[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-m-the-cleanup-crew":3,"chapter-i-m-the-cleanup-crew-i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-55":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I'm the Cleanup Crew!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2285891,4472,"Chapter 55","i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-55",55,"\u003Cp>55 The West River Has Turned East in Thirty Years\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Modified)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanied by the golden toad’s confident declaration, the mountain-sized golden wheel before it vanished instantly and appeared before Li Ang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ang, who had received the “payment,” let out a sudden scream, clutching his ears in agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sssssss!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid a buzzing sound a hundred times sharper than any before, a mechanical voice echoed in Li Ang’s ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Warning: Anomalous Object “Wealth-Swapping Golden Toad” attempting to transfer system ownership】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【System ownership cannot be transferred; operation rejected】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Warning: Anomalous Object “Wealth-Swapping Golden Toad” attempting to transfer system ownership】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【System ownership cannot be transferred; operation rejected】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【……】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How could this be…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Li Ang, whose face showed unbearable pain yet not a single wrinkle, not a single hair turned white, the golden toad stared in shock, eyes wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was thirty thousand golden wheels! Enough to buy the lives of ten people—how could it not even age him? Does the Clearance Bureau pay that well?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doubting it, the golden toad retreated, drew both hands together, and summoned five times the previous amount of golden wheels, shoving them all toward the man before it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One hundred fifty thousand!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sssssss!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Warning……】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【……Rejected】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Five hundred thousand!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Warning……】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【……Rejected】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One million!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Warning……】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【……Rejected】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahh!! Pain!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is impossible!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why is a human being worth so much?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Li Ang, who kept screaming and clutching his head but refused to die, the golden toad—its worldview shattered—clenched its teeth, opened its mouth as wide as it could, and vomited forth a river of golden wheels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Add all of this!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a gambler who had lost everything, its very existence challenged, the golden toad spat golden wheels with all its might until they drowned Li Ang’s chest, until a colossal golden mountain rose in the center of the shopping plaza, until its golden skin turned faintly pale—then paused for breath, yet…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Warning……】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【……Rejected】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After more than five minutes of deafening noise, whether his ears were completely deafened or simply grown accustomed to the pain, Li Ang stopped screaming, stood upright, and even flushed with healthy color from the violent “exercise.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Impossible! I don’t believe it!! It shouldn’t be like this!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Li Ang, whose complexion was even better than before, merely slightly uncomfortable from being crushed by golden wheels, the golden toad felt its mind go numb—as if a hammer had struck its crown—and collapsed with a thud, unable to rise for a long while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I told you already—many things cannot be measured by money!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the stubborn creature finally stop tormenting him, Li Ang let out a long breath, relieved his ears were no longer suffering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After struggling out of the golden wheels that reached his chest, he climbed the golden mound with hands and feet, looked down at the golden toad filled with hatred, and mustered courage to half-truthfully deceive:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m just an insignificant ordinary person, struggling daily for a meager salary, selling my life in disguise, as you said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I know clearly—I am not a slave to money! I never lived for money! So even if you can control wealth at will,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>you can never buy my life!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nonsense!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enraged by the contempt in the “slave’s” eyes, the faded golden toad forced itself upright, raised its massive head higher than the golden mountain, opened its mouth, and aimed at Li Ang atop the pile, trying to vomit even more golden wheels to buy this human’s life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, what it spat was not brilliant golden wheels, but vast quantities of silver-white coins engraved with patterns, draping the golden mountain in a pale, snowy cap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why silver wheels now? Are you out of money?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have plenty!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After spewing another flood of silver wheels and finding them still ineffective, the silver toad’s eyes flickered with doubt, then quickly hardened as it lifted its head and roared back:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I am the Holy Spirit of the Golden Scale Sect! My wealth is infinite! I’ve merely expended too much power during the descent—once I leave this place and return to…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop being foolish. No matter how much money you spit out, the result is the same!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again submerged to his chest by silver wheels, Li Ang sneered, secretly pulled out a bottle, and gulped down a large mouthful. Once the effect of 【Drunkard Martyr】 fully suppressed his lingering fear, he looked up at the giant toad whose skin now faintly glowed copper, and pressed forward, exploiting its ignorance of the system:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look closely—my relationship with money is just like this mountain you spat out.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pushing aside the heavy silver wheels, he struggled out of the “snowy peak,” then took the highest point of the gold-and-silver mountain, looking down at the faded toad with utter disdain:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Admit it—as long as I remain awake, unnumbed, and unburied by the magic of money, and strive toward higher, greater goals, no amount of wealth deserves to be beneath my feet!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Crack!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t believe it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a clear cracking sound, the toad, its body covered in fissures, threw its head back, roaring “I don’t believe it!” as it strained to lift itself higher than Li Ang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet beneath the weight of the massive gold-and-silver mountain, no matter how hard it tried, it could only sink one head lower than Li Ang, forced to look up at him in helpless contempt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is impossible!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling a crushing humiliation from Li Ang’s gaze, the faded toad mustered its strength, leapt upward, trying to climb the gold-and-silver mountain and look down on Li Ang once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even a mountain of gold and silver could not bear the weight of a six-meter-tall behemoth—the lower half collapsed instantly. The toad, barely clinging on, tumbled back down, gasping painfully, dizzy as it gazed up at Li Ang on the summit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“See? Even the money you control is now abandoning you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Crack!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ang, sitting cross-legged atop the thick “silver-wheel snowcap,” looked down at the toad below, filled with resentment. He shook his head silently, then scooped up a handful of silver wheels and scattered them over the toad’s increasingly cracked skin, sighing:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I spent my whole life chasing money—and now I stand atop it. You, who see yourself as its master, are buried beneath it. Doesn’t that strike you as ironic?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Crack!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No… this isn’t real! This isn’t real!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing its body nearly shattered beyond repair, the fissured toad, too weak to rise, raised its head with its last hope and roared:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s an anomalous object! Isn’t it? You must possess an anomalous object of the highest rank—strong enough to resist my power!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you think so, then yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He flashed his still-bony arms, shook his head with a scoff, and brazenly lied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re right—I do possess an incredibly powerful anomalous object, ranked higher than a true god, yet it grants me no physical enhancement. I can’t even lift an iron box—only carry that sheep’s head in a shopping bag for missions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, by the way, you couldn’t buy me just now because its rank is too high, too high—your ability simply can’t affect me… heh, does that comfort you at all?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I… I…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop saying ‘I.’ You’re just a pitiful creature.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having forcibly defined the fissured toad’s entire life, Li Ang, seated atop the gold-and-silver mountain, suppressed his urge to mock the Holy Spirit to death, and spoke calmly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve always believed a person’s view of the world is merely a projection of their own values.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You see someone shouting—you’re not seeing the person shouting, but your own hatred of noise;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You see someone working hard—you’re not seeing the worker, but your own admiration for effort;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world is vivid and beautiful, yet you feel nothing, only seeing a horde of slaves controlled by money…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, Li Ang paused, gazing down at the giant toad crumbling inch by inch, and whispered softly with pity:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who is truly buried by money’s magic—the people striving to live… or you, who see them as slaves?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Crack!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Splash!”\u003C\u002Fp>",1330,"2026-06-20T03:18:28.556Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","05d5da86ba9835313df8ab350d55b2f42d3c87025802beaa3d7db0cfe2ad7a50","i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-56","i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-54",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-the-cleanup-crew-cover.jpg"]