Chapter 55: 55 Thirty Years East of the River

55 Thirty Years East of the River

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Accompanied by the golden toad's confident statement, the small mountain of gold wheels in front of it disappeared instantly and appeared in front of Hearing Li Ang out of thin air.

And Hearing Li Ang, who received the "payment," suddenly let out a scream, covering his ears in pain.

"Zhi zhi zhi!!!"

Accompanied by a buzzing sound that was a hundred times harsher than any previous time, a mechanical prompt sounded in Hearing Li Ang's ears.

【Warning, anomalous object "Wealth-Changing Golden Toad" is attempting to change system ownership】

【System ownership cannot be transferred, change operation rejected】

【Warning, anomalous object "Wealth-Changing Golden Toad" is attempting to change system ownership】

【System ownership cannot be transferred, change operation rejected】

【...】

"How could it be..."

Looking at Hearing Li Ang, who was full of pain but didn't add a single wrinkle on his face, and whose hair didn't turn white at all, the golden toad couldn't help but stare wide-eyed in surprise.

This is a full 30,000 gold wheels! It's enough to buy a dozen people's lives, and it can't even make him look old? Is the Cleanup Bureau's salary so high?

The golden toad, who didn't believe in evil, moved back, gathered five times more gold wheels than before with two hands, and pushed them toward the man in front of him.

"150,000!"

"Zhi zhi zhi!"

【Warning...】

【... rejected】

"500,000!!"

【Warning...】

【... rejected】

"1,000,000!!!"

【Warning...】

【... rejected】

"Ah!!! Pain!!!"

"This is impossible!!!"

Why can a human be so valuable?!

Looking at Hearing Li Ang, who was holding his head and screaming, but refused to die, the golden toad, whose worldview was hit hard, gritted his teeth, opened his mouth to the maximum, and spat out gold wheels that were enough to converge into a river in one breath.

"These... add them all!!!"

Like a gambler who lost his eyes, the golden toad, whose meaning of existence was challenged, began to try its best to spit out gold wheels, spitting until the gold wheels submerged Hearing Li Ang's chest, spitting until a huge gold mountain rose in the center of the shopping plaza, spitting until its golden skin turned faintly pale, and then it rested for a while, however...

【Warning...】

【... rejected】

"Ah..."

After more than five minutes of noise bombardment, Hearing Li Ang, who didn't know whether his ears were completely deaf or slowly got used to the stinging pain brought by the noise, stopped screaming, stood up straight, and because of the intense "exercise" just now, even a healthy flush appeared on his face.

"..."

Impossible! I don't believe it!! It shouldn't be like this!!!

Looking at Hearing Li Ang, who was even more energetic than just now except for being a bit uncomfortable from being squeezed by the gold wheels, the golden toad felt a buzz in its brain, as if someone had smashed a hammer on its crown, and the whole toad fell down with a "pu tong" sound, and couldn't climb up for a long time.

"I told you long ago, many things cannot be measured by money!"

Seeing that this guy who didn't believe in evil finally stopped and didn't toss anymore, and his ears didn't have to suffer from noise, Hearing Li Ang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

After struggling to climb down from the gold mountain, he pondered for a long time how to talk back, climbed up the gold mountain, looked down at the pale toad below, gathered his courage and half-truthfully bluffed:

"Although I am just an insignificant ordinary person, struggling for a meager salary every day, as you said, selling my life in disguise.

But I know very well in my heart that I am not a slave to money! I have never lived for money! So even if you can dominate money at will,

you can absolutely never buy my life!"

"Nonsense!"

Provoked by the disdain in the "slave's" eyes, the golden toad, whose color had faded severely, struggled to stand up, its huge head arched again, raised higher than the gold mountain, and then opened its mouth to Hearing Li Ang, trying to spit out more gold wheels to buy this human's life.

However, this time, what it sprayed was no longer brilliant gold wheels, but a large number of silver-white currencies engraved with patterns, covering this brilliant gold mountain with a layer of pale snow-capped peaks.

"Why did you change to silver wheels? Are you out of money?"

"I have!"

After spitting out massive silver wheels again, but finding that it still had no effect on Hearing Li Ang, the silver toad's eyes flashed with a trace of agitation, and then it firmly raised its head again and responded angrily:

"I am the holy spirit of the Chengjin Sect! My wealth is endless! Now it is just consumed too much power by the descent. Once I leave here and return to..."

"Don't be stupid, no matter how much money you can spit out, the result is the same!"

Hearing Li Ang, who was submerged to his chest by silver wheels again, sneered, secretly took out a wine bottle and took a big gulp, and after relying on the effect of 【Martyr of the Wine Country】 to completely suppress the remaining fear in his heart, he raised his head and stared at the giant toad that was faintly turning copper, bullying it for not understanding the existence of the system, and continued to "attack" aggressively:

"You open your eyes and look, isn't the relationship between me and money just like this mountain you spat out?"

Reaching out to push away the heavy silver wheels, struggling to climb out of the "snow-capped peak," Hearing Li Ang occupied the highest point of the gold and silver mountain again, looked down at the fading toad below, and said with full disdain:

"Admit it, as long as I can stay awake, not be paralyzed and buried by the magic of money, but struggle toward a higher and greater goal, no matter how much money it is, it only deserves to stay under my feet!"

"Ka cha!"

"I don't believe it!"

Accompanied by a clear cracking sound, the toad with a large number of cracks on its body suddenly raised its head, and while roaring "I don't believe it," it tried hard to raise its head, trying to arch back to a position higher than Hearing Li Ang.

However, even a small mountain made of gold and silver could not support a giant beast six meters tall. Half of the gold and silver mountain collapsed instantly. The toad, which was barely jumping up, could only roll and crawl down, and while breathing hard, looked up at Hearing Li Ang on the top of the mountain with dizziness.

"This is impossible!!!"

Feeling a kind of great humiliation from the other party's overlooking, the fading toad struggled to stand up, jumped upward suddenly, trying to climb the gold and silver mountain, and overlook Hearing Li Ang again.

However, even a small mountain made of gold and silver could not support a giant beast six meters tall. Half of the gold and silver mountain collapsed instantly. The toad, which was barely jumping up, could only roll and crawl down, and while breathing hard, looked up at Hearing Li Ang on the top of the mountain with dizziness.

"Look, even the money you dominate has started to abandon you now."

"Ka cha!"

Hearing Li Ang, who completed the final blow in time, sat cross-legged on the "silver wheel snow-capped peak" that was a full meter thick, looked down at the toad that was cracking deeper and deeper below, shook his head silently, grabbed a handful of silver wheels and sprinkled them down, covered them on the toad's skin that was cracking deeper and deeper, and sighed:

"I, who have been pursuing money all my life, am now standing on countless money, and you, who regard yourself as the master of money, can only be buried under money. Think about it carefully, don't you think it's ironic?"

"Ka cha!"

No... this is not true! This is not true!

Looking at his body that was almost completely broken, the cracked toad, which had no strength to climb up, held the last hope, raised its head and questioned angrily:

"It's an anomalous object! It must be an anomalous object, right? You must have an anomalous object with an extremely high position! Even strong enough to resist my ability!"

"If you think so, then it is."

After showing his arms that still didn't have much muscle, Hearing Li Ang shook his head and sneered, and lied thick-skinned:

"You guessed it, I do have an incomparably powerful anomalous object, its position is higher than a True God, but it has no addition to my body, which makes me unable to even lift an iron box now, and I can only carry that sheep head in a shopping bag to do tasks. Oh right, the reason why you couldn't buy everything about me just now was because its position was too high, and your ability couldn't take effect... hehe, if you say so, can it give you a little comfort?"

"I... I..."

"Don't 'I' anymore, you are just a poor guy."

After forcibly concluding the life of the cracked toad, Hearing Li Ang, who suppressed the excitement of being about to mouth-kill a holy spirit, narrated leisurely:

"I have always felt that a person's view of this world is actually just a projection of his own values.

You see someone making noise, what you see is actually not the person making noise, but your own disgust for noise;

You see someone working hard, but what you see is not the person working, but your own appreciation for hard work;

This world is clearly so fresh and beautiful, but you not only can't feel it at all, but can only see a group of slaves dominated by money..."

When he said this, Hearing Li Ang paused, looked at the giant toad that was breaking inch by inch below, and said softly with full pity:

"What is buried by the magic of money, is it those people who are working hard to live... or you who look at them like a group of slaves?"

"Ka cha!"

"Hua la!" ===== CHAPTER 56 =====

"Clatter!"