Ark Journey

Early in the morning, Xue Zhi, who was sleeping with W in his arms, was awakened by the quarrel outside. Since leaving Scar Mall, he has never used the red bed in Minecraft to sleep, so he would not be woken up at a certain time.

"No, what are you arguing about so early in the morning?"

W poked his head out from under the thin blanket and put his arms around Xue Zhi's neck. He calmly leaned his head on his chest and explained to him, "It's common. They're fighting for credit. Who knows who got the extra dog tag. Haha, everyone gets up earlier than the other at this time."

Xue Zhi had nothing to say about this matter, and the six arts of the Internet gentleman were enough: "Classic."

After waking up, she didn't want to continue sleeping. Besides, there were so many people outside, and it was not in accordance with "etiquette" to do something promiscuous in broad daylight. So Xue Zhi patted W's plump buttocks, got up and started to get dressed.

W scratched his messy white short hair, yawned, and put on his clothes.

After a quick wash, Xue Zhi ate a bun while walking towards the direction where the quarrel came from.

Faced with his arrival, the mercenaries who were just arguing lowered their voices instantly.

The mercenary in charge of counting the merits respectfully handed over a bunch of dog tags and said, "Deputy Captain, these are yours. As for the enemies behind us, we have sent a messenger with photos and videos to the Tower of Babel, and there will be a reply soon."

Obviously, the strength Xue Zhi showed yesterday has completely convinced these mercenaries.

Xue Zhi took the jingling sign and smiled: "Thank you. I heard you guys were arguing a lot just now. Can these signs be exchanged for something at the Tower of Babel?"

"Yes, whether it's the Tower of Babel or the Scar Emporium, you can exchange for a lot of things."

"Can I exchange it for pure Originium? Or synthetic jade will also be fine."

"Babel Tower has strict control over this kind of high-value materials, so we can't exchange them. But we can exchange them for synthetic jade at Scar Mall. One dog tag can be exchanged for three."

Weighing the heavy metal tag in her hand, Xue Zhi said to the mercenaries gathered here: "Then I want to exchange the dog tags for the synthetic jade on you. Are you willing? I won't force you. I'm not that kind of person."

Unexpectedly, the mercenaries gathered around him after hearing this: "Switch, switch, switch. Really? Deputy Captain?"

Xue Zhi was a little unaccustomed to their enthusiasm, he thought he would have to go to Scar Mall again.

W, who had just finished his work, patted Xue Zhi from behind and explained, "Synthetic jade and dog tags are both currency for us mercenaries. The former's adaptability is even worse, but dog tags can be exchanged for much more things than synthetic jade."

Xue Zhi nodded: "I see."

Although this situation feels a bit darkly humorous, what can we do?

He had sixty-six dog tags in his hand, and he was the one who eliminated the first wave and the middle wave of fleeing soldiers yesterday.

After exchanging with the enthusiastic mercenaries, these cards that were of no use to Xue Zhi turned into 39600 very useful points.

Then the mercenary in charge of counting the merits pointed to a pile of things not far away and said, "Deputy Captain, there are still a lot of equipment in your spoils. What do you think we should do with them?"

Xue Zhi pushed W in front of her and patted her shoulder: "Leave it to your captain. It doesn't matter whether you divide it or sell it. If you sell it, you can take the money and help me exchange it for synthetic jade."

W, who was pushed out, sighed helplessly: "You really know how to find work for me."

Just as their team was happily discussing the division of money, another officer of the Hedley Mercenary Group, Inès with long white legs, came over.

Facing Ines' sudden visit, W immediately put on his signature smirk: "Why are you coming to me at this hour instead of staying at your own place? Aren't you afraid that your men will start a fight?"

Glancing at Xue Zhi who was watching the show, Inès did not give in: "You really haven't changed at all. Hedley asked me to find you to confirm what happened yesterday. He could see the fire from his position. Did you burn the forest?"

W threw a few drone photos to Ines: "See for yourself."

Taking the photo, Inès saw a large piece of colored glaze embedded in the green woods. It was formed yesterday when Xue Zhi used magic to melt the ground and it cooled down. In the colored glaze were many stacked blackened patches that roughly looked like human figures.

Inès knew that no one in the mercenary group could perform such a powerful Originium skill, so she turned her gaze to the only stranger: "You did it?"

Xue Zhi, who was being watched, answered very straightforwardly without any concealment: "Yes, is there a problem?"

Inès shook her head: "No."

After getting the information she wanted, she left, but as if she remembered something, she turned around and said to Xue Zhi and W: "Be more restrained at night, so as not to be unable to move when you arrive on the battlefield."

Only then did Xue Zhi notice that Inès had faint dark circles under her eyes.

W's tent was not far from Inès's, and with Terra's superhuman hearing, it was normal for her to hear some noise.

W blushed slightly and said to Inès as a brief farewell: "You don't need to worry about it."

The quarrel did not last long, and the mercenaries who had secured their share soon dispersed.

Xue Zhi, who suddenly had nothing to do, asked W on the way back to the tent: "What do you usually do?"

"Exercise, buy things, and if you really have nothing to do, go play cards with your teammates, or take the money to go to the Scar Mall and indulge yourself. But few people do the latter because they are all dead."

"How cruel! Do you allow mercenary members to do business in your base?"

"Buy and sell? Oh, you want to sell things here? Of course you can. If your skills are sophisticated enough and your products are good enough, even the mercenary group will spend some money to buy them."

"That's not bad."

"What are you going to sell?"

"First sell the three potions you drank before, and then sell the others after you gain a good reputation."

"That potion is really good. I just happen to have a few bottles here. I'll show it to Hedley later. He has plenty of money."

W touched her smooth chin, thinking about ways to help Xue Zhi. She had personally experienced the effect of the potion, and if the mercenary group could purchase some, it would be a win-win situation.

The two chatted as they returned to the tent. After a short rest, Xue Zhi called out the system panel and started changing things, while W, who also had nothing to do, went to find Hedley.

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Name: Xue Zhi

Race: Human [Spirit + Void Infection] (Stable)

Time: 7:42 (am)

Score: 256677

Currency Points: 0

Food Points: 5710

Drug points: 9997

Shop

warehouse

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一级药水（包括短时间药水）10点数/瓶，50点数/8瓶，喷溅型各减5/25点；二级药水（包括长时间药水）20点数/瓶，100点数/8瓶，喷溅型各减10/50点。

Xue Zhi wrote down the points required for redemption in his notebook. He was not very satisfied because it was very expensive, so he swiped the redemption panel again. He remembered that there was a potion barrel in the Mysterious Age module. Although this potion was only effective for two minutes, it could be sold cheaper.

Chapter 32: Opening

Soon, he really found what he wanted. Any potion barrel in the magic brewing module only required 50 points. After Xue Zhi exchanged it and scooped out the potion from it with a test tube, he confirmed that there was indeed a cubic meter of potion in it. The rest was to see how long this tube of potion could last.

After patrolling the surroundings, Xue Zhi happened to see the young mercenary he had rescued from the crowd yesterday passing by, so he took out a dog tag he had obtained before as a reward and asked the mercenary to help him test the use time of the potion.

The mercenary, whose life was saved by Xue Zhi, did not doubt anything and agreed to his request decisively.

"Thank you for your help, bro. What's your name?"

"Joel York, vice-captain, just call me Joel."

"Okay, stay inside. Remember to keep track of the time. I'll know after you tap me a few times after the effect of the drug wears off."

"I understand, Lieutenant."

Patting Joel on the back, Xue Zhi handed him a test tube of 10ml night vision potion and a stopwatch, then summoned soil to form a hollow hemisphere to cover it.

About two or three minutes later, a dull knocking sound was heard, and Xue Zhi, who was waiting on the side, immediately cancelled the magic effect.

Joel, who felt a little depressed, let out a long sigh and returned the empty test tube and the stopwatch showing numbers to Xue Zhi.

"Mission accomplished, deputy captain, the potion's effective time should be exactly two minutes, excluding the error caused by my slow hands."

"Row."

After receiving his reward, Joel left happily.

Xue Zhi began to prepare for the business, bottling the potions, exchanging various potions, and then exchanging tables, boards, baskets, test tube racks, packaging boxes, etc. Finally, she wrote on the board for promotion.

Then, he discovered that although he could speak it for some reason, he could not write Kazdel's language.

Xue Zhi, who forgot the words when she picked up the pen, uttered a mournful cry: "Send."

But this is not a big problem. She can just set up a stall and hire a mercenary later. So, Xue Zhi used a thin layer of mud to carry various things and walked towards the crowded place.

Under the curious gazes of the crowd, Xue Zhi set up her stall.

This time he bought 24 bottles of eight-minute night vision, speed, and strength potions, which cost him 900 points. As for the two-minute potions, he prepared a lot of them because the cost was negligible, and even prepared trial ones.

As for the price, an eight-minute potion costs 1 bottles of 8 synthetic jade, and a two-minute potion costs 2 bottles of 1 synthetic jade. It is acceptable to buy one or two bottles for the source stone fragments. He can tell the energy (points) contained in it at a glance, and sell it if it exceeds 32 and 25.

Then, the nightmare, or perhaps not so nightmare, but rather an unbearable thing began. Xue Zhi gathered seven or eight mercenaries to watch, but none of them could write the slogan he wanted.

In Kazdel, where the average person has dropped out of prenatal education and graduating from high school is considered a prophet, universalizing basic education is urgent (very urgent).

Finally Xue Zhi gave up. If he couldn't write, he certainly wouldn't be able to read. He might as well just draw a simple picture of a potion bottle and start promoting it verbally. This would also help him hide the fact that he couldn't write Kazdel either.

"Everyone, here are the best potions. Come and have a look. There are some that can increase your speed and strength, and some that can make you see as clearly at night as in the day. There are 8-minute potions and 2-minute potions. They have the same effect, but the latter is cheaper and has no side effects. If you don't believe me, there are trial versions here. They are free and only one bottle per person."

Following Xue Zhi's shouting, many curious mercenaries came over.

A mercenary picked up a tube of red strength potion from Xue Zhi's stall and asked, "Can I really try it for free?"

Xue Zhi made a gesture of invitation: "Of course."

After hesitating for just a moment, the mercenary drank the potion. For them, some side effects didn't matter as long as the effect was strong enough. If this thing was really useful, it might even save lives in special circumstances.

The mercenary drank the potion and kept counting the time as he walked to a big tree. He punched the trunk. The sound of wood tearing was heard when his fist touched the trunk. The tree trunk, as thick as a cup, was broken by his punch.

"this..."

Watching the trees fall, the mercenary widened his eyes. As a person who makes a living by his body, he knew what kind of power his body could burst out, and today's punch exceeded his limit!

Many of his acquaintances were also surprised to see this scene, and began to consider what level of medicine they could buy with the money in their pockets.

The test was not over yet. The mercenary kept punching the fallen tree trunk. Every time he hit the tree trunk, a new section would appear. Two minutes later, the mercenary punched again. This time, the fallen tree trunk did not break.

The mercenary wiped his gloves after exhaling a breath of foul air, and returned to Xue Zhi's stall: "Huh~, how much is the potion?"

Seeing that the customer was obviously satisfied with the quality of the potion, Xue Zhi smiled and stated the price: "Buy in packages, 8 bottles of 1-minute 8-synthetic jade, 2 bottles of 1-minute 32-synthetic jade. We also accept individual purchases of Originium fragments. I can tell the quality of the Originium fragments, and I will sell them if the energy they contain is enough."

"Okay, I remember you're the new vice-captain of Team W, so you don't have to try the remaining potions. Just give me a set of all six potions."

After saying that, he placed six pieces of synthetic jade on Xue Zhi's desk.

Xue Zhi was very happy about the successful opening and the generosity of the customers: "No problem."

After the mercenary left with the packing box, a man walked out from the hesitant crowd.

"Originium fragments are fine, right? Then help me see how much this piece can be exchanged for."

【......, +51】

After taking the Originium fragment, Xue Zhi saw its value from the recharge prompt.

"Two bottles of 2 minutes, or eight bottles of 8 minutes."

The mercenary who gave the Originium fragment was a little surprised: "Can you exchange so much? Then... three bottles each for strength and speed, and two bottles for night vision."

"see you next time."

After seeing the guest off with a smile, Xue Zhi put away the Originium fragments and waited for the next destined person. At the same time, he took out a board and wrote the exchange ratio he had just described verbally on it.

One more thing to add is that he did not write any words on the synthetic jade and Originium fragments, but instead drew corresponding graphics on them.

Two people have already made an offer to buy, but the majority are clearly hesitant. Although the first buyer was a small captain under Hedley's team, this is not enough to prove that he is not a shill.

Xue Zhi was not in a hurry either. His stuff was all genuine, and good wine would always sell itself, so there would always be people who would buy it.

After waiting for a while, only a few mercenaries bought some 2-minute potions using Originium fragments.

Chapter 33: Big Sales and New Missions

Suddenly, the crowd of onlookers made way for Hedley to come over.

Seeing him coming, Xue Zhi showed a businessman's unique smile. When he was young on Earth, he wholesaled a lot of things and sold them at the night market to supplement his livelihood. It's a pity that he actually made money at the beginning, but unfortunately, the fierce competition and the increasing pressure of study made him stop selling things.

"Hedley, do you want to buy something?"

Hedley glanced at the potions on Xue Zhi's desk that were placed in a test tube rack and said, "Sell me all the eight-minute potions. I have already tried all of these Ws."

Before coming, Hedley thought he was just fooling around with W, but after drinking the potions, he realized that the effects of these potions were beyond his imagination.