Trading Cosmic Battleship From The Start
Chapter 228 - 154: Brand New Black Market Town_2

Chapter 228: 154: Brand New Black Market Town_2

Shen Shi stopped his musings because it was far too distant from him.

After leaving this future line, which he had named the First Cosmos, Shen Shi once again looked toward the second future line that had been opened up this time.

It was clear that this future line was the real future under his current world line.

There was still a black market there.

"Doesn’t this mean I have two worlds for transactions... I wonder what the situation will be like in this future." With a faint sense of anticipation, Shen Shi chose to enter.

However, this time, a brand-new piece of information popped up.

"Please confirm your appearance."

Confirm appearance?

Shen Shi was taken aback.

This was different from the previous black market! The previous black market never had such a thing.

It was either your real appearance or anonymity.

So how should he confirm it? His real appearance was definitely out of the question. But what about a modified body? Yet, he didn’t know what the standard modified body should look like in this future world.

If he chose incorrectly, wouldn’t it be too conspicuous?

In the end, Shen Shi chose a human form.

He believed that no matter how the future changed, there would always be those who retained the external appearance ingrained in the genes.

The Primordial Sect must exist.

However, Shen Shi made his appearance ordinary. Apart from having better skin and physique, his looks were not too distinct—this was due to his lack of understanding of the aesthetics of the future world.

"Do you wish to enable the emotion transmission blocking function (Note: Not enabling may lead to the leakage of your true emotions)."

"Enable." Shen Shi quickly made a decision.

Clearly, this was another kind of anonymous feature.

The difference was that the colorful glow in the First Cosmos terminal was transformed into a customizable "skin," which also provided true anonymity.

"Please register your market name." This was a new prompt.

It was also something that was not there before.

After some thought, Shen Shi named himself "Antique Dealer."

"Welcome to the advanced human market. We hope you find satisfactory items for trade." This was the last piece of information.

It was certain that, within this brand-new future line, the internal program of the black market had definitely changed.

It’s even possible that the first person to acquire the black market’s main frame in this future line was not the same as the one in the First Cosmos.

Shen Shi carefully adjusted his emotions.

Then, he felt his consciousness being guided into a space, and suddenly he saw light in front of him.

This part was the same as before.

But when he saw everything in front of him, he was momentarily stunned.

Because he wasn’t appearing on a street at all!

Instead, he appeared in a plaza!

Yes, a plaza!

Looking around, the entire plaza was quite large, at least no smaller than the most famous People’s Square of the Eastern Country. The architectural style of the entire plaza was entirely based on the Earth Star Period’s modern plaza style.

Shen Shi even saw white tiles under his feet.

If the future world was still using tiles to build, that was absolutely impossible.

Of course, his first attention was still on the other people.

The people in the plaza were not many, but not few either. Aside from their peculiar clothing, mostly with great differences, most retained human appearances, with only a few showing obvious modifications, such as several tall pieces of battle armor on the right.

Some even wore ordinary garments from different periods of the Earth Star Era.

So, Shen Shi’s appearance here was not unusual.

This gave him a sigh of relief.

Allowing him to more comfortably observe his surroundings.

The first thing to attract Shen Shi’s attention was a huge bronze statue in the center of the plaza.

It was clearly a man.

The man wore a modern trench coat, stood with a straight back, and stretched out his arms forward, while in front of him hovered a bronze-colored, slowly rotating planet. The distribution of the land showed clearly that it was Blue Star. The entire sculpture looked like the man was preparing to embrace the planet, or uplifting, or guarding it.

The meaning was already very clear.

From his position on the side, looking at the man’s profile and body shape, Shen Shi had a strong sense of déjà vu.

Could it be...

Shen Shi slowly walked to the front of the statue.

Raised his head, remaining silent for a long time.

Indeed, that familiar face, wasn’t it just himself?

Inscribed at the base of the sculpture was a line of text.

Written in standard Eastern Country script.

"In honor of the founder of the Star Sea Company, Changer of Human Destiny, the great sage, Shen Shi."

The founder of Star Sea Company... Star Sea Company, could it still exist now?

Who is managing it?

His descendants?

Speaking of which, it seems he still didn’t live to see three millennia later.

This point was certain, and also a key piece of information acquired from the transformation of the Time Crystal, that is, regardless of which time line, the true possessor of the Time Crystal was actually him, even any Shen Shi in any other world line was essentially just a consciousness residue of him. In other words, if the Shen Shi in this future line were still alive, he would be able to sense it anywhere in this Cosmos.

He could even instantly reclaim all of the other’s memories.

But since there is no such sensation, it means he has already died.

"Hopefully, it won’t be another sacrifice..." Shen Shi finally looked up at his statue, thinking, "But at least, my form has been preserved, and having such a sculpture in a place like the black market speaks volumes about the feelings of humans in the future world towards me."

He already had a premonition.

In this brand-new future, the development of human civilization is likely stronger than that in the First Cosmos by an unknown margin.

This black market was the best evidence for that.

Compared with the previous black market, with merely a street of a hundred or two hundred stalls, it was much more prosperous!

He looked around.

In the four directions of this plaza were four streets of different styles.

One was obviously of Eastern Country’s ancient style.

Red bricks and green tiles, flying cornices on pavilions, and extremely luxurious and grand, even resplendent in gold and jade. He could guarantee no ancient dynasty could have established such a street, yet its style was undeniably traditional, just showcasing prosperity and luxury.

Another street was clearly of the Nick Empire’s style, with white palaces, high domes, extensive use of fountains, Roman pillars, sculptures, spires, and octagonal houses for decoration, the style was particularly distinct.

The third street was distinctly Western Alliance style.

Brown high-rise buildings, tall clock towers, and standing chimneys, Shen Shi even saw an ancient church in a prominent location.

As for the fourth, it was quite a mix.

From a glance, Shen Shi saw Japanese-style architecture adjacent to Ancient Roman architecture. It seemed these four streets were a blend of subcultures.

Four streets, or perhaps four districts would be a better term, each occupying about a quarter of the area.

Although he couldn’t overlook the entire black market’s panorama, just from what he could see from the central plaza, he could already determine this was no longer just a trading street from the First Cosmos.

But a trading town.

A town that could easily accommodate tens of thousands of people.

The density of the crowd in the plaza was also enough to indicate this.

Shen Shi only then realized that he hadn’t asked how the personal terminal of the black market was manufactured.

But in this current future line, users and shops within the black market had indeed greatly increased.

Additionally—

In this future line, it seemed humanity had not lost their culture.

Looking at the correct architectural styles in front of him, this was apparent.

"While changing the fate of humanity losing its culture is reassuring, I wonder if antiques are still valuable here." Shen Shi now felt a mix of joy and worry, after all, his greatest ace for trading in the future world was the antiques from the modern world.