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Chapter 3804 Price Comparison
Chapter 3804 Price Comparison
The Hermit Order's communicator is called the "Hermit Ring".
From Angel's personal perspective, the Hermit Ring can only be said to be barely usable as a communication tool, but it has many flaws.
The "consumption" problem just mentioned is actually just a minor flaw.
The biggest flaw of the Hermit Ring is that it cannot directly contact a specific person.
For example, if Angel wanted to contact Xiaolu, he couldn't do it directly. He needed to know Xiaolu's code name first, and then activate the logo in the Hermit Ring, and then the Hermit receptionist would contact Xiaolu.
Only after Xiaolu confirmed that she wanted to talk could Angel be transferred to the conversation channel with Xiaolu.
Not only is the whole process cumbersome, requiring a receptionist as an intermediary, but there is also virtually no confidentiality.
Although Xiaolu didn't say it explicitly, anyone who is not a fool can guess that the transferred call must be under the receptionist's monitoring.
Compared with the "consumption" problem, this is the biggest flaw.
As for, is there any way to contact a specific person directly without going through the receptionist?
Xiaolu's response was: "We actually want to be able to contact specific people directly, but unfortunately, this requires a lot of energy points, and the fashion monster that owns the communication network can't come up with so many energy points at once."
To put it bluntly, the little witch's energy point limit is not enough.
The current communication network is in a low-consumption state and can barely maintain basic calls.
The kind of communication that Angle envisioned, where people add each other as friends and then directly contact friends, is a situation where energy consumption overflows and is not possible at present.
But Xiaolu also painted a big pie for Ingres: "At present, the savings of the Hermit Order are not enough, so they cannot be extravagant. But the situation you described is not impossible to achieve. In the near future, the era of free communication within the Hermit Order will surely come."
This "pie" is not empty talk. As long as the little witch does not die and her energy point limit is raised, it can be achieved.
Therefore, the Hermit Society’s communication network does have a “promising future”.
But for Ingres, his stay in the modern city is limited, and whether he can stay until the "promising future" is still a question mark.
Therefore, this communication network is still relatively useless to him.
However, if this hermit ring is used as a special communicator for "directly contacting the Hermit Order headquarters", then it would be fine.
After all, as an outsider, Angel was clueless about many things in Modern City, especially some technical information. Before, he could only get a glimpse of it through the fashion magicians he met; but later, if he encountered such a problem, he could ask the Hermit Society through the Hermit Ring, which was also a progress.
For this purpose, Ingres also specifically asked Xiaolu.
Xiaolu gave a positive answer: "If you encounter any puzzles in life, you can contact us. If we know the answer, we will give the corresponding answer; however, if the answer involves technical or confidential information, we will charge a certain amount of Modern Coins or membership points."
Ingres nodded: "That makes sense." There is no reward without hard work, and this is true everywhere.
Angel: "Can I search the bounty list now?"
Xiaolu nodded: "Of course. At present, the entire Deep Underground Black Market bounty list has been recorded by us in real time, in... Bambu's mind."
Xiaolu pointed in the direction of Kalain.
Kalain also stretched out his hand at the right time, revealing Bambu holding candy in his palm.
"Sir, if you want to retrieve information about any page, you can tell Bambu. It's free this time."
Angel: "This time? Can I only check once, or are all inquiries today free?"
Xiaolu looked at Angel curiously: "Sir, do you want to sell a lot of pages?"
Angel shook his head: "There is only one page for sale at the moment. However, I want to know which pages on the bounty list are more valuable..."
Xiaolu showed a look of enlightenment. It was natural for him to want to know which pages were rarer and more popular.
Just like many customers go to a book page dealer to look at the bounty list, even if there are no book pages for sale, they will definitely check out what the "most expensive" bounty is.
Xiaolu smiled and said, "Of course, sir, if you want to check any page today, it's free."
When Angel heard this, he immediately showed his curiosity: "Then can I check the most expensive rewards first?"
"You don't actually need to bother Bambu with these rewards. I can tell Sir." Xiaolu said.
After all, Xiaolu is a senior guide in the deep underground black market and is very familiar with the intelligence in the black market. Even though she can't remember all the bounty information, she knows those pages that are at the top of the bounty list very clearly.
Then, Xiaolu listed the top of the bounty list of major book dealers to Angel.
Xiaolu's inventory was relatively brief, not because she didn't want to say more, but because many of the book page merchants' bounty lists had duplicated top names. It was likely that the same group of people posted the same bounty on multiple book page merchants.
The top of each list can be summarized into three categories:
The first category is high-level fashion monster pages.
High-level monster puzzles are extremely rare, and the only fixed output channel currently is the champions of the "Three Majors", who have a chance to attract them. Although there are other channels, they are rare.
This also means that any high-level monster puzzle is extremely expensive.
Many of the bounties for "High-Level Monster Book Pages" on the list are basically not posted by individual buyers, but by major financial groups and guilds. Try your luck in the deep underground black market.
Xiaolu even revealed a piece of information that even the Fashion Guild was purchasing high-level monster book pages on the bounty list.
From this, you can see how valuable high-level fashion monster book pages are.
The second category is rare fashion monster pages.
The so-called "rare" refers to fashion monsters that are rarely seen in the Modern City. For example, the "Variety Elf" owned by Angel belongs to a rare page.
The price of such pages, though also very expensive, is not particularly stable.
Because the definition of rare is very broad, even low-level monsters can be rare. Those low-level rare monster pages are expensive, but in terms of average price, they are not as good as high-level monster pages.
But if it is a rare monster above the mid-level, then its price will be terrifying. If its ability is more outstanding, it will even far exceed the high-level monster book pages.
For example, the “Carnival Night Clown” pursued by Ingres and others belongs to this category.
The third category is special fashion monster pages.
This type of book page is actually the kind of page that may appear in special shapes.
For example, as Angel had learned before, the gossip spirit that possessed "Gossip (conventional ability)" had a high probability of appearing in a special form.
The price of this kind of book pages is extremely expensive. Even the pages of low-level monsters can often be sold at the price of high-level monster pages.
The above three categories are the top of the major bounty lists. Angel didn't have any of these, so he only knew the specific prices, which were basically over a million Modern coins, and there were quite a few that reached tens of millions.
Of course, the buyers who can offer a reward of tens of millions of Modern Coins on the list cannot be individual business owners, but rather large conglomerates or guilds.
In addition to the above three types of relatively expensive book pages, the second most expensive book page on the bounty list is... the practical fashion monster page.
Like, for example, a fashion cutter.
This type of monster book page has strong functionality and can continuously generate gold after purchase, so it is naturally more expensive.
It is worth mentioning that the only page that Angle can currently sell, "Stylized Clown", is also a practical fashion monster.
If the page's foresight is appropriate, even spanning the two areas of "practical" and "popular", the price will not be lower than that of a fashion tailor, and may even be higher.
"So, the pages Mr. Angle wants to sell are from the Stylized Clown?"
After hearing what Angle said, Xiaolu was a little surprised. It was mainly because Angle's outfit was not fashionable in Xiaolu's opinion, and even a little... plain.
The Stylish Clown, on the other hand, is a "Gorgeous Series" monster, and generally speaking, it will only target people who are very fashionable.
Xiaolu didn't expect that Ingres could actually win the favor of the clown.
Moreover, more than one clown favored Angel. After all, the clown needed two puzzle pieces, and Angel was able to sell the pages, which meant that he had passed the task test of at least two clowns.
Xiaolu really couldn't see what was so "gorgeous" about Ingres.
Perhaps, Ingres’ current dress is actually a form of “disguise”?
Although Xiaolu was puzzled, he did not pry into Angel's privacy. He just paused for a moment and asked, "The clown is a popular fashion monster in Modern City, so the price is generally guaranteed."
"From what I know, a clown costume can usually be sold for more than 200,000 yuan. If the skills are good, it may even be sold for 500,000 yuan."
The valuation given by Xiaolu is even higher than that given by Lizi.
This is also normal.
Prices on the black market fluctuate greatly, and it is impossible for Lizzie to go in and out of the black market frequently. Much of the price information she knows may be outdated.
This is also a good thing for Ingres.
“The key factor that determines the price of a clown is its forward-looking ability.”
Generally speaking, the forward-looking ability of the Stylish Clown is to change his appearance.
However, the parts and nature of the changed shapes are different. For example, "seven-color pupil colors" and "flower pupils" are both forward-looking abilities of the clown, but the former changes the color of the pupils, while the latter changes the shape of the pupils.
The two are very different.
As for which of the two is better? I can only say that both are average.
If the forward-looking ability is "Thousand-Change Eyes", it will be slightly more expensive. Because "Thousand-Change Eyes" includes changing the color of the pupils, as well as changing the shape of the pupils.
But even the "Thousand-Change Eyes" are only average among the clown's foresight abilities.
Because the clown has a wider range of appearance changes.
For example, "face changing" includes the pupils and facial features.
"Changing your look" not only includes changing your face, but also your hairstyle, hair color, fashion...
From this we can know that the factors that determine the price of a clown shape are whether the parts that are changed are complete and how big they are.
If the only thing that changes is the eyes, then the price may be the lowest price.
If you can change your whole body look, it will be very expensive.
After explaining the price factors of the clown, Xiaolu looked at Angel and said, "I wonder what the forward-looking ability of the clown you hold, sir?"
Angel didn't hesitate and said directly: "A variety of styles."
A variety of styles? Xiaolu's eyes lit up: "This is a full body change, which is a very good forward-looking ability!"
"It's a pity that it only has a hundred changes. If it had a thousand changes, the price would be even higher. If it had ten thousand changes, it would have the potential to activate special abilities, and the price could be millions."
Angel: "So how much can this clown look of mine sell for? Is there anyone offering a reward on the bounty list?"
"I can't make a definitive conclusion on this." Xiaolu turned to look at Bambu in Callain's hand: "Let's ask Bambu. He has more authoritative information."
In fact, Bambu had been listening to the conversation between Angel and Xiaolu with his ears perked up. When Xiaolu turned his head to look at him, he had already collected all the information related to the bounty list.
Bambu flapped its butterfly wings and flew into the air, then pointed at Angel's hermit ring.
While Angel was wondering, flashes of light came from the ring.
Xiaolu: "Bambu has sent the specific information to your hermit ring through the receptionist. You can see it as long as you activate it."
Angel spent 1 heat point to open the Hermit Ring.
When the holographic projection appeared in front of him, Angel found that the icon representing the "Hermit Order" was flashing in the projection.
He continued to manipulate the energy and touched the icon, and saw rows of information appear in front of him.
This information included the part about the clown among the hundreds of bounties on the Deep Underground Black Market. Bambu even highlighted the most noteworthy bounties and sorted them by price from high to low.
The one at the top of the list is a bounty with an asking price of 800,000, but the buyer’s requirement is: a thousand different styles.
Ingres's ever-changing styles are obviously not up to standard.
Bambu listed this item because the buyer has been waiting for half a year and has not received the "every possible appearance" clown. In addition, the buyer has been visiting the Shenzhen Black Market almost every day to check on the situation, which shows his anxiety. In this case, maybe we can talk to the buyer and maybe he is willing to buy the "every possible appearance" clown.
This is obviously the conclusion that Bambu came to after observation.
As to whether it can succeed, it is still unknown, but the fact that Bamb can give such a conclusion in a humane way is much more rigorous than Ingres' own summary.
The rest of the rankings after that are basically to acquire the clowns with “various looks”.
It usually hovers between 250,000 and 300,000.
Bambu made two recommendations, both of which were priced at $300,000.
However, the former's background is that of a magician from the Fashion Guild, which is relatively secure, but there may be more procedures to go through; the latter's background is that of a personal magician who lives in the No. 61st Town, so he will come faster and transactions will be relatively convenient, but there may be some "unexpected" accidents.
The "unexpected" accidents here do not mean that you cannot trade, but that you may be targeted by the other party after the trade.
After all, independent magicians are more unbridled because they have no scruples.
Of course, this kind of accident does not necessarily happen, but once it happens, it is difficult to recover.