"What does 'zero' an?"
Li Shiji looked up in confusion at the man sitting across from him: "Does this an that none of my life experiences have any comrcial value?"
"Even Biao Ge has ten. How can I have zero?"
"The instrunt doesn't make mistakes. It's accurate."
"Can I see what the remaining nine mories of Biao Ge are?"
"The instrunt has already been destroyed. It's impossible to check."
"What about testing again?"
"Each person can only test for free once. If you want to pay, it's 100,000 points per test."
"Huh?"
Hearing Li Shiji's words, Biao Zi also beca curious. He had glanced at his remaining nine mory fragnts earlier, and the most expensive one was only worth 10,000 points, so he didn't bother to check further.
He thought everyone should have sothing.
He never expected that Li Shiji wouldn't have a single mory fragnt of value.
"..."
Chen Mang had been leaning back in his chair, silently observing everything. In truth, both Biao Zi and Li Shiji should have one most valuable mory in their minds—the mory of struggling to survive during the apocalypse.
But since Li Shiji's mories with comrcial value were zero, it proved that this mory wasn't worth anything.
In other words.
This kind of thing had happened countless tis, making mories of surviving the apocalypse so common that they were worthless.
Although the woman on the fourth floor of the entertainnt city said that the term "apocalypse" didn't exist in her database, the information here easily led to one conclusion: it wasn't just their planet that had suffered an apocalypse.
But
countless planets.
"Try mine."
After a long while, he stretched out his arm and said calmly, "See if I have any mories worth selling."
"Alright."
The man skillfully threw the discarded instrunt on the table into the trash can, then took out a new one and connected it to Chen Mang's arm.
A minute later.
Thirty-seven mory fragnts with garbled nas appeared on the screen, and the most expensive one was priced at
「73,900,000,000.」
「Far exceeds the store's balance. Unable to complete the purchase.」
"..."
"..."
Everyone sitting at the table was stunned. Biao Zi stared at the string of numbers in disbelief, starting to count them one by one: "One, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, hundred thousand, million..."
"Don't bother counting. It's 7.39 billion."
Li Shiji looked up at Chen Mang with wide eyes, his voice trembling in disbelief: "Lord Mang... have you t the King of Hell?"
The number was simply too exaggerated, so much so that everyone present was completely dumbfounded.
The man sitting across from them, however, didn't seem too fazed. He just smiled and said, "Since your ntal Strength isn't sufficient for mory extraction surgery, would you like to purchase so mories?"
This man was just a robot. Although he appeared more intelligent, he was still just following his programming and didn't have much emotion.
Unless certain keywords were programd to trigger specific emotions.
"7.39 billion divided by 380,000..."
Biao Zi was still dazedly bending over, trying to calculate how many Goblins Lord Mang's mory was equivalent to sleeping with, but the number was too large for him to figure out.
"..."
Chen Mang didn't react much, just quietly gazed at the instrunt that had self-destructed. Although he hadn't opened the garbled code, he knew what that mory fragnt was—it should be the mory of him just crossing over to this world, the mory of living two lives.
This was a bit troubleso.
The rarer the mory, the more expensive it was. Such a costly mory indicated that the probability of this happening in the vast universe was extrely small.
In other words.
He probably had no hope of returning to his previous world in this lifeti. Fortunately, he had no attachnt to going back to that world, otherwise, he might have felt a little disappointed.
However, upon seeing the looks in Biao Zi and the others' eyes, he decided to explain.
After a mont of silence, he smiled and said.
"So small matter, how should I put it... let
think."
"I saw a dragon before the apocalypse."
"I believe it!"
Biao Zi nodded with extre determination: "And it must have been the Dragon King of the Universe, otherwise, it wouldn't be worth this price."
"Just seeing it isn't enough," Li Shiji shook his head: "At least you have to do sothing, then it might be worth this price."
At this mont.
The man continued to explain with a smile: "The remaining deleted mory mainly helps custors erase so painful mories, thus leading a more sunny and cheerful life."
"The surgery is also a mory stripping surgery, just like acquiring mories."
"However, this surgery requires the custor to pay, and the stripped mories are not retained but permanently destroyed."
"Printing mory is about printing certain mories into capsule pills. When the pill is taken, the mory will clearly reappear in the mind without erasing the original mory, usually used to print important mories."
"For example, elderly people with dentia often forget their families from ti to ti."
"The mory bank strips so important mories from custors and keeps them with us, ensuring that no matter what severe interrogation they face, they won't speak, guaranteeing absolute safety of the mories."
"Of course."
"Currently, all mory surgeries require the full cooperation of the custor; forced stripping is impossible. Moreover, whether it's forced stripping or mory implantation, a person cannot undergo it too many tis, even after complete repair through the 'dical Pod'."
"Too many tis might lead to sinking into the consciousness space, commonly known as a vegetative state."
Chen Mang led Biao Zi and the others away from the store.
Standing on the street.
Chen Mang lit a cigarette, looking up at the skyscrapers filled with neon lights, the city sky was blue with white clouds. He didn't know where this city was located, but he clearly understood one thing: in the 'chanical Train Parts Store', there was sothing he must buy.
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'Special Item': Neon City Free Admission Ticket, priced at 100,000 points.
'Item Effect': Admission ticket to the Fortuitous Encounter map 'Neon City'. Anyti this ticket is crushed, you can directly enter this Fortuitous Encounter map. The Train Conductor must go, and can bring up to 10 Train Crew mbers.
-
He must buy this item.
This city is completely worth a second visit, and before the second visit, he would make all necessary preparations, such as having Biao Zi quickly increase his ntal Strength to 16.0, or asking Li Shiji if he likes green skins.
This city is not just a "chanical Train Parts Store."
There are also many shops with special functions, and one day, these shops will play a decisive role.
The special item that brought him into this Fortuitous Encounter map was the "Neon City Ticket," a freely sold admission ticket in the shops.
The difference between the two is that the forr requires a certain number of people to enter together, while the latter allows entry at any ti as long as it is crushed.
Most importantly...
Chen Mang exhaled a faint blue cloud of smoke in silence, gazing at the distant skyscrapers, and softly said, "Biao Zi, that woman from Sun City just said they've been asleep for nearly 5,000 years, right?"
"She said over 40 million hours, which should be about 5,000 years."
Biao Zi continued to count on his fingers, still stuck on the last arithtic problem he hadn't finished. Now he had to calculate this one too. Why were the numbers always so big?
"So, this city should be ownerless."
Chen Mang narrowed his eyes and murmured.
"Even though it's a Fortuitous Encounter map, it is indeed an ownerless city. Unlike the 'Tower of Heaven' or the 'Geocentric Nuclear Bomb,' this is a map that can be entered repeatedly."
"All the robots in the map operate according to pre-set programs."
"They might have had owners once."
"But now, they definitely don't."
"Do you think... there's a place that could be the heart of this city? If we control that heart, we could completely own this city?"
"That makes sense!"
Biao Zi's eyes suddenly lit up, but then he scratched the back of his head in confusion. "Lord Mang, even if we control this city, we can't restock it. Many items in the 'chanical Train' store are out of stock."
"And the currency system is different too."
"We don't have the Energy Stones to sustain the entire city's operations, and we don't have any custors. It seems like the city can't function properly."
"No rush."
Chen Mang smiled as he tossed the cigarette butt into a nearby trash bin, then strode toward the "chanical Train Confession Room" shop next door. "As long as we know this city is temporarily ownerless, that's enough."
"Next ti, I'll bring Xiao Ai and see if we can figure out how to change the permissions on these robots' chips."
"For now, this city is out of reach."
"But I've claid it."
"I'll make sure the city's future currency system is Stellar Coupons. This city will beco the backyard of the Stellar Train. The situation is clear now."
"No problem."
Although Biao Zi didn't fully understand, he nodded seriously, then sighed, "Before the apocalypse, the Federation had never detected any alien intelligent life."
"But when the apocalypse ca..."
"We realized that our planet is just a tiny corner in the vast sea of stars."
"If we strive to reach the highest point of our planet, we'll naturally see further."
Chen Mang didn't share these sentints. After all, when he first crossed over, his first thought was, "So many aliens speak Mandarin, huh?"
"chanical Train Confession Room."
The shop was decorated in black and white, with no staff in sight. There was only a ditation cushion, and a screen next to it introducing the shop's information.
"When you feel guilty about sothing you've done, you can co here to confess."
"Confession is divided into three levels."
"1. Ordinary Confession: Costs 100 points per minute."
"2. Advanced Confession: Costs 1,000 points per minute."
"3. Extre Confession: Costs 10,000 points per minute."
"The higher the level of confession you choose, the more sincere your heart is, and the more likely the God of Machinery will forgive your wrongdoings."
Biao Zi remained silent for a while before he couldn't help but speak up: "Lord Mang, isn't this just a scam? It must be a scam, right? What's the difference between this and selling indulgences?"
"Not quite."
"Indulgences at least have so practical use. This has none at all. It's just preying on the willing."
"Isn't this too simple for a startup in the chanical civilization?"
"..."
Chen Mang frowned slightly. He was tempted to try it because he felt that this "chanical Train Confession Room" couldn't possibly be so crude. Such a simple scam wouldn't fool anyone. Perhaps there would be so reward after the confession.
He imdiately turned to the others.
"Do any of you have sothing to confess? Go try the ordinary confession. I'll pay for it."
"."
Li Shiji raised his hand and stepped forward.
Soon—
Li Shiji knelt on the prayer cushion, clasped his hands together, and his lips kept moving. To show sincerity, he specifically confessed things that truly made him feel guilty before the apocalypse. He confessed for a full five minutes.
"Lord Mang."
Li Shiji stood up again and said softly, "I finished confessing, but I don't feel any peace inside. Instead, because I went through it in detail again, I feel even more pain."
"..."
Chen Mang didn't speak. He just stood there patiently, waiting. After a full minute passed and nothing happened, except for the deduction of 500 points from his wristband balance, he turned around expressionlessly and left this so-called confession room.
There was really nothing.
It was truly a pure scam!
Chen Mang, who had walked out of the "chanical Train Confession Room," stood by the roadside, looking at the empty street. He took a few deep breaths to calm himself down as much as possible. He had never imagined that he would be scamd in his lifeti.
The main thing was...
He simply didn't believe it was a scam. It was too crude. If it really was a scam, who would fall for such a crude trick?
Wait, he wasn't scamd.
This was called trial and error.
If he ever found out who opened this shop, he would definitely catch them and make them kneel there for 24 hours a day, confessing until they received Lord Mang's forgiveness!
Then Chen Mang got back on his "Off-Road Motorcycle," twisted the throttle, and drove down the street toward another entertainnt city, occasionally glancing at the shops on both sides of the street.
To see if there was any shop worth stopping by.
Biao Zi, who was following Chen Mang, was already starting to look forward to the return trip. After experiencing so many things, he had to brag to Lao Zhu when he got back.
Especially about the mory Bank.
Over 70 billion, that's just insane!
What kind of mory could possibly be worth that much?
Just seeing the dragon isn't enough; you have to eat the dragon.
Soon—
Chen Mang stopped in front of a convenience store that was open for business. There wouldn't be any opportunities inside the store, but the place had a strong sense of everyday life. Through the products sold there, he could learn a lot of information about the chanical civilization.
"Welco!"
As soon as he stepped into the store, a girl wearing a short-sleeved shirt and jeans behind the cash register greeted him with a bright smile.
Chen Mang glanced at her and then continued walking deeper into the store. She was the most fully dressed girl he had seen in this city, which was quite an achievent.
This city might as well have been nad "Decadence" outright.
"Redheart Nuts?"
He narrowed his eyes slightly, noticing a box of nuts on the shelf. The packaging was quite attractive, priced at 200 points per box.
"Redheart Nuts" are a specialty of the Goblins, right?
They have them here too.
But he soon thought of sothing and turned his head to look at the girl at the cash register: "Do you need a new supplier? For example, soone to provide you with Redheart Nuts."
"No, we don't."
"Don't you need to restock?"
"No one buys them. You're the first custor to step into this store in such a long ti. No need to restock."
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