A Candid Conversation

Of course, there were some good skins in there too.

For instance, he found a skin themed around a Cybernetic Body store. It came with two display cases for Cybernetic Bodies, a bulletproof counter, and an open-plan surgical suite for Cybernetic Body procedures.

Wasn't that exactly what Lin Qing needed?

Then Chen Xuan saw the price and froze. The skin cost a whopping 2.7 million yuan!

If he could pay that 2.7 million through any channel, Chen Xuan would have bought it. Even if he had to dip into the medicine budget or transfer funds from Walter Corporation, he would have secured it for Lin Qing immediately.

The problem was that it could only be paid for with money in his wallet!

He could withdraw money from the wallet, but he couldn't deposit any. After taking out 500 last time, his wages had remained at 14,500.

At a salary of 15,000 a month, he would have to save for a full fifteen years to afford this skin.

"What a rip-off! How can they be this greedy?" Chen Xuan burst out.

"Who's greedy?" Lin Qing asked, looking over curiously.

"Uh... no one. I was browsing a forum and reading a post."

"Oh." She crossed her legs again.

In short, there was no way he could buy the skin on his current income. He wondered if shopkeepers had any back channels for lining their pockets.

Aside from the skins, the remaining products were nothing special. There were "tickets" that advertised the Ability Store and helped people in need find it quickly; cafeteria vouchers for a self-service meal on the second floor; and a pair of "high-tech" glasses that could connect to the Scanner Gun and scan faces.

After some thought, Chen Xuan decided to buy the glasses and try them out.

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