The so-called black market was located in an inconspicuous corner of the security base, less than two hundred meters long.
Many of the stall owners at the entrance to the black market had blank expressions, and in front of them were many gold and silver jewelry.
After the apocalypse, gold and silver jewelry will be less attractive than a bag of flour.
The presence of crystal nuclei causes gold and silver jewelry to depreciate rapidly.
Some people who come to the black market don't even look at the stalls at the entrance; they exchange crystal cores or grains for piles of gold and silver jewelry—they're practically insane.
The vendors, starving, sat on the ground to conserve their energy, occasionally glancing up at passersby, hoping some fool would take a liking to their yellow and white wares.
Occasionally, people would stop in front of the gold and silver jewelry stalls, and the stall owners would introduce the beauty of the gold and silver jewelry with shining eyes.
Unfortunately, others can only look on.
Who would trade crystal cores for something that can't be eaten or used?
Others hurried inside; in the black market, the further in you go, the better the goods become.
Bai Yifan was different; his eyes sparkled as he looked at one stall after another.
It exudes an air of poverty and ignorance, as if the person has never seen the world.
The stall owners glanced lazily at Bai Yifan, who was excitedly looking at the gold and silver jewelry, and then lowered their heads again.
Let's save our energy!
He's just a child; he can only control a limited number of crystal cores. If he controls more than one crystal core, they lose!
Bai Yifan held his arms out to the various stalls, his sleeves loose and slightly revealing a gap.
The water snake coiled around Bai Yifan's wrist, its tiny, beady eyes sparkling as it gazed at the gold and silver jewelry on the stall, just like Bai Yifan himself.
It exudes the fragrance of poverty and misfortune.
Bai Yifan thoroughly explored all the stalls at the entrance before continuing to walk inside.
The further you go in, the more unusual the items on the stalls become.
There were vendors selling game consoles, cigarettes and alcohol, meat from mutated animals, and even children's items...
Wait, child?
Bai Yifan stepped back and saw a little girl sitting on the stall. Behind her, a middle-aged woman in sloppy clothes sat lazily.
The price is clearly marked; it costs only one crystal core.
In the end times, children are a burden to adults.
Many children cry when they see zombies, which can disturb nearby zombies and create small hordes of zombies.
Sometimes, even biological parents will abandon their children in order to survive.
"Who are you to her?" Bai Yifan frowned.
Could we have run into human traffickers?
In Bai Yifan's mind, people who sell children must be human traffickers.
"I'm her mother. She's three years old. If you want her, give me a crystal core, and I can take her away." The middle-aged woman spoke weakly.
She hasn't eaten for two days.
Selling one's own child for food might not be such a bad thing.
At the very least, she is no longer a burden and can live a few more days thanks to the crystal core.
Raising children in the apocalypse is far more difficult than before the apocalypse.
Bai Yifan stood there, stunned.
Just two months into the apocalypse, are people already selling their children for food?
He looked around and found that there was more than one stall where children were being sold while sitting in the middle of the stall.
Each stall clearly displays the price, one crystal core.
To obtain a crystal core, you only need to kill one zombie and extract the crystal core from its head.
It doesn't sound difficult; even a loser like Bai Yifan could do it.
These people were so terrified by the zombies that they dared not leave the safe base, treating it as a haven.
For the sake of food, they would sell their children rather than dare to step out of the base.
These are all ordinary people with no special abilities. They know they can't defeat zombies, or they don't have the courage to fight them. They're afraid of being torn apart by zombies.
In short, in order to survive, they can abandon their basic human decency and do not have the courage to kill zombies.
"Do you want it or not? If not, move aside! Don't block the way!"
The middle-aged woman lazily rolled her eyes at Bai Yifan, who was staring blankly.
She didn't think much of the boy standing in front of her stall.
It's just a child; it won't have a crystal nucleus.
The little girl was only three years old. Her body was dirty, but her face was clean.
In order to sell her, her mother specially washed her face and tied two cute little braids.
"elder brother."
The little girl's big, dark eyes, like black grapes, blinked as she looked at Bai Yifan, and she grinned.
A face full of innocence.
They had no idea that they were being openly priced by their own mother.
The little girl smiled innocently at Bai Yifan and even tried to reach out and tug at his clothes.
"Sit still! Don't move!"
The middle-aged woman pulled the little girl's hand back, her expression somewhat unpleasant.
It's been two days already, and if she doesn't eat soon, she's really going to starve to death.
"Mommy, hug me!"
The little girl was unaware of her situation when the middle-aged woman yanked her hard, causing her to stumble and almost fall.
Even so, she still smiled foolishly at her own mother.
The little girl was fair-skinned and delicate, with long eyelashes that fluttered like feathers.
She was once the apple of her parents' eye.
Now, her mother sells her child at a stall in order to survive.
Mingming, her mother once loved her like a treasure, but now, for the sake of food, she has hardened her heart.
"Your daughter loves you so much, how could you bear to do this!" Bai Yifan felt a little uneasy seeing the scene before him.
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
