The Fourth Calamity: People in High Martial Arts, Gods in Games

Chapter 43 Sharpness

"30 bits?"

Lin Qi frowned slightly, his expression somewhat unpleasant.

Three hundred thousand bits is neither a lot nor a little for him now.

He currently has about a ton of crocodile-toothed rhinoceros meat left, which would easily fetch 600,000 if sold directly. However, selling a whole ton of crocodile-toothed rhinoceros meat at once would make him too easy to be targeted by the Phosphorus Fire Gang. Even if he only sells half of it, he will still be targeted.

After all, the quantity was so staggering that it was simply beyond the capacity of an individual to handle.

"I told you, just pretend she doesn't exist," the three-eyed youth said with sympathy. "Luo Qi is indeed a good person, but once she gets caught up in the conflicts between gangs in the wild, there's nothing we ordinary people can do."

Three hundred thousand bits is indeed a sum that the Azure Crystal Weapon Shop can easily afford to pay, but for the residents of the City of Light, it is an astronomical figure.

"A gang?" Lin Qi took a deep breath, his gaze hardening. "If I can't be an ordinary person, then I'll just not be an ordinary person."

Even if it exposes Obsidian Martial Arts School, then so be it.

He would definitely save the person. Luo Qi was the first friend he had a life-or-death bond with since he came to the world of high martial arts. As for the money, he would never actually give it to him unless the Obsidian Martial Arts School didn't want to survive the winter and wasn't afraid that the White Feather Gang would find out the source of the ransom and come knocking on their door.

It has to be said that the White Feather Gang is his nemesis. They asked him, the bounty target, for 300,000 in one go. Aren't they afraid of being choked to death?

Now, he only has one choice.

war!

He really didn't believe that with the Fourth Calamity, he couldn't wear down a wild gang!

"Could you please do me a favor?"

"What kind of help?"

"Since you know about this, you should be able to contact the Baiyu Gang. Tell them it's three days from now, money for the person. If anything happens to the person, they can forget about getting their money back!"

"Can you really come up with 300,000?"

The three-eyed youth stared in astonishment at Lin Qi, whose clothes had several patches, not understanding how Lin Qi had managed to scrape together 300,000 bits.

"I'll trouble you to pass on the message. If you don't want to, you can give me the contact information for the Baiyu Gang members, and I'll talk to them." Lin Qi made no attempt to explain, glancing at the stunned Saiwai Gunman and Yiqiang Bajue beside the tricycle. "Hurry up and move it!"

"yes!"

After hearing this, the two came to their senses, their faces filled with excitement and ecstasy.

Big news!

Really big news!

"Coming out this time was definitely the right decision." The gunslinger from beyond the Great Wall trembled slightly as he carried ore. "I never expected to hear news like this. Is this the start of a war with the White Feather Gang?"

"Just as I guessed, the next step should be to unlock the battle instance through the storyline of the Guild Master!" One-Shot Overlord said excitedly from the side, "I wonder if we'll have a chance to participate this time."

"I don't know if there's a chance, but I remember when Brother Zhen and the others went to the new map last time, the mission had specific physical requirements. I guess the upcoming combat dungeons will be the same." The Frontier Gunner thought for a moment and said anxiously, "After we get back from this mission, we must speed up our breathing techniques and quickly improve our physical fitness."

"In that case, I won't log off until the dungeon opens, and I'll just keep improving my breathing technique," said One Spear Overlord through gritted teeth.

While the two, the "Swordsman Beyond the Great Wall" and "One-Shot Overlord," were frantically moving ore, the three-eyed youth also took out a piece of paper.

"My name is Crowe, and this is my contact information." Crowe, the three-eyed youth, looked at Lin Qi, who was planning to rescue him, and said with a hint of envy, "I will contact the White Feather Gang. I believe the White Feather Gang doesn't really want to offend the Azure Crystal Weapon Shop. Knowing that there is a ransom, they shouldn't do anything to Luo Qi."

"I never expected that Luo Qi would be able to know a friend like you. She's really lucky."

"This is troublesome." Lin Qi took the note and glanced at the three-eyed youth, Kro, with considerable surprise.

At a time like this, most people would have avoided it like the plague, but Kro was willing to stand up and even contact the White Feather Gang, which shows he's a decent person.

In less than an hour, Lin Qi handed over all the transported ore to the Azure Crystal Weapon Shop and received 600 bits.

At the same time, he bought food and water for twenty people, as well as twenty alloy shovels, spending a total of 2000 bits. It can be said that Lin Qi's only money was spent, leaving him with less than 1,000 bits.

"There are less than three days left. I must use this time to frantically improve the strength of the martial arts school."

The moment Lin Qi returned to the Obsidian Martial Arts School, he immediately had the system start bringing in players, and all twenty spots were filled.

The official review section for "High Martial Arts Descends" exploded instantly.

"What's going on? How come there are suddenly so many more slots?"

"Releasing twenty slots at once? Is the manufacturer planning a massive financial blow?"

"With nearly 100,000 people vying for only 20 spots, can't the manufacturer make more money? For example, by opening a VIP channel, allowing the first ten people to recharge to directly enter the game?"

"Please, planner, I'm a miner with 30 years of professional experience digging tunnels. Let me in, and I'll definitely dig out a whole underground world for you. I don't even need the points."

"Project Planner! I'm a martial arts genius. Just let me in, and you can test me however you want, I guarantee you'll be satisfied!"

"Hey buddy up above, can you do the splits?"

"I'm all ready. I pre-ordered the 'High-Level Martial Arts Arrival' game using all my parents' and siblings' accounts, and even sold a house I hardly ever live in. I'm just waiting to enter the game. Hopefully, game planners will see how sincere I am and let me in!"

……

The official evaluation section for the arrival of high-level martial arts masters was busier than ever before, even though it was late and the system had announced twenty slots available.

"What's going on with this game?"

Li Ranxing opened the review section of "High Martial Arts Descends" and was momentarily stunned. He felt that this was not a game review at all, but a game forum. Players were treating reviews as comments. This was definitely the first time he had ever seen such a game since he was born.

Moreover, the players of this game are always talking about selling their houses or begging the manufacturer to open up recharge channels, which makes Li Ranxing suspect that these people are shills for the game manufacturer and are deliberately using scarcity marketing.

"A game costs 4999, and a test resurrection costs 198 each time?" Li Ranxing looked at the game introduction and suddenly wondered if Fang Zhen was a shill for the game, deliberately tricking him into playing it.

However, Li Ranxing thought about it and decided to give it a try. After all, he was already stuck at a bottleneck, while Fang Zhen was making rapid progress. Trying it couldn't be worse, not to mention he wasn't short of money.

The latest novel is first published here!

While players who pre-ordered were going crazy, Lin Qi, far away in the world of high martial arts, also arrived at the Phosphorus Fire Trading Market in a large three-wheeled vehicle with six players, including Luo Wushang, whose physical qualities had reached the level of a quasi-apprentice.

As Xia Ling watched the six players, dressed in uniform, carry in a large metal box, her gaze involuntarily drifted to Lin Qi beside her, and an unprecedented smile and enthusiasm appeared on her face.

"Mr. Lin, I didn't expect you to come again so soon."

"I had a very pleasant business relationship with Miss Xia before, and now that something good has happened, that's why I thought of Miss Xia so quickly."

Lin Qi looked at Xia Ling, who had taken the initiative to come up to him, and responded with the same warm enthusiasm, neither humble nor arrogant.

To deal with the White Feather Gang, he had to take a risk and sell all his crocodile teeth and rhinoceros meat in one go. So this time, he brought all the players he could muster with him.

Although none of these players were martial arts apprentices, this indirectly proves that he was not alone, but rather had a powerful backer.

As for the size of this force, let Xia Ling guess for herself.

If he guesses too high, he'll benefit; if he guesses too low, it's just a wild gang, and he won't lose anything. After all, any wild gang has more than two hundred members, usually with apprentices in charge. The Phosphorus Fire Gang wouldn't risk a few crocodile teeth and rhinoceros meat to take down a wild gang.

Xia Ling had no idea that it was just a small martial arts school with no apprentices and only eleven people in total, and that the strongest group of people were already standing here.

"Is this the same transaction as before?" Xia Ling was even happier after hearing this and couldn't help but want to confirm it again.

"Of course." Lin Qi nodded.

"Okay! Please follow me." Xia Ling clapped her hands and then led Lin Qi into the trading room.

After Xia Ling clapped her hands, one of the two armored half-scaled men who had been following her lured away the other half-scaled guards, while the other followed her into the trading room and stood guard at the entrance, preventing anyone else from entering.

"How many are you planning to sell this time, Mr. Lin?" Xia Ling glanced at the large metal box, not intending to have it weighed, and said with a smile, "If Mr. Lin sells a lot, I can raise the price."

"1282.6 kilograms." Lin Qi reported the total weight without hesitation.

It must be said that the Crocodile-toothed Rhinoceros was very heavy. Even though most of it was eaten by other monsters, the remaining small portion was already heavier than he had expected.

"So many?" Xia Ling's charming face showed surprise upon hearing this.

"Can Miss Xia eat this?" Lin Qi asked Xia Ling with a teasing tone, "If you can't, I can talk to someone else."

"The quantity is large, but it's not a problem for me," Xia Ling said with a flick of her tail and a light smile. "Since Mr. Lin is selling so much at once, I will make sure he is satisfied. 670 bits per kilogram, a total of 859342 bits. As I mentioned before, the price will increase with the volume, so how about 86 bits?"

"Good! Miss Xia is indeed straightforward!" Lin Qi nodded, then said, "Besides selling this meat, I also hope to purchase a signal jamming device, a second-hand one will do."

Last time, thanks to good luck, the six members of the Baiyu Gang turned off their smartwatches. Now, to deal with the Baiyu Gang, they need signal jamming equipment. Otherwise, if the Baiyu Gang calls for reinforcements, their small force won't be enough to even begin to fight them.

"That's easy. I wonder what size of shielding equipment Mr. Lin needs?" Xia Ling wasn't surprised that Lin Qi needed shielding equipment. After all, every gang in the City of Light needs shielding equipment, otherwise many things would be difficult to do. "Shielding equipment with a range of one kilometer costs 200,000, shielding equipment with a range of three kilometers costs 500,000, and if it's ten kilometers, I'll offer 4 million. There's no room for negotiation on these shielding equipment prices."

(End of this chapter)