Chapter 81 Lin Chi hopes to be recruited
Based on the terrifying speculation surrounding the World Exchange Zone, Jiang Baiyue issued a task in the mission hall, asking residents to find food with a long shelf life and to buy 50 plots of farmland from Qian Guanzi.
"Money Jar: Well, it's like this. Recently, there's been less food scraps, so we can't make as many farmlands. That's why the production price has gone up a bit recently."
"Lying down like a salted fish: I understand. How do we trade now?"
"Money Jar: We heard that the wandering merchants at your base are selling weapons, and we'd like to buy a batch. We'll buy at full price, and we'll give you a discount on the farmland."
Linchi had a lot of goods this time, probably because he hadn't been here for more than 10 days.
Jiang Baiyue didn't think much about it. Anyway, so much time had passed, and her residents had already bought what they needed.
On her way out of the base, Jiang Baiyue took care of this matter. As soon as she got the farmland, she immediately placed it in the planting area of the base.
"Boss, do you have any stock left?"
Jiang Baiyue kept thinking that if it wasn't easy for these wandering merchants to come to the base, then they must have brought a lot of goods with them.
Jiang Baiyue had already bought all the few remaining items on the shelf for Qian Guanzi.
She replenished her own bullets, steel balls, and Molotov cocktails, and asking a question was just a casual remark.
Lin Chi didn't beat around the bush and stated his needs directly: "You have a business card? If you recruit me, I can sell all my remaining inventory."
Jiang Baiyue's eyes widened slightly, as if she had glimpsed a bit of the hidden rules.
Why are wandering merchants so eager to be recruited? Because life in the abandoned district is tough?
She recalled that before the rainstorm, Xiao Hai had wanted the residents to exchange food for parts, and she also remembered that the wandering merchants hadn't come to the base during the rainstorm... Her mind was a jumble of thoughts, and something seemed to flash through her mind.
“Of course I would love to. But this business card is also very important to me, and I have other plans at the moment.”
Although Jiang Baiyue thought recruiting wandering merchants was a good idea, such as Fan Letao, the latter already had a shop, which was beneficial to the base.
As for Lin Chi, she didn't know if he could continue to "stock up" and sell goods after being recruited. If not, she would suffer a huge loss.
She didn't know if Lin Chi had any contact with other wandering merchants, and she didn't want to explain further because she thought her refusal might have some negative impact.
"This torrential rain almost destroyed the base. As the base commander, I bear a heavy responsibility, and every step I take needs to be carefully considered. We can't be sure whether what follows will be extreme cold, extreme heat, or eternal night. I must keep this investment card as a backup."
Lin Chi was initially disappointed, but upon hearing what the lazy bum said, he immediately relaxed: "If you recruit me, I can help you get a hot spring resort. If there's a hot spring resort during the extreme cold, and you collect enough energy crystals, you can survive the extreme cold disaster."
The wandering merchant needs to spend space fragments to travel to the player base. Lin Chi encountered a bit of an accident this time. Last time he went to the player base, he was tricked out of all his resources by the players.
Having failed to meet the performance requirements of the game system, he is no longer able to purchase space fragments from the game store. If he cannot stay at the White Moon Base, he will be teleported back to the Abandoned Zone after this mission ends, and he will no longer be able to come out to trade resources and obtain survival supplies in the Abandoned Zone.
Violating the game system's rules only results in the removal of personal attributes gained after leveling up. Rather than losing access to survival resources from the game store, he has no choice but to risk everything to find a way out.
Jiang Baiyue continued to probe, but Lin Chi only tried to entice her based on her words.
What will happen next is still uncertain. But the fact that Lin Chi can bring a hot spring resort is a big enough temptation.
All I need is a business card...
"Okay. Let me think about it. I'll get back to the base and give you an answer before 6 PM."
Lin Chi seemed to want to say something, but after looking at the lying-flat salted fish, he finally shut up and put a new batch of goods back on the shelves.
Jiang Baiyue bought them all; this was no time for politeness, especially since there were two prescriptions among them.
[Stamina-Boosting Potion Recipe: Activate Cells*3, Ginseng*1, Berries*10, Mineral Water*1]
[Splint: Wood*2, Blood Bag*1, Active Cells*2, Gauze*3]
They're all good stuff; the stamina-enhancing potion is definitely useful in battle.
Splints are very rare to find, but I've heard they can treat amputations and have few side effects after reattaching the amputated limb.
Even though resource boxes contain very few supplies.
Jiang Baiyue sent the prescription to Zhang Meizhi, asking her to collect the materials and arrange for its preparation.
After leaving the base, Jiang Baiyue led the mercenaries straight to the Peach Blossom Base.
She hadn't forgotten the rumors and sabotage spread by the Peach Blossom Base.
Previously, he had been too busy with things at the base to pay attention to him.
Moreover, with the base surrounded by floodwaters, she had to consider the safety of the residents of Peach Blossom Base.
...
Near the peach blossom base.
Jiang Baiyue was holding a prop that looked like a toy phone. It was a prop she had rented from Mole's House and was used to locate the position of the blooming peach blossoms.
Two mid-level mercenaries stood guard on either side of Jiang Baiyue, while the three of them stood quietly behind the water tank on the rooftop, waiting.
According to information provided by "Handsome Without Friends," Peach Blossom is having a meeting today and is taking her team out to fight a scorpion monster boss in the dungeon.
A heavy thud was heard, and Jiang Baiyue looked towards the entrance of the Peach Blossom Base.
A car drove out first, followed by a group of people carrying all sorts of weapons.
Jiang Baiyue was speechless; this was quite a spectacle…
I forgot that there were cars around when the peach blossoms were in full bloom. Luckily, there weren't many cars, and because I was worried that my fellow pedestrians wouldn't be able to keep up, the cars didn't drive very fast.
This also made it easier for Jiang Baiyue to track him.
The muscular man, sitting in the passenger seat, was still unwilling to give up after thinking about his previous plans. He turned to his cousin in the back seat and asked, "Cousin, the White Moon Base is already level 3. When are we going to make our move?"
"I heard that the game room at the White Moon Base can awaken superpowers and even provide buff effects."
"There are also grocery stores that sell daily necessities and drinking water, and ranches where people say they are going to catch animals to take home and raise."
As the peach blossoms bloomed and she rolled up her sleeves, her mind was also on the information she had received from a base administrator yesterday.
The recruitment card can be used to recruit any NPC, even merchants from other people's bases. As long as the other party agrees, they can be recruited to their own base, and they can also get a building for free.
Actually, that person suggested an even more underhanded method: kill the base administrator, and the merchants would leave on their own without even needing the investment cards.
He could recruit more people by saying a few nice words, but the shops wouldn't be able to collect taxes, resulting in a loss.
However, the White Moon base has many buildings, and the loss of tax revenue is well worth the risk of his sniping.
Peach Blossoms in Full Bloom: "Let's take down today's boss first, get ready, and then we'll snipe the lazy bums!"
The muscular man was excited just thinking about it: "Hahaha, let those people at White Moon Base be smug for a while longer. When the time comes, we won't take in any of those who defect to White Moon Base."
As soon as the peach blossoms bloomed, the bodyguards on both sides immediately began to flatter him. The atmosphere in the car was excited, and the muscular man even began to fantasize that after the arcade moved to the Peach Blossom Base, he and his group would first play games to awaken their superpowers, and then charge residents to buy qualifications to enter the arcade.
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