246: Cooperation begins! First transaction! (Update)

Thus, a day passed. (Different amounts of time passed in various worlds.)

Ran Quan sought out Lin Ze and mentioned him in the group: "@Lin Ze Brother! Are we still cooperating?" Ran Quan asked.

"Of course," Lin Ze immediately replied. He had returned to his own world, made some preparations, and also provided some "information" to various survivor bases. After all, he was a celebrity, so he easily contacted the leaders of a dozen large and small survivor bases.

He offered to provide high-quality "equipment," but they would need to spend evolution crystals to purchase it. It wasn't expensive; 10 white evolution crystals could buy one set.

Lin Ze sold them very cheaply because, even for white evolution crystals, most people didn't have many. So many "evolvers" needed to consume them, so not many could be saved. Lin Ze's main goal was to earn source points.

If this equipment were widely distributed among humans, it would definitely bring a huge "strength increase," thus impacting this world.

As the equipment was applied, and the people wearing it continuously "acted," the impact they caused would allow Lin Ze to earn source points.

This was also why Lin Ze wanted to cooperate with Ran Quan.

Ran Quan, on his side, would naturally not gain nothing.

After some discussion, the cooperation between the two parties was very harmonious and smooth.

Firstly, Lin Ze would purchase a set of the latest FHF-15 protective suits from Ran Quan at a price of 5 white evolution crystals per set.

Then, he would resell them for 10 white evolution crystals, making a profit of 5 white crystals, and also earning source points like crazy.

Ran Quan, on his side, would use the white evolution crystals for research, and at the same time, he would have people conduct "clinical trials" by directly consuming them.

With both efforts progressing, it was possible they could even develop a higher-grade Gene Serum from the white evolution crystals.

Overall, this initial cooperation was a win-win for both parties.

Tang Ziheng silently observed. For him, they could make a small profit, but he would never lose!

He would still "secretly" take the lion's share of the source points generated by both parties' influence!

Currently, his "workers" and the Cross-World Group were gradually getting on track, and he didn't need to interfere anywhere.

Let them develop naturally; he just needed to control the overall situation and the big picture.

He glanced at his source points, which had already increased to over 69e7000.

The system upgrade required 50e source points. He thought for a moment; an upgrade would still leave him with nearly 20e source points as backup.

After some thought, he decided to initiate the upgrade.

He now understood that his source points should primarily be used for system upgrades. (It was definitely not because the system strongly demanded it.)

"Do you want to spend 50e source points to upgrade the system?"

When Tang Ziheng saw this prompt, he couldn't help but laugh.

Are you trying to act tough with me now!

Why didn't you ask when you were so anxious last time? Now you're acting "cool" again.

"Confirm."

"System upgrading..."

"System upgrade complete. Current version: v3.5. Next upgrade requires 60e source points."

"1. Increase source points acquisition efficiency."

"2. Increase system strength."

"3. Decrease the chance of searching for 'useless' worlds."

"4. source points required to search for worlds increased to 50 million source points. The quality of searched worlds will be better."

"5. Cross-World Group's speed in self-searching for Level 2 (Subordinate) group members will increase."

Tang Ziheng nodded in satisfaction. Although there were no "visible" substantive updates or improvements, having upgraded all this time, he could see the changes after each upgrade. Not to mention anything else, just the acquisition of source points was visibly increasing, becoming faster, and earning more.

The same applied to his workers, and he also had to "take a cut" from the source points his workers acquired. Then, a portion of the workers' "consumption" was also spent, but most of it came to him. He was enjoying triple, oh no, N times the happiness!

This virtuous cycle made Tang Ziheng nod in satisfaction.

His daily life was truly too comfortable!

Meanwhile, in the Cross-World Group.

Zhu Wenyan watched the "big shots" discussing cooperation, feeling an itch. After seeing them finish their discussion, he quickly popped up: "Um, big shots! I also want to make some cooperative purchases!"

Zhu Wenyan had checked his source points; he had a full 180,000!

He wouldn't think about that cultivation technique for now; he would see what else he could buy.

Of course, Zhu Wenyan had also discussed with Zhu Kangye that the cultivation technique must be bought. Their "own people" would cultivate it well for a period of time. He didn't know if his world was suitable for cultivation, but it didn't matter. If not, they would buy various cultivation materials for cultivation and then find another path. It was just a pity that the cultivation technique couldn't be "popularized among the masses."

If it was suitable for cultivation, then they would find an opportunity to popularize it among the masses later! To make everyone in the Great Yong Dynasty like dragons!

"Hmm, I've put all the goods in my shop. You can directly purchase whatever you need. If you require custom services or other types of services, then come find me," Ran Quan said to Zhu Wenyan.

He had already negotiated with the Three Great Technologies, and many mass-producible tech products had been given to him, including some that were not sold externally, which he also received a copy of for "listing."

This also included custom services and so on. These would require someone to contact the "shop owner" for customization if needed. At that time, the Cross-World Group would provide a minimum selling price to the "shop owner," who would then "feedback" to the buyer.

"Okay, okay!" Zhu Wenyan quickly said, then eagerly opened Ran Quan's shop.

Ran Quan's shop currently had the most products in the group, totaling at least several hundred kinds.

This was after the "Three Great Technologies" had filtered them, believing they would be needed in the Celestial Realms. Of course, it also mentioned custom services, raw material purchases, etc., all open for discussion.

However, existing products could be purchased directly without discussion, as there was ample stock. Unless you needed more than the current stock, you could also directly discuss it with the shop owner.

Zhu Wenyan looked closely: energy guns, laser swords, protective suits, respirators, intelligent turrets, and so on...

He didn't really want these things. Although they were powerful, the subsequent maintenance, energy costs, and replacement of damaged parts would all require a large amount of source points. Moreover, the Great Yong Dynasty was not very suitable for these.

"Gene Potion A, priced at 1000 source points each..."

When Zhu Wenyan saw this, his eyes lit up slightly. This could be bought. He could use some for himself, his father, and his siblings, and even save some as rewards for "generals" and outstanding talents...

Zhu Wenyan thought for a moment and decided to purchase 50 Gene Serums.

Suddenly, 50,000 source points were gone, leaving only 130,000 out of 180,000.

Ran Quan immediately received 45,000 source points (10% handling fee).

"Excellent! A good start!" Ran Quan's eyes lit up, already envisioning the good days when the Cross-World Group members would increase.

Zhu Wenyan saw Gene Potion B and C further down. According to the description, they needed to be used one after another; one couldn't skip ahead.

Type B was priced at 3000 source points, and Type C was priced at 5000 source points.

None of them were cheap! Zhu Wenyan frowned slightly and thought for a moment. He needed to carefully consider his upcoming expenses.

"Basic Update: 2 more chapters

Total owed: 13-1 = 12

(December 'Event')

Total gifts currently: 11181. +1 chapter for every 500 gifts.

Explosive Update Celebration +1 chapter

Completion 666 +2 chapters

Great God Certification +3 chapters"