Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 546 - 271: Product_2

Chapter 546: Chapter 271: Product_2

Some say that, aside from the invention of paper, the compass, printing, and gunpowder, the greatest inventions of humanity are the toilet and the air conditioner.

Solar-powered generators and such are completely overlooked. Washing machines are a bit cheaper, costing only 800 honor.

Aside from electrical appliances, there is an array of goods, including many odd and curious items. A movie poster costs 100 honor, and with a small movie theater, you can watch the advertised movie an unlimited number of times.

A Basement Expansion Card can add an extra basement to your base, which doesn’t have any compartments and serves to preserve food. There’s also an Attic Card.

A full set of laundry equipment includes a washboard, laundry detergent, laundry tub, drying rack, etc., for 30 honor points.

A complete recipe book: records 30 common food ingredients and how to cook them, for 50 honor points.

Little Knife exclaimed, "Lambs, sheep and lambs, one male and one female, for 350 points."

The chicken and duck eggs bought from North Town hadn’t hatched yet, because they lacked a systemized breeding space and required manual care, but no one was willing to tend to them. Washing clothes, cooking, sweeping, mopping, and sorting trash every day was already draining enough.

But lambs were different. In spring, if you threw a couple of sheep onto the prairie, you might get back seven fat sheep in autumn. Of course, that’s assuming there were no predators.

With so many goods, people would only call out when they saw something novel. The next to speak up was Maya, "Browning M2 Heavy Machine Gun, .50 caliber bullets, a range of 500 meters, and a rate of fire of 500 rounds per minute."

After waiting a while with no response, Maya, feeling slightly lonely, continued to look down the list.

Horse Soul said, "Honey Treasure Pot, produces one ounce of honey every day, for 400 honor."

Shana reminded, "That’s a Ponzi scheme... A Memory Foam Pillow, just for 30 honor points, wow, that’s so cheap."

No one took the bait.

Shana softly said, "Just 30 points, you know, we can afford it."

Still, no one responded; everyone was too busy ogling the dazzling array of goods.

Shana had no choice but to give up.

Stone asked, "Are you done yet?" Four minutes had passed.

"Just a minute, just a minute," everyone replied in chorus.

Lin Wu mentioned, "Maya, a Chain Blade Manufacturing Chart, can attack targets up to 7 meters away."

"Which page?"

"Cold weapons, exotic weapons, blades."

Maya found it, "1000." She sighed with regret; money is always in short supply when you need it most.

Snow Egg excitedly said, "Little Knife, Triple Kick, high skull-crushing and bone-breaking probabilities."

Little Knife said, "Please just tell me the price so I can give up."

Snow Egg replied, "500."

Little Knife hugged Shana’s arm and cried.

"Lin Wu," Maya said, "an all-in-one drone for checking and hitting upgrade diagram, requires drones and Hacker Skills prerequisites. It can simultaneously carry two small rocket missiles and 100 rounds of 5.56 ammo. The missiles are for free, replenishing two every day at 8 AM."

Lin Wu numbly asked, "How much?"

Maya replied, "18,000."

"Heh," as if wiping out all the NPCs of the Alliance could yield 18,000 honor points.

Stone asked, "Are you gentlemen done yet?" He had already circled around three times.

"Just a minute, just a minute," they repeated.

They couldn’t afford anything, but that didn’t stop them from enjoying the window shopping.

Maya was the most practical; she first checked prices and only looked at the item if it was within 150 points, but even then, it made her want to curse. Through systematic combing, she had a pretty good idea of what the merchants were selling.

The first tier consisted of junk worth less than 200 honor points. For example, a bottle of endless chewing gum increasing by one piece every hour, a beanless coffee machine, a tealess teapot, etc.

The second tier had more practical household items, such as washing machines and air conditioners, all costing several hundred honor points. Good cold weapon diagrams and Combat Skills were priced similarly.

The third tier included practical Survival items priced between one and two thousand points, high-end Life Skills books, heavy weaponry, and the like.

The fourth tier consisted of powerful items ranging from two to five thousand points. No-material automobile upgrade books, four-wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, Humvee jeeps, and more.

The fifth tier showcased Divine Artifacts priced above five thousand for your eye-candy pleasure. It included an Apache for 50,000 honor, a modern main battle tank for 20,000 honor, a Stealth Fighter for 200,000 honor, etc.

There were many Building Cards with diverse pricing. The crafty Dawn established prices proportional to utility, allowing no room for players to find any loopholes.

"We’re out of fuel," Stone roared in frustration. Will this ever end?

Maya called out, "Stop looking, everyone, get ready to board."

Little Knife said, "Just look a little longer, there might be something cheap," but Snow Egg pulled her away mercilessly.

On the way back it was very quiet, as everyone silently sat remembering the products they had seen. As members of a top-notch base, they had just experienced what it felt like to be poor.

Would they aspire to earn more honor points? Of course not. You accumulate honor points as they come; if it’s convenient, you do it; if not, you don’t. Shana did share some good news; she chatted with the merchant and got some information. All item cards originated from Loot Chests from the game world. She used the drone as an example and asked about the odds of getting it. The merchant candidly told her that the price of each item reflects its odds of being Found.

The all-in-one drone for checking and hitting upgrade map could only be found in the highest-level golden Loot Chests, which the merchant sold for 18,000 honor points. That meant the odds of finding the upgrade map in a golden Loot Chest was one in eighteen thousand. Up until now, Shadow and even North Town had only ever obtained the second-highest level, the purple Loot Chest, and only three had been Found.

This operation was a complete bust, costing them 30 liters of fuel.

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The first floor of Doomsday Fortress was once considered the ugliest place in the base, with its narrow corridors, surrounded front, back, left, and right by piled up containers. Now, however, it has become the fortress’s prime cool retreat.

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