Chapter 98 Market
The first light of dawn.
With half an egg sandwich dangling from his mouth, He Zhuo leaned back in his chair, still half-asleep, and asked indistinctly, "Little sister, are we going to stay in Jiaxing for a month?"
Chi Yanzhou glanced at Lu Nange, who was slowly chewing, and continued, "Let's wait two days to find out what's going on."
He Zhu blinked: "Huh?"
Lu Xici sighed and explained, "From the moment we stepped into the Jia City base, the eyes watching us have never stopped."
Only if we rent a place to live will they lower their guard and feel they have plenty of time and opportunities to find out more about us.
And that was indeed the case. Nan Nan said she'd stay for a month, and after signing the contract, only one person was left monitoring us.
He Zhuo slapped his thigh and swallowed the rest of the sandwich in a few bites, not even bothering to wipe the crumbs from the corners of his mouth: "I knew it! When Xiao He mentioned the hotel last night, you guys were exchanging glances and giving each other secret signals. So that was your plan!"
Gu Qi glanced at him: "We're just being cautious!"
After the meal, Chi Yi and Ji Xian stayed behind and drove to the gate to pick them up.
With a slight movement of her fingertips, Lu Nange retrieved all the supplies she had taken out yesterday back into her spatial storage.
A large group of people went out the door.
Chi Yi and Ji Xian locked the door behind them and got into the RV.
As soon as I stepped out of the yard, I bumped into Ahe.
Lu Nange: "You waited for us all this way?"
Ahe rubbed her hands together, smiling warmly: "I wonder if Miss Lu and her party need a guide today?"
Lu Nange recalled the first-level crystal cores Wen Qing had given her last night and said, "One first-level core."
Ahe's eyes lit up, and she nodded hurriedly: "Where does Miss Lu want to go?"
"The market and mission center you mentioned yesterday."
"This way, please!" Ah He stepped aside to lead the way, her posture respectful.
The market at the Chiayi City base was more lively than I had imagined.
The roadside was crowded with stalls, some with elaborate displays of faded sheets, others with haphazardly piled goods on the roadside.
Rusty cookware, chipped and chipped bowls and plates, faded and pilling old clothes...
The food area looked particularly desolate, with a few stalls displaying scattered pieces of yellowed stale rice, compressed biscuits, and a few rusty cans of meat.
Occasionally, someone would stop to inquire about the price, and the stall owners would immediately flash a fawning smile.
Lu Nange and her group walked through the narrow passageways of the market.
A cloud of clouded gazes clung to me from every corner—some curious, some greedy, and others numb and calculating...
Only when they saw Ah He's almost humble bowing posture as she led the way did their gazes recoil as if struck by lightning.
The stall owners suddenly became very interested in their own goods, their rough fingers repeatedly rubbing the worn-out items.
Only a few of the bolder ones were still glancing sideways, secretly observing Lu Nange and her group out of the corner of their eyes.
"Miss Lu, distinguished guests, this is the Blue Label Zone," Ahe said in a low voice. "This is where ordinary people and Level 1 ability users trade."
She glanced furtively at the towering wall in the distance: "The red-label zone...we can't get in. I heard they even have fresh fruit there..."
Lu Nange: "So the mission centers are different too?"
"No, not at all." Ahe quickly shook her head: "The entire base only has one mission center."
Lu Nange: "Let's go take a look!"
Once their figures disappeared around the corner, the long-suppressed discussions finally erupted.
"Where did these young masters and misses come from? The really pretty girl in the middle, and the little boy she's holding hands with, have skin so white it's like they've never been in the sun..."
"Pah! What good is being good-looking these days! I've seen so many pretty faces fed to zombies..."
"Exactly, in this world, being good-looking but lacking ability is just a burden and a disaster."
"Alright, look how clean they all are, that tells you their strength is definitely not lacking. It's not something we can discuss!"
"What's wrong with saying a few words? It's the apocalypse, why are those kids who haven't even grown their first hairs living so well..."
"What are you so sour about, you cripple Hu? The fact that they can live comfortably in this world is a skill in itself!"
"Old Wang, who went around gossiping last time, was found dead in the drainage ditch the next day..."
That last sentence brought the commotion to an abrupt halt, and the stall owners instinctively shrank back...
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