Qin Jiayou looked at the food with pride and confidence and replied, "Boss, these are the scarcest foods in the wasteland right now. One loaf of bread can be exchanged for 10 crystal cores, one vegetable can be exchanged for 20 crystal cores, and one instant noodle can be exchanged for 15 crystal cores!"

Upon hearing this, Wei Lun said, "That's enough. You can take the bread and vegetables and eat them first. I have a box of instant noodles here, a full twenty-four packs."

As the two were talking, footsteps suddenly came from outside the tent. Qin Jiayou immediately cleared away all the food on the table, being very careful. Qin Mutong also seemed very wary.

"Old Qin, I've brought you some nutritional supplements, open the door quickly!" A loud shout came from outside, but Qin Jiayou breathed a sigh of relief after hearing it.

Reaching the tent entrance, he moved the chair blocking the way, opened the tent, and greeted the burly man at the door with a smile, saying, "Brother Zeng, thank you so much, I appreciate your help!"

Wei Lun sat in the tent, looked up, and saw that the burly man was the same one he had encountered when he first arrived in the apocalypse—the one who had shot and killed a zombie with a single shot! What a coincidence! Birds of a feather flock together!

Zeng Guangtian seemed to have noticed the extra person in the tent, so he asked, "Old Qin, you didn't even tell me you had a guest. I could have prepared an extra nutritional supplement!"

He pulled Qin Jiayou along and walked in together. When he saw Wei Lun, he was very surprised: "Kid, it's you? You've come to our base after all?"

Qin Jiayou wondered if Zeng Guangtian and Wei Lun knew each other.

Wei Lun smiled and replied, "Mm!" Then he stood up and shook hands with Zeng Guangtian. They chatted for a while, and Qin Jiayou finally understood that the two had met in the wild.

Zeng Guangtian is a well-known hunter in the stronghold. He often goes out to hunt zombie crystal cores. Because he was friends with Qin Jiayou before the disaster, he took special care of the Qin family's life.

"Brother Wei, Old Qin has been collecting jewelry and gold for you these past few days, hasn't he?" Zeng Guangtian looked at Wei Lun very seriously, trying to discern some emotional changes from his face.

Qin Jiayou immediately stepped forward to defuse the situation, saying, "Brother Zeng, Mr. Wei just came out of the shelter. Perhaps the people in the shelter are interested in jewelry and gold."

Even though Zeng Guangtian didn't quite believe it, this was the only possibility.

The aroma of food filling the room brought me back to my senses, and I was quite shocked. We must have just eaten some delicious food to make the whole room smell so good. I was already tempted by the delicious chewing gum earlier, and I wondered what it was this time.

Then, very respectfully, he asked, "Mr. Wei, do you have any more food?"

Wei Lun said, "Mu Tong, bring out a few loaves of bread."

Qin Mutong took out the bread her father had hidden from under the table and handed it to Zeng Guangtian. Incredibly, when Zeng Guangtian saw the bread, his eyes widened like saucers. He took it and immediately began to swallow. Wei Lun was afraid that the guy would choke.

“Brother, I have plenty of food, but I need people to help me. You know I just came out of the shelter, and I can get food. I don’t care…” Wei Lun said, while hinting to Zeng Guangtian.

Upon hearing this, Zeng Guangtian became excited and asked anxiously, "Boss, what do you need me to do? I'm willing to follow your orders from now on, as long as I can have one loaf of bread every day!"

This requirement is far too low. It's just a loaf of bread, and Welsh can get plenty of it by spending a few hundred dollars at a modern store.

Having just arrived in the apocalypse, Wei Lun couldn't easily trust others, so he simply replied, "I'll think about it. If there are no problems, I'll have Brother Qin tell you."

Zeng Guangtian, full of flattery, pulled Qin Jiayou out of the tent and said, "Brother, considering I've always helped you, please take care of me and put in a good word for me."

There's a reason why Wei Lun doesn't dare to agree immediately. If news of his food supply leaks out, without the strength to protect him, he could be captured and forced to hand over his food source, which would be a huge problem.

After Zeng Guangtian left, Qin Jiayou came in and tentatively said to Wei Lun, "Boss, Brother Zeng is actually a good person. If you are worried, you can install a BM chip, which can monitor his behavior at any time to see if he is betraying you."

Upon hearing this, Wei Lun was surprised and asked, "Is this reliable? Do you sell it at the outpost?"

Qin Jiayou explained, "Many settlements use this slave chip. It's very stable, but there aren't any in the strongholds. However, you can find merchants to purchase it from large settlements. Installation is very simple. You just need to clip it to the back of your head and neck, and connect it to the AI ​​to operate it."

Wei Lun was very interested in this thing. The technology in this post-apocalyptic world is really advanced. They even have things like slave chips. It saves a lot of trouble. So he said, "Brother Qin, let's go sell these instant noodles first, and then find a merchant to buy some slave chips!"

Walking along the path through the human settlement, the two quickly arrived at the central trading area. Because Wei Lun's clothes were exceptionally neat and clean, they encountered many beggars along the way who knelt in front of him, wanting some food.

However, Wei Lun gritted his teeth and didn't give it. After all, too many people had starved to death or died of poverty in the stronghold. If he set this precedent, then a constant stream of people would come to haunt him, and it would be impossible for him to stay there any longer.

Upon arriving at the central trading area, they found houses built entirely of bamboo, each less than thirty square meters in size and appearing quite rudimentary. Qin Jiayou pointed to a shop next to Wei Lun and said, "Boss, you can exchange food for crystal cores here!"

Two burly men stood at the entrance, while a graceful and beautiful waitress sat inside.

Wei Lun took out a packet of instant noodles from his backpack and asked, "Can this be exchanged for crystal cores?"

The pretty waitress took one look and was surprised to find it was instant noodles. She excitedly asked, "May I open it and check?"

Wei Lun replied, "Please go ahead!"

The beautiful waitress opened the instant noodles and her heart raced when she saw the noodles inside. This was a very popular item in the post-apocalyptic world, but it had become increasingly rare in the three years since the disaster. The waitress said enthusiastically, "Boss, this is a very good product. I can give you a pack of seventeen crystal cores!"

This price is higher than the fifteen crystal cores per pack that Qin Jiayou mentioned. Wei Lun chuckled and said, "Okay, but I have a box here, twenty-four packs in total. Can you take them all?"