145: Crystal core transaction!

Su Hai's actions had his own logic.

Many capitalists, before the apocalypse, extended the practice of not treating consumers as human beings into the Killing Game.

Such people will surely face a backlash in this apocalypse!

Lin Chuan didn't reveal anything to Zhou Yi, he just gave him the Crystal Nucleus needed for the guild upgrade again.

Then, he returned to the reading room and briefly sent the matters here to Jiao Zhengqing.

On Jiao Zhengqing's side, he either didn't see the message for a while or his mood was complicated, and he didn't reply for a long time.

So Lin Chuan browsed the trading market for a while and did a shallow round of shopping.

He bought several grim reaper's coffin experience cards;

Several simple illusion array disks;

And some small gadgets for ambushing people.

For example, mother-child insanity used for tracking;

For example, nano lice that cause chronic death;

There was also a particularly interesting item called stinky mud.

stinky mud is genuinely stinky, but it can be used to avoid tracking.

For example, as a God Punisher, all players can track Lin Chuan's coordinates in real-time.

But if he applied stinky mud to himself…

The coordinates obtained by other players would become chaotic.

Yin Xi looking like a Homeless Man and having a smell about him was probably because he had used stinky mud.

Lin Chuan bought stinky mud but didn't use it directly.

Firstly, he genuinely disliked the smell of stinky mud;

Secondly, the effect of stinky mud was limited; if someone truly wanted to find his coordinates, there were still items that could counteract the effect of stinky mud.

This is like Lin Chuan's coordinates being an IP address.

stinky mud can help him hide his IP.

But there are always some hackers who can dig out his IP.

However, stinky mud is always good to have just in case.

Besides these acquisitions, Lin Chuan also specifically opened a long-term, large-volume Crystal Nucleus trading entry in the trading market—

Players could exchange lower-level Crystal Nucleus for higher-level ones from him.

However, for levels below 5, the exchange ratio was 1:15.

For level 6 Crystal Nucleus, the ratio was 1:20;

For level 7 Crystal Nucleus, 1:30;

For level 8 Crystal Nucleus, 1:40;

For level 9 Crystal Nucleus, 1:50;

For level 10 Crystal Nucleus, 1:100.

Level 10 Crystal Nucleus was almost priced sky-high!

But at this stage, no matter how expensive these high-level Crystal Nucleus were, people would still be willing to trade for them!

Especially level 10 Crystal Nucleus!

At this stage, level 4 players were already considered strong on the level ranking.

Logically, many people wouldn't even need level 10 Crystal Nucleus yet.

However, Lin Chuan knew that some major powers, especially those who had taken over vending machines, had probably already upgraded their customer level to 2.

At that time, they would discover that although there were many good things in the level 2 mall of the vending machine, it did not accept Crystal Nucleus transactions below level 10!

And the auxiliary potions that players desired most were priced as high as 10 level 10 Crystal Nucleus per bottle!

Top-tier players at this stage, wanting to maintain their lead, would have to bite the bullet and buy the auxiliary potions, no matter how expensive they were!

Therefore, level 10 Crystal Nucleus was absolutely essential for the strong!

Lin Chuan's primary target group for Crystal Nucleus trading was precisely those strong individuals from major powers!

As expected, as soon as this trading entry was posted, he was almost instantly bombarded with various private trade messages!

It was just that Aiya wasn't around; otherwise, Lin Chuan would definitely have Aiya handle this trading entry.

At that time, the customer service work could also be directly handed over to that girl.

However, since Aiya wasn't around, the Crystal Nucleus used for trading would go back and forth between him and Aiya, which would be quite troublesome.

So Lin Chuan still decided to do it himself first.

Once the business started and a large amount of Crystal Nucleus had accumulated, he would then transfer the trading entry to Aiya to handle.

That girl would definitely be a better customer service representative than Lin Chuan.

Because Lin Chuan clearly had no patience for such matters, and his attitude towards customers was mostly cold.

Especially for some customers who came to haggle, he was even too lazy to bother with them directly.

But even with his poor service attitude, he quickly completed many transactions!

However, most were for exchanging level 8 Crystal Nucleus, or for exchanging Crystal Nucleus below level 5.

For level 9 and 10 Crystal Nucleus, those who inquired were generally haggling, hoping for a lower price.

There was not a single person who had the courage to exchange for them yet!

Lin Chuan was not in a hurry; he leisurely synthesized higher-level Crystal Nucleus from lower-level ones while orderly handling various transactions.

And his quantity of Crystal Nucleus also rapidly accumulated with each transaction!

It could be said that ever since the fireball gained the synthesis function, Lin Chuan would be able to level up steadily in the future, even without fighting monsters!

He was in a good mood when he received a message from Jiao Zhengqing—

[I'm sorry, Boss, this matter is largely my responsibility—first, I left too hastily and didn't give Zhou Yi sufficient instructions; second, Su Yinlan's appearance was clearly aimed at me, and I wasn't vigilant enough; third, I didn't trust Boss's strength enough and left my post without permission, which gave ill-intentioned people an opportunity.]

Jiao Zhengqing's attitude in admitting his mistake was quite good.

However, Lin Chuan vaguely saw the bitterness in his heart from these straightforward words.

Regarding Su Yinlan's betrayal, Lin Chuan actually felt nothing.

Firstly, he had seen too much of this kind of thing in his previous life.

Secondly, he had no interaction with Su Yinlan, and he even initially thought about killing her to seize her Talent.

But Su Yinlan's betrayal was clearly a not-so-small blow to Jiao Zhengqing.

Whether it was due to love, or simply because Su Yinlan truly resembled his deceased wife.

Jiao Zhengqing's treatment of Su Yinlan was clearly different.

And this point was probably also within the calculations of this world's Jiao Zhengqing.

The Jiao Zhengqing of both worlds were not only identical in appearance, voice, and other external aspects, but their inner preferences and personalities were also almost the same!

So that Jiao Zhengqing knew all of this Jiao Zhengqing's weaknesses perfectly.

It was not surprising that he succeeded in his scheme.

Lin Chuan had no intention of blaming Jiao Zhengqing, but he also offered no comfort, only asking again:

[That Jiao Zhengqing took the Crystal Nucleus and should go to you to complete the mission. Do you have the confidence to defeat him?]

Jiao Zhengqing: [Of course I do!]

Lin Chuan, however, shook his head slightly and specifically pointed out: [According to Zhou Yi, that Jiao Zhengqing doesn't have level ranking text above his head, so he might only be level 3 and hasn't used today's ten Crystal Nucleus.]

[That is to say, as long as he gets a bottle of auxiliary potion, he can completely absorb level 8 Crystal Nucleus, skipping 5 levels, and rise to level 8 in one go.]

[At that time, he will be level 8 and you will be level 5. Under the level suppression, are you sure you still have confidence?]

On the other end, Jiao Zhengqing was silent for a while, then spoke again: [An auxiliary potion costs 10 level 10 Crystal Nucleus per bottle; he probably can't get it.]

Lin Chuan: [Did you see that Crystal Nucleus trade on the trading market?]

Jiao Zhengqing was quite clever and immediately asked tentatively: [That, that should be the trade you posted, Boss, right? As long as you don't sell level 10 Crystal Nucleus for now, no one will be able to afford auxiliary potions at this stage!]

Lin Chuan rolled his eyes coldly: [You wish! As long as someone can afford the price, I will definitely sell level 10 Crystal Nucleus.]

Jiao Zhengqing: [Then, Boss, are you not going to care about me anymore QAQ]

Lin Chuan: [Yin Xi is with you, right? Ask him to help you.]

Jiao Zhengqing: [He became level 0 directly after reviving… ]

Lin Chuan: [What's wrong with level 0? Just level up again, right?]

Moreover, according to Yin Xi, people from World 000 don't need auxiliary potions to absorb Crystal Nucleus by skipping 5 levels, so he would level up especially fast, possibly reaching level 10 in one go!

However, Jiao Zhengqing quickly replied on Yin Xi's behalf: [But he has already absorbed Crystal Nucleus 10 times today!]

10 times?

Lin Chuan's eyes suddenly lit up: [Help me ask him if he ate the qing ling fruit he obtained from killing the God Chosen!]

This time, Lin Chuan waited two minutes before receiving Jiao Zhengqing's reply:

[He said he sold it.]

Sold it…

Lin Chuan almost spat out a mouthful of blood!!!

Such a precious item, damn it, he sold it??!