Chapter 20: The Illegal Black Market
Yan Shi: ...?!
She sat up abruptly.
The curse, which had ignored her for days, now responded to her request, tearing a rift open beside her. Through the rift, one could see a bustling street on the other side, with strangely dressed and differently-looking pedestrians coming and going.
Not far from the crack, there was an extremely tall tower surrounded by different orbits. Every now and then, airships would glide and take off from the orbits.
Yan Shi quickly changed into a set of casual clothes and stepped into the crevice.
The other side of the crack leads directly to a street in the Weil Hub, which is bustling with activity at this time of evening.
The city of Vel Hub itself is a large-scale alchemical construct, forged by the Forging Division of the Logistics Department of the Alien Management Bureau. Many streets have short-distance teleportation arrays to facilitate patrols and law enforcement by the Alien Management Bureau. No one paid particular attention to Yan Shi's sudden appearance.
“Guige and the others must have arrived by now,” Yan Shi murmured to himself, “but I wonder if they’ve boarded the airship and set off yet…”
She bypassed the passing creatures and strode quickly toward the Cloud Journey Tower.
When they were almost at the air traffic control tower, Yan Shi stopped in his tracks.
Not far away, several merchant groups were preparing to have their goods checked at the airport tower.
In front of one of the merchant groups stood a woman dressed in light leather clothing, with her medium-length hair casually draped over her shoulders, leaning against a box and scrolling through her phone.
He looks very familiar.
I just saw it in the comic half an hour ago. It was about Liu Guang who fought with Di Shangming last weekend.
The comic is very realistic. Even though Liu Guang changed her clothes and Yan Shi had never seen Liu Guang before, Yan Shi was able to recognize her as Liu Guang when he saw her.
Yan Shi: ...The two-dimensional characters have come to life from the comics.
She slowly took a step back.
Although she had expected it, this was the first time Yan Shi had met someone who appeared in a comic but she had never met in person.
Many of the characters were ones that Yan Shi knew before they were drawn into the comics. When she read the comics, she only felt a sense of amusement.
Upon seeing the flowing light, Yan Shi suddenly realized that the comic was truly recording Lin Cai's life. And everything Wu Na had said was real and urgent.
But honestly, the destruction of the world has little to do with her; the biggest problem is working overtime.
Liu Guang noticed Yan Shi's gaze, raised an eyebrow, and walked towards her.
"I am Liu Guang, the vice-captain of the Mithril Merchant Guild." Liu Guang said, extending his hand. "Let's be friends. What's your name?"
Yan Shi's eyes were slightly cool, but he smiled and took Liu Guang's hand: "You can call me Yan Lan."
She shook hands briefly before letting go, glancing past the beam of light at the boxes containing goods that were queuing for security checks, which the beam had just been leaning against. "The Mithril Merchant Guild, I don't think I've heard of it. What kind of business do you do?"
Liu Guang shrugged: "Selling some insignificant trinkets is normal."
"A little thing? But the box looks pretty big." Yan Shi looked surprised.
In fact, the boxes were not only large, but also very heavy. At the airport security checkpoint, all goods need to go on a conveyor belt. Yan Shi noticed that the entire conveyor belt swayed slightly when the boxes were put on it.
It's not just heavy, it's incredibly heavy; there might be a giant hiding inside.
The investigation report on the ruins of the Sunrise City black market has been submitted. According to statistics, eight or nine out of ten goods had already been moved before the execution headquarters arrived. This included a large number of contraband items.
Yan Shi suspected that the boxes behind Liu Guang contained some goods that had been transferred from the black market in advance.
As long as it's not a living being, there are too many ways to evade security checks, such as formations, talismans, and special alchemical products.
Wei Guang: "Things are sold with low profit margins and high volume, so you win by sheer volume. Where are you going?" She subtly changed the subject.
"Oh, I just arrived by airship from Sun Chaser City. I was planning to explore the Will Hub first, and then decide where to go next," Yan Shi said, then sighed helplessly, "I've been living in Sun Chaser City doing some small-scale business, but the Bureau of Alien Management...
She seemed to suddenly realize she had said something she shouldn't have, and abruptly stopped, then changed the subject, saying, "Because of some unexpected events, I'm preparing to move. I've never been to the Wilt Hub before, and I got lost as soon as I came out of the air traffic control tower. I don't know how I ended up here."
Liu Guang's smile deepened: "Is it about the Black Market in Zhuri City being raided by the Bureau of Extraordinary Management?"
They were so cooperative; Yan Shi was amazed.
She looked at Liuguang with a shocked expression.
“Oh dear,” Liu Guang said helplessly, “the news has already spread among the merchant groups, and everyone knows about it. Director Shu is really ruthless; he ransacked such a large black market after operating for so long. Even Jinwu couldn’t stop him.”
Yan Shi nodded, "Yes, there was a small problem with my goods, so I arrived late. As soon as I got to the black market, you probably saw it too—the entire auction house roof collapsed." She looked somewhat shaken. "Powerful figures up there started fighting without warning; they were so fierce. Luckily I arrived late; if I had been buried underneath..."
She shuddered: "I'm sitting in the Bureau of Extrajudicial Administration prison right now."
Yan Shi paused, a mysterious expression on his face, and said, "I'm telling you, but don't tell anyone else. I heard it wasn't the director of the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs who was fighting with Jinwu, but rather that robbers came to the auction house to steal things."
"Right, the robber Liu Guang." Yan Shi laughed inwardly, while continuing to act like a busybody: "This is the auction house under the jurisdiction of Jinwu! They came here to steal things. Jinwu caught them and burned it. Because the commotion was too big, the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs came later."
Liu Guang's expression froze: "Huh? Is that so? But I heard they were evenly matched."
Yan Shi: "How could that be? That's the Golden Crow. If it were a real fight, they would have been evenly matched. Why didn't they trap the director of the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs together first? And then their black market was raided."
Liu Guang chuckled awkwardly twice: "We can't afford to offend the Bureau of Extraordinary Management, can we? There are too many powerful figures at the Bureau's headquarters, and the director is even more mysterious and unpredictable. We wouldn't dare."
Yan Shi: ...Oh, the director of the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs is standing right in front of you.
Liu Guang changed the subject again, leaning close to Yan Shi's ear and saying, "Are you inquiring about the new black market address?"
Merchant groups are the most shrewd.
Yan Shi had already suspected that the contraband being transferred was probably being sold on another black market. She hadn't expected that only a week after the Bureau of Extraordinary Management raided the Sunrise City black market, a new black market had already opened.
No, it shouldn't be considered as being opened, but rather as being moved.
According to the report currently compiled by the Executive Office, the amount of contraband seized from the black market in the city of Zhengzhou is far less than half of what the Logistics Department expected.
The Ville hub is a major transportation transfer station, so moving it here is indeed a reasonable move.
Yan Shi's eyes widened slightly: "You mean?"
Liu Guang stood back up: "At midnight tonight, take your small business to C5 Street."
"Liuguang!" Someone called Liuguang's name at the security checkpoint. She didn't explain further and waved to Yanshi: "See you tonight."
If she were to lead a team of officers in at night, Liu Guang's expression would be priceless. Yan Shi thought with great interest.
But it's Friday! You can never work too late, and the opportunity to personally participate in illegal black market transactions doesn't come often.
Yan Shi knew that the black market traded not only living beings but also many contraband items. However, she had never seen what these contraband items were.
That will be very interesting.
Right now, she needs to start her own "small business".
wrong.
Yan Shi suddenly remembered. She had come to the Will Hub intending to go to the Forest of Life with Gui Ge Mu and the others?
She pouted unhappily.
"Let's check the airship schedule to Emerald City at the air traffic control tower first," Yan Shi finally decided. "If there are no flights to Emerald City tonight, then the goddess wants me to participate in tonight's black market."
If so, she would first participate in the black market, and then use her authority at the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs in the Will Hub to arrange for a flight of airships to go to Emerald City the next morning.
In short, Yan Shi is determined to go to this illegal black market.
As for small businesses...
Yan Shi seemed to be deep in thought, "The Weir Hub must also have a branch of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs, right?"
As for the transportation hub, based on what she had just seen outside the Yuntu Airport Tower, there were strict security checks, so it was impossible that no contraband was found.
Among those confiscated items, there must be some high-quality ones.
After checking the flight routes at the Cloud Flight Tower, I'll go to the branch office of the Foreign Affairs Bureau and pick up a bit of the route.
Yan Shi happily made a decision on the plan.
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