"Don't shout nonsense here. If you upset them, they might close down, and we'll all have to keep living hand to mouth!"
"Having a five-day buffer period allows us to accumulate more crystal cores and exchange them for more items at once, which might not be a bad thing."
"Sigh, these five days have been so hard to get through..."
"What's so hard about it? What conditions? You can't possibly come every day, can you?"
The crowd was abuzz with discussion, some puzzled, some worried... but more than anything, there was a sense of helplessness that they had no choice but to accept.
In this post-apocalyptic world, there are very few forces that can provide a stable and relatively fair trading venue. Flameheart Market has long been a vital pillar for the survival of the survivors in the capital...
Inside the fence, Yu Wei had already led her staff to arrange all the stalls in an orderly manner.
All kinds of supplies were categorized and clearly priced, and the staff responsible for maintaining order and transactions were all in place, and everything was ready.
Chi Yanzhou nodded slightly to Chi Qi, who was in charge of overall security coordination.
Upon receiving the order, Chi Qi immediately shouted loudly to Zhang Ao, who was guarding the entrance to the fence: "Open for business!"
Zhang Ao stepped forward, facing the restless crowd, and announced loudly: "Attention everyone! Line up! Pay your entry crystals in turn and receive your number plates!"
Entry by your pass, please maintain order! Market is now open!
The golden gate, under the watchful eyes of countless expectant gazes, was slowly pulled open.
The crowd, who had been waiting for a long time, were eager, but under the watchful eyes of the Flameheart Guardians, they managed to maintain order, paying a small amount of crystal cores as an entry fee and receiving number plates representing their order...
At the winding tail end of the line, several survivors were talking in hushed tones.
They deliberately hid behind the crowd, observing the situation at the entrance.
A man with sparse eyebrows said in a frustrated tone, "Team Leader Huang, you see? These people are all terrified of dying. All they care about is Flameheart's supplies. You can't get any of their emotions involved! Trying to incite them to cause trouble is difficult!"
"Brother Pan, in this world, resources are life... and life is firmly in the hands of 'Flame Heart,' who dares to be the first to cause trouble? Wouldn't that be cutting off their own path to survival?"
Huang Pan: "Don't dare to make trouble? Then find a way to force them to make trouble!"
"If we don't get this batch of supplies from Flameheart back to replenish our inventory, we'll be the ones who die! Don't you know what kind of temper our boss has?"
The man with sparse eyebrows looked troubled and tentatively suggested, "Brother Pan, forcing it won't work. Let's put aside the Twelve Fiends for now, just look at Yan Xin's wariness..."
"We only have a few dozen people; we can't beat them! How about we retreat today? Then we can go raid 'Starburst' and at least report back?"
Huang Pan squinted, weighing the options for a moment: [With just these few dozen people, going head-to-head on 'Flame Heart' territory would be like throwing an egg against a rock.]
He gritted his teeth: "Fine! They're lucky today! Let's go to Starlight and try to get some money..."
"We'll come back in five days when they reopen. Then we'll have to find a way to muddy the waters!"
Having reached a consensus, Huang Pan and his group immediately began to retreat silently against the surging flow of people, preparing to leave...
Their obviously unusual collective action naturally did not escape the eyes of Chi Qi, Zhang Ao, and the others who had been vigilantly observing from a high vantage point...
Just then, Chi Yizheng finished his inspection of the market and walked towards the main entrance.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Ao, who had been closely monitoring the surroundings, immediately whispered instructions to the other 'Flameheart' ability users beside him.
"You guys keep a close eye on the entrance, I'm going to report the situation to Brother Chi!"
After saying that, he quickly jogged to Chi Yi's side...
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