BXBX NOVEL Chapter 423: 192 Crystal Core Currency_1
A squelching sound followed as blood splattered everywhere.
Human’s defensive power is generally much worse than that of zombies, and even as a Second-order Superpower Owner, he still couldn’t withstand this lethal ax blow.
In the moments before his death, Huang Wu still retained a look of horror and disbelief in his eyes, he hadn’t expected that Nie Siyan would really dare to kill him—didn’t she fear Huang Heng’s retaliation…
After personally killing Huang Wu, Nie Siyan felt somewhat dazed.
After all, he was her younger uncle by marriage, and they had known each other for over a decade. To some extent, it could be said that she had watched him grow up. But now she had just killed him with her own hands…
As for Liao Xia standing by the side, she was almost scared out of her wits.
She, too, hadn’t anticipated that Nie Siyan would so decisively kill Huang Wu without even a word of kindness…
“Go, collect all the supplies from this place,”
Wang Tao said to Nie Siyan and Liao Xia.
Nie Siyan hastily threw aside the ax and helped Liao Xia to her feet.
Though the two had their differences and Nie Siyan sometimes wished Liao Xia dead, now was not the time to dwell on these things.
Nie Siyan had one of her legs broken by Wang Tao, while Liao Xia had all her limbs broken. She was obviously incapable of grabbing anything, so Nie Siyan had to support her as a guide.
Wang Tao had asked Liao Xia if she knew where the supplies were because Nie Siyan said she didn’t know where the three, including Huang Heng, kept their supplies. Huang Heng now favored Liao Xia, the hothead, and had a better relationship with her. And since Liao Xia was now related to Huang Wu in that way, she would likely know.
Soon, with Liao Xia leading the way, Nie Siyan found many supplies on this floor, all of which were brought to Wang Tao by Xu Xiaojun, who was following behind.
It had to be said, Huang Heng and his friends were quite good at hiding their belongings. They tucked them in all sorts of nooks and crannies. If it weren’t for someone leading the way, even Wang Tao would have found it difficult to locate them.
As for the value of these things, Wang Tao grinned,
His journey to the Skull Club was indeed well worth it.
He would not mention food; he was not lacking in that. Let’s talk about Crystal Cores—there were a total of 623 Level 1 Crystal Cores and 28 Level 2 Crystal Cores!
It seemed that Nie Siyan and the others had some hoarder-like tendencies, liking to stock up on things. However, it might also be related to the fact that they had no immediate use for these Crystal Cores.
Huang Heng, Huang Wu, Nie Siyan, and Liao Xia were all Second-order Ability Users. They were different from Wang Tao; they were currently unable to merge with Level 1 Crystal Cores.
They also had their own abilities in their bodies, and at the time of their Level 2 Ascension, they probably didn’t pass on their abilities. So they were also unable to merge with new Level 2 Crystal Cores.
This resulted in them hoarding a bunch of Crystal Cores with nowhere to use them.
They could have given them to their subordinates, but these individuals were clearly quite stingy and weren’t willing to let their underlings use them. Or maybe they had their own reward and punishment system and didn’t want to upgrade all their underlings to Ability Users at once. Thus, these Crystal Cores remained in their hands…
Of course, another important reason they had so many Crystal Cores was that they frequently engaged in deceit and plunder—most of these were their spoils of war…
Crystal Cores essentially served as the currency of Zijing City now, whether for transactions between individuals or between factions, it was mostly settled with Crystal Cores.
However, given the diverse types of Crystal Cores and only a few that suited them, or even many Crystal Cores they didn’t recognize… the value of these cores also differed.
Specific prices are hard to state as they are determined by supply and demand, and may fluctuate daily… Hence, the current Crystal Core market is somewhat chaotic.
But no matter how chaotic it is, there are a few common understandings.
One is that among the same type of Crystal Cores, orange holds the highest value, followed by red, and so on down to white as the lowest.p>
Another is that Level 2 Crystal Cores are more valuable than Level 1, and Level 3 Crystal Cores are more valuable than Level 2, and so forth.
Last is that everyone is generally aware that specific Ability Crystal Cores have more stable value. No matter whether there is a pressing demand or not, their prices remain steady. Those with unclear uses have large price fluctuations—if someone wants them, they’re expensive; if not, they’re cheap.
Of course, “cheap” is relative to other Crystal Cores; in reality, the intrinsic value of Crystal Cores is still quite high.
This is because Crystal Core Synthesizers had been air-dropped into the area before!
Crystal Core Synthesizers can remove the side effects from Crystal Cores! The cost, however, is the consumption of a lot of Crystal Cores. The consumption is much greater than what Wang Tao requires for synthesis, like a bottomless pit, and it cannot remove impurities either.
Even so, these side effect-free Crystal Cores were still coveted by countless people.
Regardless of the time, there’s never a shortage of wealthy individuals, even in a post-apocalyptic world.
Nie Siyan said that many people within the large factions were now using synthesized Crystal Cores. Those from medium and small factions like hers wouldn’t dare to indulge to such an extent.
However, there are two types of Crystal Cores that are expensive regardless of quality or level. These are the Omnipotent Crystal Core and the Ascension crystal core, as these two types of Crystal Cores can be used by all Ability Users…
Most of the several hundred Crystal Cores in front of Wang Tao were White Rank, Ordinary quality. But for Wang Tao, this wasn’t a big problem; after all, he could synthesize whatever quality he wanted.
Wang Tao collected all these Crystal Cores, then turned his attention to the other items. There were also some jewelry, snacks, cigarettes, and alcohol.