After sorting out her thoughts, Yao Ji got off the stool and walked towards the middle of the crowd. Step by step, she walked up to Cui Ji. Cui Ji didn't raise her head to look at her; she just stared blankly ahead, her eyes Hollow. Truly like a toy, Yao Ji reached out and moved Cui Ji's head. Cui Ji didn't resist at all, her eyes revealing a deep sense of helplessness.
Yao Ji took a breath and picked up Cui Ji in a princess carry. Their eyes met, meeting Cui Ji's gaze.
Yao Ji could feel that there wasn't even a hint of doubt or surprise in that gaze. You couldn't even read any emotion from it. Or was it? Numbness?
At the same time, the Tomb Raiders had finished looting all the property and were preparing to run away. Yao Ji saw this and thought, 'This won't do!' The free labor is about to run away! She shouted, "Stop!" Immediately, everyone froze in place. The Tomb Raider Thug turned his head and said in a fawning voice, "Master, what are your orders?"
"I remember you seem to know a shop that makes prosthetics. Take me to have a look."
The Tomb Raider Thug looked at the young girl in Yao Ji's arms, scratched his head a little puzzled, and then said softly, "Master, I'll be so bold as to say, this girl's limbs are completely useless, basically worthless, and has been resold many times..."
At this point, a hint of fear appeared in Cui Ji's originally abyssal eyes. You could clearly feel the girl trembling in her arms. Yao Ji raised the hilt of her blade and slammed it hard on the Thug's head. Cracks instantly appeared on the Thug's helmet, and then the helmet shattered, revealing a middle-aged man's head underneath with a huge bump.
"Enough nonsense, don't ask what you shouldn't!"
"Yes, yes, yes, Master is right. I'll take Master there myself! Oh, no, no, I won't trouble Master. I'll go get the owner of that shop!" The Tomb Raider Thug hurriedly took a spare helmet from his subordinates and put it on. But it seemed that the bump on his head was too big, and he couldn't put it on no matter how hard he tried. A small part of his chin was always exposed, which looked very comical.
Yao Ji watched the Thug limp towards the shop and then pulled the stool back to sit down. She tilted her head and looked at the Tomb Raider underlings next to her. The underlings still seemed to be terrified by what had just happened, and they were all stunned and didn't dare to move.
Hmm, he actually didn't take his underlings away? Oh well, this will prevent this guy from running away.
Yao Ji was about to close her eyes and rest when a woman in the distance walked over, clapping her hands. She didn't want to pay attention at first, but when the woman walked up to her, Yao Ji realized that the visitor didn't seem friendly. The woman was wearing a white coat, clearly in the state of a researcher. The clothes she wore weren't expensive, but the bodyguards behind her didn't look cheap at all, each of them tall and burly.
With her extraordinary insight, Yao Ji discovered that the bodyguards were carrying submachine guns in their arms, and there seemed to be some special material armor under their clothes. Even if there was only a tiny bit of deformation at the hem of their clothes, she still noticed it.
"I'm not the boss. The boss has some matters to attend to and probably won't be seen for a long time." Yao Ji closed her eyes to rest, completely ignoring the person who came.
"But I think you are the boss now." The female researcher said with a smile, "Let me introduce myself. I am a researcher from Midsummer Group. I am very interested in the goods behind you, oh no, the goods in your arms."
Midsummer Group? Yao Ji frowned slightly after hearing this name, feeling like she had heard of this group before, but also like she hadn't. In the game plot, it was the kind of existence that was dispensable.
Considering that she didn't really understand the financial structure of this world, Yao Ji hesitated for a moment. But she could clearly feel the trembling of the girl in her arms. A strong desire to live was revealed in her originally godless eyes, and those eyes were staring straight at her. Even if Yao Ji was dull, she could understand the meaning of those eyes: "Please, save me."
Perhaps the girl sensed her kindness? Or perhaps her asking about buying prosthetics gave the girl hope? Or perhaps the girl herself was full of fear for the future?
Yao Ji subconsciously wanted to hold the girl's hand, but then she found that this hand had no temperature at all. It wasn't cold, but purely had no temperature, like a fake... No, it was fake to begin with.
"You don't have to have any burden. Who knows how many times this kind of second-hand goods has been resold? Even if she looks good, she's not worth much. I'm willing to pay a higher price than the original price to buy her." The researcher smiled and stretched out her hand, intending to hold up two fingers, but then she felt an irresistible force coming from her palm, forcibly bending her fingers back.
Yao Ji's expression changed from complicated to expressionless. Of course, this change was only a flash of sadness in her eyes under the mask.
"I said." Yao Ji stood up and placed the girl in her arms on the stool. She turned around, her eyes blazing red.
"I, am not the boss."
"I, also do not do business."
The female researcher was obviously stunned for a moment, revealing a puzzled look. She added, "If two times the price isn't enough, I can increase it..."
"I, hate, this business." Yao Ji had already placed her hand on the hilt of her blade. The mask on her face became more and more demonic, setting off her red eyes, which looked extremely strange. Yao Ji's malicious gaze moved back and forth among the three people in front of her.
"Am I, clear enough?" She slammed the hilt of her blade on the ground, and a faint red wave of energy spread out from the center. The Tomb Raiders on both sides had already wisely moved away from the battlefield.
"Uh..." The female researcher was obviously frightened and took a step back, but she quickly calmed down. She showed an awkward but polite smile, "I was being presumptuous, Your Excellency, please proceed."
She slowly left with the bodyguards behind her, clearly unwilling, but Yao Ji didn't flinch at all. With her strength, not to mention these few guys, even if they threw another 23 mecha over, it would be useless.
At this time, the Thug who had gone out also brought the boss back. The boss was an old man with glasses and a scruffy beard, looking very unhygienic. When he saw the girl, he paused for a moment, a look of melancholy appearing in his eyes, but it only lasted a few seconds. Perhaps the boss was really used to it.
"Low-end lower limb components are 20,000 each, upper limb components are 30,000 each, mid-range components are double the price." The boss raised his glasses.
"What's the difference between high-end components and mid-range components?" Yao Ji asked curiously. Of course, she didn't forget to pick up the knife and slam it on the ground again.
The boss felt the threat of death and the Demon Lord's obviously malicious gaze next to him, then wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead. He honestly explained, "Low-end components can only guarantee normal eating and walking. Don't even think about grabbing a pen or writing. Mid-range components can meet all the needs of daily life, and even have a certain improvement on the original functions. High..."
Just as he was about to continue, the boss immediately shut his mouth and looked at Yao Ji.
"Don't consider the money. What are the functions of high-end components?"
"High-end components are expensive, but the effect is quite good. Even if ordinary people replace their limbs with high-end prosthetic components, they can have the ability to compete with Eihai. High-end components themselves are high-precision technology products, but the price..."
"? How much?"
The boss held out one finger.
"100,000?"
"1 million, for one lower leg component. If this girl wants to replace all four limbs, it should start at 10 to 20 million."
"..." Yao Ji pondered for a moment, then raised her head and said to the boss with a friendly face, "Boss, this is the black market, right?"
"? ?" The boss suddenly felt a red word 'Danger' flashing above his head. "Master, we can discuss this, but the cost of this thing is also very high, and I can't get much! And in high-end places, this thing will only be more expensive! Rich people don't care about such numbers."
"So the cost of this thing..."
Before she could finish speaking, her extremely strong insight once again made Yao Ji feel the danger. She kicked forward hard, but didn't use all her strength, kicking the boss and the Tomb Raider Thug 7 or 8 meters away.
"No, you're trying to kill someone and steal their goods..." The boss was about to curse when the mecha descending from the sky interrupted his thoughts. He could only open his mouth and babble.
The Tomb Raider Thug was also obviously stunned for a moment, but he instantly reacted, grabbed his underlings, and carried the boss to run away.
The female researcher slowly got up from the mecha several meters high, her eyes full of tyranny and arrogance. Obviously, she was angered by the failure of the previous transaction.
"For you, it's just a business deal. If it doesn't work out, it doesn't work out. Is it necessary to make such a big fuss?" Yao Ji put her hand on her blade.
"Business? Haha! You simply don't know how important this body behind you is. That's a remnant of the Silver Army! These rich young masters have no idea of its value. As long as we can take it back, we can analyze the composition of a flawless gene clone. Maybe we can complete that magic of creating an army with sugar and air! Even if we can't complete it..."
The female researcher smiled and said, "The Silver Army's organs have a 100% compatibility with normal people, making them perfect for organ transplant surgery. What's more, they inherently possess extremely strong ether resistance. If we sell its organs intact to someone, even a hundred million dini wouldn't be too much! Even with just her, this deal is guaranteed to make a profit!"
Afterward, the female researcher said with a playful tone, "After all, these unlucky soldiers were once the designed Lidu's Edge."
"... Hmm..." Yao Ji suddenly felt as if her understanding had been trampled on, and two streams of air shot out from her nostrils.
But then she noticed a sobbing sound coming from behind her. Looking over, Cui Ji, who had been sitting in the chair, had fallen to the ground due to the several waves of air. Without limbs, she couldn't stand up at all, her face covered in dust, and she could only choose to cry.
"This is a business to me, what is it to you? Don't think you're more valuable than this business!" The female researcher's expression was stern, and then she called for more mechs to land, a full 10 of them. Including 2 ［Brute］s and 3 ［Guardian Type I］s.
Yao Ji turned her head, gripping the hilt of her blade, ready to swing it. Suddenly, her expression became dazed, and her consciousness seemed to be stretched into another space. In that space, a huge ghostly figure asked her:
"What exactly is this business to you?"
Yao Ji came back to her senses, and this question kept repeating, with a few seconds between each repetition. Yao Ji lowered her head and pondered, then opened her big eyes and stared at the ghostly figure, answering, "I * your M, what's the situation? Why don't you let old * out! Would you be happy to see me beaten to death?!"
Ghostly figure: ... But Yao Ji found that this didn't seem to work. She was still trapped in this space. Helpless, she patted her head and began to quickly think about this question. Asking and answering, but not just yes or no.
"Why do I sympathize with her situation? Human instinct?"
"No, basically everyone in the black market except you defaults to this kind of transaction."
"Well, my education doesn't allow me to do such things!"
"No, everyone in high-end clubs has an education level no lower than yours."
"The textbooks in my world are definitely more enlightened than the textbooks in this world." Yao Ji was getting a little annoyed by the questioning.
"Your world?" The ghostly figure comically widened one eye and asked, then opened the textbooks of the two worlds, comparing the contents. After a few seconds, it said, "The books are full of truth, goodness, and beauty. There is no difference between the two sides, so it's wrong."
Yao Ji was completely annoyed. She didn't understand why such a critical moment would bring about such a nuisance. It was already outrageous enough that the consortium blocked her at her first stop, but now an even more annoying thing came? A newbie growing up in a boss village, is it?
"I hate treating people as business goods, and I like to crush this stupid concept, destroy this stupid behavior! Just targeting me, doing this, makes me happy!" Yao Ji almost shouted the last sentence, "Hurry up and let me out, you bastard!"
The ghostly figure tilted its head as if thinking about this sentence.
"You're happy? When saving people, you did show joy. Now, you are indeed worried about that girl, established!"
In an instant, the original red space instantly receded, like a tide but without leaving a trace. Yao Ji's thoughts were pulled back to reality. The world was still that moment when she drew her blade. The surroundings seemed as if not even a second had passed. Looking closely, there were faint patterns of spider lilies on the ground.
Yao Ji tried to move and realized that even if she was moving, the other side still had no movement. Only after careful observation did she realize that the other side was moving very slowly.
Yao Ji was a little surprised. She jumped up from the ground onto the head of a mech and took off the female researcher's watch, finding that the time on the watch was flowing in an almost stagnant way.
Yao Ji picked up her blade, finding that her blade was covered with a layer of blue light. The mask was long gone. The Demon Lord was not affected in any way, and did not seem strange about the blue light on the blade. It just floated around her, then turned back into a mask and automatically stuck back to her face. In her mind, it said a sentence: "My Lord, this is an excellent time for battle."
Yao Ji was stunned for a moment. Why do I have to translate classical Chinese at this time? But at least she could understand it, the general meaning. It's nothing more than letting herself practice at this time. This state is likely caused by the ghostly figure she met before.
Yao Ji took a deep breath, raised the blade with both hands above her right head, and felt the surrounding fluctuations. For some reason, she could always feel a flowing energy in the bodies of the surrounding creatures. And she could accurately judge which energy line to follow to take the other side's life.
Moving with the wind—this wind is the biological energy emanating from these mechs. After experiencing a life-and-death crisis, many muscle memories have been re-engraved in her mind. Drawing the blade and cutting off the water, from the moment she drew the blade, her swordsmanship became natural, completely without the stiffness of relying on muscle memory at the beginning. It moved in a curve through the mechs, and also flowed smoothly through all the mechs, like cutting off grass clippings.
Yao Ji's figure cut through the sky, leaving behind bursts of blue streamers. When the blade returned to its sheath, the movement seemed to be just one slash. Countless sharp blades and cold swords burst out from each mech. After the long sword passed, basically only some iron filings were left on the scene.
As for the woman standing on the subway. Honestly, I didn't think about looking at her carefully, but when I turned my head, the corpse was already horrible—just because I didn't specifically chop her. This female researcher failed to return to the molecular state, she was just chopped a few times and turned into several pieces.
The ears on Yao Ji's head twitched restlessly twice, so she looked at the watch she had snatched from the opposite female researcher. Well, the flow of time is normal.
Boss blocking the door? Then you can only eat cold boss.
After seeing this scene, Yao Ji felt a little nauseous in her heart, but not much of a burden. Looking into the distance, the Tomb Raiders and the boss, who were originally surrounded by a mech and about to be wiped out, were staring blankly at this side.
The battle dust settled in just a few seconds. Both sides slowed down for a moment. The Demon Lord changed from the mask back to the floating state. Then Yao Ji once again showed that kind of kind smile on her face, walking step by step towards the boss, who was already frightened out of his wits. The Tomb Raiders next to him didn't even have the thought of blocking her. However, that Thug Tomb Raider trembled and protected the boss in front of him.
"Boss, give me a discount, I want high-end goods, but I really, really don't have that much money, ah—" The terrifying and eerie red light flashed through her eyes again, and the Demon Lord next to her also showed a malicious look, looking back and forth between the few people.
The boss was so frightened that his soul was about to leave his body, and he instinctively took a few steps back. He took a deep breath, calmed his emotions, and said with courage, "Sir, I'll sell it to you at cost price, a total of 600,000 dini..."
After hearing this price, Yao Ji once again put her hand on the hilt of her blade.
"Four hundred and fifty thousand! Four hundred and fifty thousand! It really can't be less, the import price is this number! !"
Yao Ji took out a golden card from her pocket. This was what she had just scavenged from that Moustache boss, a total of four cards. The specific denomination data seemed to be written on it, the smallest one, with "20 million" written on it. Accurately speaking, she still doesn't know how to use this thing. But she also understands in her heart who she should look for for this kind of thing.
Then she threw this card out like a dart and stuck it on the ground, only a few inches away from the boss. The boss was startled again, but then he found that it was a golden card that floated over. He carefully observed Yao Ji's face and pulled up the card. Seeing the 20 million on it, his eyes went straight.
"Let's use this thing as a deposit first, I'll pay with cash when I have it." Yao Ji once again picked up Cui Ji. At this time, the girl had calmed down and looked at her with a much kinder gaze, "The sooner the better, let's start now."
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First of all, let me explain that the blue light on the blade here is not a typo.
The red and blue light of Yao Ji's blade change each other. Because the red light itself is the effect attached after the Demon Lord enters the blade, the blue light is Yao Ji's own power. (For detailed analysis, please move to Chapter 59)