Chapter 605: Chapter 211: Ten Thousand Laws Sky Conch, Ten Thousand Orders Land Conch!
Two minutes later, the idle status was lifted, and only then did Yu Erlan’s body start moving again.
"How about it?" Zhang Ming immediately raised an eyebrow and asked probing, "No matter what this thing is, our purchase price remains unchanged, B+-level technology, only for those runes."
Yet Yu Erlan lightly shook her head, without a trace of seriousness on her face, instead showing a meaningful smile: "120 points, letting you see the complete information."
"Oh, looks like we’ve hit the jackpot." Zhang Ming’s heart tightened, but his face remained calm; he liked this kind of straightforward bargaining, so he simply shook his head and countered: "40 points."
"120 points." Yu Erlan’s tone did not waver.
"60 points?" Zhang Ming sat up straighter, his tone carrying a hint of "concession" stance, "That’s quite a bit, this already reimburses you half the cost."
Yu Erlan just smiled without speaking, her fingertips gently tapping on the edge of the table, fully confident that she had him cornered.
"Add 10 more points, 70 points?"
"Minimum 100."
"Deal!" Zhang Ming responded almost immediately, agreeing exceptionally straightforwardly.
The bargaining just now was merely a probe; from Yu Erlan’s firm attitude, he had already confirmed that the intelligence’s value was far beyond 100 points.
However, as the prompt sound of point deduction rang out, Zhang Ming couldn’t help but feel a pang of distress.
The value of Firewood Points far exceeds the currency of various Shelter Cities, being tangible hard currency, with 1 point able to be exchanged for 1000 Contribution Points in Happiness City.
This glimpse of information equated to throwing in 100,000 Contribution Points, while Happiness City merely needed to spend 20,000 Contribution Points to know an important piece of information.
But there was no way around it, as those runes on the Immortal Object fragments were related to the core runes of the Firewood Track Mountain.
Even if there was just a slight connection, it might be key to breaking the technical bottleneck of Firewood Track Mountain!
As the points were credited, the confidential information on the screen instantly unlocked, with a dense array of text and analysis images spread out.
Unexpectedly, Canghai Shelter City had collected prototype design diagrams of two kinds of Immortal Objects, although the functional hypotheses above were developed based on the design diagrams with no further verification, even these bold hypotheses made Zhang Ming’s heart race.
He just skimmed a few lines of core data, promptly clenched his fingers, stood up suddenly, and the casualness on his face vanished completely, with his voice a few times more serious than before:
"A-level, my highest offer, and only for tonight."
"Nod now, and I’ll immediately report to the Elder. By dawn, we’ll settle the transaction details."
"No, no, no, Director Zhang, I can’t make such a decision."
But Yu Erlan smiled calmly, gently shaking her head, her tone unhurried and steady, "You like straightforward prices, but I’m someone who likes to ask for exorbitant prices; to do this deal, it has to be A-level technology. Whenever you obtain A-level permission, that’s when we can talk again."
Seeing Zhang Ming’s knitted brows, apparently about to haggle, she immediately added: "Of course, I know by conventional valuation, it might only be worth A-. But you know in your heart, its significance to Firewood far exceeds A-level, doesn’t it?"
Swoosh.
Before the words finished, without waiting for Zhang Ming to speak again, Yu Erlan directly cut off the communication.
The screen instantly darkened, leaving only a cold metallic shine.
Staring at the empty screen, the heaviness and indecisiveness on Zhang Ming’s face receded like tidewater, replaced by a hint of undisguised surprise, gradually turning into uncontrollable joy.
He raised his hand and rubbed his flushed cheeks, his fingertips trembling slightly.
Happiness City, such luck?
No, rather, does our own Shelter City have this kind of luck?
The technical bottleneck concerning Firewood Track Mountain has persisted for two and a half years, spending numerous manpower and resources without progress, now possibly exchanged for a breakthrough with just one piece of A-level technology?
After pacing quickly in the room for several minutes, Zhang Ming finally contained his excitement and stood back in the center of the screen.
A-level technology?
No need to disturb the Elder!
With his authority as the Director of the Fire Research Institute, he could entirely make the decision on this transaction.
"This is Zhang Ming, applying to access the A-level resource technology library, initiate the Immortal Object fragment transaction plan with Happiness City, reach a preliminary agreement."
As the application was submitted, the originally blank approval box in the upper right corner of the form lit up with green one circle after another.
Even though it was currently deep night, no one from the responsible approval departments was offline.
And this was the norm at the Fire Platform.
The researchers stepping here had long accepted exchanging ’future lifespan’ for ’current time’, sacrificing 20 to 35 years of life span for the ability to fully recover with just one hour of sleep each day, just to push forward technical breakthroughs.
With the approval swiftly processed, Zhang Ming waved to the light, and application forms flew out, automatically distributed to multiple professional departments like the Trading Department, Technical Docking, Checkpoint, Firewood Legion, initiating the full-process protocol drafting.
Despite Happiness City not yet acquiring the fragments, he was not worried in the slightest.
An Immortal Object fragment worth A-level technology, it was certain that even if the Shelter City discovered this and had to pile human lives into it, they would persist to the end, there was no doubt about it.
At the same time, various subordinate departments within the Firewood Shelter City, shrouded in the night, received special instructions simultaneously.
Zone B4, checkpoint rooftop.
"Huh, it’s not even autumn yet. Why have they opened the travel training application?"
Li Changfeng spat out the cigarette butt from his mouth, sat in a chair shaking his legs, pulled out the Firewood Communication, full of surprise.
