Unboxing (Chapter 126)
Ye Sheng blinked in confusion, then stared intently at the black box.
The nine boxes brought by Gu Luoyu all contained transformation potions, so there was no possibility of opening the wrong box. However, the black box Ye Sheng had opened, although it contained three potions, was...
If Ye Sheng hadn’t secretly taken three top-grade transformation potions earlier, she wouldn’t have been able to tell the difference between real and fake.
But at this moment, the potions in the box were orange-yellow, not golden.
Perhaps the lighting could cause some color changes, but with the lights completely off, the true color was now revealed.
In addition, the potion bottles also had subtle differences. The real transformation potions had a thin red pattern around the bottle neck, while the fake ones did not.
So, the black market auction was selling counterfeits???
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Ye Sheng, who had been dreaming of instant wealth, stared at the fake potions for a few seconds, then quickly turned into an angry bird, ready to confront the black market organizers on the spot!!!
Where was the honesty between people? How could they pull such a trick?
Weren’t they afraid that the buyers of the fake potions would come back to settle the score?
After all, the transformation potions were bought for hundreds of millions of points, and the buyers were definitely not ordinary people...
Ye Sheng’s rapidly changing expression caught Gu Luoyu’s attention, making her curious enough to step forward... She had thought that bringing these transformation potions would make Ye Sheng happy and stop her from calculating the accounts, but now, seeing her furious expression, was there something wrong with the potions?
When Gu Luoyu saw the transformation potions in the box, she raised an eyebrow.
Earlier, when Ye Sheng picked up the top-grade transformation potions, she had also taken a casual glance.
With the powerful memory of an Esper, even the slightest difference was immediately noticeable to Gu Luoyu.
"Gu Luoyu, the black market is selling fake potions. Are they planning to do just one deal and then disappear?"
Ye Sheng was furious.
Although these transformation potions didn’t originally belong to her, now that they were in her hands, they were hers... One top-grade transformation potion could be exchanged for 150,000 lottery points, and one box contained three potions. Now, hundreds of thousands of points had flown away.
Heartache...
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Just as Ye Sheng was about to suffocate from the pain, Gu Luoyu directly opened the second black box.
Whether it was Ye Sheng’s bad luck or Gu Luoyu’s good fortune, this time, the box contained three real potions!
Ye Sheng: (_)
Damn heavens, rotten luck, stupid black market o(▼皿▼メ;)o
"Wow, it seems my luck is better!"
Gu Luoyu, this troublemaker, was adding fuel to the fire. After an exaggerated exclamation, she tilted her head, her pink hair cascading like a waterfall, smooth and seemingly glowing.
Her red eyes sparkled with mischief.
At the same time, she took a potion from the box and waved it in front of Ye Sheng. The billion-point transformation potion was treated like a worthless toy, tossed up and down in her hand.
The golden liquid swayed continuously, hitting the bottle and making a sound.
This earned her a death glare from Ye Sheng, who then stubbornly opened the third black box.
She refused to believe it.
Were these boxes even less reliable than the blind boxes in the lottery space?
As it turned out, they were indeed unreliable...
Another round of fake potions.
Ye Sheng frowned. After the initial anger, she now felt more puzzled than furious. What exactly was the black market trying to do?
If they didn’t have that many top-grade transformation potions, why did they announce that there were ten sets?
As Ye Sheng was lost in thought, Gu Luoyu, seeing that Ye Sheng wasn’t falling for her teasing, regretfully put down the potion in her hand... Although Ye Sheng’s anger was intense, it also had a certain cuteness to it.
Admittedly, Gu Luoyu found it quite amusing and even liked it.
The person who had always been cold and indifferent to the outside world now, with her mental fluctuations stabilizing, seemed to be gradually regaining lost emotions. Life, apart from killing, was starting to hold other interests.
Although, when it came to Ye Sheng, Gu Luoyu felt like she was constantly being proven wrong.
Just like how she initially wanted to kill Ye Sheng, but now not only didn’t she want to kill her, but she also wanted to keep her safe and sound...
Tsk.
Even though it hurt to be proven wrong, she liked it.
Her icy life was beginning to thaw, like someone sealed in ice gradually regaining some sensation.
This feeling was unfamiliar but not bad.
Therefore, Gu Luoyu always had a lot of patience when dealing with Ye Sheng.
Just like now, standing beside Ye Sheng, she reached out and took a fake potion from the box Ye Sheng had opened, then directly opened the lid and sniffed it a few times.
She immediately had the answer.
When she looked up again, Ye Sheng was staring at her with her dark eyes, her face clearly saying ‘Tell me, tell me,’ which made Gu Luoyu smile. She didn’t keep her in suspense.
"These are indeed fake potions. They contain nutrient solution."
"As for why the black market is counterfeiting and not afraid of ruining their reputation... well, I’ve heard about some of the black market’s methods before. There must have been many professional shills among the guests at today’s auction, responsible for driving up the price of the top-grade transformation potions, and then some unsuspecting fools would follow suit and bid."
At this point, Gu Luoyu shrugged. Even without further explanation, Ye Sheng understood.
It seemed that marketing tactics in the wasteland world weren’t bad either.
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Sigh!
But one shouldn’t be too greedy. Even though there were fake potions mixed in, when you thought about it, they were all ‘found’ anyway.
No matter what, it was worth it!
Thinking this way, Ye Sheng cheered up.
She didn’t continue to be angry or resentful but quickly opened the remaining boxes with Gu Luoyu, eventually finding two boxes of real transformation potions, totaling six bottles.
It’s worth mentioning that this time, Ye Sheng finally had a stroke of good luck, one of the boxes was opened by her.
Adding these potions to the ones she had exchanged earlier, Ye Sheng quickly calculated in her mind and almost fainted from joy... a total of 1.35 million lottery points! She had turned from a poor peasant into a wealthy landowner!
With 100,000 lottery points, she could do a ten-draw.
Even if she spent another 100,000 points to lock in a specific lottery area, it was nothing!
When she got home, she would definitely draw to her heart’s content and upgrade her mental soothing ability to a high level. That way, she could freely control her abilities without being detected by other ability users.
Thinking about all those annoying suitors who had chased her before, Ye Sheng was really fed up. If she could freely control her abilities, she would definitely become a love repellent.
Hmm? Wait, maybe she shouldn’t be so sure...
Ye Sheng sneakily glanced at Gu Luoyu. The annoying suitors could go away, but she still wanted her secret crush to come true~
Noticing Ye Sheng’s furtive glance, Gu Luoyu reached out and ruffled her hair, then told her to put the potions away.
After that, she picked Ye Sheng up with one hand and mercilessly grabbed Mo Lin by the collar with the other.
It was time to leave.