Above the roof of the Taiji Chamber of Commerce Patent Office drifted glowing garlic-skin clouds, and at the entrance stood a giant abacus sculpture whose Abacus Beads were actually self-rotating glazed garlic bulbs. Huwa wore a crooked hat folded from a patent certificate and held a garlic-shaped megaphone that shot off fireworks. "Today we're holding the 'Limitless Imagination' contest! But if anyone dares to fob us off with rotten ideas..." He pointed to the fire-breathing "Creative Furnace" behind him. "We'll melt you down and remake you on the spot!"
First Wave: Bizarre Cross-Species Inventions
Granny Wang the vegetable vendor pulled along a donkey wearing gold-rimmed spectacles, its back laden with a glazed garlic basket that weighed things automatically. "I used green-ox cultivation techniques and Ali's secret spice methods to install a 'smart pricing brain' in this donkey!" As the words left her mouth, the donkey hee-hawed and spat out a slip of paper: "Today's cabbages are eight cash, fluctuating by 18%, fully compliant!" Before the onlookers could react, Old Man Zhang rushed in holding a cat in a suit, the glazed Abacus Beads on the cat's paws clicking away. "My cat invented a 'street-photography pricing drone'—it can scan price tags across the entire city in a single flight!"
Second Wave: Outrageous Artifacts That Could Fly
Shopkeeper Wang strode in carrying a rocket-shaped abacus whose Abacus Beads were explosive garlic-scented bullets. "This is the 'business-wa…
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