Lin Yang looked puzzled when he read the fifth piece of information.
Why had the system suddenly pushed a piece of information about a specific person to him?
He had no idea who Chen Qingqing was.
However, based on the information provided by Bronze, she should be a beautiful woman with a good figure and a pure and charming appearance.
But what was the system's intention in pushing information about a beautiful woman?
Suddenly, he noticed that the color of this piece of information was different from the others; the font was bolded.
He clicked on this piece of information and found that it had an inner page.
“Congratulations on receiving character information. Contact with the character will trigger a critical strike, guaranteeing a high-value piece of information.”
“My goodness!”
This task was too easy to complete; he would get a high-value piece of information just by coming into contact with the character in the intel.
Even the information about the 400,000 prize money from the scratch-off lottery's first prize didn't show as high-value information.
In other words, the value of high-value information must be greater than 400,000.
But who exactly was this Chen Qingqing? He knew nothing.
If he didn't even know who she was, how could he possibly make contact?
Lin Yang shook his head. This matter would require slow exploration, so he temporarily set it aside.
He continued to review the remaining five pieces of information.
“Daily Intel 6: Binjiang River Hot Pot's soup base urination incident exposed. Customers who consumed during that period will receive a full refund, plus 10 times the consumption amount in compensation. You can receive compensation by dining once at table 109 at Binjiang River Hot Pot.”
“Uh…”
To knowingly eat hot pot at a table where the soup base had been urinated in, one would need incredibly strong psychological fortitude to do so.
Moreover, 10 times the amount seemed high, but a hot pot meal per person would at most be three to four hundred, so ten times would only be three to four thousand.
Lin Yang felt nauseous reading this piece of information.
“Daily Intel 7: At Binjiang Vegetable Market, the last coconut snail in Xiaoqiang Vegetable Delivery's water tank contains a melo pearl. Buying this coconut snail will get you a melo pearl worth over a million.”
“What is a melo pearl?”
It was Lin Yang's first time hearing about it, but since it came from a sea snail, it should be similar to a pearl.
However, pearls are now very affordable, so why would a pearl grown inside a sea snail be so expensive?
He took out his phone to search for melo pearl.
“melo pearls are produced inside sea snails. There is a chance of one being produced in every fifty thousand sea snails, making them extremely rare.
melo pearls come in a rich variety of colors, including orange-red, orange-yellow, yellow, yellowish-brown, and near-white. Among these, the strong orange hue similar to a ripe papaya is the most precious. Their surface has a special flame pattern structure, and each one is a unique work of art.
There are only about 200 melo pearls existing globally, and they are almost all treasured by the royal family of Southern Vietnam, with very few circulating outside.
The transaction price varies based on completeness, color, appearance, and size. Good quality ones will not be less than 20,000 USD per carat.
…”
The online introduction to melo pearls was very detailed, interspersed with pictures.
They looked like the legendary dragon pearls, which explained why they also had the nicknames “Dragon Pearl” or “Flame Pearl.”
melo pearls combine rarity, artistry, uniqueness, royal collection, and the inability to be artificially cultivated, which explains their high value.
The price of the coconut snail itself is negligible compared to the melo pearl, not even reaching one-thousandth of its value.
While searching for melo pearls, many videos about coconut snails also popped up.
Small ones weigh a few catties, large ones over ten catties, and they generally sell for about thirty to forty per catty, never over one hundred.
Even calculated at 100 per catty, the price of a super large coconut snail would not exceed 2000 yuan.
2000 yuan for 1 million yuan, that's a 500-fold profit.
Binjiang Vegetable Market is a market near where Lin Yang lives and also the largest vegetable market in all of Xing City, offering everything from food, vegetables, meat, seafood, and daily necessities.
Not only do nearby residents and tenants frequent it, but even wealthy bosses and second-generation rich living in Binjiang Bay mansions occasionally visit.
It's always bustling with people every day.
It's not uncommon for high-priced seafood like coconut snails to be bought.
If it were bought by someone else, wouldn't he miss out on a million?
Lin Yang didn't have time to think much. He quickly scanned the last three pieces of information, and seeing no value, he skipped them directly.
He hastily put on his shoes, rented a shared electric bike outside the complex, and headed straight for Binjiang Vegetable Market.
On the way, his heart was still pounding “thump, thump, thump.”
A melo pearl worth over 1 million yuan! 1 million yuan is equivalent to the income many people earn from working hard for ten to twenty years.
And now, he could own it by spending less than 2000 yuan to buy a sea snail. Such a temptation, no one would want to miss it.
While twisting the throttle to reach maximum speed, he kept praying in his heart that no one had taken a liking to the coconut snail.
He hoped it wouldn't be bought by someone else; if such an opportunity was missed, he might never encounter it again in his life.
Ten minutes later, Lin Yang arrived at the entrance of Binjiang Vegetable Market on his electric bike.
He casually parked the bike at the entrance, not even bothering to lock it.
Arriving at the shop one second earlier meant one less chance of the coconut snail being bought by someone else.
He clearly understood which was more important: his shared electric bike being taken or the coconut snail being sold.
Binjiang Vegetable Market is a popular market, with many food stalls.
Lin Yang had been there many times and had a general understanding of the market.
After entering, he went straight to the seafood section.
“Xiaoqiang Vegetable Delivery, Xiaoqiang Vegetable Delivery is over there!”
He searched from stall to stall.
However, it was past eight in the morning, the peak time for the market, and it was packed with people, making it difficult to move, so his speed was naturally slow.
Suddenly, he noticed a blue sign at the end of the market, with the words “Xiaoqiang Vegetable Delivery” written on it.
Lin Yang ignored the scolding of others, pushed through the crowded people with all his might, and squeezed through.
By the time he arrived, the entrance of Xiaoqiang Vegetable Delivery was bustling with people, and the sounds of buying and selling were continuous.
“Boss, 50 yuan worth of prawns!”
“Three catties of clams!”
“Two meat crabs!”
…
“Boss, this coconut snail weighs 18 catties, at 88 per catty, that's 1584 in total. Just give me 1580 after rounding down.”
Suddenly, a voice from the crowd made his heart sink.
He stood on his tiptoes and looked in the direction of the voice. There was a sea snail, about half the size of a washbasin, on the electronic scale.
An old man in a Zhongshan suit stood in front of the cashier, about to pay.
He had rushed over as soon as he received the information, but he was still a step too late. The coconut snail containing the melo pearl had already been bought by someone else.
The person was about to pay, and there was no way to get his hands on this coconut snail now.
If he rushed forward to snatch it, it would definitely attract the attention of others, and then he could forget about getting the coconut snail and the melo pearl inside it.
Lin Yang's mind raced, thinking of ways to get his hands on this coconut snail, but all the methods he could think of were unfeasible.
Was he just going to watch a million yuan slip away before his eyes and into someone else's pocket?
Unwilling, extremely unwilling.
He was just a little too late. If he had arrived one minute earlier, that coconut snail with a melo pearl worth over a million would have been his.