62: Bounty Harvest

Evacuation successful!

Duration: 00:27:59

Earnings for this round: 823,048!

After coming out of the Substation, Xiao Yun also searched the Small Substation and Cement Factory.

He even emptied out all the bird nests along the way.

Before evacuating, he searched the Visitor Center again.

However, this search did not yield satisfactory results.

The total earnings for this round were only 820,000.

Most of them were little blue and little purple items; the few gold coins he did get were from killing minions in Gunfire Negotiation.

After completing this evacuation, Xiao Yun's GTI record also changed.

"Name: Xiao Yun

Affiliation: Dragon Country Yunhai Province Haibei City Branch

Total Rounds: 1

Evacuation Rate: 100%

Value Brought Out: 823.04k

Round Records: Hidden

Rank: Black Iron 5"

Looking at his updated record, Xiao Yun nodded silently.

"800,000 should be enough to secure a guaranteed spot."

"Or should I play it safer and aim for 1,000,000?"

"Forget it, if I really earn 1,000,000, I'll probably get targeted again."

Xiao Yun thought to himself.

One must know that the biggest taboo for a knife runner is attracting attention.

Xiao Yun's series of actions today have already been far from low-key.

If people found out he was making 1,000,000 per forbidden zone trip, he would be targeted to death!

However, at present, none of this is the most important thing.

The most important thing is that Xiao Yun has finally completed 12 consecutive losses and collected the Bounty Hunter Trait!

Sure enough, as soon as he opened his system backpack, the bounty box displayed "Openable."

But Xiao Yun was not careless.

First, he went to the Exchange and emptied out all the little blue, little purple, and little gold items in his secure container.

Except for the little red item, everything else that could be sold was sold.

The 820,000 worth of materials from the last round, after deducting taxes, sold for 720,000.

Adding the money he had left over, he now had exactly 750,000 on his card.

After doing all this, Xiao Yun opened the bounty box.

[Tip: Bounty box has been opened!]

[Highly Classified Server, reinforced carbon fiber board, ventilator, and other items have been placed in the secure container!]

[Total Value: 7,222,903!]

Hearing the system prompt, Xiao Yun gasped.

He had earned over seven million in one go!

"reinforced carbon fiber board, Highly Classified Server!"

"These two big red items seem to have very few records of appearing."

"If these were sold, their value would definitely be more than 2,000,000 each!"

Xiao Yun thought to himself as he looked at the items opened from the bounty box.

After all, in this world where everyone is a knife runner, even if an agent brings out experimental data, it becomes headline news the next day.

Not to mention Xiao Yun's pile of big red items.

If the news got out, it would at least shock the entire country!

However, Xiao Yun was currently troubled by the lack of a selling channel.

After all, there were no transaction records on the Exchange, so he didn't know who to sell these big red items to!

And if he were to hand them over to GTI, Xiao Yun was afraid they wouldn't treat him fairly.

It would be ridiculous if they thought ordinary people didn't understand the value of big red items and just gave him a few tens of thousands of yuan and a commendation to send him off.

"How can I convert these things into cash?"

Xiao Yun looked at the items in his secure container, feeling a bit worried.

After the bounty box was opened, the big red items in his backpack took up a lot of space.

Two 3x3 big red items directly occupied 18 slots of space.

Adding a few other red items, the two little red items he had previously opened, and the coffee beans and drone brought out from Longbow Creek Valley last round, as well as the military missile computer brought out in a previous round.

The 100-slot secure container was occupied by a full 30 slots of space.

Currently, Xiao Yun had not unlocked the warehouse, and his family heirloom knife had only just reached level 20.

If these items weren't sold, they would take up space, and handing them over to GTI felt risky.

"Maybe others have had similar experiences?"

"After all, it's been so many years, there must have been many people who brought out valuable goods."

"Not to mention bringing out big red items, at least some experimental data could be brought out!"

Thinking of this, Xiao Yun took out his phone and started searching for the keyword "experimental data."

Sure enough, he immediately saw several inquiries.

Title: Newbie's first knife run, what to do if I brought out experimental data?

Title: Just started university, ran a standard run and accidentally brought out experimental data, what to do?

Title: I found experimental data in my son's room! What should I do?

"These questions all reek of showing off!"

Xiao Yun was a bit helpless; were these people really bringing them out or just pretending?

However, the authenticity of the questioners was irrelevant; what mattered were the answers below.

Xiao Yun didn't think much and randomly clicked on one.

Anonymous User: Thanks for the invite. If you brought out experimental data, it's better to hand it directly to GTI. You can get a generous bounty, and if the information within is valuable, it might even help Dragon Country's technological progress!

Anonymous User: For ordinary people, this stuff is useless to keep, just hand it over to GTI!

...

Most of the comments said to hand the items directly to GTI.

However, such uniform answers, all from anonymous users, made Xiao Yun feel a bit suspicious.

"Could this be GTI hiring their own online trolls to comment?"

Thinking of this, Xiao Yun stopped looking at the top-rated answers.

Instead, he directly clicked on 'sort by time', and the latest comments were indeed different.

Big-faced Cat QWQ: What's wrong with the top-rated comments? Handing this stuff directly to GTI is a pure loss of money! Listener, listen to me, it's best to find a local auction house and put these items up for auction.

Poor Tom: Even if you submit such high-value materials to GTI, they won't research them properly! Are you kidding? They are just a local management agency for agents; how would they understand technology? In the end, they just resell them at a high price to the Dragon Country Academy of Sciences or other technology companies for research. You might as well sell them directly to the Dragon Country Academy of Sciences; they will give a reasonable price, avoiding middlemen from earning the difference.

Heaven-defying Grandpa Niu: National Material Underground Auction House, Private Exchange, Black Market, Contact: xxxxxxx.

...

Seeing the latest comments, Xiao Yun frowned immediately.

According to them, GTI was just a middleman.

They would acquire high-grade materials submitted by agents at a low price and then sell them at a high price to the Academy of Sciences and technology companies.

"It seems Dad was right about being careful with GTI!"

"However, what GTI does is definitely more than just this."

Xiao Yun thought to himself.

If he were to hand these things directly to GTI, how much money would he lose!

And conveniently, in the comment section below this question, there were also many contact details for auction houses.

Xiao Yun randomly added one; after the other party simply asked about the region, they directly sent the address.

"Ocean Spectrum cruise ship, third floor?"

"Huh? Isn't that where the Longbow Creek Valley forbidden zone is?"

Seeing this address, Xiao Yun was very surprised.

He hadn't expected Haibei City's underground Exchange to be right next to the forbidden zone!

"But... will there be any danger?"

Xiao Yun frowned.

According to GTI's regulations, private material transactions are illegal.

While there wouldn't be any penalties, they also wouldn't be protected by the authorities.

If he encountered defaulting or misrepresentation during a private transaction, he would just have to accept his bad luck.

"Forget it, I won't take that risk."

Xiao Yun thought to himself.

Such underground Exchanges operate in a gray area; if he got scammed, it would be over!

"Since the Academy of Sciences also accepts them, I should try to submit them directly to the Dragon Country Academy of Sciences."

Xiao Yun said, and then looked up the website for the Dragon Country Academy of Sciences.

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(PS: Starting tomorrow, resuming 4 updates of ten thousand characters)