For ordinary lords, it is difficult to discover the true value hidden in these [special] and [unknown] items with only pitifully simple system information!
Most of these items cannot be used directly and basically exist as clues and wedges.
It is not easy to dig deep into the hidden elements.
Especially the clues associated with many [Special] and [Unknown] level items are in distant places.
The vastness of the mainland increases the difficulty of investigating clues.
So even though everyone knows that these items have other uses, it is not easy to actually convert them into value.
Only a very few lucky lords who happen to encounter [special] and [unknown] items related to their territory can quickly find the next clue.
However, even if they achieve this step, it does not mean that they will be able to obtain the harvest behind the items.
You must know that many events and relics related to [Special] and [Unknown] items are quite difficult to develop.
All in all, for ordinary lords to obtain benefits from such items, it can only be described as extremely difficult.
Zong Shen, however, has no such concerns.
He can completely use the convenience provided by the strategy module to quickly learn all the information he wants to know.
All clues that exist in the Endless Continent and are mastered by the lord system can be mastered simultaneously by the strategy module.
The existence of the information link allows Zong Shen to save the tedious process of digging for clues and investigating the origin of items.
It also has strong strength to back it up, which can ensure that the exploration operation will not fail.
So he is quite looking forward to this kind of items.
It is no exaggeration to say that behind every [Special] and [Unknown] level item, there is basically a brand new "side mission" hidden.
On the surface, these branches are not directly related to the main line of territorial development and hegemony.
But in fact, each branch line represents a thread, and they can further complete Zong Shen's tracing of the history and origins of the endless continent.
This is also the key to whether Zong Shen can break away from the shackles of epochal reincarnation and achieve true transcendence!
In the past period of time, he has not given up his plan to find leaks in the [market].
Mariel was specially asked to assign an internal affairs hero to be responsible for searching the [Market] every day through keyword searches, quick browsing and filtering to find those [Special] and [Unknown] items.
But unfortunately, the gains in this area are close to zero.
During the three days of the novice period, there were more opportunities to pick up leaks, but at that time [market] construction was not yet fully popularized, and the total number of listings was far less than it is now.
After everyone had the [Market] building and the sales market became completely popular, and because the surviving lords were screened and eliminated through challenges, the remaining lords became more and more savvy.
They will not directly put up for sale or hastily dispose of those flashy items, or items whose function cannot be clearly understood in a short period of time, but will choose to keep them.
Moreover, the "online" market model has also spawned many [market] scammers who are professional businessmen.
The profit-making method of these scammers is still to take advantage of the information gap, look for opportunities to pick up on the huge volume of pending sales orders and transactions in the [market] every moment, buy low and sell high, and earn a certain price difference.
Not to mention, this method of operation has a certain risk of loss and requires some luck, hand speed and vision, but generally speaking, you can still make money.
Anyone who has mastered some skills can earn enough resources for their development through the [market].
Compared to combat and exploration with the risk of death, and collection methods that rely on a large amount of labor.
This kind of "professional businessman" is obviously much more comfortable.
There are even a small group of lords who have completed the primitive accumulation of capital through commercial trading activities in the online market.
At present, there are "wealthy lords" whose total resources exceed five million levels.
Among them was a Chinese lord named "Shen Sanwan 1984611", who even played the futures mode.
By hoarding specific basic resources, you can earn the price difference by taking advantage of the fluctuation in the value of the resource exchange ratio in the [market].
And this guy is really quite capable. The legion he established is called [The Richest Man in the World], and he has gathered hundreds of business lords to take turns advertising the same slogan on [World Channel] every day.
At the same time, he also used the bidding display mechanism of the [market] to sell hundreds of common items at sky-high prices, occupying the forefront of the price selection of various items. Each item was marked with Shen Sanwan and the name of the legion.
This advertising model is not a secret. Very early on, Zong Shen saw a man who got a fourth-level shield and listed the price of 99999999 pieces of wood. He ranked the price of defensive equipment from high to low. After screening, it directly ranked first in the category!
Later, many lords used this method to advertise or make flirtatious remarks.
But it couldn't stand up to Shen Sanwan's "traffic" offensive.
That is, through a large number of legion members and dozens of [market] quotas, information coverage is achieved.
You must know that the sales space used for advertising cannot be used for normal transactions.
How could an ordinary lord have such skill?
Even though the [Market] building can be stacked infinitely, other lords can't get much of it.
After all, the way to obtain the [Market] blueprints is random, and most people open them through treasure chests.
Although in theory a single territory can house countless independent [market] buildings, in fact, as long as the lord obtains a [market] building, the explosion rate obtained from unboxing in the future will be greatly reduced.
Even if you get the blueprints again, they will basically be the [Market] advanced blueprints of subsequent levels.
Unless you can obtain a large number of redundant [market] buildings by inheriting a large amount of unclaimed territory inheritance like Zong Shen.
Otherwise, the only way is to form a legion-level force like Shen Sanwan and exert the power of the group.
It is difficult for a single lord to achieve advertising coverage in this mode.
But Zong Shen had no need to stop them.
Because the territory is currently mainly trading mineral resources.
Since it is mined and produced by itself, the daily sales volume is quite stable.
The total amount of circulation converted into basic resources can reach millions or even tens of millions.
Resource trading volume of this scale is no longer something Shen Sanwan can leverage.
What's more, the output of Zong Shen's territory is like this every day.
Not to mention, the territory's current daily consumption of resources is on the order of 10 million to 15 million.
This does not include the continued output of the Azshara Mine and the subsequent output that still has room for improvement.
Just the resources currently accumulated by Zong Shen, when converted into basic resources (including various precious high-level materials, magic gems, and high-energy minerals), are at least billions or even tens of billions in total.
When choosing a strategy for large-scale infrastructure development, he directly chose to move towards the national city and giant city level!
When the territories built by other lords were still at the village level of a thousand people, Zong Shen's goal was to develop large-scale state cities and prototypes of giant cities that could accommodate at least one million people.
The construction volume is also not of the same level.
This gap resulted in Zong Shen's listed territory directly surpassing the "World's Richest" Legion, which means Zong Shen didn't use any advertising slogans.
But his reputation, coupled with the three words "Guide" added before each item for sale, make his reputation in the "Market" unshakable.
The two are actually not on the same level at all.
But in Zong Shen's view, as an ordinary lord, being able to use business methods to get to this point is already a great achievement.
Although the million-level resource wealth that Shen Sanwan is proud of is not worth mentioning to Zong.
But when compared horizontally with the lords of the same period, at least more than 95% of them have been killed in seconds.
Moreover, this model still has development potential. In the future, you might be able to become a great lord through trade.
Of course, it is incomparable to someone like Zong who has the information hook turned on.
Shen Sanwan's advertisement allows most lords to basically see relevant information as long as they enter the [market] and browse for a while.
After seeing it more times, I became tired of it, but I remembered it in my heart.
Under such circumstances, the [richest man in the world] legion and lord [Shen Sanwan 1984611] actually accumulated a lot of fame.
Although neither [The Richest Man in the World] nor [Shen Sanwan] appeared on the [Ranking List], nor did they receive the honor of being announced by the Golden Banner, they have successfully left an impression on the hearts of most lords.
That is to say, Zong Shen, the hands-off shopkeeper, doesn't know much about it because he hasn't visited the [market] in person for a long time.
Even the information related to Shen Sanwan was reported to him by Jiang Yi before.
Guys like this can be said to be competitors in Zong Shen's plan to pick up leaks.
In fact, he also had the idea of developing commercial trade before this, but later he lowered the priority of such plans.
The reason is very simple. Rather than delving into [the market], it is better to explore harder.
After all, hunting for food in the Endless Continent is much more satisfying than relying on the [Market] to earn the three melons and two dates that an ordinary lord would get.
If he just explores a large ruins, Shen Sanwan will be busy for a while.
So Zong Shen didn't want to be distracted by this.
Of course, he has never underestimated the potential of [the market].
As part of the lord's privileges, it is an "online market" that can instantly complete the transaction and circulation of materials regardless of location. Its potential is undoubted.
As the strength of the lords increases, the potential of the [market] will also increase simultaneously.
But it is not easy to occupy a monopoly position.
It requires a lot of effort. By the time a big capitalist who can monopolize the market emerges, someone from his clan may have already dominated the mainland.
However, after thinking about the leak-picking plan, Zong Shen had new ideas about it.
At present, there are very few lords who can occupy mining areas and carry out large-scale development (note, this is not impossible, because the Endless Continent is too big, and the mine is not just around the protagonist).
Therefore, mining is not the only business. Its advantage lies in its popularity, large number of sales places in the [market], large total resources, and stable production.
In addition to previous banner announcements, the reputation gained by being at the top of the leaderboard.
These are the elements that Shen Sanwan spent a lot of time and effort, and only managed to cobble together a low-end version with the manpower of a legion.
It would be a pity not to take advantage of this wave at all.
Not counting the second batch of lords, it will be calculated based on the current surviving lords.
Even if he only earns an average of one basic resource from each lord, then this business also represents the potential of billions of total resources.
"It seems we still need to pay more attention to it."
"Leave this to Howie."
"Let him arrange a few people to carry out distribution and purchasing plans to expand his influence."
"It just makes up for the regret that he couldn't organize the caravan himself."
Zong Shen rubbed the stubble on his chin and decided to give this task to Howie.
He had promised Howie to take charge of the caravan at the beginning.
Who would have expected that the situation would change later, and Howie's responsibilities would also change accordingly.
Seeing that he is no longer a caravan manager, let him be responsible for some commercial and trade plans.
As for the lord wealthy businessman [Shen Sanwan] and the [richest man in the world] army he leads, perhaps they can try to have limited cooperation.
Utilizing the other party's business acumen and adding time may be able to achieve the effect of 1 1 > 2.
Activate part of the redundant trade potential of the current territory.
If you have money, it doesn't matter if we all make some together. Anyway, it's much better than letting redundancy accumulate.
Thinking of this, Zong Shen nodded gently. His eyes changed from a deep thinking state to a relaxed state, and finally focused on the [temporary storage compartment] in front of him again.
Start looking at those [Unknown] and [Special] level items.
Soon, each "compressed package" was extracted and collectively decompressed.
Then put them all into the portable storage compartment, and then sort out the name list according to the order of the items so that you can view them one by one.
A clear list emerged, Zong Shen's heart stopped, and his thoughts swept over it quickly.
[The Green Goblin's Withered Rose (Unknown)]
[Mysterious Divination White Tortoise Shell (Special)]
[The sycamore branches that are not afraid of flames (unknown)]
[The great thief Ka Mor’s home letter (unknown)]
[Incomplete Lucky Tarot: Major Arcana·Strength (Special)] (Strength8)
[Burning Angel’s Dirty Light Feather (Special)]
[Ancient Secret Silk Scroll (Unknown)]
…
Unfortunately, even most lords cannot make use of such items.
However, the total amount of [Unknown] and [Special] items is not too much.
Zong Shen only got seven items in this wave.
It should be added here that most [unknown] items cannot be used directly, but there may be items with passive effects.
As for [special] items, they are either in a state of being broken, sealed, withered, dirty, losing power, or they have certain characteristics of magical items.
The specific situation needs to be investigated before we can determine it.