Chapter 2221: Paradise Realm! Void Mica
Jiangnan was immediately drawn in and turned to walk toward the crowd!
It was a flea market, all individual vendors selling ores, bartering, a mixed bag, very lively!
Seeing Jiangnan go over, Shengyi was terrified, instantly imagining countless ways a conflict could break out!
She rushed in front of Jiangnan!
(ꐦÒ‸Ó)۶"Move aside! Make way, don't step on my Lord Blake's feet! Have some awareness, will you?"
"What are you pushing for? If you bump into our Lord Blake, can you afford it?"
Shengyi bustled about, actually carving a path through the crowd for Jiangnan. The onlookers grumbled, but seeing she was a beautiful girl, they said nothing.
Some even recognized Shengyi, since she was quite famous in the ferryman circle, so they let it slide.
Shengyi's nerves were stretched taut the whole time. The task of safeguarding peace in the starry sky now rested on my shoulders!
I can't let the Jiang Devil get bullied in the Northern Crown Star either, right?
Thanks to Shengyi, Jiangnan reached the stall.
He saw that the vendors were a few Star Breaker level experts from the Hidden Spirit Clan, dressed like professional adventurers.
On the stall were piles of cloud-white crystals, probably a few hundred pieces.
The space around the crystals was distorted, containing extremely intense spatial energy.
Jiangnan's eyes lit up. He crouched down, picked one up, and examined it.
(๑•̌～•̑)ˀ̣ˀ̣"What's this? How much?"
The Hidden Spirit Clan young man glared: (ꐦÒ益Ó)"Don't touch if you're not buying. It's pretty expensive! Can you afford to break it?"
Shengyi: !!!
Why are there always people rushing to die?
Before Jiangnan could speak, Shengyi stepped forward and slapped the table:
(ꐦ°᷄д°᷅)シ┳━┳"Jiluo! How dare you speak to my Lord Blake like that? Don't want to hang around here anymore?"
Seeing it was Shengyi, the Hidden Spirit Clan guy flinched, forehead sweating profusely:
(⌒ㅂ⌒;)"Heaven's Chosen Sister Sheng? Ahaha~ My mistake, my mistake! Since you brought him, he's welcome to look!"
Jiangnan was surprised. Shengyi wasn't lying; quite a few people here recognized her.
Shengyi frantically winked at Jiluo:
(๑◔⌂◔ิ)"Why don't you introduce it to Lord Blake?"
Jiluo was also confused. For Shengyi to be so respectful, could this dark guy be some hidden big shot?
(͡°ก͡°)"Ahem~ This is called Void Mica. It's the hottest ore in the Starry Sky Mine right now. A single piece has been hyped up to a million Star Source Points!"
"It wasn't worth much originally, only skyrocketed in the last three or four months. Lord Blake just got here? Never heard of Void Mica?"
Jiangnan was stunned: "I haven't. Is it really that expensive?"
Jiangnan could sense that Void Mica contained extremely pure spatial force.
Purer than any spatial force he had absorbed so far, incomparable to dimension beads or spatial spirit beads.
But that was about it. Absorbing star source energy was the same; once inside the body, it automatically converted to spatial attribute spiritual energy.
Although the spatial force in Void Mica was purer than converted energy, a million Star Source Points per piece? That was really not worth it.
Jiluo chuckled: "You wouldn't know! Void Mica is a treasure! It contains a lot of spatial force. After the spatial force is absorbed and depleted, these Void Micas automatically absorb spatial force from the surroundings until they're full again. And the recovery process doesn't take long!"
"In other words, Void Mica can be reused! It can replace dimension beads as the driving source for Star Gates, warp engines, particle transmitters, and mechanical wormholes without frequent replacement!"
"In the last few months, the Bose Clan and the Silicon-Based have been buying up Void Mica at high prices!"
Jiangnan was shocked, immediately realizing the value of Void Mica.
Good grief! The Bose Clan and Silicon-Based weren't just toughing it out. Ever since being constrained by the dimension war, they'd started looking for substitutes for dimension beads.
Void Mica, being reusable and self-recharging, was the perfect replacement!
If they secured a stable source of Void Mica, one investment would last a lifetime, and they wouldn't have to worry about dimension bead supply being cut off!
Before humans caused so much trouble, the two factions had no crisis awareness, since they never had to worry about dimension bead sources.
But now they were starting to find solutions?
Jiangnan perked up. No way I'm letting you succeed!
(︶～︶〃)ﾉ"How many do you have? I'll take them all!"
He wouldn't let go of anything related to spatial attributes, especially something that could recharge automatically.
Hearing that, Jiluo's eyes lit up.
(✧̫✧ꐦ)"Sure thing, boss! A total of 247 pieces, one million Star Source Points each. So..."
Jiangnan grinned:
(๑¯ิٹ¯ิ)"Hold on~ Let's talk. Where did you get this Void Mica? I'm more interested in that."
Jiluo beamed and spilled everything like beans from a jar.
"It's not exactly a secret. My team and I went through life and death, even lost one member, and barely got a few hundred pieces of Void Mica from the Paradise Realm."
"That place really isn't for humans. It almost killed us. I don't know how many people have turned into photos stuck in there."
"The entire starry sky only produces Void Mica from the Paradise Realm. There's a great terror inside!"
Hearing this, the onlookers got excited.
Σ(°△°|||)"Paradise Realm? Isn't that in Lady Chong Bishi's No. 665 mining area? How did you sneak in? Daring to infiltrate her mining area? You really have no regard for your lives?"
"But damn, that's profitable! As long as you bring out a bit of Void Mica, you can live it up for a long time!"
Jiangnan was taken aback: "Paradise Realm? In Chong Bishi's mining area?"
Oh? Here comes the info.
Chong Feiyu leaned close to Jiangnan and whispered in his ear.
(ﾉ)❛ั3❛ั)･ˇ～ˇ･｡)"I remember the Paradise Realm. It's on the edge of the 665 mining area. That area is pretty big! It's been there for a long time."
"When I was still in power, I tried to develop the Paradise Realm, but it was too dangerous. No matter how many swarms I sent in, they all died, turned into photos. Very few came out alive."
"The Void Mica brought out wasn't worth much either, since there was a large circulation of dimension beads on the market. The investment didn't match the returns, so I gave up development and left it alone."
"Who knew Void Mica would become valuable now?"
Jiangnan asked curiously: (｡ì～í｡)"Turn into photos? What does that mean?"
Chong Feiyu grimaced: "I can't explain what kind of monster it is. They just turned into photos. There's something in there beyond my understanding."
Jiangnan was shocked. Even Chong Feiyu at her peak found it dangerous and called it a monster?
What exactly is in the Paradise Realm?
Jilou chuckled: "Infiltrate Lady Chong Bishi's mining area? Am I crazy? Who would dare? If I get caught and used as a breeding tool, won't that screw me over?"
"Although the 665 mining area is off-limits, there's a part of the Paradise Realm that borders the 666 mining area!"
"That's a poor mining area. The owner is an old guy from the Crystal Clan. He was originally running at a loss. But now that Void Mica prices have skyrocketed, this old guy opened his mining area, letting people who want to enter the Paradise Realm pass through his land for a per-head fee. This guy is making bank, you know?"
Hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up. There's such a thing?
You couldn't enter Chong Bishi's mining area, but you could enter from the 666 mining area?
Some people immediately got ideas.
"Doesn't that count as trespassing into Lady Chong Bishi's mining area? Isn't that stealing ore? Doesn't she care?"
Jiluo rolled his eyes: "Fortune favors the bold! Besides, in the Paradise Realm, you can barely take care of your own life. Who has time to police you?"
"If anyone's desperate enough to go, do it now. That old guy might raise the ticket price soon. As for me, I'm never going there again!"
"The Paradise Mirror fragments are too terrifying. If I could bring one out and make a weapon, it would be unstoppable!"
Hearing that, everyone shuddered.
(￢﹏￢)"Forget it? Who would dare touch that thing? Unless they're tired of living! You dodge it if you can. Getting Void Mica out of there is impressive enough."
But Jiangnan listened with rapt attention. The 666 mining area? Paradise Realm? And it borders Chong Bichi's mining area?
This is promising!
Jiangnan quietly asked:
(ﾉ)ớ₃ờ)"What's this Paradise Mirror fragment they're talking about? Is it strong?"
Chong Feiyu also shivered: "That's the photo thing~ Touch it and you die. If not for that, the Paradise Realm wouldn't be so hard to develop."
Wang Youzhi looked at Jiangnan, remembering something, and a slight smile curled at the corner of his mouth.
(˶‾᷄⥎‾᷅˵)"If you have time, it's worth checking out that Paradise Realm. That place is interesting. You might gain something if you go."
Jiangnan got even more excited. If Dazhi said so, he had to go!
He could also scout out Chong Bichi's mine situation while at it.
The Paradise Realm was in the 665 mining area. The mining area was originally Chong Feiyu's, and she was his! So mine!
I'm taking my own treasure, and I have to pay?
Jiangnan immediately decided not to pay. He packed up the entire stall of Void Mica, turned around, and prepared to leave.
Jiluo: ???
(ﾟ口ﾟ)ﾂ"Please hold, sir! You seem to have forgotten something?"
Jiangnan raised an eyebrow: (๑◔～◔ิ๑)"What?"
Jiluo glared: (งᵒ̌皿ᵒ̌)ง"What? You ask what? Pay up! You said you'd take them all, but you haven't paid yet. You want to take my goods and leave? Don't tell me you're broke and pretending to be rich?"
Jiangnan wasn't angry. He turned to look at Shengyi.
(•̫́•̀)"What are you standing there for? Don't you have any awareness? You don't expect me to pay when shopping, do you?"
Shengyi's mouth fell open. She pointed at her own nose in disbelief.
ᕦ(°口°๑)
Me? I pay?
You own over a dozen star source planets, and you want me to pay for this small change?
At this moment, Jiluo's hand was already extended toward Shengyi, his expression unfriendly.
(〃°ー°)っ"Total: 247 million Star Source Points! Cash or transfer?"
Shengyi almost spat blood on the spot!
This, this is an astronomical figure!
She turned to look at Jiangnan, who showed no sign of paying.
She said weakly: (´◔～◔`)"I...I don't have enough in my wallet. Could you lend me 200 million..."
Wang Youzhi: (￢_￢)
Borrow money from this man? That's no different from killing him!
Jiangnan nodded: (⑉་⍸་⑉)"Sure?"
Wang Youzhi: ∑(°口°๑)
He agreed? Jiangnan actually agreed to lend money?
Shengyi said happily: (ʃƪ⁰̷̴ꇴ⁰̷̴)"Then..."
Jiangnan spread his hands: ʅ(･´～･｀)ʃ"But I don't have it right now. You just pay for it yourself. When you have the money, you can pay me back. I won't charge interest, considering our friendship."
With that, he shouldered his bag and walked away, leaving Shengyi standing there in the wind.
=͟͟͞͞(꒪ᗜ꒪‧̣̥̇)
What does he mean? You call that borrowing? I didn't get a single coin, and I have to pay him back 200 million?
[From Shengyi, Frustration Value +666!]
[From Shengyi...]
For the peace of the starry sky! I'll pay!
Wang Youzhi's eyes went wide.
Σ(°口°|||)He...he can do that? Learned another trick, damn it!
Shengyi wished she could die. Sure enough, her bad luck had started. Not only did she not gain anything, she even lost her underwear!
My retirement money! My coffin fund!
PS: Only one chapter tonight. Qingfeng isn't slacking. I actually wrote the next chapter, but I felt the setup was wrong, so I deleted over 3000 words and restructured the plot, so I couldn't make it in time. (;´༎ຶٹ༎ຶ`)