Genesis: Starting with Growing Mushrooms

Chapter 359 Shop Management Setup, Open for Business!
"Different places nurture different kinds of magical objects, but the magical objects from the theft series have ultimately gone a bit astray."

"Although it doesn't look weak in the direction it's crooked."

Liu Jun understood better than anyone how much treasure this honest pickpocket could steal.
The current trading model is the best way to gather treasures from all over the world.

A pickpocket is a petty thief.

Capital is a great thief.

Next, Liu Jun studied it carefully.

He discovered that the shop in front of him was also in a similar energy state.

It is not a physical entity.

"Next door is the Evolution Chef's, with light, a kettle, and a cutting board."

"This place is a thieving black market, and this magical object is part of a shop?"

"It's more like a black market for selling stolen goods by some master thief!"

Click!

Liu Jun glanced at the shop where the "Power Capital Thief" divine object had been formed, and strode in.

Liu Jun was surprised to discover that
"This shop can be transformed using a magical object of transformation."

slam-la-

As Liu Jun's thoughts surged, the entire shop seemed to enter a God-like construction mode, with various facilities able to adjust their style on their own.

"This is quite interesting. The transformation artifact can not only change the 80,000 treasures stolen by the [low-theft artifact], but also change the style of this [high-theft artifact] shop."

"Interlocking and complementary, it truly is a series."

Liu Jun found it interesting and began to experiment with new architectural styles using the "transformation of divine objects".

A hodgepodge of Western and Chinese architecture.

The entire shop is like a young girl who is dressed up at will, constantly being changed into various beautiful clothes.

In the end, after indulging in dressing up as a Barbie doll once again, Liu Jun honestly chose a simple style with an antique black palace theme.

Because of the God of Thieves, Liu Jun's character should be portrayed as low-key.

A shady shop that sells stolen goods needs to have a corresponding atmosphere and style.

We can't make it too glittering and gaudy, with a gold color, can we?

That doesn't fit the image of the God of Thieves—melancholy, gloomy, and even with a touch of artistic sensibility.

Yes.

Liu Jun is portrayed as a god of theft who specializes in stealing works of art.

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After Liu Jun had finalized the decoration style, the four large characters "Quan Ziben Dao" (meaning "Power Capital Theft") slowly appeared on the door.

This shows that the house itself is a divine object.

Upon entering the shop, Liu Jun began stocking the shelves, placing the tens of thousands of pieces of equipment he had stolen.

Previously, Liu Jun had armed his demon army with 20,000 pieces of equipment.

Now, Liu Jun made a snap decision and threw the remaining 60,000 items onto the shelves of this shady shop.

You have to give in order to gain!
Only large supermarkets with tens of thousands of items can make it easier for customers to find what they want.

As for
Without 80,000 pieces of equipment, has he, as God, become weaker?

If you get weaker, you get weaker.

Anyway, God hasn't been fighting recently, so there's no need to panic.

Furthermore, even if there is a battle, I can quickly get supplies from the shops and re-arm myself to the teeth.

"That's how business works. If you don't put goods on the shelves, how can you make more money?"

"Opening a shop to do business is an investment!"

slam-la-

The entire enormous black shop resembled a luxury jewelry store, or a historic mythological museum.

The steps beneath your feet are a treasure.

The murals are treasures.

The vase next to it is a treasure.

It has an artistic flavor.

The holy sword and crown hanging on the shelf, adorned with various divine lights, gave people an extremely noble and elegant feeling.

Anyone who walks in will be utterly intimidated.

After some research, Liu Jun began to set up other details.

"Well, I don't need a shopkeeper, because hiring one would easily lower the shop's prestige."

"I can set up fully automated trading."

"The other party can offer something of equal value in exchange."

"Your sense of smell, hearing, talents, divine power—any conceptual thing that can be stolen."

"Yes, I'm going to make you come to me so I can steal your things!"

Liu Jun tried adjusting the backend of the shop and discovered that he could set up many functions.

For example, the transaction price, the interest charged, the commission, and even the entry threshold and membership fee for each visit can be set.

Liu Jun made some casual adjustments.

Entry requirements: None.

Membership fee: None.

Annual interest rate: 20%
Transaction commission: 20%
He discovered that taking 20% ​​from the common people was currently the highest amount available.

This is probably because I'm not familiar with it.

As one's understanding of the laws governing this divine object deepens, the commission rate can continue to increase.

But Liu Jun himself is not a capitalist.
Although these evil remnants of the top ten companies forcibly transformed this stolen artifact into a capital artifact.

But Liu Jun still planned to take only 20% of the turnover.

The main focus is a steady flow of water.

As many powerful figures on earth secretly discover this pawnshop, and through repeated transactions, sooner or later someone will be unable to redeem their items, causing the treasures in the shop to continuously increase.

Leave behind their talents, various skills, moves, and equipment.
"Perhaps, this is why the concept of magical treasures came into being in this world of immortals!"

Liu Jun's lips curled slightly as he picked up a sword.

【Name: Frank's Sword】

[Level: Prefecture-level]

[Function: Amplifies Nen Energy by +16%]

[The prized possession of the Frankish civilization, the sword worn by King Frank XIII during his expedition to the bottom of the outer ocean.]

This is still just a basic level.

Liu Jun believes that with the advancement of the times and the collective wisdom of all people in the civilization, he will improve his rudimentary equipment.

The creation of this equipment is of great significance!

This is not just a trading system, but also the foundation for a mythical system of magical artifacts.

It is worth noting that many ancient myths feature various famous divine artifacts.

In God's mythology, there is the Holy Grail that carries the blood of Jesus' suffering, the Ark of the Covenant filled with various treasures, and the Spear of Longinus that pierced Jesus.
Too much is too much.

However, the previous mythological era was very primitive. Although multiple mythological eras have passed, no magical artifacts or divine weapons have yet been created.

This resulted in the gods fighting mostly with their bare hands.

The mortals on earth created various wands, robes, and magical rings to enhance their abilities, but these were only slightly better than nothing and were far too useless for gods of their caliber.

And now.

The crucial system of magical artifacts has finally been born.

This is equivalent to primitive people who fought bare-handed entering the era of cold weapons and finally learning to pick up tools.

This is bound to be a major explosion of combat power!
Just look at what Liu Jun did before.

He was covered in 60,000 pieces of equipment, and his base stats were incredibly high.

At that time, Sisyphus, whose combat power was terrifying, only glanced at God, whose basic stats were explosive, and immediately declared that he was no match for him, and decisively sued for peace.

visible.

How big is the gap in equipment?

"The only drawback is that there's only one shop at the moment!"

"If only flowers could bloom everywhere!"

Liu Jun pondered, trying to figure out how to replicate this magical shop and open stores in various places to form a chain.

Next, Liu Jun personally tried pawning, conducted several transactions, and then made several more trials before he was satisfied.

"Proceed to the next test."

After thinking for a moment, Liu Jun took out a wooden artifact from the Amber Swallowtail Butterfly and pawned it at this shop.

A beam of emerald light illuminated the entire shop.

Arranged according to the quality of the goods, this divine wooden object slowly rose to the highest level of the transparent display case, becoming the store's prized possession.

"Sure enough, even divine objects can be displayed in the shop."

"If I can steal divine objects, I can naturally sell them in this black market shop as well." Liu Jun was greatly surprised and began to try the next step: robbing the shop.

He wanted to see if the sacred objects consigned inside could be robbed and stolen.

Boom boom boom!
Liu Jun transformed into God, unleashing a barrage of magical powers to launch a wave of free supermarket purchases.

"Once I open the store, other criminals will eventually try to offer freebies. I'll try it myself first!"

All the attacks seemed to penetrate into some kind of void, having no effect on the shops.

It's as if it doesn't exist in a single layer dimension.

However, this seems reasonable.

Because this shop, and all the goods inside, are essentially a kind of conceptual buff equipment.

Without a physical form, it cannot be penetrated.

Like the conceptual world of death and the conceptual world of parallelism, the concept of theft seems to have its own unique dimension.

Theft can steal all sorts of concepts.

This stolen concept equipment can only be put on and taken off with the help of theft.

When others touch it, it's just a blank projection; it has no physical form at all.

"Keep trying."

Liu Jun tried various divine powers—fate, magic, death—and found that none of these gods could rob the shop.

Liu Jun was immediately satisfied. "My shop is safe enough!"

"Next comes the main event!"

Liu Jun activated his stealth ability and began the robbery.

There is nothingness around.

All barriers seemed to have disappeared.

Liu Jun walked confidently into the semi-transparent virtual shop, breaking down the barriers and easily snatching away various treasures.
"Can we just rob it?"

"Hiding this thing still shows a lack of martial ethics."

Liu Jun then tried to steal the store's prized possession, the wooden treasure.

He discovered that this thing could also be stolen.

"Damn the God of Immortality, your power of concealment is the bane of my thief-running business!"

Liu Jun grumbled and stopped the covert experiment.

He was now certain that all the security measures in the shop were rendered useless in the face of the hidden divine power.

It's like a robber brazenly barging into a jewelry store, taking whatever he wants, and no one can stop him.

"Let's try the next one."

Liu Jun reached out and plucked a particle of chaos from the sky above the Immortal World, which landed in the shop.

one second.

two seconds.

three seconds.

At the tenth second, the entire shop was on the verge of collapse, causing Liu Jun to immediately stop what he was doing.

"It seems my shop is also afraid of chaos."

"Indeed, chaos is the nemesis of all divine power."

But upon closer reflection, it's actually acceptable.

Because even the supreme annihilating power of chaos takes ten seconds to completely breach a shop, you have plenty of time to move your shop away.

Even if chaos attacks and robs openly and honestly, one can still defend oneself!
Furthermore, those who can manipulate and control chaos are all renowned powerhouses. If anyone attempts to forcibly demolish a shop, they will be blacklisted and never allowed to enter again.

What I'm most afraid of is stealthily hiding and stealing things.

After several trial runs of his shop, Liu Jun felt it was almost time to open for business.

After all, since it's a shop, it's impossible not to use it.

How should we explain the origin of the God of Thieves?

It's actually quite easy to explain.

Liu Jun thought for a moment and then filled in the gaps in the worldview.

There have been previous hints that various ancient gods from prehistoric times will be revived in this modern era.

It's not unusual for a prehistoric god of thievery to be revived now, is it?

Rather, it makes more sense.

After all, even God was a figure from this era. In the entire prehistoric period, only one immortal god revived.
The existence of only one prehistoric god who escaped is not in line with the depth of history.

Therefore, the revival of the God of Thieves is quite normal.

And Liu Jun plans to use a very simple setting:

The God of Thieves has always been incredibly mysterious; no one knows his true identity!
After all, in many stories, the likes of the God of Thieves and the Thousand-Faced Gentleman are often kept in the dark, so isn't that normal?
The theft series has no fighting ability whatsoever.

Her attack power is as weak as that of the woman of fate!

Therefore, it is perfectly normal for the God of Thieves to be able to hide in the crowd by using his power of transformation.

According to Liu Jun's setting.

The Thief God is a pure black market merchant NPC who runs a pawnshop and is shrouded in mystery.

(End of this chapter)