Inside Nan Feng's Wooden Cabin, the Crude Disassembler began to tremble slightly, making a sound like a tractor.
The 40 Ironclaw Rat Claws were quickly dismantled.
The good news was that these Ironclaw Rat Claws really could be dismantled into iron elements.
The bad news was that the resulting product was neither iron ingots nor small iron ingots, but a new item called Iron Sand.
Iron Sand: As long as there is enough of it, Iron Sand can also be used as small iron ingots.
Well, this stuff was a whole tier lower than small iron ingots... Nan Feng could not help curling his lip.
"It would take about 50 portions of Iron Sand to synthesize one small iron ingot... and ten small iron ingots to synthesize one iron ingot..."
Nan Feng quickly did the math and found that he still needed 3,460 Ironclaw Rat Claws to gather enough for ten iron ingots and upgrade his Destined Divine Weapon.
What a goddamn scam!
Nan Feng was immediately put in a difficult position.
One Ironclaw Rat dropped two Ironclaw Rat Claws. Nan Feng would have to kill 1,730 of them!
Wouldn't that take forever?
He might as well go mining with them.
"Wait, Ironclaw Rats seem to be everywhere. Other Chosen Ones must have Ironclaw Rat Claws in their backpacks too..."
"They don't have a disassembler, so Ironclaw Rat Claws are useless to them. I might be able to trade a tiny amount of materials for a huge pile of them!"
With that thought, Nan Feng hurriedly opened the Trade Channel.
Sure enough, many Ironclaw Rat Claws were listed in the trade section.
Someone was trading Ironclaw Rat Claw*50 for Fresh Water*1.
Someone was trading Ironclaw Rat Claw*10 for Wood*1.
Someone else was trading Ironclaw Rat Claw*20 for any Food*1...
These Ironclaw Rat Claws were dirt cheap, and no one wanted them.
After all, nobody knew what Ironclaw Rat Claws were for. They took up space in backpacks, so people might as well put them on the Trade Channel and see whether they could exchange them for something useful.
Nan Feng grinned from ear to ear and immediately went on a shopping spree, buying up most of the Ironclaw Rat Claws.
In total, he got 306 Ironclaw Rat Claws.
And Nan Feng had only paid Wood*8, Stone*14, Fowl Meat*2, slightly dirty Fresh Water*1...
What a bargain!
But this was still far too little. It was nowhere near enough for Nan Feng.
In the Chat Channel, Nan Feng's mad shopping spree had already caught the attention of the other Chosen Ones.
Ma Yong: "Huh? My 50 Ironclaw Rat Claws actually sold? Someone really wanted this stuff?"
Xu Ming: "Mine sold too. I traded them for Stone*2. Easy profit."
Ning Wu: "Mine sold too..."
Wu Yuansheng: "Someone's buying Ironclaw Rat Claws? This stuff has a use?"
Bao Jian: "Looks like Boss Nan Feng bought them. @Nan Feng"
Seeing this, Nan Feng hurriedly edited and sent a message.
Nan Feng: "Buying Ironclaw Rat Claws in bulk. Any Material*1 for Ironclaw Rat Claw*10. Trade fast!"
Nan Feng felt that the 10:1 price of rat claws for materials was reasonable enough. After all, rat claws were useless if others kept them.
Huang Yuanming: "@Nan Feng, bro, secretly tell me, what are Ironclaw Rat Claws for?"
Nan Feng: "No harm telling you. I'm planning to forge a dragon-slaying treasure blade."
Huang Yuanming: "Heh, yeah right."
Tian Zhiping: "@Nan Feng, since you know what Ironclaw Rat Claws are for, you should tell everyone for free."
Nan Feng: "?"
Nan Feng: "When I slowly type out a question mark, it doesn't mean I have a problem. It means you have a problem."
Tian Zhiping: "What problem do I have? Was I wrong?"
Tian Zhiping: "Ironclaw Rat Claws must have some great use; everyone just doesn't know it yet. Fine, you don't want to tell everyone even though you were the first to find out, but you even secretly bought up all the Ironclaw Rat Claws on the Trade Channel. You're so selfish!"
Tian Zhiping: "I think you should share what Ironclaw Rat Claws are for free, then return all the Ironclaw Rat Claws you just bought to their sellers."
Nan Feng was so angry he laughed. Was something wrong with Tian Zhiping's brain?
Nan Feng: "The buyers haven't said anything, and the sellers haven't said anything. Only you, you fucking idiot, keep talking."
Nan Feng: "Since you're not selfish, why don't you give me everything in your backpack? Dumbass."
Tian Zhiping did not take Nan Feng's bait. Instead, he tried persuading the other Chosen Ones: "Don't trade with him, everyone. Ironclaw Rat Claws definitely have a major use; we just don't know what it is yet. Even if you sell them, the price should be ten times higher."
Liu Daqiang: "That makes so much sense. Can I sell my Ironclaw Rat Claws to you at ten times the price?"
Bao Jian: "Ten times? @Tian Zhiping, if you're buying them at ten times the price, I'll head out and start killing them right now. How many do you want? I'll kill that many."
Nan Feng: "Ten times? I'll sell you all the ones I just bought too."
Huang Yuanming: "Ten times? I'll hunt Ironclaw Rats to extinction today."
Seeing himself become the target of everyone's mockery, Tian Zhiping could only lurk in silence.
I hadn't even started roasting him, and he already ran off... Nan Feng shook his head in disappointment. Tian Zhiping was far too weak.
As a former Rift pianist and Zaun hunter, Nan Feng had not even used one percent of his power before his opponent went down. It was hard not to feel unsatisfied.
Nan Feng: "Guys, Ironclaw Rat Claws are indeed useful, but the requirements for using them are very demanding. You probably won't be able to use them."
Nan Feng: "Keeping them in your backpacks is a waste anyway. Why not trade them to me for some materials, right?"
The other Chosen Ones thought about it and found that it did seem to make sense.
They could not use Ironclaw Rat Claws right now anyway, so they might as well trade them for materials to upgrade their Destined Divine Weapons, upgrade their Wooden Cabins, and improve their combat power. After all, staying alive was what mattered most!
Besides, even if they learned later that Ironclaw Rat Claws had a major use, it would not matter. Wouldn't level 1 and level 2 Ironclaw Rats be easy prey? There were as many Ironclaw Rat Claws as they could want; there was no shortage at all.
In a world where death could come at any moment, immediate benefits were the most important thing. The future? They could worry about that if they survived to see it.
Qiu Feihong: "I was just about to push for level 3 this afternoon. Might as well go kill Ironclaw Rats."
Bao Jian: "Ironclaw Rats are weak and easy to kill. I've been hunting them these past two days."
Ma Yong: "They drop rat meat and rat claws. You're making me want to hunt them too."
Many Chosen Ones who were still level 1 or 2 turned their hunting targets toward Ironclaw Rats.
This was exactly the effect I wanted... Nan Feng nodded in satisfaction, closed the Chat Channel, and listed another 200 units of materials on the Trade Channel.
Any Material*1 for Ironclaw Rat Claw*10.
After doing all that, Nan Feng finally began preparing food.
It was mealtime.
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