Cave Refuge

Zachary followed the other into the cabin. When he had been on deck earlier, Zachary had already scanned the cabin with his Divine Sense and confirmed that the weapons he purchased were indeed inside. If the other party had not brought them, Zachary would not have boarded the deck directly.

After the other party opened the case and looked at the filler material from the sea's surface inside, Zachary knew it must be the original packaging from the factory. After all, at that time, it would be quite difficult to recreate the sea's surface, not to mention the problem with the raw materials but the fact that it would be challenging to place a raw material processing plant at the Water Base.

Zachary scanned again with Spiritual Sense Scanning, confirmed that the other cases did not contain any dummy units, casually closed the case the store manager had opened, and said quite nonchalantly, "Okay, no need to check the rest. We'll be working together in the future, and I trust you wouldn't falsify anything."

The other party was very surprised by Zachary's actions, given the sizable amount involved in the transaction. Any mistake at this point could be a significant issue.

Moreover, due to Zachary's generous behavior, the other side actually got a bad idea.

The weapon store manager considered that the fruits prepared by Zachary might have some problems, which is why Zachary was pretending to be generous in not checking the goods. He speculated that Zachary might be expecting, come trading time, that they would feel embarrassed to inspect the goods as well.

Not only that, but Zachary boarding alone also made the store manager suspect that Zachary might be contemplating a double-cross.

After all, from the start of the trade, Zachary's series of irrational behaviors further confirmed his inner speculation.

However, because Zachary, though behaving strangely, had not taken any action to actively disrupt the trade, the store manager could only remain vigilant and not initiate a confrontation.

Zachary was unaware of the other party's chaotic thoughts at the moment. After confirming that everything he needed was in the cabin, he retrieved the agreed-upon weight of fruits from his Storage Space on the spot.

"Due to the large volume of the transaction, relying solely on grapes would not suffice in weight, so I've supplemented with several other fruits," Zachary said.

"Although some fruits have shells, I have provided an extra ten percent in weight, and you can rest assured about the quality; I support checking the goods."

Seeing the crates of fruits suddenly appear on the floor, the weapon store manager was also taken aback. Since Zachary had boarded alone, he had suspected Zackary might cause some trouble during the trade.

But professional ethics, along with the fact that the location was his home turf, led him to continue the transaction with Zachary, wanting to see what kind of tactics Zachary would employ.

However, he hadn't expected that Zachary would engage in no subterfuge whatsoever and would instead proceed honestly according to the terms of the trade.

Although he swapped the types of fruits, the contract they had signed specified only the quality of the fruit, not the specific varieties.

Therefore, Zachary could pay according to the agreed weight, but he still offered a ten percent surplus, which was a sincere gesture.

The transaction had reached a point where all that remained was to verify whether the fruits Zachary brought had the same quality as the grapes he had presented in the store earlier.

Of course, the current method of inspection was not the same as tasting them directly in the store. Under the store manager's instructions, the accompanying staff pulled out the prepared detectors and started to carefully examine each fruit.

Martial Artists quickly improve their Cultivation Levels by consuming Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures because these treasures naturally contain energy that the human body can easily absorb.

In ancient times, people could only estimate the amount of energy contained in Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures based on their natural environment and appearance, to gauge their longevity.

In modern society, especially after the emergence of Martial Artists, scientists overcame many challenges and eventually developed detectors that could measure the energy contained in Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

During his last visit to the store, the sample grapes that Zachary had brought were tested with a detector to determine the energy value contained in each grape.

The fruits Zachary paid with subsequently in the trade were also evaluated against this energy value standard.

When Zachary entered the store to pay the deposit that morning, he was not asked to stay for immediate inspection because they had not given anything on their side yet.

If the fruits Zachary presented did not meet the initial agreement, there would have been no loss on their side, so they refrained from having Zachary there for the testing.

But now, when it was time to deliver the goods, and similar to his earlier assumption, if Zachary should offer some sub-par fruits to make up the numbers,

and he, like Zachary, grandly declined to check the goods, then any issues arising later would fall entirely on him.

Furthermore, to take an even more pessimistic view, if Zachary's fruits were up to standard, but because they were not inspected during the trade, and they were swapped with ordinary fruits on the way back to submit them,