Absolute Gate

Chapter 110 The Treasure Trove of the Blue and White Society
The group arrived at a mixed architectural complex built against the backdrop of a tropical rainforest, blending indigenous charm with modern technology.

This place is a gathering place for mercenaries, explorers, and all sorts of people in the South Pacific, and it is also the official base of the Free Mercenary Club in Oceania.

The appearance of Wu Zhong's team did not attract much attention; there were just too many strange people around here.

They headed straight for the core area of ​​the stronghold, the World Tree.

After entering the bonsai space, Wu spent a small amount of money to rent a secluded treehouse.

It's actually 100,000 a day, but that's small change for him.

Inside the treehouse, the air was filled with the fresh scent of grass and trees. He called out to the shopping mall, and a dazzling array of goods were displayed through holographic projection, categorized by type.

From conventional weapons and ammunition, diverse equipment, to all sorts of exotic materials, medicines, and even living organisms, there is something for everyone.

He first checked the market price of the Fountain of Youth, which, when converted to RMB, was 1.2 million per gram.

"Wow! It's gone up! More than a hundred million!" Wu Zhong exclaimed.

Perrin said, "Prices fluctuate, and these past two years have been quite eventful, with many consumables seeing price increases."

Yang Chunsha looked at Aba: "Your leader is really rich, able to hoard five hundred grams of the Fountain of Youth."

Aba sighed, "He started hoarding these thirty years ago. Back then, prices were low, and he would buy them every year. He couldn't bear to eat them himself, so over time he accumulated this much."

Perrin recalled for a moment: "Hmm, thirty years ago? The Free Mercenary Club was just established, right? Back then, many things were indeed cheap."

"The Tijuana family also frequently speculates on resources, buying low and selling high to profit from the price difference, but the family members all say that it's better to buy early than to speculate well..."

Everyone laughed, as it was like hoarding a large amount of Bitcoin when it was worthless.

Of course, the premise is that one must have had a lot of capital thirty years ago, and the rebel leader was clearly such a person; he was a very wealthy man.

Unfortunately, he could have lived a life of luxury, but he insisted on starting his own business, ultimately dying and losing his wealth, which was ultimately used to store up other people's fortunes.

"Keep six grams as emergency life-saving medication, and sell the remaining 42 grams," Wu finally decided.

The Fountain of Youth water sells very well; it basically sells out as soon as it's put on the market.

The platform only took a cut, but still ended up with 5 billion!

Wu distributed the money to everyone, 800 million each, with an extra 200 million intended to buy some team resources, such as props that interfere with mental power and items that target divine sense.

Now that we know about Long Qi's intelligence, we should target him fiercely!

It would be a disservice to them for spending so much money if we didn't target them.

“True Ancestor, it seems we don’t need to buy anything for mental power. Look, that pocket watch can protect against mental shock and resist hallucinations.”

"When you wear it, the pocket watch will automatically trigger to protect your mind in the event of such a mental attack."

While browsing the mall, Perrin searched for the pocket watch that Wu Zhong had obtained. It turned out to be a mental protective item worth 100 million.

Wu Zhong raised an eyebrow. No wonder Hans could unleash his full strength in front of Long Qi. Besides his own ability to use illusion magic, this item also played a part.

However, diverse equipment is not an absolute characteristic; what matters is strength.

For example, Perrin's magic-breaking ability is not very useful against stronger opponents, and all multi-dimensional equipment is the same.

"I don't need to be afraid of Long Qi. I bought the mind protection items for you."

"This thing isn't an absolute feature, so we'll win by quantity. My suggestion is that each of you buy one!"

As Wu Zhong spoke, he took out his pocket watch, thought for a moment, and tossed it to Aba.

Abba was stunned: "Huh? For me?"

Wu Zhong said, "They all got their share of the money, so they can buy it themselves. I don't need it. This is Hans's spoils of war. You also contributed, so you can keep it."

Aba did more than just contribute; he fought Hans to the point of near death. Without him, Hans and the others wouldn't have fallen out.

However, that's not how you calculate it.

Aba exclaimed in surprise, "This thing is worth a hundred million, it's your spoils of war, and you're just giving it to me like this?"

Wu Zhong chuckled: "How can you manage without a protective item? If you get instantly killed by Long Qi when the fight starts, wouldn't I be the one who harmed you?"

"The basis of our cooperation is that you helped me, and that you and Michelle were able to survive."

"If in the end you die because of helping me, would you still be willing to bear the stigma of betrayal and cooperate with me?"

"Take it with peace of mind. I sincerely hope you survive."

Hearing this, Aba felt very relieved.

Wu Zhonglian even thought of such details, which shows that he is sincere.

Instead of casually using him without caring about his life or death, even though he was already prepared to be a tool, why should he bear the name of betrayal if both sides are going to die?

"I believe you. I will return the pocket watch to you after it's done."

Wu Zhong was taken aback: "No need."

Aba firmly replied, "No, I don't like owing others; if I do, I must repay it."

Wu Zhong scratched his head; this guy's sense of 'unworthiness' was really strong.

However, the more Wu thought about it, the more he felt that "this child is like me," and he liked him even more.

He didn't say much and continued browsing the mall.

Now that Perrin and others have money, they don't need to be as stingy as before; they need to change their mindset.

Buy! Buy everything! Spend!
They each bought a heart-protecting pocket watch, and then they bought protective shield props that suited them.

Of course, Wu Zhong and Ya Ke did not buy it; Wu Zhong looked down on it, and Ya Ke could not use it.

"Should we take precautions against mental energy scanning? This spirit-disrupting incense is quite good. When lit, it releases colorless and odorless smoke that can create a spiritual energy interference field within a certain area, making mental energy detection within that area blurry and significantly reducing its accuracy."

"It's indiscriminate, and it does have a slight effect on one's own mental strength, but none of us have mental strength, so it's not a problem."

Yang Chunsha pointed to a product and suggested it.

Wu Zhong took a look and felt it was a bit useless; the accuracy was reduced, but it could still scan a rough outline.

He said, "If we're going to target someone, let's target them hard!"

"Just buy Yellow Spring Water!"

Wu Zhong set his sights on an item specifically designed to corrupt the consciousness of cultivators. Once pure consciousness touches it, it will cause excruciating pain, as if being burned, and damage to the primordial spirit.

Perrin clapped his hands and cheered: "The True Ancestor is ruthless. As long as this thing is swallowed, anyone who dares to scan the person with their divine sense will be directly affected and have their primordial spirit burned by the Yellow Spring Water."

Wu Zhong pondered and said, "It's not enough. A master of this level must have more than one incarnation."

"Maybe he's like Hans and McGill, switching between many similar host bodies."

"Even Yellow Spring Water is a consumable; buying too little is useless. Let's just buy a hundred million of it!"

The crowd gasped in astonishment. "Huh? Just to disable someone's spiritual attack, they spent a hundred million?"

This isn't a pocket watch; it's a consumable item.

The bounty for Long Qi is only 300 million. As a gold-level mission, the platform takes a cut and receives 180 million.

So they spent 100 million to target his spiritual consciousness?

No mercenary group would spend such a huge amount of money; the cost is too high.

However, on second thought, their gains weren't just the bounty; they also had the hidden Fountain of Youth, with a prize pool of tens of billions.

It can only be said that Long Qi is really unlucky; he never expected to be targeted like this.

“I think you guys should prepare more antidotes. That viper… is not simple. Everyone who has been poisoned by him has died,” Aba suddenly suggested from the side.

Wu Zhong was taken aback; he had indeed somewhat overlooked the existence of this silver.

Vipers only use poison and hidden weapons, yet they can reach the Silver Peak and enjoy a bounty of 90 million. How powerful must their poison be?

Its toxicity is so high that it is probably not something that one can withstand simply by relying on one's physical constitution.

Even if the Longevity Formula can remove poison, it might still backfire on him.

“You’re right, Aba, your suggestion is crucial.” Wu Zhong almost overlooked it and immediately searched for the antidote.

However, toxins are a troublesome thing.

In theory, everything is poisonous, and in a multi-dimensional system, there are countless kinds of poisons.

Unless it's a special property, there's almost nothing that can cure all poisons.

Even the immortal-cultivation pills sold in the store that claim to cure all poisons might only cure all poisons in the mortal realm, and would be useless against more potent poisons.

Wu Zhong scanned the various detoxification pills in the store. The names sounded impressive, but were they really that powerful?
“Ancestor, what do you think of this universal antidote serum? It uses nanotechnology and can physically remove all toxins from the body,” Perrin suggested.

Wu Zhong shook his head: "No, the enemy may not only have physical toxins. What if they have some kind of mystical or immortal cultivation-related poison law?"

"Ah, this..." Everyone was stunned.

Yang Chunsha then suggested, "How about this, the Poison-Avoiding Toad Skin... It's a piece of equipment that can ward off external poisons, preventing any toxins from entering the body."

Wu Zhong still shook his head: "No, this is the same as Perrin's anti-magic spell. It depends on the strength. It can't deal with all poisons." "It's said to be able to block any poison, but why is it only 100 million? People who can't block it probably won't give it a bad review."

The group was dumbfounded. Perrin said, "True Ancestor, aren't you being too cautious? That viper is just a Silver-ranking cultivator. No matter how potent his poison is, how potent can it be?"

"If you absolutely need something that can deal with all poisons, then it has to be an absolute property."

Wu Zhong said, "What I want is an absolute property. Is there anything like Danmu or Leijimu that can forcibly increase poison resistance?"

Yang Chunsha shook her head: "There is no such thing."

Perrin frowned and said, "Well, regarding the derivative of the immunotoxin, the store only has one, but that thing is too expensive, and almost no one is interested in it."

Wu Zhong was taken aback: "What is it?"

Perrin waved the projector: "It's not in the antidote category, but in the poison category..."

"Here, the deadly poison."

Upon hearing the name, Wu Zhong was dumbfounded: "The Deadly Poison?"

When he saw the contents, he thought, "Good heavens, it's absolutely poisonous, and there's no cure!"

Just one milligram is enough to wipe out all life in anyone within 100 days.

To date, no calamity has been able to remove this effect.

Judging from the toxicity, the death is rather slow.

However, once poisoned, no other toxin can kill that person; they are completely immune to all toxins.

Those poisoned can only die from this incurable poison, or they can only be killed by being hacked to death.

"Haha, brother, this is the absolute cure for all poisons you wanted. How about you try it?" Yang Chunsha teased.

Perrin and the others covered their mouths and laughed. This damn thing was just meant to harm people.

Even if it's used as an antidote, it's only out of desperation, akin to "drinking poison to quench thirst," choosing death over immediate demise.

Wu Zhong shook his head with a wry smile. There really is such a strange thing.

When he once talked to Xia Heng about the eternal thirst plum, he gave an example, saying that the psychological resistance of the eternal thirst effect is like the king of all poisons fighting poison with poison.

Surprisingly, there really is an absolute master of poison who fights poison with poison.

His first thought was, even a dog wouldn't eat this.

Suddenly, he noticed a paid expansion pack in the description: "What's this?"

Perrin took one look and said, "Oh, this must have been posted by the Blue and White Society. Only they would do something like this."

“They buy almost every derivative product sold in the mall, conduct various tests, and post the research reports on the platform.”

"They did discover some hidden uses for it. For example, the 100% head-locking dart. After Blue and White Society discovered some of its uses, the price of this thing went up, and it became something that had to be bought with Bitcoin."

"However, most of the products are things that the major powers already know about before they put them up for sale. The Blue and White Society is just doing something unnecessary by testing them again."

"It's essentially just expanding on the features mentioned in the introduction in more detail, which is why very few people read their research reports."

Wu grunted, thought for a moment, and then clicked to buy one.

It's not expensive, just 100,000 yuan, and can be paid in cash.

"You guys can buy some antidote supplies yourselves. I'll look into this stuff."

Wu sat down to the side and started browsing, while the others made their own purchases.

"Hey, look, someone's making a move on Danmu and Leijimu."

"Where? Oh my god, that's expensive."

"Never mind, let's buy it quickly, we happen to have the money."

Several people were snapping up good items from other people to improve their strength.

Wu Zhong carefully read through the Blue and White Society's research report on the Deadly Poison, and he had to admit, it was quite detailed.

Blue & White Society conducted extremely rigorous testing on every aspect of the description of the Deadly Poison.

Some of these events even required the sacrifice of human lives, which made Wu Zhong's scalp tingle.

"Holy crap, this thing costs 100,000 to watch?" Wu Zhong was stunned. Wasn't this a huge loss?
However, even at such a low price, when Wu Zhong looked at the paid sales, only a little over ninety people had bought it.

Indeed, as Perrin said, most people won't watch this stuff.

To summarize the content, it's essentially the same as the introduction says...

However, Blue & White Society uses various examples to show buyers just how damn unsolvable it really is.

"So it was snake venom... I have to say, the Blue and White Society actually discovered something that wasn't mentioned in the introduction. This kind of venom can kill an 'absolutely venomous snake'."

"Hmm? Ouroboros ring? What's that?"

Wu Zhong watched with great interest. The deadly poison was not some other substance, but just a very common snake venom component.

Blue and White Society speculated that this derivative product came from a venomous snake, which we'll call Absolute Venomous Snake, and that the platform extracted its venom to sell.

If that's the case, then even the deadly poison has creatures it can't kill, namely its mother, that absolutely venomous snake monster.

In theory, as long as the snake venom can identify that it originated from the parent organism, its toxicity will disappear.

Therefore, Blue and White Society made use of another derivative item in the store: the Ouroboros Ring.

As the name suggests, it is a snake-shaped bracelet with its head and tail connected. It is made of a bronze material with snake patterns. Once the head and tail are connected, it can be worn on the ears and can be regarded as any kind of dragon or snake.

The Blue and White Society used this item to have volunteers wear ouroboros rings, also known as 'two green snakes as earrings'.

Then, after ingesting the deadly poison, the person will no longer be poisoned!

Holy crap! This works too!

Wu Zhong was extremely excited. What incurable poison? The Blue and White Society had cracked it!
They discovered it was snake venom, and then, considering that snake venom is ineffective on the mother, they used another characteristic that is considered to be all dragons and snakes to crack the code!
"Wonderful, wonderful!"

Wu Zhong looked delighted and full of praise; he didn't know why, but he found it very enjoyable to watch.

Although the copywriting is dry, even obscure, and sometimes incomplete, only the names are listed.

But when Wu finally saw something that seemed unsolvable being unraveled, and through countless hard work, was finally thoroughly researched and even cracked, he was filled with excitement.

"However, there are also drawbacks. The ouroboros ring itself is not a permanent effect; it is a derivative."

"It will spoil and become ineffective in about a month."

"So we have to buy a new ouroboros ring every month to replenish it."

"The Blue and White Society believes that the only item that can permanently grant immunity to the deadly poison is the 'True Ouroboros Ring' itself."

Wu Zhong shook his head, but the true Ouroboros Ring was not in the hands of the Blue and White Society.

Blue and White Society only deduced these things through derivatives sold by other forces.

So Wu Zhong immediately found the Ouroboros Ring in the mall. It was indeed there, costing ten million each. He bought one without hesitation and also paid for the Blue and White Society's analysis report.

The material of the ouroboros ring originally came from a strange object resembling a bronze snake ring ornament, which was excavated at Sanxingdui and contained by 985.

Despite being made of bronze, it possesses all the functions of a living snake, including shedding its skin.

So every now and then, the bronze snake ring would shed its 'bronze snake skin'... God knows how bronze artifacts shed their skin, but that's what makes them a monstrous object.

In short, the shed 'bronze snake skin' is also part of the calamity object and has absolute characteristics. As long as it is curled up like the original body, with the head and tail connected, it forms the shape of an 'ouroboros'.

Since it's essentially the same as real snakeskin, it will naturally deteriorate.

Therefore, only the original skin has a permanent effect. All other replicas produced after shedding their skin only have a temporary effect, lasting from one month to two or three months before becoming ordinary accessories.

"As for the Ouroboros Ring, the Blue and White Society hasn't found anything special about it either; it's basically the same as the description."

"Is that why nobody watches it? But...aren't the containment concepts and all sorts of ingenious ideas themselves incredibly valuable 'knowledge'?"

Wu Zhong read it with great interest, even though it was just a brief expansion pack, which others would consider nonsense.

However, Wu Zhong discerned a series of ideas, cognitive patterns, and ways of thinking from it.

Blue and White Society possesses unparalleled experience in the collision of various calamities and absolute characteristics.

Wu Zhong only read two copies, but his knowledge was greatly broadened and his thinking became much clearer.

He realized that this thing should not be judged by its appearance alone, but by the wisdom it contains.

Wu Zhong could hardly believe that this thing had such a low number of orders!
He looked up at the dazzling array of goods, many of which had Blue and White Society's notes indicating that they were paid content. It was practically a vast library of contained thoughts.

"My God, isn't this a treasure trove?"

"The Blue and White Society has shared the wisdom of the entire organization, practically selling it off for a pittance... and nobody's even reading it?"

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(End of this chapter)