Matrix Survival: One random treasure chest per day

Chapter 630 Spring Rain Magic Crystal Shop

"How much does the highest tier cost?" Li Zheng looked down and swiped on the inscription card, preparing to pay.

Zi Yuan held up one finger: "Ten thousand red crystal coins!"

"How much?!" Li Zheng picked at his ear, thinking he had misheard.

"Ten thousand red crystal coins!" Zi Yuan repeated, then said, "Don't rush to complain about the price. This is a discounted price we got because our blacksmith shop has connections with the master craftsman. For the average person to get the highest-level outer city identity, it would cost at least thirteen thousand red crystal coins!"

Ten thousand, and it's still red crystal coins!
Li Zheng looked down at the pitiful five hundred red crystals on his inscription card and was momentarily dazed.

Not long ago, I was a poor guy who could only use white crystal coins. I finally managed to get five hundred red crystal coins. I thought that even if I couldn't live a luxurious life, at least I wouldn't have to struggle to make ends meet.

To my utter surprise, the moment I warmed up those 500 red crystals, I discovered that the first thing I needed to do would require far more money than my current wealth limit...

"Um... cough..." Li Zheng looked embarrassed: "How much do the other two tiers cost respectively?"

"The lowest tier is two hundred red crystals, and the mid-tier is three thousand red crystals." Zi Yuan quoted the two prices respectively: "These are the discounted prices that the shop can get. It's only because you helped the teacher a few times that the teacher instructed us to treat you well. Otherwise, I wouldn't have the time to do such things for anyone else."

"If you have the money, I suggest you buy a mid-range model and add storage space later," Zi Yuan finally advised.

First, obtain an inscription card with the necessary permissions; later, you can add a separate storage space.

However, if the lowest tier is chosen when applying for resident status for the first time, a new Inscription Card will be required for subsequent applications, which means that the hundreds of Red Crystals spent on the first application will be wasted.

"Then I won't do it for now." Li Zheng put away the inscription card. He didn't have much to begin with, so there was no need to waste those few hundred red crystals.

"Not enough money?" Zi Yuan saw Li Zheng's predicament at a glance. She didn't say much, just smiled, put away her inscription card, and continued to sit behind the counter, waiting for customers to come in.

"Is everything done?" When Miriel saw Li Zheng return, her eyes sparkled as she looked at him expectantly.

Li Zheng forced a smile and said, "I don't have enough money. I'll have to find a way to make money later, otherwise it will be really difficult to move an inch in the outer city."

“It’s alright.” Miriel showed no disappointment at the fact that her residency status hadn’t been processed yet. Instead, she looked at Li Zheng with even more anticipation: “Can we start cultivating our mental power now?”

“Okay.” Li Zheng pondered, there was nothing urgent to do for the time being, so he decided to first condense a mental energy node for Miriel.

Upon approaching, Li Zheng sat down next to Miriel: "I still remember the way Xu guided me to condense the nodes. Release your mental energy, and I'll guide you through it first."

Eh?
and many more!

This isn't how you build a spiritual connection...

My back is still sore!
You're still injured...

……

Half a day passed in the blink of an eye. Miriel was drenched in sweat, and finally, under Li Zheng's guidance, she condensed her first spiritual energy node.

Unlike the planet-sized nodes of the Void, the mental energy node that Miriel had just condensed was only the size of a grain of rice, floating in her mind and continuously emitting a suction force.

Whenever she generates a little mental energy, it is absorbed into the node, increasing the node's volume.

"Next, we just need to slowly fill it in until the node is full. When the excess mental energy is refilled in the mind, the second node can be condensed." Li Zheng rubbed his waist and got out of bed to get some lunch from the stove.

After the meal, Li Zheng went out for a stroll through the streets of the outer city. Since arriving in the outer city, he had either been traveling or working as a portal receptionist, and apart from the blacksmith shop number thirty-eight, he hadn't had a proper look at what other shops sold. Now that he had some free time, he took the opportunity to wander around outside by himself.

Unlike other shops, the blacksmith's shop mainly deals in high-end products, each of which is quite expensive.

The other shops, on the other hand, offer a wide variety of products with varying quality, ranging from basic to advanced levels.

In terms of price, apart from high-end items, it's not actually that outrageous. Most basic items can be bought with just white crystal coins.

Li Zheng bought some tonics and healing medicines from a shop that specializes in selling medicines. The tonics were mainly for anemia and kidney deficiency. According to the shop assistant, blurred vision and lower back pain could also be related to the kidneys, so Li Zheng bought some related medicines. Otherwise, he would never have even glanced at them.

When he went to buy medicine, he discovered that the shop really only sold medicine; there were no other items or props.

Out of curiosity, he asked the shop assistant with the head of a black hairy spider why he didn't expand the product range and broaden the market.

The other person replied, "You're a player who recently joined the outer city, right?"

Li Zheng nodded.

The clerk said, "That's right. You newcomers might not be familiar with the rules set by the terminal. Since I have some free time now, I'll explain them to you in detail..."

Li Zheng looked down at the medicine worth 100,000 white crystal coins in his hand and nodded.

He remembered that when he first walked in, the salesperson even told him to look through the shelves himself to see the products. Now, with such enthusiasm, he felt a little uncomfortable.

He still preferred the shop assistant's unruly demeanor from not long ago.

"To open a store in the outer city, you need to report to the terminal, pass the terminal's review, and pay the full amount of registered capital to obtain a business license." The clerk was enthusiastic and kept talking: "After obtaining the business license, you also need to rent or buy a store. The types of goods sold in the store must strictly comply with the regulations on the business license. If you sell unrelated products, you will be reported and fined. In serious cases, the business license may even be revoked."

"For example, if our store sells medicines, we can only sell that one product. If you want to buy nanorobots or bone-setting tools, you need to go to a store that sells medical equipment."

"Coincidentally, we have a medical equipment store nearby. If you need anything, you can go and take a look. The store is called..."

Wow, no wonder they were so enthusiastic, they were waiting here all along.

Li Zheng rolled his eyes, put the items into the capsule, and turned to leave.

Besides this shop, he also visited shops selling agricultural products, leather goods, armor, mechs, firearms, and power cores.

Finally, we arrived at the end of Block 7 and came to the door of a special shop.

Shop number one in Block 7 has a sign hanging at the entrance with the shop name written in a foreign script.

After translation, it reads: Spring Rain Magic Crystal.

This is a shop that specializes in selling Twisted Magic Crystals, which are produced in the Seven Sins Domain, a famous wilderness.

This shop is also the one with the most customers in the entire Seventh Street area, with a constant stream of people from all walks of life, some of whom even Old Pu couldn't recognize.

That's all for today. I've been updating with 5,000-word chapters for eight consecutive days, and I'm starting to feel a bit burnt out.

Especially a couple of days ago, I tried to drive fast, and it was too fast. I crashed into a mountain and almost got smashed to pieces.

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