Moss stared at the hunchbacked man and asked, “What do you want for that crystal?”

“I want 50 points or the resources you’ve collected!” The hunchbacked man smiled sinisterly and extended his hand toward Moss as he spoke. “What do you have? I’ll appraise them for you.”

“Here, this is all I have.” Moss opened a package and handed it to the hunchbacked man as he spoke.

The hunchbacked man took the package and opened it, using his fingers to pull it back and forth a few times. When he saw a purple crystal, his eyes shone brightly.

He suppressed his excitement and said sternly, “The quality of your crystals is average. You can at most exchange them for only one of mine.” As he spoke, he took out another green fluorescent crystal, only half the size of the previous one. Moreover, it only had a faint red glow.

Moss only felt a faint red glow emanating from the crystal through his spiritual power, and it was only a little smaller than the previous one. He felt curious, wanting to look closer.

At that moment, a hoarse voice sounded from behind, “Stop right there!”

A man with an aggressive appearance, wearing only a vest, walked over. He raised his eyebrows and stared at the hunchbacked man. He fiercely said, “How dare you touch anything my boss, Stuart, wants?!”

He pointed at the six-foot-tall man behind him as he spoke. The six-footer was fat and bald but had a small braid on the back of his head. There were seven to eight people behind him.

At that moment, the tall, thin man was pointing and saying something. The hunchbacked man shivered and almost dropped the crystal in his hand when he saw the group of people.

He immediately returned the package to Moss and said tremblingly, “I-I don’t want to trade with you. Y-You can deal with them.”

The hunchbacked man became more anxious when Moss did not take the package. He shoved it into Moss’s arms and was about to leave when the burly man thundered, “Stop right there! Who said you can leave?!”

The hunchbacked man stopped on the spot as if someone had hit the pause button on reality. He dared not move. The burly man smugly smiled when he saw this.

Then he approached Moss, removed a black crystal the size of a fist, and handed it to Moss, saying, “Don’t deal with this liar. I’ll trade this with you.”

As he spoke, his other hand reached into Moss’s arms, waiting to take Moss’s package. His hand was about to touch the package when Moss leaned to one side and dodged.

“What if I’m not interested in trading with you?” Moss pointed at the hunchbacked man and said indifferently, “I only want to trade with him.”

Moss thought the burly man was even more untrustworthy because the black crystal did not have the slightest energy fluctuation.

“Tsk!” The burly man raised his eyebrows, and his eyes were wide open. He pointed at Moss and said, “How dare you refuse Stuart’s business?!”

Moss glanced at Stuart from the corner of his eye and said indifferently, “I don’t know him, so why should I deal with him?!”

“Then why do I have to trade with you?” The burly man smiled viciously.

“Then I won’t trade with anyone. I’m going to hand in my mission,” Moss was about to walk to the mission desk as he spoke.

“Tarly, let them trade,” a high-pitched voice sounded from Stuart’s side.

Moss was shocked and almost burst out laughing. ‘His voice doesn’t match his physique.’ He could not stop inwardly ridiculing Stuart.

Still, he held it in and walked straight toward the hunchbacked man to hand him the package.

The hunchbacked man took the package and expressionlessly handed the crystal emitting a faint red light to Moss. Then he slowly walked behind Moss.

Moss took the crystal and looked at it. Then he turned around and smiled at Tarly. However, he saw Tarly smiling back at him. Then Tarly shoved the black crystal into the hunchbacked man and snatched the package from him.

Then he raised the package above his head and teased Moss. Moss looked at Tarly and then at Stuart. He recalled what Red Spider said about the people here being unpredictable.

He thought of what Red Spider said and glanced at his watch to walk straight to the mission desk.

Tarly saw this and went to Stuart’s side, respectfully handing him the package. He said lowly, “Boss, that’s the kid I told you about. He’s just wearing a mask now.”

“Yes, I heard from Skinny Monkey that he has tremendous speed. I also saw how agile he was.” Stuart nodded in satisfaction and smiled.

“Boss, it was urgent just now, and I didn’t have time to report some things to you. That kid won two consecutive rounds. His strength is astonishing!” Tarly’s expression was solemn as he spoke. He still feared Moss’s strength.

Stuart removed a crystal emitting a purple light from his bag and played with it. He smiled and said, “It looks like this kid’s strength isn’t bad. This eighth-grade crystal is excellent.”

There were nine grades to crystals as they possessed various attributes. First grade is the best among them. Stuart carefully placed the crystal back into the bag as he spoke.

Then he looked at Tarly and said softly, “You must learn to be soft when faced with stubbornness. Don’t blindly use brute force! Also, continue watching Name Stolen.” He laughed aloud as he spoke.

…

Moss happily walked away from the mission desk after handing over the crystal. Moss was thrilled because he discovered he could sense energy within crystals and had completed his beginner missions.

When he handed over the crystals, the management told him it was a seventh-grade crystal with a fire element.

From what the management said, they judged crystals based on whether their energy was good or bad.

However, Moss swiped his card on the stone tablet to see what other quests he could receive next. He became happier when the system sounded in his mind, “Congratulations, you have gained experience in Buried City for the first time and completed the dungeon beginner test.

“Your experience has increased by 50 points! Your current experience: 350!”

Moss immediately opened his control panel and clicked on the detailed explanation behind his experience points.

“You gained 50 experience from the professional competition.”

“You gained 80 experience from the elite training program.”

“You gained 50 experience from experiencing the front lines.”

“You gained 120 experience from the college entrance exams.”

“You gained 50 experience from Buried City (in progress).”

Moss could not help but smile when he saw the words “in progress.” It seemed he could continue gaining experience if he stayed in Buried City.

With that thought, he could not wait to receive more missions, so he marked his membership card on the stone tablet.