Chapter 5 The Mysterious Merchant
[Mysterious Merchant] (Neutral Camp), Level???, Attributes???, Skills??, Introduction: Merchants who appear randomly in the wild or in towns, the most mysterious smugglers on the mainland, sell props that cannot be bought in ordinary stores at a low price, and there is a certain chance that rare props, skill books, and skill scroll items will appear.
From getting A-level skills on Jiangcheng Bridge to meeting mysterious businessmen at the bus station, it is all within Zhang Mu's plan, preparing to create greater advantages in the early stage
The mysterious businessman is a very important part. His whereabouts will appear anywhere, staying for no more than six hours each time, and the probability of encountering is lower than winning the lottery. However, the first time it appears is the bus station.
Zhang Mu pulled the fat man with weak legs and walked to the mysterious businessman. He was sitting in a black truck, four meters high, made of metal, covered with black body, and was very worn.
"Warriors from another world, you can meet me. I'm so lucky." The mysterious merchant's voice was hoarse and heavy. He jumped out of the car and continued, "Welcome to the mysterious store. Our products are of high quality and low price, and we guarantee that you will be satisfied."
Zhang Mu nodded: "Let me see what products are there first."
The mysterious merchant turned around and kicked the truck and shouted, "Hey, the guy inside, there is a business coming to the door!" The truck was opened, and a long shelf was pushed out, with more than 20 different items hanging, all of which were different goods.
[F-level monster manual] (Shuguang Camp), records the information and data of ordinary and elite monsters at level 1-10 of Shuguang Camp. This map is priced at 10 gold coins. The remaining quantity is 1.
[Regional Map] (Shuguang Camp), records the terrain of the regional map, the distribution of monsters of each level, and the location of the wild copy. The price of this map is: 100 gold coins. The remaining quantity is 1.
[Post] (Six hours), E-level items, the lowest-level posts can be used for forum posting, and can be seen by players in this area. Posts will be automatically deleted after six hours. The price of this map is 50 gold coins. The remaining quantity is 2.
[F+ level skill book, slam], profession restrictions: berserks, shield wars, knights. This map costs 300 gold coins.
【F+ skill book: Assassination】, Career restrictions: thief, assassin, killer, ranger. This map costs 300 gold coins
[F-level skill book, backstab], profession restrictions: assassin, thief, killer. This map costs 200 gold coins.
[F-level skill book: Speed skating], profession limited: Assassin, Ranger. This map costs 200 gold coins.
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Among the more than 20 items, there are intelligence, equipment, enhanced scrolls, and skill books, but the prices are mostly over a few hundred gold coins, and players will definitely not be able to afford them at this stage.
After reading it, Zhang Mu said, "I want to make a deal with you."
The mysterious businessman said: "Is there something you like?"
Zhang Mu shook his head and said, "You should understand that we can't afford anything at this stage."
The mysterious businessman smiled: "Oh, then what business do you want to do?"
Zhang Mu said: "Lend me 50 gold coins, up to two hours, double back."
"This is the first time that someone borrowed gold coins from me after many years of traveling in mainland China."
Zhang Mu said: "You are a businessman, and you put your interests first, and this transaction is very cost-effective."
"Interesting person." The mysterious businessman looked up and down at Zhang Mu, "Although it is not allowed in principle, you look different, and I can make an exception. However, the conditions need to be changed. I will lend you 50 gold coins, and in two hours, I will give you 200 gold coins."
[Tip: Trigger the task to repay debts, the task difficulty level F, is it accepted?]
"I accept it!"
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Mission: [Repay debt].
Nature: Random task.
Difficulty: Level F.
Content: Repay 200 gold coins from the mysterious merchant within 120 minutes.
Success Reward: Mysterious Businessman's Like Value +20.
Punishment of failure: The mysterious businessman has a permanent negative favor and permanently deprives a skill.
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Zhang Mu got 50 gold coins, the dog man sold it, and got another 15 gold coins. Now there are a total of 69 gold coins.
Spend 10 gold coins to buy a [F-level Monster Manual].
Spend 50 gold coins to buy a [post (six hours)].
Zhang Mu concentrated all his energy and saw a smaller version of Zhang Mu appearing in his consciousness. The attributes and statuses are displayed next to it. There are multiple options around the character information, namely [Backpack], [Task], [Guire], [Team], [Forum]. Enter the forum, there is a blank space and nothing is available.
Posts bought from the mysterious store are used to build posts on the forum.
Zhang Mu was brewing for a moment and immediately wrote in his post:
"No matter whether it is rich enough to compete with a country, powerful high-ranking officials and nobles, or glorious stars, from the beginning of the game, all this has gone to nothing! Therefore, abandon the glory or filth of the past and let go of the pride or inferiority of the past! At this moment, all living beings stand on the same starting line, and only the real strong can obtain the right to survive, while the weak can only be eliminated and enslaved, life and death, strong and weak, choose for themselves... Please believe that this is the real end of the world, but not the end of mankind."
"In addition, I want to tell you an unfortunate thing. We are no longer familiar with the earth. Perhaps it is ridiculous, but the fact is that outside Jiangcheng has become a forest. Yes, we have come to another world. We are isolated, and there will be no more rescue, there will be no more army, and there will be no more government... Jiangcheng is the lowest area in this map, with monster levels within 1-3 levels. In fact, as long as we overcome fear and use our wisdom well, low-level monsters are not invincible!"
"Of course, you might choose to hide in some place with plenty of food? This is impossible. The system will release a task soon. It is mandatory. The task loser will be erased by the system..."
"This is monster information below level 10, including monster habit weaknesses, attribute information, skill information, etc. It is an important survival information. Please pay attention to it!"
"Reading will charge 1 gold coin as a fee."
Zhang Mu copied the information in the Monster Manual. This part is set to charge, and each person charges 1 gold coin. The Monster Manual records all monster information below level 10 in detail, with an astonishing number of more than a thousand.
Jiangcheng City has a population of nearly four million, and most of them will die within 24 hours before the disaster. Most of them will survive. One-fifth of the survivors will be qualified for players within the first 12 hours. In other words, nearly 80,000 people will be qualified for players within 12 hours.
This document is very important and definitely has the ability to rewrite history.
To summarize the lessons of failure in memory, the biggest reason why humans will fail in the end is that there are too many people who died in the early stage. Secondly, in the middle stage, there are a large number of internal struggles and turmoil among the human race. All forces act independently, which makes the few survivors kill each other and cannot concentrate their strength, which leads to the result of the entire destruction.
Since you have done it again, you cannot repeat the same mistakes. Using known information can seek the best interests. However, this is not a game for one person. Zhang Mu must allow more people to survive and enhance the overall strength of the human camp!
An important information about all monsters at this stage is released, which is crucial for people's early survival. It will also establish a solid prestige for Zhang Mu and make him a celebrity on the entire regional map!
Zhang Mu used Mutou as the ID of the forum and posted a post.
"Tip: The post was successfully established and will be automatically cleared in six hours!"
"Tip: The first poster in this map will receive 300 reputation rewards!"
"Tip: The first post was successfully established, full-picture announcement!"
The fat man was surprised when he heard the system notice: "It actually has a forum function. This wooden man who posted the post is the boss, right?"
Zhang Mu sat down and waited quietly. The monster was still roaring outside the iron gate. However, within 100 meters of the mysterious merchant, no monster could approach him. Before the mysterious merchant left, the two were absolutely safe. The system announced the relationship, and the player learned about the post as soon as possible, and the number of views reached more than 1,000 instantly. The total number of players in the city was estimated to be no higher than that.
In about 2 minutes, the first payer appeared and earned the first gold coin.
After 5 minutes, the number of paid outbreaks occurred once, reaching 160 instantly.
After 10 minutes, the number of payments gradually stabilized, reaching 180.
After 30 minutes, it exceeded 200 people.
Zhang Mu clenched his fists and was very good. His income speed was much faster than expected. He handed over 200 gold coins to the mysterious businessman.
"The mission is completed!"
"Mysterious businessman's favorability +20, favorability rises to 20. Relationship changes: neutral → ordinary."
From now on, the income from each gold coin is all Zhang Mu's personal wealth.
The amount of payment continues to grow. As players continue to increase, more players are fighting monsters to obtain gold coins, and the growth rate is steadily increasing.
1 hour, 150 gold coins.
2 hours, 400 gold coins.
3 hours, 590 gold coins.
4 hours, 950 gold coins
After 5 hours, 1,200 gold coins entered the backpack.
Even after a month or two, 1,200 is extremely wealthy. With the previous 200 payments, 1,400 people paid for posts that recorded a large amount of monster information. People usually don’t act alone. It is enough for one of the groups to pay. The number of information sharing users is at least four or five times the number of paid!
The mysterious businessman left in about twenty minutes.
【Regional Map Manual】, 100 gold coins!
[F+ skill book: Assassination], 300 gold coins!
[F-level skill book: Speed skating], 200 gold coins!
First buy the most important skill book and map, with a total of 500 gold coins.
[LV1 skill improvement scroll], 400 gold coins!
The skill scroll can be upgraded, which is an extremely important thing, and it costs a total of 900 gold coins.
There are many good things in the mysterious store, but the time is too limited to collect more gold coins, so you can only choose the most useful things to sell. After buying the skill book, skill scroll, and map, Zhang Mu bought the remaining one of the [posts] in the store. When you have no money, you can use the same method to quickly earn a lot of wealth.
The last 203 gold coins were used by Zhang Mu on equipment.
[Self-Iron Short Sword] (ordinary black iron), attack +8, sharp +1, durability 20\20. Price 80 gold coins!
[Fine Iron Two-Handed Axe] (Ordinary Black Iron), Attack +14, Attack Speed -10%, Durability 20\20. Price 110 gold coins!
Chapter completed!