Wang Bin led Li Dazhu quickly into one of the buildings, which, judging from the sign outside, seemed to have been a department store before. Once inside, they saw several hundred people walking back and forth, haggling with those behind the counters.

Most transactions here are barter, and magic cores are often used as the medium of exchange between goods.

Wang Bin and Li Dazhu looked around but weren't interested in the items on the first floor, so they went to the second floor.

Although there are fewer shops on the second floor than on the first floor, the storefronts are larger, and the goods sold are more diverse and valuable.

Upon seeing a rice shop, Wang Bin went up to inquire, only to be shocked by what he found: a pound of rice cost one magic core! The shop owner was outrageous; were magic cores really that worthless?

He then looked around and found that the prices here were indeed very high, ridiculously so. However, seeing such high prices, Wang Bin was very excited because he had plenty of supplies, which would allow him to exchange for more magic cores.

Then Wang Bin and Li Dazhu went to the third floor, where weapons were mainly sold, including cold weapons made by blacksmiths, as well as various firearms and ammunition. However, the prices of the weapons here were even more outrageous.

For example, a katana of average quality costs 50 magic cores. As for rifles and grenades, they are even more expensive, and very few people can afford them.

After observing for a while, Wang Bin felt that cold weapons sold better than firearms. The reason was simple: firearms were too expensive, and ammunition was a consumable; once it was used up, it had to be bought again. Cold weapons, on the other hand, could be used for a long time.

Seeing this, Wang Bin didn't want to read any further. He already had a general understanding of the place and had also devised a plan to earn spirit stones.

"Let's go, there's nothing left to see here, let's check out another building!"

Wang Bin said something and then led Li Dazhu to a building across the street. The situation here was similar to the one they had just visited, but this building mainly sold clothing, and the prices were much cheaper than the previous one.

After taking a walk around inside, Wang Bin took Li Dazhu back.

When I got home, I saw several people outside helping to connect electrical wires and install electricity meters.

Electricity isn't free; five units of electricity require one magic core. Bills are settled monthly, and if you can't pay your electricity bill by the end of the month, you'll be disqualified from staying and the house will be taken back.

If anyone is found to have illegally connected electrical wires, their stay will be cancelled. Of course, electricity is not mandatory; if you think it's too expensive, you don't have to use it.

Uncle Li thought that electricity would make everyone's lives more convenient, and since they didn't lack those magic cores, he agreed to install it.

Each area is managed by members of the Jin family. They are very familiar with their respective areas and are not afraid of anyone stealing electricity.

Furthermore, if you find it troublesome or too far to go to the city hall to handle business in the future, you can also go there to handle it, it's just that the timeliness will not be as fast.

In no time, the community administrator had set up the electricity. Wang Bin was generous and gave them a pack of cigarettes to build a good relationship with them, which made them very happy. They said they could contact them if they needed anything in the future. Before leaving, the administrator gave him a business card with a phone number on it.

Upon seeing the phone number, Wang Bin remembered the cell phone he had brought from modern society, but when he tried to connect, it couldn't get a signal.

"Don't bother trying, I've already tried it. Only their phones work!" Uncle Li explained with a smile when he saw Wang Bin take out his phone.

"Yes, communication equipment is very important to us. I'll get a batch over as soon as possible. Everyone, please come inside. We'll tell you what we've seen and our future plans!"

Upon hearing this, everyone followed to a living room, which had already been cleaned by Sister Liu and the others, and a pot of tea had been prepared for them.

Wang Bin first told everyone what they had seen and heard along the way, and then he began to talk about his plan.

"I'm planning to open a general store, and Uncle Li will be in charge of the business. We'll mainly sell food and melee weapons, and you can order the styles of the melee weapons. In addition to exchanging magic cores, our goods can also be exchanged for gold and other precious jewelry."

"Don't worry, I will manage our grocery store very well!"

"Yes, I'm not worried about that. Also, since there aren't many zombies in the surrounding cities after the last zombie siege of Fuzhou, we can only rely on trading to obtain magic cores for the time being. Once the general store is open for business again, I will lead a team to search for vaults and jewelry in the surrounding cities."

"clear!"

Wang Bin did not go out that day, but stayed in the seven-story building with everyone to clean.

Fortunately, all the doors and windows here are equipped with security doors, and the main entrance has an electronic door that requires a password or room card to enter, so security is guaranteed.

No one planned to stay on the first floor, nor would they put any belongings there. Everyone would stay on the sixth or seventh floor, where there would be enough rooms for each person. The bedding and beds in the rooms were clean, and everyone had a comfortable night.

The next morning, after everyone practiced together for a while, Wang Bin took Li Dazhu, Uncle Li, Officer Miao, and Guan Xiaoyue to the trading area.

Because there weren't enough magic cores for the time being, Officer Miao and Guan Xiaoyue could only help Uncle Li manage the shop for a long time, so we brought them over to take a look.

After showing everyone around, Wang Bin took them to the second floor to rent a 100-square-meter shop for 500 magic cores. Such an expensive shop is not something that ordinary people can afford.

To prevent anyone from slacking off, all items were placed in glass display cases. Wang Bin's system space only contained food, gasoline, firearms, and ammunition, currently set to sell food, and only in limited quantities. He didn't want to be targeted right after opening.

However, in order to gain market share, the prices are much lower than those of other merchants. For example, rice is sold at a price of one magic core for two kilograms, which is half the price of other merchants.

Now is the best time to seize magic cores. The zombie hordes outside haven't been completely cleared out yet, and the survivors in the city have all gone out to find magic cores. Everyone has magic cores in their hands. Once everyone's magic cores are almost used up, it will be a bit difficult to buy them.

As for whether they are afraid of other businesses causing trouble, with Uncle Li, an elite superhuman, in charge, no one dares to cause trouble, provided that others know about Uncle Li's strength.

Not long after it opened, survivors who came to shop at the mall discovered Wang Bin's Xingsheng Grocery Store. When they came in, they were all surprised to find that not only were the prices of the goods here half of those of other stores, but the variety was also richer and the quality was better.

Like other vendors, the rice they sell contains a lot of sand, so you have to pick it out after you buy it.

There were also some flour vendors whose flour was clearly moldy, but people were still scrambling to buy it because this was the apocalypse, and having anything to eat was already a blessing, so why be picky?