Steve Doesn’t Take the Stairs, Steve Drops from the Sky!
“Fu Mo?
Fu Mo?”
Only after Tingyun called him twice did Fu Mo snap back to his senses.
“Sorry, I got distracted looking at the ship.”
Tingyun covered her mouth and chuckled, not taking offense.
“It is this ship’s honor to be so admired by you.”
As expected of someone who had spent years in business, she certainly knew how to make people happy.
The corners of Fu Mo’s mouth lifted involuntarily as he pointed at the ship.
“Shall we board?”
“Mm.”
Tingyun led Fu Mo toward the docks.
Before long, they arrived in front of the ship.
The two workers registering cargo at the entrance greeted Tingyun with a wave before letting them through.
They had received word from Tingyun in advance that a major client wished to sign a contract aboard the ship, so they had made preparations long ago.
The moment Tingyun and Fu Mo boarded, they immediately ordered the doors closed and prepared for takeoff.
As soon as he boarded, Fu Mo’s gaze remained fixed on the laborers moving goods around inside the ship.
However, his attention wasn’t on the workers themselves, but on the cargo they carried.
Among the goods, he spotted quite a few familiar items from the visions of the future—phones, jewelry, clothing, motorcycles, and the like.
The wreckage of these objects had served as background scenery in those visions.
After watching for a while and confirming that the goods passing by were all familiar objects that had appeared in the future, Fu Mo began to form an answer.
However, he couldn’t be certain yet and still needed more evidence, so he turned to Tingyun and asked,
“Miss Tingyun, are most of the goods your guild transports and sells fixed?”
“There’s no need to be so formal.
Please, just call me Tingyun.”
Only then did Tingyun answer his question.
“In truth, only a small portion of our guild’s goods are regularly sold to established customers.
The vast majority are selected according to economic trends across the entire Cosmos.
Our trade guild generally leaves the Luofu only once every two or three months.
While we wait, we select our goods.
We don’t depart the Luofu to conduct business until we’ve made our selections and fully loaded the ship.”
“How are your guild’s preparations coming along?”
Under normal circumstances, Tingyun would have found this question rather abrupt.
Given the current situation, however, she thought nothing of it, assuming that Fu Mo was concerned about when he would receive payment for his first transaction.
She smiled and explained,
“Although we still have some time before our departure, rest assured.
Once the contract is signed, I will transfer the payment to you immediately.” The source of this chapter is g.com.
Fu Mo nodded.
He now believed that the visions Nous had shown him were real—events that would occur in the future.
In other words, before long, the Luofu would be invaded by an Emanator.
However, with the help of the universe’s emergency response team—the Astral Express—it would successfully weather the crisis.
Although the Astral Express would be there to handle the situation, some casualties would still be unavoidable.
Fu Mo felt it necessary to warn Jing Yuan and the others, while also making the Luofu owe him another favor.
“Fu Mo, the ship is about to take off.
Why don’t we find somewhere to sit?
Once we’ve signed the contract, I can give you a proper tour of the ship.”
Fu Mo hummed in agreement and followed Tingyun into a reception room aboard the ship.
Windows lined both sides of the room, providing a clear view outside.
As the engines roared to life, the ship slowly rose into the air, and the scenery outside grew increasingly distant.
The ascent lasted for more than a minute before the ship came to a steady stop several hundred meters above the ground.
Sitting opposite Fu Mo, Tingyun took out the contract and a pen.
After making some revisions, she pushed it across the table.
“Please look it over, Fu Mo.”
Fu Mo picked up the contract and glanced through it.
Despite this being an interstellar age, its terms were much the same as those in his original world.
However, he paused when he saw the transaction amount.
Tingyun had changed the original price of one million Credit Points per Bundle to two million.
“Tingyun, what’s this?”
Fu Mo pointed at the price of the Bundles, unable to understand why she had suddenly raised it.
Tingyun solemnly folded her hands in front of her and said,
“Fu Mo, the Bundles’ performance far exceeded our expectations.
If we continued purchasing them for only one million, it would make us seem overly driven by profit.
I hope you won’t mind.”
“Of course I won’t mind earning more money.”
Fu Mo picked up the pen and swiftly signed his name on the contract.
The moment his signature was complete, the System notifications appeared.
[Achievement Unlocked: Deal!]
[Achievement Points Obtained: 10]
[Achievement Unlocked: Interstellar Merchant]
[Achievement Points Obtained: 50]
When Fu Mo saw the second achievement, the corners of his mouth rose slightly.
Just as he’d guessed.
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After checking the contract, Tingyun carefully put it away.
She then looked up and asked Fu Mo,
“Fu Mo, which account should I transfer the payment to?”
Snapping out of his thoughts about the achievement, Fu Mo immediately found himself in a bind.
He had only been on the Luofu for a few days and wasn’t even a registered resident.
How could he possibly have a bank account here?
Noticing his predicament, Tingyun immediately said,
“Fu Mo, could you lend me your phone?
How about I help you open an account?”
“Sorry to trouble you.”
Fu Mo handed her his phone.
Tingyun took it and tapped away for a while before returning it in less than five minutes.
“It’s all set.
I’ll have someone transfer the payment right away.”
Only a few minutes after Fu Mo got his phone back, a payment notification appeared.
The long string of zeroes nearly made his head spin.
The last time he’d seen this many zeroes was in Chengdu.
Now that the transaction was complete, Fu Mo had no intention of staying any longer.
He still needed to tell Jing Yuan and the others about Nous so they could prepare in advance.
“Since the deal is done, I’ll be going now, Tingyun.”
Fu Mo rose to his feet, and Tingyun quickly followed suit, confusion written across her face.
“Fu Mo, aren’t you going to tour the ship?”
“No.
I just remembered I have something urgent to take care of.”
Fu Mo walked over to a window and pulled it open.
Behind him, Tingyun said,
“Then I’ll have them stop the ship right away.”
“No need.”
Fu Mo waved without looking back, already planting one foot on the windowsill.
“I’ll leave from here.”
With that, Fu Mo leaped straight out.
Tingyun: !!!
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T/N: If you spot mistranslation, do tell me!
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