Chapter 463: Chapter 342: Gift Giving, Transaction.
"Xiao Xuan."
Lin Fengjiao looked at that familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar boy, her emotions a mixed bag, unsure how to describe it.
In the past, her brother was silly and dull, with a stiff expression and vacant eyes, constantly receiving strange looks when out in public.
But this boy had lively eyes and an animated expression, completely different from her brother, apart from the resemblance in looks.
Lin Longxuan was obviously one of those disabled players who had been removed for healing in the past and was reintroduced into the Matrix after the so-called treatment.
It was only today that the siblings finally met.
At this moment, Lin Fengjiao simply didn’t know whether the emergence of the Matrix was a blessing or a curse.
It cured her brother’s innate foolishness but also threw everyone into turmoil, struggling for survival.
"Sis?"
Lin Longxuan focused his gaze on the slender woman wrapped in bandages, hesitantly calling out.
Lin Fengjiao instinctively wanted to stand behind Xiao Siyuan, unwilling for her brother to see her current state.
"Sis!" Lin Longxuan quickly stepped forward and grabbed his sister, his voice trembling: "You... what happened to you? Why have you become like this?"
"It’s nothing, just a little accident." Lin Fengjiao tried to speak loudly, but her voice couldn’t rise.
"What kind of accident?" Lin Longxuan looked at his sister’s condition, nearly brought to tears with worry, and said: "Did someone bully you? Tell me who it was, and I’ll avenge you!"
As soon as he said this, a few people with Prel’s Eye in the crowd chuckled silently.
A small guy who could barely wrestle with Silver Level creatures dared to talk about revenge in front of so many veteran players?
If the enemy was really so strong that even they couldn’t handle it, what could a small guy do? Turn the world upside down?
"Revenge?" Li Zheng laughed and said: "That nice little task wouldn’t fall to you. The guy who harmed your sister and his family have already been chopped down by me."
"Oh right, if you ever come across a swamp environment while exploring this channel, you might still catch a glimpse of the pile of minced meat."
Minced... minced meat?
Hearing these words, Lin Longxuan instinctively twitched the corners of his eyes, feeling tumultuous inside.
The people his sister knew all seemed so kind, yet how could they nonchalantly talk about chopping people into minced meat?
"Don’t frighten the child," Xiao Siyuan spoke up: "Don’t listen to his nonsense, at the time he was influenced by his rage, lost control of his actions, too hard, too soft."
Lost control of his actions...
Too hard, too soft...
So he chopped the person into minced meat?
Lin Longxuan’s eyes twitched wildly, sweat beading on his forehead.
"What’s the big deal?"
Someone behind spoke up, and Lin Longxuan turned to see it was the seemingly wise male player standing in front of the mecha.
"Back when Lin Feng was about to harm Xiao Chun, didn’t Chu Xiao also beat him into pulp?"
"Ah? Did that really happen?" Li Chun looked confused. How did she remember that when she saw him, Lin Feng was just lying there like a sludge, still intact?
Pulp... pulp?
Well, well!
Had he fallen into a den of villains?
All villains here!
Chu Xiao glanced disdainfully at Ye Kai: "Stop boasting; if we’re talking brutal, who can match the brutality of you siblings?"
"When Ye Yuan’s Fire God Cannon goes off, you two never found decent meat, always mooching off my meals during explorations."
Brutal!
Every last one of them is brutal!
Lin Longxuan wiped his sweat frantically, not daring to meet the eyes of these people, labeling them with the tag of great villains in his mind.
Then, Zhan Zhouzhou couldn’t stand it anymore and stepped out from the crowd: "Alright, if you keep pretending like this, Lin Family’s younger brother won’t dare to associate with you anymore."
Everyone laughed out loud, no longer carrying the previous attitude of disregard for human life.
Lin Longxuan almost thought that everything he heard earlier was an illusion.
Xiao Siyuan patted him on the shoulder and said: "In any case, whether it’s your sister’s enemies or her injuries, we will help solve them."
"As for you, from today, settle down in Channel 879, and we’ll be here to help when needed."
"Tha... th-thank you." Lin Longxuan, having been terribly frightened earlier, now spoke with a nervous tremble.
"Haha!" Xiao Siyuan laughed at his reaction; when they were not yet accustomed, everyone was like this. After going through more, they’d get used to it.
"Xiao Xuan, everyone here is nice, we were just teasing you earlier, don’t be scared." Lin Fengjiao shouted at the top of her lungs, but her voice was still not loud.
"Me... scared of what?" Lin Longxuan tried hard to straighten his back, with a determined look: "Sis... Sis, from now on, I’ll protect you, and I’ll never let you be bullied again!"
"Mm!" Lin Fengjiao looked at her brother and really felt that he was different from before.
Before, when Lin Longxuan said this, she only took it as a comforting phrase.
But now, when he said it, there was confidence in his eyes.
That kind of confidence was a quality that Lin Longxuan had never had before.
Although it seemed less naive.
"Alright, your sister’s vocal cords are damaged, she can’t talk much." Xiao Siyuan pulled Lin Longxuan aside: "Come, let me introduce you to these people."
Old Xiao brought him to everyone and introduced them one by one, while also telling him about each person’s strengths, so that if he had any doubts in the future, he could directly find the right person to ask.
Lin Longxuan was very polite. Every time Old Xiao introduced someone, he would bow slightly and greet them, calling them brother or sister.
"This is Phoenix Mountain, the stuff he’s good at, you better not learn. Save me some trouble." When introducing Phoenix Mountain, Old Xiao suddenly changed his tone, different from before.
Phoenix Mountain was displeased: "What do you mean, don’t learn from me? What’s wrong with me? Am I that disgraceful?"
Xiao Siyuan sneered: "Don’t you know what you’re like? You come here every few days, every time with a broken leg or arm. Now I feel nauseated just seeing powdery stuff!"
"If in the future I can’t drink lotus root powder, milk powder, or oatmeal and the like, you must take full responsibility!"
Phoenix Mountain was left speechless because Xiao Siyuan was telling the truth. He indeed got severely injured every few days and needed to come over for healing.
"Hmph, I’m magnanimous, won’t stoop to your level." Phoenix Mountain changed the subject: "Come, Little Lin, come here, Brother Shan and Sister Yan Guang have prepared a welcome gift for you!"
As he spoke, Phoenix Mountain looked at everyone with a proud defiance and said loudly, "This is something none of your other brothers and sisters have prepared!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he took out a fruit and stuffed it into Lin Longxuan’s arms.
This was a Gold Level genetic development tool, Water Element. Apart from Xiao Siyuan, almost nobody else present liked it.
"Tsk! I thought it was something special!" Ye Kai came over, stuffed a metal sphere into Lin Longxuan’s hand, "Take this, it’s a little gadget I developed recently, press it and throw it, it’ll shoot out twelve poisonous arrows forged from Orichalcos, and anything below Gold Level will surely die!"
Their actions immediately sparked a wave of competition.
Zhan Zhouzhou gifted a complete handwritten copy of "Zhan’s Performance Swordsmanship", with diagrams and annotations, practicing diligently could raise one’s skill to Swordsmanship Specialization.
Ye Yuan gifted two clips of Gold Level special ammunition, along with a small pistol. Her favorite was the Gatling, a type of violent firearm. In her eyes, the value of a pistol was almost equivalent to a gray quality item, so giving it away didn’t hurt at all.
Liu Jiale painfully took out his previously used Platinum Level Black Blade and gave it away with a pained expression.
Li Chun gifted a Gold Level combat suit, embroidered with two Silver Level equipment fragments, adding two small features: Light Body and Self-Cleaning.
Lu Li gifted a pair of Gold Level tactical goggles that enhance the effectiveness of ranged weapons.
Xiao Siyuan thought for a moment and took out two large bottles of Black Water for Lin Longxuan.
His Black Water ability was already at full level, with a much stronger healing effect than before, but it required much more Original Force. It took him half a day to gather just these two bottles of Black Water.
Chu Xiao looked around, adjusted his glasses, walked over seriously, and mysteriously slipped something into Lin Longxuan’s hand.
He had just turned around when Lin Fengjiao unemotionally pulled out the item and smashed it to bits.
Well.
It was the smallest Technology Cup that Li Zheng had sold to Chu Xiao...
Chu Xiao was embarrassed and turned around to exchange it for a "Material Gift Pack" for Lin Longxuan.
Finally, it was Li Zheng’s turn. He took out a delicate little pistol and handed it over.
"Electromagnetic Pistol?" Ye Kai recognized the structure of the gun at once, smiling ingratiatingly as he approached Li Zheng: "Brother Zheng, have you mastered the blueprint for the Electromagnetic Coil? Could you sell me a few coils?"
"Sure, one same-tier development tool for two coils, deal or no deal?" Li Zheng looked at Ye Kai with a half-smile, making him feel very awkward.
"It’s too expensive, how about a discount?" Ye Kai shamelessly haggled.
Li Zheng paused for two seconds and said, "No matter how familiar we are, you shouldn’t bargain like this. I’ve already given you double the market quantity, and you’re still not satisfied?"
The Electromagnetic Coil could still be traded for a same-tier ability development tool at a one-to-one ratio in the trading hall.
Li Zheng was willing to sell it to Ye Kai at a one-to-two ratio, which was already quite generous.
Ye Kai grinned awkwardly: "Well... Brother Zheng, you know, I’ve got a money-draining beast at home, really not a grain left. If I managed to get two while exploring, she’d take them to exchange for materials, so you see..."
Li Zheng looked at Ye Yuan, then at Ye Kai, and finally sighed: "Alright, it’s not easy for you either, I’ll give you a special deal."
"I’ll give you twenty coils, you teach me mechanical modification skills and knowledge, be available on call, one-on-one live teaching, any problem?"
At this condition, Ye Kai hesitated: "Let me think about it."
Mechanical modification skills were his livelihood; if he casually taught others, wouldn’t it mean losing a sales channel while gaining a competitor?
"Think about it carefully, weapons above Platinum Level almost all relate to electromagnetics, including your sister’s Fire God Cannon. If you could research it and modify your mecha, it would be a great help."
Li Zheng wasn’t in a hurry, as he knew Ye Kai couldn’t resist the temptation of the Electromagnetic Coils.