Facing Shen Shi’s gaze, the Collector merely smiled slightly and said, "Thank you for the Clan Leader’s concern, but I do have some confidence—I found a perfect partner, a downtrodden, incompetent Gus person. All it takes is seizing a small leverage over him, while offering him the benefits he’s been dreaming of, and many things become simple."
Just hearing the Collector say this, Shen Shi understood.
Intelligent beings indeed have some commonalities.
Pursuing interests and avoiding risks are among them.
However, even though the Collector made it sound simple, actually carrying it out is far from simple. Without comprehensive understanding of various situations, any overlooked factor could lead to the entire plan’s failure, and even severe consequences.
Hence, the Collector’s confidence indeed speaks to his capabilities.
Shen Shi felt relieved.
"So, does this mean a stable trade channel has been established?" he asked, feeling quite delighted inside.
"It’s only relatively stable at the moment, but short-term unrestricted trade is still not possible," the Collector said. "I still need more time to build more connections and simultaneously elevate my status. There are risks that are not really considered risks at a certain level."
Shen Shi could understand.
Despite the Collector’s simple words, one could imagine that every step he took was actually quite arduous.
But in any case, the first step had been taken, and things could only get easier from there.
Shen Shi glanced at the other people and asked, "Have you all received what you needed?"
"Not yet, Clan Leader," Veness was the first to speak. "We only just arrived."
Since joining the Shen Clan, this person has always been eager to make an impression, seemingly hoping Shen Shi would remember him.
However, to the others, his acts of displaying himself this positively didn’t seem to attract much attention.
Perhaps there were reasons unknown to him; he could ask Gong Chu or the Collector about it when there was time.
Shen Shi didn’t see much need to deepen connections with anyone outside Gong Chu and the Collector, after all, he had no real intention of advancing in the Future World, just to obtain more advanced devices from it for modern development.
Yet, it wasn’t suitable to express such a mindset too clearly.
So he continued to show a caring demeanor.
"Then what are we waiting for?" Shen Shi looked at the Collector. "Let us see how powerful the equipment from Gus Land truly is."
"Indeed, it’s somewhat beyond imagination." The Collector laughed, "The entire Cosmos seems to hold endless mysteries. Every time we feel we’ve understood it sufficiently, we find there are always others far ahead of us. Some of the equipment I traded this time, given our understanding of the Cosmos, is difficult to explain reasonably."
It sounded somewhat exaggerated, but Shen Shi could completely understand.
After all, when he first arrived at the black market and got exposed to some Future World technology, he indeed felt these things surpassed his comprehension.
And Future World’s humans, when faced with a B-level Civilization, probably wouldn’t fare much better.
It can only be said that what is truly magical and powerful is this seemingly eternally mysterious Cosmos.
The next moment, projections of each piece of equipment appeared before everyone.
Shen Shi’s gaze was instantly drawn.
He looked at this "device" before him, feeling somewhat bewildered.
Because in front of him was not a Cosmic Battleship he imagined, but a smooth elliptical object with a blue glow on the surface, seemingly with rippling patterns, yet this pointed-top, rounded-bottom shape...
No matter how he looked at it, this resembled an "egg."
"Allow me to introduce," the Collector, seemingly sensing Shen Shi’s astonishment, stood and elegantly bowed, "This is a bio-type warship I meticulously selected for you, officially named the Edgeworth-Sylvester Race Bio-Modified Warship."
Shen Shi listened to the continuous, complex sounds without specific meaning, and guessed this might just be a name.
At least he could understand the last few words.
Bio-Modified Warship?
Bio-modification falls under one of the macroscopic technical fields with immense potential. Whether it’s the Worren, Future World’s humans, or even the Daike people, they’ve delved deeply into this area.
Even the old warships Gong Chu brought to Shen Shi were bio-type warships.
However, Shen Shi had a premonition.
The "bio-type warship" the Collector mentioned might differ significantly from what he previously considered as bio-type warships.
And his premonition proved true.
"This type of warship is actually an intelligent being with considerable Primordial Energy potential," he said.
At this, not only Shen Shi but even the onlookers were startled.
"You’re saying this warship is actually an intelligent being?"
"Artificial intelligent life lacks Primordial Energy potential."
"What level is this warship?"