Nanobots

Ding-dong~ "I'm Ben Laxative. Go ahead." This time, the online shop's style had made a complete 180-degree turn. In the past, online shops always said, "Greetings, honored customer," with a strong Taobao flavor. This time, it had completely shattered Kerry's usual notions.

Kerry took a closer look. Not only did the man speak in a distinctive style, but he himself was also highly unusual: bulging eyes, an exaggerated aquiline nose, and a long head wrapped in a thick headscarf.

At first glance, Kerry thought, What the hell, this alien is ugly. Looking more closely, he thought, What the hell, this looks like an Earthling who grew up as an alien species. Could diarrhea really make people uglier?

"Just say what you want. If you have nothing to say, I still have business to do." His deep, sluggish tone was distinctive as well. Kerry really had been dazed for too long, though, and after Ben Laxative urged him on, he hurriedly spoke.

"Hi, hello. I see that your shop specializes in griffins. One of my griffins has run into a problem, and I don't know if you have anything here that can help me solve it."

Kerry did not dare to immediately ask how to raise a griffin that had been pregnant for ten years. Instead, he took a slight detour. From this brief contact, Kerry already felt that the other party would be difficult to deal with, so he decided to use buying something as an excuse to carry out his plan.

"What's the situation? I don't have any professional griffin-care products here. If your griffin is disobedient, just give it a shot of Nanobots." Ben Laxative seemed to sell griffins and provide almost no after-sales service.

"A shot of Nanobots? No, my griffin is very obedient. I have a Beast Ring to help manage it. It's just that my griffin has been pregnant for ten years. I've checked the griffin-raising manual before, but it didn't mention how to raise a griffin that's been pregnant for ten years. I thought you might have a solution..."

Kerry did not say the rest—Looks like you don't have a solution either. Instead, he saw Ben Laxative's already bulging eyes grow even more prominent. His gaze was fierce, as though he wanted to eat Kerry alive. As a result, Kerry's voice grew softer and softer until he stopped without finishing.

"Pregnant for ten years and still not born?" Although Ben Laxative's voice remained deep and sluggish, Kerry could hear a trace of anxious, troubled uncertainty in it.

"It still hasn't been born. The doctor said it was only malnourished and would be fine after eating more supplements. But I'm not sure what supplements to use." Kerry answered honestly.

"I'll give you two hundred thousand. Sell that griffin to me." Kerry had answered Ben Laxative's question, but Ben Laxative did not answer Kerry's. Instead, he immediately named a price and intended to buy it.

There's definitely a problem. By this point, Kerry was no longer a novice. Having been a supermarket CEO since the age of twenty-eight in his previous life, he would not simply sell something that cost one hundred Points for a two-thousandfold profit.

At the very least, he had to figure out why there was a two-thousandfold profit.

"This griffin is something I've raised since childhood. It's family. I can't possibly sell it." Of course, if it were a twenty-thousandfold profit, I might consider it. Kerry was not sure whether he could withstand the temptation of a twenty-thousandfold profit.

Since the other party wanted to buy it, of course he had to name an exorbitant price. Saying it was family was merely a common little trick. Kerry felt that he had almost moved himself with that performance and eagerly wondered how much the other party would raise the price.

"Then forget it. You aren't buying anything, and you aren't selling anything. We have nothing to discuss. Goodbye." After saying that, Ben Laxative was about to hang up.

"Wait. I'm very interested in the Nanobots you mentioned just now. Aren't you going to introduce them?" You clearly know that a griffin pregnant for ten years—and an extremely valuable griffin at that—would be worth a fortune. Otherwise, you wouldn't have offered such a high purchase price.

Now you're not raising the price? Consider all that acting I just did wasted. But I can't let you leave just like that. I still haven't figured out why it's so expensive. Why exactly is it so valuable?

"This is an introduction to Nanobots. How many do you want?" Ben Laxative sent Kerry the information on their shop's supplementary products. Kerry had not yet figured out how to ask about the griffin, so he pretended to be interested and began reading the introduction to Nanobots.

Nanobots were a vicious tool invented through research by a group of terrorists who wanted to destroy the world. Anyone injected with Nanobots would lose the sensations of fear and pain. They would also become completely loyal, doing whatever they were told.

But that loyalty came at a price. They lost their own spirit, making it nearly impossible for them to improve their strength thereafter.

This tool had once been classified as military hardware prohibited from sale. Later, however, a Magical Beast merchant proved that the drug was not actually all that frightening and would not affect the balance of military power between dimensions.

First, the targets of the drug were local creatures from the dimension in question. Furthermore, creatures that had used it would lose all room for improvement, so the drug could not disrupt the balance of military power in the dimension where it was used.

Then the merchant presented the results of experiments conducted on Magical Beasts. A tool like these Echo Bugs, also known as Nanobots, could greatly reduce the difficulty of taming Magical Beasts. Many Magical Beasts had limited potential for growth, such as dire wolves, magical lions, and magical tigers. Unless they ate Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures worth dozens or even hundreds of times more than they were worth, they were basically commoners' pets.

But to use expensive Beast Rings and contracts on these low-value pets would restrict merchants' trading volume.

If inexpensive Nanobots were used on these commoners' pets, the pets would quickly become extremely obedient, saving the high-end taming tools of Beast Rings and contracts.

Many merchants agreed that this was indeed the case. Later, the military-sales restriction on Nanobots was lifted, and Magical Beast merchants widely adopted them as an essential tool.

Note: Before use, the target must be made completely incapable of resisting. The more advanced the intelligent life-form, the stronger its resistance to Nanobots. It is recommended to render the target unconscious first. If that is not possible, seriously injure the target.

There was a restriction on Magical Beast or pet trading here. The Dimensional Exchange clearly imposed restrictions on weapon transactions, but when the number of Magical Beasts became large enough, they could also be considered weapons of war. Therefore, every time the Magical Beast market opened, there was a limit on the number that could be traded.

Nanobots were generally sold at the manufacturer's set price: ten doses for one Point. To Kerry, that was equivalent to ten Silver Coins per dose.

Edit the object of loyalty onto the syringe, then give the target a shot. From then on, the target would become an Echo Bug. The price was that it would have no potential whatsoever and would remain that way for the rest of its life.

At first, Kerry did not think much of the item. The things used to raise griffins were probably nothing special.

But he had never expected this to be a Divine Artifact. Kerry did not need subordinates with potential that had to be slowly cultivated right now. His forces were too small, and having a large number of Echo Bugs would be far more helpful to his development.

The first things Kerry thought of were the more than one hundred and sixty pirates he had captured. They could soon become more than one hundred and sixty Echo Bugs. When the time came, he could have them mine the sea ore and handle many other tasks, while the Miner Robots could work at full power and focus solely on mining.

The more Kerry thought about it, the more excited he became. With money to burn, he placed an order directly. "Boss, give me two hundred doses to start."