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Chapter 343 Information Cocoon
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The city was bustling with activity.

Every building you see exudes a strong Han style, with flying eaves and brackets, and an antique charm.

Wu Wen rode his strange beast, leisurely walking along the wide street.

The crowd in front of him made way for him, clearly assuming he was a nobleman.

He strolled around the city for a while.

Wu Wen's impression of this city was that there was a huge class divide.

Ordinary people at the bottom of society can still only barely make ends meet, and their lives are not comfortable.

This is enough to prove that although the technology here is extremely advanced, it has not been popularized among ordinary people.

Furthermore, strict knowledge censorship was imposed.

Wu Wen discovered that most ordinary people were illiterate, and while he saw various shops along the way, there wasn't a single bookstore among them.

This completely dashed any hopes of learning about the city through books.

However, he still managed to glean some useful information from passersby.

The city is called "Black Forest City". The name comes from the forest next to it, which is also the place where Wu Wen left.

The faction to which Blackwood City belongs is called "Great Han," but it is not the Great Han Dynasty, but the Great Han Imperial Court!

For Wu Wen, the character “Han” holds special significance.

Based on the way he got here, he had to connect this city with the "Han Dynasty" on Earth.

Unfortunately, he has very little information to gather and few results to analyze.

Therefore, what Wu Wen wants to do most now is to find a way to collect more information.

The method is naturally to find a "book" with recorded documents, or to "consult" someone who knows a lot!
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Wu Wen arrived at a shop called "Baibao Trading Company".

This was the largest shop he saw while wandering around the city.

The entire seven-story ancient building, rich in classical charm and secretly engraved with array patterns, is the territory of "Baibao Trading Company".

He had the Magnet Armored Ground Dragon lie down at the doorway, and then went inside.

As soon as I entered, a shop assistant came up to me with a smile.

"Distinguished guest, what would you like to do for me?"

Wu Wen looked around the shop and found that there were no goods on display. It looked more like a teahouse, a place for relaxation.

What do you have here?

Wu Wen casually sat down at a table and asked a question.

The shop assistant replied with a smile, "Our Baibao Merchant Guild is located throughout the entire Imperial Court. As long as it's available within the Great Han Dynasty, we can deliver it to you, sir!"

When they spoke, the shop assistants couldn't help but carry a hint of arrogance in their tone.

"Then let me see what you have first?" Wu Wen asked again.

Upon hearing this, the shop assistant took out a round mirror from his pocket and handed it to Wu Wen.

When Wu Wen took it, he saw a dazzling array of goods displayed on the glass mirror.

With a simple tap, a product resembling a zither was instantly projected from the mirror into Wu Wen's view.

"Sir, have you taken a liking to this 'Azure Wave Zither'?"

Upon seeing this, the shop assistant immediately began to explain: "Although the body of this 'Azure Wave Zither' is made of first-tier spirit wood, it is actually a second-tier magic artifact. When played with the corresponding music, it has the effects of soothing the mind and healing wounds!"

After observing the zither for only a few moments, Wu Wen almost grasped the secrets of this "Azure Wave Zither".

Its body has a special structure that can generate and amplify sound vibrations.

By playing the strings, sound waves of different frequencies can be released, which then form a standing wave energy field in the area, thus producing special effects.

With a wave of his hand, Wu Wen caused the projection in front of him to disappear without a trace.

With a swipe of your finger, you can quickly browse through the products on the mirror.

Wu Wen scanned all the goods, finally stopping at a jade slip. "One Hundred Explanations of Array Formations!"
This is the only product in Baibao Trading Company that is related to information.

Wu Wen turned to the shop assistant: "Do you handle transaction information here?"

Upon hearing this, the shop assistant smiled and looked at Wu Wen: "Sir, what you asked about involves 'inheritance'!"

"This is also from my Baibao Trading Company. Otherwise, you would never have seen this 'Hundred Explanations of Array Dao'!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Wen gained a further understanding of the extent of knowledge blockade here.

The royal court's class system was reflected not only in the gap between the rich and the poor, but also in the availability of knowledge and information.

Under such a blockade system, serious "information cocoons" will form.

Blocking a person's access to information is like trapping them in a cocoon, completely blocking their cognition and thus creating severe class stratification.

"How do I trade this 'Hundred Explanations of Array Formation'?" Wu Wen asked.

Upon hearing this, the shop assistant smiled and replied, "Eight hundred basic crystals!"

Crystals are the currency here.

Wu Wen already knew this before entering the store.

The term "crystal" is actually a general term for high-performance crystalline materials.

Depending on their properties, crystals have different names.

For example, crystalline materials with piezoelectric properties are called rubidium crystals; earth crystals have stable properties; fire crystals have thermoelectric properties; gold crystals have magnetic properties; wood crystals have biological properties; and cation crystals have optical properties...

Based on their performance level, they are further divided into three grades: primary, intermediate, and advanced.

In terms of its function, crystals can be found in all core fields such as energy, manufacturing, communications, and medicine, and are the underlying engine driving the world's development.

Crystals are not just a form of currency; they are more like a universal substitute for barter.

Wu Wen doesn't have any crystals on hand right now, but he has something even better than crystals.

He took out a jet-black bead from his pocket: "Look, how much is this worth?"

The shop assistant glanced at it and then said nervously, "Please wait a moment, esteemed guest. I cannot give an estimate for this item. I will go and ask the shopkeeper for his opinion right away."

A short while later, a well-to-do man, led by a shop assistant, came to Wu Wen.

"Sir, my surname is Zhou, and I am the manager of this Baibao Trading Company."

"Manager Zhou, I want this 'Hundred Explanations of Array Dao', but I don't have enough crystals. How many crystals can this inner core be worth?" Wu Wen handed him the jet-black bead in his hand.

Shopkeeper Zhou took it, examined it carefully, and said seriously, "The inner core is the core that is condensed from the body of a demon beast and contains all its essence."

"But inner cores are extremely rare. Not every demon beast can condense an inner core. Often, only one in ten thousand demon beasts has one."

"Sir, the demon beast core in your hand is intact and of extremely high quality. My Hundred Treasures Merchant Guild is willing to offer three mid-grade crystals!"

One intermediate-grade crystal is equivalent to 10,000 primary-grade crystals, and three intermediate-grade crystals are equivalent to 30,000 primary-grade crystals.

After hearing this, Wu Wen nodded slightly, indicating that he accepted the price.

Seeing this, Manager Zhou immediately ordered his staff to fetch the crystal and jade slip to make a transaction with Wu Wen.

Wu Wen obtained this inner core by chance when he came out of the Black Forest.

He even did some special research on it and studied it thoroughly.

The inner core inside a demon beast is actually a bio-energy engine.

It was formed by the bio-energy field of demonic beasts over many years, combined with various coincidences.

The function of internal alchemy is to convert any energy into bioenergy.

Just like a living organism, it can transform the energy from the food it eats, the air it breathes, the sunlight it gets, and so on into bioenergy.

In other words, it's a mobile energy source!

Therefore, compared to simple crystals, inner cores are a more advanced energy engine!

Therefore, the preciousness of the inner elixir is self-evident; it is a treasure that is hard to come by!
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(End of this chapter)