Chapter 438: Chapter 259: The Largest Transaction_2
The most powerful lie in the world is to replace parts of the lie with truth, then insert it into a greater truth.
Shen Shi has always done it this way.
So these words are also half true and half false.
The "true" part is very obvious—the hardware and rules within the trading market indeed belong to different technological domains, as Shen Shi mentioned, which is the most commonly used technique in technology integration. Even if Shen Shi didn’t mention it, the Three-Day Civilization, along with other powerful civilizations, could have guessed it.
The crux lies in the "false" part.
Shen Shi used the permissions he acquired, replacing it with a lie of "rule modification."
Thus, he constructed the entire true truth!
"Prove it!" The words from the Three-Day Civilization remained simple.
Yet what they were asking for was entirely different from before.
It was something that could truly drive them, and all other civilizations—even stronger A-level Civilizations—mad.
Shen Shi didn’t hesitate.
"We discovered a permission built within the underlying program of the trading market that no one can master temporarily—that is ’trade prohibition!’" Just as Shen Shi finished speaking, an information from the trading market was directly transmitted to the consciousness of the personal terminal representing the Three-Day Civilization.
"You have been prohibited from trading for twelve hours."
The unit of measurement used here has been translated into the time measurement unit used by the Three-Day Civilization, but the time is indeed twelve hours of Blue Star’s time.
Obviously, this "Thirteenth" in front of them is demonstrating the extent of their control over this new permission!
It really is new permission!
This was clear proof, and this was undoubtedly exciting.
Before them, this stubborn trading system really had part of it torn open by this mysterious Thirteenth!
No matter what method the counterpart used to tear it open, tearing is tearing!
"What do you want?" The Three-Day Civilization became straightforward.
"Our condition remains unchanged, but what is given will be decided by the quantity you provide." Shen Shi let the Three-Day Civilization offer first.
"A fleet enough to crush the three civilized forces in the Solar System at this time!" The price offered by the Three-Day Civilization.
The current Solar System has basically been occupied by the powerful civilizations from the Mude System, each civilization has a large military force stationed in the Solar System, maintaining a fragile balance between each other.
Of course, these military forces are only maintaining a fragile balance with constant reinforcements and are nowhere near the strongest forces behind these civilizations, not even one-tenth, or one-hundredth.
However, this is a level that even the Three-Day Civilization cannot ignore.
Thus, the price offered by the Three-Day Civilization is extremely high, even exceeding Shen Shi’s initial expectations.
Obviously, this also includes the previous commitment to a "higher price."
But frankly, what Shen Shi has now demonstrated is worth this price!
"Not enough!" Shen Shi said softly.
His initial expectations have indeed been reached, but new expectations are like flames continuing to expand.
No matter what, a lie is a lie, and this kind of transaction cannot last forever. Therefore, every transaction must maximize benefits until the lie becomes real, or he no longer needs the lie.
"Offer a price." The response from the Three-Day Civilization remained simple, anyone could see their undisguised urgency.
"Besides what you’ve mentioned, I also need B9 level primordial energy devices, including offensive and defensive ones. Furthermore, I need B-level technologies, no matter what, the more the better!" Shen Shi spoke, and even the urgently three-Day Civilization fell silent.
The Three-Day Civilization is not adept at fleet design; offering a fleet is a statement of unwillingness to provide their civilization’s device.
But Shen Shi wants precisely this.
And this thing can be imagined as completely helpful to the Primordial Energy Civilization.
——They are different roads within the same domain!
The Three-Day Civilization cannot determine the potential outcomes of handing over their devices to this civilization.
But on another level, since Shen Shi dares to make such a request, he has what he believes is a winning card to make them agree. Just a simple perspective switch reveals how immense it is!
Silence continued.
Shen Shi waited patiently.
He was very calm, as his expectations were met; the succeeding transactions, successful or not, were already hugely profitable for him.
Just like exchanging a USB flash drive costing tens of dollars and pirated movies downloaded for free for a Cosmic Battleship.
Whatever, I have profited!
Finally, the silence was broken, and the response from the Three-Day Civilization made Shen Shi smile internally.
"We agree, and what can you offer?"
"I can first disclose key information."
Shen Shi’s smile was unabashedly displayed, and at the moment he finished speaking, the trade lock used for proof was simultaneously lifted.
Yet the representative of the Three-Day Civilization remained indifferent.
Because in their entire consciousness, all that remained was Shen Shi’s conveyed, clear words.
"The underlying force constructing the trading market’s rules is not the primordial energy you recognize, but another type of primordial energy."
Another primordial energy...
What does this mean, and how is it possible?
Representatives of the Three-Day Civilization, alongside the collective consciousness of all Three-Day entities behind them, fell into a certain indescribable confusion.
This is akin to during the Earth Star Period, a master programmer on Blue Star suddenly finding that the underlying code of a program isn’t written in any known code format they recognize!
But this can no longer be explained simply as a higher technical level.
Because the entire program is clearly installed on their computers.
Yet how could it surpass the fundamental code of the computer? Even transcend the binary hardware basis?
The Three-Day Civilization could be sure of one thing.
They need more information!
If all of this is true, it could represent a new world that breaks the "theorem!"
Just like telling Blue Star People during the Earth Star Period, "Newton’s Theorem" is actually incorrect.
Only at this moment did the Three-Day Civilization realize that their trade prohibition had been lifted, and the breadth hinted at by this subtle move couldn’t be clearer.
They didn’t have to wait long.
The trade application was then sent to Shen Shi.
This was definitely the largest scale trade Shen Shi has conducted within the thousand years since acquiring the Time Crystal!
Countless unbelievably powerful battleships! And countless similarly powerful primordial energy devices!
This force may be far from sufficient to let Human Civilization triumph over any B-level civilization within the Mude System, but it was already enough to allow Human Civilization to shed off the "ant" identity! It gives them the capital to take a big bite out of these once unattainable powerful existences!
"Primordial energy originates from consciousness." Shen Shi’s heart stirred with a smile as he handed over the item that the Three-Day Civilization wanted, "You’ve already verified that consciousness can influence reality, and primordial energy can materialize into substance. But have you considered that primordial energy might not only manifest; it may also have the potential to alter the material world?"
After finishing this sentence, Shen Shi surprisingly turned around.
Thus leisurely walking towards the door.
It seemed the transaction had been completed.
However, the Three-Day Civilization didn’t stop him.
They exchanged their immense fleet and active devices from their own civilization for such a simple sentence.
But whether this trade was a loss, remains uncertain.