The next morning, that is, on February 17th, Ji Thrush, Ren Jianmo, and Mo Tiangen did not go to the Hourglass Cube as planned, but returned to Liange.
The reason was a piece of news that Mo Tiangen inquired from Zhang Ying.
"You still have contact with her?"
When he heard the source of the information, Ren Jianmo raised his eyebrows, and his eyes stayed on Mr. Dagen's handsome and handsome face for two seconds playfully.
Zhang Ying was the female nurse who entered the "City of Ashes" with them and survived to the end. Later, she was recruited by "Compass" together with her best friend Min Qingqing, and became two new members of the gang.
As a result, these two little girls were quite competitive. In the second "world", they performed well in the team, and they both aroused their abilities. Now they have gained a firm foothold in the "Compass" and become future members of the gang. Focus on training objects.
The two of them had exchanged names with Ji Thrush and others in the first world, so as long as they wanted to keep in touch, they could indeed easily find someone.
But what surprised Ji Thrush was that the two girls didn't contact him, but instead took the initiative to find Mo Tiangen.
Especially the little nurse Zhang Ying, on the night she left the "world", she called Teacher Dagen directly to confirm each other's safety.
In addition, she generously shared some information she got from the gang with Mo Tiangen, one of which is that in "Peach Blossom Spring", there is a guy who can handle the collections for the participants .
"Oh?"
Ren Jianmo heard the words and asked with interest: "What does the so-called 'processing' mean?"
"This man has a wide range of business."
Teacher Dagen broke his fingers and counted one by one:
"It is said that whether it is appraisal, storage, consignment sale, sale, purchase or even bartering, it can be used for all kinds of fees... Ah, of course I mean points, which are much cheaper than the official system of 'Taohuayuan'. "
Ji Thrush received a contact from Mo Tiangen in the middle of the night yesterday. Although he had heard that there was such a person, he hadn't had time to ask the details carefully. Hearing this, he tapped his chin with his knuckles:
"So, it sounds like a second-hand dealer who specializes in turnover of collectibles! Then he is a participant like us? Or does he have some other identity?"
Ji Xiaoniao thought, if the Erdao trafficker is also a participant who will be forcibly thrown into the "world" on the 15th of every month, then the problem is a bit serious.
"Peach Blossom Spring" stipulates that when the participants make a certain agreement, they can be witnessed by each other's artificial intelligence.
In this way, as long as the two parties are still within the scope of the "Peach Blossom Spring", they cannot use fraud, breach of contract, or violence to seize any points or items from other people. According to the regulations, the consequences will be so serious that no one wants to defy the law.
However, if the Erdao dealer is also a participant, it means that he will be forcibly thrown into a certain "world" on the 15th of every month. If he came out alive, would the collection entrusted to him for safekeeping and sale be returned to the owner safe and sound
"I don't even know it!"
Dagen teacher shrugged:
"Xiaoying also doesn't know the identity of that person, but I heard that he has rented a room in Liange for a long time, treating it as his own storefront."
As he spoke, he took out a piece of crumpled paper from his pocket:
"I also found out the room number, it's 'Between Maple Leafs'."
In Liange, as long as you know a certain room number, you can get in touch with the renter who is using the room at that time, and if you get the permission of the other party, you can enter.
Ji Thrush tried to dial the "Maple Leaf Between" communication number with his watch.
Soon, the call was picked up.
"Hello."
On the other end of the phone, there was a low and magnetic uncle's voice.
There is a bit of hoarse smoky voice in the gentle enunciation, which is intellectual and elegant, comparable to a pillar dubbing actor at the golden eight o'clock stage of a certain state-run TV station, so su that it can make people's ears pregnant.
However, in the next second, Su's voice suddenly became irritable:
"I don't know your room number, so don't talk nonsense, tell me, what is your current 'world' difficulty level?"
Ji Thrush: "...F."
"goodbye!"
The magnetic uncle's voice over there answered crisply.
"Don't don't!!"
Ji Thrush hurriedly shouted: "We just got a collection, and I want you to identify it!"
There was a second of silence on the other end of the phone.
"Do you have a collection?"
The tone of Su's uncle's voice, which has reached the extreme, rose slightly, and seemed to have some doubts:
"You mean, the collectibles you got?"
Ji Thrush: "Yes, yes, yes!"
The man's voice became even more troubled:
"You mean, you got it in the 'world' that just ended? It really wasn't given to you by someone else?"
Ji Xiaoniao: "Yes, yes, that's it!"
This time, the other party was silent for a longer time.
After about ten seconds, the uncle replied:
"That's fine. Although I know I'm going to be unlucky today, but... you guys come up."
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Five minutes later, Ji Thrush, Ren Jianmo, and Mo Tiangen stood in front of the "Between Maple Leafs".
Like other rooms in Liange, it has a platinum round arched metal door, without any written words, only a palm-sized sign is hung on the door, with a pure white background and a fiery red maple leaf in the middle At first glance, it looks a bit like the national flag of Canada.
Ji Thrush reached out and knocked on the door.
"Come in."
The magnetic subwoofer sounded from inside the door that he had heard just now.
As the voice fell, the door of the room opened quietly as if controlled by voice.
The room was a bit dim, especially Ji Thrush's eyesight was very good, when he looked into the room, he could only see a dark shadow about his height.
He walked between the maple leaves with a little trepidation.
After the three of them entered the room, the metal arch behind them closed immediately, and in the next second, all the lights in the room were turned on in an instant.
Ji Thrush: "!!!?"
He was stunned. For a moment, he couldn't believe what he saw.
Because, he saw, in the middle of the room, standing a tall bird!
The bird has a pair of slender and long feet, all covered with gray feathers, and there is a short crest behind the head that looks like a pile of dull feathers.
More importantly, it has a large head and a huge beak that is equipped with it, which looks like the head of a whale. The beak is wide and thick, and the end of the mouth is bent into a sharp hook shape, which looks very lethal force.
Moreover, the bird was wearing a black silk robe and mandarin jacket, but a hole was left where the cuffs and the back hem were originally, so that its two wings and the raised tail feathers could be exposed.
It wears a pair of high-top rivet riding boots on its feet, so the appearance of its claws cannot be seen, and an oversized flip bag is slung across its shoulders, with a gray canvas bottom and a red five-pointed star embroidered in the middle—see It looks almost the same as the characteristic products of the era a hundred years ago!
Ji Thrush: "..."
"Fuck!"
Mo Tiangen blurted out: "Isn't this a whalebill!?"
When Teacher Dagen, who is rich in professional knowledge, yelled, Ji Thrush remembered.
—Yes, this is the Shoebill!
——It was once all the rage on major social software. It is native to Africa. It is said that a ferocious stork with a huge mouth can swallow fish, chicken, and children!
"Bah, blah, blah, blah, blah!"
The shoebill in a black silk mandarin jacket spoke, his voice was low and magnetic, it was the uncle's voice they had heard in the conversation earlier.
"Please call me Yao Wanguan! You know, it's not the whalebill stork, it's Yao Wanguan!"
Ji Thrush: "..."
Although his Chinese is really not that good, but this is completely a homophonic stalk of "wealthy", which is very good, and it really fits his status as a second-hand dealer.
"Okay, okay, Mr. Yao Wanguan."
Ji Thrush tried hard to control the expression on his face, and put on a calm, gentle and respectful smile, "We would like to ask you to help identify a collection."
Shoebill... No, it should be Yao Wanguan, walking towards the crowd with unsteady steps, tilting his head, and sweeping over the three of them one by one with his round bean-like eyes.
"You guys are all F-rank?"
Ji Thrush swore that he could see suspicion and contempt on the face of a stork.
Still he nodded.
"Then, well, you guys take out the things you want to identify."
Yao Wanguan lowered his voice and muttered to himself:
"I'd like to see what you can get from the 'world' with F-level difficulty!"
Ji Thrush took out the Luna Stone from his trouser pocket, heard the last words of the Shoebill Stork, and his heart trembled.
"... I've never heard of it, F-level 'worlds' can get collectibles..."
Ji Thrush suppressed the confusion in his heart, and handed the green-gold stone to Yao Wanguan, "Here, this is it."
"Hey, it's really a collectible!"
Yao Wanguan's bright bean eyes widened again, and he stretched out his wings to get the Luna Stone, but he stopped before the feather was about to touch Ji Thrush's hand, and tilted his head to look at him:
"Each identification requires 200 points."
Ji Thrush thought about it, it was indeed much cheaper than the "Peach Blossom Spring" charge, and it was still within his acceptable expenses, so he nodded without hesitation.
However, in the next second, he felt a heartfelt, profound, almost suffocating regret for his decision.
Because the whalebill stork opened its big mouth like a hacksaw, and with a mouthful of "owwow", it engulfed the palm of his hand holding the Luna Stone, and then he swallowed the stone with only a "gudong".
Ji Thrush: "!!?"
Because he was so surprised, he even stretched out his palm in a daze, forgetting to take it back.
"belch!"
A few seconds later, Yao Wanguan stretched his neck, hiccupped, then turned his head, and with a "vomit", he vomited the Luna Stone he had just swallowed back into Ji Xiaoniao's open palm.
Feeling the sticky and warm touch of his palm, Ji Thrush bit the bullet and looked down.
The Luna Stone is still the blue-gold color that he is used to, with a faint metallic luster, but there is a layer of very suspicious slime on the surface, and there are some undigested small fish and dried shrimp fragments on it!
Ji Thrush: "!!!"
He felt like he was going crazy.
—Who will tell him whether he can still take this stone? !