Abyss Sequence-Chapter 384 - 41: Opening Trade Routes
On the third day after injecting herself with the Saint’s Blood, Sasa once again conducted a physical examination on herself, finally confirming that she had successfully become a ’Samurai’!
With a body structure similar to Yan Luo’s, though her strength had only increased slightly compared to before, Sasa was already quite satisfied with the existence of this body structure.
To ensure that her physical issues were resolved, Sasa spent a whole day conducting experiments, remaining busy all day long.
What excited her was that even after not relaxing for an entire day, continually busy, her physical stamina showed no signs of exhaustion.
This meant that her idea was a complete success.
After transforming herself into a ’Samurai’, her physical issues were completely eradicated, and she would no longer suffer from sudden physical crashes in the future!
To celebrate this achievement, Sasa threw herself onto Yan Luo, intending to reward Yan Luo properly, but unexpectedly, she didn’t last long before she was overwhelmed, left with only enough energy to roll her eyes and drool.
Sasa fell into a deep sleep, not knowing how long she slept before suddenly feeling a chill on her body, instantly waking up to see Wang Lingyu’s angry face.
"Senior, how could you not invite me?"
Wang Lingyu threw the blanket off Sasa and vigorously pinched Sasa’s soft and smooth cheeks.
Sasa gave an awkward laugh, "I was too excited at the time, and just... forgot... forgot..."
Wang Lingyu snorted lightly, threw Sasa aside, "Fine, I’ll forgive you this time. Next time, you must remember to call me along! After all, I’m young too, I’ve developed a taste for it as well, and only because I can’t handle Yan Luo alone, I need others to help."
Sasa nodded repeatedly without making any further comment.
Even if she found it a bit absurd, what could she do since she had developed a taste for it too?
Sasa got dressed and went downstairs with Wang Lingyu, seeing Yan Luo and Yevgenia sitting across from each other at the dining table.
Yevgenia had shed her gentle image, her face full of seriousness.
"Are you toying with Sasa’s feelings?"
Upon hearing Yevgenia’s question, Sasa couldn’t hold back anymore. She rushed over, slamming the table and shouting, "Lady Yafugonia, what are you talking about?"
Yevgenia looked sternly at Sasa, "Yan Luo already has a lover, yet he’s still entangled with you. Isn’t that playing with emotions?"
"What entanglement... how can you say such things?" Sasa’s face turned crimson, her ears so red they seemed ready to bleed.
Wang Lingyu pressed on Sasa’s shoulder, standing behind her, laughed, "If anyone’s playing with emotions, it seems more like we’re the ones playing with Yan Luo’s emotions, right?"
"Eh?" Yevgenia’s facade broke instantly, her expression turning blank.
Sasa took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down, and continued along Wang Lingyu’s trail of thought, "Compared to Yan Luo playing with our emotions, it actually seems more like we’re the ones playing with emotions — using Yan Luo’s generosity toward his friends and lover to indulge in reckless acts. Lady Yafugonia, Yan Luo didn’t play with our emotions. It was by our own will that these entanglements happened with him."
Who knew such absurdity could exist in the world!
Yevgenia’s mouth opened slightly as if wanting to say something but ultimately chose to close it.
"As long as you are happy." Yevgenia spoke with a complex expression.
......
This time, the resting period was quite long, lasting a full twenty days.
Because production and allocation of goods took time, the previous stock in the warehouse had all been sold to the Elves, and if nothing unexpected happened, by the next departure, it might take even longer.
Despite the Elves’ current consumption capacity being somewhat limited from a worldly perspective, anyone could see the consumption potential of the Elves.
Gass City’s production capacity was gradually improving, and plans to enhance Mayin City’s production capacity needed to be put on the agenda.
Helping to improve the productivity of Elf City would assist in selling human goods, and the elven products brought back by the caravans from Alfheim could ignite a consumer frenzy on Blue Star — even now, many elven-produced clothing and small accessories remain in high demand with limited supply, even though these two products were among the most numerous that Yan Luo and the others brought back from Alfheim.
After Yevgenia visited Blue Star, there’s been a slight uptick in this trend.
Once the trend dies down a bit, Sasa would attempt to have Yevgenia accept an interview so people can know what kind of world Alfheim truly is.
However, that may take some time.
The convoy set off again, Yan Luo switched to an armored vehicle, the back half of which no longer contained a mobile laboratory but a regular rear seat and gun seat.
Sasa sat in the passenger seat, filled with excitement, looking ahead.
Yan Luo glanced at her, knowing exactly what she was thinking, and said flatly, "Catastrophe-level Demons are hard to come by, even in Alfheim. A single Catastrophe-level Demon’s territory is vast; the one we encountered might very well be the ’Lord’ of that trade route, and now that the caravan’s reach hasn’t extended to other Elf Cities, running into another Catastrophe-level Demon is almost impossible."
Hearing this, Sasa was somewhat disappointed.
She wasn’t ignorant of this fact, given her expertise in researching abyssal ecology, there was no way she wouldn’t know such basics.
She just held a small hope that they might encounter another Catastrophe-level Demon during the trading process.
There were two Second Rank experts in the convoy; even against a particularly powerful Catastrophe-level Demon, Yan Luo could find a way to withstand its offensive, and then let Yevgenia create a gravity distortion point to deal with a Catastrophe-level Demon.
With them around, how could she worry about not getting a new Catastrophe-level Demon corpse?
But sadly, Yan Luo was right...
The convoy rolled out, driving into the Crimson Abyss, then using the Crimson Abyss as a stepping stone to enter Alfheim.
The familiar forest sea reappeared before their eyes, and those who were once extremely excited every time they came to Alfheim now found it difficult to muster enthusiasm.
Because they were too familiar with the place, so familiar that it felt like home, even without a map navigator, they knew which direction to head next.
Alfheim held no novelty for them anymore, at least around Gass City.
This journey was quite dull, as they didn’t encounter a single demon on the road.
Or rather, they did encounter some, but the demons didn’t attack the convoy.
The landscape repeated itself endlessly, leaving them bored.
A truck driver proposed in the convoy channel: [Why don’t we travel further this time?]
[Good idea!]
[I agree!]
Sasa also turned to look at Yan Luo, knowing that Yan Luo was the decision-maker in the group.
Yan Luo said, "Sure."
As soon as he said that, it aroused a chorus of cheers.
Someone started playing music in the convoy channel, but not everyone had the same taste, and soon others put on different music, turning the convoy channel into chaos within two minutes.
Yan Luo, with a dark face, muted everyone and warned them not to create chaos in the convoy channel before unmuting them.
Once they arrived at Gass City, the trucks drove into the warehouse, where a few well-acquainted Elves, seeing the truck drivers looking invigorated, couldn’t help but feel curious and asked what had happened.
"We’re going further this time!" said a truck driver happily, "We’ve grown tired of the routes we’ve been running, this time we’ll try reaching further Elf Cities, and maybe next time, we’ll be opening up other trade routes." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
The Elves looked at each other in confusion, what’s there to be happy about?
On the other side, Yan Luo was requesting a letter of introduction from the Lord of Gass City.
Elf Cities tended to be quite reclusive, and Yan Luo and the others showing up without prior notice would benefit from a letter of introduction from the Lord of Gass City to ease the discriminatory attitude of other Elf Cities.
As long as the Elf City agrees to one trade, they will hardly refuse a second or third trade.
With the opening of trade routes, the influence of Blue Star People would expand across Alfheim, and over time, more and more Elf Cities would hear of the human caravans’ reputation, and by then, they could do business in other Elf Cities even without a letter of introduction.
