Market

"Due to the side effects of the anti-stress medication, Mr. Black and White told me not to sell it in the Holy City for the time being... The Dark Side has opened up, and perhaps we can find business opportunities here."

Han Dong always carries two bottles of medicine in his waist pocket, ready to open up sales channels at any time.

At Mia's suggestion, we arrived at the end of the street [Market Entrance-7].

It looks like a shop on the outside, but it is actually one of the channels leading to the dark market.

Two muscular guards, wearing White Mask and with bodies unusually strong due to some kind of drug stimulation, stood at the entrance.

As Han Dong stepped forward, the two guards simultaneously extended their terrifyingly muscular arms, each about the thickness of an average person's torso, completely blocking the entrance.

"Purchase capacity must be verified before entering the market. Please show us the balance in your personal vault..."

He lifted his sleeves, revealing his slender arms adorned with Clockwork Device.

The internal small gears rotate rapidly, and the small metal keys slowly assemble to form the corresponding vault Copper Coin storage: 12100

This was no small sum, and the gatekeeper immediately stepped aside.

"Please come in."

After passing through a deep passage inside the building, Han Dong officially arrived at the largest trading market in the Dark Side, which could even be said to be the largest in the Holy City.

Free from market supervision and management

No sales restrictions

As long as it doesn't disrupt the basic order of the market, anything can be sold here.

The roadside vendors all wore protective robes, and their goods were simply laid out on the ground with very basic descriptions.

Secret medicines made with private recipes, strange props brought out from the Destiny Space, Chaos Materials obtained by killing creatures outside the city, and fragments of Treasure Map whose authenticity cannot be verified at all.

While walking through the market, a woman who deliberately showed off her wasp waist and smelled strongly of perfume passed by Han Dong and handed him a small card.

We specialize in selling humanoid maids from outside the city: Corpse Girl, Harpy, Ray Beast, Soft-gill Fishman, etc.

All the sales maids have been purified through the prayers of Holy Priest, and any remaining impurities in their bodies have been largely removed.

Welcome to our store to experience our products. You can pay only after you are satisfied.

Note: The humanoid maid only possesses a ' Underground Temporary ID ' and cannot be taken to the surface.

"Sure enough... it's really chaotic down here, there are actually people doing this kind of business dealing with live animals outside the city."

It's likely that there are also shops or stalls outside the city that sell Wild Monster and evil spirits.

The bosses in this line of work must have close ties with the Knight Order.

Knights who went out to investigate would capture some weak creatures along the way and bring them back to the city, handing them over to the shopkeeper in exchange for Copper Coin. The shopkeeper would then sell them at a higher price to customers in the Underground Market.

Not long after, Han Dong passed by a large stall selling live animals.

Small Wild Monster were kept in iron bars with barriers to prevent pollution from leaking out.

The boss is an experienced butcher.

As long as someone pays, they can be killed on the spot... If these Wild Monster are handled properly, they can be taken back and processed into high-end food, which is a great tonic for knights.

A regular Wild Monster costs around 700 Copper Coin.

Even Though at such a high price, some nobles would buy them, have chefs prepare them, and feed them to their descendants to enhance their physique and lay a solid foundation for knighthood.

Han Dong was naturally not interested in these things.

If he wanted, the Crowman Tribe could easily capture a whole bunch of Wild Monster... As for the opposite sex, even if Mia didn't suit Han Dong's taste, there were still the Octopus Girl and the Bloodline Maid.

Of course, Han Dong didn't seem to have many thoughts about it.

Arriving in such an unrestricted and diverse market, Han Dong already had ideas in mind, and even planned to invest all the research funding that Demps had given him into it.

The goal is very clear—"body".

That's right.

With Han Dong's breakthrough, the "cell Load Value" has been comprehensively improved.

Before the breakthrough, the cell Load Value 300 (of which 280 were used). After the breakthrough, the upper limit doubled, reaching a full 600 points.

This significant increase in Load Value allows Han Dong to make large-scale physical changes.

Regarding the origin of "limbs".

Han Dong still prefers the monster of fate... For example, the enhancement brought by the "Undead Priest Arm" is quite significant, and it corresponds to a profound historical background.

Some of the characteristics of the Destiny Creature are actually stronger than those of the creatures outside the city.

Han Dong has devised a perfect plan to utilize the increased Weight Limit after the breakthrough.

1. Upgrade the Faceless Head to LV.3.

According to the system prompts in the laboratory, the upgrade requires 150 Load Value and a large amount of "Cellular Essence (High Quality)".

The "high-quality" label here means that all the Cellular Essence Han Dong collected before are unusable.

You must go to the knight's corresponding Destiny Space to collect "Cellular Essence (High Quality)".

The Faceless Head is the foundation of Han Dong Dong's survival, and 150 points of weight capacity must be reserved for it.

2. Limbs.

After providing sufficient weight-bearing capacity for the head, the remaining space will be used for grafting limbs.

With his "mobility" greatly enhanced due to the integration with the Crow People, Han Dong is temporarily not considering the issue of his legs.

The next limb replacement will focus more on the [torso]... After all, the current body is only holding on by the G-Virus attached to the right arm in combination with the Plague Physique.

In reality, Han Dong's body was extremely fragile.

Moreover, once he officially enters the Death Domain, Han Dong needs an even stronger body... otherwise, his body will give out before the enemy is even dead.

3. Reserved for future growth.

Both the G-Arm and the Priest Arm—derived from the Undead Priest Imhotep (Second Stage)—are growth-oriented; once they grow, the arm's load-bearing capacity will increase accordingly.

If the Load Value is reached, the growth of the limbs will also be limited.

Therefore, Han Dong needs to reserve an additional 50 points.

In summary.

Han Dong still has 120 Load Value available for free, which can be used to replace his torso.

Since the Underground Market sells everything, Han Dong plans to spend the rest of the day browsing around, hoping to find something unexpected.

However, several hours passed, and after walking around for a long time...

Mia spent one hundred Copper Coin to buy a bag full of cursed items, intending to take them back to refine the essence of the curses for her own absorption.

Han Dong, however, did not see any vendors selling the limbs of the Destiny Creature.

"Am I going to have to go back to the old ways and hand out flyers to buy limbs of Destiny Creature again? It's awful... If there were any readily available, it would be both convenient and cheap."

Just then.

As the two ventured deeper into the market, they arrived at its central area.

A large billboard is standing by the roadside.

As the Dark Side officially opens to the public, a large-scale auction will be held here.

The slogan mentions that at least complete Epic Grade equipment will appear at the auction, and a large number of outsiders are already waiting outside the auction venue.

Each person must have at least 5,000 Copper Coin to enter.