Master of Kaidan
Chapter 280 Preparation for Major Construction

After all, although the Hundred Tales had a large number of people and many high-level combat forces, they ultimately could not afford to die. The reason those organizations in the Four Major Landfills could maintain restraint was merely because they did not want to rush to the front. Although most of them could resurrect, unless they were extremely weak or incredibly famous Kaidan, the resurrection time would take at least three to five years. Given the current unprecedented changes occurring in decades, it was uncertain what things would be like by the time they resurrected.

However, if the Hundred Tales really made up their mind to start a war, the ones who could not endure would definitely be the Hundred Tales themselves.

After all, the current monopoly of the Hundred Tales over Infinite City was founded on a vast number of Kaidan. Once there was a significant loss of manpower, many lower-grade landfills would break free from control, leading to a massive onset of wild doors, producing more Kaidan that would impact Infinite City.

In this vicious cycle, the Hundred Tales’ empire would eventually fall into decay under the gradual advance of these newfound Kaidan. By the time the numbers of new Kaidan exceeded a critical point, or the deceased Kaidan resurrected, the empire the Hundred Tales had spent decades building would completely collapse.

Huo Mu obviously did not think as far as Feng Xue. He just responded naturally after hearing Feng Xue’s question,

"With the people of the real world!"

"The real world?" Feng Xue was somewhat surprised by this response but found it reasonable. After all, from his Kaidan of the "Original Masked Rider," it was evident that something had indeed happened in the real world that was not very conducive to the Hundred Tales.

"Yes, I’m not very clear on the specifics, but I just know that around last spring, humans from the Eastern Country of the real world seemed to have created some kind of special weapon capable of fighting ordinary Kaidan. The Hundred Tales almost mobilized their entire army, and even so, the Midsummer Night Festival nearly ended in failure."

Huo Mu was not a Kaidan, so his intelligence seemed quite distorted. However, Feng Xue did not focus much on this and just needed to understand the general situation.

It was currently certain that the Hundred Tales were engaged in a dual-front war, which somewhat reassured him.

But Feng Xue’s silence left Huo Mu worried, seemingly feeling that this information wasn’t worth the intelligence fee, so he proactively added,

"Even though it’s being called a war, according to the veterans in the organization, the real-world Eastern Country’s resistance isn’t that strong. The combat is likely a trap by the Hundred Tales, and this year, their cadre called ’Item’ has not yet used their ability, so everyone remains cautious."

"Item?" Feng Xue heard this familiar term and immediately became serious. Huo Mu, upon hearing this, promptly said,

"This is a core cadre of the Hundred Tales, rumored to have the ability to influence an enemy’s destiny, but it can only be used once a year, very powerful. Last year, a door was destroyed by his ability; however, I don’t know the specific method."

"No worries, this information is very valuable." Feng Xue furrowed his brow in thought, then asked some questions related to the Infinite City’s situation before turning to several familiar garbage distribution sites to purchase some materials.

First, to prepare Holy Relics for the next opening, and second, to try out the Mystical Lord’s "Cleverly Crafted" Power. Of course, he might also have the idea of trying a few large builds to test his luck.

Yes, he planned to take Lao Li’s advice and refrain from gambling whether the Hundred Tales would ambush him until he had the confidence to protect himself.

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"This batch of goods doesn’t seem very promising!" In the black market warehouse, Feng Xue muttered as he flipped through a pile of "garbage" in front of him, causing the shopkeeper beside him to smile helplessly:

"You say that, but anyone with any bit of skill has gone to the landfill areas. Recently, it’s mainly those at the bottom who are neither too high nor too low climbing the garbage mountain. What good stuff do you expect them to find?"

"Is the impact that significant?" Feng Xue sighed inwardly, casually sweeping over the pile of scrap metal. As piles of text swirled before him, Feng Xue’s eyes suddenly locked on one spot.

He saw an incredibly intriguing element—

[Luck]

"Interesting."

An idea suddenly struck Feng Xue. He immediately picked up the horseshoe containing the [Luck] element along with several nearby items, and then grabbed a few things that seemed to serve as a base, finally pulling out money to settle the bill.

The shopkeeper, troubled by the recent downturn in business, was quite delighted by Feng Xue’s generosity. The transaction was completed immediately, with a clear exchange of money and goods.

Yet, after wrapping up the items, Feng Xue did not leave immediately. Instead, he casually asked,

"Do you have any True Objects for sale here?"

"Yes, we do, and you’re in luck. If no one showed up soon, I would have had to treat them as rations!"

Unmoved by the shopkeeper’s selling pity, Feng Xue followed him to the warehouse where the True Objects were stored. In contrast to the casually piled garbage, the True Objects were well maintained. Almost every piece had been preserved well and had its own shelf.

Of course, this was mainly because there were no means to appraise True Objects. It mainly depended on feel and knowledge reserves, and the price of the same True Object could vary greatly due to different functions.

To give the most extreme example, an expired yogurt from the Sea Tiger World, for an ordinary person, was just a True Object that could replenish [Identity] but if one could determine its world of origin through the yogurt’s lettering, labels, manufacturer, production date, etc., it would be of immeasurable value for those with Residence Right to the Babylon Tower who understood that True Objects could locate the world for opening a gate.

Of course, Feng Xue himself did not have such extremes in mind; he simply wanted to find a True Object with a bit of a technological feel.

In the last world, he found that the imagination of those in the Jianghu was really lacking. Even if you wrote immortality clearly on your face, they would merely think your cultivation deep and that you could enter a state of feigned death and breath-holding, rather than genuinely believing you possessed undying traits.

So this time, he intended to find a more advanced world; ideally, a game world since resurrection is commonplace in gaming worlds.

However, this was evidently not easy. After wandering around the True Objects warehouse for a long time, in the end, he only found a hairdryer that seemed somewhat technological.

After buying all the delightful items, Feng Xue visited a few more garbage distribution sites.

As night descended on Infinite City, Feng Xue finally returned to his mansion with the spoils of his day, ready to start his grand building adventure with the array of True Objects or Pseudo Artifacts laid before him.