Perhaps because there were more outsiders coming and going here, Dong Tianyu didn’t receive the same personal reception this time as he did on his last visit to Magic City Base Three.

After entering Magic Capital Base’s Inner Harbor through the transfer ship, it felt like returning to the pre-apocalypse era.

Though the layout here wasn’t much different from that of Magic City Base Three, the variety of modern electronic devices truly made Dong Tianyu feel as though he was back in modern society.

Unlike at other bases where Dong Tianyu encountered most work being done manually, here most basic work was managed by self-service platforms. Newcomers could quickly get familiar with the area through these platforms.

Seeing such a high level of modernization, Dong Tianyu was truly shocked; after all, even Kyoto, where he had left from, had not recovered to this extent since the disaster struck.

In reality, the self-service platform was just like those self-service areas in office spaces before the disaster, basically a counter with an embedded immovable tablet computer.

Dong Tianyu queued up until a tablet was free and after briefly studying it, he figured out how to use it.

Through the self-service platform, Dong Tianyu found a store that sold locators, which were different from the basic model gifted by Sunny King.

Since all bases were now freely drifting, locators had become essential for most people who ventured out.

The basic model gifted by Sunny King could be exchanged with just one Mysterious Core.

Beyond the basic model, upgraded models priced based on the number of locational saves were available. They ranged from five to ten base locations saved, with the cost increasing by one Mysterious Core for each additional five locations.

It is worth noting that all desired location information could only be entered in the store.

That store, besides locators, also sold search radars that could detect nearby bases. The functionality of these radars wasn’t extensive, but in addition to searching for near Official-construction bases, they could also locate all nearby ships that had publicly shared their coordinates.

Although Dong Tianyu had yet to see anyone’s Companion Spiritual Treasure equipped with radio devices, indeed in the current era, those capable of long voyages or prolonged stays outside were the large ships built before the disaster.

Due to their specific usage scenarios, the electronic devices aboard had been repaired before use, especially crucial communication equipment like radios, which were of paramount importance.

Of course, as mentioned earlier, the radar could only scan for official ships with communication equipment that chose to reveal their location.

If someone actively turned off the communication devices onboard or simply destroyed them, then the search radar could not determine their location.

This device was essentially like the "shake to find nearby people" feature once common on mobile phones—locations would only appear on the radar if the other party had enabled the feature when within its scanning range.

Though it might seem limited in use, after some thought, Dong Tianyu realized the significant functionality of this device.

A regular locator could only pre-enter fixed base locations. If one unexpectedly approached another base during a voyage, the locator would not alert them.

However, possessing this radar was different, as it could detect both nearby bases and regular vessels in the vicinity.

In this era, much like ancient times, encountering strangers in unfamiliar lands often meant that mutual lack of hostility enabled communication, which inevitably brought unexpected benefits whenever the two parties met.

Since the radar mainly detected official ships, it naturally brought a degree of inherent trust to these interactions.

However, unlike the portable locator, the radar’s large size and the substantial amount of electricity required to operate it clearly indicated that only large vessels could accommodate and use it.

Dong Tianyu first noted down the location of this shop, then decided to check out the local price situation.

Perhaps due to the high volume of traffic, there was naturally no shortage of merchants here, and the prices were relatively stable, with the purchasing power of Mysterious Cores significantly lower than at Lakeside Base.

Moreover, maybe because of the frequent movement of people and its proximity to the pre-disaster maritime border, the number of Hunting Groups far surpassed those at Lakeside Base.

The relatively low purchasing power of Mysterious Cores here was actually advantageous for Dong Tianyu, as being a seller of goods, the higher the price of goods, the more Mysterious Cores he could obtain for the same amount of goods sold.

This time, Dong Tianyu did not plan to deal directly with the Governmental Office like he had at Lakeside Base, although dealing directly with the Governmental Office was more convenient, the prices were definitely not as high as when selling to individuals.

Although selling to individuals could potentially attract envy, the previous transaction had proven that dealing with the Governmental Office yielded similar outcomes, and if you think about it, the Governmental Office was also composed of individuals.

Just like the saying often heard before the disaster: when profits reach 10%, they become eager; at 50%, they will take risks; at 100%, they dare to trample all the laws of the Mortal World; at 300%, they would even risk the gallows.