For Lu Li, the information a merchant possesses is more important than materials.
"Why the Exorcist Disappeared."
The businessman is closely related to the exorcist. The businessman's sleep shows that the exorcist has indeed disappeared.
But it's hard to understand why they didn't leave any kindling behind, like they did in the shelter.
Let the inheritance be broken?
Perhaps because contribution points have become pure numbers for Lu Li, merchants no longer talk about the price of intelligence: "Curse."
A curse called knowledge snakes around all exorcists.
Knowledge became more vicious and filthy. The exorcists who had the most knowledge either fell into the abyss or fell into madness overnight. Those trainee exorcists and scholars were also enveloped in delirium with low sanity values, and died in pain due to entanglement.
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The Exorcist has since come to an end in the strange era, and its legacy remains a secret that even today people keep secret.
No one knows whether the change in knowledge is due to weirdness, or whether the world is more dangerous as it moves towards the abyss.
So Lu Li was the last exorcist and he escaped death by falling deep underground.
After learning what had happened, Lu Li asked the questions he wanted to know.
"I need information about the Maiden's Shadow."
"...No." The businessman replied.
Information is also a kind of material. Although it cannot be stolen, it is stored with each merchant. Merchants will "visit" each other when needed. But now, as the only remaining fruitful merchant, it is obvious that there are no "neighbors" to "visit".
Unless other merchants are found and awakened.
There is no need to worry about this. You can entrust the mayor of Wiener Freeze Port to help find other merchants. What you need to do now is to familiarize the merchants with the world, and then reconnect the contribution points with the value of the shilling.
He told the servants waiting outside the door about his request, and they quickly sent sociology and history scholars from Collinson University. They were a little disappointed to learn that the person being taught was a businessman and not Lu Li.
“How can you pass on history when knowledge is polluted?”
During the teaching process, Lu Li asked a scholar.
He thought of the "Illustrated Book of Weird Clans" and just opened three pages to try to see the horrific changes on the page.
At that time, Lu Li only had one copy of humanity, but now he has eleven copies, so he might be able to last longer.
“There is little intellectual pollution that does not involve weirdness.”
The scholar took out an "Encyclopedia (13)", which is one of a series of complete books. The gold lace represents its value.
But what is expensive is not the gold thread, nor the knowledge itself, but the paper that carries the knowledge.
"This is an obscure piece of paper. You should recognize it." The old scholar opened a page with a bookmark between it.
Dark paper, a kind of paper that can isolate strange powers, was used by three major organizations to pass on knowledge.
It's a pity that the knowledge in my mind is not protected by obscure paper.
The professor spent the whole afternoon, and the businessman absorbed the knowledge very quickly. It re-established the price, although there was nothing yet.
Strange screams hovered over the ice-free port of Wiener, shrouded in drizzle.
The dark crow made a disturbing and hoarse cry and landed on the lamppost on the eaves.
The crowd outside the city hall had completely dispersed not long ago. It was raining all the time and it was so cold outside that it was almost breathtaking. "What are you going to do next?" Lu Li asked.
"trade."
The purpose of a businessman's existence is to trade.
Lu Li can still help, and many congressmen, nobles, and wealthy businessmen who hope to get to know Lu Li don't mind spending a sum of money in exchange for contribution points.
Interestingly, both politicians and nobles provided very few supplies. Ten boxes of cans, ten barrels of kerosene, one hundred thousand pounds of coal, and food with low shelf life that the merchants would not accept. They seemed not to be optimistic about the reappearance of the Exorcist.
On the earth.
The wealthy businessmen contributed far more supplies than the politicians and nobles. A businessman who was saved by an exorcist as a child even donated an entire warehouse of supplies.
Although many of the items inside are difficult to describe, such as furniture or linen clothing, the merchants did collect these items.
Mayor Mateusz Knox also sent someone to deliver a truckload of supplies.
The merchant asked for some extra wooden boxes and handed them to Lu Li when it got dark.
It's a bit larger, and there are eyeballs the size of fingernails in the wooden box that can hold a necklace and bracelet.
Eyeballs can summon black crows, and black crows can call merchants.
"Where do the eyes come from?" Lu Li looked at the eyes lying quietly in the wooden box.
"The Eyes of the Overseer."
"What is that."
"The periphery of home exists."
"Home" is the merchant's world.
Bang bang
Caterina and Pusius were startled. A black crow suddenly crashed into the window, landed on the windowsill, folded its wings, and stared at the people in the room with its dark eyes.
It is attracted by the eyeballs.
Lu Li opened the window and felt a cool breeze rushing over his face.
The wooden box was placed on the windowsill. The crow jumped into the room and pecked the gel-like eyes in the wooden box.
This black crow is larger than ordinary crows, and it is attracted by the eyes. It is likely to be the descendant of the old exorcist's black crow companion.
After swallowing the last fragment in the wooden box, the black crow lowered his head to tidy up his wings that were stained with water drops, and then looked at Lu Li.
"I don't need your help." The figure reflected in the dark eyes said.
There was an exclamation behind him, and Pusius felt that talking to the crow was too exorcist!
"dumb!"
The crow responded loudly, flapped its wings and flew out of the room.
Lu Li closed the window, and the chill disappeared.
"What's the use of calling the crow?" Psius asked curiously.
"The crow will call the merchant." Lu Li answered.
Pusius realized the meaning of his words and asked the merchant in confusion: "Aren't you coming with us?"
Immersed in the epic story, Pusius hoped to have more and more different companions. It would be better if the crow just now could join the team.
"The merchant will follow me, but not at any time." Lu Li said.
Lu Li was not the only one who received gifted eyeballs, politicians, nobles and wealthy people also received eyeballs. Businessmen would rush over if they needed to trade.
"So the merchant is also our partner now, right?" Pusius asked hopefully.
"Until we find the second merchant."
For the time being, the merchant will follow Lu Li.
As evening approaches, the street lights in the wealthy areas around the city hall are the first to turn on, and the streets gradually become deserted, unlike Midnight City, which is almost chaotic and lively no matter day or night.
The servant knocked on the door with a thick stack of invitations, but Lu Li did not participate in anyone's invitation.
Unlike Midnight City, Lu Li no longer has to attend gatherings of various factions to ask them to do things for him. Now even newspapers are reporting that Lu Li is looking for the girl's shadow and the merchant.
The politicians and nobles who failed to invite Lu Li were disappointed and complained. At the same time, they felt lucky that at least they didn't have to worry about Lu Li, who was holding on to his prestige, going to the enemy.
At the same time, they also understood Lu Li's tendency: he would not participate in politics.
As time went by, the sky became darker.
The strange fog clung to the lead-colored sea surface and spread silently towards the ice-free port of Vina.