623: Chapter 623: Fair Price

“I only promised to install a protective shield for you, but I didn’t say the installed shield would be free, did I? What do you say?” Oriental Chen said with a smile.

“Alright, I agree to pay. What do you want?” Will compromised.

“The things you brought last time were good,” Oriental Chen replied.

“The things brought last time? You mean that kind of crystal?” Will asked.

“Exactly.”

“Is that kind of crystal useful to you?” Will asked.

“Somewhat useful, still researching,” Oriental Chen replied vaguely.

“Can you reveal a little?” Will asked tentatively.

“General Will, you sent the item, don’t you know its function?” Oriental Chen would not answer him.

Because he knew that Will deliberately sent the zhen crystal to test the waters.

This reflected two points:

First: Okshung must have a lot of zhen crystals.

Second: They really wanted to know the function of the zhen crystal.

Combined with what Monga told him, it made him guess: Okshung’s ancestors, as deep-sea miners, were very likely mining zhen crystals.

“We only know that this might be a very important crystal, but we don’t know its specific function,” Will answered truthfully.

“It’s nothing. This kind of crystal is very beautiful when made into jewelry. We humans like it very much,” Oriental Chen bluffed.

“Jewelry? What is that?” Will didn’t understand.

“Oh, jewelry is a kind of ornament that can be worn on the body to show status. This is a habit of us humans, you might not understand,” Oriental Chen explained.

“Wearing stones on the body? So that’s it, I really can’t understand.” Will somewhat understood.

“If there are no problems, let’s trade with this crystal.”

“Okay. What’s the price?” Will asked.

“How about 100,000 pieces per battleship? Very fair, right?” Oriental Chen demanded an exorbitant price.

He set such a high price to probe the other party’s financial situation.

From the other party’s attitude and answer, he could roughly judge their reserves of zhen crystals.

“100,000 pieces per ship?” Will exclaimed.

Well, he asked too high.

It seems the other party’s reserves are average.

“Exactly,” Oriental Chen nodded.

“Are you sure humans need so many ornaments?” Will asked.

“That’s none of your business. Whether I can sell them or not is my business, not yours,” Oriental Chen said.

“In that case, I agree to this trade,” Will said.

“Agreed?” Oriental Chen was surprised.

He was already prepared to lower the price, but he didn’t expect the other party to agree.

“Alright. Since you agree, please prepare as soon as possible. The trade will be in ten days,” Oriental Chen said.

“It’s a deal!” Will confirmed, as if afraid the other party would go back on his word.

“It’s a deal!” Oriental Chen confirmed.

“What? Do they have so many zhen crystals?” Monga was extremely shocked after learning this.

27 battleships, 100,000 zhen crystals per ship, totaling 2.7 million zhen crystals!

“This Okshung actually has so many zhen crystals! Why didn’t I discover it before?” Monga muttered.

“They have them, but they’ve always been at the bottom of the sea. You probably didn’t notice. But there’s one thing you might have truly overlooked,” Oriental Chen said.

“What point?” Monga asked.

“What do the Atis of Okshung do?” Oriental Chen reminded him.

“Deep-sea miners!” Monga replied.

“Whose miners?” Oriental Chen continued to ask.

“Those bugs’,” Monga replied.

“Exactly! What does that indicate?” Oriental Chen asked.

“Are you saying that the ones who truly own those zhen crystals should be those disgusting bugs?” Monga understood.

“I think so,” Oriental Chen nodded.

“That shouldn’t be! Those bugs haven’t mastered the use of zhen crystals, so why would they mine them?” Monga said.

“Perhaps they have other uses?” Oriental Chen said with a smile.

“Other uses?” Monga looked at him, waiting for him to continue.

“Don’t look at me, I’m just guessing!” Oriental Chen replied.

“Alright, since there’s no shortage of zhen crystals, it’s time to build a charging station,” Monga said.

“It’s already started!”

“I know you’ve already started, but I can offer you help,” Monga said.

“What kind of help?” Oriental Chen asked.

“Mars Base originally stored 100,000 charging units, to be activated at the appropriate time. Now that the base is damaged, we can still gather 20,000 units,” Monga replied.

“Are you sure those things can still be used after 100 million years?” Oriental Chen was suspicious.

“Of course I’m talking about the ones that can still be used,” Monga replied with a hint of petulance.

“Forget it. You keep them as backup. If I, your successor, don’t succeed, you’ll have to find someone else,” Oriental Chen waved his hand.

“Then don’t bother!” Monga said irritably.

He really didn’t need them.

At the current speed, he could produce 10,000 units in 10 days. Why risk using inventory from 100 million years ago?