287: unexpected surprise

The ability of Time Reversal, which was practically a bug, was only one of the main reasons why Time-element Cosmic Beasts were so difficult to capture.

Time abilities had various wonderful uses.

Especially when applied to the Cosmic Beasts themselves, their power could be maximized.

Often, these Time-element Cosmic Beasts only needed a single breath of time.

Or even a single thought, and they could instantly end their own lives when faced with a desperate situation.

Compared to death, becoming a Slave whose soul couldn't even be free was far more terrifying.

This led to the vast majority of Time-element Cosmic Beasts choosing suicide when faced with the possibility of becoming a Slave.

Unless there was an insurmountable difference in strength, no Cosmic Beast could stop a Time-element Cosmic Beast from committing suicide.

And Time-element Cosmic Beasts were at least Star-level powerhouses.

With such terrifying difficulty, even in the Lotus Slave Market, there was almost no stock of Time-element Slaves.

Even if there were, each time these Slaves would become a major highlight of the auction,

and not ordinary goods placed in the Lotus Slave Market for casual purchase.

Lin Tianwei's words truly made Luo Ji both happy and worried.

He was happy that under his discount promotion offensive, Lin Tianwei finally had the idea of buying Kong Ling.

What worried him was that while Lin Tianwei planned to buy Kong Ling, he also threw him a huge problem.

Time-element Slaves?

That was an existence Luo Ji himself couldn't even aspire to.

Thinking of this, Luo Ji said with a troubled expression, "Mr. Zeta is indeed a beast with keen insight; his judgment is extremely sharp, and with just one glance, he spotted the most valuable Time-element Slave."

"However, Time-element Slaves are incredibly rare, and capturing them is even more difficult. Even our Lotus Slave Market has no stock."

"If Mr. Zeta is truly serious about buying, perhaps the auction ten years from now would be an opportunity."

"At that grand auction, perhaps Mr. Zeta will be able to find the Time-element Slave he desires."

At this point, Luo Ji paused and added, "However, Mr. Zeta should also be mentally prepared."

"Time-element Slaves are extremely difficult to capture, and their prices are astronomically high. Each appearance causes a frenzy, with bids reaching at least several tens of millions of yuan crystal."

"Of course, apart from the extremely rare special-element Slaves, our Lotus Slave Market's inventory is quite complete."

"If Mr. Zeta doesn't mind, he can certainly look around and select some other Slaves."

Several tens of millions of yuan crystal?

At least several tens of millions of yuan crystal?

Lin Tianwei hadn't expected the price of a Time-element Slave to be so outrageous.

If the Lotus Slave Market really had stock, he would be the one embarrassed.

Thinking of this, Lin Tianwei feigned a sigh and said,

"Of course I know that with the strength of your Lotus Slave Market, it's impossible to have Time-element Slaves as common inventory."

"After all, the level of the Lotus Slave Market is still a bit insufficient."

"The Lotus Auction ten years from now? Don't worry, I will definitely attend in person."

"I still have some time, so I can look at other Slaves first."

"If there are any decent-looking Slaves, I might buy some as toys."

Seeing that Lin Tianwei actually planned to buy more, Luo Ji was overjoyed.

He immediately used his authority to open up higher query permissions and enthusiastically introduced some good Slaves to Lin Tianwei.

He had a premonition.

If he could curry favor with this seemingly not-so-powerful bigshot, his future would definitely be promising!

...While Luo Ji was diligently promoting Slaves to Lin Tianwei, Tore, who had left the first-floor hall earlier, encountered trouble.

The Slave bracelets had increased in price.

And the increase was a full two hundred yuan coin, making Tore's already tight finances even worse.

Tore never imagined he would encounter such an unbelievable situation.

He had finally managed to gather enough yuan coin, intending to win over the beauty, only to be cruelly struck down by reality again.

He looked at the two spider-men standing beside him, then at the expressionless salesperson, Falor, and Tore argued reasonably:

"But last time I asked, the Slave bracelet was clearly only one thousand yuan coin."

Facing Tore's reasonable argument, Falor explained expressionlessly:

"Last time? You also know it was last time?"

"The price of Slave bracelets is not fixed; it adjusts according to the fluctuation of material prices."

"You must have heard about recent events; a major war is about to break out in the District 23."

"And the spatial miscellaneous ores produced in the District 23 are one of the main raw materials for making Slave bracelets."

"So this 20% price increase is completely reasonable."

"Moreover, all goods in our Lotus Slave Market are uniformly priced, never discounted, and fair to all."

"And I would absolutely never do anything to deceive you."

Never discounted?

Lin Tianwei indicated that was correct.

But obviously, Tore would never enjoy such a discount.

So he could only stare at the 1016 yuan coin in his pocket, infinitely conflicted.

These yuan coin were his savings accumulated over a thousand years with great difficulty; how could they be insufficient at the most crucial moment?

Tore was practically in tears now.

He had only one choice, which was to quickly leave here with his two Slaves.

Thinking of this, Tore clenched his fists unwillingly, yet he was helpless.

If the Slave bracelet only had the simplest storage function, Tore wouldn't be so reluctant.

But the Slave bracelet had other functions, and it was related to a major event Tore was going to undertake, which was why he was so unwilling.

Thinking of this, a thought suddenly popped into Tore's mind:

Should I go ask Brother Zeta to borrow some yuan coin?

However, this thought was dismissed as soon as it arose in Tore's mind.

Are you kidding?

Zeta looked like a pauper; how could he possibly have so many yuan coin?

Even if he really had that many yuan coin, given their casual acquaintance, the other party wasn't crazy, so how could he lend him that many yuan coin?

Tore still had some self-awareness and didn't fantasize that a casually met Cosmic Beast would lend him such a "huge sum."

After looking around the sales hall again and again, clenching and unclenching his fists, Tore finally chose to leave.

The Lotus Slave Market would never bargain; staying here was just a waste of time.

Standing here begging Falor for mercy?

Doing such a useless thing was not as good as using this time to work hard and earn yuan coin.

How could the price of goods in the Lotus Slave Market be something Falor, a mere salesperson, could decide?

Thinking of this, Tore let out a long sigh.

He secretly thought that this trip to the Transfer Station might have ended prematurely.

He needed to leave here quickly to earn more yuan coin.

However, just as Tore was about to leave the sales hall, bid farewell to Lin Tianwei, and go become a hard-working money-earner, something incredibly shocking happened before his eyes.

Something his rapidly spinning single eye couldn't comprehend.

Just now, as Tore was about to leave, his communication device happened to receive a message:

"Dear Mr. Tore, as you have recommended a high-quality customer to the Lotus Slave Market, you are specially rewarded with 10 yuan crystal and a Lotus Junior Membership Card."

"We hope Mr. Tore will continue to recommend high-quality customers to Lotus; at that time, the Lotus Slave Market will continue to issue rewards to you."

That's right, Tore had a purpose for approaching Lin Tianwei earlier.

It wasn't that he had any special intentions towards Lin Tianwei; he simply planned to instantly rope in a newbie upon entering the Transfer Station.

This was also why he strongly urged Lin Tianwei to buy Slaves.

As the newbie brought in by Tore, every purchase Lin Tianwei made would earn Tore a commission.

Although the commission wasn't high.

But considering that taking Lin Tianwei to the Lotus Slave Market was just a casual favor, there was no cost involved at all.

So, as long as he encountered a suitable target when leaving the passage, Tore was willing to do such a thing.

However, Tore probably never dreamed that Lin Tianwei's spending power would absolutely exceed his imagination.

Even the greatly diluted recommendation reward was enough to astound him.

Sure enough, this sudden news, especially the recommendation reward of up to ten yuan crystal, directly stunned Tore.

He rubbed his eyes in disbelief, trying to discern whether what he had just seen was an illusion or reality.

That was a reward of ten yuan crystal, a full one hundred thousand yuan coin.

How could he have recommended a high-quality customer with such capabilities to the Lotus Slave Market?

One must know that even the Slave bracelet that had just put him in a difficult situation was only worth one thousand two hundred yuan coin.

Could it be that the Lotus Slave Market's system made a mistake?

Attributing someone else's achievements to him?

This was the only possibility Tore could think of.

As for Lin Tianwei?

He didn't even consider connecting this matter to Lin Tianwei.

After all, even if Lin Tianwei was hiding his true strength, he didn't look like someone with such financial power.

Although his mind was full of questions, Tore also felt a sense of unreality welling up inside him.

But looking at the six-figure balance in his personal account, Tore felt completely at ease.

No one could use illusions on him in the Lotus Slave Market.

Strong individuals with such power wouldn't play such jokes with him.

They wouldn't even bother to pay him one percent of their attention.

Perhaps this was an opportunity!

Tore's eyes suddenly became excited.

With this money, his urgent problem could be solved.

Although he might offend the Lotus Slave Market because of it.

But compared to the benefits, this small risk was worth it.

And Tore also had reasons why he had to do it.

Thinking of this, Tore looked at the two spider-men beside him.

He decided to use this money now, immediately, at once.

With money in his pocket, Tore also became more assertive, holding his head high and chest out, saying to the salesperson in front of him, "I don't want this Slave bracelet anymore."

Hearing Tore's words, Falor showed an 'I knew it' expression.

He had seen countless poor Cosmic Beasts like Tore during his work.

They were used to living a poor life where every yuan coin had to be stretched into three.

When faced with rising prices, no matter how unwilling they were, they could only choose to leave in the end.

This was not just for Tore, but for every Cosmic Beast who encountered such a situation.

They simply couldn't produce more yuan coin.

Of course.

If they were lucky enough to encounter falling prices, these Cosmic Beasts would also be overjoyed, wildly expressing their happiness.

As a salesperson who had worked in the Lotus Slave Market for many years, he was already used to this.

He immediately added, "Price increases are unavoidable, but Mr. Tore, you can also choose to minimize your losses."

"Come back later."

"It's estimated that after this war affecting the District 23 ends, the Slave bracelet will return to its original price."

Facing Falor's kind reminder, Tore shook his head slightly and said, "You might have misunderstood my meaning."

"I indeed don't plan to buy the spatial bracelet, but that doesn't mean I don't plan to buy anything here."

"slave space primal stone, I need that thing."

After speaking, Tore directly extended his tentacle and pointed to the dark gem on the shelf.

A gem that emitted a faint glow and looked extremely extraordinary at first glance.

Such words directly shocked Falor, who was a salesperson.

He found it difficult to understand why Tore, who was just a moment ago worried about two hundred yuan coin, would utter such grand words.

slave space primal stone?

As the name suggests, this was a spatial equipment similar to a Slave bracelet, primarily used to store Slaves.

However, the slave space primal stone was incredibly many times stronger than a Slave bracelet.

Not only was its internal space ridiculously large, with a diameter of tens of millions of meters.

It was more than a thousand times the space of an ordinary Slave bracelet.

It also had a very exaggerated special ability, which was adaptability.

That's right, adaptability.

The slave space primal stone could merge into most materials without affecting its own abilities.

As long as Tore was willing, he could even merge the slave space primal stone into his single eye without affecting its function.

Allowing his single eye to have the ability to store a large number of Slaves.

Consistent with the powerful function of the slave space primal stone was its incredibly high price.

Eight yuan crystal.

In the past, this was a price Tore wouldn't even dare to imagine.

And now, Tore not only dared to imagine but also dared to buy such expensive equipment and take it home.

Tore's request directly made Falor's expression stiff; he never expected Tore to make such an outrageous request.

He immediately cautiously reminded, "Esteemed guest, please confirm whether you wish to purchase this slave space primal stone?"

"Although the price of the slave space primal stone has not been affected by the war in the District 23."

"It still costs eight yuan crystal."

"Please, esteemed customer, consider carefully." (End of Chapter)