491: Free premium coffee beans!

"What!? For free?"

"That's right. They said it wasn't important material anyway, and it was taking up warehouse space. When someone came to ask, they said they could give it away for free."

On the other end of the phone, Zhang Yu spoke calmly.

However, on this end of the phone, Xiao Yun's heart was pounding.

High-grade coffee beans—in the game of his previous life, these were high-grade materials that couldn't even be bought with haifu coins, yet in this world, they were being given away for free!

Although Xiao Yun had already speculated that high-grade coffee beans might not be expensive in this world, and thus a lower price wouldn't be surprising, he never expected the Exchange to give them away for free!

One bag of these coffee beans was equivalent to a six sets!

And for Xiao Yun, who possessed the Heirloom Special Service Department, two bags of coffee beans were equivalent to a level eight set, which was super armor that could even withstand level six bullets!

"Quickly have your Exchange inventory checked; I'll be right over!"

"Oh, okay."

Xiao Yun said hurriedly, then hung up the phone and rushed towards the GTI Headquarters… "What kind of material are these high-grade coffee beans? Why does Xiao Yun sound so excited?"

GTI Headquarters, underground C-level.

In the Exchange hall, Song Qiuyun and Zhang Yu sat in an inconspicuous corner, waiting for Xiao Yun's arrival.

"How would I know? I've seen this material several times in Confidential Aerospace, but there's no record of it in the GTI database. I thought it was a prank by some soldier, so I didn't even pick it up."

Zhang Yu said helplessly.

Regarding the use of high-grade coffee beans, neither he nor Song Qiuyun, as a top Operator of Dragon Country, knew anything about it at this moment.

However, during his recent call with Xiao Yun, Zhang Yu speculated that this material must have some special use for Xiao Yun.

But the specific use, he couldn't imagine at all.

After all, these so-called high-grade coffee beans had no restricted area material label, no rarity level distinction, and were completely worthless to normal people; at most, they were just a bag of coffee beans.

Ordinary people who got this stuff would at most use it to make coffee. Although the quality was indeed outstanding, it wasn't enough to make Xiao Yun so excited upon hearing that the Exchange had it.

"But since it's something Xiao Yun needs, it must have a very important use, right?"

Zhang Yu stroked his chin, saying uncertainly.

"By the way, why are you here?"

Zhang Yu pondered for a moment, then suddenly looked up at Song Qiuyun sitting opposite him, feeling very confused.

Just now, after he received Xiao Yun's call, he had just walked out of the staff dormitory prepared for him by the official authorities when he ran into Song Qiuyun wandering around.

Although the two of them, as partners designated by their superiors, had entered the restricted area many times together during this period, this was their first private meeting.

"Oh! If you hadn't reminded me, I almost forgot. I'm here to prepare the materials needed for tomorrow... I'm going to buy some materials first. Remember to call me when Xiao Yun arrives!"

"Huh?"

After Song Qiuyun finished speaking, she ignored Zhang Yu's reaction and went straight to the nearby trading window.

And just as she had gone ahead, the next second Zhang Yu saw Xiao Yun's figure appear at the Exchange's entrance not far away.

"Over here!"

Seeing that Xiao Yun seemed to be about to call and ask for his location, Zhang Yu immediately stood up, waving his hand and calling out.

"So, how much stock is there?"

Xiao Yun quickly approached, unable to wait to ask before even sitting down.

"I just had someone check the inventory. There are exactly 3,000 bags of high-grade coffee beans here."

"Tsk, why isn't that more than the ten-thousand-foot gold bars? I remember every Exchange's minimum gold bar reserve is tens of thousands!"

"This stuff isn't important material after all. Operators don't even bother picking it up if they come across it on the map. It's already quite something to have 3,000 bags in stock."

"Alright, alright, but three thousand bags is quite a lot... By the way, are you sure they're giving this stuff away for free? There's no catch, right?"

"Brother, you're overthinking it! Do you still not know who you are? With just a word from you, let alone these useless materials, even level five sets and six setss are given away for free by GTI officials, aren't they?"

"You have a point there."

Xiao Yun nodded silently, probably guessing something.

Zhang Yu, on the other hand, sighed helplessly and then curiously observed Xiao Yun in front of him.

In fact, the high-grade coffee beans at the Exchange were not free.

After all, even if this stuff had no use for Operators, for coffee enthusiasts, it was a premium coffee, with prices once matching the highest-grade coffees on the market, selling for over three thousand yuan a bag.

However, it seemed that Zhang Yu's Operator ID had been marked by a superior. When he scanned his code to log into his account at the Exchange and was queuing up, one of the two sibling superiors called him to inquire.

Regarding He Mo and He Yan, these two superiors, Zhang Yu still couldn't tell who was who.

Although their personalities differed greatly, their voices and appearances were as if carved from the same mold.

Unless both brothers stood in front of Zhang Yu at the same time, Zhang Yu truly couldn't tell who was who.

Zhang Yu hadn't saved their numbers before, so he felt awkward asking when he answered the phone. He figured whoever was calling him had to be one of those twin brother superiors.

And after the other party learned that Xiao Yun needed high-grade coffee beans, a somewhat special material, the other party, he didn't know what connections they used, but Zhang Yu's original queue of over 300 people was directly skipped, and he entered a special channel.

The trader said that the three thousand bags of high-grade coffee beans in stock had originally been bought by a famous collector in the coffee world for a flat price of 8 million, but then a phone call from above came, and they immediately canceled the order, choosing to give them away for free.

Although Zhang Yu already knew of the official authorities' regard for Xiao Yun, after all, Xiao Yun was Haibei City's most accomplished genius Operator in a hundred years, Zhang Yu never expected the official authorities to value him to such an extent.

This kind of treatment could probably only be compared to those research academicians who had won Nobel Prizes.

"By the way, brother, what do you need this stuff for? Are you going to make coffee for yourself?"

"Just assume I am."

Seeing that Xiao Yun didn't explain much, Zhang Yu said "Oh" and didn't ask further.

At this moment, he was more concerned about his brother's condition.

He had roughly understood Song Qiuyun's situation during this time.

This woman, who usually seemed amiable and polite, would transform once she entered the restricted area, becoming very domineering and difficult to accept.

In particular, Zhang Yu himself wasn't a proper Operator. Although he had now broken through Platinum and reached Diamond Level, he had reached his current position through unconventional means, and thus was even more despised by Song Qiuyun.

Fortunately, although Song Qiuyun in the restricted area would scold him, it was only limited to verbal reprimands.

Zhang Yu had gotten used to being called 'pig' and 'maggot' by Song Qiuyun every day in the restricted area. In order to cooperate with the investigation into Xiao Yun's situation, he didn't mind these things.

His biggest concern was whether his brother, who had the same condition as Song Qiuyun, would suffer any brain damage or have his lifespan affected.

"By the way, Song Qiuyun came with me too. Do you want to see her?"

"Is there something wrong?"

"I don't know, she just told me to call her over if you arrived."

"Then don't bother her."

Xiao Yun said indifferently, and Zhang Yu also smiled faintly, as if he understood.

"After all, you have Miss Liu. If you're ambiguous with other women, you'll have to kneel on durians when you get back, right?"

"Is it that obvious?"

Xiao Yun did not deny this matter.

"But that's not the reason. The main thing is... don't you think she seems to be investigating us?"

"Uh... Huh? No way?"

Zhang Yu's expression stiffened, a bit exaggerated.

Oh no! The task the superior gave me, could it have been exposed?

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(PS: The author is back. How should I put it, during this time, I feel that both the author and all the esteemed readers, as players, must have experienced a lot.

Regarding these recent official incidents with this game, as a Shu Shu player who runs with knives, the author is also very upset. In fact, when the three red skins came out, the author's mindset was already somewhat off, and that's when updates started to become intermittent, then more and more so. Old readers should be able to tell.

Until the recent shared home incident, the entire game's conflict completely exploded. The author won't go into details. But during this time, the author has also thought a lot.

Anyway, as a gamer, I still really like this game, just not the developers. I will continue to write this book, resuming stable updates and writing some interesting restricted area content. If you're tormented by the game, come and read it for some enjoyment.)