After Waking Up I Inherited the Earth [Interstellar] – CH130

Chapter 130

Yajin raised a hand and signaled for the airborne robot selling sunflower seeds to stop.

The robot detected his gesture and halted. After Yajin paid, it left him a bag of green-tea-flavored sunflower seeds.

At this point, the food on the coffee table in front of Yajin’s VIP seat was piled to the brim.

As a hardcore foodie, Yajin was a stark contrast to his friend Ning Xian, who was obsessed with the “dress-up game.”

While his friend couldn’t tear himself away from dressing up, Yajin also found it novel—but only for a few minutes. After the novelty wore off, he casually picked a wizard outfit and entered the venue.

Once inside, Yajin immediately realized his eyes weren’t enough.

This spot was fresh, that spot was fun, and the venue was so huge and so grand—it made him want to scream—

Ah! Why can’t they take photos or screenshots?!

Such a perfect background!

Such an incredible venue!

What was the point of life if you couldn’t take pictures or screenshots?!

Fuming, Yajin felt like he’d taken a direct critical hit from Boss Xie.

But not long after…

Once he figured out what the little robots flying around in the air were for, he instantly threw everything else out of his mind.

Heh heh—food! And it was the newest “tasting-stall” food!

Since he was already here, he had to eat enough to get his money’s worth, right?

And it was so cheap—if he didn’t eat more, wouldn’t that be a loss?

Slurp…

And since it was only holography, he wouldn’t even feel full. In that case, he could just eat everything once!

That was how the scene in front of him happened.

No matter what kind of airborne robot he saw—selling whatever food—Yajin would wave and signal it to stop, then buy one portion of everything and pile it onto his seat’s coffee table, until it was so full he needed a little stand to stack things. Only then was he satisfied.

After stuffing himself, he was even more satisfied.

He felt those 10 star-coins for the ticket were insanely worth it!

Not only did he get one lottery chance, and not only was there auction drama to watch—most importantly—

There was food!

Waaah—this wasn’t an auction at all. This was a massive “Isekai Restaurant.”

This environment, this decoration—if they didn’t use it for a special themed restaurant, it would be a waste!

“It’s really, really delicious, right?” Yajin asked while eating, turning to the girl beside him—who also had shining eyes as she enjoyed the food.

Maybe good food really did have special magic.

That girl, who originally didn’t like talking, actually started chatting with Yajin bit by bit. By the end, they even added each other as friends and became buddies.

There were many people like Yajin on-site.

This didn’t feel like an auction venue at all—it felt like a huge social event.

The moment you entered, it was full of lively chatter.

Praise for outfits, compliments for food… it turned the whole place into an ocean of joy.

That made Yu Cheng and Fan Yimeng—who had just entered after changing outfits—stunned.

Fan Yimeng, who discovered for the first time that he actually got dizzy around crowds, opened his mouth several times before finally muttering, “There are… so, so many people.”

Even though they had prepared themselves mentally before coming in, it was clearly not enough.

Hearing a number was one thing—seeing the “number of people” with your own eyes was another.

Not only was Fan Yimeng shocked, even Yu Cheng—wearing the default free oversized hooded cloak—was startled.

Once he recovered, his admiration for Xie Xingchen deepened by a huge margin.

Yu Cheng said, “Let’s find our seats first.”

They were currently in the waiting lobby. There were two ways to get to their seats:

One was walking, the other was using the system teleport.

Looking up, as far as the eye could see, there were lifeforms dressed in all kinds of bizarre styles, stretching endlessly like there was no end.

The waiting lobby was outside the outer ring. Walking from here to the inner ring wasn’t impossible—but there was absolutely not enough time.

So the two of them chose teleportation without hesitation.

With a teleport, they jumped from the waiting lobby to the inner ring seats.

When they reserved earlier, Yu Cheng and Fan Yimeng had bought adjacent inner-ring seats. After teleporting, they happened to share one luxurious coffee table.

They copied the people around them, signaling the airborne robots to stop, and after buying several portions of food, they still felt like it wasn’t enough.

Whoever came up with this venue arrangement—

In their hearts, they praised: it was genius!

How the venue was decorated aside, just the dress-up before entry and the tasting-stall food after entry were already enough to make people linger.

Especially the dress-up—this looked like a mini-game, but for someone famous like Yu Cheng, it was incredibly convenient.

If he didn’t disguise himself, the moment he entered, he’d be recognized, turned into a “celebrity check-in spot,” and constantly photographed.

And on top of that, countless people might come up trying to be friendly.

Yu Cheng didn’t like that kind of annoying socializing.

So being able to cover his face was the best choice.

Because—

That way, no one would know he was Yu Cheng, the one who cultivated the sky-high-priced tianrong flower.

But he also had a small headache.

Since so many people on-site had changed outfits, the entire place felt like a “demonic dance party.”

Which made him—wearing the default outfit—look bland to the point of being “special” in another way.

And Fan Yimeng beside him, who hadn’t changed anything at all, was even worse—he stood out so much he was being “watched” on purpose…

Fan Yimeng wasn’t someone particularly calm. The moment he realized people were paying attention to him because his outfit didn’t fit in, he immediately returned to the dress-up page and spent 1 star-coin on a black hooded cloak with mysterious patterns.

When he came back, he noticed Yu Cheng staring gloomily at his mysterious black cloak, then sighing and returning to the dress-up page too.

When Yu Cheng reappeared, he had switched to a deep blue hooded cloak that reached his ankles, and his face was now covered by a hollow-carved pure white mask as well.

Seeing Yu Cheng’s new outfit, Fan Yimeng couldn’t help chuckling. “Didn’t you say you don’t like dressing up?”

Yu Cheng rolled his eyes, completely speechless. “I still don’t like it that much.”

Fan Yimeng glanced at the new cloak and mask, then jerked his chin. “Then what’s this?”

Yu Cheng gave two dry laughs. “What else could it be? I just want to be low-key, okay?”

Fan Yimeng couldn’t accept that explanation. “Wearing a prettier cloak and a more delicate mask is ‘low-key’?”

His tone screamed: don’t try to fool me.

But here, dressing up nicely really was low-key.

At least in this setting, the more ornate or weirder you looked, the more you blended in.

How many people in the whole venue were still wearing the default outfit?

Not many, right?

Meanwhile, there were plenty of bizarre “chaotic demon” outfits!

So in comparison, wearing the default outfit wasn’t low-key at all—it was more eye-catching.

Yu Cheng couldn’t be bothered to explain. He just pointed out a few people for Fan Yimeng to look at.

After looking, Fan Yimeng immediately laughed.

So Yu Cheng really had changed outfits to be low-key.

Sure enough—some things only make sense in the right environment.

In this weird environment, being “normal” was actually high-profile.

Fan Yimeng kept chuckling.

His magnetic laughter was caught by Eugenia, the little mermaid sitting several rings behind.

Eugenia, dressed in an exquisitely refined golden princess set, glanced at Fan Yimeng curiously.

But when she saw that he and the person next to him were only wearing boring cloaks, she lost interest and looked away.

As a loyal fan of Earth Trading Company, Eugenia had rushed to make a reservation the very day Xie Xingchen posted, and immediately paid to upgrade her seat, snagging her favorite inner-ring spot.

But her friend Margaret didn’t have such luck.

Due to certain reasons, Margaret had been thrown by her parents into some deep-sea training ground for closed training.

Margaret only came out yesterday. Even though she rushed to reserve the moment she got out, she still couldn’t buy VIP or inner-ring seats. So today, she could only watch from her default seat.

Still, Eugenia wasn’t lonely. Many little mermaids who were close friends with her had bought seats next to her. With so many buddies around—even if none of them could compare to Margaret in her heart—she was still super happy~

“Boss Xie really understands girls. There are so many categories for the princess dresses we’re wearing, and the matching accessories and makeup are all so pretty. I picked for so long before I finally chose this Sun Princess.”

“Look at me! I’m the Star Princess. Isn’t my dress beautiful? It’s covered in tiny diamonds, and under sunlight it sparkles like stars.”

“I think my pink satin princess dress is the prettiest. Even though it doesn’t have a huge poofy skirt, it looks more elegant and prettier!”

“……”

A group of little mermaids chattered about their dresses. After dresses, they discussed jewelry, then pretty shoes, then makeup.

A little girl nearby listened curiously, and couldn’t help asking, “How much does it cost to dress up like that?”

How much? The little mermaids looked like it was dirt cheap.

“Not much—just a bit over two hundred star-coins.”

“Mine is even cheaper—just over a hundred.”

“Mine’s a bit more expensive, but still not over three hundred.”

Each one quoted her price, then they all sighed in unison: “It’s really so cheap!”

The girl was stunned.

One hundred, two hundred, three hundred star-coins—and that’s “cheap”?

The auction ticket was only 10 star-coins.

And that 10 star-coins not only covered entry—it also included one lottery chance!

Yet they were willing to spend several hundred star-coins on an outfit they could wear for only a few hours?

A girl whose life mission was saving money—who avoided spending whenever possible—was speechless at the mermaids’ spending power.

As expected of mermaids.

Ever since pearl prices went up, they—already rich—seemed even richer.

However—

Her friend Lisa, hearing her mutter on and on, finally couldn’t stand it. She forced her head to turn so she’d look around properly.

Lisa’s intention was to make her understand: they were sitting in the inner ring, and inner-ring seats cost an extra 10,000 star-coins.

But the girl’s gaze expanded to the entire venue. She even stared at the giant screens floating in the sky for a long, long time, lost in thought.

Finally, she turned back with shining eyes and said to her friend, “Lisa, do you think I can talk to Boss Xie about a collaboration?”

Lisa: ?

Collaboration? What collaboration?

Lisa didn’t understand why the topic suddenly jumped to collaboration. She was completely confused.

But her friend kept repeating the word “dress-up,” and after that, she even ran out of their seat area, looking here and there. When she got excited, she made strange laughs.

Lisa: “……”

Her friend really did seem to have some kind of illness.

No, wait—her friend’s illness seemed to have gotten worse.

Not understanding what Wenwen was trying to do, Lisa gave up.

Fine—forget her. Lisa was going to devote herself wholeheartedly to the great mission of “scenery-watching” (gossip).

Time flew.

In the blink of an eye, half an hour passed.

With a burst of passionate, stirring music, flower petals suddenly began to rain down from the sky.

The drifting, swirling petal rain was so beautiful that countless people were moved to tears.

Wuwuwu it’s so pretty—how can it be this pretty?

Compared to this, idol dramas were weak as hell!

But something even “more beautiful” came next.

“Welcome, everyone, to Earth Trading Company’s very first holographic auction. Today, let’s celebrate together!”

As the clear, bright voice fell, countless lucky bags appeared in the air, floating down gently with the petals.

“Now, let’s welcome the surprise lucky bags. There are lots of benefits inside, so don’t miss out. Quickly take out your little fish nets and catch them!”

The crowd, still dazed, instantly got excited the moment they heard “surprise benefits.”

Fish net?

Smart people immediately guessed it referred to the fishing net they’d seen hanging on the mirror back in the dress-up lobby.

Earlier, everyone had thought it was weird and out of place—now they realized it was a tool for catching lucky bags!

Quick-reacting people didn’t hesitate. They pulled out the net and followed the system prompt, throwing the golden net up into the sky.

The moment it hit the air, it was like it had wings—whoosh whoosh—and it came back with a net completely full of lucky bags.

Why did it come back?

Because it had reached the capture limit.

That was for the fast reactors. The slow reactors only panicked and caught a single lucky bag right before they disappeared.

But sometimes luck just isn’t fair!

Unlucky people could catch dozens of bags—only to find they were all empty.

Lucky people could hit jackpot in one throw.

At the very least, you were guaranteed some stars!

Now it finally made sense why some pretty outfits couldn’t be bought with star-coins and required stars instead—this was how you got stars!

Those who obtained limited “star” outfits were overjoyed.

That feeling of “others don’t have it, only I do—and I can complete the full collection” was insanely exciting.

And the excitement didn’t stop there.

“Whoa, so the lucky bags don’t only have stars—they also have coupons!”

“Hahahaha yours is a coupon? Mine is actually an Earth Trading Company priority purchase card!”

“Hehehe, there are free flowers too! I got a week of free flowers!”

Winners went absolutely crazy.

Oh my god, oh my god—they made a killing!

They came planning to spend money, and ended up earning instead!

Would Boss Xie lose money because of this event?

Everyone was happy and worried at the same time.

But in reality… Xie Xingchen was the one making a killing.

Just ticket fees alone earned him an astronomical number. Add VIP and inner-ring seat upgrades, plus outfit-change profits, plus tasting-stall food profits—when you put it all together, he’d already built up one-third of his interstellar route!

As for the lucky-bag event, most of what he “gave back” were stars. And stars could only be exchanged for a few hours of outfit-change service—valuable to the audience, but basically free for him.

There were other physical prizes too, but not as many as people imagined. It just felt like a lot because the winners all screamed about it loudly, creating the illusion that he’d given out tons.

“Wait, the ticket lottery Boss Xie mentioned—could it be this?”

“Probably not? This is catching lucky bags, not the ticket lottery.”

“……”

“Whatever, who cares? We’re winning either way.”

“Exactly. I won’t even say anything else—just the experience so far, even if it weren’t 10 star-coins, even if it were 100, I’d still think it was worth it! Hahahaha. The auction hasn’t even started yet, but I can already imagine what the star network will look like after it ends.”

“Let’s mourn for the lifeforms who didn’t come. For the next few days, those people probably won’t even understand what we’re talking about.”

That wasn’t wrong.

After all, no screen recording, no screenshots—zero visual evidence. With words alone, many people couldn’t even imagine this scene.

Thinking of that, everyone couldn’t help envying the artists.

Sigh—another traffic goldmine!

If they could draw, the next few days they’d absolutely ride a wave of traffic.

This was a once-in-a-lifetime chance.

As long as your art was good and you seized the moment, maybe the next “master-level artist” would be you.

Everyone: QAQ

I know the traffic code. I can predict the upcoming hot topics, but—

My hands are clumsy!

Everyone: Another day of mourning the fortune I failed to make!

The lucky-bag catching event lasted a full thirty minutes.

Only after everyone felt satisfied did the event end.

People thought this had been a pre-planned Earth Trading Company feature, but it actually wasn’t.

At first, the event was just supposed to be a simple point-exchange activity.

Because the holographic auction was so novel, even though people entered half an hour early, it still wasn’t enough time for them to play.

Xie Xingchen considered that if the auction started immediately, everyone’s mind would still be elsewhere. So, when there were twenty minutes left until the auction, he decisively discussed with the tech department’s military insectoids whether they could add a “catch lucky bags” event.

When they received the last-minute change request, the stiff-faced military insectoids’ expressions instantly turned nasty.

Even though each of them was a tall, long-legged handsome guy, seeing a whole group of them with sour faces still made Xie Xingchen feel guilty.

Luckily, Hill was capable. He forcibly stabilized the near-meltdown military insectoids and made them, in the shortest time, “re-skin” the original point-exchange event with a beautiful “appearance,” then embed a random lottery system, forcibly turning it into this “catch lucky bags” event.

And the event was a huge success!

Not only did it pull everyone’s attention back to the venue—

Even better, it sparked curiosity and discussion about the prizes. Xie Xingchen used that curiosity, and the very first thing he had Wang Qianqian do when she came on stage was—

Mention the top prize.

At that point, everyone’s attention fully returned to the auction item itself.

Wang Qianqian wore an elegant white gown. Her delicate face was full of smiles as she said, “Looks like everyone is very satisfied with the prizes, huh? But you may be even more satisfied with the final lottery prize.”

One sentence made curiosity surge.

She didn’t drag it out and said directly, “First, let me introduce today’s auction item. Although it’s a bit special, today’s auction will only sell one item, and that is—colored cotton fabric. At the same time, colored cotton fabric is also tonight’s highest-value prize. That’s right—you heard correctly. Our generous Boss Xie has put the auction item itself up as a lottery prize!”

The crowd erupted.

The auction item as a lottery prize?

For real?

“Really? Is what Wang Qianqian said true?”

“It has to be true, right? So many people are watching—how could she lie?”

Under so many eyes, no one believed Wang Qianqian would lie.

This was Earth Trading Company—the most popular trading company on the entire star network.

Its credibility was something money couldn’t buy.

So it would have to be insane to ruin itself over an auction item.

“Holy crap, that’s insane—putting the auction item directly as a lottery prize! And the ticket lottery chance was included with a 10 star-coin ticket—if I win that, I’ll make an absolute killing!”

“Hahahaha, I’m once again pitying the friends who didn’t come. If they knew there were so many benefits, they’d regret it until their intestines turned green!”

“……”

Even though the ticket was only 10 star-coins, everyone present had spent at least one or two hundred by now.

But maybe it was the atmosphere?

Even if they got nothing, it still didn’t stop them from feeling like they’d hit the jackpot!

Wang Qianqian waited quietly for the discussion to die down.

When it was about done, she continued, “This auction will only sell colored cotton fabric. Now let me introduce the item details.”

“Colored cotton fabric is made from colored cotton picked from colored cotton trees. The cotton is soft, thin, and breathable, making it very suitable for children’s clothing…”

Wang Qianqian’s opening sounded like a normal fabric introduction. After hearing it, a bunch of rich people were thinking: “That’s it?” “This is worth holding an auction for?” “What’s special about this? Isn’t it everywhere outside?”

But before they could finish complaining, the key point arrived—

Wang Qianqian smiled. “After testing, these colored cotton fabrics contain over 10% green substance, and have an obvious effect of [constructing a small-scale green-substance space].”

Planet lords: !

Estate owners: !

Everyone else: jaw-drop.jpg

10% green substance content!

It’s actually 10%?!

Damn—if it’s 10%, why did you bother saying all that earlier?

Just put the green substance content on the table. Everything else is secondary!

If Wang Qianqian heard their “angry complaints,” she’d probably empathize—because those normal intro lines were required by the boss. He said selling something had to look like selling something, and they couldn’t rely solely on green substance content as the selling point.

When Wang Qianqian heard that at the time, she nearly choked.

Satisfied by the crowd’s frenzy, Wang Qianqian continued, “There are a total of nine bolts of colored cotton fabric for auction. Each bolt is 40 chi. We will auction in units of 4 chi, meaning this auction will have 90 auction rounds in total.”

Then she added playfully, “Don’t worry about the lottery prize. The prize is also 4 chi of colored cotton fabric—but there’s only one. We’ve already set it aside separately.”

The boss still had one full bolt of colored cotton fabric in hand—cutting 4 chi was more than enough!

Not knowing Xie Xingchen still had another bolt, and believing this was everything, the crowd’s excitement instantly ignited.

After Waking Up I Inherited the Earth [Interstellar]