#623 - Chapter 623: Fair Price
"I only promised to install a shield for you, but I didn't say that the installed shield would be free, right? What do you say?" Dongfang Chen said with a smile.
"Alright, I agree to pay the fee. What do you want?" Will compromised.
"The things you brought last time were pretty good," Dongfang Chen replied.
"The things I brought last time? Are you referring to those crystals?" Will asked.
"That's right."
"Are those crystals useful to you?" Will asked.
"They have some use. I'm still researching them," Dongfang Chen said vaguely.
"Can you reveal a little?" Will asked tentatively.
"General Will, you sent the things. Don't you know their use?" Dongfang Chen wouldn't answer him.
Because he knew that Will deliberately sent the zhen crystals to test the waters.
This reflected two points:
First: The Orcs must have a lot of zhen crystals.
Second: They really want to know the function of the zhen crystals.
Combined with what Monka told him, he couldn't help but guess: the ancestors of the Orcs used to be underwater miners, and it was very likely that they were mining zhen crystals.
"We only know that this might be a very important crystal, but we don't know its specific function," Will answered truthfully.
"It's nothing much. These crystals are very beautiful when made into jewelry. We humans like them very much," Dongfang Chen said nonsense.
"Jewelry? What's that?" Will didn't understand.
"Oh, jewelry is a kind of ornament that can be worn on the body to show status. This is a habit of us humans. You probably can't understand it," Dongfang Chen explained.
"Wearing stones on the body? So that's how it is. I really can't understand it," Will understood somewhat.
"If there are no problems, let's trade with these crystals."
"Okay. What's the price?" Will asked.
"How about 100,000 crystals per warship? Very fair, right?" Dongfang Chen quoted an exorbitant price.
He quoted such a high price to probe the other party's wealth.
From the other party's attitude and answer, he could roughly judge the amount of zhen crystal reserves they had.
"100,000 crystals per ship?" Will exclaimed.
Well, that's too high.
It seems the other party's reserves are average.
"That's right," Dongfang Chen nodded.
"Are you sure humans need so many ornaments?" Will asked.
"That's none of your business. Whether I can sell them is my business, and it has nothing to do with you," Dongfang Chen said.
"In that case, I agree to this transaction," Will said.
"Agreed?" Dongfang Chen was shocked.
He was already prepared to lower the price, but he didn't expect the other party to agree.
"Alright. Since you agree, please prepare as soon as possible. Let's trade in ten days," Dongfang Chen said.
"It's a deal!" Will confirmed, as if afraid that the other party would go back on their word.
"It's a deal!" Dongfang Chen confirmed.
"What? They have so many zhen crystals?" Monka was extremely shocked after learning about it.
27 warships, each with 100,000 zhen crystals, totaling 2.7 million zhen crystals!
"These Orcs actually have so many zhen crystals! How come I didn't notice it before?" Monka muttered.
"They have them, but they've always been at the bottom of the sea. I guess you didn't pay attention to it. But there's one thing you might have really overlooked," Dongfang Chen said.
"Which point?" Monka asked.
"What do the Atis people of the Orcs do?" Dongfang Chen reminded.
"Underwater miners!" Monka answered.
"Whose miners?" Dongfang Chen continued to ask.
"Those insects'." Monka answered.
"That's right! What does that show?" Dongfang Chen asked.
"Are you saying that the real owners of those zhen crystals should be those disgusting insects?" Monka understood.
"I think that should be the case," Dongfang Chen nodded.
"It shouldn't be! Those insects haven't mastered the method of using zhen crystals. What are they mining zhen crystals for?" Monka said.
"Maybe they have other uses?" Dongfang Chen said with a smile.
"Other uses?" Monka looked at him, waiting for him to continue.
"Don't look at me. I'm just guessing!" Dongfang Chen replied.
"Alright, since we don't lack zhen crystals, it's time to build a charging station," Monka said.
"It's already started!"
"I know you've already started, but I can provide you with help," Monka said.
"What help?" Dongfang Chen asked.
"The Mars base originally stored 100,000 charging units, ready to be activated at the right time. Now that the base has been damaged, we can still scrape together 20,000 units," Monka replied.
"Are you sure that after 1 billion years, those things can still be used?" Dongfang Chen asked suspiciously.
"Of course I'm talking about the ones that can still be used," Monka replied with a bit of emotion.
"Forget it. You guys keep them for backup. In case I, this successor, don't succeed, you'll have to find another family," Dongfang Chen waved his hand.
"Fine, don't take it then!" Monka said unhappily.
He really didn't need it.
At the current speed, 10,000 units can be produced in 10 days. Why risk using the inventory from 1 billion years ago?
