Online Game: My Decay Drives the Entire Server Crazy

”Mining is your business. I only look at the delivery list on Monday. If one item is missing, I deduct a 1% commission; if ten are missing, I deduct 10%. If you fail to meet the standard for four consecutive weeks, the contract will automatically trigger the breach clause.”

The purple energy core in the Lord of the Abyss’s eyes pulsed: ”What is the breach clause?”

”Cross-dimensional Decay backlash. Your abyss source will be reverse-extracted and injected into my Talent core. How much is extracted depends on the degree of the breach. A total breach means it will all be drained.”

The Lord of the Abyss was silent for a long time. When it signed the contract, it thought ”the breaching party will suffer cross-dimensional Decay backlash” was just a standard system phrase. Now it realized it was a hidden clause handwritten by Lin Ye.

”You planned this long ago.”

Lin Ye lay back down on the folding cot: ”How can I be a boss if I don’t plan well?”

Footsteps came from the direction of the entrance to the bottom of the abyss. Fatty Wang ran in holding a stack of ledgers, followed by Su Qinghan and Pojun. Fatty Wang placed the ledgers on the golden desk.

”Brother, the global sales statistics for the Abyss Protection Package are out. Three thousand copies of the Abyssal Director Escort Edition were sold, eight thousand copies of the Lord of the Abyss Clone Escort Edition were sold, and 150,000 copies of the Basic Edition were sold. Total revenue is 4.7 billion gold coins.”

Lin Ye tilted his head to look at the Lord of the Abyss: ”The commission for the Abyssal Director Escort Edition is 10%. Three thousand copies means 300 million gold coins. It’s yours.”

The purple energy core in the Lord of the Abyss’s eyes brightened. 300 million gold coins; that was enough to buy quite a lot of equipment for mining the abyss veins.

Fatty Wang added: ”However, Director, your commission needs to be taxed first. A 5% cross-server transaction tax and a 3% cross-dimensional energy conversion fee. The actual amount received is 276 million.”

The light in the Lord of the Abyss’s eyes dimmed again. Having lived for who knows how many tens of thousands of years, this was the first time it felt heartache over being taxed.

Su Qinghan walked to Lin Ye’s side and lowered her voice: ”The official game planner is lurking in the livestream, and they haven’t left. They said they want to talk to you about the subsequent versions.”

Lin Ye looked at the livestream screen. Indeed, someone was lurking in the corner of the screen, with an ID bearing the title of Official Game Planner, their hands shaking as they spammed rockets in the barrage.

”Let him in.”

The official game planner scrambled into the bottom of the abyss and stood in front of the golden desk. He looked at the nearly four-meter-tall Lord of the Abyss behind the desk, then looked at Lin Ye lying on the folding cot, and swallowed hard.

”Brother Ye, the Lord of the Abyss is now your material supplier. The core items for the next three versions are all related to the Lord of the Abyss. Can you ask it to leave some for us?”

Lin Ye sat up from the folding cot: ”Leave how much?”

The planner held up three fingers: ”Leave three artifacts and three hundred epic crystals per week. We will use them for version event rewards.”

Lin Ye looked at the Lord of the Abyss. The Lord of the Abyss was silent for a moment: ”Three artifacts and three hundred crystals, deduct it from my commission. It will not affect the submission amount stipulated in the contract.”

Lin Ye nodded: ”Fine. The deducted portion will be made up from your commission. It won’t affect my receipt of goods.”

The purple energy core in the Lord of the Abyss’s eyes pulsed violently. It had just finished calculating the tax and realized it received less than expected, and now it had to have its commission deducted to cover the version event. On its first day of work, it hadn’t seen any money, but it had already filled two holes.

The planner seemed relieved as if granted amnesty, thanked him repeatedly, and exited the bottom of the abyss. The livestream barrage exploded again.

”Wocao Wuqing: The Lord of the Abyss is getting money deducted on its first day of work; that’s even more miserable than my job.”

”Brick-Moving Expert: Taxed, charged fees, commission deducted—the Lord of the Abyss’s payslip is probably negative.”