Chapter 5: The Mysterious Merchant
The most mysterious smuggler in the mainland, selling items that can't be bought in ordinary stores at low prices, rare items, skill books, and skill scroll items have a certain chance to appear.
Acquiring advanced skills from the Jiangcheng Bridge and encountering mysterious businessmen at the bus station were all part of Zhang Tong's early plan to create a greater advantage.
The mystery merchant is a very important link, his whereabouts will appear anywhere, stay for no more than six hours at a time, and the probability of encountering is lower than the probability of winning the lottery. However, the first appearance was at the bus station.
Zhang Tong dragged the fat man with weak legs towards the mysterious businessman. He sat in a four-meter-high black truck, which was made of ferrous metal and was very worn.
"Warriors of other worlds, lucky to see me. The mysterious merchant's voice was hoarse and deep. He jumped out of the car and continued, "Welcome to the Mystery Shop. Our products are of good quality and low price, and we guarantee your satisfaction. β
Zhang Tong nodded: "Let me see first, what goods are there." β
The mysterious merchant turned around and kicked the truck, shouting, "Hey, people inside, here's business!" The truck drove off and a long shelf was pushed out with more than 20 different items, all different.
[The F-Rank Monster Handbook (Dawn Camp) records information and data on normal and elite monsters in Dawn Camp 1-10.] This map sells for 10 gold coins. Remaining quantity 1.
[The area map (Dawn Camp) records the terrain of the area map, the distribution of monsters at each level, and the location of the field dungeon.] This map sells for 100 gold. Remaining quantity 1.
The Post (6 hours), e-articles and lowest-level posts can be used for forum posts, which are only visible to map players in the area. Posts will be automatically deleted after 6 hours. This map is worth 50 gold. Remaining quantity 2.
[+ Skill Book, Grand Slam], Class Restrictions: Crazy War, Shield War, Knight. This map is worth 300 gold.
[+ Skill Book: Assassination], Class Restrictions: Thief, Assassin, Killer, Wanderer. This map sells for 300 gold.
[Advanced Skill Book, Backstab], Class Restrictions: Assassin, Thief, Killer. This map sells for 200 gold.
[F-Rank Skill Book: Speed Skating), Class Restrictions: Assassin and Ranger. This map sells for 200 gold.
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There are more than 20 items here, including intelligence, equipment, enhancement scrolls, and skilled books, but most of them cost more than a few hundred gold coins, which players cannot afford at this stage.
After reading it, Zhang Tong said, "I want to make a deal with you." β
The mysterious merchant said, "Do you like anything?"
Zhang Tong shook his head and said, "You should understand that we can't afford anything at this stage. β
The mysterious merchant smiled, "Oh, what kind of business do you want to do?"
Zhang Tong said: "Lend me 50 gold coins for a maximum of two hours, which is twice as much. β
"After many years of walking on the mainland, this is the first time that someone has borrowed gold coins from me. β
Zhang Tong said: "You are a businessman, put interests first, and this deal is very cost-effective." β
"Interesting person" The mysterious businessman looked Zhang Tong up and down, "Although this is not allowed in principle, you look different, I can make an exception." However, conditions need to change. I'll lend you 50 coins and pay you back 200 coins in two hours. β
[Note: The quest that triggers the repayment of debt, the quest is F-level.] Do you accept it?]
"I accept!"
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Mission: [Debt Repayment].
Natural: Random quests.
Difficulty: Grade F.
Contents: Return 200 gold coins to the Mystery Merchant within 120 minutes.
Success Bonus: Mystery Merchant's Praise +20.
Failure Penalty: The Mystery Merchant's favorability is always negative, forever depriving a skill.
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Zhang Tong got 50 gold coins, and the dog man sold his scimitar and got another 15 gold coins. There are now a total of 69 gold coins.
Spend 10 gold coins to buy an "F-Rank Monster Handbook".
For 50 gold coins, buy a [Post (6 hours)].
Zhang Tong concentrated all his energy and only saw a simplified version of Zhang Tong in his consciousness. All properties and statuses are displayed next to him. There are many options for character information, including "Backpack", "Quest", "Guild", "Team", and "Forum". On the forum, nothing.
Posts purchased from the Mystery Shop are used to build posts on forums.
Zhang Tong pondered for a while and immediately wrote in the post:
"No matter how rich or powerful a high-ranking official or celebrity is, from the moment the game begins, everything is gone! At this moment, all living beings are on the same starting line, only the truly strong can obtain the right to live, and the weak can only be eliminated from the fate of slavery, life and death, the strong and the weak, and choose for themselves... Please believe that this is the true end of the world, not the end of humanity. β
"Also, I want to tell you an unfortunate thing, we are not familiar with the earth, it may be ridiculous, the truth is that the outside of Jiangcheng City has become a forest. Yes, we have come to another world, we are isolated, there is no more rescue, there is no more army, there is no more government ... Jiangcheng is the lowest area on this map, and the monster level is within 1-3, in fact, as long as we overcome our fears and make good use of our wisdom, low-level monsters are not invincible!"
"Of course, you can choose to hide in a place with plenty of food? This is impossible, the system will soon issue a task, mandatory, and if the mission fails, it will be eliminated by the system......"
"This is the data of monsters below level 10, including the monster's habit weakness, attribute information, skill information, etc. This is important survival information, please note!"
"A gold coin will be charged a reading fee."
Zhang Tong copied the information in the monster manual. This part of the fee is one gold coin per person. The Monster Handbook contains detailed information on all monsters up to level 10, with a staggering 1000 in total.
Jiangcheng City has a population of nearly 4 million. Most people will die within 24 hours of the disaster. At most, about 1 in 10 survivors will survive, and 1 in 5 survivors will qualify as athletes in the first 12 hours. In other words, nearly 80,000 people are eligible to race within 12 hours.
This information is very important and definitely has the power to rewrite history.
Summing up the lessons of failure in memory, the biggest reason why humanity ultimately failed was that too many people died at an early age. Second, the massive civil strife and turmoil in the middle stage of humanity, as well as the strength of the independent actions of all parties, made it impossible for the few survivors to kill each other and not be able to concentrate. This led to a total collapse.
Now that we've started over, we can't afford to make the same mistakes again. We can use what we know to seek our best interests. However, this is not a one-man game. Zhang Tong must let more people survive and strengthen the overall strength of the Terran camp.
Publishing an important document covering all monsters at this stage was crucial to the survival of early humans. It would also establish Zhang Tong's solid prestige and make him a celebrity on the map of the entire region.
Zhang Tong used Woodhard as the forum's logo and posted a post.
"Tip: The post has been successfully established and will be automatically cleared within six hours!"
"Hint: The first person to post on this map won 300 prestige prizes!"
"Tip: The first post was successfully established and the full picture was published!"
The fat man was surprised when he heard the system announcement: "There is a forum function here. Is it Woodhead who posted the post, your boss?"
Zhang Tong sat down and waited. The monster was still roaring outside the iron gates. However, within 100 meters of the Mystery Merchant, no monster can come close. The two men were absolutely safe until the mysterious merchant left. The system announced the relationship, the player first learned about the post, and the number of views reached more than 1,000 in an instant. The total number of players in this city is not much higher than this number visually.
After about 2 minutes, the first payer appeared and won the first gold coin.
Five minutes later, the payout burst and reached Β£160 in an instant.
After 10 minutes, the payment gradually stabilized to Β£180.
After 30 minutes, the number exceeded 200.
Zhang Tong clenched his fists. Very good. He was earning much faster than expected. He gave the mysterious merchant 200 gold coins.
"Mission accomplished!"
"Mystic Merchant's Goodwill +20, Goodwill rises to 20. Relationship changes: neutralβ ordinary. β
From now on, the income from each gold coin will be Zhang Tong's personal wealth.
The amount of money paid is constantly increasing. As the number of players increases, more and more players get coins, and the growth rate increases steadily.
One hour, 150 gold coins.
Two hours, 400 gold.
Three hours, 590 gold coins.
4 hours, 950 gold
Over the past 5 hours, 1200 gold coins have entered the backpack.
Even after a month or two, in addition to the previous 200 payments, 1200 people paid to read 1400 posts with a lot of monster information. People don't usually act alone. It is enough for one person in a group to pay. The number of people who get information shared is at least four to five times as many as the people who pay for it!
The mysterious merchant will leave in about 20 minutes.
[Area Map Booklet], 100 gold!
[+Skill Book: Assassination], 300 gold!
[Fu Skill Book: Speed Skating], 200 gold!
First, buy the most important skill books and maps, a total of 500 gold coins.
[LV1 Skill Improvement Scroll], 400 gold!
Skill scrolls upgrade skills, which are extremely important, and cost a total of 900 gold.
There are a lot of good things in the Mystery Shop, but the time is too limited to collect more coins, so we can only choose the most useful things to sell. After purchasing the skill book, skill scroll, and map, Zhang Tong bought the [Post] that was left from the store. If you don't have enough money, you can make a quick fortune with the same method.
In the end, 203 gold coins were used by Zhang Tong on the device.
[Fine Iron Dagger (Normal Black Iron), Attack +8, Sharpness +1, Durability 20\\20.] The price is 80 gold!
[Iron Two-Hand Axe] (Normal Black Iron), Attack +14, Attack Speed -10%, Durability 20\\20. The price is 110 gold!
Although both are black iron-grade equipment, regular black iron is much better than inferior black iron. Zhang Tong equipped the dagger and gave the two-handed axe to the fat man.