87: Chapter 87 Cheap Superpower Potions

Inside the mall, the President muttered to himself, "One thousand, not ten thousand, that's just a grand!"

"One thousand dollars a bottle!!!" The President couldn't help but exclaim. Even with his background as a businessman, he had never seen business done like this; this was practically a fire-sale price!

In an instant, the entire room was shocked.

The Secretary of Defense looked at the President with excitement in his eyes, the meaning clear: If this was true, the military could dump its entire monthly budget into it.

Maya also gasped. As a former New York police detective, doing the math was a basic professional skill.

One thousand dollars for an F-rank Ability Potion; this price was even cheaper than some of the limited-edition T-shirts her sister Mary bought.

This meant that any worker waiting tables at a restaurant in New York could afford a bottle after saving up tips for a month.

Meanwhile, A-Zu, who had been resting with his eyes closed for most of the time since landing, now opened his eyes completely.

He stared at Kara's profile, his pupils surging with undisguised questioning, but in the end, he didn't speak out in front of everyone.

Even Chen Mu, who was standing to the side, was a bit surprised. He had only given these Wuhu Civilization people one thousand bottles of potion; wouldn't selling them like this make them lose everything?

The President immediately shouted, "Good, it's a deal! We, the United States government, want to order ten thousand bottles."

He didn't give Kara any room to back out.

Kara's expression remained unchanged: "Ten thousand bottles, no problem. However, after purchase, they must be consumed on the spot in our shop."

"After all, this is an exclusive secret recipe belonging to Planet Wuhu."

The President didn't even blink after hearing this and reached out his hand: "Deal!"

Kara looked down at that hand, then reached out and shook it.

"However, Ms. Kara, I have one more question."

The President withdrew his hand. "How does one level up this ability?"

Kara explained like a salesperson: "To go from F-rank to E-rank, you only need to exercise diligently. As the frequency of use increases, the strength of the ability will naturally improve, just like humans working out their muscles."

"But from E-rank and above," she raised her hand and pointed to the center of her chest, "you will feel as if there is a lock inside your body."

"To break this lock, it often requires paying a great price."

"How exactly to break it varies from person to person. Some people break through in desperate situations, some through long periods of secluded meditation, and others need external assistance."

"But one thing is certain," her gaze slowly swept over everyone present, "once the lock is opened, it's a whole new world. If you can't open it, you'll stay at E-rank for the rest of your life."

The President was silent for two seconds, then looked at the Secretary of State, who understood and took out his phone.

Then the President called out, "Everyone, to celebrate the arrival of the Planet Wuhu people on Earth, let's take a group photo!"

"No problem!" Chen Mu walked out first and stood in the center. Seeing Chen Mu step out, A-Zu put away his disdainful expression and stood to Chen Mu's left, while the President stood to Chen Mu's right.

Just like that, the first group photo in Earth's history featuring people from three different civilizations was born.

After the photo, the Secretary of the Treasury led A-Zu, Kara, Karl, and the remaining Planet Wuhu people toward the administrative office area on the other side of the mall.

When A-Zu passed in front of Chen Mu, he paused for a moment, his antennae twitched, but in the end, he didn't speak.

The Secretary of the Treasury had already begun to endlessly introduce the specific procedures for the special interstellar channel for opening bank accounts, his voice drifting further and further away in the empty mall.

Chen Mu and Maya returned to the car, and the sound of the car door closing shut out all the noise from outside.

Maya sat in the passenger seat, watching Chen Mu's face in the rearview mirror.

Chen Mu leaned back in his seat, eyes slightly closed, and tapped his fingers on his knee twice: "Back to the United Nations!"

The President watched the motorcade drive away, then took out his phone and started editing a tweet.

[Trump: Today, under the wise leadership of the great and invincible Ball Chief Chen Mu, the first alien enterprise has officially settled into our Interstellar Mall! They are called the Wuhu Civilization! Please remember this name!]

[They are selling ability potions for just one thousand dollars! One thousand dollars! That's not even enough for a decent lunch at the White House cafeteria! Those fake news media outlets who say I waste money are going to cry again!]

[I shook hands with their leader; no one understands alien handshakes better than I do! His hand is much stronger than Old Biden's!]

[Thanks to our friends from Planet Wuhu for choosing our great New York. I've said it before, New York is becoming the center of cosmic trade!]

[By the way, everyone must watch the fireball ability demonstration video below! I almost choked on the ash, but I didn't cough, because a real President never coughs!]

[Attached: Karl's ability demonstration video.]

[The President's editor added an epic BGM to this clip, but inserted three frames of a meme showing the President giving a thumbs up at the moment of the explosion.]

Three minutes after the tweet was posted, the comment section was like a stirred-up anthill.

[One thousand dollars? Cheaper than the sneakers I bought last month?? Did the aliens' Double Eleven start early???]

[Guys, does anyone get this! Those two antennae on the Planet Wuhu people's heads, if you zoom in, they have fine patterns; these are basically snail eyes! They can extend and retract! They detect the air! As someone who has raised jade snails for three years, my DNA was activated on the spot. The Wuhu Civilization is essentially just a giant snail that has attained consciousness!]

[I feel like that A-Zu looks like a goblin, the flying snail goblin kind.]

[I'll just ask one thing: How the hell did we end up letting a bunch of aliens wearing straw sandals open a shop in Manhattan?? Whatever Ball Chief says, we do. The President tweets faster than anyone to suck up. You call this diplomacy? Where is our human dignity?!!!]

[My heart stopped when Lady Kara held up one finger. One thousand dollars a bottle?? This price isn't business; it's charity. Thank you, Planet Wuhu Daddies, for coming to save us genetically inferior monkeys. I'm already lining up at the Interstellar Mall entrance; nobody better try to cut in line tomorrow morning.]

[Ball Chief is still performing consistently today. Just standing there, without saying a word, the Planet Wuhu leader didn't even dare to make a sound. What is style? This is style. New York has over twenty million people now, housing prices are sky-high, and wages are sky-high; I won't say whose credit that is. Daddy Ball Chief, can the next batch of Interstellar Mall tenants be located downstairs from me?]

[New York Post: Alien Leaders in Straw Sandals; Alien Abilities May End Existing Human-Dominated Civilizational Order.]

[New York Interstellar Trade Day One Observation: Pricing of F-rank Potions Will Trigger Global Capital Market Volatility; Many Parties Call for Rational Response.]

[Where is that interstellar purchasing agent from last time? I want to buy a hundred bottles!]

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At night, twenty Planet Wuhu people gathered in the shop they had just rented.

A-Zu stared fiercely at Kara, his two light green antennae trembling slightly above his forehead, and his eyes gradually glowing red.

The other nineteen Planet Wuhu people in the shop all held their breath. Karl leaned against the doorframe with his arms crossed, his face expressionless, but his antennae were pressed tightly against his scalp.

"Bang!"

A-Zu grabbed Kara by the throat, lifted her up, and pinned her against the wall.

Her head hit the wall with a dull thud, and the newly installed shelves in the shop shook slightly.

"I need an explanation! Kara!"