lei’s body.
He was relieved; thank god the key part was still there, just lacking the hair. Although it became cold sliced chicken, just like his head, he knew that it would grow back sooner or later. It appeared that the Scepter was still warning with small penalties. Although it was only about ten yuan, but if the Scepter did not have mercy, it could have been half of an ear, or half of his pinky finger, making him partially disabled.
But why? Which ten yuan was not counted into the quota?
As Shi Lei was in deep thought, he did not realise that the Scepter disappeared and the black card was ejected out of the ATM.
A voice sounded behind him: “Hey bro, hurry up and take your card. There’s only a few seconds left and if you don’t it’ll be swallowed.”
Shi Lei suddenly snapped back to reality and turned around. A student of his age walked in.
As he pulled out the black card from the ATM, Shi Lei thought, it would be great if this damned card was actually swallowed.
“Yo, American Express Centurion Card(1), bro you are rich! Fuerdai?” The student’s eyes shone. Although he did not see the card clearly, but the dazzling light with the entirely black card, resembled those cards that were made especially for the rich.
Shi Lei glanced at him blankly and nodded, and silently approved his identity as a fuerdai.
(1) American Express Centurion Card: aka black card