Chapter 269 I Picked Up Trash on the Battlefield of National Fortune 25
As night fell, Zhou Jue dutifully finished his day's cleaning work and returned to the player town.
Zhou Jue reappeared at the same old spot outside the Dragon Kingdom's exclusive rest hall. Jiang Zhe had been waiting for a long time. Lin Feng and Wolf Brother stood beside him, and behind the three of them was an even larger "mountain of garbage" than yesterday.
Upon seeing Zhou Jue appear, Jiang Zhe quickly stepped forward, his face filled with barely concealed excitement.
"Boss, you're here."
He raised his wristband, and a string of numbers lit up on the screen.
"The advance payment for the goods last time, 48,500 points, not a penny less."
[Beep! 48,500 points received.] The notification sounded from the bracelet.
“These are the scraps we’ve collected today, they’re all here!” Jiang Zhe pointed to the pile of waste behind him.
Zhou Jue stepped forward and swept his palm across the air.
Total: 1985 points.
"One thousand nine hundred and eighty-five points."
"Boss, same old rules, change it all to potions." Jiang Zhe took out a new list from his pocket, his tone tinged with urgency.
"We need more."
Zhou Jue took the list and glanced at it; the quantity had doubled compared to last time.
Without asking any further questions, she waved her hand, and instantly rows of neatly stacked medicine bottles appeared on the ground, the four colors of liquid shimmering in the dim light.
"Hiss..." Even though they had seen it once before, Wolf Brother and Lin Feng still couldn't help but gasp.
With so many potions, this 1024 was like an inexhaustible warehouse. Jiang Zhe's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately activated the bracelet.
"We will pay for this shipment in full at once, without any credit."
[Beep! 163,000 points received.]
The transaction was completed. Zhou Jue looked at the rapidly increasing points on her bracelet, but she didn't feel much excitement. She knew that these were goods from several countries, and she needed to speed things up.
She looked at Jiang Zhe and noticed that after he accepted the medicine, the joy on his face was quickly replaced by worry.
"Is there anything else?"
Jiang Zhe sighed and nodded: "Boss, you should have received the system announcement too, right? It's about the auction in seven days."
Zhou Jue remained silent, which was taken as tacit agreement.
Jiang Zhe frowned even more: "Although our Dragon Kingdom has accumulated some points and can compete with other countries, we don't know if we can beat the other participating NPCs. We're worried that we're still far behind those established NPCs."
He gave a wry smile, his voice filled with helplessness: "I'm afraid that in the end, I'll just have to watch helplessly as the good stuff gets snatched up by others, and I won't be able to get anything."
"That's really quite tragic." Zhou Jue's voice was ambiguous, neither consoling nor stating anything.
Jiang Zhe was momentarily speechless, but could only continue, "Yes, so I was thinking, besides medicine, do you... have any other options?"
Zhou Jue paused for a moment: "Besides selling medicine, I have indeed started a new business recently."
As she spoke, she slowly took something out of her wide sleeve—a dagger, a C-grade "Poisoned Bone Blade".
She handed the dagger to Jiang Zhe, who took it instinctively. At first, he didn't pay much attention, but when his fingers touched the cold blade, he was jolted.
He looked down, and his pupils suddenly contracted.
He knew this dagger all too well! It belonged to "Rabbit," the captain of his reconnaissance squad. It had been broken in a battle yesterday by the Corrupted Guardian's hammer and was completely destroyed. In the end, it was thrown into the pile of junk by him as a C-grade piece of trash.
But now, the dagger lies perfectly intact in his palm.
The broken blade was perfectly joined together, with the fine blood grooves clearly visible, and even the anti-slip patterns carved by the rabbit on the handle were exactly the same.
He lightly ran his thumb across the blade, and a bloodstain instantly appeared, its sharpness seemingly even greater than before.
Jiang Zhe's breathing became rapid. He raised his head and stared intently at the shadow under Zhou Jue's hood, his voice trembling slightly with excitement.
"This...this is..."
"I can repair equipment."
Zhou Jue uttered a shocking statement in a calm tone, and Jiang Zhe felt his head buzz, as if he had been hit hard by a heavy hammer.
Repairing equipment! Those four words carry more weight than hundreds of bottles of potions combined!
The official store's repair costs are outrageously high. Many of their team members' equipment breaks, and they have to throw it away and buy new ones, which is a huge expense.
"The repair cost is half that of the official store."
Zhou Jue's voice continued, like a second heavy blow.
Half the price! Jiang Zhe's heart pounded.
"However, I'm just starting out, and I need a lot of broken equipment to practice on."
Zhou Jue changed the subject: "So, I can offer you a friendly price for D-grade and C-grade equipment recently."
She held up her finger.
"Grade D, 100 points per item."
"Grade C, 200 points per item."
Jiang Zhe was so excited that his hands were trembling. He gripped the dagger so tightly that his knuckles turned white.
Friendship price! This isn't just a friendship price, it's practically free! One hundred points are all you need to repair a D-grade piece of equipment!
This means that the basic combat strength of their Dragon Kingdom players will be guaranteed like never before! Those team members whose combat strength has been greatly reduced due to equipment damage can be rearmed!
Think of how many points this will save them! And how much will it boost their combat power!
"Good! Good!" Jiang Zhe said "good" twice, looking at Zhou Jue with eyes full of gratitude and awe.
"Boss! On behalf of the Dragon Kingdom, thank you!"
"From today onwards, all the scrapped equipment in our Dragon Kingdom will be handed over to you for disposal!"
He was too busy to think any further; all he knew was that he had to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
"Lin Feng! Wolf Brother!" Jiang Zhe turned around abruptly and gave the order to the two people behind him who were still in a daze.
"Pass the word down immediately! Have all team members gather all the damaged equipment they have! Not a single piece is to be missed!"
"yes!"
Lin Feng and Wolf Brother snapped out of their daze, their faces also filled with barely suppressed elation, and immediately turned to carry out the order.
Jiang Zhe looked at Zhou Jue and bowed solemnly: "Boss, don't worry, we will never let you suffer a loss!"
"For repaired equipment, you'll pay this price. For equipment that fails to be repaired and is rendered unusable, consider it as a recycling fragment!"
Zhou Jue nodded, and his figure disappeared into the night.
This time, she didn't go to the flea market, but went straight back to the cabin. She looked at the empty room and then at the mountain of "junk" in her storage space.
They began alchemy and restoration, and the days passed by one by one.
During the day, she is 0714, wandering through the ruins, occasionally losing an item.
At night, she would go back to her hut after selling her goods, and begin her frantic "blacksmithing" life, rapidly improving her alchemy skills.
"Buzz—"
The miniature energy furnace started up again, its orange-red light illuminating her focused eyes beneath her hood.
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