Chapter 25 Black Market
Just like Wen Le's school on Earth, Wade had monthly exams, followed by a three-day break. Although exams were now graded in real time, with results released immediately after the exam, the break remained. Wade's official explanation was that it gave students time to rest and recuperate.
However, the students in Class E do not think so. They all say that this is to give those students who will be beaten time to cultivate themselves. Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing to come to school the next day with a face full of slap marks. It would hurt their self-esteem. Wouldn't they be even less motivated to study over time?
Wen Le felt that only the naughty kids in Class E could say such words.
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Because he had promised Jin Cancan that he would take it out to play after the exams and vacation, he spent 100 credit points to go to the school's pet management office to buy a palm-sized pet tag to hang around Jin Cancan's neck. This tag contains a microchip, and the information of the pet and the owner will be connected to the school's network, and it also has a positioning function. If the pet is lost, the owner can log in to the pet information section of the campus network to find the pet's whereabouts.
This also makes it easier for others to return found pets to their owners, effectively protecting pets' safety. Things like taking advantage of the owner's absence to hide pets and abuse them don't exist at Weide. Unless the pet is lost outside of Weide, registered pets cannot even leave the Weide campus without the owner's permission.
As for the palm-sized pet tag, it's simply a reminder that this pet has an owner and that you shouldn't have any bad intentions towards them. In a sense, it's also a warning. That's why these tags are usually very eye-catching.
Jin Cancan is now almost five months old and has grown to the size of an adult Samoyed, even showing signs of growing larger. If the system hadn't kept telling him he was growing well and healthy, Wen Le would have been a little worried.
When Wen Le's roommate, Xu Dongdong, learned that Wen Le was taking Jin Cancan out, he quickly sent the car and driver who had come to pick him up from home and happily went out to play with Wen Le. He even suggested, "Why don't we bring Lily and Li Zhenzhen along? I don't think those two girls are mentally unstable, but they're good fighters. If we run into any fools, just lock the door and let them go. They'll definitely be more effective than your big cat." At least they'll be safe.
Because Abandoned Planet is a lawless place, one of its most prominent features is its black market. As long as you have the money and resources, they can get you anything you want. However, the prerequisite is that you can also leave safely after buying what you want. Robberies and counter-robberies are rife there, happening almost constantly. Those without self-protection skills wouldn't dare go there, and ordinary people wouldn't even dare to mention it.
Wen Le, who was airborne, had no idea there was a black market here and was immediately surprised: "There's actually this here?"
Xu Dongdong looked down on him: "Where do you think all these resources come from?"
As a no-man's land, the authorities naturally wouldn't allocate resources to the Abandoned Planets. However, the people there do have needs, hence the black market. Furthermore, the Abandoned Planets are a mixed bag, with people from all backgrounds and complexities. One Abandoned Planet is even completely controlled by interstellar pirates. A full-scale crackdown would only lead to disaster, as the Abandoned Planets encompass all abandoned planets in the interstellar system. Therefore, Area A is officially tacitly established, allowing Vader to secure ten extraterrestrial admissions slots annually.
Wen Le was a little tempted, but when he thought about the three-digit balance in his personal account, he began to hesitate: "But I don't have any money..."
Although he didn't want to admit it, Wen Le was probably one of the poorest students in the entire Wade. Even the students in the ordinary class had families whose economic conditions could be considered middle-class in Area A, otherwise they would not be able to afford Wade's high annual tuition.
Xu Dongdong was shocked when he heard the amount of savings Wen Le mentioned: "Aren't you a one-star therapist? How can you be so poor!"
All those therapist apprentices who claim to be therapists but are actually pharmacists at best are making a lot of money. How come Wen Le, a top-ranked therapist, is so poor that he is about to starve to death? This is unscientific!
Xu Dongdong looked at Wen Le in confusion for a long time, and finally couldn't help asking: "You are so poor, why don't you find a way to make money?" Relying on the little living expenses given by the association every month, it is enough to eat enough on Qixing, but it is not enough for anything else. Wen Le is not in a hurry at all.
Xu Dongdong was only two years older than Wen Le, making him only twelve years old at best. However, due to their environment, the children of Abandoned Stars generally matured early. Even though he came from a wealthy family and had never worried about food and clothing, the desire to make money was ingrained in him. It was an instinct, just like the other Abandoned Star children's love of hoarding food.
So Wen Le's behavior was like leaving a mountain of gold unused, which made Xu Dongdong feel incredible.
Wen Le rolled his eyes at him. "Do you think I've had time in the past two months?" He'd been scrambling to catch up on his missed classes, practically memorizing theory in his dreams. He hadn't had time for anything else. He'd never pushed himself this hard before, even during the college entrance exams. It was a life-or-death struggle, to be honest.
Xu Dongdong glanced at him and said in confusion, "So I don't understand. You have such good conditions, why do you bother to study so hard? Making a few potions every day is enough to make a living. What's the point of learning all that theory? Isn't a healer's ability all about practice?"
Wen Le couldn't help but retort, "So why are you called a poor student? Do you think just knowing how to make a potion is enough? If you don't know anything about medicinal herbs and pathology, the best you can do in this life is become a pharmacist specializing in making medicine. Just look at those senior therapists, how many of them are illiterate?"
Xu Dongdong chuckled and said, "You talk as if you're not a bad student." Let's not talk about the second brother, our eldest brother is essentially the same, so don't laugh at others when you are fifty steps apart.
Wen Le admitted generously: "I am also a poor student, I admit that. But even if I am a poor student, I also want to be the debris flow among the poor students... No, the positive and optimistic ones." He almost let the cat out of the bag.
"So our classmate Wen Le, who is actively preparing to become a landslide among poor students, is planning to starve himself to death to prove his determination in order to study hard and make progress every day?" Xu Dongdong's words hit Wen Le's sore spot.
Wen Le: “…”
He was speechless.
Jin Cancan had long been impatiently waiting. As the little creature grew, its intelligence had also grown rapidly, now roughly on par with a seven or eight-year-old. It understood many things, it just couldn't articulate them. So now, Wen Le didn't dare to say anything carelessly in front of it, for fear that the little creature would overhear and learn bad habits. That's why, lately, it's even learned to talk back to him.
"Ouch!" Jin Cancan used his big claws to tug at Wen Le's shoulders, urging him: "Shit shoveler, are you going to leave or not? You're so annoying when you keep dithering."
Xu Dongdong was watching from the side with envy: "Why am I so anxious? Your Jin Cancan is growing more and more like a tiger. Even his roar sounds like a tiger."
Wen Le felt guilty. Isn't this a tiger? But he didn't dare to say it.
So I quickly changed the subject: "Stop talking nonsense and ask Lily and the others whether they are going or not."
Xu Dongdong's attention was indeed diverted. He turned on his light brain and started contacting Lily and the others.
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The students in Class E might not be good at anything else, but they were crazy about having fun. When Lily heard Wen Le and the others were going to the black market, she agreed without hesitation and made an appointment to meet them. Unexpectedly, Li Zhenzhen also agreed, which surprised Wen Le, who always touted herself as a lady. He thought she wouldn't join them in the fun, especially since they were going to the chaotic black market, a place that didn't fit her ladylike image at all.
Xu Dongdong saw through Wen Le's thoughts and couldn't help but chuckle, "Don't be fooled by Li Zhenzhen's usual ladylike demeanor. She's actually quite fierce in a fight. If they really started fighting, she could even tie with Lily."
Lily is a recognized tough girl in Class E. There are few rivals in the same grade and age group in the entire Wade. Unexpectedly, Li Zhenzhen is so talented that she can tie with her.
Xu Dongdong noticed Wen Le's surprise and said with a curled lip, "How do you think she got the nickname Dinosaur Girl?" Besides, just looking at her muscles, you can tell that she is a capable fighter.
So Wen Le came to reunite with his friends with his three views shattered and still trying to be reconstructed. To be honest, he didn't even dare to go to see Li Zhenzhen now.
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A group of four people, along with a big cat that looked like a dog, entered the black market in a mighty manner. Xu Dongdong was very familiar with this place and easily found the person selling medicinal herbs. It seemed that he came here often.
The so-called black market is a dark alley where the houses inside appear to be occupied by people, but in reality they are warehouses used to store goods. The people who live there are not ordinary people, but are a kind of bodyguards and shopping guides, guarding the goods on one hand and selling things to customers on the other.
As the group entered the dark alley, Wen Le, under Xu Dongdong's guidance, pinned the one-star healer badge on his collar, demonstrating his status and financial resources to the people here. After all, in everyone's perception, healers are representatives of financial resources, and even if they don't have the power behind them, they can still produce it.
And doing so also has a deterrent effect, which is to warn those who are hiding in the dark not to do stupid things to provoke them. Otherwise, Xu Dongdong and the others would not dare to come here so openly.
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