57: Trading area, purchasing items

After confirming that he didn't meet the conditions yet, Li An immediately closed the panel.

Li An then listened for a while longer, but heard no other useful news.

So.

Li An decisively chose to leave the teahouse; two hours had passed since he left the safe house, and it was time to check out the Trading Area.

The next second, Li An's mind stirred, and his figure instantly vanished from where he stood. When he reappeared, he was in a completely new area that resembled an entertainment city.

All kinds of weapons and equipment were displayed on stands for people to admire. There were also Contractors setting up stalls here, and their number was surprisingly much greater than in the Trading Area. To Li An's pleasant surprise, the quality of items sold at these stalls was even better than those in the Trading Area.

Li An then began to wander around. This was his first time entering the Trading Area in person; last time, he had only entered online. Entering in person now gave him more opportunities to understand Death Paradise.

"Hehehe, don't miss out, folks!"

"C-grade ability scrolls for sale! Come take a look, you won't regret it!"

"Hot item! Mechanical Future World Level 2 Smart Brain for sale! Full features, super intelligent! Not 1998, not 1688, only 1499!!!"

"Super nano-grade bionic dolls are limited edition! Those who want them, come quickly, only ten sets!"

Walking through the massive Trading Area, Li An's ears were constantly filled with lively shouts, but after just a casual glance, Li An realized a problem.

That was, the prices of things here seemed to be quite high, some even exceeding his expectations. This immediately made him worried. He needed to buy a batch of Alchemy equipment, but with his current total assets of 3144 paradise coins, what kind of Alchemy equipment could he afford?

With this doubt, Li An immediately lost the desire to continue shopping. He simply sat down on a public bench in the Trading Area, then brought up his virtual panel. He planned to check the prices of Alchemy equipment online.

Soon, with Li An's actions, he brought up the prices of Alchemy equipment in just a few seconds.

But the moment these equipment prices appeared, Li An instantly fell silent.

The prices of these pieces of equipment were shockingly high, making it so Li An could only admire them from afar, not daring to hope to own them.

[Elemental Fusion Reactor · Type I]

Grade: Advanced

Origin: Death Paradise

Effect: Fuses different elemental powers to neutralize and create new elements or stabilize the balance of multiple forces.

Rating: 369

Description: Even the most violent forces have a way to be tamed!

Price: 3999

[Soul Extractor · Type I]

Grade: Advanced

Origin: Death Paradise

Effect: Used to collect and extract soul factors. Once soul factors are collected by the instrument, they will transform into soul fragments after 72 hours.

Rating: 399

Description: The soul, the most mysterious and unfathomable domain. Are you sure you want to step into it?

Price: 5999

Note: This instrument needs to be used with a Soul Purifier!

[Soul Purifier · Type I]

Grade: Advanced

Origin: Death Paradise

Effect: Can purify and refine soul fragments, removing negative energy from the fragments, making soul fragments usable by Contractors.

Rating: 398

Description: A sacred object that cleanses the soul, it will make you feel like you've entered a new world!

Price: 5999

...What Li An didn't expect was that the prices of these Alchemy devices were incredibly high, even exceeding his expectations.

At this point, Li An naturally couldn't buy some relatively high-end Alchemy equipment, but he didn't intend to give up.

Although he couldn't create Alchemy servants yet, he could first buy some basic Alchemy equipment to practice with. After all, besides the Alchemy servant creation method, he also possessed several Kryptonian Technology methods.

Particle Manufacturing Technology Lv.1, Anti-Gravity Flight Technology Lv.1, Biological Cultivation Technology Lv.1.

After mastering the Biology and Technology Specialization, although Li An hadn't practiced it, he seemed to inherently know how to manufacture Kryptonian Technology. This was because he had devoured Fiora's research memories. From Fiora's research memories, Li An could clearly see every step of her manufacturing process.

It was as if a mentor was personally guiding him; once he made a mistake, he could correct and adjust it immediately through the memories in his mind.

Immediately, Li An began to purchase the necessary equipment and machinery for manufacturing through Fiora's research memories from Death Paradise.

A moment later, as equipment and machinery were continuously purchased, Li An's 3144 paradise coins were quickly depleted, leaving only a meager 7 paradise coins in his backpack.

With this shopping trip, Li An also realized a problem: he was truly poor. Originally, he had been somewhat happy about getting 3500 paradise coins, but looking at it now, he was clearly broke, a poor person without self-awareness.

No, he must work harder to earn money!

Money really doesn't last long!

Li An immediately realized the problem of his insufficient money. In his next mission world, he had to focus on making money, otherwise, he might be too poor to even eat.

Moreover, he had just heard a piece of news from the teahouse: items from mission worlds could be brought out, simply by paying the relevant fees.

When Li An learned this news, he was filled with regret. He thought of everything inside Zod's Phantom Spaceship at the time. If he had known this news earlier, he might have directly emptied the Phantom Spaceship.

But now it was too late to say anything. Li An could only secretly vow that from now on, wherever he went, he would return with a full harvest.

Finally, after looking at the remaining 7 paradise coins in his backpack, Li An immediately lost the desire to continue browsing.

"It's time to go back."

Li An then silently said in his heart.

The next second, his mind stirred, and he directly exited the Trading Area.

As the scene changed, when Li An came back to his senses, he found himself standing in the living room of the villa. This time, whether entering the Trading Area or the Trading Area, he could be said to have gained a lot. Aside from not having enough money, he was very satisfied with everything else.

Especially the many pieces of news he heard from the teahouse, many of which were of ineffable help to a new Contractor at his level.

Of course!

More information still needed to be carefully digested. Now that he was back in the safe house, he immediately adjusted the layout of the safe house again.

However, this time it was only a layout adjustment, so no additional fees were required.

After purchasing the Alchemy equipment, he naturally needed to prepare a room specifically for manufacturing and researching Alchemy and various other technologies. As the owner of the safe house, he also reinforced the experimental room to prevent accidents during experiments from affecting the entire house.