Chapter 309 - 309 289 Trading Land

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309: Chapter 289: Trading Land 309: Chapter 289: Trading Land The gray fog expanded, seeming to change the color of the world. Feeling confused and lost in the midst of it, Ye FeiFei walked forward. “Is this a dream? I’m sure I went to bed already…” He felt a bit strange, even incredulous. “…Could it be that I’ve unknowingly been affected by some kind of secret art or wicked curse?” Ye FeiFei subconsciously tried to recall if he had offended anyone, but he had only been working for a little over a year and was still a complete newbie. Did he have the qualifications to make an enemy of someone powerful enough to bring him here without notice? He had only been employed for a little over a year, working diligently at a private special affairs firm, running errands for his seniors and still in the process of accumulating experience. “That’s it! The card, that promotional card!” At that moment, Ye FeiFei remembered that when he entered this place, he was playing with a sales card. “If you desire wealth and advancement, we can provide help. The contact method is to recite the words below…” The highly suspicious card, in Ye FeiFei’s eyes, was either a scam or a product of a cult. “…Just by reciting the words, you can make contact? Not even gods can do that. What kind of new scam is this?” Originally, he planned to show the card to his seniors tomorrow, but before that, while lying in bed and bored, he tried it out on a whim and recited the “sentence” on the card. “…I am willing to pay the price to enter the Trading Land.” [As you wish.] A voice suddenly sounded in his mind, and before he could react, his surroundings changed dramatically, and he found himself in this strange area. In the fog, he felt confused, bewildered, and even a little frightened. One sentence brought him here; had he gotten on the nerves of some deity? He opened his hands, and the gathering of black fog-like limbs in front of him made him more uncertain of whether his soul had been snatched away by some evil god. The Trading Land? This place didn’t seem like a trading land at all… “Huh? What’s going on?” Suddenly, the world opened up, and the fog in front of him lifted, revealing an elaborate conference hall. Before he could react, he was suddenly pushed from behind and almost fell on his butt. “Don’t block the way! Fucking hell, there are more and more people now; I’ve been in line for ten minutes!” In line? What the hell? Ye FeiFei looked blankly at the sudden appearance of the “ghost” behind him, not understanding. The figure behind him was also formed from black fog, his face unclear but bearing an expression of sorts. The non-human yet human-like figure seemed to be in the same situation as he was. But seeing Ye FeiFei standing still with a blank expression, the figure behind him momentarily stopped and then asked thoughtfully. “Newcomer? Pure newbie without a reference? First time?” The young man quickly nodded and began to speak. “Yes, I found a card. I’m Ye….” “Stop!” The words spoken halfway were immediately interrupted by the other party. The other person quickly glanced left and right, ensuring no one was around, then grabbed Ye FeiFei’s arm and began walking while speaking. “Don’t reveal your true identity; that’s the rule here.” As they walked, they reached a corridor outside the reception hall, where the walls were covered with a myriad of masks, from silver masquerade masks to superhero children’s toys, and even many blank white masks. The “old stager” didn’t bother taking a mask, instead, he drew one from his empty pocket – a white mask painted with the Ursa Major constellation. “You can call me ‘Ursa Major.’ I’m something of a veteran here. I can tell you what’s happening and help you get familiar with the place, but in return, you owe me 10 points.” “Points?” Ye FeiFei looked stunned, having no idea what the other man was talking about. “Look at your card.” Card? Wasn’t it with his physical body? As soon as he thought that, Ye FeiFei found that same card in his hand. [Client Ye FeiFei (not visible to others). Credit rating: Negative assets (1 credit point). Current additional features: Remote spirit body login. Current account balance: -11 Life-points (equivalent debt calculation, interest rate 15%/year)] “What is this?! Why do I have negative points?” At this moment, Ursa Major in front of him nodded, confirming that Ye FeiFei was indeed a newcomer. “You’re 11 points in debt, right? That’s normal. 10 points are for the cost of accessing the remote login feature, and 1 point is the entrance fee, good for 10 uses.” With that, he casually took a mask from the wall and threw it to the other party. “Put it on. Although nobody knows who you are in this state, it will be troublesome to trade later if you don’t even have a code name.” Ye FeiFei received the mask and, before he could react, the other party dragged him downstairs. As soon as he went downstairs, he was shocked. The spacious hall stretched endlessly, brightly lit as if it were daytime. There were larger and smaller rooms, with sofas and walls dividing them into small cubicles, where people seemed to be having conversations. The place with the most people was a trading counter, where at least dozens of masked black fog people were talking and trading. As for why it was obvious that they were trading? The most prominent things in the hall were the roadside stall-like setups and the various chaotic items on top of them. “Welcome to the ‘Trading Land,’ a free market where anything can be traded.” About ten minutes later, Ye FeiFei had familiarized himself with the rules here under Beidou’s guidance. Actually, it was very simple and straightforward: anonymous trading. Services, goods, and even Talent Abilities could be traded….. When Beidou said that “Talent Abilities” could be traded, Ye FeiFei didn’t believe it at all. It wasn’t until he saw the gigantic trading counter and the dozens of “Ability Borrowing Contracts” hanging on it that he was dumbfounded. The Sound of Rules was the most direct instruction manual. With just a touch, Ye FeiFei knew that everything here was real, and this place could indeed sell the usage rights of Talent Abilities. “This is too exaggerated. Although there are only three times, it’s outrageous on a tactical level…” “It seems to be the power of a Contractor’s contract, combined with the local ‘trading’ rules to create an authorization book,” Beidou briefly explained, this was the standard answer discussed by the newcomers. Is it true? Not necessarily. Is the contract really usable? Also not necessarily. “Why don’t you know? Won’t you know after trying it?” Upon hearing this, Beidou showed a bitter smile, and the black fog under the mask could also simulate expressions. “You have to be able to afford it first, look at the selling price.” “Selling price?! 300, 500, 1000! My God!” “The starting price for putting abilities up is a minimum of 200. And someone has to buy it before a real contract book is formed. No debts allowed.” Beidou sighed a little, it seemed like the newcomers’ Secret Realm, the oldest participants were probably only about a week old, and he belonged to the second batch, he had also been working hard to make money, and now he only had about 20 points. But just thinking about the fact that he had met a big spender today and could make a fortune excited him. “Come on, let big brother introduce you to the gameplay we developed here, not just abilities can be traded…” Ye FeiFei looked around and, after just glancing at the stalls, froze in shock. “Taboo items?! They’re actually selling taboo items here?!” On the nearest stall, there were several taboo items displayed. His own agency only had one black-iron level one, and it was extremely precious. “Ha, that’s nothing. Those are just the low-end goods for trading. Let me show you what the real good stuff is…” Beidou made great efforts, knowing that the trading rules here were honest, and that he had to fulfill his “service” well in order for the other party to have a chance to complete the transaction. But when he worked hard to earn a round and helped newcomers familiarize themselves with the environment, by the time it got to trading, he was suddenly dumbfounded. “What? The trade is not established? Why?! It is said that services can also be traded, right? He is a pure newcomer and not at the -30 limit, so he should still be able to trade 10 points!” However, the cruel Sound of Rules shattered his delusions. [The trading object and the trading amount are significantly different. The Life Bank suspects that the transaction involves fraud and malicious behavior, and determines that the transaction is invalid. Your (Beidou) service value is approximately 0.00000002 life-points. Please re-determine the transaction amount and transaction target. If you continue to engage in unequal or fraudulent transactions, your credit rating will be lowered.] Alright, this set of three hits directly stunned the “old stager” who had just entered three days ago. He now knew why, when he was so passionately “helping” newcomers, the other “old stagers” would look at him with such strange eyes… He was obviously not the first, nor the last, to discover this “hidden rule.” Maybe only after suffering a loss and being warned once could it be discovered. But after the initial dissatisfaction, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He was, in fact, still a newcomer himself. And now that he saw that this Trading Land was very particular about rules and fairness, it also reassured him a lot. However, at this time, the real “newcomer” wasn’t looking at him. Ye FeiFei looked at the trading counter with a bewildered face, then pulled at Beidou. “What’s the matter?!” At this time, his tone was obviously a bit aggressive. “Didn’t you say that no one could afford it? How come that person just took a contract off the trading counter directly?!” Beidou was taken aback, looking at the front of the trading counter, where a black fog person wearing a dove mask was holding a recently picked trading contract. Not far away, a masked person suddenly became overjoyed and shouted! “I’m rich! I sold one for 400!” Four hundred? This was clearly not an amount a normal trader could afford. At this point, he remembered the rumor that had only circulated among the “old stagers”… “Actually, there were people in this Trading Land Secret Realm from the very beginning, they seemed to have come much earlier and were the first batch of core members, among them, the leader’s code name is ‘Peace Dove’.”

Chapter 309 - 309 289 Trading Land

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