LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 2: Strange bazaar
Ulysses had just walked into the camp, and the overwhelming screams hit him like waves, which made him doubt his ears again-how could such a loud voice just not be heard?
"The eggs of the three-headed hellhound of ancient warcraft, buy one get one free, as long as 100 energy coins!" This is a businessman who is enveloped in a black cloak.
"Aladdin's magic lamp that can realize three wishes. To have it, glory and wealth, and money beauty only need you to have a word. Special price of 250 energy coins!" This is a businessman with a white cloth on his head.
"The magic weapon of conferring the gods hits the whip. With a whip in hand, the gods and demons are inevitable. Now you can take it away with only 200 energy coins." This is a man with white beard and eyebrows, holding a strange broom [whisker] merchant.
"A variety of Gundams, EVAs, and space battleships are available for sale. The prices are negotiable. They are absolutely cheap and good quality. It is childish." This is a businessman wearing a strange metal armor.
"The nine-grade lotus platform used by the Buddha is integrated with offense and defense. It is warm in winter and cool in summer. It is a must-have product for going out and traveling at home. The current price is 300 energy coins. If you buy it, you will also receive a string of rosary beads that the Buddha used." Bald businessman.
"The new type of optical brain monopoly, the computing speed is more than 100 million Jing times per millisecond, the unit price is 50 energy coins, and the purchase of 10 or more can get 20% off." This is a businessman with a strange hat [computer] on his head.
"It's a big sale, and the World Tree 500 energy coins will be sold. If you own it, you will have your own world. Come and take a look!" This is a businessman with a halo jewelry on his head.
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All sorts of merchants are selling some Ulysses-sounding merchandise, most of which are inexplicable things. What Gundam, EVA, optical brain, magic weapon, Ulysses have never heard of, I am afraid that only the Supreme God knows what these things are. The few products that Ulysses know a little bit about are too unbelievable. A lamp that can fulfill your wishes? If there is such a thing, who would sell it without using it? The eggs of the three-headed hellhound of ancient warcraft? There is no such thing as a three-headed Hellhound in the library’s World of Warcraft illustration book. It should be known that the book is a universal World of Warcraft illustration book recognized by the mainland. All the World of Warcraft except for the legendary King of World of Warcraft have records. . To say that the three-headed dog is the king of warcraft, the probability that its eggs will be obtained by the merchant is probably lower than the probability that he will pass the priest exam this time. In addition, the currency used here is also very strange. It is not any of the gold, silver, and copper coins commonly used in the mainland, but a shiny currency called energy coins.
After walking around this strange camp for a long time, Ulysses realized a little bit of clues. This camp is probably not an adventurer camp but a special item trading camp. People who come here to buy things are probably special item lovers. That kind of currency called energy currency seems to be the special currency for this kind of trading, because he hasn't seen any other continental currency except for it.
After shopping for a while, Ulysses decided to go back. The reason is simple, he doesn't have anything called energy coins at all, and it won't work for any longer to walk around, and there are no interesting performances in this camp. But just as he was about to go outside, he suddenly noticed an advertisement hanging on a tent in a corner—"There are prizes for guessing puzzles, and there are prizes for answering three correct questions. There is no cost, and one person only has one chance."
"Free? Is there such a good thing? Go and see!"
Ulysses walked to the tent and found that there were already many people waiting in line. It seemed that the charm of free was really great. From time to time, groaning people came out of the tent, seemingly missed the guess. But what are the prizes? Why do most of those in line have nervous and excited faces, while those who fail are all downcast? If you don’t understand, it’s Ulysses’ principles of life to ask others. He gently patted the bald guest in the front and asked:
"Excuse me, what is the prize for this guessing?"
The bald guest turned around and looked at Ulysses, and said, "This is the first time my little brother has come to this gathering!"
"Yes!"
"It's no wonder that the prize of this quiz is the most precious item of this gathering. As long as you have been there once, you can't not know it. It can be said that more than half of the people came to this gathering for it."
"Then what is it?"
"It is not a fixed thing. The prize is determined by the race and practice of the guessing person, but it must be an item that is of great benefit to the holder's practice. You should know that the items at this gathering are There are many varieties, and there is no shortage of superb products, but generally speaking, the better things have higher requirements for users. For example, Gundam, optical brain and other technology products require you to have the characteristics of a new human to play the highest ability; the three-headed dog of **** The incubation of eggs requires you to cultivate top-level dark power; the Buddha’s lotus platform requires you to accumulate great merits before you can use it; magic weapons such as the whip require you to have a Taoist Mahayana level or above to control..." The bald guest seems to be eight hundred As if he hadn't spoken in one year, he talked eloquently for more than half an hour, and Ulysses was dizzy and his eyes flashed.
"All in all, the prize is an item that will definitely improve the user's abilities." Deleting those distressing explanations, Ulysses grasped the point of the bald guest's words.
"Russ can be taught!" The bald guest said something inexplicable to Ulysses and then walked into the tent. It turned out that they had been in the front line before they knew it. Ulysses breathed a sigh of relief, and decided to avoid consulting bald people in the future. This experience really made him tremble.
A few minutes later, the bald head walked out of the tent and said several times: "No destiny! No destiny!" Then he strode away, seemingly missed the guess.
Finally it’s Ulysses’ turn, but Ulysses is not particularly excited or nervous. In his opinion, the prizes are nothing more than gadgets that can strengthen the user’s magic defense or agility. It’s really precious. How could my treasure be a prize for this kind of free guessing. After entering the tent, Ulysses unexpectedly found that there was no one inside, only a table with three sheets of paper and a black box on the table.
It seems that the puzzle is on these three pieces of paper, and the prize is in that box. But isn't the person who has the mystery afraid that someone will take the box away without authorization? With such a question Ulysses picked up the puzzle. After a glance, the above puzzle made Ulysses petrified in an instant.
The first puzzle-one plus one equals how many.
The second puzzle-there are several days in a year.
The third puzzle-there are a few hours in a day.
"Is there any mistake? Would anyone be unable to answer such a puzzle?" Ulysses filled in the correct answer on the paper without hesitation. When he finished writing, the black box opened automatically with a click, and a black book appeared in front of Ulysses.
At this time, a melodious bell came from outside the tent, accompanied by the shout: "The market is closed! The market is closed", announcing that the market is about to end. Ulysses did not have time to read the black book obtained from this guessing carefully, and ran to the door-
If you are unhappy, the door will be closed. As he passed the gate, he encountered the strange phenomenon when he came in, no matter how he walked forward, he couldn't reach the opposite side of the gate.
what happened? Ulysses began to doubt his eyes—
Dizzy again? When Ulysses was in a daze, the black book in his clothes flashed, after a while, Ulysses had already reached the door.
"Crap!" Ulysses looked at the position of the stars and found that it was almost twelve o'clock in the morning. If you don't go home soon, the city gate will be closed. What a joke, he doesn't want to sleep in the wild. After blessing himself with an acceleration technique, he quickly ran in the direction of the city gate.
Soon after Ulysses left, the space where the camp was located was distorted. The entire camp was folded like a piece of paper, becoming smaller and smaller until it became a small dot. After a flash, the little dot disappeared without a trace.
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"Huh! I didn't expect someone to pass the test between guesses. The puzzle between the guesses changes according to the tester's persistence on the prize. All the gods and demons in the universe know that the prize is one of the treasures that can improve cultivation. At that time, there are people who are not tempted by it. It seems that I should go to see the next gathering of gods and demons 100 million years later." In an unknown space, a colorful humanoid exclaimed.