Chapter Seventy-Three Shopping...

  "Hmm...?" Looking at the newspaper he had just gotten from the newsstand, Jiǔ Mìng scratched his head. The information on it was definitely censored, but it wasn't bad for keeping up with some current events... like the war situation...

  Most of the heteromorphic beasts in the Heavenly Dynasty are entrenched in the western region filled with high plateaus and basins, while humans occupy the eastern part with a better environment.

  Of course, that only refers to the majority, and a small number of alien beasts are scattered all over the place. As for why not use nuclear bombs... how can I put it, alien beasts don't seem like humans. One blast at the center will definitely wipe them out, but in other areas, there will always be some alien beasts that can withstand it, and may even undergo various mutations due to radiation, becoming even more troublesome.

  Sometimes a strong presence can make up for the lack of many ordinary ones, and besides... having too many of those things isn't good for the Earth either, in case they get out of control and everyone gets destroyed together.

  The situation on the front line is becoming increasingly intense?

  Nine lives looked at the headline of the newspaper, and there were also expert comments estimating that this year may see an outbreak of a beast tide. The beast tide did not occur on the front line against alien beasts, but in the human survival border. The outbreak was very sudden, with a sudden surge in the number of alien beasts within the human border, and even more highly mutated alien beasts appeared. If preparations were not made, the losses to humans would be enormous.

  At the same time, the beast tide on land was a bit better, but the worst was the sea beast tide in the coastal area. That was a majestic and overwhelming atmosphere, completely different from the others. The creatures in the ocean had also undergone mutations, and even gave rise to numerous troublesome existences that left humans at a loss for what to do.

  Nine Lives saw a record in the book, which seemed to be a giant octopus. The octopus's defensive and restorative powers had mutated to a terrifying degree, and its massive body made its destructive power even more frightening. After great difficulty, they managed to cut off one of its tentacles, but before long, the severed limb grew back.

  In the end, they didn't manage to kill that big octopus. After being seriously injured, it simply retreated back into the depths of the ocean, looking completely shameless. Go chase after it!

  Dare to try it in water!!

  As a result, no one was able to go down, and those who went down were treated as food. This incident occurred in the island nation on the east side... No way, compared to the mainland, the geographical location surrounded by water on all sides is simply the best place for sea monsters to attack... With many people and little land, where else can they go to cause trouble?

  She looked up at the sky, and Nine Lives squinted her eyes, as if a strange bird had flown by from very high up. Never mind, even if it was a beast tide, the most frequent outbreak period is in winter, and now it's still early for that time.

  "Isn't this a bit less?"

  He counted the high-energy crystals piled up in front of him, and Jiumeng looked up at this burly man with a centipede scar on his face and asked. The same high-level high-energy crystal, he exchanged 2900 grains with Wang Hai, but here it was worth around 2400 grains... Alright, this is the black market.

  "That's enough." The burly man chewing gum said in a dull and hard tone, "You can't exchange it for so much elsewhere, don't forget what kind of place this is. If you exchange it somewhere else, you might get cheated."

  The burly man also looked at Jiumeng with a very strange gaze, and actually dared to take out the high-level high-energy crystal that was quite rare on the black market... To put it this way, the value of high-level high-energy crystals is almost like some kind of purple crystal coin set higher than gold coins.

  As soon as this guy took out this thing, the place where they exchanged high-energy crystals suddenly lost a lot of customers. I guess the little devil in front of me will have a hard time leaving the black market today. Who is this good-for-nothing who came here to kill time and brought his own life with him?

  "Of course, if you can pay an extra 400 high-energy crystals, we provide escort services to ensure your safe departure from here. After all, having money but no life to enjoy it is also a pity." The scar-faced burly man reminded.

  So, you can't just judge people by their appearance. The big guy in front of us doesn't seem like a good person, but Jiǔ Mìng didn't feel any strong malice from him either. Even so, Jiǔ Mìng wouldn't be naive enough to think that the other party is kind-hearted. How could someone survive in a place like this without having a pair of black hands?

  "Is it just leaving here?"

  "Of course, if you feel unsafe afterwards, just call the police yourself." The scar-faced big man looked at Jiǔ Mìng with a hint of sympathy, regretful now?

  "Is that so? Thank you then, they don't provide anything for packing here?"

  "Of course, I'll provide it. Have you counted them?" The scar-faced big man waved his hand to one side, and soon someone brought over a wooden box and walked up, voluntarily packing away that pile of high-energy crystals. This box was vastly different from the one Wang Hai had provided.

  "Underestimated you." Seeing the wooden box in Jiǔ Mìng's hand suddenly disappear, the scar-faced big man's eyes lit up and he spoke directly without hiding anything. Exposing one's true strength here is not unnecessary, it's very necessary!

  When you have real ability, others won't dare to have ulterior motives.

  This move suddenly made the guests who stayed here reveal a lot of fearful expressions, if I'm not mistaken, this is either an eye-blocking technique or one of the rarest spatial abilities...

  "However, even so, it's best to be careful when leaving, after all, there are many ways to harm people." The scar-faced big man said in a low voice as Jiǔ Mìng left.

  "This reminder doesn't seem like something from the black market, does it?"

  "The old master just didn't want to see a long-time customer go like that." The scar-faced big man hummed, "I have a premonition, you'll come back here again someday."

  "Then forget it."

  Jiǔ Mìng waved his hand at the scar-faced big man and left, then went to other places to take a look. As expected, when he took out high-grade goods in other places that exchanged high-energy crystals, they immediately moved their minds, unlike the scar-faced big man, who quickly suppressed the thoughts after having them.

  Enduring those malicious gazes, Jiǔ Mìng didn't care, and asked about the exchange ratio here. The high-level to ordinary high-energy crystal ratio is 1:2700?

  Elsewhere, regular channels are still credible, but here... who's kidding whom?

  Listening to the insincere words of the person beside him, Jiǔ Mìng shook his head. The person immediately became a bit anxious, "You think it's too low? Unless I discuss it with my boss, little brother you can have a cup of tea here and wait for a while?"

  "That's it." Jiǔ Mìng nodded, and in the slight expectation of that person, he lightly sipped a mouthful of tea placed beside him. After drinking, his face looked a bit strange, "Forget it, I'm leaving."

  That man stood there with his mouth agape, staring blankly at Jiumeng who got up and walked out as if nothing had happened. His arms and legs were trembling slightly, and he didn't dare to go up and stop him, really didn't dare.

  "Where is he?" A middle-aged man with a gloomy face walked out, glanced at the place where Jiǔ Mìng had just sat, and asked the person who had just received Jiǔ Mìng.

  "He's gone......" The man shook even harder.

  "Did he drink the tea too?"

  "......Here's your drink, boss."

  "What's the result?"

  "He walked out like nothing was wrong...... The ones tailing him didn't see anything unusual either."

  "Alright, let's just consider this matter settled." The middle-aged man suddenly let out a sigh, what the hell is going on here?

  In short, Jiǔ Mìng walked out smoothly and profitably. During his departure, he had a real eye-opener, witnessing all sorts of endless scams targeting him!

  Poison? It's useless on him, just like that cup of tea before. After drinking it, apart from the fragrance of the tea, there was a strange and pungent taste that he didn't know if others could detect. He thought it was a waste of good tea.

  If it were someone with a bad temper, that place would probably be razed to the ground by now. Take that Eight Clouds Violet for example... Alright, if it were her, Nine Lives thinks this black market would have been demolished once and for all today.

  Shaking his head, Jiǔ Mìng waved his hand and left without bringing away a single cloud, leaving behind a large batch of people who had failed to make their move, were stunned, and were also fearful. If their tactics had been normally broken through, that would have been fine, but the key was that Jiǔ Mìng had walked out ignoring all their tactics!

  What kind of awesome person is this? What if I accidentally offend them...

  In short, next time I come here with nine lives, I probably won't encounter so much trouble.

  The pizza store was emptied...

  In the stunned gaze of the store manager, the nine-lifed carefree guy made that pile of pizzas that could crush a person disappear like magic.

  "Anything wrong?" asked Jiumeng, whose face was half-hidden under a large hat, to the dazed shop owner.

  "Hey, do you want this gift?"

  A yellow thing with a small black hat... a pillow? Okay, this thing is called Cheese Kun.

  After that, the nine of them continued to sweep through other food stores. In any case, with the high-energy crystal, this world's resources were still very rich, just like crops, and the powder made from high-energy crystals used as fertilizer was simply more powerful than any fertilizer!

  When Jiǔ Mìng hugged the box containing the cheese back home, the sky had already darkened. After some thought, aside from the high-energy crystals used as hard currency for consumption today, Jiǔ Mìng converted all of the remaining over 200 high-energy crystals into "yuan" at the mysterious shop. The upper limit was invisible, but the lower limit suddenly rose to nearly 13,000, despite having the idea of not wanting to accumulate too much "yuan" at once.

  Rather die nine times than encounter something like Haruhi Suzumiya and get myself killed, better be prepared for any situation, this amount will last him a long time.

  "Does it really not matter if I arbitrarily take other people's things?" After doing all this, Jiǔ Mìng put away the remaining high-energy crystal, which was now useless to him. Even though he had discovered that he could eat food and incidentally could also eat this thing like sugar beans.

  Even if he could eat and 'digest' it, this ordinary high-energy crystal was just a kind of 'health supplement' and recovery item for him, with no other significant use.