Chapter 262

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Chapter 262: A Reason
“No. 37, what does it mean to defer his position?”
Zhang Mu was secretly applauding in his heart, but remained calm on the surface, pretending to be oblivious, waiting for No. 37 to explain.
“You are in the first position, he is in the second position, and I have a total of five Era Sub-merchants. Since he made a mistake, we are just moving his status and privileges back a bit.”
No. 37 had to explain Zhang Mu’s question, saying lightly, “If you seriously violate the rules of the Era Caravan, I cannot protect you either. We must abide by the rules, but this time the offense is not too severe. I initially wanted to give him, as a first-time offender, a chance.”
No. 37 changed the subject, glanced, and continued, “But using him as a negative example to warn you, that does have some value.”
Now Zhang Mu was puzzled. He truly didn’t know what the rules of the Era Caravan were. He only knew that blocking the path from other Era Sub-merchants to the Era Store was a serious offense.
Because when the benefits were too great and resources were scarce, leading to inability to complete Era Merchant tasks, many Era Sub-merchants in later generations tried to monopolize and control the resources of the Era Store.
However, none of these people had a good ending. The specific outcome depended on the severity of their actions, their own value, and contributions to the Era Store.
Everything they had was granted by the Era Store, but their insatiable greed led to their downfall.
Yet, when Zhang Mu asked about the rules of the Era Caravan, No. 37 hesitated for a moment and slowly said, “I can only tell you, anyone who goes against the interests of the Era Caravan is breaking the rules. If it comes to the point of punishment, you have already caused harm to the Era Caravan’s interests.”
Although the previous second offense did not have serious consequences, the nature of his actions this time was severe. That’s why I revoked his second-ranking status according to the rules.”
No. 37 sighed heavily and said, “You may not yet understand the importance of ranking. You only see a slight discount in Epoch Trading, but that is just a tiny benefit on the surface of the iceberg of your first-ranking privileges.”
The importance of ranking is clearly demonstrated in the other experimental fields I have opened for a long time. My Era Sub-merchants under me are willing to fight fiercely to adjust their rankings.
These are new things that Zhang Mu didn’t know before. In the future, he is just a fifth-ranked small merchant. No. 37 just told him a lot of unknown knowledge. He asked Era Merchant cautiously, “Besides punishment, is there a possibility to adjust the ranking of Era Sub-merchants?”
No. 37 roamed around the stars casually, answering Zhang Mu’s questions, “Of course the ranking can be adjusted, but in general, the advantage of ranking can make the gap between Era Sub-merchants wider.
In the words of you Earthlings, it’s taking one step ahead each time.
So, adjusting the ranking of Era Sub-merchants is quite difficult, but if the person in front is not competent and the person behind has the ability, survival of the fittest also follows the rules of our Era Caravan.
Everything, will be exchanged with your performance.”
“When will the adjustment be made?” Zhang Mu asked unconsciously. The person sitting in the first position is actually the most anxious because there are no more goals to surpass in front of him. If the ranking of Era Sub-merchants can be adjusted, the people behind will surely be watching closely at all times.
“You will be informed when the time comes. For now, focus on opening tasks for junior Era Sub-merchants, and don’t think too much.”
No. 37 was very strict and didn’t give Zhang Mu any clues.
Zhang Mu hit a wall with No. 37, and remembering the second matter, he directly asked about something that No. 37 didn’t clarify earlier, “No. 37, you said that his behavior should be very bad, unfair to other Era Sub-merchants, and he was demoted to the fifth rank, right?”
“Yes, you can say whatever you want,” replied No. 37 unhappily to Zhang Mu, giving him a complicated look before turning away and continuing to wander around in blue.
Seeing the defeated look on No. 37’s face, Zhang Mu felt strangely pleased, but he didn’t dare laugh out loud here.
It seemed like No. 37 was thinking about his second business agent, no, now his fifth, who was lying unconscious on the ground. Suddenly, No. 37 appeared in front of him, swinging a deep purple robe, and a test tube filled with semi-solid liquid floated above the second’s head, slowly descending and automatically releasing the stopper, with the potion evenly sprinkled on the second’s head.
Zhang Mu had never seen this potion before, it was not for drinking! It was applied on the second’s forehead.
As the jelly-like potion touched the second’s skin, it seemed to come to life, seeping into his body and slowly repairing him.
The second was originally burned by his own fire energy, forming internal fire poison, which was now slowly fading away.
“Designation 003, using Era Universal Merchandise, second-rank enhanced version of curative potion, deducting five gold leaves, current balance two, 7 gold leaves.”
The cold mechanical voice rang flatly after completing the treatment.
Originally envious that the second could use a potion he had never seen before, there was now no trace of envy – that was five gold leaves, and now he didn’t have a discount for the second position. The second person, he was done for!
He doesn’t even have the initial capital for his first task despite owning a gold leaf now, but completing the Era Merchant task will not lower any standards because of sympathy towards him.
Watching Zhang Mu’s almost irresistible smile, No. 37 now has a displeased look towards Zhang Mu, an Era Merchant being shut down by his subordinate Era Sub-merchant, and he feels inexplicably tricked by Zhang Mu, although he doesn’t know where the problem lies.
If not for Zhang Mu’s special status, he would definitely punish this unruly person as well.
However, No. 37 is also very helpless, as the numbers on Zhang Mu’s Era Merchant Ring are the biggest reason.
No. 001 is enough to solve a big problem, and currently No. 37 is really in need of Zhang Mu’s help.
Even though Zhang Mu is unaware of this, achieving first-quarter performance is crucial for the currently dreary No. 37, and this can only be done through Zhang Mu now.
Just for this one reason.
He, Zhang Mu, is not only the top Era Sub-merchant in Luo Yang City, but also the top Era Sub-merchant in the entire testing ground.
He is No. 001.