"F-Five million?! Silver coins?!"
Scientific Expedition Corps, Prosperity Era Relic Recovery Registration Office.
A sudden shriek of surprise drifted out from the reception room behind tightly shut doors, startling the people waiting in line with their number slips.
People craned their necks toward the reception room, their faces all showing the same expressions of envy, even greed.
There was no need to ask. They could all guess what had happened in that little room, since they were "hunters" in this line of work themselves.
Long ago, The Alliance's Scientific Expedition Corps had opened a paid channel for recovering Prosperity Era relics.
And by now, "archaeology" had developed into a mature industrial chain in The Alliance.
Some handled registration, some appraisals, some valuation and purchases, while others specialized in sweet-talking people and picking up bargains.
For scavengers who found treasure, if they chose the Scientific Expedition Corps' recovery channel, they only needed to bring the item in, fill out a form, and patiently wait no more than seven working days for the appraisal result before deciding whether to nod or shake their heads.
The Scientific Expedition Corps did not force customers who did not wish to sell. They could simply take their items away.
However, since the researchers' offers had always been quite generous, most people signed without hesitation.
Quite a few scavengers even came here from the eastern provinces, or even from the territories of the Science Committee, to trade their treasures. After all, every wastelander had seen The Alliance's reputation for themselves.
With good luck, a well-preserved Prosperity Era relic could sell for the sky-high price of over a hundred thousand silver coins, enough to live easy for the rest of one's life.
Even if the Scientific Expedition Corps was not interested, people from the museum or Camp 101