Life Game In Other World
Chapter 344: Upgrade

Chapter 344: Chapter 344: Upgrade

"Halt, what business do you have here?"

Enclosed within a ring of ice walls, the Wanderer Camp had a sentry posted at intervals, especially at the front gate.

And He Ao was now standing before the gate, stopped by a towering, youthful-faced Wilderness Wanderer.

"Is there a market here?"

He Ao asked calmly.

Generally, larger Wilderness Wanderer assembly areas would have markets for trade.

The markets served as places for resource exchange among small Wilderness Wanderer communities as well as Wilderness Hunters and caravans that traveled between the wilderness and the cities.

The size of the markets varied, with Ronald’s camp previously being the largest trading market near Dawn City.

If the Mining Consortium chose to stay here, then the market at this Wanderer Camp must be quite sizable, perhaps even the largest near Rock City.

"The market has closed for today."

The young gatekeeper looked He Ao over and said, "Come back tomorrow, it’s open from eleven in the morning to three in the afternoon."

"Alright."

He Ao nodded lightly.

The camp wouldn’t usually deceive, so if they said it was closed, it likely was indeed closed.

Since the market was closed, He Ao would have to try his luck in the snowy fields.

As the sky grew darker, he hadn’t eaten for the better part of the day; he needed to take advantage of the remaining daylight to hunt for prey in the snow.

Just as He Ao was about to turn away, a voice slowly came from behind the young gatekeeper,

"Young man, wait a moment."

A middle-aged man with an honest face and a long beard, who looked to be burly and wide-eyed called out to He Ao.

He Ao turned back, looking at him with curiosity.

"I’m in charge of the camp market, you can call me Wick, do you have something to sell?"

The man approached He Ao in just a few steps, saying warmly, "Let me have a look."

Judging by the way the self-proclaimed Wick moved, he had a solid stance, indicating no weak strength.

He Ao glanced at the people around who were watching, and spoke softly, "Should I take it out here?"

"Rest assured, young man, everyone around Rock City knows that I, Wick, am fair and open in my dealings, just take it out with confidence," Wick reassured He Ao as he stood tall and opened his chest confidently.

"Alright."

He Ao took out the adult learning material chip.

Before the young Wilderness Wanderers surrounding them could look over curiously, Wick hunched down and bent at the waist, slinging his arm around He Ao’s shoulders and heading toward a secluded corner.

The overall atmosphere in Rock City was quite conservative, and this conservatism extended to the surrounding Wilderness Wanderers.

Yet under this conservative veneer, Rock City boasted an adult entertainment industry that ranked among the top three in the Federation.

The adults-only district of Milani in Rock City, along with Alisel in Dawn City, were both notorious, and Milani’s reputation was even higher.

In Milani, one could encounter many services not permitted in Dawn City.

As an extension of this industry, digital products were also exceptionally developed, giving rise to many famous actresses known throughout the Federation.

"Is this Emilys’s latest work? Didn’t she retire? Is she making a comeback?"

Wick, with his arm around He Ao’s shoulder, leaned in and whispered, "How about an electronic thermal suit and two strips of jerky for it?"

Even though Rock City’s adult digital products sold well throughout the Federation, very few were kept among the Wilderness Wanderers.

Most Wilderness Wanderers didn’t use wristbands that, though expensive, couldn’t connect to the internet out in the wilderness.

With no internet connection, there was no access to cloud servers for various apps; the wristbands were reduced to mere handheld gaming devices.

And most games in the Federation required regular login for genuine verification.

Naturally, with no internet connection, the Wilderness Wanderers couldn’t perform the verification, making even a gaming device out of the question.

Over time, the prevalence of wristbands in the wilderness had dwindled.

Digital products sold with wristbands as the hardware basis were even rarer.

Therefore, learning materials for adults that were popular in the wilderness were rather scarce.

A piece of high-quality learning material, if one could take it out of the city and find a customer with the purchasing power and need, could be sold at a significant premium.

Of course, it couldn’t be sold at an exorbitant price.

Because the Federation was also operating in this business sector, the so-called significant premium was actually set by them.

The learning materials He Ao had on hand were only worth half an electronic warming garment in the city, but in the wilderness, they were worth an entire one plus two strips of jerky.

This was the item with the largest price difference that could be acquired most quickly and conveniently in the city for use in the wilderness.

Of course, this price wasn’t the most reasonable.

He Ao glanced at the middle-aged man and calmly said, "First edition, available for sale starting today."

Usually, the versions obtained in the wilderness were delayed; new products from the first release would take about two weeks to come into one’s hands.

Unless a trade caravan was specifically requested to bring it, but that would require knowing the precise timing of the product’s release.

However, keeping up to date with such information in the wilderness was somewhat difficult.

Hmm, this knowledge came from a friend of He Ao named Ronald.

So, the meaning of a first edition was:

I have it, while others don’t have it yet.

The middle-aged man took a breath upon hearing this, knowing that the young man in front of him wasn’t easy to deal with.

After some bargaining between the two, the deal was finalised for one electronic warming garment, three strips of jerky, one night’s stay at a campsite inn, and a day’s free rental of a snow and road dual-purpose motorcycle without a deposit.

In fact, He Ao was most concerned about the dual-purpose motorcycle; he could barely manage food and shelter, but it was impossible for him to always run Super Memory just for the sake of traveling.

He Ao entered the camp under the guidance of Wick and rested in a simple house on the edge.

There was no snowfall that night, and it was very cold.

He Ao tried out Martial Arts Training that night; he had Talent, but it wasn’t very strong—it was difficult to achieve quick success.

After that night, with the aid of the powerful healing force that came with every Copy World, He Ao’s body fully recovered.

The next morning, Wick brought him the motorcycle.

His eyes were listless, his expression defeated, a stark contrast to his energetic appearance the day before.

"Don’t get me wrong, I had a lot of official business come up last night, so after a night of hard work, I’m a bit worn out," he explained hastily after noticing He Ao’s gaze.

He Ao nodded, indicating he understood.

Wick: "Don’t think too much into it, I just broke the seal last night and had a quick check of the content..."

He Ao nodded again, signaling there was no need to continue, as he trusted him.

Wick: ...

Wick: "Alright, I really did work hard through the night."

At six in the morning, He Ao bit into a piece of jerky and disappeared into the vast snowy wilderness on the motorcycle.

By eleven o’clock, He Ao had returned to the camp, bringing back several exotic beast carcasses, including one that resembled a wolf with reddish fur.

He first returned to his house and stayed for a little over two hours.

At two in the afternoon, he left the house, as if he was cloaked in fierce flames.

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He sold the exotic beast carcasses in the marketplace and bought the motorcycle.

At five in the afternoon, he once again rode the motorcycle and left the camp.

The young Wilderness Wanderer who had previously stopped him looked at He Ao’s rapidly fading figure with a hint of confusion in his eyes,

Wick approached him, gazing in the direction where He Ao had vanished.

"He’s leaving so late, isn’t he afraid of the dangers?!"

The young Wilderness Wanderer let out a puzzled exclamation.