This light sentence made Zhang Muhan's hair stand on end. This voice was so familiar that he slowly turned his head.
The crimson blue robe was made of seamlessly stitched together feathers, shining with gorgeous light, truly eye-catching.
Zhang Mu's gaze moved upwards, and that familiar face came into view.
With a high nose bridge, deep eyes, and long golden hair draped over his shoulders, an innate aristocratic aura came towards Zhang Mu.
Number 37, it’s really him.
Although Zhang Mu was the merchant with the lowest priority, except for the first time he was granted merchant status, No. 37 would not be seen during every transaction with him.
However, the moment Zhang Mu saw him, he remembered their first meeting in his previous life and missed him very much.
Wait...that's not right!
Number 37 in front of me gives me a very strange feeling.
While Zhang Mu was still thinking, the blond man looked at him with interest and said with a smile, "Human, you don't seem surprised to see me.
And the emotion I saw in your eyes, human, was actually nostalgia.
Could it be that you have seen me before?"
Zhang Mu was shocked. How come No. 37 was so perceptive? Did he notice something?
After ten years of hard work, Zhang Mu calmed down in just one second. This was when he needed to freely display his profound social skills and superb acting skills.
He did not try to hide the nostalgia he had just revealed, but instead deliberately showed this emotion more.
“It’s because they are being chased by those man-eating monsters outside. When they see a white beam of light suddenly appear here, they can even repel those monsters.
Since there is no other way out, why not give it a try? Maybe there is still a glimmer of hope."
"As for you, yes, I missed you the first time I saw you. I used to know an old friend who looked a lot like you, but I don't know how he is doing now. If this monster runs rampant, it will probably be very dangerous."
As if he sensed the sincere sadness in Zhang Mu's words, the blond man thought about it for a while, and soon stopped dwelling on Zhang Mu's abnormal behavior.
He put away his lazy look and spoke slowly with a dignity that seemed programmed into him.
“You can call me No. 37. I am the 37th Epoch Merchant under the 3rd Detachment of the Epoch Merchant Corps. My stationed station is the Luoyang Branch of the 47th Test Field.
Our mission as Epoch Merchants is to collect spiritual energy condensation from different regions of each trial field. However, since we do not belong to this space, we are bound by the rules of this space and cannot travel freely. Therefore, the scope of activities of each Epoch Merchant is limited.
It is limited to the area to which his branch belongs.
Like me, number 37, I am in charge of the Jiyuan store branch in Luoyang City."
No. 37 paused and continued, "The performance of our merchants in the Era is judged by the quantity and type of condensates collected from various regions, so our previous method is to recruit city agent merchants from the indigenous people."
City agents can freely trade goods in the ninety-nine city branches throughout the test field. The goods consist of era-wide general goods and era-regional goods.
The prices of universal goods in each era are the same for merchants, but they will be adjusted slowly over time. Their main purpose is to provide you humans with opportunities for cultivation.
As for the goods in the Era Region, they are different condensations of spiritual energy and have different prices in different regions.
As for the quantity, the two types of goods are fixed every month, and regional goods will be relatively scarce.
In simple terms, you can buy the Epoch-region goods from Luoyang from me, and then resell them to Epoch-region merchants from other regions, make a profit from the difference, and then bring back a large amount of goods from other regions for me.
However, the profit and loss depends on the needs of the merchants and your own ability to figure out the rules.”
The only currency currently recognized by the Epoch Caravan for general goods is Yuanjing, which you have to get from the eliminated people yourself.
The trading currency for regional goods is the gold leaves within our caravan. You first advance a fixed amount of gold leaves from me, then earn enough gold leaves by trading in various places, and then bring back a large amount of other regional goods to me for delivery. I will exchange them for corresponding Yuanjing and some special items based on the type and quantity of regional goods you bring back.
Goods and gold leaves are stored in your bound merchant ring."
The Yuan Crystals you can find now are behind the necks of those eliminated in the early stage of Level 1. As for the gold leaves, they are this little thing. "
A series of mechanical voices spoke quickly, but they seemed to have a kind of magic that was clearly imprinted in Zhang Mu's mind. This was an ability of their Era merchants.
The businessman number 37 suddenly regained his human look and snapped his fingers. Like a magic trick, a small, gleaming dark golden leaf instantly appeared between his two fingers.
"Money is a good thing everywhere!"
The blond man closed his eyes and looked intoxicated, but Zhang Mu's heart was already in turmoil.
He knew Yuan Jing and Jin Ye Zi, and he had memorized the transaction model. But the Epoch Merchant he knew back then was completely different. That mechanical him was the Epoch Merchant in Zhang Mu's deep memory.
He had always thought that the Epoch Merchant was just a mechanical system, but now it was clear that he had his own thoughts.
Sure enough, the first agent to be recruited was contacted
Are there more levels and things to be reached?
After a while, as if thinking that Zhang Mu had digested what he said, No. 37 opened his eyes, looked at Zhang Mu and asked, "Why, are you willing to be my first agent?"
Zhang Mu suppressed his desire to trade immediately, pretending that he had just suppressed a lot of words, and deliberately showed the anger that a normal person should have at this time, and yelled at No. 37 in a series.
"What is going on here? What is this bliss that the voice in the evening was talking about? Who are those people?"
Seeing Zhang Mu like this, No. 37 did not interrupt him. He waited until Zhang Mu finished speaking, then he showed a strange smile that he had expected, and slowly said, "This new era is codenamed Bliss. Due to the rules, I can't tell you too much. After all, we, the Era Merchants, are just one of their partners."
After a pause, he continued, "But you are the first native I have seen in the recent dozens of test sites during the debugging period, and you can break through the blockade of hundreds of first-level mega evolutionary eliminated people, and dare to come to such an unknown light column.
You must have extraordinary mental courage and ability."
I am now very interested in seeing how far you can go, so I give you some advice. "
At this time, No. 37's eyes began to sharpen, "Things have already happened. You have no ability to change the environment. You can only find every opportunity to adapt to the environment, so that you can survive and continue to evolve."
Remember, on this road, you must not stop. "
At this point, No. 37 changed the subject and said with a smile, "That's all I can say. So, now tell me your answer. Are you willing to be my agent?"
These words spoken by the humane No. 37 once again stirred up a storm in Zhang Mu's heart. Questions lingered in his mind one after another for a long time.
It turns out that the Jiyuan Caravan is a partner of the people behind Ji Le, so who are “they”?
There are dozens of spaces, aren't there just one testing ground?
And the Eliminators, is that the real name of those zombies outside?
The thought only took a short moment. Zhang Mu looked at No. 37, nodded decisively, and said affirmatively, "I have no choice. I am willing."
Seemingly satisfied with Zhang Mu's decisiveness, No. 37 gently flicked his long golden hair and smiled, "I know you are a smart person."
"Then the Epoch Contract is signed, the merchant's ring is bound, numbered 001, and stored in the caravan file."
A dark and simple ring suddenly appeared on Zhang Mu's ring finger. Before he could take a closer look to see if there was any difference between it and his previous ring, the voice of No. 37 sounded again.
"Epoch Cube, open."
(End of this chapter)