Chapter 51: Red Alert

"Trade? Barter, or what?"

When Minato Namikaze asked Tina how she wanted to trade, Tina fell silent, feeling that she had been taking things for granted and had nothing to offer.

Liu Yuan came over and suggested, "There are some possibilities. For example, Tina can trade high-yielding rice, wheat, and watermelon seeds from her world for a few years of your grain. Based on the average harvest of previous years, just give her half of the surplus. It doesn't have to be much, just maintain the contract for three years."

Hearing this proposal, Minato Namikaze felt it was feasible, especially if he could drastically increase the yield to trade with the surplus.

"It's possible. As long as there is a significant increase in the crop yield, half of the portion that exceeds the average yield per acre can be given to you."

After saying that, Minato Namikaze winked at Tina, while Kushina, who was nearby, patted Minato Namikaze's shoulder. At this moment, he felt the approach of death.

Everyone was from different worlds, and with Liu Yuan acting as a middleman, Namikaze Minato casually agreed. If true, this kind of deal would be a significant benefit for Konoha.

In the following days, Tina brought various high-yielding seeds from her world. She had carefully calculated the yield, and for Kiba, this yield was almost doubled.

Namikaze Minato had prepared some military pills for Tina as an investment. They weren't tasty, but they were easy to make, satiating, and provided a lot of energy.

For the cursed children, the issue was not the quality of the food but the quantity. With enough food, Tina would be able to attract more cursed children to her camp.

Many of these children were barely surviving, and as long as they were given something to eat, they were willing to sell their lives for Tina.

While Tina was searching for suitable recruits, she targeted some abused and barely surviving children. She had three main goals: to finish Resident Evil while developing iso-inhibitors and fusion agents, to gather more cursed children, and to secure enough food and books for everyone.

In the blink of an eye, ten days had passed.

There were now nine people and eleven machines in the internet cafe. Each person was online for twelve hours at high intensity, and at fifty internet fees per hour, this generated 5,400 a day. If other people consumed food and drinks, the daily income could reach over 6,000.

Recently, Liu Yuan had been cutting back on his expenses, and the majority of his system's share was being replenished into the system. Counting the previous income and helping Fujimaru Kaede collect materials worldwide, Liu Yuan now had over 130,000 in cash flow.

He was now starting to think about making more, faster money. Anime, movies, and utility software were excluded. Aside from the form, the rest of the office software was not very useful to these people now, but it would be purchased again when needed.

Liu Yuan decided to save up and first opened 11 machines, spending over 20,000 to choose a new game.

Command and Conquer series.

There was just a small issue when purchasing the game.

"Hey system, why is Red Alert in the Command and Conquer series sold separately? Are you playing dirty with me?"

[I'm just going to ask you if you're going to buy it or not, and that's the end of it.]

"..."

Liu Yuan took a deep breath. He originally valued Command and Conquer as a whole series of games because of their high technological intensity. Many of the weapons, equipment, and tools were helpful to the various worlds connected to the internet cafe.

He had planned to buy the entire series from the system and sell each game separately. The original system pricing was three hundred dollars for the whole set and two hundred dollars for one, which was quite profitable.

However, the system offered him a choice between the Tiberium series and the Red Alert series. But Liu Yuan was surprised to find that the Red Alert series included not only the official version but also mod versions.

In short, all the mods opened up after playing the Tiberium series, and vice versa. This made the choice simpler. Liu Yuan directly chose the Red Alert series.

The reason was simple: he saw the modded Mental Omega finale chapter. He wanted to play and see who won the final episode. The differences between the two series were not too significant, so the choice was up to Liu Yuan.

"Kisara, a new game arrived at the internet cafe today. Do you want to play?"

"What game?"

"Real-time strategy. I haven't played it much either."

"But it's almost time to open the door?"

Kisara glanced at the time. It was now seven in the morning, with an hour left before opening. She and Liu Yuan had already cleared Resident Evil and she was now in a sage-like state, with little desire to play games. But seeing Liu Yuan's excitement, she agreed.

"Okay~"

"Let's go! This game is old and simple."

They opened their computers and launched Red Alert II, following Liu Yuan's instructions to find the encounter room he had set up.

"Ice and snow? Are we against each other?"

Kisara hesitated, knowing that playing against Liu Yuan would be a death sentence. He wasn't an expert, but he was better than her.

"What do you think? What's the point of beating you? There are advanced AI opponents here."

"What?"

She noticed that she and Liu Yuan were on one team against a computer.

"Aren't the two of us against one computer is a bit.."

Liu Yuan put on his glasses and said seriously, "Believe it or not, all of us in the internet cafe together can't beat these three computers."

"No way?"

Liu Yuan calmly added the three computers that could be selected at this stage: "These three simulate their abilities and talents. Although not as good as a complete artificial intelligence, they are at the limit of human capability."

Kisara looked at the names and couldn't help but comment, "08? Moon 3? 829? What kind of strange names are these?"

"You have to understand that the stronger the commander, the more eccentric they might be. It's not a big problem. I'll start a three-on-three, and we'll have one of the strongest 1v1 computers, Velociraptor, on our side."

"Hehe, even if it's stronger, a 3v3 fair fight won't be too bad." Kisara had an enigmatic confidence in herself, thinking that computerized opponents would be weak.

"I hope you can say that in five minutes."

Liu Yuan opened the pure game mode. The construction speed and time were completely data-driven, making it easier to get started quickly. Skilled players could finish a game in ten minutes.

However, the realism mode was different. Outsiders might see ten minutes of combat, but for players, it could be a few hours or even days.

The game began, and Kisara was very interested in commanding subordinates in battle. The game had an auxiliary AI that automatically built core items during battles.

Unlike traditional games, the Realism difficulty focused on being a commander and building multiple items simultaneously if there was enough money.

But the battles became more difficult as one progressed. If players didn't know how to command, the auxiliary AI would help, but it was no match for real elite opponents.

In no time, Kisara's base was overrun by the three top bots.