Chapter 401: Clearance Sale

No sooner had Su Xiao finished speaking than several temporary contracts were sent over.

【Some Qiyuezhe No. *** invites you to sign a temporary contract. Content: Detailed information on Some Qiyuezhe No. ***'s main quest. Viewing this content requires a payment of 3000 Paradise Coins.】

Confirming the temporary contract was in order, Su Xiao paid the 3000 Paradise Coins.

【You have paid 3000 Paradise Coins; the temporary contract is now in effect.】

【The temporary contract is notarized by Reincarnation Paradise; neither party may violate it.】

【You have obtained the detailed data for Some Qiyuezhe No. ***'s main quest.】

【Main Quest: Destroy Nodes】

Difficulty Level: Lv. 12

Quest Brief: Destroy any one of the secondary nodes of the National Transmutation Circle.

Quest Info: There are 63 secondary nodes in total; (21/63) have been destroyed.

Quest Deadline: 20 days.

Quest Reward: 3 attribute points, 14,000 Paradise Coins.

Quest Penalty: All attributes -2.

……

Seeing the contractor's main quest, Su Xiao felt it was bizarre.

This main quest was far too simple. Was this really the main quest for a Second Tier contractor?

Su Xiao glanced at his own promotion quest, then back at the Second Tier contractor's main quest; no matter how he looked at it, his promotion quest was much harder.

Su Xiao's quest was mysteriously difficult, but he didn't dwell on it for now. The contractor's quest didn't conflict with his own; or rather, the contractor's goal was largely consistent with his.

The contractor's quest was to destroy the nodes of the National Transmutation Circle. This was undoubtedly sabotaging the plan of the Dwarf in the Flask.

There was no faction division in the Fullmetal Alchemist world. The Dwarf in the Flask's plan was too anti-human; no contractor would join that side in the later stages, unless that contractor wanted to become a Philosopher's Stone.

The lack of clear faction division also meant that conflicts between contractors were not obvious.

"Everyone, I wonder if anyone has any interest in purchasing recovery items."

Hearing Su Xiao's words, several contractors' faces darkened.

Recovery items sold in derived worlds were generally very expensive; a recovery item worth 800 points in Reincarnation Paradise would sell for 8000 points once in a derived world.

"Not interested."

One contractor was just about to walk away, but stopped when they saw the potion in Su Xiao's hand.

【Low-level Alchemical Secret Medicine】

Origin: Fullmetal Alchemist

Quality: White

Type: Recovery Item

Effect: Drinking it restores 19% of health.

Rating: 9

Brief: A product of alchemy, not notarized by Reincarnation Paradise.

……

"500 Paradise Coins per bottle."

The price Su Xiao quoted made several contractors feel tempted. With the recovery amount of the 【Low-level Alchemical Secret Medicine】, the price inside Reincarnation Paradise ranged from 1000 to 1200 Paradise Coins.

Although the 【Low-level Alchemical Secret Medicine】 couldn't be taken out of the Fullmetal Alchemist world, using it within the Fullmetal Alchemist world was also quite good. Recovery items were essential supplies; rather than using recovery items purchased in Reincarnation Paradise, why not buy some cheap recovery items that could only be used in this derived world?

Buying the 【Low-level Alchemical Secret Medicine】 could save a large sum of money. If they only used the 【Low-level Alchemical Secret Medicine】 in the Fullmetal Alchemist world, the recovery items they had previously purchased could be saved for the next derived world.

"The attributes of this potion are very average, and the price should be lower."

As the saying goes, human greed knows no bounds; after seeing a cheap price, people always wonder why it can't be even cheaper.

"You have 3 minutes to buy, after which I will leave."

Su Xiao didn't haggle with these contractors; take it or leave it. If they kept on chattering about the price, he would cut them down.

"Since it can't be cheaper, then forget it. We won't buy any, right, everyone?"

That burly man looked around at the crowd with the posture of a leader, though he wasn't actually one.

No one supported the burly man's idea; 500 Paradise Coins could already be called a clearance sale, more than half cheaper than in Reincarnation Paradise.

【Some Qiyuezhe No. *** sent a trade request. You paid 6x Low-level Alchemical Potion and obtained 3000 Paradise Coins.】

【Some Qiyuezhe No. *** sent a trade request. You paid 5x Low-level Alchemical Potion and obtained 2500 Paradise Coins.】

……

Some contractors bought 5 bottles, some bought 8. Su Xiao sold a total of 48 bottles of Low-level Alchemical Potion, harvesting 24,000 Paradise Coins.

"Everyone, if you encounter other contractors, you can recommend me. Whoever helps me sell a bottle of potion, I'll give them a one-tenth commission."

It was too difficult to find contractors on his own, so he simply offered a benefit. Exchanging one-tenth of the cost for more buyers—why not?

Such good things were rare; only Promotion Worlds and War Worlds had no assassination missions. If he had an assassination mission on him, he would try his best to avoid contact with too many contractors.

The trade ended, and Su Xiao had a bountiful harvest. He immediately left the small town on the outskirts of Central City.

The next morning, Su Xiao rested at an inn in a neighboring town. Killing Envy meant he had completely torn off the mask with the Homunculi.

Actually, that wasn't quite accurate; he and the Homunculi couldn't really be considered to have been cooperating.

The Homunculi faction was too hard to infiltrate. Su Xiao had done two things for the Homunculi, and his faction favorability was still (Indifferent: 0/200).

From this point, one could see that the Homunculi were very distrustful of humans.

With the hope of infiltration severed, Su Xiao decisively killed Envy.

Su Xiao slept in the inn for the entire day. That night, Su Xiao saw a wanted poster on the wall downstairs in the inn; the person wanted was none other than him.

The wanted poster stated that dead or alive didn't matter, and the bounty was extremely high; providing clues could also earn a small bounty.

"Already discovered? Faster than I thought."

Sheltered by the night, Su Xiao left the town. He planned to operate at night recently; his dark purple quality trench coat made him difficult to detect at night.

Su Xiao headed straight for Central City; he planned to pull off one last job in Central City, targeting the Third Laboratory.

Su Xiao still needed a few Philosopher's Stones to improve his proficiency in Alchemy Potion Making. He had previously intended to get them from the Homunculi, but later found it unlikely; the Homunculi were very stingy, so now he could only rob them openly.

After Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang ran for half an hour, Su Xiao arrived at Central City.

Central City at night was quiet and still. It was already twelve midnight, and there were no pedestrians on the streets.

Although Central City didn't enforce a curfew, the government didn't encourage civilians to be active at night. Once civilians were found out at night, patrolling soldiers would come up and scold them.

Over time, the civilians of Central City developed the habit of not going out at night. This was intentional on the part of the Homunculi; night was the time for their operations.

Black shadows flashed across the streets from time to time. Su Xiao crouched on the roof of a high building, the night wind blowing his clothes with a snapping sound. He held a map in his hand.

"Third Laboratory... how was this dump built?"

The location of the Third Laboratory could be described as extremely treacherous; it was actually built in the center of the military, with tens of thousands of troops stationed around it.

Su Xiao didn't want to go to war with an army of that scale. Although he had many alchemical bombs now and wasn't afraid of these troops, alerting other Homunculi would be troublesome.

There were three Homunculi remaining: Wrath, Pride, and Sloth.

Wrath and Pride were not easy to provoke; Sloth was a good target to kill, but unfortunately, he couldn't be found—that guy was underground.

After mastering the detailed route, Su Xiao flashed into the military camp. The security here was tight, but with the dark purple quality trench coat, the difficulty of infiltration wasn't high.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang had already disappeared somewhere; if it came to comparing hiding abilities, Su Xiao felt inferior. ===== CHAPTER 402 =====