Chapter 405: Trading biological samples
"I am from Carnot Heavy Industries. Assassinating you was Ms. Carnot's order. I was just following orders. If you want revenge, you should go after Ms. Carnot!"
The sniper was starting to panic. Although he was a professional combatant, he usually sniped from safe locations and rarely fought enemies head-on. He had never encountered a ruthless person like Lin Ye before.
"I will go find her. Helping her resolve internal conflicts within Carnot Heavy Industries is worth more than just this price. Besides, she didn't clearly explain the situation down there to me before. I was originally thinking of talking to the other side, but now I'm a bit less inclined to negotiate."
Lin Ye opened the small pouch. A large number of tumorous spikes shot out from within, dragging the sniper, along with his armor, into the pouch.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"
A piercing scream echoed around, not fading even after the pouch closed.
"...You're still here?!"
Lin Ye couldn't help but exclaim.
He hadn't expected that noise monster to still be around.
After leaving the Bottomless Pit, the other party had clearly become much more spirited. However, perhaps because it realized the noise couldn't affect Lin Ye, the noise monster no longer made noise for extended periods. Instead, it occasionally let out sudden sounds.
Lin Ye ignored the noise monster. In truth, he could use the Mental Purification method to deal with it. But due to previous experiences, he felt this thing still had some potential use value.
After dealing with the leftover weapons and equipment on the ground, Lin Ye walked out of the jungle and found the sports car. Thankfully, those people hadn't blown up his sports car, otherwise he would have been even angrier.
Lin Ye drove the sports car back to the abandoned clubhouse. The security personnel withdrew upon seeing Lin Ye. Ms. Carnot hadn't resorted to any petty tricks. The money-making plan was still steadily progressing.
"Boss, are you okay?"
Little Ke, seeing Lin Ye looking somewhat disheveled, hurriedly asked.
"I'm fine. Went to the Bottomless Pit, ran into a few troublesome monsters. Get me a new communication device, and help me wash these clothes."
Lin Ye handed his outerwear to Little Ke. He needed to take a bath and relax.
After soaking in the large bathhouse, Lin Ye finished the late-night snack Wendy had prepared. Then, using the new communication device, he contacted Ms. Carnot.
"You brought the person back already?"
Ms. Carnot was working in her empty office.
"Derrick has probably already turned into a dog's head on the wall. You didn't tell me how dangerous it was down there before I went."
Her response would determine the future relationship between Lin Ye and Carnot Heavy Industries.
"I didn't expect Derrick to go to such a deep place. I also didn't intend for you to go there and bring him out. I thought you would only do the work worth five million Free Coins... What surprised me even more is that you actually managed to get out of a place like that."
Carnot had to admit she had somewhat underestimated the other party.
"I have information about that area. How many Free Coins can Carnot Heavy Industries offer?"
Lin Ye decided to test the other party's sincerity.
"If you have complete information, I can give you fifty million Free Coins. If you can produce the biological samples Derrick took, I can give you one hundred million Free Coins."
Ms. Carnot was very interested in that area.
"I did indeed get the biological samples from Derrick. But I also got some other things down there. Due to storage issues, I mixed them together."
Lin Ye began recounting his experiences down below. He didn't hide information about those anomalous creatures. The Bottomless Pit was right next to Free City. He needed these factions to have a certain understanding of those anomalous beings.
"How did you escape?"
After Lin Ye finished speaking, Ms. Carnot asked.
"I used a one-time spatial item. You'd better not get any ideas about it. Also, those Carnot Heavy Industries armed personnel who ambushed me, do you need me to deal with them?"
Lin Ye really didn't want to let those people go.
"Those people have already been dealt with by me. As an apology, I will gift you a better spatial item."
Ms. Carnot said with a smile.
"You're not trying to get your hands on my spatial item, are you? Don't even think about it. At most, I'll give you a sample."
Lin Ye was also very interested in the contents of the small pouch.
"Alright. However, I need a sufficiently large sample. And if the sample becomes insufficient later, I need you to continue selling me new samples."
Ms. Carnot had no choice but to concede. She couldn't quite gauge Lin Ye's strength.
"No problem."
After communicating with Ms. Carnot, Lin Ye contacted Raymond.
"Hey, I'm back from the Bottomless Pit. Are you interested in the area below 2475 meters depth? I also brought back some biological samples..."
Raymond was even more excited than Ms. Carnot. That area had a greater impact on the Adventurer's Association.
After finishing the transaction with Raymond, Lin Ye contacted Rost from Abyss Products Company. He first repaid the two million Free Coins he owed, then brought up the matter of the transaction.
Abyss Products Company was also very interested in this deal, especially after hearing that Lin Ye had just completed transactions with Carnot Heavy Industries and the Adventurer's Association.
Soon, they set the time and place to complete the transaction.
After earning several sums of money using the biological samples from the pouch, Lin Ye planned to purchase a batch of spiritual energy materials tomorrow to strengthen the abandoned clubhouse base.
Additionally, he planned to buy a batch of enhancement serums to strengthen those young people.
But for now, Lin Ye needed to rest for a while.
However, shortly after lying down, Lin Ye sensed a high-level spiritual energy user approaching the abandoned clubhouse.
"Does it ever end?!"
Lin Ye got up from the bed and walked toward the clubhouse entrance in his pajamas.
A clergy member with pallid epidermis, wearing ceremonial robes, had just entered the abandoned clubhouse. He saw Lin Ye walking toward him. A strange sense of dislocation made him feel extremely uncomfortable.
"Salvation Cult? Can't you come during the day? I just got back from down below. Right now, I just want to rest for a while, not be disturbed by others."
Lin Ye said, very displeased.
"As long as you hand over the biological samples you brought up from below, you can rest forever."
The clergy member spoke.
"Idiot. Haven't you realized it yet?"
Leaving these words, Lin Ye turned and walked back toward his room. This time, he really needed to get some proper rest.
"You... uh... how... would..."
The clergy member trembled and collapsed to the ground. His body gradually withered. A gorgeous, bright red flower bloomed on his chest.
This was an ability Lin Ye obtained from the Port, capable of briefly interfering with other people's mental perception.
Just now, Lin Ye had interfered with the clergy member's mental perception. From an angle the other couldn't see, he implanted a flower seed into the other's body.
The clergy member was long accustomed to using mental perception to gather information about his surroundings. This led to him only noticing something was wrong with his body when the parasitic flower within him fully bloomed. But by then, it was already too late.
The Salvation Cult's cultists were very difficult to deal with, but parasitic organisms happened to counter them perfectly. Because no matter how many times they could resurrect, that vitality would become nourishment for the parasite.