Chapter 46: Red Dot

Meg laughed as she looked at Zhao Hai. She really didn’t expect that a person’s personality could change so much. The Adam of the past was a wild, extroverted, and carefree idiot. But the current Zhao Hai is an introverted, steady, and meticulous big boy. She likes the current Zhao Hai more.

Seeing that Meg wasn’t speaking, Zhao Hai didn’t know what to do and could only say, "Then just sit wherever you like. I’ll go check the situation outside." After saying this, he turned and walked to the screen by the bed, tapped it, and started looking at the situation outside.

The 3D map of the castle appeared again, but there were no more green dots on it. Since yesterday, Zhao Hai hadn’t seen any green dots on this 3D map.

Seeing no green dots on the map, Zhao Hai didn’t bother to look further. He had already seen very clearly how the castle was destroyed over these days and didn’t want to see it again.

Zhao Hai sighed. He planned to wait for two more days. If there were still no green dots on the map after two days, he would send Merlin and the others out to check if the monsters had retreated.

Meg stood beside Zhao Hai, also looking at the screen. She had learned how to read the screen over these days, but she couldn’t operate it. Only with Zhao Hai’s permission could she operate it, just like with other things in this space. Without Zhao Hai’s permission, no one could operate them.

Wood had tried to pick up the small shovel and bucket, but the result was that these two items seemed to be nailed to the ground. With Wood’s strength, he couldn’t move them at all.

Meg also knew that the green dots on the map were the monsters. They had been very concerned about the situation outside these days, so she knew that there had been no monsters on the screen since yesterday. At that time, Merlin wanted to go out and check, but Zhao Hai stopped her.

Merlin didn’t strongly oppose it. She also knew what Zhao Hai was worried about. But now, seeing that there were still no green dots on the map, Meg became a bit anxious and said to Zhao Hai, "Young Master, there might be no more monsters outside now. Let me go out and check. I’m fast, so there won’t be any danger."

Zhao Hai shook his head and said, "It’s not the right time yet. The monsters just disappeared. They might still be wandering around outside the wasteland. If they sense that there are living beings in the castle, they might rush in again, which would make things even more troublesome. Let’s stay in the space for two more days. That would be safer."

Hearing Zhao Hai’s words, Meg didn’t insist and nodded. Suddenly, she seemed to notice something and immediately looked at the screen. "Young Master, why is there a red dot on the screen?"

Zhao Hai, who wasn’t paying attention to the screen, didn’t notice the red dot, but Meg did. A small red dot appeared on the screen, and it was moving very quickly. Zhao Hai understood that this dot was moving very fast in the main castle’s rooms, which made him a bit stunned, as he had never encountered such a situation before.

Zhao Hai immediately tapped the screen. Because the red dot was moving too fast, Zhao Hai couldn’t tap it, so he tapped the living room position and waited there, watching what the red dot was.

Meg’s eyes were also fixed on the screen, occasionally glancing at the top of the screen, where there was a smaller 3D map. From this 3D map, she could see the direction of the red dot’s movement. The red dot was now active on the third floor, moving in a very regular pattern, investigating each room, but very quickly.

Soon, the red dot came down from the third floor and quickly moved toward the living room. Zhao Hai and Meg’s attention immediately focused on the living room. They wanted to see what the red dot was.

Suddenly, a figure flashed on the screen, and a person suddenly appeared. Zhao Hai and Meg were both stunned, but when they saw this person, they were both delighted. This person was none other than Green, who had been missing for several days.

Seeing it was Green, Meg couldn’t help but cheer and grabbed Zhao Hai’s shoulder. "Young Master, it’s Grandpa, Grandpa is back, he’s looking for us."

Zhao Hai nodded and thought for a moment. A space rift with mist appeared in front of Green, and then Zhao Hai said in a deep voice, "Grandpa Green, come in quickly."

Green was really anxious. He had been back in the Black Earth Wasteland for two days. This time, when he left the Black Earth Wasteland, he went to the Vansel Principality, a principality under the Aksum Empire. The Grand Duke was Ivan Vansel. The principality wasn’t very large, but because it was backed by the Black Earth Wasteland, it faced no threats and developed well, with a very developed economy. It was one of the most developed regions in the Aksum Empire, and Grand Duke Ivan was one of the most powerful grand dukes in the Aksum Empire.

It’s worth noting that the Vansel family had a very close relationship with the Buda family. Even to this day, Adam Buda still had a marriage contract with Ivan Vansel’s beloved daughter, the future Grand Duchess, Ryan Vansel. Ryan was nominally still Adam Buda’s fiancée, which made her Zhao Hai’s fiancée as well.

However, the discerning people on the continent could see that the Vansel family would not recognize this marriage contract. Everyone understood that there was no true friendship or love between nobles, and even Adam and Ryan’s marriage contract was more of a political marriage.

Therefore, when the Buda family was in trouble, Green did not seek help from the Vansel family, and the Vansel family also chose to forget about the Buda family. Even when the Buda family passed through the Vansel Principality to enter the Black Earth Wasteland, no one from the Vansel family came to meet Green and his group.

Green didn’t think about meeting anyone from the Vansel family. He knew that the Vansel family not adding to their troubles was already a form of care.

But Green had to admit that the Vansel family’s territory was well-managed. It was precisely because of this that, despite its small size, it had become a principality.

With good development, the living standards of ordinary people were relatively high, making it easier to sell magic vegetables. So, Green didn’t travel too far and directly went to the Vansel Principality, where he found a large magic vegetable supplier and negotiated the price of the radishes.

Eighty thousand pounds of radishes is a lot, but it’s impossible to impact the radish market of a country, even if it’s just a small principality.

However, what Zhao Hai had wasn’t just eighty thousand pounds of radishes. If Zhao Hai was willing, he could plant and harvest three crops of radishes a day, meaning he could harvest 240,000 pounds of radishes a day. 240,000 pounds a day? What does that mean? If Zhao Hai continued to harvest radishes for a month, it would be enough for the entire Aksum Empire to eat radishes.

This was the dilemma for Green. He didn’t understand Zhao Hai’s space well enough, so he could only maximize the benefits of the radishes. The magic vegetable supplier he found this time was a famous large merchant across the continent, the Makider Trading Company.

The Makider Trading Company was a well-known monopoly in daily necessities on the continent, and magic vegetables were one of their main businesses. Their family’s business was so large that even ordinary nobles didn’t dare to offend them.

Originally, a small business like Green’s, with only a few tens of thousands of pounds, wouldn’t catch the eye of the Makider family. However, one thing made the Makider family interested in Green: the quality of the radishes.

The radishes produced on the continent, also known as magic radishes, were not very large and had a spicy taste, making them not very palatable. However, the white radishes produced in the space had no such taste, were straight and plump, and tasted crisp and sweet, making them irresistible. To put it in internet slang, "Space products are always top-notch."

It was precisely the quality of the radishes that led to an agreement between Green and the Makider family. Green’s radishes would be sold to the Makider family at 80% of the market price, and the Makider family would purchase 200,000 pounds of radishes per month. This was a minimum quantity, and if the radishes sold well, they could purchase more in the future.

Just as this deal was finalized, Green heard a piece of news from the mercenaries in the Vansel Principality: the monsters in the Corpse Swamp had rebelled. This news made Green’s heart sink to the bottom. He immediately rushed back to the Black Earth Wasteland, but at that time, there were too many monsters and undead creatures in the Black Earth Wasteland, and he couldn’t enter the castle’s range.

Green, with a heart burning like fire, waited for two days at the edge of the Black Earth Wasteland. During these two days, he felt like an ant on a hot pan, almost going crazy with worry, but he had no way to help.

Green and his group were not unaware that the monsters in the Corpse Swamp would rebel. However, they had been active in the capital of the Aksum Empire and didn’t know much about the situation in the Black Earth Wasteland. The Black Earth Wasteland was a dead land, and no one came there, so everyone paid little attention to it. The information they had was vague, and they only knew that the monsters in the Corpse Swamp rebelled every ten to twenty years. The last time the monsters rebelled in the Corpse Swamp was two years ago, so whether it was Green or others on the continent, everyone thought this period should be safe.

It was precisely because of this that Green didn’t invest much in the castle’s defense. When he heard that the monsters in the Corpse Swamp had rebelled, he felt as if his head had been hit by a hammer. He was afraid that something would happen to Zhao Hai and the others. If something happened to Zhao Hai and the others, the Buda family would be finished.