Information on the Sky-High Gemstone

The Cross Sword Guild was no different from the Manager gang of Feng Xue's previous unit. After the Dark Clouds in the sky disappeared, it was time for the routine screening. Feng Xue took this opportunity to sidle up to a newly found Novice Instructor and whispered:

"Brother, you seem to know a lot of news?"

"Happy to help!" Hearing Feng Xue's words, the somewhat aged man revealed a kind smile. However, upon seeing Feng Xue's Scavenger Set, he frowned slightly.

"Young man, judging by your appearance, you're not a novice anymore. What do you want to know?"

"No, no, no, I haven't even been here for a month! This outfit is just because I got scammed last time and learned my lesson." Feng Xue waved his hands, trying to convey his newbie status with innocent eyes.

Although the Novice Instructor felt Feng Xue was hiding something, he didn't pay much attention. After all, Novice Instructors basically moonlighted as Information Brokers. He pondered for a moment before speaking:

"What kind of information do you want, young man?"

"What's valuable?" Feng Xue asked directly and simply, while also lamenting:

"The stuff I picked up last time was clearly rare, but that old man at the gate insisted it was worthless. I had to collect two corpses just to survive until today..."

Seeing Feng Xue's distressed expression, the Novice Instructor relaxed, smiling:

"Ah, you need to understand, in the Infinite City, everything depends on [Knowledge]. Those Item Cards might have been powerful in their original world, but here they're no different from scrap paper. Selling a few broken motorcycles for scrap metal would earn you more than that!"

"Item Cards?" Feng Xue's heart stirred, but he outwardly agreed:

"Tell me about it! Sigh~"

Seeing Feng Xue's exaggerated display of misery, the Novice Instructor caught on. He chuckled and cursed, "Forget it, if I ask for too much, you probably won't have it. How about I give you a Loan Contract for 1200 Tower? Pay me back when you get out. If you want to buy it directly, it's 1000 Tower, but I'd have to take the risk of you not coming out. What do you think?"

"Alright, but how do we sign the contract?" Feng Xue still maintained his newbie facade. The Novice Instructor directly took out his Work Card, tapped in a series of commands, and a Loan Contract notarized by the Infinite City appeared.

It's worth mentioning that this contract wasn't in written form. Instead, like the knowledge within Tags, it appeared directly in Feng Xue's mind. It not only eliminated all ambiguity but also had an appraisal function. As soon as the contract was signed, the Novice Instructor would be obligated to provide information worth over 1000 Tower about scavenging. If Feng Xue successfully walked out of the Garbage Dump alive, the Infinite City would directly deduct 1200 Tower from him and give it to the Novice Instructor.

"Why doesn't my Work Card have this function? Could it be that the other party has some [Creditor], [Loan] related Elements or Tags?"

Feng Xue was curious, but he signed the contract first. Upon receiving the confirmation of agreement, the Novice Instructor immediately said:

"The biggest output in our Garbage Dump is various Transportation Tools. Unless they're in exceptionally good condition, don't bother with motorcycles; they're not worth much. Cars, if intact, can fetch a decent price if you drive one out, but not a lot. Unless it's a particularly valuable Luxury Car, one car is only worth around 5000 Tower. Hmm, that's the estimated price; what you'll actually get is 500 Tower. However, if your goal is just to survive, driving out two cars would be enough to break even."

He paused slightly, but the contract clearly wasn't complete, so he had to continue:

"If you want to make money, you can focus on Robots. Our Landfill Area often has some Engineering Robots. If they're still functional or just missing a limb or two, they're worth quite a bit. Besides that, pay attention to Gemstones. The Guild has been buying them at a premium, all kinds of Gemstones. No one knows what they're used for, but it's certain that three months ago, someone found a Pink Diamond, about the size of a fist, and exchanged it for two hundred thousand Tower!"

"So that's an estimated value of two million? Are you sure that wasn't a Phantom?" Feng Xue asked incredulously. That was two million! Enough for one person to live in the Infinite City for fifty-four years without doing anything!

Although Feng Xue knew that the person who received such a huge sum might not live to see the next day, the estimated value was absolutely accurate!

After all, the Appraisers in the Garbage Dump were also bound by the rules of the Infinite City. If they quoted prices casually, losing their Tags would be the least of their worries.

Hearing Feng Xue's words, the Novice Instructor shook his head, also looking puzzled.

"Didn't I say they buy at a premium? The Cross Sword Guild offers two-tenths of the estimated value for Gemstones, but even so, that Gemstone was worth a million! Of course, that thing definitely wasn't a True Thing, otherwise, it would have been directly consumed. It's unlikely to be a Phantom either; such a large Gemstone, if it were a Phantom, would have been discovered long ago."

"That makes sense..." Feng Xue noted the issue of Gemstones in his mind, only to find that the Novice Instructor had stopped speaking. The contract in his mind also indicated completion.

Undoubtedly, the information about Gemstones had already met the 1000 Tower standard.

Realizing that his mention of "Phantom" might have revealed something, Feng Xue didn't say anything more to the Novice Instructor. He immediately activated Breath Concealment and went into stealth right in front of him.

Although he wasn't wearing the Assassin Set, he quickly blended into the dense crowd. Among a large group of people wearing Scavenger Sets, the Novice Instructor soon lost sight of Feng Xue.

He merely felt a slight sense of regret but didn't investigate further. With a casual glance, he found his next target.

Feng Xue, having concealed his presence and melted into the crowd, had no intention of looking back. He merely pondered in his mind what kind of world would have such an abundance of motorcycles. However, he soon realized a strange problem—

Logically, a Landfill Area should be connected to more than one world. Otherwise, the previous Landfill Area wouldn't have had weapons from the cold weapon era, the modern era, and the high-tech era appearing simultaneously.

But the garbage in this Landfill Area seemed highly homogenized. Was there some special pattern to this?

"Cards, Gemstones, Transportation Tools..." Feng Xue couldn't fit these things into a single worldview no matter how he thought about it. In the end, he had no choice but to temporarily set aside his thoughts on the matter and start contemplating what kind of Gemstone could be worth a million Tower.

"It couldn't be that the President of the Cross Sword Guild keeps a Gem Dragon, could it?"