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Chapter 19: The Bustling Multiverse Market
Chapter 19: The Bustling Multiverse Market
The holographic screen listed many rules, but the very first one, prominently displayed at the top, read:
1. Mutual Consent, Free Trade.
The second rule was even more concise:
2. No Fighting or Conflicts.
The subsequent rules, while not overly strict, ensured the basic order of the market and Song Chi's own profits.
3. A 10% transaction tax is required for each market trade.
4. If there is a language barrier, you can use the market entrance's universal translator for a fee, one zero-grade Life Core per use.
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100. The current market trading period is 24 hours. Remaining time: 23:58:27.
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After setting everything up, Song Chi entered the market himself, not acting as the market owner but pretending to be a lucky young explorer, curious and eager to explore every corner.
Not long after, a subtle spatial fluctuation appeared at the market entrance. A humanoid creature with a bull's head, wielding a massive spiked club, stepped out, its eyes filled with caution.
As the market's owner, Song Chi received an immediate notification from the market. However, he did not turn around but continued to browse through the various shops. This was his first time opening the market, and he wanted to set a good example to prevent any confusion for the creatures that would enter later.
As expected, the bull-headed humanoid, after reading the rules on the entrance hologram and seeing Song Chi moving from shop to shop, quickly caught on and began to examine the items for sale in each shop.
While discreetly observing the creature, Song Chi checked the "Comprehensive Guide to Star Sea Civilizations and Beings" stored in his communication bracelet. He quickly found the information on the creature.
Race Name: Bull-Headed Humanoid
Description: A common half-human, half-beast race in the fragmented star sea. Most of these races are still in the tribal, primitive stage of civilization.
Race Advantage: They revere physical strength, and individual combat prowess is remarkable.
Race Weakness: Almost no technological development, relying heavily on their physical bodies for everything.
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Song Chi's eyebrows raised, and he felt a sense of relief.
"Looks like at least one of the ten spatial gates landed on an unknown-grade floating land in the star sea. Not bad, at least it ensures we won't have an empty market."
He knew from the information he had gathered about the Multiverse Market that the spatial gates were completely random, with no discernible pattern. They could land on a floating land in the star sea, or they could appear in the desolate void, on uninhabited asteroid belts, and so on.
Therefore, during previous market openings, there had been instances where no creatures entered, especially during the zero-grade market period with only ten spatial gates, which had the highest probability of such occurrences.
As he was lost in thought, the zero-grade bull-headed humanoid entered a shop displaying "Basic Gene Optimization Serums." After scanning the hologram in the center of the shop that explained the effects of the gene optimization serums, the bull-headed humanoid's expression turned to one of wild joy.
However, it quickly regained its cautious demeanor.
"%@%]/@"
Suddenly, the creature spoke, and Song Chi, who was in another shop, heard its voice in his ear.
Song Chi's face did not show any confusion. The creature was not speaking the language of the Ember Humans but the universal language of the star sea. As someone who had received over two decades of higher education, he naturally understood it.
The meaning behind the other party's words was simple: "How can we be sure of the effectiveness of these gene optimization serums?"
Song Chi pondered for a moment, then with a thought, the information on the central holographic screen of the gene optimization serum shop changed, displaying a smooth sentence in the universal language of the star sea.
"You can pay a deposit and test it personally."
The bull-headed creature's expression turned serious as it read the message. As an elite warrior of the "Blue Ox" tribe, it valued its life greatly. Using an unfamiliar serum was not something it was willing to do, especially when it had no idea if the so-called gene optimization serum was genuine, toxic, or harmless.
After a moment of hesitation, a commotion from outside the market caught its attention. The bull-headed creature grew anxious, realizing that other beings had entered the "Market of All Realms."
In a panic, it no longer hesitated. It took out "fifty" zero-grade life nuclei from its body and used them as collateral with the shop. Then, it picked up a vial of the serum and drank it in one gulp.
In the next second, it felt a vast, warm heat flow begin to spread throughout its body. This heat flowed through every inch of its flesh, continuously repairing and enhancing every cell, while intense pain shot through its entire body.
Two minutes later, when the bull-headed creature opened its eyes again, the sharpness in its gaze was unmistakable. Feeling the seemingly endless power within and the nearly doubled physical prowess, it had never felt so powerful in its life.
Reacting quickly, it spoke rapidly.
"I want the remaining 99 vials of the gene optimization serum."
As it spoke, it began to take out more life nuclei from its body. As an elite warrior of the "Blue Ox" tribe, it had no shortage of them.
However, at that moment, footsteps echoed from behind, followed by a fluent voice in the universal language of the star sea.
"Wait, I also want to buy the gene optimization serum."
Turning around, the bull-headed creature saw a creature with an extremely large head enter the shop. Two tentacles supported its head, which made up over 90% of its body weight, making it look quite out of place.
The attitude of this creature was clear; it also wanted to buy the gene optimization serum. Although it had not tried the serum itself, the bull-headed creature's urgency made it evident that the serum's effects were truly remarkable.
At this moment, a new message appeared on the central holographic screen of the shop.
"Each customer can purchase a maximum of 10 vials at a time."
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On a nearby street, Song Chi, unable to find any information about the large-headed creature in the star sea civilization and species database, realized that it was a completely new species, one that had never been discovered by the Ember Human civilization.
However, this was not the main issue. Song Chi now regretted not buying more of the basic gene optimization serums, given their popularity. A "fivefold" profit margin—was there anything that could bring in money faster?
Reluctantly, he added the rule of "a maximum of ten vials per customer." After all, there were only so many vials, and it was better to use them to attract more customers rather than selling them all at once.
As expected, after learning about the purchase limit, both the bull-headed creature and the large-headed creature each bought ten vials and hurriedly left the market, clearly to summon their kin.
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PS: New book, seeking recommendations and readers.
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