Jiang Kai didn't know why he was willing to team up with a fortune teller. Maybe it was because Hu Yan had indeed shown some divination abilities, or perhaps after ten days of solo hunting, Jiang Kai often felt lonely. It could also be because he himself was in a non-combat profession.

What would the ultimate non-combat profession be like?

"Can't go hunting?" Jiang Kai was full of doubts. He mostly didn't believe it, but since he had decided to give Hu Yan a chance, he had to trust his prediction.

"Forget it, I'll go home first to arrange my brother's treatment. Next time I log in, I can transfer money to my brother after earning it."

In the Calling, Star Coin is the default currency, but the exchange rate between Star Coin and Alliance Coin is fixed, and Alliance Coin can also be used for settlements.

As for individuals, not to mention other forces, the military offers Alliance Coin exchange services.

Thinking of this, Jiang Kai dismissed his plan to continue hunting and left the Safe Zone, returning to the main city of the Eighteenth District.

After returning to the main city, Jiang Kai went to the Trading District and found a shop that offered corpse card dissection services, where he had all 19 Elite Black Ape corpses dissected.

The Elite Black Ape corpses were all burned, so the hides couldn't be sold. However, Jiang Kai still hoped to extract Nuclear Soil or even Essence Crystals.

Jiang Kai watched as the staff dissected the corpses. They only cut open the chest cavity and used specialized tools to detect and collect items.

"Sir, besides the beast bones, we've collected a total of 24 grams of Nuclear Soil and 6 grams of Essence Crystals... We can buy the beast bones and meat at 90 Star Coins per piece, but we don't buy Nuclear Soil. You can only take 10 grams offline each time, and all major guilds have large reserves of Nuclear Soil. As for the Essence Crystals, if you're willing to sell, we can purchase them at 490 Star Coins per gram."

The market price for Essence Crystals is about 500 Star Coins per gram, so they make a 10 Star Coin profit per gram, which isn't excessive.

After all, the Eighteenth District has protective measures for newcomers, and the shops here are generally legitimate and must comply with newcomer protection regulations.

"Only six grams from nineteen elites..." Jiang Kai shook his head slightly. It was said that the drop rate for Essence Crystals from elites was low, and now it seemed true.

"Alright, I'll give you all the beast bones and meat, but I won't sell the rest. Please help me compress 10 grams of Nuclear Soil; I need to withdraw it."

"Okay." The staff member didn't say much, just turned to instruct a colleague, and packed the Nuclear Soil and Essence Crystals separately.

The Nuclear Soil was divided into two parts, one exactly 10 grams, compressed into a square shape, resembling a gray-brown sugar cube.

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The remaining Nuclear Soil and Essence Crystals were placed in two small glass bottles. Jiang Kai specifically looked at the Essence Crystals, which were small, irregular crystalline structures, bright red in color.

Besides the small sugar cube of Nuclear Soil, the other two glass bottles could be converted into cards, which Jiang Kai placed in his card pouch.

After deducting the dissection fee of 20 Star Coins per corpse, Jiang Kai received 1,330 Star Coins.

"Finally, all the spoils are dealt with." Jiang Kai breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a weight lifted off his shoulders.

After leaving the Trading District, Jiang Kai headed straight for the Teleportation Area.

The vast Teleportation Area plaza had only a few people passing through, most just passing by, with very few actually teleporting offline.

The scene here was completely different from the bustling Login Gate.

Ahead, about seven or eight people were queuing to log off, and Jiang Kai waited patiently.

Since logging off and then logging back on required a queue time of ten to twenty days, players generally wouldn't log off unless it was urgent.

Soon it was Jiang Kai's turn. He stepped into the Teleportation Array, a white light flashed, followed by a slight dizziness. When Jiang Kai opened his eyes again, he was in the No. 18 Login Gate hall of River City.

Jiang Kai looked at the long queue in front of him; these people were probably players waiting to log in, at least four or five hundred of them.

A soldier helped Jiang Kai down, while another soldier called out to the next player waiting to log in, "Don't rush, someone just logged off, you can log in in 30 seconds."

Jiang Kai was gradually getting used to logging in and off. He nodded to the soldier beside him and was about to head to his locker to change clothes when the soldier suddenly stopped him.

"You brought Nuclear Soil offline, right? You can sell it directly to us now. Nuclear Soil is urgently needed by the state and cannot be traded privately."

Jiang Kai remembered and said, "I did bring it. The price is..."

"10 grams for 50,000 Alliance Coins," the soldier said. "That's the fixed price, no fluctuations. By the way, what's your profession?"

Jiang Kai was momentarily stunned but quickly responded, "I'm not a smuggler."

"Oh, alright, get dressed, and I'll take you to sell the Nuclear Soil."

Jiang Kai asked, "I also want to exchange some Star Coins for Alliance Coins."

"No problem, that's also at the exchange."

Once Jiang Kai was dressed, he followed the soldier out of the login hall to the military exchange.

He handed over the 10 grams of Nuclear Soil, and the other party transferred 50,000 Alliance Coins to his account.

Additionally, Jiang Kai exchanged 180,000 Star Coins, equivalent to 1.8 million Alliance Coins.

Before leaving the military area, Jiang Kai kept looking for someone, but strangely, when he didn't want to see her, he would always run into her, yet now that he was looking for her, she was nowhere to be found.

"Forget it, going home is more important." Jiang Kai didn't want to bother with that woman anymore and immediately took out his phone to call his brother.

"Big brother, it's Jiang Kai!"

A familiar voice came through the phone.

"You finally logged off? Why did you leave without waiting for me and Ying last time? You didn't even have time to see us!" Jiang Lan sounded both excited and angry.

Jiang Kai knew he was in the wrong and chuckled awkwardly, "Hehe, brother, that's not the point. By the way, after you finish work at the recycling station today, don't go to your part-time job, and tell Ying to wait for me at home after school. I have something important to tell you both!"

"Mysterious as always... But we should indeed celebrate. I didn't expect you to pass the Newcomer Trial. I'll take a break today too." Jiang Lan said, "Come home early, cough cough... come home early."

"Brother, are you okay?"

"What do you mean?"

"You were coughing a lot just now."

"Oh, that, I might have caught a cold last night. Don't make a fuss. Anyway, just come home quickly, cough cough, Ying said she misses you..."

Jiang Kai knew that even if Ying missed him, she would never say it. The one who missed him was probably his brother.

His brother's condition was getting worse, and in his heart, he might always be worried that he might never see him again.

"Okay, I'm coming home now!" Jiang Kai hung up the phone and jogged to the shared bicycle station to rent a bike.

...

In the military district management office, Su Lanlan stood beside Wei Ying, anxiously watching the phone on Wei Ying's desk.

Ring ring ring, the phone rang in sync with her anticipation.

Wei Ying glanced at Su Lanlan with a half-smile before answering the call, "Hello, how much did that kid exchange? ... How much!" Wei Ying's expression changed instantly.

"Exchanged 1.8 million Alliance Coins plus sold Nuclear Soil for 50,000, totaling 1.85 million?!"

Su Lanlan heard it clearly and stood there in a daze.

After a long time, she murmured, "What a joke, 1.8 million in ten days?! Did he bring a money printing machine?!"

"It's over!"

Wei Ying hung up the phone and sat there in deep thought for a long time.

"Clearly surrounded on all sides, yet he can earn 1.85 million in ten days! No, no, there must be a secret with this Jiang Kai!"

Suddenly, Wei Ying stood up abruptly, startling Su Lanlan, who was lost in thought.

"Lanlan, a bet is a bet. Let's go to Jiang Kai's house and apologize!" Wei Ying said in a tone that brooked no argument.

"Ah..." Su Lanlan groaned, holding her forehead, utterly unwilling.

[Author's Note]: Third update complete.