"Wait, there’s really a feature like that?" Kisha muttered, brows furrowing as she tried to recall everything she had seen during the territory space’s recent upgrade. "I don’t remember noticing anything like that when I checked the new functions..."
"Host, you really didn’t notice it because you were too focused on the major upgrades, the integration of the Spiritual Crystal Gatherer with the territory, and the other big features grabbed all of your attention. There are still several functions you haven’t explored yet."
"Among those overlooked additions is the rental feature. It’s easy to miss unless you individually check each housing unit, machinery, or item in your territory. The option only appears when you click on the specific object itself, so if you didn’t inspect everything one by one, it’s completely normal that you didn’t see it," 008 continued, watching Kisha sink deeper into her thoughts.
Now that she’d been enlightened, Kisha glanced outside and spotted one of the STAU members helping clean up the used tables after the meal. She walked over to him and said, "You stored the heavy machinery in your spatial space, right? Can you take out the smallest one? I want to test something."
Although the STAU was confused by her request, he still obeyed. Moments later, he placed a forklift in the small courtyard of the kindergarten. As soon as he did, Kisha opened her territory interface.
Since she had already granted Duke full access to it, he could see everything she was seeing. He quietly observed her with interest, curious about what she was planning to do.
Kisha walked over to the forklift, checking its item description, model number, serial number, and everything else she needed. Because both she and the machinery were currently outside her territory, and because she hadn’t officially registered the forklift as one of her assets, she couldn’t access the rental page yet.
Following 008’s instructions, she manually registered the machine through her territory interface. She entered the serial number, model type, and number, and uploaded a 3D image of it.
Only after that did the interface finally recognize the forklift as one of her properties. The moment it was registered, the options she needed appeared when she tapped the item on the screen.
...
[Terrain Forklift — ERTF2800]
[Description: Everun began its wheel-loader export operations in 2007. With the support of its customers, Qingdao Everun Machinery Co., Ltd. was established in the scenic coastal city of Qingdao, known for its convenient transportation access.
Specification:(Load Center: 565 mm)(Rated Capacity: 2000 kg)(Net Weight: 4300 kg)
Technical Parameters: ...]
Beside the standard machine details, new options appeared:
[Locate Item]
[Modify Item]
[Rent Item]
[Exit]
And when she saw the [Rent Item] option, Kisha tapped it, and another window unfolded.
[Rent ’Terrain Forklifts—ERTF2800’?]
[Please input the rental price.]
Kisha paused, considering the actual cost of keeping the machine running, the fuel it needed, the maintenance, the storage. Charging three level-1 crystal cores per day sounded reasonable, so she entered the amount.
[Are you sure you want to set the rental price of ’Terrain Forklifts—ERTF2800’ to 3 crystal cores per day?]
[Yes] or [No]
Without hesitation, she selected Yes.
Another prompt appeared immediately:
[Please specify the number of rental days.]
[Are you sure you want to rent the item for 2 days?]
[Yes] or [No]
...
She clicked "Yes" again and thought about how extensive the rental process was. At first, it seemed cumbersome, but she realized that the detailed steps were actually helpful; if someone wanted to back out mid-process, they could stop before completion.
Deciding not to overthink it, she continued with the rental to get familiar with the feature. Once she mastered it, she could send the process to Aston and Tristan back at HOPE Base so they could apply it to all items.
This would be especially useful since Fred and the others had brought back so many off-road Hummers for renting or selling to outsiders. In this way, they could turn it into another business venture in the apocalypse, earning more crystal cores to support their warriors without constantly putting them in danger.
...
[Rental successful.]
[Do you wish to set up auto-retrieval once the rental period is over?]
[Yes] or [No]
...


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