The Best Price for Family

At the Sharp Spear Tavern, in front of the counter, "You were visited by the Eager Thief yesterday?"

Old One-Eye said, quite astonished.

"Yeah, that little thief was slipperier than an eel, actually slipped right out of my hands." Zhou Yun said, gloomily drinking the crimson liquor in his cup.

A thief from the lower hive, actually got away from him, This made Zhou Yun feel a bit awkward.

Lena, though mentally unstable, had some skill with her Psykana.

Zhou Yun could fight her to a standstill, yet he couldn't catch a thief.

It seemed like the lower hive of Asphodel was experiencing some internal competition.

"What shocks me is that you actually caught the Eager Thief red-handed."

Old One-Eye's tone remained surprised:

"Some people say the Eager Thief has some kind of precognitive ability."

"He can sense in advance when the victim will be home and when a theft will absolutely go undiscovered."

"So no one has ever seen the Eager Thief during a theft; what's left for the victim is often just a melted-down iron door."

Hearing this, Zhou Yun frowned.

This Eager Thief's precognitive ability sounded quite powerful.

Being able to accurately avoid danger and choose the right time for a crime, At least it sounded better than Lena's unreliable precognitive dreams.

Zhou Yun glanced at the winged figure in the white light and asked:

"Oi! Buddy,"

"Did you find anything? Is it Chaos corruption?"

".I'm not too sure either." The winged figure's voice in the white light lacked confidence.

Not sure. That answer was quite telling.

Zhou Yun stroked his chin, temporarily putting the puzzle aside.

He didn't want to play a cat-and-mouse game.

Zhou Yun looked at Old One-Eye and tapped the table, asking, "What did your higher-ups say?"

"It can be arranged," Old One-Eye nodded.

Before Zhou Yun could ask about the price, Old One-Eye changed the subject:

"The person above me can get you two passes to the Upper Hive."

"These passes will be very useful, more useful than you can imagine."

"You guys just go to the checkpoint entrance; the PDF there will give you the passes."

Hearing Old One-Eye's words, Zhou Yun's brow furrowed slightly.

The PDF, the Planetary Defense Force, will give us the passes?

Zhou Yun sized up Old One-Eye.

The person above Old One-Eye was quite high-ranking.

A guess suddenly popped into Zhou Yun's mind, but he didn't voice it.

"What are the requirements?" Zhou Yun tapped the table and asked.

"He wants to meet you, in the Upper Hive," Old One-Eye said calmly.

"Is he that bold?"

Zhou Yun couldn't help but laugh:

"Isn't he afraid I'm a lackey of the Hellworm?"

When Zhou Yun uttered the name Hellworm, He noticed Old One-Eye's body stiffen slightly, As if that name carried some kind of curse.

He took a deep breath before continuing to Zhou Yun: "You actually know about that."

Old One-Eye leaned closer to Zhou Yun and lowered his voice:

"Don't speak its name loudly; the Hellworm will hear."

Zhou Yun's eyes twitched slightly. It seemed his guess was correct.

Old One-Eye was someone from Governor Augustus Flax's faction.

"I thought you might be an Inquisitorial spy? Turns out you're with the Governor."

"I am, I used to be, a guard at the Governor's Palace in the Apex Hive."

Old One-Eye nodded gently, stroking his blind eye.

"But I was an unqualified guard. Under the Governor's command, we intended to kill the Hellworm."

"But when we actually faced the Hellworm... it was still small then, but we were still terrified."

"At that moment, it was as if I saw a monster embodying all the evil intentions of the mortal world. We all trembled."

Old One-Eye sighed.

The terrifying figure of the Hellworm seemed to be reflected in his eye.

The young Genestealer Patriarch, who had been crawling in the palace, extended its claws.

"It was just that brief moment of trembling, and the Hellworm took one of my eyes with its claws, escaping into the Lower Hive through the pipes."

"Everything that has happened since is due to my mistake back then. I betrayed everything the Emperor taught and let a blasphemous alien escape."

"The Governor gave me a chance to atone for this mistake. Almost all of us guards from that batch went to the Lower Hive to search for the Hellworm's tracks."

"But most of my old comrades from back then have been wiped out. I am one of the few survivors."

Old One-Eye fell into silence, as if the fear from the past had consumed him once again.

Zhou Yun stared at Old One-Eye, waiting for him to speak.

"I know you have had conflicts with the Hellworm too."

Old One-Eye suddenly chuckled.

"Heh, even if you didn't, just knowing what kind of monster the Hellworm is should be enough."

"We can cooperate, Zhou Yun," he said. "The Governor wants to discuss cooperation with you."

"We both want to fight the Hellworm, don't we?"

"This pass is the beginning of our cooperation."

"What about the money? How much for two passes?" Zhou Yun waved his hand.

Old One-Eye was slightly taken aback.

"The Governor doesn't care about such a small amount of money," he said.

"That won't do. Give me a price!" Zhou Yun said decisively.

Old One-Eye paused for a moment, then gestured a price.

"No, add more! It needs to be more expensive!"

"Those are two passes from the Upper Hive. How can you not sell them for a higher price?"

Zhou Yun said righteously.

Old One-Eye hesitated for a moment, then gestured a higher price.

"Two passes to the Upper Hive, legitimate and compliant."

Zhou Yun gestured a price to Lena, which was double the price Old One-Eye had given him.

Lena looked surprised, staring at Zhou Yun's quoted price for the two Upper Hive passes in disbelief.

"Two Upper Hive passes... and they're legitimate and compliant?"

Lena's eyes flickered, as if she couldn't believe it.

"But this price..."

Her tone held some hesitation.

"Don't rush. I spent a lot of effort talking them down to this price for you."

"The most favorable price for family,"

Zhou Yun said sincerely, pointing to the price on the table.

He felt a little uncertain himself.

He had no accurate idea of the price of Upper Hive passes.

Doubling the price and selling it to Lena at a hundred percent profit, wasn't that too much?

"Your bargaining skills are incredible!"

Lena couldn't help but exclaim.

"Even the smugglers I found don't charge this much."

"Are these passes reliable?"

Hearing Lena's hesitant words, Zhou Yun's eyes twitched slightly, and a wave of regret washed over him.

Damn it, I sold them too cheap!

"Cough, cough, cough."

Zhou Yun quickly coughed twice and said:

"I'm talking about the price for a single pass."

"For the two of us, it'll be double!"

Lena's suspicion vanished from her eyes, and a smile appeared on her face.

She said quite happily, "That's more like it."

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