"Thank you so much! If it weren't for your brave help, we would have been killed by those four beasts! My name is Zhu Benren, the founder of this caravan. I wonder... what's your name, friend?"
The leader of the caravan walked until he was in front of Chen Yan, then stopped.
He bowed and introduced himself with a smile on his face, and extended his hands towards Chen Yan in a very humbly manner.
Chen Yan coughed dryly, feeling somewhat embarrassed by the name the caravan leader introduced himself as.
However, he was quite knowledgeable about the wasteland world and had a strong resistance to some seemingly ridiculous things, so he did not laugh out loud on the spot.
After extending his right hand and shaking Zhu Benren's hand, Chen Yan reminded him, "Boss Zhu, strictly speaking, we are not acting out of righteousness. After all, you said you would pay us, right?"
Zhu Benren was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses and nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes, yes," and immediately took out a bag specially used to hold crystals from his waist.
After carefully opening the bag, he took out four white second-level crystals.
They are all of the lowest quality light white, and not even one is pure white.
After putting the bag away again, Zhu Benren held the four second-level crystals in front of Chen Yan with both hands.
He said with a bit of embarrassment: "I'm really... I'm sorry, our caravan's strength is limited, so when hunting zombies and mutant creatures along the way, we can only pick those at level one and the weakest level two.
Whenever we encounter a stronger Level 2 being, we will try our best to avoid any trouble we cannot handle. Therefore, we can only give you this most common Level 2 crystal as a reward. I hope you don't mind."
Chen Yan could see that although Zhu Benren was very humble and spoke in an extremely polite tone, there was actually an unconcealable vigilance and alertness in his eyes.
As for the gesture and tone, it was simply because he didn't want to offend him because of any minor details.
It's actually normal to have such a reaction.
The four lickers that had overwhelmed the entire enemy caravan were easily dealt with by Xu Qing and his three companions.
If you look at this matter from the other person's perspective, it might feel like you've just escaped from a tiger's den and fallen into a wolf's den.
In this wasteland where order has been completely lost, it is really difficult to build trust between people. At least it cannot be done in a few words.
"As long as it's a second-level crystal, we won't mind it, regardless of quality."
As Chen Yan spoke, he took the four crystals.
He looked at the caravan's two all-terrain transport vehicles and continued with a smile, "What's going on with these four Lickers? Judging from your appearance, you must be a caravan that frequently visits the surrounding area, right?
You should be well aware of the surrounding situation, especially the safety of the trade routes. If you anticipated the possibility of encountering Lickers, why didn't you make some preparations in advance?"
Seeing that Chen Yan accepted the crystal and had no intention of attacking him, Zhu Benren finally felt relieved.
He explained with a wry smile, "It's really not our fault. This trade route with the survivor camps to the east used to be very safe. Level 2 zombies and mutants were quite rare, and the ones we encountered were mostly level 1."
A big part of the reason for hiring bodyguards was to prevent the survivors from seeing the caravan as too weak and suddenly killing and robbing. Dealing with zombies or mutants that might be encountered along the way was just a side job. But who would have thought…"
At this point, Zhu Benren sighed and continued, "But who would have thought that we would be so unlucky this time? We just completed a transaction with the survivor camp in the east and bought a large number of goods unique to several camps in the east.
"I was originally planning to return to Kahn's territory to make some money. Everything was fine on the way here, with no problems, but on the way back, I ran into four Lickers! What a freak!"
Chen Yan raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you a caravan from the Kahn Company-occupied area? What a coincidence. We are also planning to go to the Kahn Company. Our destination is the same."
Zhu Benren smiled and said, "Hehe, this shouldn't be a coincidence. At least 80% of the caravans trading in Ludong Province are based in the area occupied by the Kahn Company. Especially the caravans trading eastward, almost all of them are stationed in the area occupied by the Kahn Company.
Because there weren't many survivor camps in the east, and each one wasn't very large, there were almost no camps that could directly support a caravan. If you wanted to exchange for goods from the Kahn Company-occupied area, you had to wait for a caravan to arrive.
So any caravan returning from the east is bound to return to the Kahn Company's territory. At most, they'll do some business along the way. But, judging from what you're saying... you're not from the Kahn Company's territory? Then... why are you coming from the east?"
Chen Yan waved his hand and said, "We are a newly formed caravan, and we are preparing to head to the territory occupied by Kahn Company. Since this is our first time traveling, we are not familiar with the situation of the trade route or what goods are needed in the various survivor settlements along the way.
So we plan to go to the Kahn Company's territory first to understand the market situation, and then decide how to conduct business. We need to have a detailed understanding of the market environment to ensure that we don't lose money, right?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Benren's eyes lit up and he immediately said, "That's easy to say! Although my caravan is small and can't even be ranked in the Kahn Company's occupied area, I've been doing business for quite some time!
I'm familiar with everything from the Kahn Company's occupied areas to the survivor strongholds in Ludong Province! Since we're heading to the same destination, why don't we go together? I'll also be able to explain everything to you along the way.
Although it's not confidential information, as long as you do business for a long time, you will know most of it. But if I explain it to you, it can at least save you a lot of trouble, which is also my way of repaying you."
Of course, there was no reason for Chen Yan to refuse Zhu Benren's proposal.
The reason why Xu Qinghe was asked to rescue this caravan was to find out some information through this caravan.
In addition, the strength of the caravan was average, so in Chen Yan's opinion, it was a very safe choice.
So after happily agreeing to Zhu Benren's request, Chen Yan immediately ordered his own all-terrain transport vehicle to follow.
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