Natural disasters + zombies (extreme heat, insect plagues, extreme cold, earthquakes, heavy rain, and other disasters followed one after another). Xie Purou had just completed her previous mission ...
"These are the medicines I can provide. They should be useful."
Yan Gu used his limited medical knowledge to look at the medicines one by one, secretly feeling lucky to have met her. "Thank you for the medicines provided by the shopkeeper. How many crystal cores do I need to buy these medicines?"
Xie Purou frowned: "Wait a moment."
Communicating with M80 in his mind: "Why haven't I lit up the base yet? Is this base not eligible for lighting up?"
M80: [After testing, the current location of 'Haiyu Base' fully meets the lighting conditions.]
Xie Purou hung her head, wondering what she had done wrong that hadn't caused the base to light up? Was it because she hadn't yet made a deal with the base?
Looking up again, meeting Yan Gu's grateful eyes, Xie Purou suggested: "Buy as needed." She randomly picked up a few medicines on the table as examples.
"This one probably has one level one crystal core, and this one probably has three crystal cores."
"Those with serious injuries can also consider transfer for treatment." Xie Purou took out a round-trip teleportation business card. "This one costs 100 points and can be used five times. After using it, a bus will arrive at the scene and escort the user safely all the way to my place for treatment."
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The two talked for nearly half an hour, and both sides were very satisfied with the deal.
When they came out, the doctor whom Yan Gu had ordered his men to bring before boarding the cruise ship had already bandaged the injured on the cruise ship. Doctor Huai Tingting learned that it was the transparent magic water given by Xie Pu Rou, so as soon as she came out, she came over shamelessly to ask for more.
Huai Tingting took two steps forward: "Are you the owner?"
Xie Pu Rou said "hmm" lightly, and looked at Huai Tingting's white coat to understand her identity.
"The water you gave me is very useful. If the skin is scratched by marine creatures, there is a high probability of infection with marine Vibrio vulnificus. The water you gave me seems to have a very powerful disinfecting effect." Huai Tingting's eyes were red, and she looked at her pleadingly.
"Please give us more. Ordinary disinfectant cannot completely kill the bacteria carried by this mutated marine life. Even if we can rescue the person, we can't save him if he is infected. Please give us more!" Huai Tingting said as she knelt down in front of her.
It is not known whether the Vibrio vulnificus attached to the mutated marine organisms has mutated as well. Even if the most talented scientists ask them to start research now, I am afraid that by the time they figure it out, most of the injured people at the Haiyu base will be dead.
In the apocalypse, family members turned against each other because of the lack of food and resources. But here, at least there is no such situation in terms of survival supplies. Instead, the arrival of the apocalypse has brought them together as a team. The way they get along in the base is like they were neighbors in the same compound when they were kids.
Doctors have a kind heart. As a doctor, Huai Tingting really couldn't bear to see the people she used to live with being taken away by a ruthless natural disaster.
The girl in front of them is their only hope of survival.
"Doctor Huai!" An angry shout came from behind Xie Purou. She looked back and saw Yan Gu staring at Huai Tingting angrily.
"What are you doing! Get back off!" The people from Haiyu Base following Huai Tingting quickly grabbed her arm and dragged her back.
"Don't use moral blackmail on others." Yan Gu scolded Huai Tingting angrily.
He didn't know the use of the mysterious water before, but now that he knew it through Huai Tingting, he would naturally try his best to get it.
"Sorry owner, she's not aware of the situation."
Yan Gu met Xie Pu Rou's eyes, full of apology.
It was obvious that the shop owner came to save them with good intentions, and she could have just stood by and watched them die, but she didn't, and was even willing to sell the medicine to them at such a low price.
Yan Gu adjusted his tone and lowered his posture: "You are a businessman, and we are doing business as business. Whatever you need, as long as you ask, we will give it to you if we can. If we can't give you, we will try our best to do it. Let's do a deal..."
Xie Purou glanced at Yan Gu and respected him as a man who understood the ways of the world.
This was a life-or-death situation, so she didn't hesitate and released another dozen large barrels of mixed spiritual spring water onto the empty space on the deck of the sailboat.
He then went over and snatched Huai Tingting from the hands of the people from Haiyu Base who were violently dragging her. Seeing the attitude of Yan Gu, the base commander, they did not fight with Xie Purou and let go and handed Huai Tingting to her.
Huai Tingting lowered her head and fluttered her eyelashes, admitting her mistake: "I was reckless."
Xie Pu Rou supported her gently, "I don't like being morally kidnapped. I give things because I want to."
Huai Tingting felt a surge of remorse, and tears began to flow unconsciously. Did she enjoy using moral coercion against others? Her tears fell like beads from a broken string, one by one.
She didn't want this, she really didn't want this. A girl who had received higher education and completed her internship and resolutely decided to return home to do something for this small coastal city, how could she not understand how disgusting moral kidnapping was.
Xie Purou casually took the tissue and handed it to her, gently comforting the kind girl: "But to them, you are not wrong as a doctor."
After taking the tissue, Huai Tingting sobbed even harder, her tears fell faster and faster, and finally turned into loud crying.
Xie Purou patted her shoulder: "There are still many people who need you."
She quickly wiped away her tears and choked up as she thanked Xie Purou, "Thank you. I'll be busy now. I'll apologize to you when I'm free."
Watching Huai Tingting throw herself into the rescue work, Yan Gu wiped the sweat from his forehead. This shop owner was simply here to save their lives. She could provide everything they needed.
Xie Purou had just sold several hundred round-trip business cards to Yan Gu. She believed that he had his own decision on what to do.
"Captain Yan, I'd like to ask how many other bases are nearby?"
"Near here?" Yan Gu thought for a moment and shook his head. "There are only a few small bases nearby. Their scale and number of people cannot compare with our Haiyu base."
"If the shop owner wants to rescue people, there's no need. Everyone who can escape from the nearby bases has come here to seek healing from our psychics and medicine. Besides... after this tsunami passes, I guess there won't be anyone left alive out there..."
After all, if the shop owner in front of them didn't come here, there was no guarantee that so many of them together could survive this tsunami.
Xie Purou's face suddenly showed relief. This was probably the best news she had heard today.
There is also good news, which is probably that Huai Tingting came over and said that the spiritual spring can be used for disinfection.
She had also heard of Vibrio vulnificus. Marine life often lives underwater, and many of its microorganisms are not found on land. If the skin is scratched, there's a high chance these bacteria will enter the human body.
Xie Pu Rou thought, this is the meaning of the existence of the spiritual spring water. The end of the world is a way to survive in desperate situations.