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At this moment, Yao Wanguan’s pair of bean eyes fiercely turned upward, spun fixedly in place, and then squeezed out a sentence from his throat:
[Special Prop: ‘Moon God Stone’; Rating: S-rank; Acquisition Method: Triggering the Hidden Ending]
Different from the uncle’s magnetizing voice a while ago, this time, the voice that came from the mouth of the whale-headed stork was hoarse and raspy like an old man.
Ji Dong tightly held the collectible as his body started sweating, he was in a state of petrification.
But what Yao Wanguan said, he still heard clearly and distinctly.
[Function: Temporarily store the complete consciousness of any creature to achieve the effect of ‘Astral Projection’. The creature is the ‘user’ of the ‘Moon God Stone’.]
The old man’s voice continued.
[During the time the user’s consciousness is kept in the “Moon God Stone”, their bodily functions will be fully halted in the condition of one second before usage, similar to a faux death until the user’s consciousness leaves the “Moon God Stone” and returns to their physical body.]
In just two short sentences, Yao Wanguan’s voice seemed to sound even lower and mellower than it did at the beginning. Almost like a psychic medium in a possessed state.
[Usage: The user is required to touch the “Moon God Stone” with any part of their body and then say the word ‘Enter’. If the user wants to leave the “Moon God Stone” and return to their physical body, a third party is required to touch the user’s physical body with the “Moon God Stone”.]
The whale-headed stork paused and finally added.
[Usage Restrictions: First, the longest storage period for the user’s consciousness in the “Moon God Stone” should not exceed the 24-hour limit. If the user exceeds the time limit, the consciousness will not be able to re-integrate with the physical body; Second, this special prop is a one-time prop; Third, only the consciousness of a single creature can be accommodated.]
After everything was said and done, Yao Wanguan burped again, and exhaled a mouthful of white smoke from his huge, sharp beak. He rolled both of his eyes, shook his body twice from side to side, and refocused his sight on the face of the owner of the “Moon God Stone”.
“Tch, why do you still maintain that position?”
Yao Wanguan glanced at Ji Dong with contempt, and his voice had reverted to the magnetic and deep voice it once was.
As he said that, he opened his satchel with his two fluffy wingtips, rummaging through his bag and pulling out a dirty handkerchief. He shoved it to the petrified Ji Xiao’niao, and said quite casually.
“Take it and wipe it quickly.”
Ji Dong miserably wiped the suspicious mucus on the “Moon God Stone” with the handkerchief and put the fishy-smelling stone back into his pocket.
“I’m still puzzled in one area.”
At that moment, Teacher Dagen—who was beside Ji Dong—eventually voiced out his thoughts, “According to what you’ve stated, the only function of this stone is that it can only make the user maintain a state of falsehood for a short time?”
He scratched his short-haired stubble.
“It’s not like we’re playing Romeo and Juliet. What the hell is the use of this fake death?!”
“That’s for you to figure out. I only care about the appraisal of the collectible, not the analysis. Thank you very much.”
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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——Wow, forty thousand!
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This offer doubled the recycling price given to him by the [Peach Blossom Spring].
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For a moment, Ji Dong was clearly tempted, but then he remembered that too many points might lead to the serious consequences of forcibly raising the difficulty of the next [Film]. He was also very concerned about a particular detail mentioned by the whale-headed stork.
“Mr. Yao.”
Ji Xiao’niao asked.
“You seemed to have just said that the grade of our collectible is S-rank, right?”
“That’s right.”
Yao Wanguan began to whistle from his beak.
“I’m kinda surprised. I’ve never seen anyone being able to obtain an S-ranked collectible in an F-level [Film]…”
He raised his wings and nudged the curved hook of his beak with his wingtip, looking like a human who was stroking his chin.
“Although it is from triggering a special ending, which is considered one of the rarest conclusions in a [Film]’s plotline… But, this is too much!”
The whale-headed stork muttered.
“There aren’t any high-level players that I’m not familiar with. You three look green, so when you first told me that this is from an F-level [Film], I absolutely did not believe it!”
He shook his head while smacking his beak, “This quality, how to say it… At least it should have come from an A-level [Film], right? Even if it was obtained from an S-level ‘world’, I wouldn’t find it strange…”
Ji Dong felt his heart skip a beat.
Vaguely, he seemed to feel that he had caught some clues that he had always felt unreasonable. But after careful consideration, he felt that the hints weren’t enough, and everything seemed to remain at the level of “doubt”.
“Right.”
Ji Xiao’niao calmed down and asked Yao Wanguan another question, “You know all the senior players in the [Peach Blossom Spring], right?”
“Of course!”
The whale-headed stork suddenly raised its head and reared its chest high.
“But every participant who has lived a little longer hasn’t come to me to buy and sell collectibles!”
Saying that, he proudly turned in circles, spread his wings, and made random gestures around him:
“Although your level is still low, it is estimated that you don’t have many points, and today’s eight characters aren’t too auspicious… but the visitor is a guest! This meeting is fated. You can look around my store and explore if there is any collectible that you fancy.”
Yao Wanguan lifted his cheeks to his sides, forcing a wicked, sarcastic smile onto his fierce and frightening bird face.
“If you like it, but you don’t have enough points, I can consider bartering for it and let you exchange it for the ‘Moon God Stone’!”
Yao Wanguan had rented this room for a long time. Therefore, the internal structure had been completely transformed into a store.
But different from ordinary stores, Mr. Yao was a gentleman with good taste, and the artifacts displayed do have a striking impression.
So Ji Dong and the others saw that the room was more like an exquisite private museum than a store.
On all four walls, several European-style metal brackets with floral wraps were erected. Similar to the opulent ornaments, regardless of their random placement, the brackets have a certain picturesque appeal to them, and most of the shelves had a collectible on them.
Each item also had a nameplate that matched the bracket pattern. The nameplate had a card placed into it. A line—handwritten in gold and swash character—illustrated the name and function of the collectible.
Ji Dong was curious.
He had never shopped in such a strange store before.
This was similar to the magic store of “Harry Potter”, with all kinds of peculiar products and unimaginable uses. Some of them were too simple to describe, making it impossible to associate the item with its usage.
For example, Ji Dong couldn’t imagine how a square-holed coin covered with copper rust could be related to a “treasure hunt”.
“Wow!”
At this time, not far from him, Mo Tiangen suddenly cried out, and then opened his mouth to call forth, “Hey, Ji Xiao’niao! Ji Xiao’niao! Come over here and see this!”
Ji Dong curiously came forward.
“This one is awesome!”
Teacher Dagen pointed to a revolver on the shelf and excitedly exclaimed:
“Unlimited bullets! No need to load and unload. If you carry it with you everywhere, you can bravely counter any surprise attack!”
“This gentleman has a good eye!”
Yao Wanguan, like a cosmetic store clerk, appeared from behind the two men without warning: “This is an extremely practical collectible.”
“An incredibly useful collectible that’ll make you feel fearless in all [Films]! There is a saying that goes pretty well with this description: ‘I’m a perceptive player. It’s normal to carry a revolver with me.’ It’s impressive isn’t it?! It’s daunting, isn’t it?! Buy it! Don’t hesitate, and buy it! If you don’t buy it, you’ll lose out!”
Although the uncle’s voice was still pleasant and sweet, Ji Dong’s only thought was that the way this stork spoke was awfully familiar.
Especially every year on The Double Eleven Shopping Carnival. Just open a shopping platform, and one could see several well-known goods that anchors passionately promote while saying those same lines.
Mo Tiangen appeared to be a bit convinced.
“That…”
He tentatively asked, “How much does this gun cost… no, how many points?”
“Not expensive! Not expensive!”
Yao Wanguan put on a smile: “This gun only costs 25,000 points.”
“Twenty– twenty-five thousand…”
Teacher Dagen was overwhelmed and tongue-tied.
Even if the three of them squeezed out the points they finally earned, they couldn’t make up this amount. If they sold the “Moon God Stone” to Yao Wanguan, they could only buy one. But the difference in second-hand prices always made people feel that there was a bit of a disadvantage…
Of course, Yao Wanguan also said just now that things could be bartered. It was estimated that if they used the “Moon God Stone” to exchange for it directly, they might be able to buy something else.
“Don’t be impulsive!”
Ji Dong gave Mo Tiangen an elbow to the stomach, splashing cold water on his spiraling thoughts quickly.
“Moreover, [Peach Blossom Spring] has a rule that not in all [Films] can we bring guns, even if they are collectibles. And think about it. Using points to exchange for a disposable machine gun is only 500 points. A revolver is even cheaper, only 200. This amount is enough for us to redeem 125 disposable prop guns!”
Mo Tiangen suddenly woke up and felt that he was really a little impulsive. He shut his mouth bitterly.
Yao Wanguan saw that he couldn’t do any business, and shook his head, walking away apathetically.
After that, the three of them wandered around the store for a long time, saw many interesting collectibles, and of course had the idea of owning them from time to time. But they were all dissuaded by the huge points they would be spending.
One thing that Yao Wanguan—the treacherous merchant—didn’t lie about was that the revolver with unlimited bullets could be considered the cheapest good in the entire store.
Ji Dong sighed and lamented in his heart. There was no merchant without a treacherous heart. That whale-headed stork reveled in acquiring collectibles. As long as it was sold to the participants in need, the profit could be doubled several times at once.
He wondered how much he could charge if his “Moon God Stone” was sold on consignment in the store. Ji Dong then moved his feet to the last few metal brackets.
Then, Ji Xiao’niao abruptly stopped in place.
Because he saw a bow.
It was an all-black bow, and it looked very similar to the recurve bow he was used to. But even the bowstring was as black as ink, and the texture was completely invisible.
On the nameplate below it, written in an elegant, golden, swashed letter:
[Bow: Silent. With matching arrows. Adjustable form. Can be concealed.]
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Ohh, if one of them is close to dying the stone would be really helpful. Especially since it can perseve the body.
i feel you. i want the bow but i also want the moon stone.