Chapter 310 - 310 290 Buying and Selling

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310: Chapter 290: Buying and Selling 310: Chapter 290: Buying and Selling At this moment, it had already been a week since the completion of the Wild Secret Realm challenge. After accomplishing the urgent task of suppressing the Wild Secret Realm, Lu Ping’an and Special Service Team Three seemed to return to their usual daily routines. However, Lu Ping’an had no intention of stopping. “The Free Market Plan can be tried out now.” Lu Ping’an had been planning this initiative for quite some time, but he was hesitant at first. “If I open up part of the courtyard now, isn’t it a bit too early? If there aren’t enough rewards, they won’t come back, especially since the entrance fee is so expensive.” The opening of a market is crucial, especially for a “free market” like this, where buyers and sellers can easily switch roles, and the flow of people determines life or death. “Are you stupid? You’ve had the most valuable merchandise all along. You’re being blessed and don’t even know it, completely unaware of the hardships of other professionals.” With Big Cat’s wake-up call, Lu Ping’an made up his mind. He tried a small experiment and sent out the first batch of “flyers.” In essence, it was similar to the Name Cards given out earlier, but with Life Bank’s upgrade and Lu Ping’an’s “authority dog” control, the limitations of having a user card only for Black Iron customers were lifted. However, if the card was not used within 24 hours after obtaining it, it would automatically disappear. There were also restrictions on the targets of the flyer distribution, mainly focusing on special agents, semi-official professionals, and students of Ancient City University. At this time, the trading land was nominally neutral, but it was clearly leaning towards the Order side. In the first batch, about sixty flyers were sent out, but only four people came. It was a colossal failure. After all, most professionals are cautious about strange cards, deities, or secret rituals. “It failed.” “Heh, just you wait.” As it turned out, Big Cat’s experience proved accurate. The result was that before the second batch of cards could be sent out, not only did the people from the first batch return, but they also brought 27 more people with them, who took back a large number of cards. Lu Ping’an only needed to place the blank cards in the Trading Hall to wait for the “word of mouth” phenomenon to spread, and new traders would come in one after another. In the eyes of most people, this should be a secret black market similar to a steam factory. But compared to the high-risk steam factory, not only can one hide their identity here, but they are also protected by “trading rules,” so they don’t have to worry about being double-crossed. As a side note, the Life Bank, with its Contractor abilities, can conduct “normal transactions”. However, “Life Trading” tied to local abilities can still only be done using Life-points. At first, they simply regarded it as a trading land to complete their not-so-legal transactions… Despite some doubts, they didn’t consider it a problem compared to the reduced risks. As for the negative ten-plus Life-points caused by the entrance fee? It’s just a matter of living a few days less; who cares about that these days? However, the inability to collect taxes on ordinary items made Lu Ping’an feel a little sad. At the beginning, everyone treated it as just another “steam factory”. “Can you trade Abnormal Abilities? Is that true or false?” Then, they discovered the Abnormal Ability trading system and rental system. “Damn, if it’s true, I might have a chance at reaching third-tier!” Big Cat was right; Lu Ping’an was like a satiated man who didn’t know the hunger of others. His basic career skills required time to accumulate (dividends), and professional abilities were merely “click to obtain” bonus items. However, for other professionals, Abnormal Abilities relied on luck and talent, and they often didn’t even know what they were missing, hindering them from awakening critical professional abilities. Many people were stuck at 2-tier or third-tier due to missing a single key point. Professional skills could be accumulated over time, but if you were missing something crucial, you might not even know how to make up for it. The possibility of trading professional abilities instantly drove everyone crazy. Then, the “lack of money” in their pockets brought them back to reality. The compatibility requirement for “Professional Ability Trading” was also a hard threshold. “There’s also the Contract Borrowing agreement; it’s so expensive, and it requires Life-points. How do I get those points?” “Let me check the rules… There is a loan ability, but it requires Black Iron level users or above. Does anyone know how to raise the credit rating?” Contract Borrowing of Talent Abilities could also be applied to Professional Abilities, but in Lu Ping’an’s opinion, it was just losing points, starting with a minimum of 200 points per contract, which could only be used for individual Talent Abilities. However, for ordinary professionals… “Can it be used three times? If I can use it three times, I should be able to learn it, right?” “Even if I can’t master it in one go, it should bring me closer to success, and at least let me know what I’m missing, right?” This ability, which didn’t require compatibility (whether a trade can be successful and how much it can be passed on), instantly attracted everyone’s attention. However, just like before, everyone’s pockets were still empty, and they could only watch and not buy… Some even tried putting up “selling” and “renting abilities” offers to see if this was real. Even though everyone knew that the Sound of Rules couldn’t be faked, the reality was so outrageous that people started to doubt if they were trapped in an Illusionary Realm. Until, a group of “old players” appeared. One of them, wearing a Peace Dove mask, directly purchased a Talent Rental Scroll and casually tried it out… When the iron-body Abnormal Ability was displayed, everyone was shocked. Word spread, and no one doubted its authenticity anymore, especially considering the “special traits” of that group of old players, which were too obvious. They were too fast. It wasn’t simply “walking fast”; their movement, speech, and thinking were all twice as fast as normal people, as if they were a fast-forwarded movie scene. “Oh, there’s a Time Tower outside that can double your perception of time… It’s like using two days in one. To us, you’re all moving in slow motion,” one of them said. No one doubted the magic of the Secret Realm after this. “A day’s worth of two days? Isn’t that like cheating?” However, all of them were unable to leave the Trading Hall, so they couldn’t access the so-called “time acceleration” outside. The Peace Dove then casually mentioned, “Higher credit levels unlock more functions. There are several other useful features outside,” which immediately caused an uproar among the crowd. However, when asked how to raise credit levels, the old players didn’t hide the information, but it only confused everyone further. The more Life trades you make, the higher your credit level. But without Life-points, how can they trade? To raise credit levels meant to have access to loans. Being a Black-iron level could get a loan of 100. So, how to raise credit levels… this kind of hellish spiral joke was really hard to laugh at. While others stopped here and thought of ways to make money, everyone was patiently waiting for the means to obtain Life-points. Unexpectedly, an incident disrupted everyone’s plans. “I’ll buy your ‘My Body is a Shield’ Abnormal Ability for 200 points.” A lucky newbie who sold the “Ability Rental Contract” bought a core ability that he had been longing for from a senior… and then used it on the spot! It was the core ability of the Shield Defender, the key ability that had been holding him back for years, and then he advanced just a day later! He didn’t mention it himself, but the friend who brought him in spilled the beans, and everyone was shocked. This also caused a trust crisis as the number of people bringing friends in reduced significantly — those brought in had to be trusted by the inviter. The first batch that entered took a huge loss and became staunch supporters of the Mask System. And it didn’t stop there — the one who got the 200 points quickly found someone to buy the core ability he needed most. Did he advance? No one knew, but the person who got the 200 points again made a purchase. After that, he really advanced… It was still the same group of friends who revealed it. The person involved didn’t want to let the information out, but many people were watching, and his progress was instantly exposed. When the market was stagnant, everyone felt uncomfortable. When there was “currency” in the market, it naturally started to flow. However, this liquidity didn’t seem to be enough… Most people could only watch but not buy, yet it still attracted many new “customers.” “This ability is not bad; I’ll buy it if it’s cheaper.” The Scattering Wealth Kid and the Peace Dove appeared again, but unfortunately, they were too infrequent in their actions. Now, many people were keeping an eye on the trading column. On one hand, they were making their own professional plans, thinking about what to sell and what to buy, and they wouldn’t miss any chance to trade. On the other hand, they were hoping that the old players would come out to shop more often and stimulate the market. Everyone guessed that the old players, or the future newcomers, must have a more stable way of obtaining points, but it wasn’t available to them now due to their low authority. So far, only the Peace Dove had made two purchases… Now it was the third time, and all were Ability Rental Contracts. However, the biggest headache for the Peace Dove at this time was an order from his superiors. “They asked me to investigate the urban legend ‘Trading Land’? Xia Qin quickly tried to shift the blame, but how should I even write this report?”

Chapter 310 - 310 290 Buying and Selling

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