Struggle in the Steam Age

"You two, is this your first time here? I am very familiar with this place. If you hire me, I will guarantee that you will be able to buy what you want most in the shortest possible time—"

"I'm Old Jack, and I've been working here for seven years. I can find the location of the store for you as quickly as possible for whatever is sold here—"...

Lawrence and Safiel stood at the entrance of the store for more than ten seconds, and saw a group of people approaching them. At first Lawrence thought that someone was going to attack him, but later he realized that these people were just shopping guides in the black market.

This is not a strange thing. After all, even the black market is a market, and naturally there are all kinds of things that are available in the ordinary market.

Because he didn't know anything about this place, Lawrence casually ordered a middle-aged man who was not dressed in high-grade clothes, but was neatly tidied up.

And after he finished ordering, those shopping guides who were not selected all retreated quietly.

Obviously, although this extraordinary market is an underground black market, it appears to be very orderly due to the many powerful forces behind the scenes. Naturally, people like these who rely on the black market for their livelihood dare not do anything.

"Thank you for your employment. I am Jack, the shopping guide here. You can call me Jack. I have been working in this underground market for five years, and I have never had a precedent of deliberately defrauding an employer. So please believe that I will be able to We recommend the most reasonable price and best quality goods in this market for you.”

After listening to Jack's words, Lawrence nodded slightly. Although he didn't trust the morals of the shopping guides working in this kind of place, the power of Bai Ze in his body didn't warn him. So this person should not be too cunning.

Although it is said that wearing a mask and a robe makes it impossible for others to see their identities, the part of the clothing that is exposed when walking is enough for Jack to judge that Lawrence and Safir should be two young people, but People who are not low in status and wealth, so they quickly introduced the situation of this underground extraordinary market to them.

Through Jack's introduction, Lawrence learned that this place is not just a market where extraordinary people gather, and those rich people who come for vacation sometimes get mixed up in it.

Therefore, in addition to selling all kinds of supernatural items in the market here, a large part of the shops are used to sell art, high-end daily necessities and even groceries.

"We mainly want to see those shops about extraordinary." Lawrence said after listening to the introduction.

After all, both for himself and Safir, all kinds of extraordinary materials are more interesting to them than those works of art.

And one of the important purposes of their visit this time is to see if they can get some interesting gadgets at a low price with their eyesight or luck. It's better to see if there are any bargains to pick up over extraordinary materials.

"Ah, I see." After hearing what Lawrence said, Jack immediately felt that he probably knew what Lawrence and the others wanted to do.

After all, many of the rich people who come here to play are supernatural beings, and although these superhuman beings have not gone far on the road to superhumanity, they do like to spend money, and at the same time, they are also interested in all kinds of things related to supernatural beings. stuff full of interest.

And Lawrence and Safiel really looked like the kind of rich transcendent who came to this place to find excitement, whether it was part of their attire or their demeanor.

Soon, the two of them arrived at one of the three large branches of the underground world led by Jack. In this branch, apart from the small cave-like stalls on both sides, there are quite a few parcel stalls with supernatural items spread out on the ground in several large cave halls connected by several tunnels.

After entering here, Lawrence immediately activated the special pupil technique derived from blood to search for the products in these shops.

It's a pity that although these bunks look dazzling, most of the products are just some simple extraordinary raw materials or some cheap high-end goods, which are common goods that can be bought anywhere as long as you have money.

Although the other part of the goods looked full of mysteries on the outside, Lawrence used a special pupil technique to check and found that the superficial performance of these goods was just what they said. Inside, there are only some common extraordinary items, some of which are not even extraordinary items.

But even so, Lawrence and Safiel also bought some consumables that looked good.

For example, some common consumables for magic experiments, and some magical oils or ointments with extraordinary power that Safir needs for daily maintenance of his weapons and armor and battles.

"Shouldn't this place only sell goods of this level?" Lawrence turned to Jack after visiting the entire tunnel.

"These things are good-looking, but they are still a bit too common. I don't think such a big market can be supported by just these kinds of goods."

"Your Excellency really has a good eye! It's true that what's sold here are just some common goods." After hearing Lawrence's question, Jack gave him a thumbs up and said.

Although Jack is not an extraordinary person, he has a certain understanding of the various goods in this place because he has been a shopping guide here for several years.

Therefore, Jack quickly learned from the way Lawrence chose the goods just now that he was not the kind of rich man who came to join in the fun, but a real transcendent.

"Please come with me, the real good stuff is in this direction." Jack led Lawrence and Safir through several tunnels that looked rough and narrow, while explaining in his mouth.

"Actually, at the beginning, all the things in this market were sold together. You might see an art sculpture when you enter the shop, and next to the art sculpture is a similar-looking one, but you don't know. A magical stone sculpture dug out from which ruins."

"But you, as experts, also know that some transcendent items are too dangerous. Once they are owned by non-professionals, it is easy to cause various losses."

"So after several accidents and the casualties of some important people, the managers behind this market began to divide the content of the stores in each area, and managed the stores operating here to a certain extent."

"And since that time, we shopping guides have been organized by the market management in order to separate the real extraordinary people from those rich people who join in the fun, and prevent those who are not capable enough from coming into contact with those dangerous things. thing."

The reason why Jack introduced Lawrence like this is also very simple, that is, he hopes to show him and Safir that he is indeed an honest person.

The only reason why he didn't bring them to the Extraordinary Bazaar in the first place was because of the regulations of the entire bazaar, not because he consciously deceived Lawrence and the others.

"Okay, I can understand." Lawrence nodded as he had uncovered the matter.

As a semi-public underground extraordinary market, it is understandable to have such security measures. Otherwise, it would be impossible for Sword Bay City to allow such a market to open so close to the city.

Soon they passed through a hole covered by a phantom of the stone wall and came to a new cave.

The difference from the cave just now is that as soon as they entered this cave, their masks released some transparent energy streams to cover them up. Although this barrier can't cover their vision, it can block some detection magic. Effect.

"This time it's a bit like visiting the extraordinary market." Lawrence thought, then took Safir's hand and walked forward with the shopping guide who didn't wear any shields.