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It was indeed true that Ren Jianmo couldn’t remember.
But this didn’t prevent him from dealing with Yao Wanguan.
“Since you haven’t seen me like this, how can you be sure that I have collectibles stored with you?”
The whale-headed stork’s cheek twitched. “I can’t recognize you, but the deposit deed recognizes you!”
He dug for a while in the large canvas bag he was carrying and took out a contraption that was similar to a USB flash drive, which he held with the tips of his wings with difficulty.
“There are rumors in [Peach Blossom Spring] that you are already dead, while some people say that you ‘got out’, but I know you are still here, and you will come back sooner or later… After all, the trusteeship contract between us hasn’t expired yet, right?”
Yao Wanguan, while talking, led Ren Jianmo to the east wall, and inserted the “USB drive” in his hand into the carved metal shelf bracket.
Hearing a “click”, as if someone had turned the key, the bracket moved about thirty centimeters to the side, revealing a snow-white wall that had just been blocked by it, and a hidden compartment popped out of the wall.
“You are considered an important customer of mine, except for those large, infamous underworld syndicates, you have deposited the most number of collectibles with me.”
The whale-headed stork pulled out three collectibles from the concealed compartment, held them with one wing, and pushed the wall back with the other wing toward the concealed compartment, and the removed bracket automatically returned to its original position.
Afterward, Yao Wanguan led Ren Jianmo back to the table where he had spread the tarot cards.
“Here are all your collectibles.”
The whale-headed stork pointed to the three items he had just taken out of the concealed compartment and gestured for the owner to examine them.
Ren Jianmo picked up the first one.
They were two platinum-colored rings, similar to thumbed fingers, with no ornaments and no patterns visible, just a plain ring, which at first glance was hard to identify their purpose.
He tried to put them on both thumbs.
Then, the two rings turned into two silver daggers—one long and one short—in his hands.
The longer blade was about twenty centimeters long, while the shorter one was fifteen centimeters.
Ren Jianmo held the two daggers and made a few spontaneous gestures. He felt that it was a lot better than those military knives from the disposable props that were exchanged from the [Peach Blossom Spring]. Moreover, it seemed that it should be the same as the black bow that Ji Dong liked just now. When it wasn’t needed, he could transmute it into ordinary accessories to be worn.
He nodded his head in satisfaction.
Since he had deposited this pair of daggers here before, it probably meant that they were “not used”. But the times were different now. After all, even though he was still in F-level difficulty, the [Films] were grueling. He had no other better choice. Before finding a more well-suited weapon, he should just use them.
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The last item was a strange machine that was the size of a palm, and it looked like a miniature version of the gacha machine. Through the top of the glass cover, one could see the body was stuffed with red and blue beads. But obviously, the number of the red beads was greater than blue.
It was impossible to analyze it just by looking at it. Thus, Ren Jianmo asked Yao Wanguan, “What are these two items?”
“Do you need identification service?”
The whale-headed stork rubbed his wings, revealing his ugly face of a treacherous merchant, “Two hundred points for the service, thank you.”
So Ren Jianmo experienced the same pain as Ji Dong, watching the whale-headed stork open his mouth to swallow and spit out the collectible, and then told the name of the item, its use, usage, and restrictions.
However, with the lessons learned from the past, Ren Jianmo would of course not stupidly stretch out his hand and wait to take it. Instead, he prepared a towel in advance, and silently wiped the suspicious mucus from the collectible while listening to the explanation.
The two rings were a pair of short and long daggers. The short one was called [Wind Blade] and the long one was called [Frost Blade].
They could be freely switched between rings and daggers according to the user’s will, which was very easy to carry and hide.
However, the [Wind Blade] and [Frost Blade] in weapon form could only be considered ordinary daggers, with no additional special features. So the rating wasn’t high, just an A-level collectible.
And the crystal vial with the pink liquid inside it was called [Everybody Loves Hormones].
According to Yao Wanguan’s identification results, as long as the pink liquid in the bottle was sprayed on, everyone who came into contact with the user, even the monsters and demons, would have inexplicable goodwill towards him. In short, it would cause the influenced parties to look at him as someone who was “very pleasing to the eye.” Each spray would last for two hours.
Although this effect seemed to be of little use—if one would think about it—because of its influential effect on people and monsters—in a particular type of ‘world’—it would become very useful and could even be used to save lives in critical moments.
For example, in a [Film] like “Shocker“, the BOSS would randomly select victims among the participants and then kill them. One could prematurely avoid being selected as a target by the BOSS to the greatest extent possible. Thus, one could naturally stay longer than the others, and would be able to gain more time to solve the crisis.
Because of this miraculous effect, this crystal vial was S-ranked, which was a remarkably special and valuable rarity.
As for the last collectible that looked like a pocket-sized gacha machine, it had a particularly odd name called the [Pedigree Identification Machine]. In terms of use and usage, it was very confusing to hear.
Each time it was used, it must take a “price”, then it would randomly spit out a red bead which represented good luck or a blue bead which represented bad luck. If one could get the red bead, one would have a stroke of one-time good luck. On the contrary, if one could get the blue bead, one would encounter bad luck.
And, depending on how much the user paid for the “price”, the degree of good luck and bad luck one would receive would also vary.
This collector’s item, to put it bluntly, was terribly tasteless.
Ren Jianmo observed that although the ratio of red beads to blue beads in the [Bloodline Identification Machine] was about four to one, if he speculated according to probability, he could get four good luck beads and one bad luck bead every five times.
But the random draw would also mean that no one could be sure whether they would be fortunate or unlucky next time.
What’s more, there was a corresponding “price” to be paid before each draw.
The “price” could be a drop of blood, a nail, or a prop, or even one’s own life—but no one could guarantee that after paying a huge price, one would get extraordinary good luck enough to change one’s life, or bad luck enough to directly hit a plot that would lead to one’s death.
… This item, though, was still an S-class collectible.
Ren Jianmo stared at this small [Blood Identification Machine], and pursed his lips. His eyes were then layered with disgust.
No wonder he didn’t even bother to take it with him before he lost his memory and directly deposited it in Yao Wanguan’s store.
… Wait, S-class collectibles…
Ren Jianmo looked at the whale-headed stork, “Can I use my collectibles to exchange for the bow just now with you?”
Yao Wanguan blinked his round bean eyes and tilted his head in surprise.
Without asking, he knew that the bow he wanted to exchange must be for the curly-haired, doll-faced kid who seemed to be dextrous at using bows and arrows.
Ren Jianmo was a well-known recluse in the [Peach Blossom Spring]. No one had ever heard of him having any companions, but even in the [Films], he also rarely teamed up with people even temporarily.
In addition, he had a collection of items that could change his appearance, and when he was in the [Film], he would always alter his appearance. But once he returned to the [Peach Blossom Spring], he would wear a mask every time he went out, which was why he was given a name by the other players: “King of Lanling”.
Even Yao Wanguan, a second-rated dealer who had done business with him many times, didn’t see the real appearance of his long-established and most powerful client until today.
Unexpectedly, he returned to F-level and started over again. It seemed that even his temperament had changed a little. Not only did he have a partner with whom he went through these dangerous [Films], but he even wanted to use his collection to exchange weapons for his companion…
The whale-headed stork rubbed its beak with its wings.
Although he didn’t know what happened to this great god, Yao Wanguan had already made a story. In the face of an old friend who had an amnesia and a DEBUFF, Ren Jianmo adapted to the situation unexpectedly well, and didn’t show excessive surprise.
However, no matter how old their friendship was, one couldn’t do business that would lose money.
“That bow is an S-rank weapon. It’s very expensive!”
Yao Wanguan tried hard to squeeze a smile on his bird face.
“Perhaps, you can convince your friends to exchange the [Moon God Stone] with me ……”
Ren Jianmo lifted his head and gave him a cold look.
“Why do you want the [Moon God Stone] so badly?”
Hearing this question, Yao Wanguan’s originally cocked cheeks suddenly dropped down.
“None of your business, you don’t remember anything anyway!”
Like a cat being jerked upside down, he twisted his head and snorted vigorously, then flapped his wings and staggered away.
As he walked away, he also used his “uncle’s” voice, humming, and began to sing.
Ren Jianmo listened carefully and found that he was singing.
“I’m not a human being today, oh yo-yo, not a human being ……”
“……”
Ren Jianmo stared at the back of the whale-headed stork with an inquisitive gaze, searched carefully for a long time in his blank memory, and still didn’t recall any information about this big bird.
Just listening to the odd little tune coming out of the other’s mouth, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and seemed to have caught a glimpse of it.
“I’ll trade you one of these two S-class collectibles for that bow, okay?”
Ren Jianmo pushed the [Everybody Love Hormones] and [Bloodline Identification Machine] forward and raised his lips, showing a rare smile in front of outsiders.
Yao Wanguan looked back, then faced him with his furry buttocks, and replied with a grunt.
“Said no deal! No deal!”
Ren Jianmo wasn’t annoyed at all, “Then how about adding another piece of information on how to obtain the ‘Moon God Stone’?”
“……”
The whale-headed stork sniffed and slowly turned his head.
“Really? You mean this isn’t the only collectible?”
“As my friend should have mentioned to you before, we triggered the hidden ending of that [Film], and judging from the hidden ending, the possibility of more than one such stone is quite high.”
Seeing Yao Wanguan’s reaction, Ren Jianmo knew that this business deal was 90% possible to be made.
“I can tell you the name of that [Film] and the known information about the [Moon God Stone], so that… you should be able to have a channel to get your hands on it, right?”
Yao Wanguan: “……”
Indeed, the various [Films] in the [Peach Blossom Spring] have been changing and developing with the passage of time.
Just like how Hollywood made numerous sequel series of movies one after another, as long as the tail was left, there may be players in the future who would enter the sequel world to complete the plot tasks at that time.
In this way, as long as he knew from which [Film] a collectible was obtained and as long as the participants could re-enter, there would be a chance to get it again.
The whale-headed stork, as a second-rate dealer specializing in collectibles, of course, also knew a number of participants with high difficulty levels.
“All right!”
Yao Wanguan nodded his beak, turned around, and ran back in a few steps. He picked up the [Everybody Loves Hormones] on the table and stuffed it into his large satchel.
“The same S-class collectible plus all the information of the [Moon God Stone] deal!”
Is that bird a player or npc from peach blossom?