Chapter 15: The Wandering Traders

After plenty of rest and preparation, the second expedition set off under the leadership of Mamba.

The team chose the shortcut path to the "fortress", where the first expedition had encountered the crawler robot, and this time they were more cautious as they passed.

"Bang Bang!"

The expedition was about to cross an intersection when a voice suddenly came from ahead.

The team members were on alert all the time, and as soon as they heard the sound, they hid in the shadows.

Mamba, who was walking in the middle of the group, listened carefully to the voices ahead, and slammed the wall twice with his spider claw spear.

"Bang bang!" These two sounds seemed to be a response to each other, and sure enough, after a while, there were three more "Bang Bang Bang" sounds in front.

Mamba nodded, and said to the others, "There's a wandering trader in front, and he's asking if we want to make a deal. ”

After some exchanges, Mamba finally decided that he and Lias would go over and see how they could trade if the vendors had what they needed.

……

Tang Hao looked at the wandering trader who came out of the shadows, and first checked her attribute bar.

"Name: Catherine; Title: Collector. ”

"Health: 100%, Mental Activity: 100%."

"Strength: 2+5, Dexterity: 3, Intelligence: 2+5, Spirit: 1."

"Combined combat effectiveness: 7."

"Item: (HIDDEN)."

"Template: Coolie (Level 3) (Slot 1/1)."

"Skill: Space Handling, Subspace Backpack ......"

"Tether: Traveler (inactive)."

The other party is a level 3 ability, and it can be seen that people who walk alone in the dark world have more or less some ability.

And her skills really made Tang Hao look at the clouds.

The way she presents her products is even more surprising.

As soon as Catherine grabbed her left hand with her right hand, a beautiful bell appeared in her hand out of thin air.

As soon as I put down the bell, I grabbed it casually, and it was an old scarf again, then a porcelain plate, and a leather felt hat...... It's like performing a magic trick.

This should be her "subspace backpack" skill, with such a convenient way to store items, being a traveling vendor is indeed a professional counterpart.

……

Mamba is not interested in these bells and whistles, and now their gathering place is still struggling with food and clothing, and it is not yet time to build a spiritual civilization.

"You want food? Or something else? I've got it all here. Caitlin continued to show off her magical spatial storage abilities.

Mamba shook his head and held out two fingers to her, "I only need two things: a mechanical diagram and a fragment of divine power. ”

"Divine power shards?" Catherine's face changed: "What are you kidding, you can afford that thing." ”

Mamba replied, "I'm talking about inactive 'Divine Power Fragments', and I remember some wandering vendors specialize in collecting this kind of thing. ”

Catherine looked at him: "The inactivated 'Divine Power Fragment' can't be accessed at all, what do you want these useless things for?" ”

"We're doing some research on 'Divine Power Fragments', starting with samples that have never been activated." This sentence is the unified voice of the expedition members.

Catherine began to look back and forth on her right hand, "I have a mechanical drawing, and an inactive 'Divine Power Shard'. ”

She took out a stack of folded drawings and a module from her right hand: "So, how are you going to do the exchange?" ”

Mamba pointed to what she was holding: "We're going to check the goods first." ”

……

Tang Hao examined the two items.

"Mechanical drawing: grinder. (Quality: Normal)"

"Materials required: metal sheet*5, metal gear*3, grinding wheel*1."

"Instructions for use: Powered by a foot pedal, a wide range of knives and tools can be sharpened."

This thing is a necessary machine for ordinary small workshops, ordinary weapons and sharpened weapons, and the power is not the same.

"Module: Priest, Level 1.

Attributes: Agility +1, Spirit +1.

Skill: Soul soothing, praying.

Bond: Psychic (psychic network, reduces the decline of mental activity.) Activated by more than three people. )”

(Module Not Activated) (Activated: Yes/No)

It's another module for the fetters of the psychic power, and now there is still one piece left to activate the fetters of the psychic network.

Both of the priest's skills are supportive.

Mental soothing can remove some of the negative effects of the mind.

Blessing can directly improve the combat status of all teammates, and its effect is directly given in the attribute bar, adding one point each to strength and agility within the duration and effective range.

The effect of this skill is perverted, and the only downside is that the priest must maintain a constant state of blessing, making it easy to become the first target of the enemy.

Both of these things are very good, as for how to bargain, Tang Hao gave the autonomy to Mamba.

……

When Mamba received the message from the Lord, he began to weigh the price of these two items.

Catherine was still boasting to herself: "This mechanical drawing is a rarity, you ask around, how can there be such a high-end product in the hands of a traveling trader." ”

Mamba touched the cloth wrapped around his waist and took out a token from it: "I'll ask for it all, fill me up with water." ”

Catherine had a constipated expression on her face: "No, big brother, you are a bit excessive, how can there be mechanical drawings and 'divine power fragments' sold so cheaply, you are robbing!" ”

Mamba cut off: "Such a simple machine, I can do it at a glance, or if you take it away, I can still have the tokens left." ”

"As for the unactivated 'Divine Power Fragment', is anyone else looking for you to buy it besides me?"

After much arguing, Catherine was defeated and had to take the token and fill the expedition's canister with water.

"Our gathering place is here," Mamba even took out a map and pointed her the way: "If there is anything good in the future, you can go to our place." ”

Catherine looked at him with some vigilance, this underground world, the location of her own gathering place is secret, and generally speaking, it is impossible to expose it to outsiders casually.

"Okay, if I collect the mechanical drawings and the 'Divine Power Fragments', I will definitely go to you." Catherine said perfunctorily.

Watching Mamba and the others leave from the intersection, Catherine's arm that had been held horizontally was finally put down.

On the back of her arm, a rectangular box was tied to the front of the box, with two tentacles at the front that would release electricity if Catherine pressed a little.

This was Catherine's self-defense weapon, and she relied on this electric shocker to overcome many hardships and dangers.

The group was different from the strangers she had met before, at least Catherine hadn't met any explorers who had invited her to the gathering place.

It felt like a trap to her.