In the next few days, Shi Li and his friends' itinerary was basically the same.
Free activities during the day and playing cards and communicating at night.
After the discussion, Boss N took everyone to the club for some fun.
Shi Li was not very interested in a life of debauchery, so he would basically go to the association's library during this time.
Ever since he learned that he might be able to awaken a talent as a card player, he has been very concerned about this matter.
As a quasi-first-tier city that is only slightly inferior to Lanlan City, the association library of Guangguang City has a very rich stock of books and documents.
However, the awakening of card players' talents is really meaningless to study, so there are very few books related to it.
There are only two types of talent awakening.
The difference between indigenous people and time travelers.
It should be noted that the offspring born after time travelers come here are also considered indigenous people.
Aboriginal people usually awaken automatically at a very young age.
As for the time travelers, they will go through an adaptation period of 3 to 5 months after traveling through time, and then awaken automatically.
In fact, neither of these two approaches requires any opportunity in the process.
When the time comes, everything will come to fruition.
The card-playing talent of the indigenous people is sometimes related to blood relationship, but not necessarily.
As for the quality of a poker player's talent, it all depends on luck.
By consulting books, Shi Li saw quite a few strange talents of card players.
Some poker players' talents may not even have anything to do with playing cards.
For example, your cooking skills can be doubled in the dungeon, the time to exit the dungeon can be delayed after completing the task in the dungeon, you can change the gender of your own cards, you can make your own cards feminine or masculine, you can interact with your own card projections, and so on.
That evening, the exchange meeting ended as usual.
Shi Li took a taxi and planned to go to the association.
I originally wanted to use my phone to call a taxi, but when I saw one approaching from a distance, I put my phone and waved instead.
The vehicle turned on its pull-over lights and stopped in front of him.
"Huh?"
But as soon as he got in the car, Shi Li noticed something strange.
This taxi actually has a driver.
He knew there were taxis with people driving them.
But if we compare the numbers, it is usually driving enthusiasts who choose this kind of job.
He had never ridden in one before, and had always ridden in driverless ones.
"Hello, passenger."
Moreover, this driver is not a mechanical person, but a guy with a crocodile head and a human body.
But its two arms are made of metal machines.
I don't know if it's innate or acquired.
"Where are you going?"
At this time, the other party asked Shi Li with a big mouth.
It looked like he was smiling, but in fact, he was ugly and a little cruel.
"Go to the Players' Association, thank you."
Shi Li replied.
"Okay."
The crocodile driver stepped lightly on the accelerator and started smoothly.
"My dear guest, I think you are not a local."
As soon as we set out on the road, he started talking.
"Oh? Why do you say that?"
When the doubts.
"Because you don't have a sense of technology."
As he spoke, the crocodile-head driver slapped his mechanical arms, making a clanging sound.
During these few days, Shi Li did see quite a few flesh and blood creatures here, all of whom had mechanical prosthetic limbs replaced.
It is said that this city is beautiful because of its metal limbs.
Moreover, they are equipped with mechanical prosthetic limbs. For some races with relatively weak physiques, mechanical prosthetic limbs can sometimes provide them with great help to a certain extent in the dungeon.
You know what the most exaggerated thing is that Guangguang City is indeed a city of technology.
When replacing prostheses, relevant agencies provide continuing services.
As long as you spend some money, you can store the replaced original flesh parts in a proper way.
When you get tired of it, you can spend money to replace it with the original one.
If the original body was not preserved at that time, that's fine.
Those institutions can rebuild one for you in minutes.
And the fee is not very expensive. For even ordinary card players, just a few or ten copies are enough to pay the full fee.
Shi Li is not a person with strong traditional moral concepts, but he still cannot accept the idea of ​​limb replacement or reconstruction.
I always feel a little uncomfortable and a little gagged.
This kind of trend is not popular in their city.
Not to mention that it is not popular anymore, even if you want to change it there, you can't find a place to do so.
I heard that there are many enthusiasts in this field who would travel thousands of miles to the city just for prosthetic limbs.
Shi Li also heard that Slime was almost persuaded by some salesmen while shopping and wanted to transform into a mechanical slime.
In the end, he was persuaded by Ah Qing.
“I’m definitely not from here.”
He smiled politely and nodded.
"Then I'd like to ask, why do you go to the association?"
The crocodile-head driver asked again.
Having worked as a driver for so many years, he developed a habit of talking nonsense.
I asked this because I wanted to recommend some places to Shi Li.
Of course, the most important thing is that if he can bring customers to certain designated places, he can get some commission tips.
However, doing this kind of work requires some necessary eyesight and you have to know how to deal with people.
Others just came out of Card Hall No. 2 and are now heading to the Players' Association. They should be the type who are more interested in Opposite Cards.
If he recommended a club or something like that to such a customer, he would probably be complained about before he even got off the car.
"I just plan to read some books or something at the association."
Shi Li shrugged and leaned against the seat to adjust to a more comfortable position.
"Speaking of books, I know there are some small private shops near the association."
"There are some strange books for sale. Oh, not that kind of strange, please don't get me wrong."
"There are also dungeon potions that you don't usually see, some alternative material cards, etc."
“I don’t know if the guests are interested.”
"oh?"
After hearing what the other party said, Shi Li really became interested.
In fact, I have read most of the books in the library.
After all, intelligent robots can help with searching.
Because there is enough traffic in big cities, these small personal shops have sprung up.
Their city does not exist.
I had heard about it before and wanted to go and see it, but unfortunately I couldn't find any information on it online.
Then he asked the locals like Yan Jingliang.
Now that the driver reminded me, I remembered it.
"Then please take me there to have a look, Master."
"Okay~"
So after getting Shi Li's permission, the taxi changed direction.
After 15 minutes, the vehicle stopped in front of an alley.
Shi Li took out his cell phone and looked at the map.
"Master, is this the area near the association you mentioned?"
My goodness, this place is at least 10 kilometers away from the association.
"Don't worry, sir. You won't regret it. Hehehe..."
If the alley had not been brightly lit, Shi Li would have really suspected that there was some other meaning behind this guy's smile.
Moreover, the alley is very shallow and you can see the end at a glance.
Inside there was a four-wheeled cart with a roof, like a mobile vendor.
The stall owner looked like a human woman, but her face was a mechanical one.
I don’t know if he is wearing a mask or is another reformer.
“I wish you a good harvest.”
After he got out of the car, the crocodile-head driver waved to the stall owner, then stepped on the accelerator and drove away.
Faintly, Shi Li seemed to hear the sound of a mobile phone transferring money to his household.
After looking at the mobile stall for a moment, he finally walked over with some doubt.
"Please feel free to choose whatever you want to buy."
When he approached the boss, he could see clearly that he was wearing a mechanical mask.
Judging from the exposed eyes and some skin, the other person is quite young.
It's this mask that seems to have a voice-changing effect, making the other person's voice sound like Li Kui.
"Hmm."
Shi Li agreed and began to check the goods on the stall.
To be honest, there are a lot of goods, but they are displayed in a messy way.
It was exactly as the crocodile driver said, there were material cards, books, potions, as well as many handicrafts, souvenirs and the like.
However, after flipping through those books casually, I found that none of them were of great interest to me. Even the novels were all old books.
As for the material cards, there is even less to see.
All of them are E-grade materials, and you can tell they are not good stuff.
The only relatively neatly arranged things were the pharmaceutical test tubes neatly arranged on a small shelf.
These medicines are not labeled with specific names and uses like those in specialty stores.
Shi Li picked up two tubes at random and asked the stall owner.
Then compare the medicines with the same efficacy in the specialty stores, the ones here are about 10-20% cheaper.
"Huh?"
But in the end, his eyes were attracted by the tube of medicine placed at the very edge.
You have to know that each tube of these medicines looks blue at first glance.
In fact, if you look carefully, you will find that there are unique colors mixed in the blue.
Some professionals can judge the efficacy of a medicine by its color.
This tube of medicine is blue with a hint of color.
"Boss, what kind of medicine is this and how much do you sell it for?"
Picking up the tube of reagent, he asked casually.
"This medicine, to be honest, I don't know what its specific effects are."
The boss rolled his eyes and continued, "But it took me a lot of effort to get them."
"It has to be sold for this amount, 2000 cubic coins!"
She held up two fingers.
"You want to eat people?"
Shi Li frowned.
Ordinary [Physique Potions] and [Agility Potions] only sell for a few hundred cubic coins.
"Ahahaha, just kidding, just kidding."
The boss waved his hand and said, "500. Actually, you can take it for only 500 cubic coins."
"From what you said just now, it seems like you have more than one bottle of this potion?"
Shi Li asked again.
"Yes, there are dozens of bottles in total."
The boss looked like he was recalling something.
"The package price is 300. I want them all."
Shi Li tried to bargain.
"Wow, you are the one who really wants to eat people!"
The boss exclaimed immediately.
Finally, after some bargaining, the two sides set the price at 350 cubic coins.
"By the way, boss."
At this time, Shi Li seemed to remember something: "If I introduce someone to patronize your business, can I get a commission?"
He was not stupid and had long seen through the motives of the crocodile-headed driver.
"Well, of course there will be."
The boss nodded vigorously.
"How much is the commission?"
"If it is confirmed that you brought the customer here, you can take 10% of any spending by the customer."
"So much profit? It seems like your product has a huge profit margin. You didn't steal it, did you?"
"Ahahaha! Don't joke around like that!"
After Shi Li said this, the other party's tone became visibly nervous.
"Okay, then I'll introduce someone to take care of your business, and you have to give me 10%."
"Of course, no problem. By the way, are you going to buy these medicines or not?"
"I won't buy it. I don't have money. But I'll ask my friend to buy it."
As he spoke, Shi Li took out his phone.
"The 10% commission can be directly deducted from the payment. The unit price is 315."
"???"
The boss always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't react for a while.
It just so happened that Slime and Aqing were nearby and they arrived in less than ten minutes.
At Shi Li's signal, Slime paid the money.
I got 21 bottles at a unit price of 315 cubic coins and then left cleanly.
"Am I... stuck in a bug?"
The boss looked a little dazed as he watched them leave.
But think about it and let it go, after all, I purchased it at 0 yuan.
"The Mechanical Manager is here!"
Just then, someone pushing a cart flashed past at the entrance of the alley.
"Oh no! There's a surprise inspection!"
The boss's expression became tense and he quickly started packing up his belongings.
…
On the other side, Shi Li, who had seemed calm, finally breathed a sigh of relief after he and Slime Aqing left with the potion.
"Master, what are these?"
Slime actually didn't understand the situation, so it bought it just because Shi Li asked it to.
“This is a good thing…”
Shi Li took out a bottle and pointed it towards the light of the street lamp.
The blue liquid in the test tube had a faint, fascinating, colorful floc-like flow.
I may not recognize other medicines, but I have such a deep impression of this one that I will never make a mistake.
"Time travel potion, have you heard of it?"
It was because he drank this potion that he was able to travel across from Blue Star.
I have inquired about it before. This is a medicine specially used for the indigenous people of the native world.
As long as you drink it, you can immediately travel to the cubic card universe.
"Is it possible that it's just a bottle of blue water with some color added?"
Ah Qing raised his sign and poured a bucket of cold water on him.
I always feel that these small vendors are not very reliable.
"Why don't we just find a store to authenticate it?"
Shi Li was very confident: "From what I know, this kind of medicine is rarely sold."
"I estimate that one tube can be sold for at least 10,000 cubic meters. At a unit price of 3 15, it's simply a waste of money."
He said with a smile.
So Shi and Qing found a nearby pharmacy and took the medicine in to ask.
The results from the clerk's identification with instruments showed that this was indeed a genuine time-travel potion.
However, the store would not accept the medicine that the other party asked for, which came from an unknown source.
Then he quietly hinted that he was willing to pay 2,000 cubic coins for a bottle.
In the end they did not agree to sell it. Firstly, the price was a little different from what they expected, and secondly, the words "unknown origin" made them a little wary.
Shi Li had not expected this to happen, so he decided to go back and discuss it with Secretary He.
After all, with the other party's social experience, he should be able to provide some effective suggestions.
However, he estimated that the other party must have drunk too much again tonight, so he decided to wait until he sobered up again tomorrow to ask him.
The next day at noon, after contacting each other via text messages, he met with Secretary He in a restaurant.
Then he recounted what happened last night.
"This thing called a time-travel potion..."
After listening to Shi Li's narration, Secretary He touched his chin.
"First of all, you can rest assured that it is not contraband."
"And it is indeed, as you imagined, a very rare item."
"But this thing is really needed by those who need it, and it is useless to those who don't need it."
"It's hard to say what price it can be sold for."
"You definitely made a lot of money if you bought it for 300+, but you can't necessarily sell it for 10,000."
"Do you know what kind of people want the time-travel potion the most?"
He asked.
"Uh, someone who misses their loved ones?"
Shi Li thought about it.
After all, he had also inquired and found out that not everyone could travel through time by relying on the time-travel potion.
Some people enter the cubic metaverse purely by chance.
Of course, some of them will miss their hometown and their relatives and friends.
But that was not the case for Shi Li, because he actually only had a few good classmates and friends on Blue Star and no relatives.
What's more, even if there is a time-travel potion, it can't solve the problem.
Because it is too difficult to return to the original world.
“There are some people like this.”
Secretary He nodded and did not deny it: "But the people who have the greatest demand for time travel potions are actually those with ulterior motives."
I saw him pointing to his left chest and then to his right chest.
"Left-minded and right-minded."
"These two organizations don't have many members, but they can be quite noisy."
"And it's deeply rooted and usually well hidden."
"The authorities want to discipline them, but there are no good measures."
He said so.
“Why them?”
Shi Li expressed confusion.
"You said that since they can't advertise to recruit people, they need fresh blood who are absolutely loyal to the organization."
"So what should be done?"
Secretary He asked back.
"I understand."
After hearing this, Shi Li said he understood.
If I put myself in their shoes, and if it was the left-wing faction who gave me the opportunity to travel through time and be reborn when I was seriously ill, would I be completely loyal to this organization?
Or for example, in those left-heart worlds that have been poisoned by the right-heart faction, will the natives there bear a grudge against the right-heart faction?
The moth man he had encountered in the insect elf world before seemed to be in roughly the same situation.
He usually behaves quite normally, but becomes very extreme when it comes to things related to his right heart.
These are both relatively reliable sources of recruitment for both left-minded and right-minded people.
"I even speculate that in a population-dense place like Kuang Kuang City, there will definitely be strongholds of left-wing and right-wing factions."
"Didn't you say that this batch of medicines had an unknown origin?"
Speaking of this, Secretary He's smile was a little strange.
“No way…”
Shi Li rolled his eyes and smiled too.
"Who cares? Those two organizations are not good people anyway."
Secretary He spread his hands and said, "But with this batch of medicine, hehe..."