Chapter 43: The Public Trading District! Prepare for Takeoff!

The same fate as Jiang Yi...

Such words were undoubtedly a threat!

But Wei Lingshuang had a soft spot for gentleness and resisted force, stubborn to the core!

Her fingers tightened around the phone.

She was about to sharply refuse Tang Ke’s “kind offer.”

Suddenly, outside the conference room, a voice full of excitement broke through.

“Sister Shuang! Good news!”

Rushing in was a boy who looked barely a teenager, his face unable to hide his joy.

Wei Lingshuang’s eyes flickered. “What good news?”

The boy’s tone was thrilled: “Those traitors who left our club before—they want to rejoin now!”

“...”

Wei Lingshuang’s mouth twitched slightly.

Traitors who quit the club wanted to come back to the Silver Frost Club?

What was there to be happy about?

Those opportunists were shallow and fickle!

They only saw the club’s surface glory and immediately wanted a share.

Once they realized the club’s perilous situation, they’d probably try to flee again!

Such petty people, Wei Lingshuang had no interest in having them return!

However, after catching his breath, the boy hurriedly added:

“Yes! I originally wanted to just send those traitors away!”

“But they brought back a rather important piece of news!”

Wei Lingshuang asked, “What news?”

“In the outskirts of Jiang City, within a third-rate faction called the Joyful Club...”

The boy’s name was Xu Xiaoduo, and he was somewhat weak in constitution.

After another breath, he continued: “This Joyful Club has produced our city’s second lucky player capable of refining the Elixir of Longevity!”

A lucky player able to refine the Elixir of Longevity?!

Wei Lingshuang’s eyes instantly brightened upon hearing this!

She seemed to have a sudden realization.

Quickly, she tapped out a reply to Tang Ke:

“If you can get Chang Jiaoe to urgently craft a batch of green Elixir of Longevity pills, I might consider asking you for help.”

Xu Xiaoduo’s eyes widened as he watched: “Sister Shuang, what are you doing? Weren’t you just...”

Wei Lingshuang anticipated what he was about to say.

She put away her phone and suddenly asked, “Xiaoduo, why do you think only Chang Jiaoe in Jiang City can refine the Elixir of Longevity?”

“Uh?” Xu Xiaoduo was momentarily stunned. “Because the recipe is too rare, and no one else has extracted it yet...”

Wasn’t that obvious?

However, Wei Lingshuang shook her head slightly. “The recipe is indeed rare and difficult to extract.”

“But this apocalypse game has been going on for a month now.”

“And yet, no second person has managed to extract the recipe? Are all the players in Jiang City really that unlucky?”

At her words, both Xu Xiaoduo and Huang Xin fell silent for a moment.

—

Wei Lingshuang’s voice dropped:

“As far as I know, on the tenth day of the apocalypse, a second lucky player capable of refining the Elixir appeared.”

“But that very night, the lucky player died an unnatural death.”

Xu Xiaoduo and Huang Xin’s pupils dilated instantly!

Surviving in this apocalypse, they were not fools!

They quickly deduced...

A player capable of refining the Elixir of Longevity would be a coveted prize to any faction.

But to one person, they would be a thorn in the side!

Chang Jiaoe...

Huang Xin didn’t personally know Chang Jiaoe.

Yet he had heard the name countless times.

It even appeared at the top of the three major leaderboards.

All ranked near the top!

He had always wondered—

What kind of legendary woman was she?

Until now, he finally realized—

She was probably a ruthless woman who would stop at nothing!

Wei Lingshuang needed no further explanation and continued:

“I will try to divert her attention.”

“Xiaoduo, have your brother go to the outskirts and personally negotiate with that player who can refine the Elixir.”

“Bring him to our Silver Frost Club as soon as possible!”

“Also, this ability to refine the Elixir must be kept as secret as possible!”

Xu Xiaoduo nodded firmly. “No problem!”

“Sister Shuang, don’t worry. Because of the regional announcement triggered by Brother Xin and the ads on the forums, our Silver Frost Club has become completely famous!”

“Many players admire and aspire to join our club!”

“This recruitment should not be too difficult!”

Indeed.

Not everyone, like Wei Lingshuang and Jiang Yi, could see the danger lurking behind the glittering facade.

Most ordinary players only felt the Silver Frost Club was about to rise through this opportunity.

Jiang Yi was unaware of what was happening within the Silver Frost Club, or the crisis Sun Hao faced.

He simply browsed the chat channels and forums briefly.

Then turned his attention to the trading area.

The official player trading feature would be the key to his rapid rise!

However, the entire trading area was still limited to the Jiang City region.

There was no way yet to trade with players worldwide.

Currently, the regional trading area was divided into—

[Public Trading Zone], [Friend Trading Zone], and [VIP Trading Zone].

Jiang Yi had just become an official player and had not added any friends yet.

So the [Friend Trading Zone] was naturally empty.

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What he could use for now was only the [Public Trading Zone].

But the [Public Trading Zone] had many drawbacks.

For example, sellers had to post items under their real names.

Also, buyers and sellers couldn’t chat privately.

They could only communicate publicly under the trade listing’s chat section.

Others could clearly see these public communications.

Often, players who only watched but didn’t buy would deliberately disparage items under others’ trade listings, saying they were worthless!

Sometimes malicious competitors would advertise their own items there.

In short, the entire atmosphere in the [Public Trading Zone] was terrible.

Later players even jokingly called it the “Rotten Fish and Shrimp Trading Zone.”

Truly powerful players generally preferred to trade in the [VIP Trading Zone].

The trading experience there was noticeably better.

Unfortunately,

The use of the [VIP Trading Zone] required a certain amount of player assets.

Jiang Yi, having just become an official player, naturally couldn’t access it.

But that didn’t matter.

He browsed the [Public Trading Zone].

It was no surprise to find that the most common listings were for various junk lottery wheels!

Many junk wheels offered such poor returns that no one was willing to spend lifespan points to draw them!

But players didn’t want to just throw them away.

So the trading zone became the best place for those junk wheels!

Yet junk was junk!

Even listed for sale, no one wanted them!

Not only that, many listings attracted foul-mouthed comments below!

Seeing this, Jiang Yi’s eyes gleamed!

Unwanted junk lottery wheels...

He wanted them!

And their prices were practically giveaways!

However, there was one problem—

Even for junk wheels, sellers generally demanded payment in Time Coins.

Jiang Yi didn’t have a single Time Coin yet.

He needed to earn some Time Coins first, then buy wheels.

So Jiang Yi skillfully posted some listings of his own in the Public Trading Zone.

Once his trade listings appeared normally, he left them be.

Instead, he prepared to draw from the two remaining green wheels he had.

What Jiang Yi didn’t know, with his attention back in reality—

His trade listing almost immediately attracted a wave of attention the moment it appeared in the Public Trading Zone!