Baiyi actually doesn't have much of an impression of this dwarf.
Or rather, his impression of Dongwu City is just that of a destroyed city, something akin to a background story.
All the players around would start with entering a war mission to help Dongwu City drive away the monsters from the Mutated Zone, but in the end, nothing much was left of Dongwu City.
At that time, even the Golden-level Old City Lord disappeared, and this greedy yet weak fellow might have already died.
However, with such sharp insight, he... might not have even held on until the monster siege when players arrived?
"Tell me about your discoveries." Baiyi's tone inexplicably gave off a mysterious feeling.
Sabo swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his ugly appearance seemed somewhat uneasy: "My friend, what have you discovered?"
"Don't ask too much, just say what you know." Baiyi said calmly, and you could hear his seriousness.
Sabo thought for a moment and nodded solemnly: "Alright, I haven't discovered much, it's just that after I became Quartermaster, I always felt some constraints, giving me a very uncomfortable feeling."
"And I found that the feeling was not only in the City Lord's Mansion, but also in Dongwu City, it was as if I was being watched at all times."
"So I investigated a bit, haven't you noticed, my friend, Dongwu City is remarkably stable, even in the Outer City District where there are surprisingly no major underground gangs, you know, those rats in the gutter are impossible to eliminate, but I saw a legendary prosperous age in this city."
Sabo was full of amazement: "This is the era without gods, even the city of faith of the God of Light couldn't be this stable, let alone we're at the border."
"And ever since the Will Clan chased the Scarlet Sect into the city, this peace was abruptly broken, some gangs quickly rose up, competing for territory with the smaller gangs."
"I was curious and investigated a bit, my friend, you'd never guess, the rise of those small gangs could all be traced, some original idlers quickly banded together, as if they were preparing all the time.
This is really unbelievable, even deliberately observing, I couldn't find any anomalies, their identities are all real, and their rise isn't flawed."
The only anomaly is that these small gangs inadvertently discovered two members of the Scarlet Sect in the past few days, for example, most of the casualties from the killings outside just now were those small gang members."
Sabo's eyes showed more obvious amazement, his emotions were slightly agitated, to the point his ugly features twisted a bit: "And...."
Thump thump thump...
Baiyi lightly tapped the instrument beside him, interrupting Sabo's words, diverting the topic abruptly, and raised three fingers: "This batch of Energy Guns, I want three hundred thousand."
The sudden increase of a hundred thousand Gold Coins in the offer left Sabo stunned.
He felt this scene seemed somewhat familiar, thinking carefully, a hint of horror flashed in his eyes.
It's the feeling of grasping life and death, just like him manipulating some officials.
"Deal." Sabo agreed without hesitation, always being very mindful of his own safety.
Baiyi smiled, dealing with someone with keen thinking was indeed easy, no threats or unnecessary words were needed.
Moreover, he already knew the reason Sabo eventually vanished without any news was due to this terrifying money-making talent of his, foolishly trying to investigate the Black Night Rose made no difference to delivering himself to death.
Given his nature, it's unsurprising that when the Black Night Rose came knocking, he would attempt to tamper with the invitation, making death inevitable.
Baiyi lowered his voice and said, "Have your subordinates investigate that power, all of them must fail, and disguise it well, maybe you'll be fine."
"You know something...."
Sabo instinctively wanted to ask but then closed his mouth immediately, if that power really was some organization, perhaps he was already in the crosshairs of that terrifying organization.
Such a secretive organization, if not for his sixth sense, could not possibly have been detected as any anomaly.
Such an organizational level...
"I understand." Sabo answered with his head low, his gaze full of contemplation, seemingly now entering a definite death trap, the danger level unimaginable.
And now....
He looked up, seeing Baiyi also contemplating, suddenly revealed a smile: "My dear friend, do you have any interest in obtaining the item the Will Clan is pursuing?"
"No." Baiyi shook his head, speaking decisively.
Sabo's face still full of smiles, he took out a Dawn Badge from his chest and placed it on the instrument beside Baiyi: "How about now?"
Baiyi picked up the badge and took a look, his pupils slightly shrinking, the series of zeros on it was the most wealth Baiyi had ever seen.
A full five hundred thousand!
This price was enough for Baiyi to buy all the Silver-level Alchemy Knowledge, although publicly available, it was enough so he wouldn't have to worry over knowledge before reaching Gold.
But his expression remained unchanged, his tone softened slightly: "Is this all the Energy Guns in this batch?"
"You're really smart, my friend." Sabo said flatteringly.
Baiyi's mouth twitched, a thousand Gold Coins for a Bronze-level Energy Gun, this guy was really greedy, wasn't it sold as a Silver Weapon?
No wonder he offered seventeen thousand and readily agreed on twenty thousand, turns out he still had thirty thousand in hand....
"I have no interest in taking the Legislator Clan's items, but for the Scarlet Sect, I do have a bit of a grudge, however...." Baiyi put away the badge.
The Extraordinary Realm is inherently survival of the fittest, and anything exchanged with Contribution Points was done with such badges, functioning like a bank card, imbued with Legendary aura that no one could imitate or alter.
And the Legendary are the Protectors of the Federation, and don't require Contribution Points.
"My friend, but what?" Sabo asked in confusion.
"But, any earnings from the Scarlet Sect incident, I will need eighty percent, after all, the risk for me is high." Baiyi said without hesitation.
If he didn't heavily exploit the situation when Sabo was in desperate need, it would be a missed heavenly opportunity.
"No problem, my friend, then I will go prepare." Sabo breathed a slight sigh of relief.
He first went to a corner, a very filthy power surged around him, instantly collecting the five hundred Barrett Energy Guns piled in the corner, then quickly heading out.
In Sabo's view, his curiosity already brought fatal danger, now besides keeping his life, nothing else mattered.
And that Baiyi could know a bit about that terrifying organization was worthy of any cost to win him over.
As for money, after surviving, there would naturally be plenty of opportunities to earn again.
"By the way, my friend, there's a banquet at the City Lord's Mansion tonight, our Old City Lord might invite you, also, your breakthrough to Silver will be known across Dongwu City by night." Sabo stopped at the door, a sly smile returning to his face.
Baiyi thought for a moment and nodded: "I understand."
Sabo's smile widened, as he quickly walked out, disappearing from Baiyi's sight.