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Having achieved all his objectives for visiting the black market tonight, Qing Wu hummed a light tune and first walked around the black market's skill exchange area.
Unfortunately, it was the same situation as with the Rocket Team: some highly sought-after skill discs were snatched up as soon as they appeared.
Qing Wu regretfully walked to the Pokémon trading area. Most of the Pokémon in the trading area were kept in iron cages, covered with black cloth, making the area quite noisy.
Why use iron cages instead of Poké Balls? The answer is simple: it's cheaper.
An iron cage costs less than a hundred Alliance Credits, while a single Poké Ball costs thousands of Alliance Credits.
So, the Pokémon in the Pokémon trading area were all kept in iron cages, and Qing Wu wasn't surprised.
It wasn't surprising that the Pokémon were covered with black cloth. Qing Wu only needed to initiate a system scan, and results would immediately appear.
Unfortunately, the Pokémon here were all very common, and under the system's scan, their aptitudes were all "all red," meaning very low.
"Hmm?" Qing Wu arrived at a place where a large number of Pokémon Eggs were stored. The stall owner was a middle-aged man with yellow hair, wearing a lab coat. Seeing Qing Wu's gaze fall upon the Pokémon Eggs, the owner immediately came over.
"A Pokémon Egg costs a thousand Alliance Credits. Let me be clear beforehand, these Pokémon Eggs all have genetic defects. It's highly possible the Pokémon won't be able to hatch. These Pokémon Eggs are leftovers from the research institute's selection." The stall owner was clearly an old hand, speaking very shrewdly.
"Pokémon Eggs with genetic defects?" Qing Wu's mind suddenly became active.
Ever since the Alliance Chief proposed the Alliance Expansion Plan, the Three Imperial Families, relying on natural breeding, simply couldn't keep up with the numbers.
Thus, scientists invented Pokémon embryo technology, which combined Pokémon eggs and sperm to cultivate Pokémon Eggs through in-vitro fertilization, simulating a maternal environment.
The emergence of this technology greatly increased the numbers of the Three Imperial Families, but new problems also arose.
This technology would produce some Pokémon Eggs with genetic defects.
These Pokémon Eggs would fail to hatch for various reasons, or if they did hatch, they would be too weak and wouldn't live long.
After the research institute discovered this problem, they also created gene screening equipment. Pokémon Eggs with genetic defects would be uniformly destroyed. These Pokémon Eggs in the underground black market should be the ones uniformly destroyed by the research institute.
But why they appeared in the underground black market was worth pondering.
Pokémon Eggs with genetic defects only sold for a thousand each, because not all genetically defective eggs would hatch abnormal Pokémon. Some combinations of hidden genes could greatly increase the Pokémon's strength.
Someone once purchased a genetically defective Pokémon Egg and hatched a very powerful Charmander.
As long as one could hatch, there would be profit. Perhaps for this reason, these genetically defective Pokémon Eggs could also recover some costs. People also called this method "gambling on eggs."
These genetically defective Pokémon Eggs could also be repaired with gene repair fluid.
However, the price of gene repair fluid was extremely expensive. Even a small tube cost nearly ten million Alliance Credits.
The reason Lian was pursued by the Alliance was that his research topic was to research even cheaper gene repair fluid, and it was about to be completed. It could be bought for only 100,000 Alliance Credits, which touched the interests of some high-level Alliance officials.
Qing Wu scanned the Pokémon Eggs in front of him with his system. Only a small portion of them belonged to the Three Imperial Families. Most of them were Weedle and Caterpie Pokémon Eggs, which could be easily caught in the wild.
It seemed this stall owner was also a black-hearted merchant, selling so many genetically normal Weedle and Caterpie Pokémon Eggs, which were very easy to catch in the wild.
Qing Wu guessed that this was done by the merchant to increase the hatching rate of the Pokémon Eggs.
Gambling on eggs was about the thrill. If everyone who bought Pokémon Eggs found that they couldn't hatch, then no one would buy Pokémon Eggs anymore. They had to give these buyers a glimmer of hope.
Even if they hatched Weedle and Caterpie, these people would still be happy because it was luck.
Qing Wu instantly lost interest. The stall owner saw Qing Wu remain silent and was too lazy to bother with him, so he sat down again, waiting for the arrival of the next customer.
Finally, Qing Wu turned and came to the Berry Wholesale Area. The Energy Blocks in Qing Wu's hand were almost depleted; he had to urgently produce a batch of Energy Blocks.
Upon arriving at the Berry Wholesale Area, there were many types of berries. Berries were not only food for Pokémon but could also be said to be very important Pokémon items.
After all, some Pokémon liked to carry berries on them. In case of various sudden incidents, they could rely on berries to get out of trouble.
For example, Oran Berries to relieve paralysis, Chesto Berries to relieve sleep, Pecha Berries to relieve poison, and so on. Berries played a very important role in the Pokémon world and also maintained the balance of the Pokémon ecosystem.
The berry stalls in the underground black market were very easy to find, and the quantity was also very large. After Qing Wu compared prices among three vendors, he chose a berry stall with a wide variety of berries, good quality berries, and an owner who seemed easy to talk to.
The stall owner of this berry stall was a woman with freckles on her face.
From her appearance, the female stall owner looked about twenty years old. Her appearance was somewhat plain, but she had a pair of naturally captivating eyes.
After Qing Wu saw these eyes, as clear and bright as the ocean, he immediately knew that this female stall owner used a disguise.
After all, with such beautiful eyes, how could there not be a matching appearance?
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The quantity of berries held by this female stall owner was probably the largest among all the stalls, piled densely, but they were neatly categorized and arranged by the female stall owner, giving people a clear-at-a-glance feeling.
The most basic Oran Berries and Pecha Berries were all sold here.
The female stall owner's voice was as clear and pleasant as an oriole, and she patiently introduced the prices of each berry to Qing Wu.
After Qing Wu bargained with the female stall owner, she promised that if he purchased a large enough quantity, she would give a sufficient discount.
Qing Wu glanced at these berries. The quality of the berries was excellent, and the female stall owner even carefully picked out berries that didn't look good or had minor damage. He had the idea of buying everything.
(Buying everything means buying the entire stock.)
"How much discount for buying everything?" Qing Wu asked the female stall owner.
"At least sixty percent off for buying everything," the female stall owner gritted her teeth and said. This was the maximum discount she could accept. If she weren't in urgent need of money, she wouldn't sell these berries at such a low price.
"How about eighty percent off?" Qing Wu said to the female stall owner. Qing Wu was not a greedy person to begin with, and he had enough funds on hand. Faced with high-quality berries, Qing Wu was firmly resolved.
Qing Wu watched as a question mark slowly rose above the female stall owner's head, then smiled and said, "I can't always make you lose money. Berries of such good quality won't even break even at sixty percent off.
I can't let you sell them at a loss. How much effort did you put into these? But I have one request: I will need a lot of berries in the future. You must guarantee the quality of the berries." Qing Wu was a Berry Master, and he would need berries at all times.
"I'm sorry, that request I cannot fulfill." The female stall owner shook her head after hearing this. Qing Wu's heart sank, and he gritted his teeth, asking: "Although it's a bit presumptuous, can you tell me why?"
"I'm not from the Kanto region. I'm only selling berries here for some reasons, and I'll be returning to the Johto region soon. The Johto region is very far from the Kanto region, so I can't guarantee that all the berries I provide you will be the freshest. This is my main reason for refusing," the female stall owner honestly replied.
"So, you can only conduct transactions in the Johto region?" Qing Wu was overjoyed, confirming again.
"Yes," the female stall owner nodded repeatedly.
"Good, from now on, you'll be my berry supplier!" Qing Wu leaned in and whispered an address to the female stall owner. The female stall owner nodded repeatedly, indicating there was no problem.
"No problem, leave it to me. I will definitely provide you with berries of excellent quality," the female stall owner promised.
After the transaction was completed, Qing Wu quickly swiped his card to pay and picked up a specially made berry bag.
Because Qing Wu bought such a large quantity, the Rocket Team's original berry packaging wasn't big enough, so the generous female stall owner cheerfully gave Qing Wu another berry bag as a gift.
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