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The plague vaccine was developed as early as 1946, and the medical technology required is not too complex. If time were not urgent, the original medical research institute could have successfully developed it.

Within days, the first dose of medicine arrived, and everyone in the quarantine zone recovered. Soon, starving people were removing their masks, and seeing rat carcasses on the roadside was no longer surprising. It was as if this deadly plague had never happened, except for the old man who remained in people's memories, never to return.

It's the 20th day of Zombie Nation. Tomorrow is the last blood moon of this round of disaster.

The entire territory was bustling with activity.

For the past two days, the woodcutters have been hearing terrifying cries coming from the depths of the forest, and the number of people gathering resources in the Shenmu Forest has decreased significantly. Only after Ye Miaomiao announced the addition of a new building, did people gradually return to work.

One day, a man, deeply curious, walked in the direction of the sound. At the end, he saw a fence. He climbed over it and walked inside, where he actually saw a white building. It looked a bit like a research institute, but it had a snow-white cross on top.

There was a man leaning against the doorway. The man was about to go forward and say hello. He raised an eyebrow and said, "Trespassing is prohibited. Fine of 20 points!"

This person: “?” What! How did you get in?

He turned and was about to run, but the man's ruthless voice echoed from behind him: "There's a record of you coming in. Your name is Lu Haitao, right? If you run again now, the fine will be tripled!"

Having his identity revealed, this person couldn't escape. He stopped in frustration, turned around, and walked up to the person, honestly handing over his points: "I'm not curious anymore."

After he left, the man behind him took off his mask. Under the thick mask, Ye Miaomiao's nervous face was revealed. She immediately looked at the time.

"Luckily it didn't take more than an hour, that would have earned me a hundred points!"

Ye Miaomiao, who has recently fallen in love with role-playing games, put away her mask, posted this person's "typical incident" in the group, and happily entered the research institute with the 20 points she had just earned.

In fact, even if this resident was allowed to wander around, he couldn't enter the institute! Ye Miaomiao set up a no-entry restriction.

A fence was specially built outside to protect people outside - this is the Demon Research Institute!

There are zombies imprisoned inside. If one accidentally escapes, shouldn't they be stopped by the fence? Although the chances of a zombie escaping are very small, because... the imprisoned zombies have never survived a day!

Ye Miaomiao entered the laboratory. There were three NPCs inside. They injected drugs, dissected zombies, took out samples and threw them into the trash can with expressionless faces. The whole process took no more than ten minutes, and a zombie was destroyed.

Ye Miaomiao rubbed his forehead. No wonder the zombies were consumed so quickly. If they continued their research like this, there wouldn't be enough zombies in the entire central area for them!

She came here specifically because the zombie inventory was running low again!

Ye Miaomiao: Can't you just use it a little slower?! Really...

"Lord, the research you designated - zombie fertilizer - has reached 30% of the research progress." When the NPC saw her, he kept moving his hands and reported.

[Zombie Fertilizer (Demon Technology): This technology allows you to transform zombies into fertilizer. Applying 3kg of fertilizer per acre grants plants special properties, allowing them to grow without water, soil, or sunlight, regardless of natural conditions. Plants will produce as normal with no side effects.]

Ye Miaomiao: It’s so gratifying that it’s used up so quickly!

Her expression changed and she smiled: "How much more do we need to reach 100%?"

"According to the current research progress, we are still short of 2,100 living zombies."

Ye Miaomiao's smile froze. It seemed that the progress depended entirely on the accumulation of zombies, right?

She nodded and gritted her teeth viciously: "Wait, I'll get some more." Then she turned and left again, leaving behind the sound of a knife cutting through rotten flesh.

Time flies, and it is the 24th day in the zombie nation.

On the 21st day, the last zombie siege was extremely dangerous, and there were reports of many territories being breached. All the survivors received a system notification:

Congratulations on surviving the last zombie siege day of this round of disasters! Please enjoy the next few days of "vacation". The next round of disasters will arrive in seven days.

Congratulations on making it through three rounds of disaster! From humble beginnings with wooden tools to building forests of steel and iron, you've come a long way and demonstrated your extraordinary strength! ① Now, global civilization has reached the initial stage of the Industrial Age! The process of globalization has begun—

The global trading platform is officially unlocked!

Your shop will be upgraded for free, and you can now trade with players from all over the world on the light screen. Please note that prices fluctuate rapidly, so please seize the opportunity to buy.

In simple terms, compared to the original border ports, today's stores have transformed from physical stores to Taobao stores. Not only do you not need to meet in person, but you can also find products by just searching for keywords!

Ye Miaomiao, who was in urgent need of zombies, checked and was shocked to find that "zombies" could actually become goods - the recommended price of a C-level living zombie system was 100 points.

Ye Miaomiao placed an order to purchase zombies according to the price suggested by the system.

However, not only did no one sell zombies, some people even left mocking messages -

"From 'Peppa Pig': People these days really want to buy everything, it's crazy. If you want to see zombies, go to the Central District!"

"From 'Mouse Pad': You've probably never seen a zombie, right? Buy one to see the world."

"From 'Chocolate': The loot from a C-rank zombie is generally worth 80-90 points, to be exact. And you, the shopkeeper, need it alive! The time wasted on capturing, tying up, and throwing it into the warehouse is better than just killing it yourself!"

"From 'Ah, right, right, right': You're the boss upstairs! Often go to the Central District? Add me as a friend!"

“…”

Ye Miaomiao ignored the ridicule from above, but one of the messages from "Chocolate" actually woke her up a bit -

The price suggested by the system is only the value of the zombies. If you want to buy a living one, you have to pay extra.

Ye Miaomiao: I feel sorry for the money!

Fortunately, living subjects are only needed for experiments during the research phase, and they are no longer needed when producing zombie fertilizer.

Ye Miaomiao raised the price to 120 points, and later, "Chocolate" sent her a private message.

"From 'Chocolate': How much do you want to charge?"

"From 'I'm Super Hungry': The more the merrier, do you have any?"

Immediately afterwards, a friend request came in.

After adding the friend, Ye Miaomiao discovered that this person was from the famous "Campbell Lake" territory. Rankings fluctuated, and this territory often ranked first in military strength.

The person on the other side also looked surprised: "Hungry Hungry Hungry Territory?" Then there was silence for a while. Obviously, it was not particularly surprising that a person named "I'm Super Hungry" came from the "Hungry Hungry" territory.

"From 'Chocolate': Fellow Hungry Hungry, nice to meet you. It seems you're at least in charge of some task in the territory. We can provide as many zombies as you need. 115 points per zombie. Let's be friends!"

"From 'Chocolate': Don't you have any goods on the shelves? You can take a look at our territory. You can enter by following my information!"

Ye Miaomiao quickly replied with a thank you and searched for the Campbell store to take a look.

The shop was filled with a wide variety of weapons and items, many of which were zombie trophies. The purchase list contained only a few items, one of which was "all medical supplies needed to prevent and delay the onset of the plague..."

Ye Miaomiao: “…” Isn’t this a coincidence?

She calculated that at 5 points per zombie, she wanted 2,000, no upper limit. Comrade Chocolate would have to earn at least 10,000 fewer points by making her his friend.

Ye Miaomiao: How can I be so worthy of this!

After thinking for a moment, Ye Miaomiao opened the interface again: "We have medicine to treat plague. But this medicine requires too many processes, so the output is not very high. Do you want to buy it?"

There was silence for a while, followed by a series of exclamation marks.

"What?! A cure for the plague? Yes! I'll take as many as I can get! Do you have ten? We can give you a thousand points!"

Ye Miaomiao: "Not that few, there are still hundreds of copies."

There's currently no medicine available to treat the plague, so there's no standard price. Ye Miaomiao took a potion from her treasure bag and checked the price, only to discover it was worth 50 points. There was even a bonus for low-level civilizations—in high-level civilizations, it was worth only 5 points.

Ye Miaomiao sold it to him at the price of 50 points. He seemed very excited, thinking that he had made the right friend. He bought 50 of them and sent another message -

"From 'Chocolate': Thanks! Just a suggestion: you should add medicine to the shelves! Even if the quantity is small, more people will pay attention to your store, and you can buy more zombies!"

Ye Miaomiao: “!?” Why didn’t she think of this!

This isn't chocolate, it's the chocolate offered in the temple! It's amazing!

Ye Miaomiao cleared out her inventory and quickly put the plague medicine on the shelves. Within moments, the medicine was sold out, and private chats skyrocketed. Even the rumors about the purchase order increased rapidly, and the few people who had previously teased her were completely drowned out.

Ye Miaomiao slowly turned off the light screen and waited for the next person to sell zombies to.