Chapter 1,294 What Is the True Nature of a Businessman?

Although a group of people from Fiyali are still very interested in going around the entire Shadow City now, this is obviously a bit unrealistic. We have to first arrange a place for them to live in the next period of time: depending on the situation, this The Void Vendors have no plans to leave the Shadow City in the short term. Phyllis has even started asking me about the housing prices here...

Apparently the vendor queen had a much longer plan than I imagined.

So Lin Xue and I first arranged hundreds of Felice's subordinates to the "visitor area" of Shadow City. This is a large urban area close to the Temple of the World Tree. It is specially used to temporarily accommodate large groups of visitors who have come to Shadow City for the first time. The area has an environment suitable for the survival of various life forms and supports temporary customized ecology. cabin, and in the middle of this area is the "Alien Race Adaptation and Transformation Center." This facility with a convoluted name is aimed at visitors from other worlds whose life forms are too special. It often happens that visitors from other worlds cannot adapt to the ecological environment of Shadow City: the ecological environment here is based on the earth, and obviously not every race can tolerate the oxygen-containing atmosphere and the average temperature of 25 degrees Celsius. You can't let them live all day long. Wear protective suits or even sit in the landing module to spend every day in Shadow City, so we established this modification center.

Through a simple and fast biological remodeling, alien races can gain the ability to survive normally in the general environment of Shadow City. This remodeling will not change their body frame, nor will it make them feel any discomfort. It simply confers some adaptive functions on the modified person, usually improving the tolerance of the organism's cells or adding additional material circulation pathways to their body. When the transformed person decides to leave the Shadow City and return to their hometown, they can also apply to change back to their original appearance. However, generally no one would apply in this way, because the transformation carried out by the transformation center is a broad-spectrum adaptive transformation. This process ensures that the transformed life form can adapt to a variety of environments. Unless you have obsessive-compulsive disorder and insist on becoming the original look, most people prefer the new body after transformation.

This kind of transformation facility is a civilian facility and can be regarded as the most special "medical unit" in the Shadow City. They are distributed in many places in the city. This one in the visitor area is just one of them. People who often wander around the macro world, such as censors and envoys from various worlds, are usually senior clients of the transformation center. Their bodies are almost as strong as the servant soldiers to ensure that they can perform tasks in any world environment. .

As soon as she saw this renovation facility, Phyllis immediately thought she had seen another opportunity. Pointing to the three-row complex in front of her, the queen with long, straight black hair said energetically: "Is this free to use?"

"Of course...what do you want to do?" I squinted at Phyllis.

"Of course I'll sharpen my chin first, and then make my double eyelids," Phyllis answered without hesitation, then held up her chest, "Yeah. A D cup is enough for this figure. I don't have any other requirements for the time being."

I almost jumped up and pointed at Phyllis' nose: "This is a biological adaptation center! It's not a beauty salon, okay!"

"Oh, then instead of plastic surgery, you can transform me into a superman, and then we won't need to wear protective clothing when we go to do business on some planets..."

Me: "..." So this is your original purpose, right?

Lin Xue and I left most of Felice's subordinates in the visitor area, while Felice led her adjutant and a few cronies to follow us around. Thankfully, except for Phyllis herself. The other Fiyali people are pretty normal: at least they care about things other than doing business, such as exploring other worlds.

The original intention of the Fiari people to leave their universe was to make a living... ahem, to explore the unknown world. At least the more normal group of them set out with this purpose, and there is nothing better than the Imperial Database and Shadow City. Customs and customs are a more suitable target for exploration. Several scholars with us seized the opportunity and made a request in this regard: they hoped to take a look at the database on the macro world and asked if there was any database open to the public. Libraries and research facilities and the like.

"Oh, places like this are everywhere," I agreed happily: anyway, the civilian database is open and can be found everywhere in Shadow City. "I will ask someone to get a temporary identification card for each of you in the capital city. You can use the identification card to activate the public data terminal here. If you plan to read it all, the things on it will be enough for you to read for a lifetime. In addition, it is similar to the library There are also places with public research facilities, but they are all institutions established by each race in the macro world. Similar institutions established by the empire do not allow ordinary citizens to enter, and are only open to students of the Imperial Military Academy and imperial employees such as reviewers. If If you are interested, I will introduce to you the enrollment plan of the Imperial Military Academy in the future."

This answer is enough to satisfy those curious guests. I believe they can find all the knowledge they want here, and they will not be able to learn it all in their lifetime. The Shadow City is known as the capital of all worlds, and is also called the "ultimate temple of wisdom" by scholars from all worlds. It gathers all the knowledge and wisdom of the multiverse, and the most elite and wisest members of each race are happy to be there. Here they share their knowledge and enjoy learning the mysteries of other worlds. Data ports can be found everywhere in the streets and alleys of the city. They are connected to a civilian database that was only established in the new empire and was unprecedented in the old empire. This database stores knowledge from the macro world and for the macro world. From the mysteries of the movement of stars to how much oil people in a certain world, planet or country put in cooking, almost everything that can be understood and absorbed by intelligent creatures can be found in this database. In the Shadow City, those brilliant mortal scholars use this database to calculate the ultimate formula of the universe, while those busy housewives use the same database to learn the technique of baking small round cakes without adding water.

If you believe in astrology, then you can go to the first entry of the horoscope section to check your horoscope's love fortune. If you believe in science, then you can go to the second entry of the horoscope section to check when that constellation will die. If you are a parent of a student, Then you can go to the constellation section to find out which student from the Imperial Military Academy designed these crappy space landscapes - the Imperial Civilian Database is such a magical thing. In order to manage this huge amount of information, Paopao even specially arranged two mass-produced hosts to serve as database servers.

In addition to this database, various museums, public laboratories, libraries and other facilities can be found everywhere in the Shadow City. These facilities are basically set up by elite scholars from various worlds, of course. Those are worlds that are highly developed, possess sufficient technological prowess and self-confidence, and have seniority among members of the Empire's subjects. They hope to display the achievements of their civilization, export culture, and increase their popularity in the macro world or the servant army system. Their positioning is roughly similar to the billboards placed by major travel agencies...

"I think our Fiari Empire can also set up a billboard near here... Um. I mean, build a museum or something like that," Phyllis was led by us past the New Eden Federation's building here. Ecological Technology Exhibition Hall", she was obviously moved, "Chen, in your opinion, what is the technological level of our Fiyali Empire?"

She seemed a little unsure when she said this. I knew that she was stimulated by the starting point of science and technology in the empire. It was just like a poor student asking a top student, "Do you think my score ranks among the best in the class?" It was difficult for her to speak. But I thought about it and gave her a relatively high answer: "As long as you can control a full set of technologies for cross-world navigation, you can be classified as an advanced civilization. In fact, there are not many civilizations in the entire macro world that have this kind of technology. There may be only one race in a hundred universes that knows how to jump out of its mother's womb. So you are pretty good. If you look at it purely from the 'cross-world civilization' indicator, your technological level is higher than theirs back then -"

I pointed at the exhibition hall established by the New Eden Federation, and then changed the topic: "However, evaluating a civilization cannot only be based on a technical standard. Cross-world navigation technology is just a branch of mathematical rate technology. Specifically evaluate a civilization The level of civilization depends on its culture, history, overall beliefs and even the level of consciousness. If it is a smart race with potential, even if it cannot jump out of the world, it will be favored and even promoted by us. If it is a person with a weak brain, Even if they jump out of the world, we will delete their technology trees from time to time and let them evolve again from the Stone Age."

Phyllis immediately shrank her neck and broke into a cold sweat: "...Actually, you have a pretty good impression of me, right?"

I:"……"

It seems like this girl also knows that she has no moral integrity? !

The adjutant next to Phyllis said nothing the whole time, and followed his queen silently. At this time, I couldn't help but sigh: "Your Majesty, please be more decent."

"By the way, where is our spaceship parked now?" It wasn't until we were almost out of Nancheng that Phyllis suddenly remembered something and asked, "If we want to go somewhere else, do we need to apply for an access permit? some type of?"

I looked at Phyllis in surprise. She only thought of asking such an important question now. I was very curious about what this sister had been thinking about in the past few hours: Could it be that besides making a lot of money in business, her brain Only Wang Zhi and fermented bean curd are left in it! ?

"Don't look at me like that," Phyllis noticed my look and waved her hand indifferently, "There are some things that the Queen does not need to worry about personally. Military matters are left to the officers, scientific matters to the scientists, and cultural exchanges To the cultural experts, I'm just responsible for letting them perform their duties - I don't know where to park my spaceship. Speaking of which, you should be more professional than me in this regard, right? Your empire is so big..."

I suddenly burst into laughter, okay, it turns out that this seemingly unreliable guy is actually a queen who is well versed in royal ways. It seems that she is more expert than me in the industry of emperors, generals, and ministers. I really thought she was not only doing business but When you make a lot of money, you don’t care about anything.

"A spaceship needs a permit to enter and leave the capital world. Otherwise, you can just apply for civil routes and it will be approved in a few seconds. Civilian aerospace here is as popular as bicycles. But to be honest, there is no place for you in this space. The places to go, except for the Shadow City, are basically military zones, star battleships, and space star ports. If you dare to go there to sell stones, I guarantee that you will be attacked by anti-aircraft guns within three seconds. Beat it down."

Phyllis shrank her neck again: She had definitely thought about this!

"By the way, speaking of stones, I plan to buy all the stones on your merchant ships." I changed the topic to the treasures that may be hidden in the Fiat merchant ships. "Remember what I told you before. I’ve packed all the cargo in your spaceship.”

"What do you want that thing for?" Phyllis frowned, "According to my observation, you are so wealthy that you have almost lost your humanity. How come you are so interested in my three ships of rubble... gems?"

"Nonsense. Do you think I really want the stone? Don't you suspect that you dug something that shouldn't be dug," I said angrily. There is no need to keep this matter secret anyway, "How do you think you were the fallen apostle? Hunting down those in the four quadrants?! There are sensitive materials in your warehouse! Do you know what sensitive materials are? Once those fallen apostles get a whiff of them, they will hunt them down throughout the void! You guys Help those who want money but not their lives!”

At this time, Phyllis finally showed a truly frightened expression: This guy who wants money rather than his life is indeed sometimes scared. She grabbed my sleeve and turned pale: "You will definitely give me money, right?"

Me: "...That's what you thought of?!"

"Yeah. I'm most afraid of others defaulting on their debts, and it seems that the thing you mentioned involves shady things. This kind of shady goods are the easiest to be defaulted on. It's terrible to be cheated."

I can't remember how many times this vendor made me speechless: "Can't you... think normally for once?"

The adjutant next to her also had a stormy expression on her face: "Your Majesty, please be more decent!"

Only then did Phyllis exhale and show her true expression: a bad smile: "I'm just trying to liven up the atmosphere. You can take all the things on the ship. Don't leave anything behind. Listen to what you say, it's really I'm a little scared, I was almost killed by those unlucky things. Adjutant, go and inform the warehouse guard that all the goods have been transferred to the Xiling Empire, and our people will no longer touch those unlucky things."

"Free?" I looked at Phyllis as if I was seeing an alien. The word "free" came out of her mouth, which was as curious as Lilina's declaration that she believed in truth, goodness and beauty, "I thought you had to at least ask me for..."

"Letting go temporarily is for the long-term benefit," Phyllis winked slyly, "making money from you is the stupidest thing. The place where you can really make big money is -"

As she spoke, she raised her arm, and her hand wrapped in long black silk gloves pointed in the direction of the dimensional hub square.

"That square is full of mobile wallets with two legs, four legs and no legs. I want to have a good relationship with you, a wallet wholesaler..."

"My Queen, please be decent!"

Then, a shipload of stones from the Fiyali people was transferred to the imperial warehouse.

At noon, we took Phyllis and her adjutant to have a light meal at the specialty food street of Shadow City. Before saying goodbye, Phyllis successfully asked me for an unlimited food supply certificate that allowed me to eat as much as I wanted in Shadow City. I just succeeded in getting rid of this extremely unscrupulous Queen. Phyllis was going to join her subordinates in the visitor area. By the way, I was planning her great trade route business, and I was going to go to the headquarters again: Although there is never-ending work in that place, I am almost used to this busy life now.

"Why don't you go home and rest first?" When I set off to the headquarters, I glanced at Lin Xue who was walking beside me. Although the eldest lady was in good spirits, she was obviously a little depressed. She was yawning all the time on the way. Apparently this was due to lack of rest.

In the past few days, as a prophet who guards the empire, she has been mentally exhausted. I am afraid that even Sandora, who is directing the battle on the front line, has not spent as much energy as her. In addition, she did not have a good rest last night. Lin Xue A little listless now.

For her who is close to a god, she can quickly recover from physical fatigue and injuries, but the energy and mental consumption is a troublesome: not to mention that her ability relies exclusively on mental power. .

"I'm not so weak, okay." The eldest lady glared at me stiffly, with a sudden sense of shyness deep in her eyes. Now she has some conditioned reflexes. As long as she is reminded of what happened last night, She can accidentally become shy. After softening the hard and prickly skin of this little hedgehog, I faced the real side of the eldest lady - very soft and cute, but the level of venomous tongue seemed to have not changed much.

I shrugged. Lin Xue can be very stubborn sometimes, especially when she is in a strong state. No one can hold her back.

We held hands and walked slowly towards the center of the city, immersed in a quiet atmosphere that rarely appeared between the two of us. The eldest lady seemed to hesitate for a moment because of something, and then suddenly came over and stood in front of us. A peck on my face: it was a surprise.

I pinched the tip of this girl's nose. I usually take the initiative, but this time it was this shy guy who took the initiative. This was quite surprising: "What's wrong?"

"It's okay," Lin Xue smiled sillyly, as if what she just did was done unconsciously. Then she turned her head and muttered quietly, as if talking to herself, "Mu Mu, we will stay like this forever. Together, okay?"

"Remember that nightmare again?"

"I can't control it. I always think of what I saw at that time. Now I almost dare not let you leave my sight. I'm afraid that as long as I blink, you will really disappear as predicted..."

"Is that why you agreed to me last night?" I smiled and pinched Lin Xue's cheek, "Just to confirm my existence? Do you want to feel a sense of security?"

Lin Xue didn't say anything, she just squeezed my fingers hard, as if she was afraid that some force would suddenly loosen them.

It seems that the inexplicable wandering into the void and the voice of unknown origin cannot be put aside...

I looked up at the clear sky of Shadow City and made a decision in my mind.

If you have a chance, try... to connect with that voice again. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please read it.)