Chapter 121: The Gamble

Chapter 121: The Gamble

In the Infinite Market of Dreams, more than a dozen waves of customers were received at the same time. These dozen or so waves of customers never met each others eyes; some came with a purpose like Yu Yiyis, seeking a place to hide, some came because they were in need of something, while some came with not-so-kind intentions like Jin Cheng and Tang Cuo.

Ding!

Welcome to the Infinite Market of Dreams!

The space around them was still a dodecahedron that had the looks of a kaleidoscope. As soon as Jin Cheng entered, he tried calling out Black Hats name, but no one answered.

The wizard hat on the wall acted like a customer service officer; although it gave out questions and answers, this wasnt Black Hat himself.

Jin Cheng shrugged unamusedly and turned to Tang Cuo, signalling him to ask the question.

Tang Cuo went straight to the point: I want the clue to the dungeon that Scarlet hides her phylactery. If I want to enter the dungeon, which card do I need?

According to the information given by Yu Yiyi, Scarlets phylactery was hidden in a special-trigger dungeon. The key to the dungeon was a card, but he never mentioned what card it was.

The wizard hats above tilted forward and looked down at them: Dearest customers, this store doesnt sell such goods.

Such an answer was expected.

Tang Cuo didnt feel disappointed, but he couldnt leave as soon as he came in, so he was planning to ask for other things. But to his astonishment, the wizard hat continued: But a customer happened to place this item in our store just earlier. If you can give something that has an equal value, I can open a gamble for the two of you.

Hearing this, Tang Cuo and Jin Cheng immediately looked at each other, both seeing the surprise in the others eyes.

The gambling setting of the Infinite Market of Dreams had been made known to them the last time they came, but they didnt expect that someone actually placed a clue as goods in this place, which also happened to be exactly what they needed.

They travelled far and wide to look for this thing, only to find it right next to their nose.

Jin Cheng said immediately: I may yield three items for the other party to choose from: a hatchable Griffon egg, a clue to a movement and a clue to a legendary-grade weapon.

Wizard hat: Dearest customer, for the sake of your sincerity, Ill notify the other party as soon as possible. Please wait a moment.

The Infinite Market of Dreams relied on the system, and announcements made by the system were always transmitted instantly, so real-time connection wasnt something out of the way. That said, Jin Cheng and Tang Cuo never expected that the person was in the Miscellaneous Store right this moment.

What did you say? Someone wants to take a gamble with me? Yu Yiyi also felt this was odd. He had put the clue up for not even ten minutes, why was there already someone wanting to buy it?

Startled, he thought of Jin Cheng and Tang Cuo, and came to a sudden realisation.

The teammate who was perpetually half-a-beat slower also finally reacted: Jin Cheng and Tang Cuo want to buy the clue? That mustnt be! Can there really be such a coincidence?

Yu Yiyi stroked his chin and narrowed his eyes. He didnt believe in such a coincidence either, but the truth was before his eyes; there was no way to refute. He immediately asked the wizard hat: Can you keep the other party from knowing my identity?

The wizard hat giggled eerily: Of course, this store strictly abides by the confidentiality clause.

Relieved, Yi Yiyi agreed to the gamble after a quick thought. He was always excellent at avoiding risks, but sometimes, the biggest wealth lay in the greatest danger.

So a while later, the spaces where the two parties were located began to overlap, and two vague figures shrouded in white mist appeared in front of them both, allowing them to communicate but not catch a clear sight of the other.

A long white table appeared between the two parties, with a small box placed at Yu Yiyis end and two boxes and a Griffon egg placed at Jin Chengs end.

It could be seen that stored inside Yu Yiyis box was an intangible item the clue.

The rules of the gamble are as follows: If the two sides of the gamble place the goods in the Infinite Market of Dreams, they acknowledge the Markets representation rights, and by default, they also acknowledge that theyre subjected to potential losses from the gamble.

The first to provide the goods is Party A, and the other party is Party B. Both parties would use the choice of Yes or No to carry out the transaction. If the transaction fails, the goods from both sides end up with the Infinite Market of Dreams.

Due to the intangible nature of goods like intel and clues, should they belong to the Infinite Market of Dreams, its required that the customers will have their memories relating to the goods completely erased.

After reading the rules, both parties fell silent.

Tang Cuo couldnt see the face on the other side, but he could see Jin Chengs. Jin Cheng raised an eyebrow, a hint of mischief exuding from his eyes as he simply said: So he wants to catch a wolf with bare hands.The original idiom used here is , which is lit. translated as to tie a white wolf with bare hands. Metaphorically, it means that youre able to gain valuable things using worthless things, or even nothing, in exchange.

The goods both belonged to the players, but if both parties had bad luck and neither made the correct guess, both sides offers would be snatched by the Infinite Market of Dreams.

Yu Yiyi wasnt afraid at all, because his luck was, without fail, phenomenal. He could hear the other partys voice, but because the sound had been altered by the system, it was impossible to tell whether the voice came from Jin Cheng or Tang Cuo.

Regaining his composure, he said calmly: Im ready. I want to bid for the clue to the legendary-grade weapon.

The wizard hat above his head opened its eyes again: Friendly reminder, the clues provided by both parties are merely vague directions that help to narrow the searching range, nothing is final. But our store guarantees that the clues given to both parties are equal. If theres no objection, the gamble will commence at once.

Naturally, the two parties had no objection.

Yu Yiyi: Fuelling disharmony. He just doesnt want Jin Cheng to grow bigger. If Jin Cheng really becomes the uncrowned king of Yong Ye City, what will Black Hat do if Jin Cheng turns around and beats him up? This man seems to really know how to hold a grudge.

Teammate: Then why would he want us to get the clue to the movement? Isnt it better that he goes there himself?

Yu Yiyi: Dumba**! Hes a civil servant who cant enter any dungeons. It must be us players who take the movement!

The realisation now dawned on the teammate: Thats true.

Yu Yiyi waved his hand and looked around. The living corpses had all been led away by Jin Cheng, while most of the players had entered the dungeons. Due to the damage caused by Scarlet, the streets were rather empty at this moment.

On the street, the remnants of several living corpses were piling up, and every few steps, a similar heap of corpses could be found. There were also lone corpses scattered on the road, but no one seemed to care at all.

After some thought, Yu decided to go into a dungeon to avoid the storm. He just got a clue to a legendary-grade weapon, so now was nicely the time to go get it.

At the same time, Jin Cheng and Tang Cuo met An Ning.

When they walked out of Blach Hat Miscellaneous Store, someone waved to them from the dark alley diagonally across. Tang Cuo felt that the person was familiar, and a few thoughts quickly brought him to remember that he had seen this person next to An Ning.

Big sister asks us to keep watch here. The man explained.

Indeed many days ago, they had asked An Ning to help watch Black Hats Miscellaneous Store. Neither Tang Cuo nor Jin Cheng had expected An Ning to be so reliable.

Then perhaps she could take care of the upcoming matters. Jin Cheng thought for a moment and said: Take us to her.

While leading the way, the man reported to them on the progress these days: There are people coming to Black Hats Miscellaneous Store every day. Earlier, we even saw Extreme Luck.

Jin Cheng quirked an eyebrow: You even know Extreme Luck?

The man scratched his head and said with a hint of embarrassment: We have to. Big sister was afraid that we dont know who is who, so she gave us a lot of portraits to learn their appearance.

This was the famous Extreme Luck. For ordinary players, even Leng Miao and Rong Yi werent as appealing as him, and neither were they as memorable.

Jin Cheng cast a glance at Tang Cuo. It seemed that the intel just now undoubtedly came from Yu Yiyi. This Extreme Luck gave half of the information as a favour to Jin Cheng, then sold half of it to the Infinite Market of Dreams. What a cunning bastard.

But they had gotten the information they wanted, so whatever else was irrelevant. After seeing An Ning, Jin Cheng immediately gave her the new mission.

Youre asking me to spread the news that the specific clue to the 2nd Movement is with Black Hat? An Ning was so surprised that she almost spilt the water in her cup, not knowing whether what Jin Cheng said was true or not.

Upon her question, Jin Cheng didnt give a straightforward answer: It doesnt matter if its true or not, you just need to pass this out quietly and try to make everyone learn about it in the shortest time. Its best to also let Scarlet know.

An Ning asked no further and immediately turned around to begin the work. Her teammates were all very good at spreading news. Going to places with many people coming in and out like the taverns and the game hall to casually spread a few words would be a piece of cake.

At this point, one hour had passed since Scarlet gave her 24-hour time limit.

The number of living corpses that followed behind Tang Cuo and Jin Cheng had been massively reduced, with only two or three harmless kittens left standing, but none of them seemed willing to attack Tang Cuo or Jin Cheng.

The two of them just slid around the kittens, swaggered across the streets, turned into a restaurant and started drinking and eating.

Every player in the restaurant had to sit on pins and needles, looking at Jin Cheng and Tang Cuo then at the windows, where the corpses whose saliva was dripping out of their mouths were desperately trying to squeeze inside. It felt as though they had entered some sort of zombie dungeon, making it quite a pain to eat or swallow anything.

Outside, many players were watching this place, one by one poking their heads out, but no one wanted to be the early bird that dared to step forward and take down the living corpses.

Meanwhile, the two protagonists seemed completely unbothered. Jin Cheng slowly poured a bowl of bone soup and handed it to Tang Cuo. Seeing a little ice cream on the corner of Tang Cuos mouth, he couldnt help but reach out to wipe it off.

Tang Cuo raised his eyes, staring straight at Jin Cheng with his remarkably bright eyes.

Is the ice cream yummy? Give me a bite. Jin Cheng put his elbows on the table, his ten fingers intertwined, his face wearing a gleeful smile.

Why dont you order another one? Tang Cuo said.

Yours looks better.

I remember you dont like sweet stuff.

Jin Cheng tilted his head and thought about something. No one knew what went through his mind, but his smile grew broader: You even remember that. It seems someone truly cared about his instructor back then.

Tang Cuo: .

Jin Cheng: Are you being shy?

Tang Cuo: Im simply concerned about the commoners.

Only then did Jin Cheng finally seem to notice that there were several tables around them. As he looked over with a big smile and his eyes curving into two contented arches, the other players immediately bowed their heads and started eating, pretending that they hadnt heard anything.