363 Everything for money
Tu Ran and Tang Ying turned to look at each other at the same time.
Nothing was seen.
"I'm here."
The two of them looked down slowly.
A ...... at their knee height The black mouse, standing on its forelimbs, greeted them, its cracked mouth revealing two long front teeth.
Tu Ran and Tang Ying froze at the same time.
Astound.
Even though they had thought they would encounter all sorts of species in Junction City, they had never imagined that they would encounter a talking mouse.
Completely complete rats, unlike the liminal xenomorphs who have lost their original appearance by nuclear radiation, ignore that they are animals, and they will not be so shocked.
The rat in front of him is the kind that you would see in the garbage heap of human society, only fatter and bigger, and can speak, still in the language of the rulers.
Has the outside world evolved to this extent?
The diversity of species in the universe once again refreshed Tu Ran's three views.
"This is your first time in Junction City, right?" The mouse's pointed nose twitched, sniffing at Tu Ran and Tang Ying, and the long beard on his cheeks trembled, "I heard that nine worlds have signed agreements with rulers in the past few days, which one of you are?" โ
Its dark eyes purred around Tu Ran and Tang Ying, and its two front paws scratched at the void, waiting for their reply.
Both were silent.
Tang Ying didn't understand it, so he didn't dare to speak rashly.
Tu Ran could understand, but she didn't know what the names of the seven or eight worlds were, and she didn't know what the purpose of this unknown mouse suddenly came out to talk to them.
The atmosphere of not getting a response was a bit awkward.
The rats scratched each other with their two paws, and their dark eyes passed through the gap between Tu Ran and Tang Ying, and glanced at the splendid pawn shop behind them, getting to the point.
"Are you going to exchange things for money?" It looked at Tu Ran and Tang Ying, "You can come to our store to have a look, the storage is worth the money, and there is no middleman to make the difference." โ
Pitched? The eyebrows under the hood of Tu Ran were slightly raised.
This guy must have noticed that they were standing in front of the pawn shop for a while, presumably to sell something for money.
The rat was extremely fast, looked professional, and firmly raised his right paw, emphatically emphatically emphasizing, "We keep the privacy of our customers absolutely confidential, and no one knows what you changed or how much money you brought out." โ
It is consistent with Tu Ran's conjecture.
Tu Ran was a little moved.
The rat opened a shop, and the secrecy should be good.
Racial talent is there.
"Lead the way." Tu Ran finally opened her mouth and replied in the language of green pupils.
"Squeak."
The mouse's eyes lit up, its front feet fell to the ground, it turned around, its nose was close to the ground and sniffed in the direction, and then its tail was raised high, signaling the two of them to follow, and its body catapulted towards the deep alley.
Tu Ran grabbed Tang Ying's wrist and led her to run wildly behind the mouse.
The rat jumped very fast, stopping from time to time to lie on the ground and sniff the smell, and then raised its two forelimbs to look left and right.
The routes it chooses are all remote corners and hidden places, and normal people will not notice that there are these places in a city.
Sometimes the route is extremely narrow, only one person is allowed to pass, Tu Ran will let go of Tang Ying, and the mouse is small, and will wait for the two of them in front.
Tu Ran reasonably suspected that if it weren't for the two of them, the rat would have been able to take a more convenient route.
After a few more turns, the rat stopped in front of a building with only one roof protruding from the ground.
The overall shape of the roof resembles a triangle, with an extremely pointed tip and a graceful curve on both sides.
There is a square skylight directly in front of it, reflecting the colorful light of the signboard of the Demon Cave opposite.
But that's about it.
There is only a bare roof on ground level, which is less like a house and more like a makeshift tent.
Tu Ran looked at the mass of rats under his feet: "This is your shop?" โ
Such a shop is placed in the surrounding demon cave buildings, like a bamboo shoot in a bamboo forest that is not very well developed.
As if he hadn't heard Tu Ran's words, the mouse walked up to the skylight, supported it with its back, erected its forelimbs, looked in at the glass of the skylight, and then knocked on the glass with its paws.
Tu Ran looked at this scene, feeling more and more like he was watching a realistic version of a cartoon.
The moment the "bang" sound sounded, the skylight opened from the inside.
Tu Ran subconsciously thought that there would be a mouse coming out of it, but what poked out his head was a white and tender human child.
He touched the mouse's head rewardingly, then picked up the pen hanging around his neck and lowered his head to write two lines of words on the notebook, put down the pen, and stuffed the notebook into his trouser pocket, he let go of the window, and motioned for Tu Ran and Tang Ying to come in.
"I'm just a guide, and he will take you through the specific business." After the rat finished speaking, he slipped away.
Tu Ran was the first to approach the skylight and looked inside, the floor was covered with soft carpets, the ceiling was painted with beautiful patterns, the small table and high chairs were dark brown, and a blue flower was inserted in a delicate vase on the table.
The flowers glow faintly blue, and it seems that there are blue fireflies surrounding the petals, which is very dreamy.
A very small space, Tu Ran reasonably doubted that she and Tang Ying could stand inside.
It's all here, and Tu Ranmai stepped in.
The space inside was exactly what she expected, and it was a little crowded after she came in, and Tang Ying almost couldn't turn around after she came in.
The child closed the skylight behind them.
Tu Ran's gaze swept over the blue flowers, which was not as good as what he saw outside.
She turned around and waited for the child's next move.
The moment the skylight closed, the small window that was originally boxy and no more than one meter long was transformed into a large enough elevator door.
The doors are decorated with a beautiful pattern, which is cracked in the middle, and the elevator doors are moved to both sides, revealing a spacious space inside.
The interior space that can stand at least ten people does not look cramped.
Tu Ran and Tang Ying glanced at each other.
They all saw a sentence in each other's eyes, "That's true".
The two of them entered the elevator one after the other behind the child, and the child laboriously stood on tiptoe and pressed the button with "78" written on the top floor.
Of course, 78 is also written in the language of the Green Pupils.
The feeling of weightlessness came from under his feet, the elevator was descending rapidly, Tu Ran silently took a step back, leaning on a handrail inside the elevator.
The numbers representing the floors kept changing, and the interior of the elevator was dimly lit and no one spoke, until the blood-red number stopped at 78, and the elevator doors moved to both sides, and bright light shone in in a flash.
Tu Ran and Tang Ying raised their hands and pulled down the hood at the same time.
"This level is filled with retinal modification facilities, and all the creatures you see in front of you are not what they are, including their body shape, voice, face, and walking posture."
As he spoke, the child stepped out of the elevator and was exposed to almost dazzling light, he turned to face Tu Ran and Tang Ying, slowly opened his arms, his figure visibly swelled up with the naked eye, and within ten seconds, he changed from a teenage child to an adult man with a height of nearly one meter nine, with a thin body and a calm face.
"I'm your guide, please." He bent down slightly, and gracefully posed to Tu Ran and Tang Ying, who were still in the elevator.
His voice also changed to the muffled of an adult male.
Refreshing technology.
Tu Ran was the first to walk out, she looked down at her body, the black short bandeau dress, accessories and everything were all in full condition, she couldn't help but touch the black gem necklace around her neck, and felt empty.
Tang Ying also walked out of the elevator, her body gradually shrunk, and she became a dark Lori who was a head shorter than Tu Ran, and her clothes became a must-have for Lori.
Tu Ran stared straight at her.
Tang Ying was unaccustomed to her eyes, and frowned, "Is there a problem?" โ
Tu Ran turned his head to look at the leader beside him and asked, "Can I take pictures?" โ
Hahahaha, Tang Ying's appearance is so worth taking pictures!
Tang Ying: "......?!" โ
"No," the leader shook his head, "she can only be seen with your eyes, and you can't take a picture of her." โ
Tu Ran pretended to sigh, "It's a pity." โ
Tang Ying couldn't bear it, wanted to scold, and didn't have a title that could be called out, so he couldn't call Tu Ran's name in this place, so he could only grit his teeth and give himself comfort in his heart.
Tu Ran accepted it when he saw it, and turned to look at the scene on the 78th floor.
Many people, like them, dressed in gorgeous clothes, get together in twos and threes, as if they were attending a dinner party.
The two of them stepped out of the elevator and didn't attract the attention of the people.
"What services do you have here?" Tu Ran asked with a sideways look.
only doing the business of exchanging goods for money, Tu Ran thinks that he can't support such a large territory.
The guide, who had been standing beside her gentlemanly, gave an intriguing smile, "As long as the customer asks for it, we will meet it." Provided that there is enough money. โ
Tu Ran smiled faintly, "Then take us to exchange money first." โ
"This way, please."
Tang Ying followed behind Tu Ran, glanced at Tu Ran, who was a head taller than her, and remembered the scene she saw during the time she stayed in the space, and there were a bunch of messy things in the whole space, enough to open a department store.
The leader led them to a booth and arranged for them to sit down, and he pressed a button on the back of the seat, and a curtain of light rose around the booth, and the noisy voices were suddenly cut out.
He sat across from them and rubbed his hands together, "Now you can get what you're selling." โ
"What do you all charge?" Tu Ran leaned back in his seat and asked unhurriedly.
"Everything." The leader smiled, "The value is different, the rarer the higher the price." โ
Tu Ran must sell it at a high price, and there are still more than 20 boxes of metal boxes taken from other people's aircraft in her space, and she hasn't had time to see what is inside, but she remembers the conversation of the group at that time.
Valuable.
Those things are worth a lot of money.
"Can you avoid it?"
She conjured up a few boxes out of thin air, which was a bit weird and easy to be targeted, although avoiding it couldn't change the fact that they inexplicably took out a few large iron boxes from their bodies, but they could share part of their attention on Tang Ying.
"Of course." The leader stood up and stepped out of the white curtain of light.
Tu Ran and Tang Ying glanced at each other and began to dig out of the space.
One, two, three...... She pulled out eight in one go.
"What are these?" Tang Ying looked up at the iron boxes stacked on the table that were taller than her, she remembered that these boxes were put into the space by Tu Ran on the way to escape, and she had also circled around these boxes a few times at that time, there was no sign on them, and she didn't see what was inside.
"Guess." Tu Ran put away the light curtain, and sat back in the chair leisurely, his legs elegantly folded, "You can come in." โ
Tang Ying didn't ask again, with her understanding of Tu Ran, she knew that she would say it, anyway, it would be revealed later, there was no need to sell it, only it was possible that she didn't know what was inside, combined with the situation at the time, Tang Ying guessed that these things were either robbed or stolen.
When the leader heard the command, he came in from outside, and when he saw a table of iron boxes that suddenly appeared, he did not show surprise, as if he was accustomed to such a scene.
He sat back in his original position, his eyes on the box, but his words were said to Tu Ran and Tang Ying, "The two of you don't seem to know anything about Junction City, and we can send you some life guides for Junction City later, so that you can quickly familiarize yourself with Junction City...... What are they? โ
Tu Ran didn't know why he said the previous paragraph, "...... You can open it and see it. โ
The leader looked through all six sides of the box, but couldn't find the opening, "Is it convenient for me to call the assistant in?" โ
"Of course."
The assistant soon came in, dressed in the outfit of a hotel waiter, with a tool to pry a corner of the box.
The contents are exposed.
The leader and assistant looked straight at it.
Tu Ran sat in a position where she couldn't see what was inside, what was it, she was itching, but because she was a commodity seller, she couldn't show that this thing belonged to someone else, so she could only sit there like an old dog, and her face had to show an expression that everything was under control.
The leader looked at it for a long time before accepting the contents, waved his hand to let the waiter out, put down the box and looked at Tu Ran, "Dare to ask where did you find so many?" โ
Tu Ran raised her chin, "Just say you can't accept it, right?" โ
The leader is difficult, "It can be collected, but there is a risk, recently the Green Pupil Clan has been strictly checked, and we are not good at selling." โ
Tu Ran was frantically guessing what it was, and listening to his description, it didn't look like a serious thing.
Tang Ying, who was next to her, had already stood up, and in between the two of them talking, she casually walked to the open box, her eyes sweeping over the top of the box.
The "......" was too tall for her to see.
Seeing Tang Ying pacing over, the leader asked, "Does this customer need anything?" โ
"No, I'll just walk around, you can talk."
After speaking, Tang Ying bit her tongue in embarrassment, the booth was so big, it was full of boxes, and it was difficult to turn around, she actually said that she would walk casually.
Tu Ran, who was behind her, was so smiling that her whole face was twitching, and she could only pretend to lower her head and fix her hair, so that she was not found abnormal.
Tang Ying glanced at her from an angle that the leader couldn't see, turned around, and asked stubbornly, "But can you help me move this box down?" It's stuck here, and I'm panicking. โ
"Of course, happy to serve you." The leader stood up and removed the two stacked boxes and put them on the ground, "Is this better?" โ
Tang Ying nodded quickly, turned around and returned to his seat and sat down.
During this time, I almost tripped over the corner of the table.
Tu Ran pinched his entire palm with nail marks, and he didn't dare to look at Tang Ying.
She leaned forward slightly, her hands folded on her knees, and the corner of her eye swept over the iron box on the ground, and the green liquid inside was clearly visible.
The blood of the green eyes?
Is this thing worth the money? Tu Ran doubted herself, maybe it was just the same green liquid and not green blood?
(End of chapter)