Since there were no Epochal goods to purchase, Zhang Mu asked the system to send him to exchange positions with Yuan Rui. He waited quietly in another space where Yuan Rui had just stayed.

After Yuan Rui finished the Epoch Transaction, Zhang Mu learned that she had never met the Epoch Merchant. He then became truly convinced of this Epoch Merchant, and the two of them requested the Epoch Store to teleport them back to the outside world.

The moment Zhang Mu and the other person appeared outside the Ji Yuan Store, he became alert.

It was very quiet all around, with only the sound of the silent wind blowing.

It's so quiet.

The four black-faced guards from before were not here, nor were Ha Chimu and his Chixue.

"Come out."

The moment Zhang Mu's mental power spread out, he discovered the source of the danger and locked onto a certain location in space.

It was in the shadow of a corner, and a masked man in a black robe slowly walked out from the shadow.

"A second-level evolver of the Shadow system?"

Zhang Mu stared at the man who walked out from the shadow of the building. His intuition told him that this was a member of the capital's caravan alliance, and also a local Jiyuan agent merchant.

The man didn't speak, and it seemed as if his entire body had returned to darkness, and his aura was filled with a sense of dead silence.

Zhang Mu was able to discover him because of his mental sensitivity to threats and his understanding of later generations' evolution of various abilities. Otherwise, who could have imagined that there was a person hiding in the shadow of a building?

After being recognized by Zhang Mu, the man did not speak immediately, but when he found that Zhang Mu had accurately said the name of his awakened ability, a slight ripple appeared in his originally lifeless eyes.

The man from the dark shadows then walked up to Zhang Mu and Yuan Rui and said slowly, "My name is An Ge, welcome to the capital of Hohhot. On behalf of the Caravan Alliance, I welcome you to join our big family, the two outsiders who are agents of the Era."

Dark Pigeon should just be his code name. Does this guy mean to forcibly recruit Yuan Rui and me to join this caravan alliance and then cooperate with them?

Zhang Mu smiled faintly and said, "Why should I join you? Is there any benefit for me?"

An Ge still had no expression on his face, but he seemed very patient, and he said slowly, "First, the caravan alliance we formed by ourselves has 18 Epoch Agent merchants, and we can exchange information.

Secondly, we are developing exclusive Epoch Trade Roads to various Epoch Cities. In the two capitals of Inner Mongolia, we have eight warriors serving us. In the future, in other Epoch Cities, we will also communicate with the local strengths. For an Epoch Merchant who may die at any time when traveling alone, aren't these two points enough?"

These two conditions sound extremely tempting, but unfortunately Zhang Mu is not an ordinary Epoch agent businessman. There is no problem for him to conduct Epoch transactions alone. As for the interactive information, the role it can play is too small. Even Epoch merchants cannot clearly capture market information, let alone them.

It is possible after the Era Store has updated the Era regional goods and general goods for the month, but the time spent back and forth usually requires the next update.

If an Epoch agent merchant went through hardships to come to other Epoch cities to complete a transaction, he would most likely agree. With this exclusive channel, the threat from mutant beasts and zombies would be reduced to the lowest level. Moreover, a group that sticks together can also distract other humans who have covetous intentions.

However, this model has a major drawback, which is uneven distribution.

There was no problem in the early stage when there was sufficient goods in the Epoch area. But later, as everyone's Epoch agents were promoted, the volume of each transaction increased, and the Epoch agents behind them would be sacrificed.

Every time the goods that can be purchased from the Era Region are basically what are left over by the previous people, there are large amounts of gold leaves that cannot be used, and the gap will become larger and larger at this time.

Therefore, Zhang Mu would never choose the Era City that was occupied by a large group in the future, but those large groups would eventually fall apart due to their own conflicts.

Moreover, these are only minor. Zhang Mu feels that there is an inexplicable weirdness in this caravan alliance.

Seeing that Zhang Mu had remained silent, An Ge spoke again, "What do you think?"

Zhang Mu wanted to see what they were going to do, so he pretended to be a little excited and asked, "Then

What do I need to pay? I can’t just take all the benefits. Tell me what the price is.”

"In the early stages of the Caravan Alliance, there is nothing to pay. Your obligation is only to not sell Epoch Universal Goods to local forces privately. If the exchanged information is truly useful, you will also receive rewards from both the Alliance and the Epoch Agents who benefit from it."

This An Ge's tone was not deliberate and sounded very real. He was just asking Zhang Mu to cooperate in maintaining the local financial order. Compared with the huge potential benefits to be gained, this little effort was completely insignificant.

Zhang Mu smiled and said, "Let's think about it when we get back. My friend is still waiting for me."

What Zhang Mu didn't expect was that An Ge stepped forward to block him and said, "I brought you an order to join, not to ask you to consider it. If you want to consider it, please think about it here."

Although his tone was extremely calm, his words revealed his determination to defeat Zhang Mu.

Zhang Mu laughed disdainfully, "Do you want to force me to join if I don't want to? What ability do you have to keep me here? Why not let your other 17 companions come along? That would be more interesting.

Otherwise, even if you are a bit difficult to deal with, you are just a second-level shadow evolver. I don’t take you seriously. The Caravan Alliance is just a bunch of clowns pretending to be gods.”

Zhang Mu wanted to provoke this An Pigeon and find out what was so unusual about them. He knew too little from the merchants of Jiyuan because he himself didn't care much about the business.

Before An Ge could say anything, there was a roar suddenly from the great temple above, and a familiar energy wave exploded, which shook the ground so violently that it trembled.

It's the power of Hachiki!

How did he get there? This energy was caused by Hachiki using his full strength. What happened?

This is the capital of Hohhot, and Hachimu is actually going to mobilize all his strength.

Feeling that something was wrong, Zhang Mu directly pulled Yuan Rui towards the source of the energy shockwave. The Dark Pigeon did not stop them, as if he was not affected by Zhang Mu's words at all. He just followed with an indifferent expression, as if he already knew what was happening above.

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(End of this chapter)