Chapter 568: Chapter 568
568: Chapter 548: Opening Market and Rushing Ahead 568: Chapter 548: Opening Market and Rushing Ahead “Believe in yourself…..”
“Believe in yourself!”
In front of the altar, Xia Qin rubs her hands while encouraging herself.
“My fate is in my hands, not in the heavens.”
“Today, I will defy fate!”
As she tries to pump herself up, Lu Ping’an takes the opportunity to tease her.
The female Captain glares at Lu Ping’an as there’s something off about him even though what he said seemed harmless.
Feeling self-assured about the day and after preparing well, she thinks, “This can begin…
No, one more thing – the most important matter.”
“Throw him out, throw him out!
The onlookers chanted together, expressing everyone’s thoughts.
With a calm expression, Xue En munches on a bamboo-flavored ice cream that he got from somewhere while being passed from person to person to be thrown out.
He didn’t actually want to come, but now becoming a “scapegoat” has become an essential preparation for the card-drawing ceremony, and it’s said to be pretty effective.
Now that all preparations are complete, Xia Qin takes a deep breath, stakes it all…
“Bring it on, my fate, my turning point…
The four major legions!”
Joy turns to despair in an instant, Xia Qin’s face reflects utter confusion, while cheers and applause erupt behind her.
Who wouldn’t want to see others “get their comeuppance?” They got up early just to see people sink.
“How unhappy are you?
Ahem, so we can have a laugh.”
Now, facing a baffled, even autistic female Captain, are a bunch of excited onlookers.
The only joy for those who have sunk is to see other newcomers sink, especially those who sunk worse than themselves.
At this point, all three “Beastification” chances have been used up.
Xia Qin either accepts the four major legions or gives up on this path altogether.
She seems genuinely on the verge of autism.
But this is a natural thing.
The super random chance has a 70% chance of getting the four major legions, which is the majority, so it’s only natural.
Failure is natural, success is the rare exception.
But many people always feel that they are that “rare exception” and “one who is favored by fate.”
“Never mind, let it be.
Who wants to practice with me?”
Xia Qin’s quick recovery is beyond Lu Ping’an’s expectations.
If every gambler could move on so quickly, there wouldn’t be so many people on the roof every year…
“Damn, another of the four major legions!”
The rest of the team, either on impulse or thinking they could use Xia Qin’s “cover,” also try their luck, some even with some points up their sleeves.
But the results are no different; perhaps today’s anti-bad luck efforts are not sincere enough.
Everyone’s still getting the four major legions, and the cursing and heartache ensue.
For Xia Qin, seeing so many other unlucky souls puts her in a slightly better mood.
On the other hand, in the courtyard, Lu Ping’an busies himself with tending to the two most important things in his life.
“Do I need to write about the origin of Lamplight Grass in the paper?”
“Are you getting cocky?
Just write about the function and characteristics.
All the extra information is your exclusive patent, which can be exchanged for money.”
Under Big Cat’s guidance, Lu Ping’an is somewhat confused.
Even if he mentions that it came from the “Super-tier Bloodvine” and the “Beast God (descendants of the Sun tribe),” no one can replicate it, right?
Why not mention it, to raise his status?
“The underestimated strongmen of the Life system can fly bricks with great force at the Rule-level…
The less information you reveal, the less likely others will be able to crack it.
Besides, do you really need fame and fortune now?
What you’re short of is just time!”
Hearing this, Lu Ping’an nods after some thought.
It’s a strategy previously set forth by him.
Even if his reputation soars, he’s still only at third-tier…
And at the third-tier, one doesn’t have a say in the higher-ups’ decisions, they are regarded merely as useful chess pieces.
A chess piece that attracts too much attention may not be a good thing.
Lu Ping’an has too many secrets to hide.
The reports he submits are intentionally incomplete; revealing certain items may only bring more “hunters.”
“Can the Beastification Cathedral be opened?
Without any accidents, start the trial tomorrow.
Have the people found to drag it in?
“Yes, the few plants we planted in Team 3 have all been put in place.
This first batch of designated openers are, as expected and as before, handed over to the Special Service Team and law enforcement personnel as a gesture of goodwill.”
Though it seems a little hasty to make money off of the Beastification Cathedral now, some things just can’t wait.
“If we don’t go on, the Exotic Realm animals and plants brought back by explorers will be lost in the collectors’ hands and traded to the two professional swindlers.
Obtaining them later will be much more difficult.”
This time, explorers going to the Exotic Realm are not limited to the Silent Mountain Range.
It’s said that the number of worlds open now has reached double digits.
Plants, animals, and living creatures from these worlds are treasures for the Biological Department.
Naturally, many people would want to bring them back.
After all, compared to Rule-level items, bringing back small animals and potted plants is much easier.
Moreover, many seemingly ordinary plants and animals can actually be of great use to Life-professionals.
Having opened the courtyard’s ЯR for “new plants and animals,” Lu Ping’an naturally has a reason.
Each new species in the courtyard adds a module (combination) to Lu Ping’an’s options.
This is the most important accumulation of the Life system.
The wide variety of modules at his disposal was what allowed him to create Lamplight Grass, thanks to the ability to try many different combinations via trial and error.
Keeping Exotic Realm magic plants and demons alive in a new environment can be quite challenging.
This is not a case where strength alone can manage.
It requires the adjustment of the environment and nutrients by professionals.
That is why “Returnees” will be eager to sell their treasures and avoid having them rot in their hands.
“…Using newborn magic plants and demons to exchange for Life-points, then spend the points on gambling for Beastmen.
They come cleanly and they leave cleanly.
Thinking of the Exotic Realm creatures being thrown into the “food field,” Lu Ping’an feels some anger at the waste of resources.
How many plants and animals are there in a world?
Lu Ping’an acquired only a fraction from the Silent Mountain Range, and…
“The courtyard and the Life Bank can finally circulate.”
Previously, the Life Bank had a lot going for it, but ordinary members had no access to Life-points, making everything theoretical.
Now, with the emergence of a large number of “Exotic Realm creatures” in the market, members will have a stable way to earn Life-points.
As points are quickly taken up by the courtyard, it is expected that those Rule facilities will soon serve their purpose.
Lu Ping’an is only opening the Cathedral for now as a test…
“You still don’t trust me?
Nothing will go wrong.
I’m the management AI of this courtyard, making a one-way route is too easy for me.”
Lu Ping’an, however, shakes his head, as his worry lies elsewhere.
“First, test the waters and see the authorities’ attitude towards us…”
Now is a sensitive time.
If it causes large-scale flooding of black-market credit-coins, the efforts made by the Special Service Team previously become wasted, and the authority of the local government is undermined, taking them back to square one three months prior.
Lu Ping’an limits the trading objects and the subject of the trade to express his goodwill towards the officials.
Whether the officials accept his courtship gesture or treat it as an act of flattery is still an unknown.
“…Currently, we must cooperate with the authorities.
The identity of the ‘Peace Dove’ needs the cover of official skin.”