"Really? You're buying at market price?"
"And with a 20% markup too?"
Park Chang-le's eyes lit up, and the corners of his mouth twitched upwards. He could barely contain his inner ecstasy. Then, he frowned again, asking with a hint of disbelief, "Mr. Zhang, you're not playing a joke on me, are you?"
"I have a hundred loaves of bread, fifty bottles of purified water, and also some kimchi and instant noodles..."
"The market price for all of this combined is 600 crystal cores! That's not a small sum, can you... can you really afford it?"
"It takes 200 crystal cores to go from peak physical condition to level 1 of the Awakened stage. It takes 800 crystal cores to go from level 1 to level 2 of the Awakened stage."
"Anyone who can afford 600 crystal cores must have a strength of at least level 1 Awakened! Because if it's peak physical condition, the crystal cores would be consumed directly to improve strength. Who would hoard crystal cores that can be used for upgrading without upgrading... what's the point of keeping them?!"
"Of course, you forgot I said I'd add a 20% markup! That's 720 crystal cores in total, right?"
"Let's trade!" Zhang Chen proactively sent an invitation to Park Chang-le. He placed exactly 720 crystal cores on the trading interface and clicked confirm. Park Chang-le was overjoyed. He couldn't believe there were such fools in this world, willing to spend a sky-high price of 720 crystal cores for these provisions! Not to mention that most of his supplies were inedible, even if they were edible, you'd have to be alive to eat them!
The trade was completed by both parties. Park Chang-le immediately finished the transaction. Then, a golden energy flowed beneath his skin for a while. When he opened his eyes again, Zhang Chen felt that he was different from before. He had become slightly tougher. However, of course, he was still within the range of being instantly killed.
So this is what it's like to upgrade! Zhang Chen was seeing someone upgrade face-to-face for the first time and found it quite novel. Park Chang-le didn't speak, frozen in place for a few seconds. Zhang Chen knew he had switched his vision to the game interface. Perhaps it was a chat interface, or some functional interface. He seemed to be busy doing something.
Zhang Chen pulled over a chair and comfortably sat opposite him, crossing his legs and watching Park Chang-le with keen interest. Zhang Chen was eager to know what required Park Chang-le to do immediately after upgrading!
Before long, a set of fiery red cloaks appeared on his shoulders. A badge also appeared on his chest. It was a snake-shaped badge. Park Chang-le had joined an organization! Only the top one million people in the world could join an organization. A couple of days ago, when Zheng Hao applied to join Nightmare, his ranking had barely entered the top one million. Now, with a day or two having passed, the requirement for this ranking must be even higher. Zhang Chen guessed that Park Chang-le must have advanced to level 2 of the Awakened stage, which allowed him to squeeze into the world's top one million and become a member of the organization.
Park Chang-le turned his body, getting accustomed to his new strength, his face filled with joy. On the cloak, there were several large characters: S13! The organization you joined is S13? Zhang Chen could understand that when this organization was founded, it might have been English: Super 13, meaning thirteen superhumans. But seeing it now, it felt inexplicably amusing. Perhaps people from the Kimchi Country didn't know that S13 had a special meaning in the Dragon Country...
"Well, that's right, thank you for the crystal cores you provided! In return, I will let you witness our organization's special ability!" Park Chang-le said, followed by a mysterious smile. Zhang Chen was very familiar with this smile. Many people wore such expressions just before they died. The expression of courting death.
Want to die? This perfectly aligned with what Zhang Chen was about to do! As soon as Park Chang-le finished speaking, his entire body suddenly became transparent. A prompt popped up again:
[S13 Organization's Special Crystal Core, Basic Invisibility Technique, allows members to gain the ability of invisibility for a short period!]
[Killing the organization's leader can seize the Special Crystal Core!]
So that's how it is! Zhang Chen understood. Park Chang-le intended to use his invisibility to kill him stealthily and then collect the body. Such a crime would leave no trace. Moreover, he was now at the level 2 Awakened stage. With the ability of invisibility, he could even kill Bazel, who was also at level 2 Awakened, without anyone noticing! It had to be said that this organization's special crystal core performed exceptionally well in assassination!
It's a shame... this ability is useless to Zhang Chen! Zhang Chen had previously strengthened his gene for "rod cells." This basic invisibility ability was indeed difficult for ordinary people to detect. But in front of Zhang Chen, Park Chang-le's body was only semi-transparent. Zhang Chen could see his every move, even his expression, clearly.
Invisibility? Is that all? Park Chang-le cautiously crept behind Zhang Chen and took out the [Sharp Dagger]. Whoosh! The moment he fiercely stabbed the dagger towards Zhang Chen, the latter, for reasons unknown, not only dodged the attack but also turned around. He reached out and firmly grabbed Park Chang-le by the neck. Zhang Chen exerted a little force and lifted Park Chang-le up.
"Where is your organization's leader, and what's his name?" Zhang Chen asked slowly.
"Kill me, I will absolutely not say! After I die, our organization's members will relentlessly seek revenge on you!" Park Chang-le said through gritted teeth. His throat was being squeezed, allowing only a tiny bit of sound to escape.
"Good!" Zhang Chen nodded. With a crack, he twisted Park Chang-le's neck. Then, his entire body turned into an invisible mist and dissipated into the air. Since the members of the S13 organization would actively seek Zhang Chen for revenge, it would save him a lot of trouble, saving him the effort of finding them one by one!
Ding! Automatic collection successful! Congratulations on obtaining [Energy Crystal Core] *600 + 480 (80% talent bonus), [Purified Water 500mL] *15, [Storage Ring Fragment] *50, [Certain Scandalous Video] *7, [Frozen Beef 500g] *30, [Vehicle Helicopter] *1...
Only obtained 1080 [Energy Crystal Cores]? Before killing Park Chang-le, Zhang Chen had already done the calculations. Park Chang-le was level 1 Awakened before, with an additional 88 crystal cores. It cost 10 to upgrade from ordinary person to strong, 50 to upgrade to unusually strong, 100 to upgrade to peak physical condition, and 200 to upgrade to Awakened. A total of 360 points + 88 points in the ring = 448 points! Based on previous experiences of killing survivors, Zhang Chen could only collect 50-60% of the energy crystal cores they consumed for upgrading plus those stored in their rings. Theoretically, Zhang Chen could collect 224-270 energy crystal cores. Adding the additional 80% bonus of 170-216, it totaled 394-486 energy crystal cores. Now Zhang Chen had obtained a total of 1080 energy crystal cores. Deducting the 720 energy crystal cores he gave out earlier, there were 360 points left. Calculating it this way... it seems he was still at a loss of 34 points... It appears that giving crystal cores to someone and then killing them isn't a very profitable method...