[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-idle-tycoon-system":3,"chapter-idle-tycoon-system-idle-tycoon-system-chapter-53":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Idle Tycoon System",{"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},1828137,2431,"Chapter 53: Lola, Level 2 Auto","idle-tycoon-system-chapter-53",53,"\u003Cp>So I control the customer list. It’s quite a useful feature for dealing with problem customers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noah weighed his options.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His business sense demanded him to allow profitable customers inside. But his personal survival instincts suggested keeping the dangerous succubi at safe distances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But watching Lola’s expression through his peripheral vision, Noah found unexpected satisfaction in having leverage over her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For now, let her wait. A little humility never hurt anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The morning rush hit like a tidal wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Demons flooded his shop with unprecedented enthusiasm, word having spread through Sin City’s gossip networks overnight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Viscount Vex’s dramatic recovery testimonial had apparently gotten him some more customers than Noah anticipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That Viscount is something else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Customer after customer streamed through his doors, gold coins flowing like water from an endless spring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aristocratic demons, working-class demons with calloused hands, even a few demons who looked like they’d stepped out of academic libraries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noah’s convenience store had become their attraction site, where they get their good groceries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through it all, Lola remained stationed outside his shop like a beautiful, frustrated sentinel. Her ruby eyes tracked every transaction with growing irritation, watching as all the stock was being depleted at an alarming rate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good. That’s what you deserve. You are not the only one who can tease, little succubus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sales mounted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twenty gold coins per tea bottle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten per bread loaf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each transaction adding to Noah’s growing fortune while Lola’s pout deepened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One iced tea, please.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Two bread loaves for my family.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The whole shelf—money’s not a problem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry, one item per customer.\" Noah rejected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final customer was an elderly demon with some cracked horns, he completed his purchase before leaving the store.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twenty-three bottles of iced tea and eleven loaves of bread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sold out before noon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five hundred and seventy gold coins. In one morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noah’s hands trembled as he counted the last payment. The numbers blurred together in his mind, too large to process immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I made fifty-seven thousand dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a single day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How much is that in a month...? Too much to count.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He collapsed onto his stool, overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of his success. The system notification blazed across his retina like digital fireworks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Host: Noah Carter\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Age: 28\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shops: 1\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daily Revenue: $3,000\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Current Assets: $140,220.64\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shop Points: 1,560\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Attributes: Strength: 4 \u002F\u002F Vitality: 4 \u002F\u002FIntelligence: 7 \u002F\u002FAgility: 3\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skills: Swordsmanship (Level 4), Mana Control (Level 4), Cooking (Level 2), Programming (Level 2), Finance (Level 1), Surviving on Ramen (Level 3), Gaming (Level 1)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hundred and forty thousand dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have more money than some small companies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside, Lola’s voice drifted through the open doorway. She’d overheard enough customer interactions to piece together his identity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Noah...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me in... I promise you won’t regret it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Promise. Right. Like I’d trust a succubus’s promises. What if you eat me before I can have a chance to kick you out? Who is going to return my first-time cards, huh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The way she said his name made him shudder...Each syllable dripped with seduction, designed to bypass his defences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She is definitely staying out there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noah focused on his system interface, using numbers and logic to shield himself against her seductive assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time to check the auto-makers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Auto-IceTea ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Level: 2\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Production Rate: 1 Iced Tea every hour\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Max Stock: 24\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Progress: 28\u002F100\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Auto-Baker]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Level: 2\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Production Rate: 2 Loaves every hour\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Max Stock: 24\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Progress: 2\u002F100\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both machines hit Level 2. Finally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ice tea maker had jumped to 28% completion toward Level 3. At this rate, four more days would unlock the next tier of production capabilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Better efficiency, higher output, more money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the auto-baker’s transformation impressed him more as it had levelled up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Level 2 had doubled his maximum stock while quadrupling production speed, it was the same rate of progression as the Auto-IcedTea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two loaves every hour meant forty-eight pieces daily instead of twelve. But unfortunately, his max stock was only twenty-four, which didn’t help. But at least if he kept selling them, he wouldn’t have to worry about max stock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Hm...Well, I suppose I can eat some myself now. It’s better than going to waste.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combined output would reach forty-two items daily once both machines hit full capacity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At his current prices, that represented 720 gold coins, at least $72,000 in daily sales potential.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s nearly half a million per week, from two products only. What if I can add more products when I level up the shop to level 2....I can’t wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The conditions to level up his store to level 2 were five thousand shop points and levelling up his two auto-makers to level 2. He had already completed the second condition, which meant he had one condition left to complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>5,000 Shop Points. I’m still quite far from it. I only have 1,560 currently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Noah, please...I want to taste that liquid again, it was so soothing, refreshing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m a loyal customer. I just want to buy your delicious tea again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noah finally responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But why?\" She pouted, her eyes glistening as if hurt, before continuing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve been thinking about that tea all night. The way it made me feel... so warm, so energised. I need more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything she says sounds like innuendo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just let me in, Noah. Let me taste your magic again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noah’s cheeks burned despite his best efforts to remain professional. The woman could make ordering coffee sound like a sin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I won’t let you in. There’s nothing to sell anyway.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lola’s pout deepened, transforming her beautiful features into something that could break hearts across three kingdoms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmph! Fine, but at least for next time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The succubus remained stationed outside his threshold like a gorgeous, determined siege engine. Her tail swished with barely contained frustration, but her posture suggested she’d wait all day if necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She is very persistent. I’ll give her that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed, and Lola still waited outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Okay, I kind of feel bad now.\u003C\u002Fp>",996,"2026-06-09T06:05:14.334Z",1,"novelbin.me","9658cfd0b05cb681c700801499d7783655264716052f296b45a99068fd3d32bc","idle-tycoon-system-chapter-54","idle-tycoon-system-chapter-52",438,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fidle-tycoon-system-cover.jpg"]