Ch.250250. Chinese Rich Man

“Heh heh. It’s been a while.”

The Alliance Master greeted me with a kind smile.

“So you ended up buying one after all?”

“I bought two—one for my Suin, and one for myself.”

“Shouldn’t you be the first to evacuate when a dungeon backflows? If you escape to a bunker, who’s going to stop the dungeon backflow?”

“Heh heh. We’re only human—shouldn’t we prepare at least one escape route for ourselves?”

“Ah! Hello there!”

Li Suin entered the room shortly after and greeted me.

She was the Alliance Master’s granddaughter who had once visited the farm out of curiosity.

Since we weren’t particularly close, I just exchanged brief greetings and installed the teleportation portal for them.

The Alliance Master and Li Suin had each purchased a villa, and they seemed satisfied with their properties located in different areas.

“As I thought. My eyes never fail me. What do you think? Are your thoughts still the same? Our Suin has just turned 20.”

“…No thanks.”

Objectively speaking, she does have good qualities.

Pretty, bright, and given her position, she has a good personality too. Gentle and sweet.

But maybe it’s because I’m surrounded by so many beautiful women.

Something about being served on a silver platter just doesn’t appeal to me.

Above all, when I look at women now, the first thing I consider is whether they’d be useful for the farm.

To be fair, she’d probably do well if I gave her abilities and assigned her tasks.

But becoming family with this sly old man?

Just thinking about it makes me tired, so I want to refuse.

“But I’m curious about something.”

“Yes?”

“If this is the farm you mentioned, does Farming Company get its resources from here?”

“Pretty much. Look over there. That’s all gold. There are resources that don’t exist on Earth, and many ores from dungeons too. This is a mineral mountain range. Take a walk around when you’re bored.”

“Heh heh. Is it alright to show me such a place so carelessly? It doesn’t matter because I paid for it?”

The Alliance Master asked a sharp question with his kind smile.

Like someone trying to extract information by probing.

It was obvious.

He was wondering if he could take these resources out somehow.

A hunter of the Alliance Master’s caliber might be able to.

If he went to the mines in this mineral mountain range surrounded by nothing but mountains, mined some ore, carried it back to his villa, and returned to Earth through the teleportation portal.

By selling those, he might recover his 600 billion investment.

“Do as you please. But as stated in the contract, if you’re caught leaking resources outside, you’ll bear the responsibility yourself.”

“Heh heh. I see. So that’s how I can challenge you to a fight.”

Alliance Master.

I clicked my tongue at Li Weisheng’s eyes full of competitive spirit.

“Why are you so eager to go early when you don’t have many days left to live?”

“You’re quite an interesting fellow.”

When selling villas, I needed to be cautious about SS-rank hunters like Li Weisheng.

Or hunters of similar caliber.

The path to the farm was one thing, but if someone could climb the towering walls surrounding the farm, SS-rank hunters would be the ones capable of it.

But in that regard, since the farm is also full of SS-rank hunters, I could respond with confidence.

After finally getting rid of the Alliance Master, it was Li Suin’s turn.

“Where was that place we went last time? Can’t we go there again?”

“No, that’s off-limits. From now on, this villa is your place, so you should come here.”

“Um… I heard something, is it true?”

“…What?”

“That to enter the farm, you have to… give your body and heart to Mr. Suhyun…”

“….Where did you hear such rumors?”

“On the internet…”

I mean, while China isn’t as strictly controlled as North Korea, why are there rumors about hunters from other countries on their internet?

And it’s not even accurate information—it’s ridiculous fake news that she believes as if it were true.

Especially someone of the Alliance Master’s granddaughter’s status.

“….That’s not true.”

“Then can’t you accept me too?”

“I told you it’s not true.”

“Whether it’s true or not, I don’t care! I’m ready! Thanks to you, I became an SS-rank hunter, and I want to live repaying your kindness.”

“No. It wasn’t kindness, it was a transaction, so just forget about it and live well.”

“Wait… oppa!”

Now that I’ve somehow become her “oppa,” I quickly escaped to avoid further annoyance.

It seems best to keep my distance from the Murim Alliance.

After that, there were about 4-5 more villa buyers from China, so I registered teleportation portals for them.

Even working non-stop all day, it took almost a week to individually install teleportation portals for 30 locations.

It felt like I’d traveled around the world.

But since I moved as quickly as possible without sightseeing, I didn’t really experience the countries or cultures I visited.

“Phew. That was intense.”

Anyway, I’ve made a good start on my business, so that’s one worry off my mind.

– I heard from someone working at Farming Company’s SVIP villas… it’s seriously amazing. You can see the world’s richest people and famous hunters there, and the employee benefits are insane. Especially the employees who live there providing services—they get paid while eating food so good they feel guilty, and they can enjoy various cultural activities. They have separate employee quarters, but of course the details are confidential… I want to go there too.

– How high do you think their hiring standards are? They wouldn’t hire you lol

– I know… my dream now is to get hired at Farming Company.

– Try applying to their department store. The competition is fierce though.

– Sigh…

The stories appearing on Hunters show that our promotion has been quite successful.

I was curious how employees who can’t leave managed to spread the news, but whether it’s made up or heard through the grapevine, it’s not bad that positive information is spreading.

After finishing my work and clearing the Level 3 biome while heading north, I finally discovered it.

[Main Quest]

[Abyssal Sea]

[The Abyssal Sea, infused with primordial energy, was once a place teeming with life. However, chaotic energy from somewhere began to seep into the deep sea, covering the vast waters with chaos. Numerous abyssal creatures affected by this chaotic energy have become violent, causing critical damage to the abyssal ecosystem. The sea is the source of life. If problems arise in the Abyssal Sea, they could seriously affect the entire Rift Dimension. Let’s eliminate the corrupted abyss deep within the sea and purify the Abyssal Sea.]

[Eliminate the corrupted abyss tainted with dense chaotic energy deep within the Abyssal Sea to purify it]

[Reward: SSS+ Ability Selection Ticket x4, SSS Ability Selection Ticket x2, Farming Stat Points 150, 3,333,000 Farm, Abyssal Orb (SSS+)]

“Eureka!!!”

At the end of the mountain range lies an endless stretch of sand.

And beyond that, the emerald beach makes me say “wow” at first sight.

“This is insane.”

The sea stretching to the horizon is so vast I can’t gauge its size.

This area is on the west-northwest side of the farm on the map.

Judging by the width of the continuous beach, it seems to extend almost to the northern part of the farm. Does that mean the northern end of this map is all sea?

I’d have to go all the way to know, but the sea within my view seemed endless.

From the emerald-clear shallow water reaching my ankles to the gradually deepening sea.

And far away.

The thick red mist suggests that there’s a considerable amount of chaotic energy submerged here too.

“The sea, huh…”

So it finally appears.

Mountain ranges are manageable since there’s at least ground to walk on, but biomes like seas or deserts were always troublesome when playing Farming World.

Setting aside the biome’s level, just traversing such biomes is a pain, reducing your effectiveness by about 20% constantly.

Well, since coming to the Rift Dimension, whether it was the swamp, steam forest, mineral mountain range, or others…

None of the biomes were comfortable, but they were merely inconvenient. The Abyssal Sea, however, presents the fundamental human limitation of having to enter the water.

“That’s fortunate.”

Is it fortunate?

Luckily, the last ability I learned was nature magic, which included various skills—one of which was related to breathing underwater.

To be precise, it’s not about breathing underwater but maintaining respiration with mana. As a utility-focused ability, it came with various survival skills.

Looking at it, I wondered if the day would come when I’d spend farming points to learn it.

I didn’t expect it to come so soon.

So entering the sea is resolved.

The next issue is the difficulty of this biome.

[Find and eliminate the source of dense chaotic energy in the Level 7 biome]

“Oh…”

The biome size matches the difficulty that jumps two levels at a time, with no turning back.