Ironclad Group Chat: Red and Black Lists Engraved with Heroic Epics

[Visible image: Hmm? Her? Heartbroken?]

Her eyes lit up like a star seeing a trash can, her mind churning with a thousand thoughts.

[Gold Sand: Ms. Xu Zhao, I must remind you that our company has the best legal team of any known civilization.]

[Phantom Image: Tsk, damn it, then I'll just have to turn you into a dumpling peacock and release it in a fan-made format.]

[Gold Sand: ...It's truly baffling that someone with your creative mindset is still troubled by debt.]

[Star: Wait, why is the Japanese suddenly so wasteful? The topaz is still sitting backstage at the theater?]

Sand Gold glanced behind him: "I'm just curious why it's here."

Another one scoffed, "Perhaps that winged guy deliberately put it here to mock you. To make you understand that your elaborate magic show is nothing but a death throes."

[Star: Old Japanese has a new nickname again.]

[Phantom image: By the way... these two little birds are surprisingly adorable, don't you know?!]

[Pera: Now that you mention it...it's true! The urge to create is surging within me.]

[Gold Sand: Gentlemen, how much money would it take for you not to sign?]

[Sunday: Daydream Hotel offers permanent complimentary hospitality; please be kind enough to accept.]

[Visible image: See? Such great chemistry! Even more shippable now!]

Gold Placer/Sunday: ...

Another gold miner, recalling his confrontation with Sunday, couldn't help but make a sarcastic remark: "'The color of the foundation stone is exactly the same as the radiance of the Corpus Christi'... How could you come up with such an absurd excuse? If he had been more discerning, your lie would have crumbled at the slightest provocation."

Gold dust: "This is just bait."

[Star: Conclusion: The Japanese are simple-minded.]

[March 7th: He's already got eight hundred schemes in his head, how much more could he possibly want?]

[Robin: My brother looked scary just now, but he's actually very innocent.]

【Sunday:……?】

[Yao Guang: So, judging from their words, is the truth finally about how the little peacock deceived the innocent little concert pigeon?]

"Of course!" The other version of him didn't deny it: "That's why you included Ladio's 'betrayal' as a key part of the plan. I must say, that professor's acting was very realistic."

Sand Gold murmured, "Maybe he wasn't acting at all?"

The other man said, "Ha, isn't that exactly what you wanted?"

In the dim light of his memories, Sunday's wicked smile dominated the screen.

Another gold-plated man recounted the hidden story of that day: "That meticulous Oak family patriarch has an almost obsessive desire for control. You have to give him enough information, but you can't let him notice any flaws..."

"...So you had Ladio find him and deliberately leaked the plan. To avoid arousing suspicion, everything you told Ladio was true, and he relayed it to Sunday as well."

Looking at the background image of Sunday's confident and triumphant expression, as if he had champagne in hand, and listening to the crickets chirping behind Sand Gold, the Galaxy members' expressions became somewhat strained.

This person is so cunning!

"Finally, through the [bait] you laid, this patriarch successfully found another cornerstone, and thus—"

"—Only then can you conceal the third piece (aventurine) from the world."

……

In reality, Sunday's brows suddenly furrowed.

The third stone? And it's aventurine? Shouldn't it be the second one?

[Star: Wasn't that the one that was placed next to the old man earlier a gold nugget? Or was it a fake?]

[Sunday: No, that can't be a fake, especially with topaz right next to it. A fake would definitely pale in comparison and be hard to distinguish from the real thing.]

[Jade: As expected! Alluvial Gold, so this was your real plan all along. No wonder you wanted to borrow two pieces, especially mine.]

[Topa: Still as audacious as ever. But surprisingly, you actually won the bet.]

[Yao Guang: Jade, placer gold... Ah, I see.]

[March 7th: Huh? So, what exactly is the plan?! Why are you all talking about it so matter-of-factly?]

March 7th and Xingyi were completely bewildered, scratching their heads as they watched the intelligent people gather, while they could only watch helplessly.

What I hate most are these insiders, fortune tellers, and even more so, riddle tellers!

……

Sand Gold turned around and angrily rebuked, "...Don't rummage through my head, you bastard."

[Fireworks: Criticism and Self-Criticism]

"Your brain?" The other man raised an eyebrow. "Our brains. You are me, and I am you; we are inseparable."

"The best way to avoid being exposed in front of others is to fool yourself first... But to be honest, you can't fool yourself at all. You're lucky you managed to succeed this time."

He turned and walked to the other side, bent down and picked up a bright green foundation stone, saying meaningfully:

"This is another cornerstone in Sunday's hands. Quite a beautiful color, just like you—smooth, cunning..."

He held the gemstone, staring intently into the gold's eyes: "Tell me, what's its name?"

Sand Gold replied indifferently, "Why bother asking me?"

The other man scoffed, "Hmph... then I'll make you remember for yourself. [Golden Sand] is a stone of luck and trickery... that's what she said when you got this stone, right?"

"Hehehe~~" he said slowly, "This kind of stone isn't rare, but its color is very similar to a certain gemstone, so it's often used as a substitute (disguise) for the latter. And that more expensive gemstone…"

Could it be that...?

At this point, everyone in the galaxy suddenly realized something.

They craned their necks, eagerly awaiting the name to be uttered from Sand Gold's mouth.

On Sunday, his face darkened.

I was immediately shocked and realized I'd been tricked!

Is there really such a thing?

Sand Gold's tense expression suddenly relaxed: "It's called jade!"

He smiled slightly: "Even that Sunday couldn't tell the difference, so it seems that jade can indeed replace placer gold."

[March 7th: So that's how it is! It's actually played backwards?]

[Yao Guang: Hahaha, brilliant! People generally only think that scammers will pass off inferior goods as superior ones, but they never consider that sophisticated scams will pass off superior goods as inferior ones, and use completely truthful language to achieve a perfect deception. It's all about exploiting a misconception, about taking things by surprise.]

[Star: Wow, impressive! Wait... what if the Japanese guy understood the basic principles of jewelry, or even just pulled out his phone and did a quick search on Baidu? Wouldn't he have been exposed right then and there?]

[Gold Sand: But he didn't see it, and I won the bet, didn't I?]

【Sunday:……】

[Star: Sigh~ Damn, let's not be angry. From now on, I'll always have an anti-fraud app handy.]

He looked indignant on Sunday.

It turns out that the reason I was scammed wasn't because I didn't know what I was talking about, but rather because I knew too much about things and had never seen low-end stuff before.

The problem is, who would have thought that the famous and wealthy Shi Xin Shi Ren would use a name that sounds nice but is essentially a fake (aventurine) as the code name for their foundation stone?

He stared silently at his phone, wishing he could find a professional jeweler to give him a crash course in the relevant subjects.

At the same time, I silently made up my mind.

From now on, I must develop the good habit of checking encyclopedias whenever I want to avoid being scammed by fraudsters using genuine products.