Universe Infinite Canteen-Chapter 706: Major Progress

Qi Yu seemed really tempted and was caught in a dilemma.

The others didn't rush him and quietly waited. Moments later, Qi Yu sighed, "I want to travel abroad. I've never been out of the country in my life."

He paused, then added, "It won't take long, three days, no, two days will do, then I'll go to Langfang with Mr. Nicholas."

"Don't go to Southeast Asia, it's not very safe there recently," Ma Lu said.

"I know, I'll just take a trip to Japan. I want to check out Shueisha and also visit Ghibli Park," Qi Yu replied.

"No problem," the bearded foreigner said, "the Wish Star isn't going anywhere, a slight delay won't matter."

Three days later, while flipping through the latest issue of "One Person Below" at Penguin Comics, Ma Lu saw that the discussion was quite intense.

Posts had exceeded ten thousand within less than 24 hours, even drawing comments from some who were not fans originally.

Opinions about this short spin-off were mixed; some criticized it as nonsensical, while others found it quite interesting.

Due to the heated discussions, the author had to make a statement, saying he didn't even remember creating this part. It might have been done under the influence of alcohol, and he intended to delete it upon sobering up, but seeing that some people liked it, he eventually decided to leave it as it was.

Ma Lu waved Ma Youyou over, who gracefully accepted the loss and handed over a hundred-dollar bill from her wallet.

"Why were you so sure Qi Yu would choose to return to a normal life?"

"Because he has a photo of his wife and daughter as his phone's wallpaper," Ma Lu said, "and there are also doodles by his daughter in the taxi. It shows he is a family-oriented man. For him, getting his wife and daughter back is more important than money.

"Of course, if he was ten years younger, it might be a different story. And I wasn't one hundred percent sure, people are complicated, I just didn't care about the hundred bucks."

"You're cunning, boss."

"Hahaha, not really."

"Boss, you seem in a good mood, I thought you'd be disappointed not becoming the world's richest overnight."

"It would be a lie to say I have no regrets," Ma Lu said, "but it's not a big deal, I still have plenty of money now, and you also didn't go through with it, did you?

"Don't worry, I'll find a way to get you home, but I'm also happy you're staying longer. It makes me feel more at ease when I slack off."

......

After coming back from Nicholas, Ma Lu met up with Lao Hei.

Lao Hei has been secretly selling the repaired second-hand goods, and was also helping Ma Lu inquire about energy cores and pulse engines, but unfortunately, there was no progress on that end.

These two items were only used in plane spaceships; while many newcomers came to Earth on the New Moon, even though some were wealthy, they wouldn't have such items on them.

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But then, Ma Lu remembered that actually, someone had come to Earth on a plane spaceship, and maybe he could ask him about it.

So he went to Jin Xin Plumbing and Hardware Department Store to find Yan Wu.

"Are you asking me about that broken spaceship?"

The werewolf boss had previously gone with Ma Lu to the Moon to see the Pink Whale Ship, so he quickly understood what Ma Lu was up to.

"After I got in touch with the contact, the spaceship has already been dismantled and sold for parts. Otherwise, where do you think I got the startup capital for hustling second-hand goods?"

Yan Wu's words made Ma Lu a bit disappointed, but he then heard him continue, "However, I did keep an old-model pulse engine as a souvenir. Although it's an old model, I regularly maintain and oil it, so it should... still work."

"Oh, then sell it to me. Since you've sold the other parts anyway, keeping it would be useless," Ma Lu said joyfully.

"I could sell it, but the black market price for a warp pulse engine is roughly 12 million Star Currency. Even if mine is an older model, selling it for six or seven million Star Currency wouldn't be a problem. How much money do you have on you?"

"About 500 thousand Star Currency," Ma Lu understated. He actually had nearly a million Star Currency on hand, but much of it came from buying low and selling high through dealings with this old werewolf, a detail that was a bit hard to explain.

Still, this surprised Yan Wu, "Huh, your restaurant business is doing well, but if you think of buying a warp pulse engine, you're far off."

"Then, Boss Yan, could I... owe you first?" Ma Lu suggested timidly.

The hardware store boss didn't even think before shaking his head, "No, you still owe me 280 thousand Star Currency."

"If you're willing to credit me the remaining pulse engine, I can pay off that debt first."

Yan Wu scoffed, "That's originally my money, you're trying to negotiate with me using my own money?"

"Don't say it like that, this also proves my credibility."

Ma Lu slung an arm over the hardware store boss's shoulder, "Look, we agreed on a one-year repayment, and I paid it off in less than a year. Lend me 6 million for the pulse engine, and I'll definitely repay it within a year, too.

"Besides, I can get Old Wang to cook you a big meal," Ma Lu said, "I've got a lot of ingredients now, I can make anything you want."

Yan Wu seemed tempted, but still shook his head, "6 million is too much, even if we're on good terms, it's not possible."

"Then can you keep the pulse engine for me?"

Ma Lu asked back, as even if he got his hands on the pulse engine now, he still had to find another one and obtain an energy core to truly repair the plane spaceship.

In the meantime, it was useless for him to have the pulse engine, keeping it at the hardware store boss didn't matter much.

"Fine," Yan Wu wasn't opposed, after all, it was meant to be sold, he didn't care who to.

Finding a warp pulse engine meant that Ma Lu's grand venture of repairing the ship was one-third complete, which greatly lifted his spirits, and made his desire to make money even more intense.

After paying off the 280 thousand in debt, he used the remaining 220 thousand to buy a batch of impaired high-dimensional artifacts, planning to take them back to number 6 for repairs.

The business deal was tremendously lucrative; simply flipping the goods could multiply the returns, making money fast and easy. The only problem was that as more goods were sold, Yan Wu would eventually notice.

Ma Lu wasn't too worried about the werewolf boss coming to him, worse case, they could cooperate again, sharing profits together. But for now, before the hardware store boss noticed anything odd, he planned to hustle as much inventory as possible, since the profits at this moment were his alone to keep.