Chapter 68: The Great Market Gathering

Fatty Lei did not know nor understand what this ‘Dimensional Trading Great Market’ was, but he definitely had to click confirm. As Fatty Lei raised his hand and finished clicking confirm, he and Wangcai were forced out of this colorful space and returned to their own shop space.

And as the two returned to their shop space, Fatty Lei found that his shop space seemed to have become much bigger.

“Wangcai! Our shop space seems to have gotten bigger, I wonder if it’s just my illusion.”

Fatty Lei said to Wangcai with some uncertainty.

After returning to the shop space, Wangcai walked to the old-fashioned computer, raised his hands, and started clattering on the keyboard. Hearing Fatty Lei’s words, Wangcai replied while typing, “It’s not an illusion, our shop did get a bit bigger. But it’s only one square meter, this is a reward from the System.”

Three black lines seemed to appear on Fatty Lei’s forehead.

“Only one square meter!”

Wangcai shrugged his shoulders and said, “This is your level-up reward. The System rules say that each level upgraded rewards one square meter of shop area. And upgrading a tier allows you to upgrade the shop’s material and structure.” After saying this, Wangcai turned his head to look around at the wooden shop.

“Then when can I upgrade my tier! Besides, upgrading one level only gives one square meter of shop area, how many levels do I need to upgrade to make the shop big?” Fatty Lei understood a bit more about the System’s cunning.

He knew the Dimensional System was shady, but he didn’t expect it to be this shady.

Although he really wanted to complain about the System’s rules in his heart, Fatty Lei had to accept this reality.

If you couldn’t resist, then you could only accept.

After clattering on the keyboard for a while, Wangcai let out a sigh of relief.

“Finally activated a new function!”, Wangcai turned his head and said to Fatty Lei.

As soon as Wangcai finished speaking, a tightly sealed wooden wall suddenly developed an arched door.

“Eh?”

Fatty Lei showed a curious expression; he didn’t know what was going on.

“Let’s go, Master, let’s push this door open together and go out to have a look.”

Wangcai came over and said to Fatty Lei.

Pointing at the arched door, Fatty Lei asked curiously, “What exactly is behind this door?”

“It’s hard to explain clearly in a short time, Master, if you come out with me to have a look, you’ll understand.”

Since that was the case, Fatty Lei didn’t delve into it further. He gathered his spirits and walked with Wangcai to the arched door.

Wangcai reached out, grabbed the door handle, and pushed outward with force…

…

“Whoa” it really was bright outside!

After pushing the door open, Fatty Lei looked out and saw a scene of noise and chaos.

“All merchants, come take a look! Newest products on the market, reasonably priced, definitely a weapon for war!”

Suddenly, a hawking voice reached Fatty Lei’s ears.

“This place has other creatures?”

Fatty Lei was surprised.

“Let’s go, Master, I’ll explain it to you slowly outside.”

Then, Fatty Lei and Wangcai left their shop and walked outside.

After stepping out, Fatty Lei realized there was a whole other world outside.

On both sides of his shop, there were densely packed rows of countless houses. These houses were made of earth or wood. But overall, their structures were very simple and they were built crookedly.

The streets were also stinky and smelly, with various creatures’ body odors and bad breath running rampant. If one didn’t know better, they might think it was a sewer. The smell made Fatty Lei frown.

“Merchants are divided into levels, and it also depends on whether they make money or not.” Just as Fatty Lei was lost in thought, Wangcai’s voice drifted over. “This area is indeed occupied by low-level shops and merchants. High-level merchants are not in this area.”

“According to what you mean, our area is considered the poor district.”

Wangcai nodded.

“Damn it!”

Fatty Lei cursed under his breath.

“Without enough Credit Points, your own shop cannot be rebuilt or renovated. And the monthly fees are enough to give everyone a headache.” Wangcai continued.

“Hey friend, would you like to come to my shop and see my goods?”

Just as Fatty Lei was feeling conflicted, a creature that looked like a big octopus waved its tentacles, moved over, and started peddling its goods to Fatty Lei.

“Are all these people merchants?”

Wangcai looked at that ‘octopus’ and then nodded to Fatty Lei, saying, “Yes! All the creatures in this place are Dimensional Merchants like you, Master. Everyone is here to exchange what they have for what they need.” Hearing this, Fatty Lei said with some surprise, “Then we’re not all from the same World species, why can I still understand what it’s saying?”

As soon as Fatty Lei finished asking, before Wangcai could answer his question, that ‘big octopus’ said to Fatty Lei in a rough, loud voice, “What’s so strange about that question? The Trading System considered this issue very thoughtfully. No matter which World or Dimensional Plane species arrives at this place, everyone’s language gets homogenized. So there’s no problem in communication, after all, we all paid fees.”

“Wha—???”

Fatty Lei almost jumped up.

“Pay fees! What fees?”

Whenever Fatty Lei heard anything related to Credit Points, he would get a bit excited.

The octopus monster waved its arms, its big eyeballs rolling as it looked Fatty Lei over.

“Oh, no wonder you’re so excited. So you’re still a Novice, no wonder you don’t know about the fee issue.”

“What exactly is going on, what fees? The System didn’t give any prompts, so how many Credit Points do I have to pay?”

Fatty Lei asked a series of questions.

The big octopus stared at Fatty Lei with its big eyes for a moment, then sighed and said, “Sigh~ we all started as Novices. Since you’re a Novice too, I’ll explain it to you, but I don’t have much time, after all, I still need to go peddle my goods.”

Then the big octopus went on by itself, “We call this place the Trading Market. All Dimensional Merchants can come here to trade, sell goods face-to-face, or look for the goods they need. But this Market has time limits; it only opens once every trading month. And each time, you need to pay an entrance fee. This entrance fee is charged based on the merchant’s level. For a level one Novice like you, the System charges five hundred Credit Points as the entrance fee. But if you level up, then the fee doubles.”

To cut a long story short, through the big octopus’s words, Fatty Lei finally understood the purpose of this place and why he appeared here.

“This is just like the product expos in Fatty Lei’s original world, or the agricultural trade fairs at the vegetable market.”

“Five hundred Credit Points for the entrance fee, that’s really expensive!”

Fatty Lei’s heart was bleeding.

“Thank you for your words, sir, I finally understand.”

Although his heart was bleeding, Fatty Lei still had to express his gratitude to the big octopus. After all, even though this creature looked quite terrifying, it at least explained some things he didn’t understand.

“I am the owner of the Odin Shop, as you said, I am a Novice Merchant.” Fatty Lei pointed to his own simple shop not far away and said to the big octopus.

“Nice to meet you, I am called Bruce.”

The big octopus also politely extended a tentacle and touched Fatty Lei’s hand.

“Since you understand now, I need to go peddle my goods. You know, this Market is only open for twelve hours. I must find some customers so I don’t end up at a loss. You should know, my level is higher than yours, so the fee I paid is much higher too.”

The big octopus said to Fatty Lei very apologetically.

“I’m really sorry for troubling you, please go ahead with your business. I wish you find a big client and successfully sell your goods.” Fatty Lei said some flattering words and watched the octopus leave.

“The System charged a fee? Why wasn’t there any prompt?”

Fatty Lei turned his head and asked Wangcai.

Wangcai also shook his head and said, “I didn’t receive any prompt either.”

This was really strange. Logically, if there was a fee, the System should have prompted.

Fatty Lei thought and thought but couldn’t figure it out, so he said to Wangcai, “Check if the Credit Points in the account decreased.” Hearing this, Wangcai checked the account, then looked at Fatty Lei with a bitter face and said, “Master, the account really did lose five hundred Credit Points. It seems the System deducts fees without needing prompts…”

Fatty Lei staggered and almost fell to the ground, his heart aching fiercely.

“Damn that System, it’s so damn shady!”

Fatty Lei cursed the Trading System in his heart.

“If it deducts fees without prompts, had I known, I wouldn’t have come to this damn Trading Market. For no reason, five hundred Credit Points were deducted. It’s not easy for me to earn Credit Points!”

Thinking of this, Fatty Lei almost cried.

Forcing his spirits up, Fatty Lei stood there and looked around.

He saw all sorts of weird-looking creatures bustling back and forth around him. Or there were those determined ones going from shop to shop peddling their goods.

These creatures came in all varieties: there were ones with pig heads going ‘oink oink’, and mechanical creatures whose whole bodies looked like long oil barrels with a round plate on top.

There were skeleton creatures wearing greasy long robes, including all kinds of beings you could imagine or not imagine, all appeared here.

“It’s simply a big gathering of monsters and demons!”

Fatty Lei gave his definition.

No matter how you looked at them, by Fatty Lei’s standards, these creatures all fell into the category of scary, fierce, or even ugly.

And this muttering of Fatty Lei’s was clearly heard by Wangcai.

Wangcai looked at those busy creatures, then looked at his own Master.

Wangcai felt it was necessary to remind his Master that he needed to change his mindset and views.