Chapter 279 Frustration

People who came to buy supplies outside the base waited and waited, until finally a vehicle drove towards them.

The people in line were exhausted from waiting.

"Are you kidding us? You're not even selling them? Are you just messing with us?"

"Isn't it supposed to be quick? How much longer do we have to wait? Why is there only one truck? Where are the supplies? Where is the ability enhancement fluid? Where are the vegetables? Why haven't we seen them being moved here? They can't just be picked from the ground, can they?"

"Who knows? Dawn Base is powerful now, but they're arrogant. They don't lack buyers, so they don't take us seriously at all."

"The goods haven't been moved over yet, the things aren't ready, and even the house was just built and isn't prepared. Why advertise online in advance? It's a waste of our time. It's so annoying."

Those who can bring supplies and crystal cores to this place for procurement are basically the best of the best from bases with some strength.

They are either top-tier superhumans in their own base, or they are people who wield power and wealth.

The world is not like it used to be. As long as you have the power, you can do whatever you want on your own turf.

After all, there aren't many organizations like the Seed Base that prioritize the people's needs.

Even private estates with a modicum of conscience, which wouldn't make things difficult for ordinary people, would prioritize their own interests first.

If someone in a position of power is heartless, it's not surprising that they might do anything.

These people, who are revered in their own bases, come here to spend the crystals and resources they have accumulated.

Not only were there no chairs to sit on, but they also had to stand in line obediently, with no one to serve them or pay them any attention. They were all getting quite annoyed.

Some people complained, "The world has really changed. It's bad enough that we consumers have no one to serve us, but now we have to beg others to spend money on us. It's so frustrating."

"Who says otherwise? Before we came, I thought they would at least prepare a lounge or something for us, but I didn't expect them to just leave us here waiting."

Amidst the complaints of the crowd, Zhang Qiang and his group parked the car, got out, and went into the studio.

Tao Yarong took out several chairs, several large tables, and laptops from her spatial card, put them in the house, and they could start working.

The person standing at the front of the line was quite surprised to see the situation inside the house. "Huh, so there's a space ability user here. The supplies should be inside the space. No need to worry about that."

The other ability users of the Dawn Squad were busy tinkering and building things here. After the house was finished, they stood by and watched the spectacle.

See how they work.

There was a large window on the wall facing outwards, and a table was placed inside the window. Yu Baitao opened a spreadsheet on her computer and called out to the people in line.

"Sales are now open. First, register with us. Tell us which base you're from, what your name is, what you want to buy, and what payment method you'd like to use."

The first few people stepped forward, and the middle-aged man in the lead spoke up, "Mancang Base, my name is Liu Mancang. I want to buy ten bottles of ability enhancement fluid, traded with crystal cores, and thirty catties of level-two fruits and vegetables, traded with coal, is that alright?"

Yu Baitao registered it on the form. "Okay, person in charge, prepare for the transaction."

Zhang Qiang, who was in charge of the ability-enhancing fluid, and Wang Lei, who was in charge of the second-level ingredients, walked out of the house onto the ground.

The dark brown farmland soil and the blackish-gray acid rain-eroded land have a clear boundary.

The two of them stood cautiously inside the boundary line.

Zhang Qiang said to the group, "Take out your supplies first."

Liu Mancang pointed to the large trucks on the side of the road, "They're all up there."

Zhang Qiang glanced around and walked towards the truck, but he remained within the base's territory, being extremely cautious.

"Drive it over here."

This area used to be farmland, and the surrounding area is very flat, making parking and crossing very convenient.

One of the men behind Liu Mancang waved to the people in the car, telling them to drive over and stop at the edge of the farm.

They carried down several large iron boxes and opened them; inside were shiny crystal cores.

Liu Mancang said, "These are 9,990 crystal cores, used to purchase ten vials of ability-enhancing liquid. Please weigh them."

At this moment, Zhou Feng, who was in charge of measuring the quantity of supplies, stepped forward, took out a card, and put all the crystal cores into the card space.

The card displays: [Level 1 Crystal Cores, 9990 pieces.]

Zhou Feng spoke up, "The quantity is correct."

He wrote it down in his little notebook.

He then released all the crystal cores, which Zhang Qiang stored in his card. After confirming that everything was correct, he took out ten vials of power-enhancing liquid and handed them to Zhang Mancang.

The purpose of doing this is to reduce the likelihood of making mistakes.

Zhang Qiang now has crystal cores in his spatial card. If Zhou Feng weren't in charge of the accounting, the next time someone buys the ability enhancement liquid, Zhang Qiang would have to subtract the existing quantity from the total quantity to calculate whether the number of crystal cores given by the trader is enough.

This is prone to errors.

Zhang Mancang was stunned by the process, wondering if there were so many space ability users in this base.

Other bases treat their space ability users like treasures, but this base already has a lot of space ability users, and they're assigned to this kind of selling job. What a waste of their talents!

But when he took the power-enhancing fluid from Zhang Qiang, he didn't have time to think about all that.

This is the power-enhancing fluid he's been dreaming of; he's finally got his hands on it.

Zhang Mancang couldn't wait to drink a bottle and release his supernatural ability detection.

"Level 5! I'm a Level 5 ability user now, hahaha."

He was already a level four ability user, and drinking one of those drinks directly boosted him to level five.

A Level 5 Ability User! Back when Meng Shiwan first went to the seed base in Haicheng District and was found to be a Level 5 Ability User, it caused quite a stir.

Without the aid of the ability enhancement fluid, it would take a long time for an ability user to reach level five, and it is not an easy task.

How could Zhang Mancang not be excited?

He quickly stuffed the remaining power-enhancing fluid into his pocket, and after buying the vegetables, he quickly shared it with his friends.

The safest option is to drink it.

There are probably a lot of people watching this place now. If I get robbed after I leave, that would be a huge loss.

They'll drink it later, which will make them stronger and also protect the vegetables—a win-win situation.

Zhou Feng asked, "What do you use to purchase second-level ingredients?"

Zhang Mancang's men couldn't wait any longer and quickly opened the truck's cargo compartment. "We see that the price of level-two ingredients is twenty crystal cores per pound. If we want thirty pounds, we'll need about six hundred crystal cores."

We have five tons of coal here, see if that's enough?

Five tons of coal may seem like a lot, but because coal is quite heavy, one ton of coal is actually only a small pile. Five tons doesn't seem as scary as the number sounds.

Zhou Feng collected all the coal in the carriage into the card.

The card shows: [Coal, 5.349 tons.]

Zhou Feng flipped through his notebook and asked Zhang Mancang, "Can we buy thirty-five catties of second-grade ingredients? Can we buy them all?"

When Dawn Base was pricing the various supplies they wanted, they conducted general market research online.

Wherever there are people, there is a market.

The price of goods fluctuates according to market demand.

The main unified unit of measurement now is the crystal nucleus.

Extreme cold is coming soon; the temperature has been dropping rapidly in the last two days, and some ordinary people are already wearing down jackets.

The price of coal is soaring every day and will become much more expensive.

The quantity purchased was five jin more than Zhang Mancang had estimated, and he certainly had no objection.

"Buy them all, buy them all."

Zhou Feng released the coal from his card, and the person in charge of storing supplies and crystal core cards put all the coal back into his card.

Wang Lei, who was in charge of the secondary ingredients, took out a bunch of vegetable leaves from his card, and Zhou Feng put them into his own card to measure the quantity.

[Vegetable leaves, 32.6 jin.]

Zhou Feng: "Take out a little more, it's not enough."

Then Wang Lei took out some more, making it a total of thirty-five jin. Zhou Feng showed the number on the card to Zhang Mancang, "Thirty-five jin exactly, please confirm."

Zhang Mancang didn't understand why their space could display cards and measure quantities; anyway, they would have to weigh them themselves later.

He nodded. "Okay."

Zhou Feng took out the vegetables and gave them to them, then went to report the income and expenditure situation to Yu Baitao.

Yu Baitao entered the data into the spreadsheet and called out, "Next, report some information."

Their process was incredibly precise and comprehensive.

No one expected that the quantity displayed on the space card could be so useful.

If the system gets the chance, it will definitely come to Meng Shiwan again and clamor for more crystal cores.