Chapter 144
Currently, a mid-level potion is more expensive than an average luxury apartment in Gangnam. However, if you think about it the other way, it’s still within reach as long as you’re willing to pay the price of an apartment. For corporations, such an amount wasn’t a big deal.
But what about elixirs? A true “cure-all” elixir that’s closer to the essence of a panacea—how expensive would that be? The fact that I’ve never heard of an elixir being mentioned in the news alone is proof of its value. Truly rare items tend to be traded in secrecy.
“…”
Why didn’t I think of this sooner? Choi Ji-won and I perfectly cleared the 4th floor. That means at least 200 people received lower-grade elixirs as rewards.
In other words, aside from the elixirs we possess, there are still 198 out there. Yet, despite all the regressions I’ve gone through, I’ve never come across any information related to elixirs. It’s as if they were kept completely secret in public domains. How is that even possible?
At the very least, someone should have posted a theory online about the elixirs. No, it’d be more normal for someone to write about the lunatic we met on the 4th floor. But strangely enough, there’s no information about what happened on the 4th floor.
The answer to the question “Why?” is simple. There are people who want to control this information. The real question then becomes “How?” How are they controlling information on the internet?
“Well… About 8 elixirs were released in secret auctions on the black market… But if you post about elixirs on the surface web… sniff… it gets deleted right away… sniff… so people talk about it on the deep web. Everyone’s wondering where these things are coming from.”
An unheard-of panacea, the “elixir,” suddenly appeared in bulk—it’s only natural for people to want to trace its origins. Through some digging and reverse tracking, they must’ve concluded that they were obtained on the 4th floor.