Similar to the mini game fanbase it seemed as if the Giant Plushie UFO Machine had garnered its own cult following. The first thing that all the adult Pandawans had rushed towards was this particular plushie dispensing machine.
At the same time, there were also murmurs by various UFO machine experts on how to tackle such a machine. It was the first time they saw such a gigantic UFO machine and the controls definitely different from the usual ones they had experienced. Thus, the UFO machine experts allowed other customers to try it first as they cross examined each other’s thoughts and opinions.
But the cross examination seemed rather ineffective when there was one particular guy who happened to hog the one side of the machine all to himself.
While every customer was green with envy that Xiong Da was rewarded with a customised Hippo and Egret plushie due to his large donation, it does not feel appropriate that he acted like a bully and refused to give up the machine after several attempts. (In fact, it’s many, many failed attempts that the crowd got bored looking.)
“Who dares to interrupt my plushie attempts?!!!” Xiong Da shouted, which caused the bystanders to move aside and let him continue his attempts to gather more of them. If anything else, Xiong Da was happy that he now had unlimited spending power to get the plushies.
All that Hippo Cultivator needed was time.
However, the Pandawans like Luo Bo, the Rabbit Cultivator would not back down without a fight… which in the end escalated into such a significant disturbance that He Rong had to call Jin to settle it their dispute. Yang Ling decided to tag along Jin as she had met Xiong Da before and was curious to see how Jin would mediate the fight.
“You know, you could probably just add a new rule to ensure that everyone has to take turns trying that machine.” Yang Ling suggested as they took the elevator up to the Panda Arcade Store Instance. She had asked Jin if he wanted some fries which were packed in cute Panda packaging paper bag. Jin gladly took two pieces and noticed that she had already hung the new Panda Miniature Keychain at the side of her wheelchair.
“Nah, that rule would probably turn many people off. Especially for those who really want the plushie so badly that they were willing to spend loads on it. Erm…just not Xiong Da. Although I kind of figure he would be there when I created that UFO machine.” Jin said with his mouth filled with fries as they walked towards the Panda Arcade Store Instance.
“That’s true. But what are you going to do? Let them fight it out? I don’t recall you having an instance to allow for proper cultivator versus cultivator dungeon instance.” Yang Ling inquired as they entered the store to see Xiong Da and Luo Bo fighting over the controls.
The small sized girl was doing all she could to prevent that fatty from playing while Shi Zuo, the Mad Monkey Cultivator merely stood at the sight and watched them fight like little kids.
“Thank goodness my machines were made of good quality, or else I swear those two rascals would have dismantled it by now.” Jin sighed as he told Yang Ling to give him a moment.
“Do you require my guards?” Yang Ling offered as a sign of concern, but Jin just shook his head nonchalantly.
“What do you two think you are doing here exactly? You are both adults, yet you behave worse than children bickering over a candy! You are supposed to lead by example, Do I need to revoke your Pandawan status?” Jin berated them as he folded his hands while giving them accusing looks.
“But he started it first!”
“But she started it first!”
Both of them yelled simultaneously, pointing fingers at each other while their partners shrugged their shoulders, not wanting to get involved. He requested the immature adults to leave the Giant Plushie UFO machine to allow the others a chance to use it.
“Do you really want a giant plushie that bad?” Jin asked the two angsty cultivators who had stared down at each other, but eventually turned their heads towards Jin at the mention of ‘plushie’.
Both just nodded.
“Fine, since you two are Pandawans, I am allowing you to undergo a special challenge. Luo Bo, should you win, you will get a personalised Rabbit Giant Plushie while if Xiong Da wins, he will get to choose one of those plushies up there. Deal?”
“Why does she get a customised plushie?!” Xiong Da exclaimed at which point Ruo Ying finally entered the scene and pulled his ear.
“Dear. Remember what I told you? Don’t get too greedy.” Ruo Ying reminded him, and she surprisingly managed to control him very well.
Jin could only look at her with an expression of disbelief.
“…Honestly, if you did that earlier, everything could be solved.” Jin sighed even stronger, but Shi Zuo shook his head.
“My bunny girl would not have listened to me.” Shi Zuo intervened, and Ruo Ying echoed the same sentiments. If she did that earlier, it would not have been effective at all.
“Why do I feel that all of this was merely a big ploy by the four of you to mess with me? And to get me to issue out more giant (customised) plushies?” Jin accused them loudly while putting his hand at his temple and shaking his head.
“You were the one who initiated and suggested the solution, not us.” Shi Zuo chuckled at Jin’s overthinking of the whole situation. He knew that his girlfriend was being childish and Ruo Ying agreed wholeheartedly with him.
“Fine, fine,” Jin replied as he looked at them and saw how eager they were to win against each other.
“Follow me, all of you.” He asked the two couples to follow behind Yang Ling. On the way, Xiong Da revealed to them the identity of the woman in the wheelchair. However, he was slightly confused as to why she was in a wheelchair when he remembered that Yang Ling was able to walk perfectly fine the last he saw her. Yet, his gut instincts told him that it would be rude and inappropriate to ask something like that in public, and she must have her reasons.
When they reached the top of the Tree Mall, the cultivators felt more peaceful in their hearts than ever before to the point, the two grumbling cultivators nearly forgave each other on the spot. Yang Ling laughed at Jin’s customers, seeing how spontaneous they were and was slightly envious of their friendship.
Jin led them to the centre of the top level, where they were welcomed by the enormous portrait of Jin and his monsters. There were a number of people gathering right in front of it admiring the picture. Yang Ling was extremely interested in it but did not wish to disturb the crowd in front of her.
Xiong Da, on the other hand, was shameless and loudly requested to allow the person in the wheelchair to get a better look at the portrait.
Using her ‘crippled’ status, they got close to the portrait and saw the entirety of it.
Luo Bo tried to take a picture but was unhappy to realise it was blurred out even after a couple of tries. Shi Zuo was startled that Jin’s portrait made use of the latest censoring technology which only prominent museums utilised for artefacts and relics of great value.
“To me, it’s one of the most valuable pieces that showed a milestone in my life,” Jin revealed solemnly, and the rest silently continued to appreciate the art piece.
While they were busy admiring the picture, Jin opened his Pandamonium app. A large big ‘Enter Store’ appeared as a banner at the top of the app. With a crowd of this size blocking the ‘main entry’ of the store, the System had also modified the Pandamonium app to allow entry other than from the QR code in front of the portrait. (Did Jin mention that he also changed the QR code to include the shape of a Panda in it too?)
Customers in the vicinity of the top level would be given directions via GPS to the centre of the park if they wished to enter Jin’s Panda and Dungeons instance. Alternatively, they could access his store’s instance instantly by hitting the large big ‘Enter Store’ button, which was revealed the moment they reach the top level of the Tree Mall.
Thus Jin informed his customers that once they were done admiring his magnificent portrait, they could find him at his store instance.
