Zone Zero: I'm invincible now that the heavenly fire has killed Nineveh!

"Give me a gift? Why would you suddenly think of that?" Nicole was wide awake at the mention of a gift, her eyes sparkling as she said, "But you don't know my preferences, so it would be better to just give me Tenny instead."

Gifts are such a hassle, while Tennyson is both practical and convenient.

“It’s not that kind of gift,” Su Chen shook his head and said with some pity, “I see you’re only wearing one sock, and the sock has a hole in it, it’s a bit pitiful.”

"W-what!" Nicole panicked slightly. "What do you know! This is girls' fashion. Do you think it's pretty?"

Fashion is real, but not wanting to spend money to buy it is also real.

But it would be incredibly embarrassing to tell your own employees that you can't even afford stockings anymore!

Upon seeing this, Su Chen immediately understood that he had guessed correctly.

Speaking of fashion, Lingmei also only wears one pair of stockings, but Lingmei's stockings don't have any holes.

Judging from Nicole's expression, it seems she really did save up for those ripped stockings.

However, Su Chen didn't expose him, but just said with feigned regret, "They are indeed very pretty, but since this is your fashion sense, you probably don't need new stockings. But I've already bought them, so if you don't want them, I'll give them to Anbi."

"Hey? That won't do!" Nicole said seriously. "We've already decided on a gift for the boss, how can we give it to someone else? Send it to my room tonight, I'll try it on."

This was the first gift Su Chen was going to give her. If he gave it to Anbi, what would that mean for her?

"No problem." Su Chen readily agreed, then said with a smile, "But these stockings are new, you might not be able to wear them, I'll help you put them on tonight."

Nicole rolled her eyes. "Get lost! Do you think I, a woman, need you, a grown man, to teach me how to wear stockings?"

Su Chen immediately said with dissatisfaction, "Nicole, that's because you're ignorant! Stockings were originally invented for male cavalrymen. Women don't necessarily know more about stockings than men!"

"Fine, fine, you know the most about stockings, okay?" Nicole said irritably. "But I can do it myself, I don't need anyone's help."

She knew exactly what Su Chen was thinking, but she would never agree to it.

Forget about helping her put on her stockings, there's no way I could even get into her room.

After that last time, she stopped believing Su Chen's nonsense. He said it was a hug, but it turned into a kiss.

This time they said they were wearing stockings, but it was just touching her legs; who knows what might happen next?

"alright."

Su Chen did not insist.

Disappointment is temporary, but hope is forever.

One day, he will not only help you put on stockings, but he will also tear them apart.

Seeing this, Ni breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "Speaking of which, according to our progress in cleaning up the remains, today should be the last day, right?"

Su Chen said with certainty, "Today is the last day. We have completed the task of clearing the associated cavities of Crete."

According to the information I received from talking to Bertha and Leia last night, after Ambly cleaned it up yesterday, the cavity was already 34% of its original size.

Once we clear out about a thousand more skeletons, we can complete the mission.

Today, he and Nicole worked together, and the number of skeletons they cleared has already exceeded that number, so there's definitely no problem.

"They finished clearing the holes today, that's really efficient," Nicole exclaimed.

It has been exactly one week since Su Chen accepted the task, and he has already completed it.

This efficiency is much faster than that of the defense force and the police department.

However, Nicole only sighed for a moment before noticing something more noteworthy: "In other words, you'll soon be ACE's top investigator, you'll soon have billions of dinnes in your account, and you'll soon have 70% ownership of the property!"

"You'll soon be the new richest man in New Elito!"

With just a rough calculation, Nicole was stunned by Su Chen's wealth.

The combined value of these things is more than the Rabbit House could earn in hundreds of years.

Su Chen had only been in New Elidu for twelve days when he amassed a fortune that the Cunning Rabbit House could never earn in a lifetime.

That earning power of theirs made her so envious she was practically drooling!

“It won’t be that fast,” Su Chen said calmly. “The reward of 10 billion Dinneys won’t be paid until the 15th of next month, so there’s still a month to go. As for the 70% ownership of the Void, we’ll have to wait for a partnership to develop it.”

"Once the Void Investigation Association confirms it, I'll only have the title of ACE Investigator and 100,000 internal merit points."

We'll have to wait until next month; the 15th of next month will be the day he truly takes off.

One hundred billion dinneys, one thousand lottery draws.

You are guaranteed a purple card after 10 draws, a gold card after 30 draws, and can choose a gold card after 100 draws.

With 10 billion Dinni, you're guaranteed at least 100 purple cards, 33 gold cards, and 10 selectable gold cards.

No matter what the final fighting force of this world will be like, or what unknown crises may arise, he will be able to rest easy.

Nicole, unaware of Su Chen's thoughts, excitedly exclaimed, "Hey hey hey, what's meant to be yours will be yours eventually, it's all the same."

"Moreover, the value of the 100,000 Investigator Merit Points that arrive immediately is more valuable to any Void Explorer than 10 billion Dinneys."

Su Chen asked with some confusion, "What do you mean?"

Nicole explained, "Investigator merit points can be exchanged for various resources within the investigator community. The higher the investigator's authority, the more valuable the resources that can be exchanged, including many good things that can't be bought outside! For example, treasures like S-class drive disks and S-class acoustic vibrators."

"Oh." Su Chen's reaction was indifferent: "Can these be exchanged for money?"

The instruments and drive discs, which are unique products from around the world, don't match what he pulled out and are basically useless.

It's more practical to use it to exchange for money or give as a gift.

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Thank you all for your support, and I hope you will continue to support me! I'm asking for your help, gifts, and even free support from your love and dedication.

Suddenly I realized that the power-ups I gave him were a bit too much; by chapter 150, the protagonist already had the combat power to destroy Earth. This makes writing the entire "Zero Zone" story difficult. So I've decided to add a Star Railway or a Collapsed World.

The main storyline will, of course, be Zone 0, but other worlds will be explored during the gaps between version updates. What are your opinions?

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