Chapter 485: 159. Wholesale Purchase
After Madimanson and the Meaty Eye drafted their agreement, the battle inside the Pollution Zone and the alien space noise came to an end.
Madimanson returned to the battlefield, directing his Combat Alchemists to clean up the scene. He ordered them to create a large alchemy array that could store living things.
Tens of thousands of Combat Alchemists started working on drawing the array patterns. They surrounded the four Polluted Angels and used the materials in the Alchemy Stones and Rune Staffs to create a Stereo Array. It was estimated that in about an hour or two, the alchemy space would be completed.
Mabel and Noland Lee had no interest in talking to Madimanson or Meaty Eye.
They landed in the shattered walkway of the Fissure Corridor.
Mabel took out her scrolls and magic pen, recording what she saw and heard, as well as collecting samples of Contaminant Byproducts. As the head of the local Magic Institution, she had many reports to write.
Noland Lee was probably the most idle person in the Pollution Zone.
After greeting Mabel, he began searching for Spoils of War.
First were the warehouses that stored a large number of Alchemy Weapons.
Within five minutes, Noland found one of these warehouses in the broken Fissure Corridor.
It was crookedly suspended in mid-air, like a container falling into the sea.
Were it not for its remote location, it would have been affected by the previous battle.
Noland took out the Alchemy Card he acquired from the Blackbone Hermit.
He attached the card to the Warehouse Gate, disabling the alchemy array that locked it.
As the inner workings of the mechanical lock clicked, the Great Gate’s lock cylinder was unlocked.
Noland entered, closing the warehouse doors behind him.
He glanced around the interior and hesitated almost imperceptibly.
Weren’t there supposed to be mountains of Alchemy Weapons here? Why were there only a few briefcases?
Noland narrowed his eyes at the scattered briefcases on the ground, throwing several Deconstruction Techniques in succession.
After seeing the Deconstruction Results in his mind, Noland chuckled:
“Hehe, my timing is just perfect. The Alchemy Weapons have all been stored in briefcases with Folding Space by the Blackbone Hermit.”
Once Noland confirmed there were no traps inside, he walked over to the briefcases.
The few briefcases looked no different from ordinary black leather ones, but the clasps were glowing with elemental light.
Complicated alchemy arrays and mechanical locks formed the Alchemy Locks, firmly sealing the cases.
Noland threw Deconstruction, cracked the alchemy array, and obtained the Alchemy Mark to unlock the array.
He took out the Rune Staff, scribbled a few strokes on the briefcase, and drew the Alchemy Mark.
With a “click,” the Alchemy Locks tightly locking the briefcases were released.
Noland opened the briefcase, glanced inside, and spotted a crowded Folding Space.
About 150 damaged Alchemy Weapons were reduced to the size of tofu cubes by the Folding Space and piled up inside.
Noland check the other briefcases one by one, and his laughter grew.
All eight briefcases were filled with Alchemy Weapons! More than 1200 in total!
Noland steadied his emotions and restrained his laughter.
He called out in his heart:
“Denise Green.”
“Yes! How is it going over there?” Denise Green responded immediately.
“The situation is very good.” Noland said with a smile:
“Are you alone? Are there any other people around?”
“I am currently on the hill where you practiced the Breathing Method. No one is around.”
“Great~” Noland said:
“Then you can teleport over now. I have eight Alchemy Briefcases that need to be taken.”
“Okay~ I’m coming right away. Are you coming with me?” Denise Green asked.
“Hmm… let me think about it.” Noland pondered.
The moment the Pollution Zone was lifted, Noland would be teleported back to where he entered it.
Wherever he entered from, that’s where he would exit.
For example, when Noland entered the Pollution Zone of Shubick, he was on the surface of Nearshore Region No.116. After leaving the Pollution Zone, he would appear on that sea surface.
This time, when he entered the Blood Sun Seal’s Pollution Zone, Noland was at the Underground Layer 30 of Sector 6. So when he leaves the Pollution Zone, he would return to Underground Layer 30.
The Fissure Corridor inside the Pollution Zone and other objects would follow the same rule.
The Fissure Corridor within the Pollution Zone had already been severely damaged. This damaged section of the Corridor would suffer serious collapses once the Pollution Zone was lifted. Conservatively speaking, from Underground Layer 60 all the way to Black City, various levels of collapses would occur.
It would be very difficult for Noland to go to the Black City after returning to the natural world, search for Samuelson’s relics, and obtain the River of Mind – lower volume.
Searching within the Pollution Zone would be easier.
Noland slowly nodded, saying in his heart:
“Denise Green, I won’t leave just yet. I might have to stay in the Pollution Zone for a while. You can just come and take the Alchemy Briefcases.”
“Okay~ I’m coming.”
A spark of fire appeared near Noland.
Denise Green materialized amid the flickering firelight.
She looked around curiously, smiled at Noland, and then began to work hard.
The fire sparkled. Denise Green’s palms were small. Each time she teleported back and forth, she could only hold two briefcases with one hand at most.
After four round trips, there was no more firelight in the warehouse.