Starry Sky Railway: Starting with a furious outburst at Aha

Chapter 59 Spy Dog

"Pay back the money? What does 'pay back the money' mean?"

Even in the game, Zhou Yuan doesn't have 3.5 million credits!

Zhou Yuan knew it would take forever to pay off this debt, so he decisively grabbed Xing and prepared to run away.

"I'm not coming to the Black Tower Space Station anymore. You can deal with the giant worm yourselves..."

However, Xing seemed to have some other ideas at this moment.

"Shh..." Xing raised her index finger, signaling Zhou Yuan to be quiet.

She glanced around to make sure no one was watching, then quickly reached into the trash can.

When she took her hand out again, there was an unopened can of beverage.

“Pineapple beer…” Xing glanced at the production date and nodded in satisfaction. “It’s not expired yet… It would be such a waste to throw it away.”

She looked up at Zhou Yuan, waving the clean drink in her hand that looked as if it had just fallen from a vending machine:

"Hehe, the Black Tower Space Station is richer. There's nothing good there in Yalilo."

“You…” Zhou Yuan fell silent.

“Don’t mind it, it’s just a little quirk,” Xing said, plopping down on the trash can and opening the tab. “Rich people are all like this.”

"Mmm~ Pure pineapple aroma, so refreshing."

As Xing was about to gulp down the drink, Zhou Yuan snatched it from her hand with lightning speed.

"Minors are not allowed to drink alcohol!"

"What?!" Xing's eyes widened. "Isn't this a drink?"

"It's unacceptable if it contains alcohol," Zhou Yuanyi said righteously.

His gaze fell on the pineapple beer, and he suddenly remembered that he was bankrupt.

Going from a millionaire to a billionaire in debt in the blink of an eye is a disparity that is hard to accept.

Thinking this, Zhou Yuan couldn't help but feel a surge of sadness, and unconsciously picked up the pineapple beer and poured it into his mouth.

Tons tons tons...

The bitter wine hurts my heart.

Xing, who witnessed this, felt as if the sky had fallen. She jumped off the trash can and pointed at Zhou Yuan:

"If you want to take what's mine, just say so! Don't try to fob me off with other excuses."

Her gaze then fell on the trash can. She turned on her flashlight, picked up a baseball bat, and started fiddling with it inside.

If Black Tower saw Star using his own artifact to scoop out trash cans, I wonder what it would think.

"Hey... a phone case?" Xing suddenly spotted something good and fished it out of the trash can.

"Oh my, there's still a pack of unopened earphones! Mine!!"

"USB drive? Take it back to Danheng Computer and try it!"

......

Xing kept pulling out different items, her smile growing increasingly exaggerated, making no attempt to hide her joy at the harvest:

"Making a fortune!"

Her casual, reciting-menu-like pick-up of bargains finally helped Zhou Yuan escape the debt debuff, and Zhou Yuan moved closer with a sense of unease.

"What kind of alternate dimension is this trash can from? How can it hold so much?"

"Holy crap!" Xing's hand suddenly trembled. As if she had discovered some rare treasure, she looked at Zhou Yuan in surprise and put both hands into the trash can.

"...What is it?" For some reason, seeing Xing's expression, Zhou Yuan suddenly felt as if he were participating in the theft, and even his voice unconsciously lowered.

"Could it be that my luck has finally turned?"

Zhou Yuan began to imagine a story in his mind where the two of them would pull out an incredibly valuable item from a trash can, become trash can-picking masters, and suddenly turn their lives around.

"Yes...yes..." Xing stretched her head over with an exaggerated expression.

Before Zhou Yuan could react, the pink object in the bucket was suddenly held up in front of him.

"Me!" Zhou Yuan instinctively reached out to slap him, but stopped himself the moment he saw the object clearly.

"Pepe!? What are you doing in the trash can??"

The slap Zhou Yuan delivered instantly turned into a gentle caress, and he cradled Peipei in his arms.

Pepe is the beloved pet of Estella, the stationmaster of the Black Tower Space Station; she is an adorable pink puppy with upright ears.

"Isn't that outrageous? I always said it's a good thing to like rummaging through trash cans; you never know, you might find something good." Xing smiled confidently from the side.

"Awooooooo!"

Peipei let out a soft, sweet howl, looking at Zhou Yuan as if it wanted to answer his question.

Zhou Yuan patted his head, but the synesthetic beacon inside showed no signs of working.

“I don’t understand this either,” Zhou Yuan suddenly thought of Animal Friends March 7th and immediately made a video call to her.

"March, quick, help me translate this."

After the call connected, Zhou Yuan quickly stated his request before March 7th could even speak. Then, he tossed Peipei in his hand, and Peipei immediately started singing.

"Awoooooo!"

“Uh…uh…” March 7th’s face contorted as he strained to hear what Peipei was trying to convey.

"It...it seems to be saying, 'Who threw away this bread? It's absolutely disgusting...'"

"Huh?" Zhou Yuan and Xing's eyes widened simultaneously. "Are you sure you didn't hear wrong??"

The two looked at Peipei in their arms, never expecting that such a pink and tender puppy could say such vulgar things.

At the same time, Pepe let out another howl: "Awoo??"

Upon hearing this, March 7th nodded firmly: "I'm sure, because it just said something else that meant 'Holy shit'."

"Holy crap!" Zhou Yuan and Xing exclaimed in unison, as if they were cut from the same mold.

Suddenly, Peipei started wriggling and began screaming loudly, "Awoooooo!!!"

It's saying, "Help! They're killing the dog!"

Peipei struggled in his hands, and Zhou Yuan became nervous.

He's currently in debt!

"We absolutely cannot be discovered!"

For some unknown reason, Zhou Yuan suddenly reached out and pinched the dog's muzzle, then looked down at Peipei and muttered:

"Pepe, I know you can understand us. Please calm down. I won't tell anyone what happened just now, okay?"

Feeling Peipei nod her head up and down, Zhou Yuan carefully released the dog's mouth, and Peipei indeed stopped barking.

"Alright, thank you for your help, March." Zhou Yuan hung up the video call with March and focused his attention on Peipei.

"You can understand us?" Zhou Yuan asked.

"Awoo~ Awoo~~" Peipei nodded immediately and scratched her ears with her paws.

"Do you also have synesthetic beacons in your mind?"

Pepe nodded in agreement.

"Strange, since it also has synesthetic beacons in its brain, why can't my synesthetic beacons receive its signals?"

Logically speaking, regardless of the species of the two parties, as long as they have synesthetic beacons, they can achieve barrier-free communication.

Why is it that when it comes to Peipei, it can receive its own signals, but it can't receive its own?

Zhou Yuan pondered deeply, and suddenly remembered Estella's hidden cunning nature in the side quest.

A guess flashed through Zhou Yuan's mind like a fleeting dream.

"Its signal is encrypted by Estella, so no one else can receive it!"

"Holy crap! A spy dog!!"