Looking at the bloody hole in his palm, Liu Dabao knew that Shen Nanxing was not joking with him.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Fine!"
He was just unlucky to run into a few tough guys!
Liu Dabao clutched his wound and rushed back into the house. A short while later, a thin woman came out carrying a box of instant noodles.
She glanced cautiously at Jiang Nian'an and the other two, then quickly ran down the stairs on the other side.
Jiang Nian'an guessed that she had gone to exchange instant noodles for crystal cores.
"Vice Captain Ren, how many crystal cores can a pack of instant noodles be exchanged for?"
"10."
Jiang Nian'an nodded.
This price is about the same as the price she paid in her previous life at the Shanshi base.
After a while, this number of crystal cores will only be enough to exchange for half a pack of instant noodles, or even less.
"So that means two packs of instant noodles cost a little more than a pound of rice?"
Yunfan, standing to the side, clicked his tongue in amazement.
Based on the room rate, the value of 3 liang of rice or flour is equivalent to 5 first-level crystal cores.
That means you can only get less than 20 crystal cores from a pound of rice or noodles, which is less expensive than two packs of instant noodles.
Given the current situation, this is simply unreasonable.
Take himself as an example. One pound of rice can be cooked into porridge and he can eat it for two days, while two packs of instant noodles are not enough for him to eat one meal.
Yunfan said he couldn't understand.
"Because the rice, flour, and crystal cores used to pay for the room are at deliberately low prices, which are different from the exchange prices in the mission points."
If the room rate is too high, survivors will not choose to stay at the base, even if it is much safer inside than outside.
But a lower room rate makes all the difference.
In order to ensure their safety and preserve more supplies, survivors are often willing to pay a small fee to stay in state-built bases.
Most survivors will choose to accept suitable missions at mission points or directly exchange them.
Their base can then stockpile supplies and rationally plan and allocate them to ensure the survival of more people.
Ren Han stretched out his hand to the team members behind him, "Give me a resource exchange form for the mission points."
The team member hurriedly pulled a small booklet, about the size of a palm, from his pocket.
Ren Han took it and handed it to Jiang Nian'an.
"You can see that currently in the base, you can exchange supplies for crystal cores, or you can exchange crystal cores for supplies."
However, exchanging resources for crystal cores is more cost-effective.
For example, half a jin of rice can be exchanged for 50 crystal cores at our base, but 50 crystal cores can only be exchanged for 3 liang of rice.
This exchange rate caused both Shen Nanxing and Yun Fan to frown.
However, the two quickly figured out the reason.
Jiang Nian'an opened the booklet and casually flipped to the last page.
Generally speaking, the later a resource appears in the list, the scarcer it is, and the higher its exchange price.
She happened to turn to the page with vegetables.
Yunfan, who was standing nearby, also came over and immediately noticed the price tag on the lettuce. His eyes widened in surprise.
"Depending on the freshness, one pound of lettuce can be exchanged for at least 100 crystal cores and at most 500."
Wouldn't those wood-type ability users be making a killing?
Upon hearing this, Ren Han's brow twitched slightly, and he asked curiously, "How could wood-type ability users make so much money?"
Yunfan blurted out, "Because wood-type ability users can grow crops, then lettuce would be as much as you want."
Upon hearing this, Ren Han's expression suddenly turned strange.
He glanced at Jiang Nian'an and asked tentatively, "Have you never stimulated the seeds before?"
"We did not force the seeds to germinate."
Before Jiang Nian'an and Yun Fan could speak, Shen Nanxing, sensing something was amiss, chimed in.
"So that's how it is. No wonder he said such a thing."
Ren Han sighed and looked at the three of them, saying, "The seeds from before the apocalypse cannot withstand the power of wood-type ability users. Forcing them to activate will only cause them to explode."
After saying that, he couldn't help but shake his head.
"Many wood-type ability users were injured because of this, so the information in the last dozen or so pages of the exchange book is basically useless."
Yunfan couldn't help but glance at Jiang Nian'an, and moved his lips, but then hesitated because Ren Han and the others were still there, so he didn't say anything in the end.
However, Shen Nanxing's expression suddenly changed.
He reached out and pulled Jiang Nian'an into his arms, looking down with a relieved expression, "Luckily I didn't let you try it back then, otherwise..."
"Yes, thankfully we didn't try it. One wood-type ability user was even disfigured because of it."
Ren Han chimed in, feeling a pang of emotion and regret as he thought of that bloodied and mangled face.
Just then, the thin woman who had left earlier returned.
She walked up to Ren Han with her head down and handed him a sealed bag.
"Vice Captain Ren, here are 250 crystal cores. Can I take them back now?"
The thin woman pointed to Old Man Liu and the three people still lying on the ground.
Ren Han took it, first handing the crystal core to Shen Nanxing, before saying to the woman, "Whether we can take them back depends on these people."
Shen Nanxing weighed the bag and estimated it to be about 250 pieces, then nodded.
The woman and Old Man Liu worked together to drag the three people on the ground into the house.
Seeing that the matter was resolved, Ren Han did not linger. He greeted the three of them and left with his men.
"Third Brother, please take these two bags of rice to the mission point at the Ning City base and exchange them for crystal cores!"
As she entered, Jiang Nian'an looked at the two bags of rice by the door and turned to Yun Fan.
"OK!"
Without hesitation, Yunfan picked up the two bags of rice, turned around, and went out the door.
Anyway, they have a lot of supplies.
After Yunfan left, Jiang Nian'an closed the door and sat down on the sofa with Shen Nanxing.
"An'an, to prevent evil people from having bad intentions, don't let anyone know that you can stimulate the seed until I'm healed."
Shen Nanxing held Jiang Nian'an's hand, his expression unusually serious.
If word gets out, it will surely attract countless greedy and evil people.
He wasn't afraid of danger or trouble, but he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to protect her while he was injured, and that she would get hurt as a result.
Jiang Nian'an paused for a moment before nodding, "Okay."
She thought he would ask questions like why the seeds wouldn't explode when she tried to stimulate them.
Or you could urge her to produce more vegetables and fruits quickly, and then exchange them for crystal cores at the mission point.
Unexpectedly, he only cared about her safety.
Jiang Nian'an couldn't help but hug him, burying her face in his chest, listening to his strong heartbeat, and felt at ease.
'knock knock'
"Brother Chen, An'an, Yunfan, I'm back!"
Yunhua's voice came from outside the door.
"I'll go open the door."
Jiang Nian'an got up from Shen Nanxing's arms, walked quickly to the door, and opened it for Yunhua.
Yunhua's expression was solemn. As soon as she entered the room, she told the two of them, "Something's not right in Xing City."
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