With meat and medicine, Zhang Feng's body visibly recovered. A month passed in the blink of an eye, and everyone had regained their strength; Zhang Chao had even grown taller. Because they had a reliable food source, Fu Min and her daughter didn't hold back when cooking, and the food was consumed quickly.
"Amin, I think it's time for us to leave here." That night, Zhang Feng finally said what he had kept in his heart for a long time.
They hid here before because they truly had no other way to survive. Now, they have a way to survive and can yearn for places like Central City. The apocalypse has arrived, but the world hasn't died; it has merely forced humanity to change its way of life. They can no longer remain detached from the world.
Humans are, after all, social animals and need to stick together. Also, if a zombie horde were to break out here one day, his family would have no way to survive. Xiaoxiao's interdimensional trading device couldn't trade weapons and had too many uncertainties. After all, it appeared out of thin air. Once it could no longer be used for trading or disappeared into thin air, they would be in dire straits again. Therefore, as the head of the family, he absolutely could not think of staying put. He had to find a way out for his family.
The goods in the warehouses here will soon be sold out. If they want to continue trading, they must keep searching for supplies, but this barren industrial park has too little.
The resources that society is now abandoning are things that people in the apocalypse don't need, but the system does.
They could find these valuable resources with just a casual search, enough to exchange for things others could never obtain. Thinking of this, Zhang Feng felt a surge of excitement. They had to leave, and as soon as possible!
The system can offer them so much right now, enough to propel them upwards.
“Yes, as a family, we can go anywhere.” Fu Min agreed.
Zhang Xiaoxiao and Zhang Chao naturally had no objection to their parents' decision.
Yuan Zhuan offered a reward of 10,000, and Cao Ming didn't even question it. He took the money and delivered it. When he left, he also bought ten peace charms, each worth 1,000. In other words, Yuan Zhuan earned 20,000 in one go.
Once things were out in the open, there was no need to hide anymore, so when Cao Ming came over, Yuan Zhuan didn't avoid Zhao Yuxiang.
"Mom, take this five thousand, don't be stingy." Yuan Zhuan stuffed five thousand into Zhao Yuxiang's hand.
The heavy weight in her palm felt so real that Zhao Yuxiang felt like she was holding a thousand pounds. She knew she shouldn't take the money, but if she didn't, Zhuan Zhuan would definitely think that she didn't want to accept her. Over time, would their family eventually drift apart?
Putting herself in her shoes, Zhao Yuxiang said nothing, but simply covered the tears welling up in her eyes and stuffed them into her pocket.
Being too calculating with family members will only create distance. No matter what, Yuan Zhuan is her biological daughter, and that will never be an exception.
Seeing Zhao Yuxiang's actions, Yuan Zhuan had to admit that she breathed a sigh of relief. This period was a time for Zhao Yuxiang to accept reality, but it was also a time of anxiety for her. If Zhao Yuxiang really did not accept it, she had no choice but to leave. Using her daughter's body was not what she wanted. Even if she committed suicide, the original Yuan Zhuan would never come back.
Yuan Zhuan returned to the shop, signed a rental agreement with Cao Ming, and finally settled down completely.
"You're leaving your place?" Yuan Zhuan wasn't surprised by Zhang Xiaoxiao's words. Migration was a common occurrence in the apocalypse; if you couldn't find food, not leaving meant waiting to die.
“Sister, we’re out of supplies here. If we don’t leave, we won’t be able to get any to trade for. So, sister, the place we’re going to right now is a steel factory, where my dad’s friend worked before the apocalypse. There should be a lot of surplus steel there, and we hope to use it to trade for some weapons. We don’t have guns, but knives and axes will do—anything that’s sharp will do. The apocalypse is very dangerous now. Besides zombies, there are also many poachers who specialize in hunting ordinary people,” Zhang Xiaoxiao told the truth.
"System, is the apocalypse where Zhang Xiaoxiao is located the same apocalypse I was in before?" Yuan Zhuan suddenly thought of a question. She wondered if her talismans would still be usable there. Her array plates and thunderstorm talismans were very effective offensive talismans, no less powerful than guns and cannons.
"No." The system gave Yuan Zhuan a satisfactory answer.
Yuan Zhuan's eyes lit up instantly, shining brightly!
"Xiaoxiao, I'm giving you something. I made it in my spare time. Try it out and see if it works for you." And she did it without hesitation.
When Zhang Xiaoxiao saw the talisman sent to her hand, she almost lost her composure. "Sister?" Could the sister over there be a charlatan?
"See that white strip? That's a fuse. Light it and throw it in the warehouse. Show me the scene." To make it easier for ordinary people to use, Yuan Zhuan added a fuse. Of course, it had nothing to do with gunpowder; it was just a spiritual igniter that would ignite upon contact with fire. The purpose was simply to detonate the spell within the talisman.
Although Zhang Xiaoxiao thought the woman opposite her was daydreaming, she still did as she was told.
'Boom!'
"Ah!" "What happened? Are the poachers here?"
The family rushed out of the house in terror, and across the street, less than ten meters away, a single-story house suddenly collapsed.
Dust billowed into the sky, and Zhang Xiaoxiao, the culprit, smiled bitterly, "Mom and Dad, brother, I didn't mean to."
The whole family surrounded Zhang Xiaoxiao, Zhang Feng's eyes filled with excitement, "Is it a talisman? Are you sure?"
"Yeah, I didn't expect the talisman to be so powerful. Dad, wait a minute, my sister is still online. Let me ask her how to redeem this." Zhang Xiaoxiao's mouth almost stretched to her ears. Isn't this more powerful than a gun? With this talisman, they dare to go anywhere.
“Exchange supplies.” Yuan Zhuan could clearly hear the family’s conversation on the other end of the line.
Are there any restrictions on the type of product?
"No limit, one ton of goods in exchange for one." Yuan Zhuan was incredibly generous with the talismans; after all, she could draw ten a day with almost no cost, much simpler than providing supplies. Thunderstorm talismans were only useful in the apocalypse; in today's society, using even one would land you in jail for life. Utterly useless.
With their safety assured, Zhang Xiaoxiao and her family began preparing to leave.
All the meat was roasted into jerky, greatly reducing its weight and volume. The cooked rice was used to make rice balls for two days, and the excess was dried so it could be soaked in hot water and eaten at any time. Less than two pounds of flour was made into unleavened flatbread.
With a large team, they were very efficient at getting things done. In two hours, they had almost finished cleaning everything except for the items that needed drying.
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