Professionals of the Starry Skies - Chapter 27

[Chapter 27 Black Market (Please recommend)]

“I’ll toast to you…”

Liu Wei picked up the soda cup again: “We biochemical people have a very hard life, just like weeds in the cracks, we have to fight for a little sunshine and rain… After today, I will focus on preparing for the college entrance examination. From now on, we will not be friends, but competitors.”

“Well, toast to your opponent!”

Fang Xing also raised his glass, but he felt a little surprised.

This kid Liu Wei actually wanted to cut ties with him.

“Friendship between men…”

He was silent for a moment.

Liu Wei walked very quickly, as if this gathering was just a final farewell to the past.

In the end, Fang Xing was the only one left, and he ate all the barbecue: “This is quite expensive, we can’t waste it…”

He went home as usual, and only after he closed the door did his expression become a little serious: “Liu Wei…”

Originally it was just some speculation, but judging from today’s situation, the best friend of the original owner might really be involved with certain forces.

But judging from the fact that he took the initiative to cut ties with me, his character is actually not bad.

As for the competition in the ring? There shouldn’t be any friendship involved. It’s not a fight to the death…

“If I have the ability, I will help… Unfortunately, I can hardly protect myself now…”

Fang Xing sighed and fell asleep.

…

The next day.

Fang Xing boarded the maglev train carrying a single-shoulder backpack.

The range of the Eagle Star is huge!

99.99% of them have been opened to traffic and have network coverage, with only some areas with chaotic magnetic fields, or broken walls, or wilderness becoming wounds of the planet’s civilization.

And the black market is in these places!

“Outside Maple Leaf City, there is a city ruin… It was caused by an attack by the evil god’s followers. The original city was half destroyed, and there is even a lot of dangerous pollution and radiation left…”

“Although the Federation could have cleaned it up, the cost was much higher than building a new city, so the gains did not outweigh the losses. In the end, a new Maple Leaf City was built, and the original ‘old city’ gradually became deserted and became a paradise for scavengers and people without identity, which eventually gave rise to a black market…”

“If you think about it from a darker perspective, could it be that the leaders of the Eagle Star deliberately left these ‘creations of civilization’ behind to create soil for the black market?”

Fang Xing thought to himself while holding the bracelet.

“Dear passengers, the train has reached its final stop. Please hold on tight and get off the train in an orderly manner…”

After an unknown amount of time, the suspension train arrived at the terminal.

Fang Xing got out of the car and found that they were already at the edge of Maple Leaf City.

He got out of the car and started walking, gradually increasing his speed, then dodging all kinds of surveillance cameras and wandering into the streets and alleys.

In preparation for this trip to the black market, he had already left all his electronic devices at home.

As he walked through the darkness, the flesh and veins on his face bulged, and he immediately changed his appearance and put on a black mask.

By the time he came out of the alley, Fang Xing had even changed his clothes, turning into a strange man wearing a leather jacket, a baseball cap and a black mask, and he rushed into the junction of the new city and the old city.

Whoosh!

The old city has lost its maintenance and there are broken walls and ruins everywhere.

A breeze blew, raising a few wisps of dust.

The road was badly damaged. There used to be a commercial street on both sides, but now most of the signs were broken.

Snap!

Fang Xing stepped on the poster of an out-of-date actress, and the sound startled several hyenas in the shadows.

Looking closely, I found that these hyenas are different from ordinary dogs. Some have two heads, some have four eyes and eight legs…

“Deformed creatures…”

Fang Xing recalled the relevant information in his mind.

This is due to the mixture of evil god pollution and radiation, which caused nearby organisms to mutate, leaving behind deformed offspring.

Although it is far from the standard of a lower-level servant, it may have some strange abilities.

The three hyenas in the lead growled softly a few times, as if they thought Fang Xing was not someone to be trifled with, or perhaps they had already eaten their fill, so they immediately turned around and left with a few other hyenas.

Fang Xing walked through the commercial street and came to a residential area. Looking at the buildings that were mostly collapsed, he walked around and found a convenience store.

Amidst the ruins, a convenience store that is barely still open is eye-catching no matter how you look at it.

【drop!】

When he walked into the convenience store door, a green light flashed and a mechanical sound was heard.

“Very good, very clean, I don’t have any positioning and communication equipment on me.”

Behind the counter of the convenience store, a round-faced young man smiled.

He was wearing a convenience store uniform, had semi-brown hair, and was holding up an old comic book.

At this time, Zheng slowly put down the comic book in his hand and said, “Guest, welcome to the ‘Solving Convenience Store’. What can I buy?”

“First, a communicator.”

Fang Xing glanced at the row of communication devices on the counter and nodded.

The communication devices on the black market are naturally anonymous accounts or other people’s numbers, which make communication safer.

“No problem, how do you pay?”

The young man picked up a black watch and said with a smile, “Ten thousand star dollars, only cash or equivalent transactions are accepted.”

“It’s really a robbery. No, how can robbery earn money in the black market?”

Fang Xing glanced casually and saw a primary nano protective suit on the shelf.

Here, the price is clearly marked as one hundred thousand!

Obviously, an ordinary nano protective suit is not worth so much money, but after removing the manufacturer’s backhand, it is worth this price!

“Will you accept the gold?”

Fang Xing took out a fist-sized nugget of gold from the backpack behind him: “Give me an estimate, and deposit the extra money into the new account…”

“OK.”

The convenience store owner took the gold and tested it briefly: “The purity is not high… The net weight of the gold is 2340 grams, and the price of gold is 176 Star Dollars per gram, so it is 411840 Star Dollars.”

“After deducting 20% of the handling fee and 10,000 star dollars, the remaining 319,472 star dollars have been deposited into the communicator account!”

…

After taking the communicator, Fang Xing added the owner’s contact information and went to the back of the convenience store.

There is actually a dilapidated street here.

Although it looks desolate, there are occasionally a few figures walking among the ruins, each giving off an aura that they are not to be trifled with.

‘This feeling is somewhat similar to those casual cultivators in Qinglinfang City…’

Fang Xing took a look and actually felt a sense of familiarity.

Naturally, he exchanged these gold for spiritual sand in Xiuxian Market, which can be said to be extremely easy.

On the other hand, if you want to exchange a large amount of gold for spirit stones, it would be a bit difficult, and you might even be severely forced to lower the price.

“Weapons, potions, assassins’ guild, casinos…”

He looked around briefly and had to admit that the shops here were quite complete.

“With over 300,000 Star Dollars, I am considered a wealthy man.”

With a hint of excitement, Fang Xing walked into a gun shop.

The owner of this shop is a sturdy man who looks like someone who is not to be trifled with. He wears exoskeleton armor and has at least the strength of the fourth realm.

When he saw Fang Xing coming in, he ignored him and just kept wiping the gun barrel in his hand.

Fang Xing took a casual glance and saw the Xunlong brand laser gun that he had always wanted.

There is a small label under the silver-white gun body:

[‘Xunlong’-class laser gun, second-hand, 90% new, usable against humans, 2,000,000 Star Dollars]

“Two million?”

Fang Xing’s pupils shrank, then he looked at the other guns and found that this laser gun was actually one of the cheapest guns in the store.

“Sorry to bother you…”

He took a few steps back and walked out of the store.

“I was careless. The things on this black market are really shady. More than 300,000 star dollars is just a drop in the bucket…”

While thinking this, Fang Xing walked into another shop.

Half an hour later.

Following the instructions he had bought with Star Dollars, he walked into a half-collapsed ruin.

Inside the ruins, there was only a wooden table. A woman with her head and face covered, leaving only her hands exposed, was sitting behind the counter.

Fang Xing took a glance and found that there were densely packed blue tattoos on the woman’s palms.

“The air here is not very good, giving people a sense of danger…”

He muttered to himself, walked up to the woman, pulled out a chair and sat down.

squeak!

The old wooden chair made a mournful sound as it was overwhelmed. The tattooed woman opposite suddenly smiled and said, “Did you come to our store to find some solutions?”

“Yes, I want to launder money!”

Fang Xing said solemnly.

He doesn’t want to lose his identity as the cyborg Fang Xing, so he can’t go too far.

But he also didn’t want to suppress his progress in martial arts, so he would definitely need an explanation when the second year of high school started.

Without a source of income and a large amount of nutrient solution support, how could one achieve rapid progress in realm?
Therefore, it was necessary to launder the black money into legal income, and then purchase a batch of nutrient solution through formal channels!

“How big?”

The tattooed girl’s eyes lit up.

“Hundreds of thousands…”

“This is just a small amount of money…” The tattooed woman immediately sat back down, looking somewhat bored: “Turn left at the door and go to the casino to gamble a few times. The handling fee will be 30%…”

“Can’t get through the casino!”

Fang Xing was speechless. He was not yet an adult, so this approach obviously wouldn’t work.

“This amount of money is obviously too much to start a company and make some money…” The tattooed woman laughed: “It’s just a small client after all.”

She thought for a moment and answered, “We have acquired a gaming company that can help you win a small prize. A prize of several hundred thousand dollars is not eye-catching at all. As long as you pay taxes properly, the federal government won’t care at all…”

“This is possible.”

Fang Xing touched his chin.

The Blue Star Federation prohibits gambling by minors, but is much more relaxed about lotteries.

Besides, the amount of money I have is not even a small amount, so basically no one will delve into it.

“Let’s do it this way.”

He breathed a sigh of relief.

At least in this way, students can make rapid progress in their second and third years of high school, and it won’t seem abrupt.

Even if there is a disaster in the future, as long as you get into university, become certified as a “professional”, and become a privileged class, this little thing will not matter at all.

“Very good, the handling fee is 50%!”

The tattooed woman smiled, revealing a mouthful of dark teeth, which made Fang Xing suddenly feel a pain in his heart, almost bleeding: “What a pit!”

(End of this chapter)