Chapter 109
The series of effects brought about by the monsters running into the store are still happening in Nuannuan Hot Spring.
For most ordinary players, shopping on Taobao is a matter of luck.
Many of them could not even recognize all the materials of the elite monsters and even high-level monsters that had been summarized by the players and entered into the illustrated manual. Among them, there were even many who saw boss-level monsters for the first time after the Arctic Fox Bus came to Guangming Town.
Before that, S-level monsters were just legendary creatures to them.
Now that I step into this small shop, I am naturally completely in the dark.
A random flower picked from the territory of a super S-level monster may be a completely new material that they have never seen before in their eyes.
Identifying treasures is basically based on blind guessing and some rumors heard from others.
Therefore, some “treasure appraisal” strategies soon appeared to target ordinary players who wanted to shop on Taobao but unfortunately lacked basic knowledge.
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"A rough discussion on how to identify the value of monster materials"
Beautiful Minerals: A List of Rare Mineral Resources
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The richness of the content and the sensational title are comparable to some third-rate tabloids in the past. The content is also like the various true and false strategy guides on the game forums in the past, except that they were manually copied into booklets by some players with business acumen and sold privately at the price of 10.20 points per copy.
It is said that the sales are quite good, and some copies are even sold out. The seller has hired people to produce and ship the books against the clock.
But apart from a small number of players who really have knowledge and are out to do charity science popularization, the only ones who can earn this hard-earned money are charlatans.
Shu Mo also collected several booklets and flipped through them. The contents were of varying quality. The unscrupulous ones simply made up stories, while the conscientious ones, due to their lack of knowledge, only glossed over many things and did not describe them clearly as she had done in the system.
Obviously, many people simply collected rumors, compiled them into a book, and then dared to sell them for money.
But it's quite interesting to watch when you're bored.
Shu Mo has been using these to pass the time these days.
In addition to this type of booklets, there are also some real people who come forward to "give lectures". Shu Mo has seen more than once in the restaurant someone pulling other players aside and talking incessantly about his experience in appraising treasures.
He described it in such exaggerated terms, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.
Out of curiosity, she once quietly opened the other person's personal page, and saw a huge Lv.32 embedded in the level column.
Shu Mo: “…”
Taking another look at the man's confident look, she couldn't help but feel a little impressed.
The mentality of these players is probably: since other people can't see their level anyway, just brag about it!
When you are in the world, you give yourself an identity.
What's more, there were actually some players gathered around, listening with fascination.
Gu Xiao is one of them.
In the restaurant, she leaned on the back of the chair and stared blankly for a long time. Liu Xueruo next to her called out to her several times but she didn't come back to her senses.
Liu Xueruo was helpless and patted her on the back, "Eat quickly, the soup is cold."
Today is the weekly lake fish harvest day, and the restaurant has specially served several fish dishes. Shu Mo ordered a whole serving of fish soup by himself, but was worried that he wouldn't be able to finish it, so he called Liu Xueruo and Gu Xiao to join him for dinner.
The milky soup is fragrant and rich, and tastes delicious. The tofu is tender and the fish is stewed until soft. Most importantly, it has no bones and is perfect to eat with rice.
Even someone as thin as Liu Xueruo had eaten two bowls of rice with the soup.
I don’t know if it’s the hot springs that have a conditioning effect, or if life here is just too comfortable, but after living in Nuannuan Hot Springs for a long time, Liu Xueruo feels that her appetite is getting better day by day, and her health is slowly getting better.
This frail body, which had been a burden to her and her mother for who knows how long and could only move with the help of a wheelchair, now seemed to be filled with endless energy, which made her a little uncomfortable.
After a long while, Gu Xiao reluctantly turned back. Seeing her like this, Liu Xueruo sighed, "Think about it carefully. How could someone who can really recognize a treasure shout it out to the whole world? People keep it secret and won't come here to share it."
Shu Mo took a sip of the soup and agreed, "That's right."
Gu Xiao's big eyes rolled around, and he leaned on the table and looked up, "Boss, can you tell me something in secret? Are there really so many treasures in that store? How many points is the most valuable one worth?"
"Really." Shu Mo answered her previous question first, then he hesitated for two seconds as if to keep her in suspense, and spread his hands, "As for the most valuable one... it is priceless, I can't answer it."
The highest-level players in the game right now are probably only level 80 or 90, and these super S-level monsters are "created" to wait for them to upgrade to the highest level before challenging them.
This level may be 100, or 120, 150...
No one can tell.
Therefore, it is very likely that they would be happy to bring over some materials that can be used to forge level 120 equipment.
After Shu Mo finished recharging the monsters that day, he handed over some of the materials he obtained from the transaction to Xie Qingyun.
…It was the first time she saw that guy’s eyes so wide.
Xie Qingyun took it and studied it, his expression becoming more and more serious, and he plunged into the research of these materials. These past few days, Shu Mo hadn't even seen him, as if he had disappeared from the face of the earth.
The value of these materials can also be seen from the importance attached to them by this master forger.
Shu Mo is very sure that as long as the players improve their knowledge, they will be able to continuously discover new treasures by going to the store.
This is another benefit of going to the store.
"..." Shu Mo chewed rice, but his thoughts were a little vague.
Before this, she had never thought that humans and monsters would have any connection other than summoned beasts.
Even if you let an old player who has been in the game for ten years come over, he would never have thought that one day wild monsters would be able to live in harmony with players in the same area, right?
Did the Nuannuan Hot Spring change this?
Shu Mo had a vague intuition that the emergence of hot springs was slowly changing the status quo of the doomsday game.
This change is subtle, but it does exist.
Shu Mo was secretly looking forward to what direction this butterfly effect would lead the future to.
At least for now, everything is getting better, isn't it?
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The "vast majority" of players come to the store to hunt for treasures, but there are naturally a small number of exceptions.
For example, Jiang Qing’s team, the leader of the mercenary group in Guangming Town, and some elite players from Qingshui Town and other places who have explored unknown maps.
They originally came over just to join in the fun, but once they saw the items in the store, they were attracted.
There are actually many unknown materials here that they have seen in the wasteland!
"I remember this."
Someone in Jiang Qing's team exclaimed in surprise. She stepped over the obstacle in two or three steps and picked up a fluorescent grass. "It was growing on the cliff at the time, but it was surrounded by several giant python monsters. We didn't know their strength, so we didn't dare to go up to pick it. I didn't expect to see it here."
She covered her mouth and lowered her voice. When she saw the price tag, she was shocked. "Only 100 points...Captain."
Jiang Qing winked, "Put it away, check out later, and we'll continue shopping."
Since they discovered the peculiarity of this small shop, their team has not even gone out in the past few days. They have been wandering around the shop aimlessly, pretending to digest their food after dinner.
But in fact, he was comparing each one of them with the unknown materials he had seen before.
They are different from other players. They already have an idea of the materials in their minds, and their efficiency will be greatly improved if they look for them according to the map.
For players, unexplored maps are like gold everywhere. As long as it is a material they have seen there, its value can almost be guaranteed 100%.
After such a detailed carpet search, they have now purchased more than a dozen similar materials, with prices ranging from high to low, but this one is obviously priced unusually low.
In fact, this is also related to the monster sellers.
The one who sold this fluorescent grass was a python-like monster, and those that were wandering on the cliff were even its offspring.
The younger generations occasionally offered tributes, which happened to include a few plants of fluorescent grass. To it, it was basically a free gift. It couldn't even remember the year and month when it put them into the storage space, so the price was naturally lower.
Although Jiang Qing and other elite players did not know the story behind this, they were still pleased with themselves for having picked up this unexpected bargain.
By taking these materials back to study, perhaps we can increase our understanding of those areas and monsters, and this will greatly improve the safety of our next trip.
You can get so many materials just by strolling around the store. Isn't this much more cost-effective than risking your life to open up new land?
After browsing another shelf, seeing the team members rubbing their aching waists, Jiang Qing ordered, "That's all for today, check out first, and then go back and rest."
As they walked out, they heard a faint argument coming from the front desk.
"You have to give me an explanation! Why is such a piece of junk priced so high?"
Jiang Qing walked hurriedly, quickly walked around the shelves and took in the scene in front of him.
I saw a young man in charge of cashiering behind the front desk being grabbed by the collar and almost left the ground.
This young man came to the store to help the original clerk with checkouts after the number of customers increased. The shop assistant was also not far away at this time. Seeing this, she rushed over without hesitation to stop it.
“Stop it now!”
But the player who accidentally bought the worthless item was so angry that he couldn't listen to what others said. The next second, as if to vent his anger, he threw the young man against the wall.
There were several exclamations around.
"Let go!"
"You're going too far."
Several melee players rushed forward to help, but before they could catch the troublemaker, the latter cried out in pain: "Ah!!"
He punched the wall hard, and his bones collided with the hard wall, making a teeth-grinding sound.
The man's expression was distorted, and he groaned a few times, "It hurts so much..."
"What's going on?" Jiang Qing and others who were about to move forward stopped and were confused.
They watched helplessly as the young man, just before being thrown against the wall, nimbly broke free from the hands of the troublemakers like a catfish, and somehow slid away, and now stood leisurely to the side.
"How did he do that..."
"have no idea."
The onlookers looked at each other in confusion.
Just then three more people came into the store, "What's going on?"
There were two men and one woman among the three, all wearing the staff uniforms of Nuannuan Hot Spring. However, unlike other players, these people were fully armed, and judging from their equipment, their levels were even higher than most of the elite players here.
This is the newly hired security team of Nuannuan Hot Spring.
Ever since the tragic experience of rushing all the way from the end of the commercial street to the main building last time, Shu Mo learned his lesson and spent a few more points to hire a group of elite players to be responsible for security.
The usual task of these people is to patrol and guard around the hot springs every day, and then when an emergency occurs, they rush to the scene in time based on Shu Mo's information.
——Yes, most of the time, their patrols are just a pretense.
With such a barrier that can be called 24-hour monitoring, it is impossible for the security team to discover these emergencies faster than Shu Mo.
This time was no exception. They rushed here immediately after receiving the news.
The aura of an elite player should not be underestimated. Several people looked around the store seriously and immediately locked onto their target. "Are you the one causing trouble? Please come with us and leave."
Two of them were well-trained to hold up the troublemaker, and the remaining one looked at the cashier boy next to him and said in a gentle tone, "You are not scared, are you?"
When they first started training, they had already learned from Shu Mo that most of the merchants who came to the commercial street to open stores were just ordinary players with a special skill.
"They risked everything to rush to this high-end area because they trusted Nuannuan Hot Spring, so we naturally have to ensure their safety," said Shu Mo.
…But she forgot to mention that the Monster Shop was an exception.
So now, in the eyes of the security team, these two people are no different from other weak merchants on the commercial street who need their protection.
Thinking of how roughly he had just been treated, the elite player in charge of security couldn't help but speak with sympathy, "Are you okay? Don't be afraid. This won't happen again."
The young man was surprised and smiled at her.
Before she left, she turned back and reminded him, "Next time if you have any problems, just call us loudly! We are at the corner of the street."
The shop assistant and the cashier nodded yes repeatedly and sent the security team out.
Only after they saw the security team carrying the troublemaker away did the two return to the counter.
The young man patted his chest with lingering fear, "It was a close call, luckily you reminded me."
"Isn't it?"
The clerk recalled the scene and was also scared: "I have never seen such a short health bar..."
It feels like a slight push will kill you...
If this human were to have an accident in their store, would the boss kick them out?
The two super S-class monsters felt extremely frightened when they saw the fragile humans walking in the store.
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