Trading Cosmic Battleship From The Start
Chapter 175 - 128: The Legendary Place

Chapter 175: Chapter 128: The Legendary Place

And this time entering, the shops and people seemed even fewer.

Looking around, almost all the shops were closed, and the streets were extremely deserted, with no sign of anyone present.

This black market, indeed, is bound to the fate of humanity.

When humanity falls into crisis, the transactions within the black market also struggle to maintain prosperity.

Shen Shi unhurriedly walked towards the Collector’s shop.

Meanwhile, he recalled in his mind the relevant contacts he had with the Collector in this current future.

Yes, it was the memories brought by that Consciousness Residue, and now, that memory is the true reality of the Future World, not the memory he personally experienced in his own mind.

The related memories were already thoroughly familiar to Shen Shi.

Moreover, he quickly realized another matter—during the first transaction with Gong Chu, which was the transaction of the Planet Fortress, Gong Chu had gone to find a "specialist" to determine the value of the script-kill he brought out.

That "specialist" was very likely the Collector.

This means that the connection between the Collector and Gong Chu is probably not shallow.

Shen Shi seemed to have thought of something, but at this time, there was no need to inquire from Gong Chu; he walked directly to the front of the Collector’s shop.

Just like the times he visited before, the outer wall was piled with cyan stone bricks, the wooden plaque was brown, and a bell was hanging inside the door. When he pushed the door inside, it made a crisp sound.

"Welcome, Mr. Shen." The Collector stood right behind the door, his modified body straight as White Jade.

He didn’t look like a shop owner, more like a robot attendant.

Initially, Shen Shi even doubted whether the figure before him was human, but by now he understood that for people in the Future World, this was a relatively old form of modification.

Emphasizing appearance, even more on practical functionality.

Just like modern people wearing complex ancient clothing, which might actually be uncomfortable, but is a culture, a remembrance of history.

Although people of the Future World have lost their original culture, they are also creating new cultures.

"Mr. Collector, you have been quite absent this time." Shen Shi walked over slowly.

Although still in anonymous mode, at this moment Shen Shi was no longer as nervous as at the beginning.

It had been almost eight or nine months since he had last entered here.

During this period, the changes in Shen Shi were beyond even his own imagination.

"Esteemed guest, please believe me, this is not by my choice."

The tone of the Collector, just like at first, was like chanting.

Shen Shi didn’t answer.

He was waiting for an approximate explanation.

In fact, he was quite curious about the situation of the Collector.

Gong Chu had given some introductions before, but they were quite brief, only saying that since the Collector had obtained a black market terminal hundreds of years ago, he had been fleeing the Solar System, and recently he faced the danger of being hunted by the Daike Civilization, so he might not appear in the black market for some time.

But now he had appeared again.

The Collector also saw Shen Shi’s implication and slowly said, "We suspect that some owner of the black market has defected to the Daike People, which of course is an extremely foolish decision. But fortunately, the restrictions of the black market terminal prevent such people from leaking the existence of the black market to the Daike People. He can only rely on the black market transactions to find some people fleeing, like me, to prove his value to the Daike People."

Shen Shi’s mood slightly sank.

Whenever a power reaches a crisis, it is always easier for traitors to emerge.

This is not unexpected.

But the thought that such people could also qualify to come here, and even disguise themselves anonymously among them, made Shen Shi somewhat uncomfortable.

Fortunately, the black market itself has extremely strong secrecy, that exists almost like a Primordial Energy Steel Seal, it does not allow any owner to leak the secret of the black market.

Nor does it allow this secret to be uncovered.

This was the restriction made by the human who initially discovered that relic serving as the core of the black market.

If not for this, mankind could not have possessed such powerful black technology for hundreds of years without being discovered by the Daike People.

After all, it does not belong to one person alone, and more people always increase the risk of exposure.

"Gong Chu told me that for hundreds of years, you have been searching for a safe place to reinherit Human Civilization, which is why you are so concerned with Earth Star Period antiques. You want to become the inheritor of Human Civilization, so you cannot possibly submit to the Daike Civilization." Shen Shi looked at the Collector and asked solemnly, "Rather, you hate the Daike Civilization more than anything, because it was they who destroyed our legacy."

"Gong Chu... is that how he described me?"

The White Jade-like body of the Collector exuded strands of light.

This was not uncontrolled Primordial Energy, but merely transmitting his own emotions.

Pleasure.

Yes, he was now very pleased, in a great mood, exceedingly well.

So well that it seemed a bit abnormal to Shen Shi.

After all, even though he had changed the world multiple times, the people of the Future World could still not be considered very well-off.