Chapter 352 : Green Plum Meets Wine 3 (2/2)
Shi Sheng walked into Curio Street. The night market was a much livelier sight than during the day. All sorts of people strolled the streets, hoping to get a steal and make a killing.
Shen Jiayin and the two boys weren’t walking very fast. She would also stop every once in a while to have a look around.
Shi Sheng openly tailed them from behind, hearing the occasional snippet of conversation between the boys and Shen Jiayin.
The one that had been with her first was Wen Jingxuan, while the one in a black sweatshirt was called Xie Chen. They were both supporting male leads that liked Shen Jiayin.
Though right now, they had probably only known Shen Jiayin for a short while.
[Host, will you really not consider it? Don’t you want to show off? 2,000 Contribution Points, last chance…]
“1k.”
System fell silent for a moment, though in the end it still gave the item to Shi Sheng. It’s host was too powerful for it to offend.
Of course, the most important factor was that the tool wasn’t really worth that much. 1,000 contribution points wasn’t too low a price.
Once Shi Sheng got the Treasure-Hunter’s Phone, she examined it. It looked no different from a smartphone. One could even insert a SIM card into it, and it appeared to have all the functions of a regular smartphone. Shi Sheng was beginning to suspect that she really had just bought an ordinary phone.
In the middle of a bunch of weird apps, Shi Sheng found an app called ‘Taobao[1]’.
Shi Sheng, “…” ‘No matter how you look at it, it’s the same Taobao as Alibaba’s…’
She was even greeted by a familiar interface upon opening the app.
Collecting world data…
These words appeared on the screen. After several minutes…
Data collected. Thank you for using Taobao. We hope you are satisfied with the experience.
Shi Sheng, “…” ‘The hell?’
She looked through the items. It seemed…rather impressive.
……
Hour-old bun. Value: RMB1. Distance: 5 metres.
3-year-old clothes. Value: RMB30. Distance: 20 metres.
Year-old watch. Value: RMB300. Distance: 50 metres.
…
Hundred-year-old mud. Value unknown. Distance: 300 metres.
Two hundred-year-old brick. Value unknown. Distance: 700 metres.
Beggar’s bowl. Value: 0. Distance: 1,000 metres.
‘*flips table* The hell is this thing?! System, Alibaba’s going to sue you for using a pirated version of their app!’
She searched through these objects for ages before finding something somewhat normal.
300-year-old painting. Value: RMB10,000. Distance: 2,000 metres.
Odd titles attached with the age of the item showed up on the screen, followed by their value and distance from her. There weren’t any other descriptions.
The photos clearly appeared to have been photoshopped. Even stuff like a random brick, or a broken bowl that had been used by a beggar, looked like exquisitely preserved antiques one would find in a museum.
‘Great, just like Alibaba’s Taobao!’
Furthermore, distances were displayed for each of the objects listed, none of which were further than 3,000 metres away.
Items, clothing, food, toys—everything was shown, regardless of their age.
‘Really now! This app wants to ascend the heavens ah! Alibaba is shit compared to this!’
Shi Sheng enthusiastically ran to one of the larger antique shops.
The items on the app screen started being refreshed as piece after piece of exquisitely beautiful porcelain appeared.
First was their name, then the price. Some were worth only a few hundred, while others were upwards of a million. However, there didn’t appear to be anything worth a hundred million or more.
[1] Taobao or ‘淘宝’ is a shopping app founded by Alibaba. You can search for stuff to buy on it, though I haven’t had much experience seeing as how I haven’t shopped online like…at all.