From The Start, I Traded A Galactic Warship - Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Search for High-Value Items

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Shen Shi still had an ability to take action that was not weak.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to get into such an internationally prestigious school from a small county.

Moreover, when he was in school, he had relied entirely on himself to build up his small business bit by bit. He had opened a script-killing game studio store which was not considered small.

In the past few years, script killings had been on the rise, and there were especially many script-killing studio stores around the university town. And the one owned by Shen Shi, relying on delicately managed interpersonal relationships in schools, exquisite renovations, and the hefty publicity costs he had invested in, had a good reputation in the vicinity, and his business had always been good.

Originally, Shen Shi had planned to run this store well as a lifelong business after graduation.

But now, this plan had clearly been disrupted.

At this moment, he had put away the projection ball and forced himself to remain calm. Then, he sat at the desk and picked up a blank piece of A4 paper.

[Known 1:]

Shen Shi raised his pen and wrote.

“I’ve named it the Diamond of Time. For short, it is called Time Diamond. It has the power to connect the present with the future 3,003 years later.”

[Known 2: It seems that in order to conserve resources, items from the present world will be passed to the future. They will experience the passage of 3,000 years in an unknown space. The evidence is that the jade pendant traded previously has been assessed as an antique.]

Shen Shi had already made a deal with a person in the future who called himself an antique collector through the black market trading terminal.

He had used the Guanyin Jade Pendant he had bought for more than a thousand yuan to exchange for that projection that recorded this part of history. As for the reason for trading this… he could only afford this.

[Known 3: Jade is not valuable in the future.]

Shen Shi wrote down the three known situations.

This was a habit he had developed when he was thinking.

As he slowly wrote, inspiration would often burst forth.

At this moment, looking at the three known items listed, he hesitated for a moment and continued to write:

[Speculation 1: All the materials and substances in the present world are not of much value in the future.]

This was a speculation based on the reaction of the collector when he saw the jade pendant and normal logical deduction. If it had not been for the carving of Guanyin on it, even if the other party could be certain that this jade pendant had come from 3,000 years ago, he would not have traded for it at all.

In the universe, there was no lack of various materials, even those from 3,000 years ago.

[Speculation 2:] Shen Shi continued to write. [Antiques will have a certain value in the future.]

This was also easy to speculate. If it was worthless, how could there be a collection of antiques?

At this point, Shen Shi stopped.

In the black market of the future, the antique collector’s store was not the only one. The problem was that in Shen Shi’s current situation, antiques were undoubtedly the easiest for him to realize. This was the advantage brought about by the Time Diamond. He had to make good use of it.

Therefore, the problem now was obvious.

If the jade pendant had no value, then he had to find a valuable “antique”.

He thought for a while.

Shen Shi continued to write: [The value of modern antiques comes from three aspects: rare attributes, historical value, and artistic value.]

The rarer something was, the more precious it was. Needless to say, it should be the same in the future. Therefore, the rarity of the materials themselves required no further thought. What was available now would definitely be available in the future. Even precious metals like gold would probably not be worth much in the future.

Therefore, Shen Shi drew a bold circle around the words “historical” and “artistic”.

After some thought, he drew another circle around “historical”.

The collector he had seen… his appearance was really difficult to describe. Therefore, it would be really hard to project what people of today consider as “aesthetically artistic” to the future.

Then, there was only “historical” left.

Shen Shi stared intently at the word, his eyes grew brighter.

Every antique was a witness to the politics, economy, and culture of a specific period in history. They were a carrier of comprehensive historical information. At the same time, they were items that could not be regenerated or re-created. They reflected the sense of vicissitudes and the rare characteristics of the weight of history. This aspect might be the greatest value of antiques in the future!

“As long as human civilization is able to perpetuate, exploring the history of one’s own civilization should become a pursuit of those of the future,” Shen Shi muttered to himself. In the end, he suddenly stood up, ran to his room, and took out a pile of papers.

These were all backup copies of some of the scripts in his store.

After some thought, he took out a flash drive and copied something from his computer.

If his deduction was not wrong, these things might be more valuable than his jade pendant!

Now, it was time to try to make a deal.

A dazzling galaxy appeared on the back of Shen Shi’s hand again. In the next moment, a cold feeling surged into his mind.

Words appeared in front of him.

[Do you want to log into the trading market?]

“Yes!” Shen Shi had already experienced it once, so he was very familiar with it.

[Please select the item to bring along.]

With the appearance of the next selection, everything in the room was covered by light blue marks.

He chose the stack of scripts and the flash drive.

“Esteemed Member, you’re welcome to log in.”

With this last line, Shen Shi’s mind seemed to have been divided into two parts. One was still sitting on the chair, while the other had arrived at another place.

It was an ancient and quaint street.

Yes, it was ancient and quaint.

As far as the eye could see, the sun was bright, the sky was blue, and the vista was broad. On both sides were buildings of various styles. Some had the traditional style of the beauty of the Orient. Whether it was the wooden eaves, the carved windows, or the golden glazed roofs, they were all displaying oriental characteristics.

Although it was inappropriate for a small courtyard to be mixed with imperial glaze, the buildings that showed Western characteristics were even more exaggerated.

It was clearly in the style of an ancient Greek temple, but the color and materials used were similar to the catacombs of ancient Egypt?

A doorpost similar to the statue of David had a signboard completely in a Cantonese style?

Gothic Revival Architecture’s main body was adorned with a great dome of classical architecture?

This was a mixture of different materials from different periods, and different regions!

However, compared to the strange feeling he had when he first came here, this time, Shen Shi could see some information from the various buildings that made him excited.

It was the pursuit of history and culture! And the loss of history and culture!

Yes, these buildings indeed looked nondescript and were full of the fantasies of people of the future about ancient buildings. However, in this virtual trading market, there were buildings of this style everywhere. It was obvious that they were some kind of trends, and weren’t these trends reflecting the pursuit of history by people of the future?

Shen Shi became more confident in the deal he was about to make.