My Apocalypse Territory-Chapter 475 - 439: Just Want to Do Business Properly

The Nightmare Puppet was good for battle but pretty trashy in terms of other functions.

It had no feature for real-time voice translation,

and its smart conversation templates were sparse... Mainly just "Ah," "Oh," "Heh," much worse than the so-called AI of the world before the apocalypse. No wonder these puppets were loaded with cool and aloof emoticons; after all, there was no need for banter, brute force was enough.

But Tang Yu didn’t send Nightmare Puppet Number Two on an international journey just to bulldoze through it.

He hoped to find more clues about the era before the Third Epoch.

Ideally, another ten or so Transcendent weapons and top-tier inheritances for each profession would be good. He wasn’t asking for much, just one for each profession. And like Eileen, if he could get a complete set of upgradable equipment along with the inheritance, that would be even better.

The Nightmare was fast, but a single Puppet could only scout so much ground. Even with the recent acquisition of the "Honey Bee Reconnaissance Puppet," the range was only expanded by a tiny bit.

Tang Yu first thought of the vast majority of survivors.

Then descended from the sky, landing in this dilapidated place called "Ghost Fire."

Awakeners around him were speaking a language that was gibberish to the Nightmare, thankfully Tang Yu was in control... He naturally didn’t understand a word, but a thought immediately took control of the Nightmare, spreading out a vast spiritual power, and with a little trick, "understood" the meaning of those words.

"If I could’ve done this before the apocalypse, I wouldn’t have struggled with listening comprehension every time I took the English Level Four and Six Exams."

Seeing more and more Awakeners gathering, the Treasure Artifact on the Nightmare’s shoulder spun, and those pushing forward suddenly felt an invisible wall impeding them. Even the strong ones within Ghost Fire were helpless against the wall.

Their hearts chilled, and those who were originally restless calmed down.

Seeing the timing was right, Tang Yu controlled the Nightmare to slowly speak, his voice raspy and deep,

"...I am a wandering merchant who likes to collect Special Items. As long as you have them, you can exchange for anything from me."

With that said,

the Nightmare’s hand extended from beneath its cloak, and various items such as rune equipment, firearms, and food appeared out of thin air, floating around.

"That’s a 98K! Complete with three hundred rounds!"

"Canned beef, canned fruit, my god! How long has it been since I’ve seen these delicacies, I can’t resist anymore!"

"It’s a complete set of seasoning packs! With these, we can say goodbye to flavorless days!"

The Awakeners in Ghost Fire were both excited and agitated, while Tang Yu was somewhat flabbergasted.

Aren’t you guys focusing on the wrong things? Nobody is paying attention to the rune longsword and Rune Battle Blade, instead getting excited over some food and guns?

Conventional firearms in the territories had already ceased production. Tang Yu still saw an excess in inventory that he couldn’t sell, that’s why he let Nightmare Number Two bring some.

He paused for half a second.

Then it dawned on Tang Yu that, maybe, the Awakeners here didn’t understand what rune weapons were.

Some firearms and food didn’t really showcase the mystique of a mysterious merchant.

The Nightmare waved its hand again, and a flaming War Axe appeared; a Longsword that exuded such coldness that it turned the surrounding air into frost; and a Rune Battle Blade inscribed with beautiful patterns, glowing with golden light, making it seem like a Divine Artifact.

Finally, he got the inattentive Awakeners back on track.

He also explained the Divine Artifacts using simple language.

In the end,

the Nightmare’s gaze swept over, and its deep voice immediately reached everyone’s ears, "So, who intends to trade with me?"

The strongest individual in Ghost Fire, seizing the chance, brought out Source Crystals and many Special Items in a burlap sack.

In the mysterious merchant persona that Tang Yu created, Source Crystals could buy some common goods here, but only Special Items and rare information could purchase precious equipment... And naturally, he had the final say on the price of Special Items and the information.

A glance, and the Source Crystal Detector on the Nightmare immediately assessed the Energy value of the Source Crystals.

A whopping ten thousand.

The leader of this assembly was only a Fifth Tier Peak Awakener, not very strong. There were no major Sanctuaries nearby, no one knew how to utilize Source Crystals—at most, they figured out how to make simple Awakening Devices (unlike Daxia Country, which had made the manufacturing method public before communications were cut off). Awakening Devices consumed very few Source Crystals; accumulating over months, this Fifth Tier Peak Awakener had become a rich man.

The Nightmare, expressionless, glanced at another sack holding Special Items and saw Cloud Pattern Stone, Lesser Yin Essence Iron, Mysterious Thunder Iron, Red Blood Copper... In its hands was a Combat Saber slowly carved from Cloud Pattern Fine Gold!

Enough to forge over a dozen grade-B weapons!

Mysterious and aloof, the leader of Ghost Fire was quite nervous, unsure of how much his offerings were worth to the merchant.

Then he heard:

"Your things...barely passable, they have some value."

"A Divine Artifact is out of the question, but, along with your saber, you can change for one level lower... These Source Crystals, you can also use them to buy some food here."

The Nightmare took out a C1 level Combat Saber, and also two D2 level ones.

The leader of Ghost Fire tried them out and found that they were many times sharper than his original Combat Saber. Although they certainly couldn’t compare to the battle blade gleaming with gold, they also qualified as sub-divine artifacts.

Without the mysterious merchant saying, even if he was ten times stronger, this saber would still be suitable for him.