Chapter 495: Chapter 301: Life or Death, It All Comes Down to This

No matter what obstacles it faced, Wu Bao could overcome them with incredible speed. No matter how its opponent tried to get away, Wu Bao could stick to it without missing a step.

This was because the two Pet Beasts had fundamentally different goals.

Yu Bao practiced Desert Concealment, essentially to create distance and give itself room to unleash its wide array of Skills.

Wu Bao was the exact opposite. It increased its agility to keep from being shaken off, forcing its opponent into the kind of fight it excelled at, and then winning with its wealth of experience.

Wu Bao and Yu Bao both thought the other was incredibly cheap.

"Huh? Dad, when did you get here?"

In the study, Su Zhi stretched lazily after breaking down a match, only then noticing Su Mao behind him.

"Ha, just got here!" Su Mao ruffled his son’s hair. "Dinner’s ready. Want to eat first?"

"Definitely! If you’re not fired up to eat, there’s something wrong with you!"

"ARF!" "CHIRP!"

Su Zhi went to eat, and Yu Bao and Shan Bao immediately stopped their training, scampering into the dining room.

A moment later, happy voices drifted out. Su Mao placed his hands on his hips, filled with a sense of accomplishment, a blissful expression on his face.

Huh? Where was Wu Bao?

Su Mao glanced out the window. Wu Bao was heading back to the garage, tablet in hand.

"Aren’t you going to eat, Wu Bao?"

"Woof!" Wu Bao responded, gesturing with a paw and shaking the tablet in its grasp.

Although Su Mao couldn’t understand the language of Pet Beasts, he could guess from Wu Bao’s gestures that it wanted to read for a while first.

’It really loves web novels, huh...’

Su Mao nodded and didn’t think much more of it. He sat down at the desk. He had important matters to attend to as well.

Su Mao logged into his QQ and opened a chat window—

[Wu Bao]: Senior, the book is going premium at midnight tonight. /sweating

[Wu Bao]: The numbers have been a little lukewarm these past two days, so I’m a bit nervous...

[Gou of Gou Mao]: It’s fine. You only missed one day of updates, and you had a good reason. Readers will usually understand. Plus, you made up for it later, so it’s not a big deal.

[Gou of Gou Mao]: Qi Point is pretty understanding. All the features you were supposed to get are still scheduled.

[Wu Bao]: But my concurrent readership really did drop after I missed the update, and it hasn’t recovered yet...

[Gou of Gou Mao]: That can’t be helped. Missing an update is bound to have an effect.

[Gou of Gou Mao]: Don’t get caught up worrying about it. Just focus on the here and now.

[Wu Bao]: Mmm, I get it.

[Wu Bao]: Thank you, Senior! I’ll do my best!

[Gou of Gou Mao]: Mhmm, keep it up. I’ll give you a shout-out in a Chapter tonight!

[Wu Bao]: I’m going to go eat then! Goodbye, Senior!

"Woof!" A moment later, Wu Bao zipped back from the garage, gave Su Mao a wave, and darted into the kitchen.

Su Mao didn’t think much of it and got to work writing a recommendation for his good buddy.

It was a common practice in the web novel world for more famous and successful authors to give new writers a shout-out in a Chapter.

This was one of the few fields where colleagues were genuinely friendly. Though there were occasional cases of jealousy-fueled reports or vote manipulation, it was still squeaky clean compared to other workplaces.

Many people were drawn to the profession for this reason, but not everyone could make it.

He had known the author Wu Bao for a while now and got the impression he was a young man with a good head on his shoulders, full of hope for the future.

They hadn’t known each other long, but they’d watched the same "research materials"—and that made them bros.

Su Mao really hoped Wu Bao would be able to stick with the web novel business.

’Go for it, kid!’

「Later that night, 23:59」

All the lights in the house were out. The sound of Su Zhi’s and Yu Bao’s sleeping breaths drifted from the bedroom.

A faint light shone from the garage, as conspicuous as a firefly in the pitch-black night.

00:00

It was midnight. Time to go premium.

Wu Bao moved the one hundred stockpiled Chapters it had prepared beforehand into the VIP section, then published them one by one.

It was like a focused child building a castle, one step at a time; and also like a feverish gambler, going all-in with every chip they had.

00:23

All one hundred stockpiled Chapters were published. Wu Bao let out a long sigh, but it didn’t quite dare to open the author dashboard.

Due to the missed update, many readers who had signed up for notifications about the premium launch had already canceled.

Besides, in the world of web novels, concurrent readership was one thing, and actual subscriptions were another. It wasn’t sure how many of its readers would convert into paying subscribers. ’What if there are too many freeloaders...?’

But after a moment of internal struggle, Wu Bao gritted its teeth and typed in the password for the dashboard.

’This is it—do or die!’

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