Chapter 226: Chapter 138: Cleansing the Scourge, Unifying the Northern Territory, and Forming a Mysterious and Powerful Kidney-Stealer Team

"Holy shit!"

Across from Zero, Shen Fei clutched the [Nine-Phase Divine Bottle] and excitedly approached her again, wanting to plug it in. But when he saw the color instantly drain from her face and watched her take a step back, wary of him, Shen Fei realized he was acting a bit strange.

"It’s charging! It charged!" he exclaimed. "The [Nine-Phase Divine Bottle] only had two [Long-range Teleportation] charges left, but after I plugged it in and pulled it out just now, it went straight up to three! This [Scamming Waist Cutter] of yours can charge my [Nine-Phase Divine Bottle]!"

Overjoyed, Shen Fei directly showed the skill description and remaining charges for [Long-range Teleportation] to Zero.

Previously, after going to Japan and reassembling the [Nine-Phase Divine Bottle], he had used one charge to return to Qing City. After that, he teleported from Qing City to Mist City, consuming another charge. Then, he had come to the Northern Territory of Myanmar with Zero, consuming two more charges. Out of a maximum of six [Long-range Teleportation] charges, he only had two left.

Originally, Shen Fei had planned to use the last two charges to teleport himself and Zero back to Mist City. Then, he was going to notify his dad to drive the [Car] over to propose marriage and also pick him up. He’d never expected that the coincidental "plug-in" from before would actually recharge it.

This gave Shen Fei a start, but after the initial shock, all that remained was a pleasant surprise.

If I’ve really found a way to recharge [Long-range Teleportation], doesn’t that mean I can fly all over the world without worrying about any movement restrictions? This is so fucking awesome!

"Really?" Zero asked, looking at Shen Fei’s excited and joyful face with a hint of caution.

"Really! Quick, give it to me! Let me plug it in!"

Dubiously, Zero handed the [Scamming Waist Cutter] to Shen Fei.

SHINK... POP...

She watched as Shen Fei, a Divine Artifact in each hand, performed a quick insertion and removal.

"Hmm? It’s not working?"

A second later, Shen Fei’s excited expression fell.

It didn’t work? Was it only effective the first time? Or can the [Nine-Phase Divine Bottle] only absorb the first charge from other Divine Artifacts?

SHINK... POP...

When it didn’t work, Shen Fei raised his hands and tried several more times. The strange movements and sounds made Zero, who was standing beside him, blush again.

"Stop trying," she said. "This must be the reason... I was just about to tell you!"

Seeing Shen Fei’s hands move like lightning, rapidly plugging and unplugging the two Divine Artifacts for half a minute, Zero frowned and stopped him.

WHOOSH.

Snatching back the dagger, which felt like it was about to be broken by Shen Fei, Zero opened its Divine Artifact Attributes panel.

[Transaction Charging: A special trading space can be created to pull in other individuals to trade goods. Upon completion of a transaction, the Divine Artifact can be charged by 1 point. If the transaction involves scamming and the other party is waist-cut, the charge value will be increased by a factor of 10 to 1,000...]

After the [Scamming Waist Cutter] completed its Fusion, in addition to gaining its complete Divine Artifact functions, it also gained a skill called [Transaction Charging].

Shen Fei remembered that the [Nine-Phase Divine Bottle] could also be charged, but its method was to slowly absorb the Mysterious Particles from the land of Japan. The newly assembled Waist Cutter in Zero’s hands, however, charged through "transactions." Moreover, if a transaction involved scamming and a "waist-cut," the charge value could be multiplied many times over.

I never would have expected this...

"After the Divine Artifact became whole, its charge was full. But after you drained it a moment ago, it’s already at zero," Zero continued, ignoring Shen Fei’s frown.

Having calmed down, her rationality returned, and she quickly made sense of the situation. After seeing the complete Waist Cutter gain this new ability a moment ago, Zero had gotten an idea. Now that her composure was restored, she began to tell Shen Fei about it.

It had been more than ten days since the game abilities were inherited, and everyone had discovered that inherited abilities could not be traded. However, certain inherited items were fully tradable. With the inheritance of the second set of game abilities, the Super Boss and certain restrictions had been lifted. Coupled with the existence of relatively safe Neutral Cities, there were bound to be many players who disliked combat and preferred logistics who would want to sell their items.

Currently, on the new Forum, people had already started posting threads to sell items. But because there was no guarantee of security, and with scammers mixed in among genuine sellers, the volume of such trades wasn’t large. However, Zero had also seen someone on the Forum propose opening a dedicated trading section. A trading section hadn’t been opened yet because Zero also had no effective way to deal with scammers. Furthermore, now that Earth had grown larger, it was difficult to deliver goods even if a trade was agreed upon.

Therefore, aside from face-to-face transactions completed within a single city, no one was conducting cross-regional or even international trades.

Earlier, when she saw the [Transaction Charging] ability, Zero had actually considered establishing such a trading channel. With trade, people could exchange what they had for what they needed. Only then could humanity’s strength be complemented and further enhanced.

Although the description of the [Scamming Waist Cutter]’s skill seemed to primarily target scamming and waist-cutting—and if transactions were completed that way, the charge points obtained would increase by hundreds or even thousands of times—the trading capability it provided was still incredibly powerful even without those actions.