Chapter 155: First Pot of Gold? (1/2)
Chapter 155: First Pot of Gold?
Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation
In the pharmaceutical section of listed items for sale, Ye Chong finally found skeletons in the list. The long list offered skeletons in great variety, and Ye Chong brightened up at that. He was relieved to find that it was possible to find skeletons after all. For a skeleton carver, nothing would be more scary than not having any skeleton materials! Besides, the skeletons for sale were abundant in numbers and types, and that was a surprise to Ye Chong!
”Why are these skeletons in the pharmaceutical section?” Ye Chong could not understand. He could see no relation between skeletons and pharmacy.
”There is a branch in pharmacy that uses flora, fauna and mineral ores as ingredients to produce medicine or for treatment. Animal skeletons are a very important part of it. From the trade volume, this branch must be quite popular here! Of course, I will have to investigate further to understand the details, what I have just said was only a probable deduction!” Mu replied.
”There’s a branch like this?” Ye Chong was surprised.
”Yes. It’s inherited from the past, and grew systematic over time. However, it’s still not a very well known branch, since these treatments are usually effective against strange conditions. My database has little information on this!” Mu said.
Most of the skeletons were from mutant life forms. They came in all shapes and colors, but the points for each of them was very different from Ye Chong’s expectations. For some skeletons that looked average for Ye Chong, were priced ridiculously high. Some skeletons with good properties were, however, priced very low, and even as Ye Chong read on he regretted not having a single point to spend on them!
He realized then that this was the pharmaceutical section, and he should be about the only skeleton carver in the whole of Nine Gates. His valuation of the skeletons must be different from theirs. That was alright, since it could be advantageous for him. He could use fewer points to buy some excellent skeletons, thus reducing the cost.
With some understanding of the market, Ye Chong began to consider the ways he could earn enough points to buy skeletons.
How could he earn his first pot of gold? Ye Chong frowned in contemplation.
”My database has many special formulae for alloys, you can exchange them for Nine Gates points!” Mu suggested.
”No!” This suggestion was immediately rejected by Ye Chong! Ye Chong understood that these formulae were far more valuable than a full skeleton mech, and could potentially make the Sanctuary even stronger! Based on the current situation, the Sanctuary was now his enemy, and improving the strength of his enemy using his information for short term benefits was something Ye Chong would never allow.
Even if he wanted to exchange them for points, Ye Chong would rather get them from the detainees, and not the Sanctuary.
Ye Chong walked into Blue Sandstone for the second time. The middle aged man saw Ye Chong and was surprised, but quickly greeted him, ”Young man, why are you not preparing for your trials? Still wandering around?” He was still mocking Ye Chong on the inside for being a candidate at such a young age.
”Yes, the trial’s changed!” Ye Chong looked straight towards the Eden-IV model, and spoke without turning, ”That Eden has a problem!”
”Problem?” Ye Chong’s off tangent remark caught the middle aged storekeeper off guard, and found himself moving towards the Eden as he said, ”What problem?” His expression was one of disbelief. While he was not entirely satisfied with that Eden, he was still skeptical of how this boy could point out a problem.
”Eden-IV’s special feature is its stability, while its weakness is its lack of speed. You want to improve its automotive capabilities, so you added the horizontal stabilizer while also simplifying its main body. But that greatly reduces the stability of this mech! Besides, most importantly is, the mech’s defenses will be sharply reduced!” Ye Chong spoke without expression.
”Eh!” Ye Chong spoke the truth, and the middle aged storekeeper was a little startled . ”You make sense, I guess! But I can’t do much about it, Eden can’t use any other engine model, so I could only do what I did!”
That was true. Eden’s engine was incompatible with other models. This also resulted in Eden being mostly abandoned by mech modification enthusiasts, and rarely would anyone choose the mech for modifications. That was why Ye Chong first noticed the Eden model displayed here.