Seeing that Li Xin'er had already guessed it, Lu Chen didn't hide anything and told her the truth.

"Yes, the communication disruption has had a significant impact on us. The higher-ups have decided to make every effort to restore communication."

He breathed a sigh of relief, "These devices are already hard to find, so it's a blessing for us that Miss Xin'er has them."

"Miss Xin'er, you've helped us a lot again this time."

Li Xin'er didn't want to be labeled as someone who wanted to earn crystal cores. Sometimes, the more you accept, the more you have to bear, and eventually it becomes taken for granted.

"For me, it's just business. Mr. Lu, you don't need to be so polite."

After she finished speaking, she turned to look at Carl, who was counting the crystal cores. Carl had just finished counting them and nodded to her.

10,000 crystal cores are just right.

Li Xin'er handed the list to Carl.

"Carl, calculate the price and give Mr. Lu a quote."

She had already given Carl the price list for the items she could exchange in the space, so she didn't need to bother with such a small matter.

Carl strode forward, took it with both hands, and said, "Okay, give me some time."

Seeing this, Lu Chen replied, "No need to rush, we can wait. You can wait a few days, and we can come over again then."

The base is currently clearing out areas that are gradually moving in this direction. The roads leading here are relatively clear and there isn't much trouble.

Carl realized he had been misunderstood and immediately gave a specific time.

"Ten minutes."

Lu Chen was taken aback, not expecting it to be so fast. He became even more certain of his idea that the supplies they had here were readily available, and there were also clear price points.

He remained calm, smiled, and nodded, "Since it's ten minutes, we'll wait here."

Carl nodded slightly to Li Xin'er, took the supplies list, turned around and went to a guest room, closed the door and got busy.

In the living room, Li Xin'er continued to 'chat' with Lu Chen, but Lu Chen deliberately steered the conversation back to the mutated beasts.

"Last time, our people arrived too late and didn't encounter any mutated beasts, but we found a few during later missions, and they've now joined the base's team."

"We owe this all to Miss Xin'er, who helped us cut our losses in time and also provided us with such important information."

Li Xin'er smiled slightly, "100,000 crystal cores, money for a job."

This message sold 100,000 crystal cores to the base. To put it bluntly, don't try to get information out of us. If you want information, you can buy it with crystal cores.

Yes, that's how realistic it is.

Upon hearing this, Lu Chen understood her meaning, and stopped there, changing the subject:

"Miss Xin'er, we'd like to know more details. Would you be interested in making this deal?"

Li Xin'er was satisfied now, her eyebrows curving into a smile. "That's more like it! If we're going to get things done, we should talk about crystal cores first."

"Oh? Tell me about it."

"As for some details about mutated beasts, I see that Miss Xin'er keeps quite a few small pets at home, so she must know something about them."

Secondly, after this heavy snowfall, all the vegetation on the ground froze to death. Based on the samples we've collected so far, we haven't found any surviving plants…

Lu Chen recounted all the problems the base had encountered recently.

Due to the lack of resources, they had planned to plant crops long ago. However, the people from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences discovered this problem through experiments and field sampling.

Their concern is that they don't know whether the current plant deaths are temporary or permanent.

If it is permanent, then the difficulties they face will be more severe than imagined.

After learning about the situation, Li Xin'er thought it over and decided to...

"Two issues: the rock-bottom price, 20,000 crystal cores."

For Lu Chen and his group, 20,000 crystal cores would only take a few days to arrive. Receiving such important information was indeed a bargain.

Lu Chen was a sensible man, and immediately agreed without hesitation.

"Sure, but I didn't bring that many with me today. I can have someone go back and get them right away."

The value of news lies not only in its intrinsic worth but also in its forward-looking nature, giving people time to prepare.

"No need to trouble yourself, you can send it together next time. I trust President Lu quite a bit."

Li Xin'er wasn't in a hurry, and she was confident that no one would dare to owe her a debt, so she didn't care about these small details at all.

These words pleased Lu Chen greatly. "That is my honor. I will certainly live up to Miss Xin'er's trust and will pay her every single crystal core she owes."

Next, Li Xin'er told Lu Chen about the information she knew about mutated beasts and plant extinctions. Lu Jin'an was standing next to her, carefully taking notes in a small notebook, clearly temporarily taking over the work of Assistant Wang.

After she finished speaking, the two fell silent again.

They were already numb to the shock of what Li Xin'er knew; they knew Li Xin'er was 'different' from others.

The base also has mutated beasts, and we know a little about them. By comparing them with the superhumans, we can roughly guess what they are.

The extinction of this plant was something they found hard to accept at first.

Seeing this, Li Xin'er kindly offered some advice:

"The life-inducing ability of wood-type ability users might be a breakthrough point. We might as well try in this direction."

She had made up her mind: she would earn some crystal cores in this world, unlock the Root Tower, and then leave. Since it was just a temporary 'work' spot, she certainly couldn't let the planet be destroyed directly.

She is quite pleased with the Lu family's attitude towards her, so she is willing to make deals with them.

If you can lend a hand, then do so. It's just a small thing to do anyway. Compared to other selfish people, at least the Lu family's actions are for the good of humanity and the nation.

Lu Chen nodded, concealing the worry in his eyes, "It's good that there's hope."

At this moment, Carl also came out with the list. He walked straight to Li Xin'er's side, bent down and handed it to her.

Li Xin'er took it and glanced at it. A piece of white paper stated that, according to the price list, everything would cost 120,000 crystal cores.

The price list she gave was converted into the number of Level 1 crystal cores. So, 120,000 Level 1 crystal cores would require 1.2 million space points.

Carl handed her a pen, which Li Xin'er took and wrote the number 200,000 crystal cores below the original list given by Lu Chen.

Then he handed the other paper and pens back to Carl before handing the list to Lu Chen across from him.

"Mr. Lu, this is my offer: 200,000 Level 1 crystal cores."

Lu Chen took it, and upon hearing her words, both he and Lu Jin'an beside him had a slight change in expression.

200,000!

In terms of sheer numbers, considering the current population of over a billion people in China who have turned into zombies, this is just a drop in the ocean.

The problem is, how much time, manpower, and resources are needed to clear out 200,000 zombies?

"This price..."

Just as Lu Chen was about to start bargaining, Li Xin'er raised her hand to stop him.

"Mr. Lu, it's a one-price deal."

"As long as the crystal cores arrive, these things can be delivered safely, anytime, anywhere."

There are no launch sites around City S. Since these things are requested by the higher-ups, Lu Chen will likely have to go to great lengths to transport them.

However, with her there, all the trouble on the way can be avoided.