This communication device of the Hermit Society is called "Hermit Ring".
From Angel's personal evaluation, the Hermit Ring can only be said to be barely usable as a communication tool, but it has many flaws.
The "consumption" issue just mentioned is actually just a small flaw.
The biggest flaw of the Hermit Ring is that it cannot directly contact a specific object.
For example, if Angel wants to contact Xiao Lu, there is no way to contact him directly. He needs to know Xiao Lu's code name first, then activate the logo in the hermit ring, and then the receptionist of the Hermit Association will contact Xiao Lu.
After Xiao Lu confirmed that he was willing to talk, Angel could then be transferred to the conversation channel with Xiao Lu.
The whole process is not only cumbersome and requires a receptionist as an intermediary, but there is basically no confidentiality at all.
Although Xiaolu didn't say it clearly, anyone who wasn't a fool could guess that the transferred call must be under the surveillance of the receptionist.
Compared with the "consumption" problem, this is the biggest flaw.
As for, is there a way to contact a specific person directly without being transferred by the receptionist?
The reply given by Xiaolu was: "We actually want to contact specific people directly, but unfortunately, this requires a lot of energy points, and the fashion monster with the communication network cannot come up with such a thing at once.
More energy points.”
To put it bluntly, the little witch's energy point limit is not enough.
The current communication network is in a low-power state and can barely maintain basic calls.
The kind of communication that Angel envisions to "add friends to each other" and then directly contact the friends is a situation where energy consumption is overflowing, and it is not currently possible.
But Xiaolu also made a big deal for Angel: "At present, the Hermit Society's savings are not enough, so there is no way to waste money. But the situation you mentioned is not unachievable. In the near future,
, the era of free communication within the Hermitage will definitely come."
This "cake" is not false. It can be realized as long as the little witch does not die and her energy point limit is raised.
Therefore, the communication network of the Hermit Society really has a "future to look forward to".
But as far as Angel is concerned, his stay in Modern City is limited. Whether he can stay until "the future is promising" is still a question mark.
Therefore, this communication network is still relatively useless to him.
However, if this hermit ring is used as a special communicator to "directly contact the headquarters of the Hermit Society", then that would be okay.
After all, as an outsider, Angel was blind to many things in the modern city, especially some technical information. In the past, he could only get a glimpse of it through the fashion magicians he met and pieced together; but after that,
If you encounter this kind of problem, you can ask the Hermit Association through the Hermit Ring, which can be considered an improvement.
For this reason, Angel also specifically asked Xiaolu.
Xiaolu gave an affirmative answer: "If you encounter something that you don't understand in your life, you can contact us. If we know, we will give a corresponding answer; however, if the answer involves technical or confidential
If you have any information, we will charge a certain amount of modern coins or membership points.”
Angel nodded: "That's very reasonable." If you pay, you will be rewarded. This is universal everywhere.
Angel: "Then can I search the bounty list now?"
Xiao Lu nodded: "Of course. At present, the entire bounty list of the deep black market has been recorded by us in real time, and it is in... Bambu's mind."
Xiaolu pointed in the direction of Kalyan.
Kalyan also stretched out his hand at the right time, revealing Bambu holding candy in his palm.
"Sir, if you want to search for any page of information, you can tell Bambu. It's free this time."
Angel: "This time? Can we only check once, or are all queries today free?"
Xiao Lu glanced at Angel curiously: "Do you have a lot of book pages that you want to sell?"
Angel shook his head: "There is only one book page for sale at the moment. However, I want to know which pages on the reward list are more valuable..."
Xiao Lu showed a look of enlightenment, wanting to know which pages were rarer and more sought after. This was just human nature.
Just like many customers who go to a book page dealer to look at the bounty list, even if there are no book pages for sale, they will definitely check to see what the "most expensive" bounty is.
Xiao Lu smiled: "Of course, sir, if you want to check any book page today, it will be free of charge."
When Angel heard this, he immediately showed curiosity: "Then can I check the most expensive rewards first?"
"You don't need to bother Bambu about these rewards, I can just tell you sir." Xiao Lu said.
After all, Xiaolu is a senior guide in the deep black market and knows the information in the black market very well. Even though she can't remember all the reward information, she clearly knows the pages that are at the top of the reward list.
Then, Xiao Lu listed the top of the reward lists of major book page dealers for Angel.
Xiaolu's inventory was relatively concise, not because she didn't want to say more, but because the top of the bounty lists of many book page dealers were duplicates. It was most likely that the same group of people had posted the same bounty in multiple book page dealers.
Each top list can be summarized into three categories:
The first category, high-end fashion monster book pages.
Puzzles of high-level monsters are extremely rare. Currently, the only fixed output channels are the champions of the "Three Competitions", which have a chance to attract them. Although there are other channels, they are few.
This also leads to the extremely high price of any kind of high-level monster puzzle.
Many of the "High-Level Monster Pages" bounties on the list are basically not issued by individual buyers, but by major consortiums and guilds, trying to try their luck in the deep black market.
Xiaolu even revealed information that even the Fashion Guild was on the bounty list to acquire high-level monster book pages.
From this we can know how valuable the high-end fashion monster book pages are.
The second category, rare fashion monster book pages.
The so-called "rare" refers to fashionable monsters that are rarely seen in the modern city. For example, the "Variety Show Elf" owned by Angel is a rare book page.
The price of this type of book pages, although very expensive, is not particularly stable.
Because the definition of rare is very broad, even low-level monsters may be very rare. Those low-level rare monster pages are more expensive, but in terms of average price, they are not as good as the high-level monster pages.
But if it is a rare monster above the middle level, its price is very scary. If the ability is more outstanding, it may even be far higher than the high-level monster book page.
For example, the "Carnival Night Clown" pursued by Angel and others falls into this category.
The third category, special fashion monster book pages.
This type of book pages are actually the kind of book pages that may appear in special forms.
For example, what Angel learned before is that Bagua Jing with "Bagua Wenwen (regular ability)" has a high probability of appearing in a special form.
The price of this type of book pages is extremely expensive. Even the pages of low-level monsters can often be sold for the same price as the pages of high-level monsters.
The above three categories are the top of the major bounty lists. Angel does not have any of these categories, so he only knows the specific prices. They are basically above one million modern coins, and there are many that reach tens of millions.
Of course, the buyers on the list who can offer a reward of tens of millions of modern coins are definitely not self-employed, or they are large consortiums or guilds.
In addition to the above three types of relatively expensive book pages, the next most expensive book page on the bounty list is... the practical fashion monster book pages.
For example, fashion tailor.
This type of monster book page has a strong functionality and can continue to generate gold after being purchased, so it is naturally more expensive.
It is worth mentioning that the only book page Angel can currently sell, "Style Clown", is also a practical fashion monster.
If the page's forward-looking ability is appropriate, and even spans the two fields of "practical" and "popular", the price will not be lower than that of fashion tailors, and may even be higher.
"So, the pages Mr. Angel wants to sell are from clown costumes?"
After hearing Angel's request, Xiao Lu's tone was a little surprised. The main reason was that Angel's dress was not considered "fashionable" in Xiao Lu's opinion, and was even a bit...simple.
The clown is a "gorgeous series" monster. Generally speaking, it will only stare at people with high fashion.
Xiaolu didn't expect that Angel would actually be favored by the clown.
Moreover, more than one costume clown favors Angel. After all, the puzzle required for the costume clown is two pieces. If Angel can sell the pages, it means that he has at least passed the task test of two costume clowns.
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Xiaolu really didn't see the "gorgeous" nature in Angel.
Perhaps, Angel's current dress is actually a kind of "disguise"?
Although Xiao Lu was confused, she did not inquire into Angel's privacy. She just calmed down for a moment and asked: "The clown is a popular fashion monster in the modern city, so the price is generally guaranteed."
"As far as I know, clowns usually sell for more than 200,000 yuan. If they have good skills, they may even sell for 500,000 yuan."
The valuation given by Xiao Lu was even higher than Li Zi’s valuation.
This is also normal.
Prices on the black market fluctuate greatly, and it is impossible for Lizzy to frequently enter and exit the black market. Much of the price information she knows may be out of date.
This is also a good thing for Angel.
"The key factor that determines the price of the clown is its ability to foresee."
Generally speaking, the forward-looking ability of the costume clown is to change the costume.
However, the parts and properties of changing the shape are different. For example, "Colorful Eye Colors" and "Millennium Eyes" are both one of the forward-looking abilities of the modeling clown, but the former changes the color of the eyes, while the latter changes the shape of the eyes.
The two are very different.
As for which one wins or loses between the two? I can only say that they are both average.
If the forward-looking ability is "Thousand-Changing Eyes", it will be slightly more expensive. Because "Thousand-Changing Eyes" includes changing the pupil color as well as changing the shape of the pupil.
But even the "thousand-changing eyes" are average in terms of the clown's forward-looking ability.
Because the clown has a wider range of styling changes.
For example, "face changing" includes eye pupils and facial features.
And "changing the look" includes not only changing the face, but also hairstyle, hair color, fashion...
From this, we can know that the factor that determines the price of the clown costume is whether the parts to be changed are complete or large.
If only a small part like the eyes is changed, the price may be the lowest price.
If you can change the whole body shape, it will be very expensive.
After explaining the price factors of the clown, Xiaolu looked at Angel: "I wonder what the forward-looking ability of the clown you holds is?"
Angel didn't hesitate and said directly: "Various styles."
A variety of looks? The little green eyes lit up: "This is a full body transformation, which is a very good forward-looking ability!"
"It's just a pity that it only has a variety of shapes. If it has a thousand-changing shape, the price will be higher; if it has a thousand-changing shape, it is possible to activate special abilities, and it can cost millions."
Angel: "Then how much can I sell for this clown? Is there anyone on the reward list offering a reward?"
"I can't make a conclusion on this." Xiao Lu turned to look at Bambu in Kalyan's hand: "Let's ask Bambu, it has more authoritative information."
Bambu had actually been listening to the conversation between Angel and Xiao Lu with his ears pricked up. When Xiao Lu turned to look at him, he had already collected all the information related to the reward list.
Bambu flapped his butterfly wings, flew into the air, and then pointed at Angel's hermit ring.
When Angel was confused, a little flash of light came from the ring.
Xiaolu: "Banbu has sent the specific information to your hermit ring through the receptionist. You can see it as long as you activate it and open it."
Angel spent 1 heat point to open the Hermit Ring.
When the holographic projection appeared in front of him, Angel found that the icon representing the "Hermit Society" in the projection was flashing.
He continued to control the energy and touched the icon, and saw rows of information appearing in front of him.
This information includes hundreds of bounty lists in the deep black market, the part about clowns. Bambu even thoughtfully marked the most noteworthy bounties as highlighted, and also listed them with the highest price.
Sort to lowest.
The one at the top of the list is a reward list with an asking price of 800,000 yuan, but the buyer's request is: a thousand changes in appearance.
Angel's ever-changing looks are obviously unqualified.
The reason why Bambu listed this item is that the buyer has been waiting for almost half a year and has not yet received a clown with a "thousand-changing look". And in the past half month, the buyer has almost
He comes to the Shenzhen black market every day to pay attention to the trends, which shows his anxiety. In this case, maybe you can have a little talk with the buyer, maybe he is willing to buy a clown with "various shapes".
This is obviously a conclusion reached by Bambu after observation.
As for whether it can be done, we don't know yet, but Bambu can come up with this conclusion in a humane way, which is much more rigorous than Angel's own conclusion.
The rest of the order after that is basically to acquire costumed clowns with "various shapes".
Generally it hovers around 250,000 to 300,000.
Bambu gave two recommendations, both with asking prices of 300,000.
However, the former’s background is a magician from the Fashion Guild, which is relatively secure, but may require more procedures; the latter’s background is a personal magician, living in Town 61, and will come faster.
, transactions are relatively convenient, but there may be some "unexpected" incidents.
The "accident" here does not mean that you cannot trade, but that you may be targeted by the other party after trading.
After all, Sanren magicians are more presumptuous because they have no scruples.
Of course, this kind of accident does not necessarily happen, but once it does, it is difficult to undo it.