Chapter 41: Good Luck? Fortunate Luck?
Chapter 41: Good Luck? Fortunate Luck?
Although Fatty Lei cursed the trading system inwardly as a greedy merchant, he still had no choice but to let Wangcai pay the transaction points and searched on the trading system.
“Whoosh~~~”
Information was filtered item by item, countless useless store details were quickly excluded on the display.
Soon, ten matching entries from the filtered thousand appeared on the screen.
Fatty Lei moved closer with Wangcai, clicked into those shops, and started browsing their goods.
“X-3000 model Intelligent Robot, a great companion for combat.” A silver-white robot’s holographic image appeared in this shop.
“Master, it seems this shop’s goods are quite limited,” Wangcai noticed that this shop apparently only sold this model of robot and nothing else.
Fatty Lei stared at the robot’s holographic image, then turned his head to look around, finding indeed as Wangcai said, that besides this model, the shop had no other products.
“It seems shops in the Sci-Fi Series don’t do very well,” Fatty Lei thought, feeling that as a Sci-Fi Series merchant, it was really tragic since his own goods weren’t plentiful either.
“Master, there’s just no helping it. After all, compared to those in the Mythology Type, items sold by Sci-Fi Series merchants aren’t very powerful. So…” Wangcai didn’t finish, but Fatty Lei understood the implication.
Indeed, the ultimate product of a Sci-Fi Series merchant was only something like a black hole weapon. But how could that compare to goods from the Mythological Dimension? Not to mention distant examples, even the Ginseng Fruit was highly sought after by many merchants.
Not to mention the low-level Immortal Slaves, which were practically in short supply.
“Sigh~ We can’t compare, let’s just focus on what’s before us,” Fatty Lei knew that at his current level, thinking about these issues was still premature.
“Then, Master, what do you think of this robot?” Wangcai tactfully changed the subject.
Fatty Lei stared intently at the robot’s holographic image, carefully reading the detailed description about it.
Since the trading system forcibly changed the text, Fatty Lei didn’t have to worry about not understanding the robot’s introduction.
The robot’s holographic image rotated continuously, with its combat power and function descriptions displayed on both sides of its body.
“X-3000 model military robot, equipped with the most powerful firepower configuration, with extremely low energy consumption. It’s essential for your home, travel, killing, arson…” Fatty Lei’s mouth twitched upon reading this.
“Darn!” Fatty Lei cursed quietly in his heart. “No matter where you are, you always see this kind of advertisement.”
“How much is this robot?” Fatty Lei was very interested in this two-meter-tall humanoid machine.
“Master, this robot costs thirty thousand Credit Points each,” Wangcai replied with a bitter expression.
“What!” Fatty Lei almost jumped up. “Is this guy crazy? A robot like this actually costs thirty thousand Credit Points?”
Wangcai pointed at the base of the robot’s holographic image and said to Fatty Lei, “No mistake, Master, look, the price is marked right here.”
Following Wangcai’s finger, Fatty Lei indeed saw the robot’s price marked at that spot.
“This guy must be insane for Credit Points, charging so much for a robot like this,” Fatty Lei instantly lost interest in the robot upon seeing the price.
“Such a robot is unaffordable. Besides, even if we bought it, who knows how much energy it would consume? The energy costs alone would be a huge expense later,” Fatty Lei suddenly thought of a critical issue, wondering if he could even sustain such a robot if he bought it.
Moreover, Fatty Lei simply couldn’t afford it now.
Plus, whether this robot was as powerful as the seller claimed was anyone’s guess.
“Give up, Master, this robot is flashy but impractical,” Wangcai told Fatty Lei after reading the robot’s description.
Fatty Lei had already lost interest in the robot internally. Hearing this, he nodded and said to Wangcai, “Let’s check the next shop. I’m not interested in this robot anymore.”
Then, Fatty Lei and Wangcai exited the shop and moved to another one.
But soon, Fatty Lei and Wangcai came out disappointed again.
“This one is even less reliable than the last, actually selling such ancient robots,” Fatty Lei’s eyelids twitched uncontrollably, and he spoke angrily.
Wangcai nodded. “How can these guys be so bad at business? They even call that rusty, nearly falling apart tinplate an advanced robot. I wish I could xx their whole family.” Even Wangcai thought the shop owner was really foolish.
Subsequently, the two visited all ten searched shops but ultimately found nothing useful.
When they exited the last shop, Fatty Lei sat on the ground with a frustrated look.
“I really don’t know what these guys are thinking. Either the prices are outrageously high, or they’re selling junk. Do they think everyone is an idiot?” Fatty Lei said helplessly to Wangcai, thinking about the ten shops they had visited.
“These guys are nowhere near as good as you, Master. No one does business as well as you do,” Wangcai took the opportunity to flatter a little, then added, “In my opinion, it won’t be long before these shop owners get System Elimination. With their way of doing business, if they can earn Credit Points, there must be ghosts.”
Fatty Lei took a deep breath. “I think they just want to make one big profit and haven’t considered anything else. Anyway, there are plenty of Dimensional Merchants; if we don’t do business with them, someone else will. That’s probably what they’re thinking, no doubt about it.”
“Wangcai!” Fatty Lei looked up at Wangcai.
“What is it, Master?” Wangcai quickly responded when Fatty Lei called him.
“Continue paying the fee; we still need to keep browsing,” Fatty Lei said with a resigned look at Wangcai. “No matter what, we must solve the manpower issue today.”
At this moment, Fatty Lei was not disheartened and instructed Wangcai to search again.
“Alright, Master,” Wangcai replied and started searching once more.
Meanwhile, Fatty Lei sat on the ground, pondering some things.
“Since I don’t have many Credit Points on hand, I can’t buy overly expensive robots. I can only purchase robots with relatively reasonable cost-performance that can also withstand the planetary storms here and the attacks of those Xenomorphs and disgusting bugs,” Fatty Lei started mulling over this problem.
“Both Xenomorphs and bugs have green fluids in their bodies that can corrode metal objects. So, the robots I buy must also be corrosion-resistant,” Fatty Lei continuously thought about what functions the robots he needed to buy should have.
In Fatty Lei’s view, if they couldn’t meet his requirements, buying them would be useless anyway.
How could he let these robots get swept away by storms or corroded by the fluids of Xenomorphs and bugs?
These were not what Fatty Lei wanted because he couldn’t afford the losses.
After all, Fatty Lei’s finances weren’t that ample now; he had to buy robots with relatively good cost-performance.
“Master, come over here,” Wangcai called out to Fatty Lei after searching ten more shop entries.
Fatty Lei stood up from the ground, patted his bottom, and walked over.
“How about this time?” Fatty Lei looked at the ten new shop entries and asked Wangcai.
“They’re all low-level Sci-Fi Series shops, but among them, there’s one low-level Fantasy Dimension shop,” Wangcai said with a somewhat strange expression.
“A Fantasy Dimension shop?” Fatty Lei was stunned.
“Yes, Master, a Fantasy Category shop,” Wangcai confirmed seriously to Fatty Lei.
Fatty Lei found it odd that Wangcai’s expression suddenly turned so strange.
“What’s wrong, Wangcai? Even if it’s a shop run by a Fantasy Dimension merchant, I don’t think you need to make such a face, do you?” Fatty Lei asked curiously.
“I just think our luck is really good. You know, often Fantasy Dimension merchants’ shops have many unexpected goods. But such dimensions are very few, so it’s generally hard to encounter them,” Wangcai replied.
“What’s so different? They’re all selling goods, right?” Fatty Lei felt Wangcai was making a big deal out of nothing.
Seeing Fatty Lei didn’t react much, Wangcai knew his master was clueless about this. So, he patiently explained to Fatty Lei, “Master, goods from this Fantasy Dimension can reduce Plane Rules Suppression by fifty percent. That means if the other party is from a Fantasy Mythology Type, then the items they sell, after we buy them, can retain half their power.”
Hearing this, Fatty Lei was shocked.
“Wow! Is this a loophole left by the system?” Fatty Lei didn’t know what to say for a moment. He felt a bit excited inside, since half the power was still quite formidable.
After Wangcai’s explanation, Fatty Lei fully understood what was going on.
“Oh my heavens! If the other party is a Mythological Fantasy Dimension merchant, and I had enough Credit Points, buying a Zhu Xian Sword would be incredibly overpowered even at half power,” Fatty Lei realized then why Wangcai had looked so strange earlier.
Indeed, items sold by such dimension shops were truly extraordinary.
“How many such shops are there in the system?” Fatty Lei casually asked, since Wangcai mentioned these dimensions were rare.
“The dimensions in the system are countless, like grains of sand. But the total number of Fantasy Category dimensions definitely doesn’t exceed ten thousand; they’re extremely rare, Master,” Wangcai really didn’t know how his master got so lucky.
After all, many merchants might not even find one Fantasy Dimension merchant in their entire lives.
Moreover, the system doesn’t provide a dedicated search setting for Fantasy Dimensions; it all depends on luck.
Even Fatty Lei himself couldn’t believe that he, who never even won five yuan in the lottery, would hit such a big ‘jackpot’ in another world.
He just didn’t realize it yet.
“Ten thousand Fantasy Dimensions isn’t that few,” Fatty Lei muttered softly after hearing Wangcai’s words.
Wangcai, with sharp ears, heard Fatty Lei’s remark.
Wangcai staggered, almost falling over.
“Master, you should know. If we really count, there are probably billions upon billions of Dimensional System merchants. But if you throw in ten thousand Fantasy Category dimensions, wouldn’t you say they’re very rare?”
Wangcai felt it necessary to tell Fatty Lei and make him understand that such dimensions were truly scarce.