Chapter Thirty-Three: The Joy of Trading

... The inventory in the message left Mu Chen utterly astonished.

"As expected, years of poverty have limited my imagination..."

He flipped through the list again and again, reading it three times in total.

“One hundred sets of daily necessities, twenty fully automatic rifles, ten silenced pistols, fifty units of ammunition, and as a bonus, an M82A1 sniper rifle. Are you satisfied with this offer?”

...

Are they really asking if I’m satisfied?

What kind of ruthless extravagance is this! Such audacious generosity!

At this moment, Mu Chen was more than two hundred percent satisfied. No matter how calm he usually was, such a lavish list still stirred him deeply.

He restrained his excitement. It was expected that the other party would focus on weapons as the core of the transaction.

“If only there were more servant recruitment vouchers,” Mu Chen realized the shortcoming of his territory after calming down.

He needed to collect materials and fully develop his domain, but manpower was still severely lacking.

Shaking his head to set these concerns aside, he knew these demands could be negotiated during the exchange.

Mu Chen pondered over his knowledge of potential points.

He was still puzzled by the changes that occurred when his Spirit attribute reached 10.

He vaguely recalled the prompt: when any attribute randomly reached a multiple of ten, the body would undergo a qualitative transformation.

However, such an opportunity for evolution only existed once per attribute at every ten points.

The difference before and after evolution was like heaven and earth.

Therefore, at the early stage, it was best to invest potential points into one’s strengths, quickly unlocking talents or skills unique to oneself.

...

In the end, he divided the potential points into three main categories: the spiritual aspect, the physical aspect, and the skill breakthrough aspect.

For example, reaching 10 Spirit would grant a talent or skill related to the mind, but if Physique reached 10, no further talents or skills would be gained from Spirit, and vice versa.

Regarding skill evolution, he recounted how he had broken through initially, omitting irrelevant details and presenting the process as data.

Staring at the information he had compiled, Mu Chen carefully double-checked everything.

[You believe the information about potential points is sufficiently thorough. Given the analytical ability of the other team, even without the account of your youth, they will understand what to do next.]

“Tch.”

Mu Chen did not think he had provided excessive information. After all, this was their first collaboration.

After organizing everything, he made his request.

“Add on ten more servant recruitment vouchers. If that’s acceptable, I can send you the specific information right now.”

Less than ten seconds after sending the message.

“Agreed.”

Mu Qiu’s reply came much faster than usual, indicating he was closely monitoring their private chat.

...

Neither side brought up who should “deliver first.”

At this moment, Mu Chen sent the detailed report immediately.

Compared to the other party, he had no tangible goods to offer, so he felt no need to fuss over who made the first move.

Messages from survivors of the Blue State Military District often appeared in the world channel, which was evidence enough of their vast resources. Mu Chen trusted they would not default.

Even if they did default, he had nothing significant to lose.

Five minutes after he sent the information, Mu Chen received a trade request in the private channel, initiated by Mu Qiu.

Seeing the items lined up in the other party’s trade window, Mu Chen’s mind was completely at ease. But noticing his own empty window, he had a sudden idea and pulled a bottle of beer from his backpack to add to the exchange.

“Received: Fully Automatic Rifle x20, transferred to backpack.”

“Received: Silenced Pistol x10, transferred to backpack.”

“Received: M82A1 Sniper Rifle x1, transferred to backpack.”

“Received: Servant Recruitment Voucher x10, transferred to backpack.”

“Received: Daily Necessities x100, transferred to backpack.”

“Received: 7.62mm ammunition x500, 5.56mm ammunition...”

Mu Chen’s eyes narrowed into delighted slits.

Is this trading a sparrow for a cannon? No, that doesn’t capture it! A meteoric rise in strength? Still too vague.

This was truly “soaring nine thousand miles into the sky.”

To put it plainly: unbelievably awesome!

Since the other party was so trustworthy, he didn’t mind providing a bit more information.

After checking his backpack, Mu Chen quickly added another note.

“Free bonus: The higher a person’s attributes, the more likely they are to become a new vengeful spirit upon death.”