Su Yao's words were a little vague, but the word "technologist" made Tang Ling a little excited.
In this era, the upper echelons of the pyramid are definitely not represented by the powerful Ziyue warriors.
In the high-level division, there are many specific professional branches, such as technicians, skilled workers, etc.
Perhaps as Su Yao said, Safety Zone 17 is really at the bottom. Even the high-end occupational classification in this era is unclear, or it may be that certain occupations cannot be produced in Safety Zone 17. , so there is no need to list them.
But in any case, the word "technologist" means advanced technology beyond the times, including and not just weapons.
They will provide drawings, find skilled people, and even engineers to produce them, but they have priority in the finished products, so there are many good things in the hands of technicians.
Just because of these three words, Tang Ling deeply felt that it was necessary to ask Su Yao clearly and find out the questions that were racing in his heart.
"Uncle, you just said that the black market is divided into levels. The black market controlled by the top management of Security Zone 17 is the low-level black market, so where is the high-level black market?" Tang Ling asked seriously.
"I'm afraid you have misunderstood me. As a special force, the black market can penetrate everywhere. Any force organization, including but not limited to the safe zone, has many black markets that are intertwined. Some black markets will infiltrate through business. Among the powerful organizations, some black markets stay out of the situation and only extend their tentacles to the whole world. "
"So, how is it possible that there is no high-level black market in Security Zone 17? It's just that it's impossible for ordinary people to access it. Just like the 12 entrances Tony gave you cannot lead to the high-level black market, those 12 entrances can only enter the low-level black market. Wait for the black market.”
"In addition, you need to pay attention, although this is just my suspicion. According to my observation, the real high-end black market generally just observes the turbulence of the outside world. And there is only one organization that can truly be called a high-end black market." Su Yao frowned. The brow said such a sentence, but stood still in the face of the storm. Generally, there are only two explanations.
First, the intention is not to fight for power, but to truly stay out of it.
Second, the plan is very big. After all, the black market is also the largest intelligence network. How terrible is it when all the intelligence comes together in one place
But Tang Ling didn't pay too much attention to Su Yao's words. He was only 15 years old. Age determined his knowledge, and knowledge limited his thinking.
What interested him was what kind of organization was that
Regarding his question, Su Yao also answered directly: "The name of this organization is 'floe', which means a huge ice floe, floating ice on the sea. Maybe the part exposed to the sea is only 100% of its real volume. Ten out of ten, or even smaller.”
"What an amazing name." Tang Ling sighed with emotion, then scratched his head and asked with great interest: "So there is also a high-end black market established by Floe Ice in Safe Zone 17?"
It turns out that there are so many rules and complexities in the black market. Tang Ling is full of interest in the black market. Inexplicably, he has become a person with too many shady secrets. Maybe the black market is a more suitable place for him.
"Of course, ice floes are everywhere." Su Yao answered directly.
"So this time, are we trading with floating ice?" Tang Ling became excited again.
"What are you thinking? Do you need those resources to trade with Floe Ice? Moreover, Floe Ice's trading partners are all leaders of forces above level one, or professions above level three. Do you think you can count? Which green onion?" Su Yao patted Tang Ling's head.
"What is a force above level one? Uncle, I'm afraid you don't have the ability to see ice floes, right?" Tang Ling couldn't keep his mouth shut after being slapped on the head.
As expected, he was kicked by Su Yao and fell to the ground.
**
The dark passage goes straight down, and I don't know how to maintain ventilation
Moreover, the passage is winding and winding, with many forks. According to Su Yao, if you don't master the specific rules of walking, you will get lost.
However, such a passage is not lonely, just because he and Su Yao will meet one or two people wearing black robes and masks from time to time.
Either go to another road, or follow the same road as them, but you will soon reach the front.
The black market naturally has many hidden rules of the black market.
Different paths and keeping distance are the most basic principles. After all, trading in the black market is not a very visible thing. The more you go to the high-end black market, the more so.
On the contrary, the so-called low-level black market is just one road away, so there is no need to worry so much.
Tang Ling didn't ask any more questions along the way, although he was really curious about the form in which so many black markets existed underground.
Perhaps seeing that he was holding back too hard, Su Yao explained: "When a black market officially enters a power organization, it will mark a location underground in the power organization in advance. This location will maintain two basic principles."
"First, it is the Bitong Hall. Yes, you heard it right, all black markets, regardless of size, have a unified black market hall.
The most bizarre sight in the black market hall is that there are more than a dozen doors of different shapes.
These doors are simply works of art, with markings unique to each black market engraved on them.
This is first of all to prevent the wrong black market, and secondly to restrict it. "
"Well, those who are restricted from entering the low-level black market mistakenly enter the high-level black market." Tang Ling understood such restrictions very well.
"You are right. These doors have their own special access control. The badge Tony gave you will never be able to open any door except the lowest black market door in Security Zone 17. The premise is that you Being able to enter that mysterious black market hall." Su Yao seemed to be touched by something, and now he was very careful when explaining everything to Tang Ling.
"The second principle is that the underground roads of various black markets can intersect, but they must not communicate with each other. This is a large and complex project, and engineers, who are specialized in construction, are generally hired to build and plan it."
"It feels so exciting. It's hard for me to imagine that I'm walking on the ground and there is a gray world underground. I thought that the only people living underground were people living in settlements." Tang Ling's voice gradually became quieter. I didn’t mean to bring up some of the past.
Su Yao patted Tang Ling on the shoulder, as if he was deliberately changing the subject, and said, "Do you know the black market hall? A really interesting place. There, you will make a lot of friends who you don't know who they are, and you will find them at the end of the road. There is a glimmer of hope, and you will get all kinds of incredible anecdotes. After all, the world is changing every day after entering the Purple Moon era. "
"Also, you can see the craziest auction."
"Then let's go to the black market hall?" Tang Ling was indeed very interested.
"No, the black market hall is not opened every day. Besides, you are not qualified to enter yet."
"However, one day, you will be qualified. I think that day is not far away." Su Yao's tone was gentle, and while he was speaking, he and Tang Ling had already walked away unknowingly. The dirt passage leading to the oil lamp led to a relatively delicate passage.
This passage is not long and is paved with blue stone slabs. The stone slabs are carved with complicated patterns, with a typical style of the pre-civilized Goddess Continent. It is not so artistic and full of free and rough colors.
The center of the pattern is a woman wearing a veil in profile. I don’t know what this means
However, there is no need to guess its meaning, just because when you come to the end of this passage, you will see a huge, black door, also carved with a woman's profile, with words written in the common language of Guangming State on the door With 'Welcome to Lady Selena's Black Market'.
So, the woman in the veil is Lady Selina
It should be a force from the Goddess Continent, right? The name is also so straightforward.
There is no need to dwell on the language issue. Anyway, the most common language in Guangming State and Goddess State is the same language.
The door was very heavy. Tang Ling curiously tried to push it, but Su Yao stopped him.
"Madame's Black Market is also one of the very famous black markets. Before, I mentioned to you that the high-level black market can even find technicians. Madam's Black Market also has this ability, because the high-level I mentioned before is a vague concept. If you want to be strict and clear Only then can we say that the only high-end black market is the floating ice black market." Su Yao seemed to have made a very thorough change, getting rid of his past style of being able to speak clearly in one word and never say two words.
This made Tang Ling a little uncomfortable and couldn't help but ask, "What next? Is there any direct connection with me pushing the door?"
"Of course, can the door of a black market with this kind of strength be pushed open casually? It even hides mechanisms. If you touch it, you will end up in disastrous consequences." As he spoke, Su Yao took out a very special tool from his pocket. Exquisite badge.
Compared with the badge Tony gave Tang Ling, this badge was simply a work of art.
Made of gold, rubies, diamonds and sapphires are intertwined to form a special pattern. In the center of the badge, no need to guess, it is still the profile of the lady wearing a veil.
Su Yao pasted the badge on the black door.
Soon, a glimmer of light flashed across the door at an extremely fast speed. This seemingly heavy door slowly opened a gap on both sides that could allow one person to pass through.
At the gap, a strong man wearing a hood but a tuxedo glanced at Su Yao and Tang Ling, and said in a low voice: "Welcome, distinguished guest. Please show your badge. As usual, we will also Need to check again.”
Su Yao lit a cigarette and casually threw the badge in his hand to the gatekeeper.
The gatekeeper took it, inspected it carefully, and returned the badge to Su Yao: "The second-class VIP badge, according to the permissions, in addition to the owner of the badge, it can also bring two people into Madam's black market. It fully meets the requirements, please."
The badge confirmed Su Yao's status, and the gatekeeper spoke in a more respectful tone. While speaking, he moved out of the way and made an inviting gesture.
Su Yao led Tang Ling into Madam's Black Market through the gate.
But Tang Ling didn't show much shock as Su Yao thought.
Although Madam’s Black Market looks so shocking, it’s surprising that there is such a building underground
It is very huge, as if it were built in a giant cave. In the center of the cave is a huge flower bed.
The cave walls on both sides of the cave are inlaid with light bulbs of various colors according to floral patterns, illuminating the entire cave.
Under the bright light, you can see about a hundred people of various sizes walking around in this hall-like cave.
Like Su Yao and Tang Ling, they wore black cloaks and masks.
But occasionally, the mask will be raised slightly to expose the lower part of the face, for the convenience of eating and drinking.
Why not eat and drink? Madam Black Market prepared the best feast around the flower bed. A long table covered with white cloth surrounded the flower bed. There were abundant drinks and meat on the table. Tang Ling even saw boxes piled up neatly. Yes, the kind of cigarettes Su Yao smoked.
As long as these cloaked guests are willing, they can take whatever is on the table at will.
But does Tang Ling need to be shocked? Is there any place in the world that is more stylish and elegant than the Mystery Shop
What about the black market where the key is trading? Don't worry, they are so conspicuous, just behind the flower bed, directly opposite people after entering the gate.
The cave wall there was dug into the shape of a staircase, with a total of three levels.
There are four decks on the first floor.
The second level has two decks.
As for the top floor, there is only one pavement. Maybe it shouldn’t be a pavement? It doesn't have any signboard, only the profile of the lady wearing a veil is engraved on the door. Maybe it's an office or something like that
Tang Ling didn't care either. What he cared about was another question: "Uncle, the food here is free, right?"
"Yes, it's a pity that I have no intention of letting you eat and drink here. Do you want to be exposed? With your unique appetite and appetite, you will soon be exposed as a Husky wild boar." Su Yao pulled Tang Ling away , almost 'holding' him towards the shop.
But when he passed those long tables, he stuffed many packs of cigarettes into each pocket of his body.
Tang Ling resisted fiercely. He took five packs of cigarettes and pulled the leg of an unknown beast.
It was not big, but it looked very delicate. Tang Ling opened the mask slightly and stuffed it into his mouth in three strokes.
Not bad, coated with a layer of honey, although it seems a bit too sweet.
Su Yao resisted the urge to beat Tang Ling to death and 'caught' Tang Ling directly to the shop on the second floor.
When passing by the store on the first floor, Tang Ling clearly saw the words 'Madam's daily necessities store', 'Madam's weapon shop', 'Madam's armor shop' and 'Madam's technology shop' written on the four shops respectively.
The two shops on the second floor are "Madam's Restaurant" and "Madam's Mineral Shop" respectively.
Although there are only six shops, it can be said to be all-inclusive.
As Su Yao walked, he said to Tang Ling: "Madam, the black market sells all high-quality goods, but the four shops downstairs can sell high-quality goods, and the black market above average can also sell them. I will take you to Madam." The black market is because its real feature is that it can provide high-grade meat and minerals that cannot be easily found in other black markets.”
As soon as Tang Ling heard about high-end meat, he understood it. Su Yao had indeed brought him to the right place.
But Tang Ling still asked unwillingly: "Where is it upstairs?"
"Do you want to buy information? Or do you have some high-end, big deal you want to negotiate?"
"I have 120,000 credits." Although he despised Yu and Auston for not having any money, Tang Ling still felt that he had a huge amount of money.
"Haha, can you please stop being embarrassed? With all your credit points in Safe Zone No. 17, you will be laughed at even if you go to the lowest black market." As he spoke, Su Yao pulled Tang Ling and directly entered the madam's restaurant.
Here, there is a smell of fried steak. If you look closely, it turns out that in the entire huge store, the counter is designed to look like a stove. It seems that a fat man of the shop owner is frying on the stove. No, he is frying on the counter. steak.
Tang Ling was now someone who had seen the meat of level two and level three ferocious beasts. He could tell at a glance that the steak the shopkeeper was frying was a piece of mutated beast meat of level three or above, and the small strips of meat on the side looked like decorations. It is genuine first-class ferocious beast meat.
"Are there guests?" The fat shopkeeper looked very kind. When he saw Su Yao and Tang Ling walking into the store, he quickly scooped out the freshly fried steaks and strips of meat from the pan, cut them slightly, and put two pieces in each. in a plate.
"Everyone who comes into the store is a customer, want to try my craftsmanship?" The fat man said while walking towards Su Yao and Tang Ling out of breath.
It wasn't until he walked out of the counter that you realized that his body hidden behind the counter was much fatter than you thought.
But, is it so luxurious
No, neither Tang Ling nor Su Yao considered luxury, because in this restaurant, except for the counter and a few tables that were like a restaurant, perhaps for guests, there were no particularly extraneous furnishings.
It doesn't need to be furnished or decorated. Those densely packed and neat air-dried meat strips hanging on the ceiling shelves already speak of its strength.
Because at a glance, the sixth-level mutated beast meat is the lowest quality, and the third-level ferocious beast meat is not uncommon. Even the fourth- or fifth-level ferocious beast meat whose muscles have a metallic luster, you It can also be found in these meat strips.
So, luxury? Such hospitality is not extravagant.
What's more, with such a posture, Tang Ling had every reason to believe that the best goods were definitely not in this open store, maybe they were hidden in a secret room in the store? VIP room? Anyway, that's what Quark, the old fox in the settlement, did.
But where did quark go? Tang Ling found that he was about to forget this incident again, but luckily he could still remember the last few mysterious numbers Quark told him.
Just when Tang Ling was distracted, the fat shopkeeper had already brought the meat in front of Su Yao and Tang Ling, and then sat beside them with a smile.
"Dear guests, what do you need? You can tell me now, and I will prepare the goods for you while you enjoy your meal."
The service provided by Madam Black Market’s shopkeeper is awesome.
Tang Ling ignored it. Su Yao said that the credits he brought were embarrassing, so he might as well eat them first and leave the rest to Su Yao.
Su Yao calmly moved the small piece of ferocious beast meat from Tang Ling's plate to his plate.
After all, with Tang Ling's current strength, the process of digesting the meat of ferocious beasts was not that pleasant.
Tang Ling understood this, and the fat shopkeeper pretended that he didn't pay attention to this detail. Instead, he thoughtfully handed over the two half-face masks and turned around.
Tang Ling and Su Yao put on half-face masks, which covered their faces quite well. Except for their chin and mouth, nothing was exposed.
Su Yao cut a piece of meat, put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly, then took out a crystal card and placed it on the table.
"All the credits here will be exchanged for meat. But only the meat of ferocious beasts."
Yes, mutated beast meat is not impossible for today's Tang Ling, but the amount required is far greater than that of ferocious beast meat, which will cause a lot of inconvenience, and the absorption rate will be weaker than that of ferocious beast meat.
Since this kid had the luxury of eating ferocious beast meat from the beginning, he tried his best to maintain it.
This is what Su Yao thinks.
Faced with Su Yao's heroic move, the fat shopkeeper didn't show much surprise. Instead, he picked up Su Yao's crystal card and looked at it carefully.
"It's a bit embarrassing. This crystal card is the credit point supreme card of the No. 17 security zone. Even though the amount inside is not less than one million credit points. But according to the rules, these credit points cannot be exchanged for ferocious beast meat. At most, they can only In exchange for mutated beast meat between level 7 and level 9 according to a certain matching ratio.”
"If there is hope, we can exchange for some ferocious beast meat. But it cannot exceed level three ferocious beast meat." The fat shopkeeper's smile did not change, and he would not stop because Su Yao took out the credits from the No. 17 safe zone. Feeling disappointed.
There was no expression of pity that he entertained Su Yao and Tang Ling with their meaty meals.
"Well, there are a total of 3.4 million credits in it, so I won't care about the fraction. I mean, I definitely want to exchange it for the meat of the ferocious beast." Su Yao took out his badge and placed it on the table.
The fat shopkeeper took a look at Su Yao's badge and showed a different look for the first time.
A trace of respect, and more embarrassment.
Without waiting for the fat shopkeeper to speak, Su Yao took out two transparent round ones, about the size of coins, with green jade in the center, and placed them on the table.
"Credit points will not be the only currency I pay you, what about adding this?" Su Yao smiled as he cut another piece of meat and put it in his mouth.
The fat shopkeeper suddenly picked up the two small things Su Yao put on the table, and his eyes, which were squeezed by the flesh, suddenly shone.
(End of chapter)