One Piece: The World King Who Emerged from the White Town

As for other things, we'll talk about them once we're in a safe place.

As soon as Abel finished purchasing, the two items immediately appeared in the system's [Inventory].

The number of slots in the system's "Inventory" is unlimited, but they can only be used to store system items.

Abel immediately took out the light bulletproof vest (white) and put it on.

The black bulletproof vest looks incredibly safe and is surprisingly lightweight, weighing only about a pound. I wonder what special material it's made of.

Then he put his blood-stained uniform jacket back on.

After doing all that, he checked the [orders] again.

[Start searching for wish orders?]

Current search count: 1 (free)

Abel thought for a moment and then chose to confirm.

His idea was simple: the first time was for trial and error, to gather information, so naturally the earlier it was used, the better.

The system immediately started operating.

[Searching for prayer orders... Search complete!]

[Get a basic prayer order]

[Order Description: A boy known as the 'Grim Reaper Elementary School Student' has been captured while investigating a murderer and urgently needs a sharp knife to cut the ropes binding him.]

[Order details: A sharp tool for cutting ropes]

[Basic Order Rewards: A pair of stamina-enhancing shoes, 100 trading points]

[Order time remaining: 4 minutes and 59 seconds]

……

"There's a time limit?"

The five-minute countdown surprised Abel, but it didn't make him panic.

Instead, they calmly began to analyze and obtain the information they wanted.

"It seems that completing an order does not require adhering to any principle of 'equivalent exchange'."

"Otherwise, the value of a mere ordinary knife could never be equated with that of a pair of shoes that enhance leg strength..."

"Of course, this is on the premise that the 'Death God Elementary School Student' in the order description is the one I 'know' well."

"So the generation of orders is very likely based on this kind of 'supply and demand' logic."

"That is, what one needs at the moment and the price one is willing to pay at this moment. The true value of the two is not necessarily the same, and whether it is a profit or a loss depends entirely on my subjective opinion."

Abel couldn't help but show a thoughtful expression.

It's very simple, let me give you an example.

A man trapped in the desert was carrying a lot of gold, but he had run out of water.

In this situation, is gold more important or water?

If someone offered him enough water to survive and get out of the desert, in exchange for the gold he was carrying, what would happen?

Probably 99% of people would agree, because survival is the most important thing!

As for those fools who value money over their lives, there's no need to mention them.

Therefore, in Abel's view, the true value of an item fluctuates constantly depending on each person's different needs.

An ordinary bottle of mineral water might only sell for a dollar or two in a city, but it could be sold to a thirsty traveler in the desert for a ton of gold. That's roughly the idea.

After figuring it out, Abel wasted no more time and immediately began laboriously searching through the corpses nearby.

Although most of the people in Flevans were shot to death, a considerable number were killed by knives, not to mention the residents who took up arms to fight back...

So even though the valuables on these corpses had long been stripped away, some worthless 'junk' was still left here along with the bodies.

Abel could see dozens of broken knives stuck in his chest or embedded in his bones just by looking up.

He quickly found a knife that met his requirements.

It was a sharp kitchen knife that was being held tightly in the hand. The deceased was a man in his forties, with his eyes wide open and unwilling to close, as if he had put up a fierce resistance before his death.

As a result, the blade of the kitchen knife that was originally used for cutting vegetables had some chips.

If he had enough time, Abel would have tried to look around some more, but time was limited, so he could only use it to submit the order.

[Order confirmed... Delivery in progress]

Almost instantly, the sharp kitchen knife that Abel was holding disappeared from his hand.

[The initial prayer order has been completed, and the customer gave it a two-star rating (just so-so)!]

[Comment: Are you kidding me?! I need a sharp knife, not a saw!]

[A two-star rating deducts 20% of the base transaction points reward. The remaining reward has been automatically issued; please check it yourself.]

……

"Two-star rating?"

Abel was stunned for a moment, then realized that he had only received 80 trade points and a pair of shoes that enhanced his leg strength, which meant that 20% of his trade point reward had indeed been deducted.

"System, what's going on?"

Please review the specific rules (details) yourself.

Abel immediately unfolded it and saw what was happening.

It turns out that after each order is completed, customer feedback is received, which is divided into 5 types.

A one-star rating equals a terrible rating, and 50% of the basic reward transaction points will be deducted.

Furthermore, if you accumulate three one-star negative reviews, your trading qualification will automatically be downgraded by one level. If you are already a beginner trading qualification and there is no further downgrade, then the system will unbind you and you will be removed from the trading account.

However, each time you upgrade your trading qualification level, the negative reviews you received before will be immediately cleared and accumulated again.

Two-star rating = so-so, not particularly satisfactory, but usable enough. Twenty percent of the basic reward transaction points will be deducted; negative reviews do not accumulate.

A 3-star rating equals a neutral positive review. It basically meets the customer's needs; while there are no extra surprises, it's well above average. No bonus will be deducted, and there are no additional rewards.

A four-star rating is an unexpected surprise! It not only meets the customer's basic needs but also fulfills some of their potential needs, leaving the customer pleasantly surprised! The basic reward transaction points will be increased by 50%, and there is a certain probability of receiving extra tips from the customer as a reward.

Five-star rating = perfect review. Absolutely positive feedback, leaving customers with absolutely no complaints and perfectly meeting all their needs. The base reward of transaction points will be increased by 100%, and there is a very high probability of receiving additional tips from customers as a reward.

The one- to five-star rating not only provides greater autonomy in the selection of traded items, but also encourages users to fulfill each customer's "wish order" to the best of their ability, rather than doing it perfunctorily.

Chapter Three: Survivors

Having gained experience from completing his first order, Abel knew how to use the system in the future.

Make sure to get as many positive reviews as possible!

To get positive reviews, the quality of the items you trade is crucial... and perhaps the quantity is also important.

Besides that, there's time.

Therefore, the biggest challenge in gaining positive reviews is how to complete orders better while ensuring timeliness.

This undoubtedly requires him to be fully prepared at all times, and to be able to prepare high-quality or sufficient quantities of traded items as soon as possible, no matter what kind of order he encounters.

This is something that cannot be accomplished by one person alone.

He needs his own manpower and influence, ample money, and even a high-ranking position and privileges!

With just a single command, the most abundant resources can be mobilized in the shortest time to achieve the most thorough preparation. Then, by using the system to strengthen oneself and acquire resources that others do not have, an unsolvable closed loop is formed!

Of course, this is only the most perfect and ideal situation.

However, this did not prevent Abel, who was penniless at the time, from regarding it as the goal he would strive for in the future!

At that very moment, a seed filled with ambition was quietly planted.

Then Abel quickly took out the pair of leg-strengthening shoes he had just obtained from his system [inventory] and put them on. Now he had to do everything he could to arm himself.

Classic white and red high-top sneakers, the size is just right.

Each shoe has a hidden knob on the outside that can adjust to three different power levels.

By stimulating acupoints on the feet with electricity and magnetism, the muscles can exert greater strength.

Each use consumes battery power, so it needs to be charged after use.

However, there's no need to worry about not having a matching charger. There's a small area on the shoe surface that can absorb and convert solar energy. It only needs to be exposed to sunlight for 6 hours to be fully charged, which is very practical.

Abel breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately lay back down on the ground, pretending to be dead.

Just then, more soldiers arrived carrying corpses.

"What bad luck, to have been assigned such a job."

"Alright, stop complaining. This should be the last batch. Hurry up and put the bodies down, then go back and take a shower. We can have a drink together tonight."

Abel listened to the soldiers' conversation and a thought struck him.

But he quickly suppressed the excitement in his heart. If the other party found out that he was still alive, he would probably be finished off immediately.

Fortunately, the soldiers were not willing to stay there any longer. After roughly unloading all the corpses, they hurriedly left without even glancing in his direction.

This made Abel breathe a sigh of relief.

"No, we can't wait any longer, we have to leave here immediately."

Thinking about what the soldiers had said earlier, Abel felt somewhat anxious.

If those were indeed the last batch of bodies transported here, then it means that someone will soon come and burn everything here to the ground.

If we can't escape before then...

However, misfortune never comes singly. Just as Abel was calculating the time and preparing to leave, two soldiers returned, and then the sound of two people talking could be heard from not far away.

"Hurry up, grab the stuff and leave."

"What's there to be afraid of? Everyone else has left, they won't notice."