Chapter 161: Get Information
There are quite a lot of goods in the black market slave market in Fairhaven. In addition to the common races, there are also some not-so-common species.
For example, the person in front of me has a pair of triangular ears on his head and a face elongated like a wolf. He is obviously infected with [Beastiality].
[Beast Transformation] is also the symptom that players in [Foreign Land] often call [Beast-eared Cute Girl].
Lycanthropy and orcs are two different things. Orcs do look more like beasts than humans, but their hair is usually dark, almost black. They have pointed ears like wolves, blood-red, ferocious and cruel eyes, dark green skin, pig-like upturned nostrils, and a flat forehead and protruding jaw like an ape.
The orcs even have obvious characteristics of wild beasts, with thick and sharp fangs protruding from their lips, dense body hair like wild beast fur, and an average height of over two meters, an average weight of over 100 kilograms, making them strong and ferocious.
The comparison between orcs and humans is like the difference between gorillas and apes after evolution. Although they are both humanoid creatures, there are huge differences between them.
Lycanthropy is a condition in which a creature can change from human form to animal form. People bitten by them will become similar to them due to some kind of infection. This life form is somewhat similar to the [First Embrace] of the descendants of vampires.
But the difference is that the success rate of vampires' [First Embrace] is not very high, and the vampire upper class also has some restrictions on the behavior of developing offspring. But lycanthropy is much simpler , it is like rabies, as long as you are bitten and not die, there is a high probability that you will be infected, and then grow the corresponding lycanthropy organs.
On every full-moon night, patients with lycanthropy will transform into wild beasts, lose their minds, and madly attack uninfected creatures in order to develop their own kind.
There are several different types of beastism. One type is when the bloodline is more human. The person usually has a human appearance, but a beastly personality. He or she will turn into a beast on a full moon night.
The other type has animal blood. They usually have the appearance of wild beasts, but have human intelligence and can turn into humans on full moon nights.
There is another type whose bloodline is exactly in the middle, called a [blood hybrid]. They usually live in the appearance of humans but have animal ears and tails. On full moon nights, they transform into wild beasts that walk upright.
The origin of lycanthropy is unknown. Perhaps it is a curse from the gods, perhaps it is the result of a mad magician's experiment, or perhaps it is the result of a failed blood transplant by an alchemist who seeks power...
There is no way to know the answer, but beastiality is very dangerous. For the sake of city safety, there are regulations that prohibit beastiality carriers from entering the city at will.
Even if the infectiousness of beast transformation decreases gradually as it spreads, no one dares to bet whether the beast transformation in front of them is a first or second level source of infection.
Even though the sequelae of beast transformation can be eliminated now, the price is not affordable for ordinary people, and a wizard is required to perform the surgery.
According to the classification of lycanthropy, the person in the cage in front of him should be considered a [dog hybrid].
Seeing Mo Cheng and the other man standing in front of the cage for a while, the slave trader thought he had run into a customer, and quickly poured cold water into the cage. Then he pointed at the figure in the cage and said, "Sir, these are all healthy beast hybrids. Whether you take them back for viewing, as guards, or for fighting, they are more than capable."
Holding Margaret's hand with a little force to make sure that both she and he were calm enough, Mo Cheng spoke: "Has the beast transformation been [treated]? I don't want to have a bunch of people who need surgery as soon as I bring them back to the house. And what are the specifications of your slave contracts?"
After hearing Mo Cheng's slightly professional questions, the slave trader laughed. It was the customers who asked these picky questions. Today's business was about to start.
"The beast transformation has been processed, so there will be no secondary infection. We have some that have already been trained, but the price is a little higher. We also have some that have not yet been successfully trained, and although they are cheaper, the customers need to spend time training them themselves. Of course, if the customer thinks this is too troublesome, we can also do it for them, and we only need to charge a small fee."
"Is your training department formal? I know that many people, in order to complete the task as quickly as possible, often inflict more damage on slaves than is necessary, and then use means to cover up the serious injuries. In serious cases, slaves even die from serious injuries half a month after being brought home."
"It's absolutely formal. We have a certificate issued by the black market. If a slave dies after being taken back, we will hand it over to the black market for investigation and make us pay twenty times the amount for our mistakes."
The black market slaves in Fairhaven have already formed an industrial chain. Mo Cheng looked at the patients with beastiality in the cages and silently added in his heart that he was afraid that beastiality had also formed an industrial chain.
After controlling the source of the beast transformation infection, and then controlling the poor people in the sinking areas, there will undoubtedly be an endless production line of beast transformation patients.
Even if an ordinary person's body cannot withstand the mutation of beast transformation, if one out of a hundred people succeeds, it would still be a profit.
"What are the specifications of your slave contracts?"
The more questions Mo Cheng asked, and the more picky he was, the brighter the slave trader's smile became. The slave trading business was not open every day, and such picky customers had the minimum willingness to buy.
As long as you have the intention to buy, the next step is to see your own ability.
"A slave contract without a price is definitely not like other people's regular contracts that require customers to pay extra mental energy."
A slave contract is not something that can be signed so easily. The signatory master needs to exert a certain amount of mental energy as the necessary driving force to control the life and death of the slave.
Simply put, if there are fewer people in a slave contract, it's fine. But if there are more people, you have to sacrifice a portion of your mental power limit, and the strength of the slaves themselves is also a problem. The greater the difference between the master and the slave, the more mental power the master has to pay.
Of course, there is another type of slave contract, in which someone pays a portion of his or her mental energy into the contract, so that the owner of the contract can sign the contract without having to pay any mental energy.
Although this type of contract cannot precisely control the actions of slaves, it is not difficult to inflict basic torture and control over their lives.
One requires one to lower the upper limit of his mental strength by himself, while the other requires others to pay the price for him. It is conceivable that the price of the latter will far exceed that of the former.
"So..." This uncomfortable conversation was prolonged for such a long time just to ask this question, "These goods are too ordinary. Are there any slaves from other continents?"
