"Red Bank Ruins? What's that?"
Ye Feng asked, puzzled.
He and Xiao Xiao were here to see if there were any wild dinosaurs, not to qualify for exploring the Red Bank Ruins or obtain any equipment.
"This... you don't know about the Red Bank Ruins? Didn't you hear anyone talk about it on your way to Tyrannosaurus Rex Base?"
"There should be many exploration teams discussing it!"
Han Qiuli's eyes were full of disbelief.
"Mmm."
Ye Feng nodded. He genuinely didn't know what it was. "There weren't many people on my way here, just forests..."
"The Red Bank Ruins are a rather mysterious research base for enhanced serum development from the old world. It's named after the reddish land on the edge of a vast north-south rift valley where it's located. It was built on a vein of arcane raw stones..."
Han Qiuli, after a moment of surprise, quickly explained to Ye Feng.
"Enhanced serum research base? Are there zombies there?"
Before Han Qiuli could finish, Ye Feng blurted out, his voice rather excited.
After all, the previous Zhibi City was also an enhanced serum research base, and there were quite a few zombies there. He was currently troubled about where he could obtain a considerable amount of usable points...
"Zom... zombies?"
Han Qiuli seemed a bit taken aback.
What was this person's strange focus? Not interested in the treasures possibly found in the Red Bank Ruins, but in whether there were zombies?
Xu Xiong and the others beside Han Qiuli also looked at Ye Feng with peculiar gazes.
"What's wrong? Are there no zombies there?"
Seeing their expressions, Ye Feng couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
"There are more zombies there than usual; second and third-tier zombies are not uncommon!"
"Because it was once an enhanced serum research base, there are all sorts of zombies that have undergone strange mutations after absorbing enhanced serum. Some are extremely troublesome!"
Although she didn't know why, Han Qiuli still answered Ye Feng's question.
"Then... although I really want to go to that place, I don't have that many sanitary napkins. I sold most of them before... only these are left!"
Ye Feng glanced at Li Qi and Huang Chenchu, who were still standing beside him looking a bit awkward, and then at the bag at his feet, his expression full of regret.
"This..."
Upon hearing this, Han Qiuli, Xu Xiong, Lu Mang, and Xiao Dao all frowned.
Xu Xiong, who had interacted with Ye Feng earlier than Lu Mang and Xiao Dao, stared at Ye Feng with a cautious gaze, holding an arcane yuan coin that had just been taken from a silver treasure chest an hour ago.
"And frankly, these sanitary napkins were entrusted to me by someone else to sell... I can't arbitrarily change the transaction items into something else!"
Ye Feng paused and added.
"Entrusted to you by someone else? What do you mean?"
Hearing this, Han Qiuli immediately asked.
"This... a mysterious person gave them to me to sell!"
Ye Feng glanced at Han Qiuli and the others, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke.
"Mysterious person?"
Upon hearing this, Han Qiuli and Xiao Dao frowned again. Xu Xiong was expressionless. Lu Mang, for some reason, had become very relaxed since just now, seeming not to care much about sanitary napkins anymore.
"Mmm."
Ye Feng nodded. "He entrusted these sanitary napkins to me to sell, and his reserve price is 25 arcane yuan coins per pack."
"Oh, to be precise, it's 25 complete arcane yuan coins, and they must be in whole denominations, meaning amounts like 100, 200, 400, or other integer values. Amounts like 99 and 1 are not acceptable!"
"Anything exceeding his reserve price is mine as compensation for my legwork!"
Ye Feng did not directly agree to their conditions. Instead, he claimed he didn't have enough sanitary napkins and fabricated a non-existent mysterious person.
Otherwise, if he produced 100 packs of sanitary napkins, these powerful individuals might have thoughts of robbery and murder, or even kill him in anger if he couldn't provide them...
"What a strange person. It's normal to want arcane yuan coins, which are hard currency, but only complete arcane yuan coins? This is the first time I've heard of it!"
Han Qiuli's voice was filled with surprise.
"I also think it's bizarre, but that person said he has his own unique uses for them. I don't know the specifics!" Ye Feng chimed in, clearly agreeing.
"Then how do you contact him to get the sanitary napkins? You sold quite a lot today, so you must give him the arcane yuan coins too!"
Han Qiuli glanced at Li Qi and Huang Chenchu and asked again.
"It's not me who contacts him; he contacts me every time before."
"I only have one strange arcane yuan coin, which I can use to contact him in emergencies!"
As he spoke, Ye Feng took out a modified arcane yuan coin. It was square in the middle, with something resembling a screen – it was the Mirror Arcane Yuan Coin that Bing had given him when he left Despair City.
"Mirror Arcane Yuan Coin?!"
Upon seeing the modified arcane yuan coin in Ye Feng's hand, Han Qiuli exclaimed.
Xu Xiong and the others beside her also showed surprise, especially Xiao Dao!
"Mmm... I think that's what it's called!"
"When I parted ways with that mysterious person the day before yesterday, he said he was going to a volcanic cave to retrieve a diamond treasure chest, but there was a powerful monster guarding it."
"He needs to concentrate on dealing with that monster. Unless it's a matter of life and death, don't contact him!"
Ye Feng nodded and continued.
"Dia... Diamond Treasure Chest?!"
Hearing this, Han Qiuli exclaimed again. Xu Xiong and the others' expressions also changed.
After all, most explorers only managed to collect bronze, black iron, and steel-grade treasure chests. Silver-grade ones were rarely seen.
Golden treasure chests were even rarer. Even Xu Xiong, a veteran of Tyrannosaurus Rex Base and someone who had followed its leader, Han Xianxing, for over twenty years, had only seen one.
As for diamond treasure chests, everyone present had only heard of them; some even doubted if they truly existed...
And as the grade of the treasure chest increased, the difficulty of obtaining it grew exponentially. Golden treasure chests would even trigger fierce battles...
"This..."
After listening to Ye Feng's series of explanations, Han Qiuli and the others fell silent again.
However, Xu Xiong, who had been looking at Ye Feng with a cautious and serious expression, relaxed slightly, as if a doubt in his mind had been resolved.
"In that case, sell us the remaining sanitary napkins you have on hand."
"As long as you can gather 100 packs, the conditions I mentioned before still stand. However, the price of these sanitary napkins will have to be at your stated reserve price!"
After a moment, Han Qiuli spoke again.
"Mmm, alright. I'll sell them to you if I have the chance!"
Ye Feng pondered for a moment and then nodded.
After that, they discussed a few more matters. Ye Feng then took out the remaining 7 packs of sanitary napkins from the bag, completed the transaction with Han Qiuli, and left the tea house.
"Sister Li Qi, Sister Chen Chu, let's discuss..."
Following that, Han Qiuli looked at Li Qi and Huang Chenchu, who were standing by.