Chapter 1 Spacetime Trading Platform
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Translator: JayM
Chapter: 1
Chapter Title: Spacetime Trading Platform
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"Where the hell did I end up?"
"Is this still within the country?"
Inside the pure white small room, Su Yi looked at the boundless starry sky outside the window, completely dumbfounded.
"The Spacetime Trading Platform... Could it actually be real?"
He was a purchasing agent for a food processing factory, having worked there for three years since graduation.
He was quite satisfied with his job. A monthly salary of five thousand wasn’t considered high, but being in the purchasing department, he always had some other income, so he lived quite comfortably.
Coupled with the fact that the original purchasing department supervisor was old, about to retire, and didn't manage things personally anymore, he was basically the one in charge of the department, which was simply too pleasant for him.
But just last month, his boss's brother-in-law, who had just returned from studying abroad, was suddenly parachuted in as the purchasing department supervisor, becoming Su Yi's direct superior.
Originally, it was nothing more than replacing a hands-off superior with a hands-on one. His rightful share of the perks shouldn't be any less.
However, Su Yi never expected that this new superior seemed to have something seriously wrong with his brain.
As soon as he took office, he said something about how a surge in international grain futures would inevitably lead to a rise in domestic grain prices, and they had to take advantage of the fact that grain hadn't increased in price yet to hoard a batch for the factory.
After all kinds of dissuasion proved fruitless, Su Yi, with a bewildered expression, was urged by him to purchase one thousand tons of flour and five hundred tons of rice to use as raw materials for the food processing factory.
Then, of course, the grain didn't rise in price. After all, this was Jiuzhou*. What did the price increase of international grain futures have to do with this place?
The purchasing price even dropped by two cents this month, causing the factory to suffer a massive loss of several hundred thousand.
What Su Yi expected even less was that this guy refused to take accountability for the mess his brain cramp caused, and instead shifted the blame onto him.
Yesterday, the boss personally talked with Su Yi, giving him one week to dispose of this batch of grain at the original purchase price, otherwise he would have to pack his bags and leave.
The current employment situation was severe, and naturally, he didn't want to lose such a decent job. After bracing himself and asking around, no one was willing to take over the burden. So he opened some online trading platforms to try his luck and see if there were any fools there.
And there actually was one.
A person with the ID "Spacetime Trading Platform" actively contacted him, saying they could purchase the grain on his hands at a high price.
Having nothing else to do, he chatted with the other party for a few sentences.
As a result, the more they chatted, the more outrageous things became. The other party claimed to be a cross-world trading platform that could help him sell things to other worlds.
Su Yi wasn't stupid, so of course he didn't believe it.
And then? And then he ended up here.
Letting out a long held breath, Su Yi forced himself to calm down.
After looking around, he walked to the long table in the middle of the room and opened the small booklet placed on it.
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[Spacetime Trading Platform Registration Notice:]
[One: This platform is dedicated to connecting the multiverse, allowing people in different worlds to exchange what they have for what they lack.]
[Two: All trading behaviors on this platform must be built on the foundation of honesty. Goods traded between platform members are strictly prohibited from being counterfeit, inferior, or passed off as high-quality. Once such deceit is discovered, membership privileges will be revoked.]
[Three: This platform adopts a member points system. You can trade for free once a week with all members who have reached a long-term trade agreement. Every successful trade will earn a certain amount of trading points (depends on the traded items, and the final right of interpretation belongs to the platform).]
[Four: Using trading points, you can conduct multiple trades with the same member within a week (additional trades can also earn trading points). At the same time, trading points can also be used to redeem special items in the platform's points mall.]
[......]
[Ninety-nine: Please read the above terms carefully to ensure that you completely understand the above content. If there are no objections, signing at the signature line below will allow you to become the platform's sole member in the Blue Star region. After becoming a member, you will receive a novice member gift pack. If you refuse to become a member of this platform, the platform will send you back to Blue Star and erase your memory of this event.]
[Party A: Spacetime Trading Platform]
[Party B: ——————]
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Su Yi carefully read this registration notice several times.
There were no word games in it. Rather, it basically just wrote out the rules of the Spacetime Trading Platform clearly, and these rules weren’t harsh.
He couldn't think of any reason to not sign this.
Moreover, this couldn't help but remind him of the contents of some novels that he had read before.
Things like exchanging a bottle of water for nuclear fusion, or a stone becoming an extremely rare treasure when placed in another world.
If things were really like that here, wouldn't he just take off on the spot right now?
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[Congratulations, you have become a registered member of the Spacetime Trading Platform. Your novice member gift pack has been issued and is in place, so please remember to check it.]
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The instant Su Yi signed his name in it, the small booklet in front of him directly transformed into a streak of flowing light and split into two.
One part flew up to the ceiling and disappeared to who knows where, while the other landed on Su Yi's wrist, turning into a bizarre symbol that actually looked quite nice.
The words that should have originally been on the booklet also appeared in his view, just like the system screens described in novels, which was extremely magical.
At the same time, the items in the novice gift pack were also listed in his eyes.
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[Storage Space, Primary Life Trading Permission Card ×1, Myriad Worlds Language Mastery Card ×1, Intermediate Matching Card ×1]
[Storage Space: You possess a 100 cubic meters private space, which can store any item. At the same time, you also possess a space of infinite capacity, which can be used to store items on the trading list posted by other members (excluding living creatures).]
[Primary Life Trading Permission Card: You can use this card to exchange creatures from other worlds with other members (the trading of plants, microorganisms, and the like do not require the use of this card).]
[Myriad Worlds Language Mastery Card: After using it, you can proficiently master the trillions of different languages from billions of worlds recorded within this platform.]
[Intermediate Matching Card: After using it, it will randomly match you with a member whose advantages complement yours.]
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"Hiss, these are all good things!"
Seeing these few items, Su Yi couldn't stop his eyes from lighting up.
The storage space needed no further explanation. Although only 100 cubic meters were for his free use, it was already quite big.
As for the Life Trading Permission Card, he couldn't see much value in it at present, so he set it aside for the time being.
But the Myriad Worlds Language Mastery Card was incredible. With it, Su Yi would never have to suffer from language barrier problems ever again.
As for the Intermediate Matching Card, there was a rule in the platform regarding this.
Matching with other members required a matching card. Primary matching cards were completely random, and it was hard to predict what kind of trading partner one would be matched with. They might be completely worthless as a trading partner.
And the Intermediate Matching Card was just as its introduction stated.There was a high probability of him matching with a member with complementary advantages to his own, and then both parties could conduct trades, or even sign long-term trading contracts to obtain platform points.
As for the Advanced Matching Card, that was even more incredible. It could guarantee a one hundred percent match with an advanced world that was willing to support other worlds.
It was the kind where whatever leaked through their fingers would be enough for an ordinary world to directly take off.
Su Yi currently didn't have a primary matching card, which meant that the intermediate one was his only initial matching opportunity.
If he failed, he could only wait until next year.
—To take care of new members who had just joined the platform, lacking fixed trading partners and member points, during the first hundred years of becoming a member, the platform would give the member a primary matching card on a fixed date every year.
"Use the language card, and then directly use the matching card."
Since he was already here, there was no time like the present.
Su Yi wasn’t a hesitant person. After figuring out the operating model of the trading platform, he knew that even if he went back now, he couldn't prepare anything in advance.
So he simply started the matching directly.
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[Myriad Worlds Language Mastery Card -1, language module loading complete!]
[Intermediate Matching Card -1, currently searching across spacetime for a trading partner with complementary advantages to yours...]
[Match successful!]
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Accompanied by the sound of the prompt, the scene before Su Yi's eyes suddenly changed. He had left the room with the starry sky just now and appeared in a quaint, solemn, and majestic grand hall.
In front of him was a desk carved with complex patterns, and he was kneeling before it.
And opposite him was a woman who was similarly kneeling before another desk.
She had a full head of red hair, was wearing a gorgeous golden skirt armor, and was unreasonably beautiful.
"Are you my trading partner?"
The woman's crimson eyes stared at Su Yi, an inquiring look in the depths of her eyes.
Her accent was very strange. Su Yi was certain that what she was speaking wasn’t any known language on Blue Star, but it was unexpectedly very pleasing to the ear.
"That should be me."
Su Yi shrugged his shoulders, stood up, and cupped his hands while saying:
"My name is Su Yi, from the Blue Star world. May I know how to address Your Excellency?"
The woman looked at him a few times, then she also stood up and performed a salute similar to a knight's courtesy, before saying seriously:
"The Fourth Princess of the Blazing Sun Empire of the Dawn World, Commander of the Crimson Flame Knights, the Empire's Bramble Flower, Commander of the Unyielding Will, Lord of Dream River City, Ally of the Elven Race, Dragon Slayer, Goblin Suppressor, the Eternally Burning Sword, the Blood Rose, Master of the Unicorns... The youngest Grand Mage, the strongest Starlight Knight, Vivi Chiyang**, gives you her greetings."
Su Yi: ......
He glanced at the empty grand hall that only had two desks, really wanting to say that there were too many people and they wouldn't be able to fit here***.
But considering the preciousness of the Intermediate Matching Card, he forcefully suppressed the urge to make a sarcastic remark.
"Nice to meet you, Miss Vivi. Time’s precious, so can we now discuss the matter regarding the trade?"
"We can!"
"Then what do you need?"
"Food!"
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Su Yi carefully sized her up a few times.
Her clothes were gorgeous and exquisite, and her face was beautiful and rosy.
No matter how he looked at her, she didn't look like someone who lacked food and clothing, alright?
Seeming to have seen through his doubts, Vivi explained:
"The city-state I’m in is currently experiencing a war. In order to fight against the evil invaders, we’ve been battling the other side for three whole years. Although the city remains impregnable, the food stored in the city is already running low. Therefore, I need food. Massive amounts of food."
‘Understood!’
Su Yi smiled faintly and said:
"Within three days, I can provide you with a batch of no less than five hundred tons of food."
"If you give me more time, I can also give you more."
"Then, beautiful Miss Vivi, what can you give me in return?"
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*Jiuzhou literally means "Nine Provinces," an ancient poetic and historical name for China.
**”Chiyang” means “
Blazing Sun”. I’ll keep “Blazing Sun Empire” as is, but for Vivi’s surname, I’ll use “Chiyang” instead.
***This one threw me for a loop. But basically, it’s a joke the MC wanted to say out loud because Vivi listed off so many long, epic titles for herself, he’s sarcastically pretending that she just introduced a dozen different people into the room.
T/N - Hey guys! JayM here with another banger of a novel. You might know me from my translation of the Barbarian novel, so you might be confused as to why I’m suddenly translating a Chinese web novel out of the blue. Well, I actually use mtl, I just edit and proofread really thoroughly to give you guys a better reading experience. You’ve seen the quality of my work in the Barbarian novel, so if you trust me, give this one a shot! You might just like it. ♥️