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Chapter 526 - 363: The Rise in Prices, The Beginning of the Frenzy

Chapter 526: Chapter 363: The Rise in Prices, The Beginning of the Frenzy

Obtaining a God Crystal was a mere trifle to An Jianyou, a fleeting moment of pleasure that soon passed.

The wealthy An merely waved her hand and took care of today’s shopping.

After being away for two or three months, they were preparing to return to Blue Star. Today was not only a day for rest but also for buying some specialties of Shattered Sea to bring back as gifts for friends and family.

There really were many odd and exotic specialties here, especially those from foreign races.

"This for Father, and this for my mentor."

"This for Yiluo Xi, and this for my mentor."

"This for Instructor Black Blade, and this for my mentor."

"This for Yi Xuan Lu Xi, and this for my mentor."

"This for Miss Silver Bell, and this for my mentor."

"..."

After a whole day of shopping, filling both of the Storage Rings on her index and middle finger, An Jianyou reluctantly ended her buy-buy-buy journey.

By then, it was already deep into the night, but Grand Havoc City, true to its reputation as a super metropolis, showed no signs of the late hour.

The sky above was full of stars, and the light they cast was not as blinding as the daytime sun, yet it illuminated the entire city. The scenery seemed even more brilliant than during the day, and the comings and goings of wealthy merchants and nobles appeared to increase.

The night brought even more life to District 10.

Despite being a day off, An Jianyou hadn’t forgotten her original objective—the research report.

While she shopped, she had put her mind on hold, not observing closely or letting her Spirit spread out—scattering one’s Spirit or Divine Power to scan around was frowned upon. Although it didn’t enable one to see through objects, it was akin to eyes darting everywhere intrusively. If it caught the attention of someone with a short temper, a beating would be the least of one’s worries.

An Jianyou, now a mythic being herself, could scan with her Spirit without being noticed by many, but she wouldn’t engage in such impolite behavior.

However, the memory and observational powers of a mythic being far exceed the limits of ordinary mortals.

Even without paying much attention, when she started to recall the events, the scenes stored at the edge of her memory replayed with the clarity of a movie.

This enabled her to mix leisure and work without compromise.

Nevertheless, when An Jianyou began to reminisce, she noticed something peculiar.

"The prices in Grand Havoc City seem to have risen a bit?"

"Not everything, mainly Strange Implements and potions. The increase is around 30% compared to a month ago."

Such fluctuations were common in the great cities of Great Oasis.

Depending on the frequency of trade caravans, the prices of some imported goods could double or halve within a month.

But this was Grand Havoc City, where supply and demand had stabilized long ago. Its prices have been stable for hundreds, if not thousands of years. An increase of 30%, let alone 10%, was highly unusual.

"Is there really a change? We didn’t visit many weapon stores, did we?"

Liu Ying scratched her head, her eyes filled with confusion.

Being of Superhuman Rank and Commanding Rank, their memories were far better than those of an average person, but not to the extent of remembering everything at a glance, especially since she hadn’t been paying attention.

Who pays attention to such things while out shopping?

"Um... I... I took some notes earlier, and it is indeed a price increase."

As Xu Yun shyly spoke out and pulled out a small notebook filled with dense numbers from her embrace, Liu Ying was shocked.

When did you take notes?

Taking notes even while shopping is just too much!

The last person, the burly Xiong Tianshuang, also spoke thoughtfully, "I glanced at some armor Strange Implements earlier, and now that you mention it, they do seem a tad more expensive."

Liu Ying: "???"

So you were all also hard at work!

An Jianyou quickly scanned through the notebook full of information that Xu Yun had recorded, comprehending multiple lines at a glance, "Potions saw the greatest price increases. Yes, precisely recovery and combat potions are rising in price. Something like the Blood Snake Tempering Potion, which is used for cultivation, hasn’t changed much in price."

"The rise in price isn’t limited to high-tier potions; low-tier ones like white-grade stamina and strength enhancement potions have increased as well, albeit by a smaller margin... These low-tier potions have very low profit margins, so why would their prices change? Strange."

An Jianyou fell into deep thought.

It was as if beneath the calm surface of the sea, unknown currents were stirring.

Could it be that Grand Havoc City was on the brink of all-out war with some dominant power? But there was no indication of it at all!

With this on her mind, An Jianyou wasn’t in the mood to continue shopping and hurried back to Oasis Number Three. This particular oasis had not yet been named by her mentor, but it had already become the information network hub that Xinhuo had set up in Shattered Sea, with data flowing in from all regions every moment.

These messages were both significant and trivial, with the smallest being the brief records of the missions that mercenaries appended when submitting their tasks—this was a requirement of the Mission Guild and affected mission evaluations.

For the mercenaries, it didn’t require much effort; those with better writing skills elaborated more, while those with worse simply summed up in a few words. But for the Mission Guild, these messages from all angles combined to yield quite a bit of intelligence.

However, sorting and summarizing this fragmented and massive amount of information was no easy task.

An Jianyou prided herself on having a sharp mind after becoming a myth, but even she would go crazy trying to process so much data—she would need at least a hundred versions of herself to cope.