"Heh..." Faced with the Gemini experts' question, Black Steward merely spread his hands, refusing to answer with the air of a broker who took his professional ethics very seriously.
But his reaction all but confirmed the experts' suspicions.
At that moment, their estimation of the Ante Empire's strength soared...
Energy crystals were suspected Cosmic Wonders, miraculous objects that defied all known laws of physics. Had the other side actually found a way to recharge them?
At the very least, this meant they had taken their first step in researching energy crystals. In scientific research, that step was as crucial as the apple that had struck a certain Newton!
And no one knew whether they had taken only one step or already made a whole series of advances...
In that case, the "spatial coordinates" they had just mentioned suddenly invited all sorts of speculation... Had they really begun to grasp the legendary technology of space?
But why wasn't that technology on the trade list?
Of course! Of course!
For a closely guarded supertechnology like that, a veritable money tree, even selling off all of Twin Stars probably wouldn't cover the price. Why would they list it?
Ignoring the Gemini experts' increasingly wild speculation, Black Steward continued explaining the trading rules.
"If you wish to exchange energy crystals, the exchange rate for blank crystals to energy crystals is 1,000 to 1. In other words, 1,000 tons of blank crystals will buy you one ton of energy crystals."
That exchange rate was undoubtedly rather steep. A nearly thousandfold return was enough to make anyone green with envy.
But... that was the beauty of a technological monopoly. They were the ones with the technology, after all.
And for Twin Stars, even such a high exchange rate remained quite tempting. After all, the blank crystals