Hearing that Xia Fan wanted to go to the Advanced Black Market, Tony smiled and said, "That's such a coincidence. Treasure chests are opened on the first and fifteenth of every month. Today happens to be the first day. If you're interested, you can go and have a look."
"Treasure chests?" Fo You suddenly became interested and asked curiously, "It sounds very tempting. I wonder how to open the treasure chest?"
Tony explained, "There are two top bosses in the market. One is called Di Long, and the other is Jiang Chunyun."
"Both of them are from the Inner Region, but their main business is in the Scorching Star Region."
"In the beginning, the Di Family and the Jiang Family were merchants. They sold goods from the inner region to the outer region. The two families were smart and lucky. As time went by, their businesses grew bigger and bigger. Gradually, they became the largest trading companies in the Scorching Star Zone."
"I'm not bragging, but the Jiang Family's and the Di Family's businesses are ranked among the top even in a prosperous region. After all, this is a legal business. No matter what, it's not as profitable as an illegal business, right? A cruise missile produced in the region can be sold for dozens of times its original price as long as it has the means to transport it out. It's practically a profitable business."
"Otherwise, where do you think the firearms of the pirates, warlords, and illegal armed groups in the Outer Region come from? They're all smuggled out of the Inner Region. "
"All in all, the Jiang and Di families are mainly involved in this kind of smuggling business. Of course, now that they've expanded their business, they're involved in drugs, slaves, and any other business that makes money."
"This Treasure Chest opening event was organized by the two families."
"At first, it was Jiang Chunyun who came up with the idea. He put all the items of different values in the boxes and let everyone bid for them. No one knows what's in the box, so it's all up to luck."
"Not long ago, there was a guy I knew. He was a tour guide just like me. When he brought people to open a treasure chest, he spent ten gold coins to buy a small chest. When he opened it, he found a Bone Metamorphosing Vine inside!"
Hearing this, Xia Fan was stunned and said in surprise, "Bone-transforming Vine? It's that poisonous plant. After its rhizome is ground into powder, anyone who drinks it will cause their cells to melt. Whether it's an animal or a human, they will turn into a puddle of water, leaving no trace behind. The plant known as the King of Poisons?! "
Tony was taken aback. He hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, that's it. You know about it too?"
Xia Fan said, "I've heard about it from Grandpa Chef, but I remember that the Bone-melting Vine is extinct, right?"
Tony said with a smile, "That's because they're extinct in the inner regions. Don't forget, there aren't many things in the outer regions, but there are many bad people and strange people."
"The laws in the region are too strict. Professions like poison masters and demonic modification masters have almost disappeared from the world. But in our outer region, these strange people are living well! Not only are they not arrested, but they are also respected. "
"In the Outer Realms, whether it's the ability to help others or the ability to kill, as long as you have the ability, you can live freely."
"That Bone Metamorphosis Vine might have been raised by a certain poison master. In any case, it was somehow obtained by the two great trading companies and placed in the treasure chest."
"My friend opened the treasure chest and found the Bone-melting Vine. He was overjoyed on the spot!"
"Guess what happened? At the scene of the treasure chest opening, a merchant from the inner region directly offered a price of ten million gold coins and bought the King of Poison Kings! "
"Ten million gold coins!"
"It only took ten gold coins to buy the treasure chest, and he made a million times the price!"
"Oh my god, when will I ever have such good luck."
Fo You's eyes glowed green as he listened. He asked anxiously, "What happened next? What happened next?"
Tony said, "My friend retired, of course. With ten million gold coins, who would want to be a guide for others? He would buy a big house, marry dozens of wives, have a bunch of children, and live a carefree life like an immortal. Anyway, it's not against the law to marry as many wives as you want in the outer regions, as long as you have money. "
Fo You felt incredulous. He rubbed his chin and asked with a frown, "The two great trading companies let your friend take away ten million gold coins just like that? According to the nature of the underworld, shouldn't they have quietly killed him? "
"You can't say that." Tony said righteously, "Their business has reached such a level. It's no longer the underworld, but a combination of the underworld and the underworld."
"Besides, the two great trading companies are people who care about their reputation. If it is known that they quietly killed the person who opened the treasure chest, the damage to their reputation will be more than a few gold coins can make up for."
"Not only did they not harm my friend, but they also sent people to protect him, for fear that someone would harm my friend. For them, face and reputation are more important than anything else."
Fo You looked like he was suddenly enlightened and nodded, "I understand a little."
Xia Fan also asked curiously, "How could there be such valuable things in those treasure chests? Aren't the two great trading companies afraid of losing money? "
Tony waved his hand and said, "You'll know when you get to the scene. There are thousands of treasure chests, and the total transaction price is astonishing. A few people make money, but most people lose their money. To put it bluntly, it's actually a gamble."
"And you have to know that the competition between the two great trading companies has not been going on for a year or two. For the sake of their reputation, they desperately stuffed those valuable treasures into the treasure chests."
"This time, you put in a treasure chest worth 10 million gold coins. Next time, I'll put in a treasure chest worth 20 million. The nature of their treasure chest event is also a business competition."
"Look, there are obviously fewer people in the market today than yesterday. Many shops are not open at all because everyone is opening the treasure chests."
Xia Fan and Fo You were both very interested in the treasure chest event. Fo You clamored for Tony to take him there, so Tony asked Jay to drive the hover car over. After the four of them got in, they went straight out of the city.
.....
The treasure chest event was held at the Red Castle in the south of the city.
The Red Castle belonged to the Jiang Chunyun family, while the White Castle in the north of the city belonged to the Di Long family. Not only did the two great trading companies compete in business, but their buildings were also located in the north and the south, one red and one white.
Not long after the hover car left the city, they saw an ancient red castle standing in a large forest in the distance. It had red bricks and red tiles, a small bridge, and a garden. In the barren outer region, such a majestic building was particularly eye-catching.
Tony told Xia Fan and Fo You that the Red Castle was only a place where the Jiang family did business, not where the family lived.
Due to the huge wealth they held, the place where the two great families lived was their secret. There were people specifically protecting it, so outsiders had no way of knowing.
Xia Fan and Fo You were surprised that the place where they did business and received guests was already so large. Judging by the area of the Red Castle, it should be more than 100,000 square meters. It occupied hundreds of hectares, including a chestnut forest, two small rivers, a man-made lake, and a pasture for horses.
From this, it could be seen that the scale of the business of the two families had long reached an astonishing level.
The hover car stopped outside the Red Castle. The Jiang family had many rules, so the car could not wait outside the castle. Hence, after dropping Xia Fan and the others off, Jay immediately left. At night, Tony would call him to pick them up.
It was only early in the morning, but there were already many people gathered outside the Red Castle. Everyone was queuing up, waiting to receive a terminal with a number.
Tony told Xia Fan and Fo You, "This terminal is the token for bidding. After you select the treasure chest, enter the price on the terminal. If someone bids higher than you, you will also receive a notification."
Xia Fan asked, "Do I have to pay a deposit for the terminal?"
"No need."
"What if someone deliberately bids a high price but doesn't pay in the end?"
Tony looked at Xia Fan. "Impossible. Don't you know what kind of place this is? If anyone dares to go against the Jiang family, I guarantee that they will not live to see the sun rise tomorrow morning."
Xia Fan agreed. When one's strength reached a certain level, they could really do whatever they wanted. After all, there were no laws in the outer region.
The terminal was distributed very quickly, and it did not take long for Xia Fan and the others to get their turn.
The process was very simple. You just had to swipe your face in front of the camera. This way, the system would remember the appearance of the person who received the terminal. Then, a young girl dressed as a waitress would respectfully hand over the terminal with the number on it.
The terminal was a bit like a mobile phone. It had a five-inch screen and was very convenient to carry in one's pocket.
After entering the Red Castle, there was a hall with thousands of shelves. Each shelf was divided into three levels, and there were metal chests of different sizes but the same material.
The chests were all black, and one could not see anything from the outside. The metal used was also specially made to prevent infrared, long-wave, short-wave, and high-frequency waves from penetrating it. It was completely impossible to know what was inside.
The bidding had already begun. People queued up to look at the chests one by one.
Once they had their eyes on a treasure chest, they scanned it with the terminal in their hands, and the information of the treasure chest was immediately stored.
Then, it was time for the bidding. The closing time was at four o 'clock in the afternoon, and all the treasure chests would be won by the highest bidder.
In addition to the hall, the second, third, and fourth floors were all exhibition areas. There were at least tens of thousands of treasure chests, and the scale was really amazing.
Fo You was dazzled. He rushed into the hall and scanned the treasure chests with the terminal in his hand. In Fo You's opinion, all the chests might contain treasures.
Tony introduced some secrets of opening treasure chests to Xia Fan and Fo You.
For example, the real treasure was likely to be placed in a remote corner, or the probability of opening a treasure on the third floor was higher, and so on.
There was even a Treasure Hunt Summary on the scene, which recorded the number of the treasure chests opened in previous events, the location of the treasure chests, the probability of opening a treasure on each floor, and the recommendation of lucky numbers.
Xia Fan felt that it was almost the same as buying a lottery ticket. The distribution of the numbers, probability, and fuzzy algorithms were all out. It seemed very scientific, but in fact, it was completely fooling people.
If these people who were selling the Treasure Hunt Summary really knew which chest contained treasures, they would have bought it themselves long ago. Why would others have a chance?
But there were really a lot of fools at the scene who believed in this. Tony bought two copies of the Treasure Hunt Summary with a silver coin, and Fo You also bought one. The two of them happily went treasure hunting and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Xia Fan shook his head. This kind of thing was a typical survivor bias. Only one in ten thousand people was very lucky, but the other nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine people would think in their hearts that they were the most likely to be the lucky one.
Fo You and Tony were nowhere to be found, so Xia Fan walked slowly in front of the countless shelves.
How could something like treasure hunting rely on probability? Even if it depended on it, it should depend on one's strength.
As he walked, Xia Fan turned on his superpower of smell.
Swish ~
In an instant, countless taste information entered Xia Fan's brain. He could accurately know what kind of toothpaste someone used this morning, who drank last night, what kind of wine they drank, how much they drank, and what food they ate. None of these could escape Xia Fan's superhuman sense of smell.
Suddenly ~
Xia Fan's nose twitched twice. He found a very special smell among the countless taste information, and it was in this hall.
Xia Fan cheered up and walked in the direction of the smell.
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