CHAPTER 242: CHAPTER 161: A HUGE HARVEST FROM THE TRADE_2

In his words, he completely ignored the Collector.

Just kidding.

If it were anyone else, he might not be sure, but if this new future Collector is anything like the one on Timeline One, then he is almost certain that this guy’s remarks were just aimed at getting more antiques from him.

Because a Collector is not a merchant.

In front of antiques, he doesn’t care about some gains and losses in terms of value.

As he said, the antiques he fancies are priceless treasures to him!

What’s more.

Even if he’s wrong, it doesn’t matter. Can’t get C9 devices, then go for C7, C6 ones, as long as they’re stronger than C1. If it still doesn’t work, trade some other things and take them to the Collector of Timeline One in Gus Land for transactions. It’s all the same.

With two future timelines in hand, there will always be a way if you want to find one.

In short, Shen Shi remains the same as at the start of Timeline One.

Even if antiques are not hard for him to obtain, he must maintain control over the trade initiative.

Thus, right in front of everyone, he completely ignored the Collector, which caused many people to click their tongues in wonder.

While it seems only natural in the face of interests, the Collector’s reputation and status should also be factored into the interests, at least without enough confidence, it’s impossible to ignore the Collector like this.

This also speaks to the confidence of this new Antique Dealer.

Moreover, he also wants a shop.

Many have realized that the antique market may really be welcoming a formidable entrant.

Some antique dealers have even begun close communication and exchanges.

However, the attendees weren’t only antique dealers. Even the relatively ordinary ancient books and stamps Shen Shi presented were treasures, all extremely complete, even suitable for clan foundations. The bidding quickly became intense.

"This volume of ’Tang and Song Poetry’, our Silvester family is determined to get it. It’s the only one we want, I hope everyone considers well, I’ll offer nine million three hundred thousand gold coins."

"Nine million five hundred thousand, if you go higher, I’ll give up."

"Nine million five hundred and ten thousand!"

"..."

Shen Shi remembered Peggy mentioning on the road that her great-grandfather bought a C5-level cosmic battleship for over four million gold coins, just not knowing what type it was.

If it were a large migrant main ship of C5-level, it would indicate that the value of antiques on this future timeline is truly enormous.

Even if it’s just an ordinary C5-level warship, it’s still pretty good.

Know that the Iwen was only obtained by mobilizing the entire human civilization on Timeline One in a trade from Gus Land, and that was considering Shen Shi brought back lost cultural heritage and had both Gong Chu and the Collector, two extremely important figures to the entire civilization, under his command to make human civilization pay for his needs.

In comparison, here the C5-level battleships might be obtainable for as many gold coins as you want.

This is also why Shen Shi wanted a shop.

As he knows, ownership of a shop in the market can be transferred. In the past on Timeline One, the antiques he owned were too precious, and there was no need to open a shop with a barter form.

But it’s different here.

Since there’s a gold coin system and cultural heritage isn’t severed, having a shop means he can continuously sell various "antiques", obtaining gold coins to purchase a large quantity of needed devices from here.

The benefits are not only huge but also long-term.

With each successful trade of antiques, Shen Shi not only gained many new friends but also amassed three hundred and thirty million gold coins, all stacked in his personal space.

The most expensive item turned out to be that USB drive, settled at a price of thirty-one million gold coins, surpassing even the set of two hundred eighteen songs in the MP3 player.

This was undoubtedly a hugely profitable trade.

If all used to buy battleships, it could even purchase nearly ten thousand C1-level battleships, forming a C-level fleet!

This made Shen Shi realize that even if the value of antiques on this brand new future timeline isn’t as crucial to heritage and survival as on Timeline One, this future timeline’s human civilization is much stronger than that of Timeline One!

Therefore, the actual value of antiques might be even higher!

"Human antiques only have value concerning human civilization." Shen Shi thought to himself, "So, only if human civilization is stronger, will antiques also have higher value, and with higher antique value, I can also use it to strengthen human civilization... This is a virtuous cycle, an underlying factor that can truly give human civilization a chance to stand firm in this dangerous interstellar environment."

It can be said that until witnessing this moment on the future timeline, Shen Shi had just barely emerged from the survival crisis of human civilization and began to consider how to make the future of human civilization stronger.

However, this clearly isn’t something achievable overnight.

Shen Shi began focusing on the trade of the last item.

Which was that Jade Pendant!

This would determine whether he could open an antique shop here, gaining stable and continuous profit!

"Let’s start bidding, everyone." Boss Zhou, beaming, acted as the auction host.

Today, not only did he earn a fortune by selling information, but he also managed to buy a set of ancient books successfully, knowing there would certainly be a family without a market terminal willing to pay an even higher price for these books.

By that time, he would make a considerable profit again.

So even though he had already given up on the final Holy Relic, he remained extremely enthusiastic.

However, this time, no one was in a hurry to speak; all eyes were on the Collector standing quietly in the center, who neither spoke nor left.

Since the trade of the four Ancient Books of Sage Saint didn’t succeed, and the Collector remained spending his precious time here, it’s likely for this last Holy Relic.

If he were to bid...

Unfortunately, even if it was limited to having a shop, they wouldn’t be able to outbid the Collector.

Shen Shi also turned to look at the Collector.

Expression calm, but without saying a word.

Thus, the scene fell into a weird silence.

Only after a long while did the Collector reluctantly shake his head.

"You really are the most formidable Antique Dealer I’ve ever seen. Okay, you win. I hope to befriend you."

After saying that, he raised his hand, and with a gentle wave, a shrunken projection of that tree-shaped device appeared right in front of Shen Shi.

The meaning was clear.

The Collector’s prior statement was indeed his real thought.

He never expected that the willingness to take out such a treasure simply to trade for a Master of Primordial Energy’s exclusive civilization protective device was not an urgent need.

And he was truly calm about it.

As if he didn’t care much about such a treasure, it was just casually being traded for something insignificant.

This hint of hidden strength was also one of the reasons the Collector decided to trade—for him, obtaining more ancient books mattered more than anything.

He hoped the Antique Dealer in front of him would provide even greater surprises in the future.

And everyone else understood what this scene signified.

The Collector actually compromised!

Moreover, he proactively expressed the wish to be friends.

This would surely be sensational news throughout the market!

Hold on—

They looked at the still calmly-appearing new Antique Dealer before them, suddenly realizing, isn’t this the best advertisement?