In the evening, Ge Dalong and Zhao Feng returned to the shelter one after the other. Zhang Shi then had someone bring the fat man over and interrogated him again.
The fat man also knew that a group of members of the Dragon Tiger Alliance had been captured by Zhang Shi, and he had a deeper understanding of Zhang Shi's strength. He was more cooperative during the interrogation, answering all the questions and recounting his entire experience from joining the alliance to being captured.
After taking the fat man away again, Zhang Shi had a comprehensive understanding of the Dragon-Tiger Alliance. Their strength was among the top in the entire Wilderness World. However, after today's battle, they were severely weakened and probably wouldn't cause any trouble for a long time.
Zhang Shi opened the regional chat channel and, as expected, found nothing about today's battle. It seemed that the Dragon Tiger Alliance had also lowered its profile and was preparing to lie low for a while to recuperate.
Instead, many survivors were asking when Zhang Shi's promised clearance sale would begin. Because of the battle, Zhang Shi had spent the entire day dealing with the aftermath, delaying the event originally scheduled for daytime until now.
Seeing that the time was right, Zhang Shi and his partners exchanged glances and then sent an event announcement in the chat channel.
Zhang Shi (VIP): Ladies and gentlemen, the first round of clearance sale is about to begin. I will be releasing some graded resources. Please prepare in advance and pay close attention to the trading market.
Zhang Shi's news was like a bomb, igniting the previously calm trading market.
"Wow, Boss Zhang Shi has finally shown up! I've been waiting for you for ages!"
"What is the big boss selling off this time? Do you have any inside information to share?"
"I used to be in the same region as Zhang Shi. Back then, our region only had a few thousand people. When the big sale started, the goods were almost sold out in seconds. This time, after the region was merged, there will be 100,000 people. I wonder if I will be able to get any."
"Stop beating around the bush. Take it or leave it. What's with all the mystery? Nobody's going to give you any ideas."
"Buy it or not, it's up to you. What are you spouting nonsense for? If you've got the guts, send me a private message and see if I don't mess with you!"
"What currency will you be using for settlement this time, boss? I'd like to make some preparations in advance."
Zhang Shi glanced at the survivors' reactions and realized that his reputation was pretty good. Yesterday's announcement had actually attracted so much attention. Zhang Shi had a feeling that he could make a fortune today.
Ge Dalong looked at the chat interface, then looked up and asked Zhang Shi.
"What this person said is correct. Zhang Shi, have you decided what currency you want to use for settlement?"
Zhang Shi nodded and replied.
"The dungeon shop wasn't available during the last dungeon run, so we still have a lot of gold left. I've decided to use a mix of gold and barter this time to try and get some items that will help us develop."
A moment later, Zhang Shi put the first batch of goods on the shelves.
[Refined Iron Longsword (Blue) x200, 50 Gold Coins Each]
[Refined Iron Spear (Blue) x200, 55 Gold Coins Each]
[A set of Fine Iron Armor (Blue) x200, priced at 120 gold coins per set]
[50 Green Steel Longswords, for trade only, not for sale. DM me if you have items of the same grade or value.]
[50 Vajra Heavy Armor (Green), for trade only, not for sale. DM me if you have items of the same grade or value.]
The moment the item was listed, survivors started discussing it in the chat channel.
"Holy crap, no way, it's a green-grade item!"
"Zhang Shi is indeed the world's number one; he's even selling green-grade equipment in bulk."
"I hate it! I finally managed to collect a full set of blue gear a few days ago, but the big boss doesn't even want green gear and is selling it off."
"You guys are still chatting idly here. Why don't you hurry up and grab some items? They'll be sold out in no time."
"Holy crap, the blue gear is really gone. Who was so quick?"
"Hehe, I snagged 10 sets of blue armor. I'll put them up for sale on the trading market tomorrow at a high price and make a killing."
At Zhang Shi's place, within a minute of the items being listed, all the blue-quality weapons and equipment were snapped up by enthusiastic survivors. His private chat interface instantly became 99+, with all sorts of blueprints and items appearing before his eyes, making Zhang Shi's eyes a little blurry.
Zhang Shi was prepared. He compiled all the private chat messages into a list, divided it into four parts, and distributed them to everyone. After everyone had selected their parts, Zhang Shi would decide on the transaction.
Soon, Zhang Shi had a target. Many of the private messages were for high-level skill cards, a significant portion of which were mobility skills that could be used to enhance his Shadow Step ability.
Advanced skills are even more valuable than equipment, since many survivors' skill slots are currently empty.
The survivors were making outrageous demands, asking for a 1-for-1 or even a 1-for-5 trade. In response, Zhang Shi lowered the price to a uniform 1-for-2: sell if you can, otherwise move on to the next survivor.
Soon after, the four of them each selected some good deals. Zhang Shi glanced at them briefly, and among them were productive resources and tools such as smelting furnaces, mills, and brick kilns. Zhang Shi accepted them all without hesitation.
Afterwards, Zhang Shi selected some useful design drawings to give to the craftsmen to study, so that they could produce them themselves later.
After the prices were agreed upon, more than an hour had passed. Only one hundred sets of refined weapons and equipment were sold, leaving many survivors who were eagerly awaiting the next batch of goods somewhat impatient.
Zhang Shi didn't keep them in suspense and immediately put the second batch of goods on the shelves.
Spinach 500g (blue) x 300, 50 gold coins each
Lettuce 500g (blue) x 300, 50 gold coins each
White radish (blue) x300, each priced at 50 gold coins (approximately 500g)
【300 blue cabbages, each priced at 200 gold coins (approximately 2000g)】
【Fish meat 500g (white) x 300, priced at 10 gold coins each】
【500g (white) meat x 300, 15 gold coins each】
This time, Zhang Shi put some fresh meat and leafy greens on the shelves. Since most survivors haven't chosen to develop agriculture at this stage, fresh vegetables are still in high demand. What's more, the ones Zhang Shi has are graded, and eating them will give some extra effects, making them even more sought after.
As for fish and game meat, it was simply because the soldiers brought back too much prey from their outings, and it was easy for it to spoil if left unattended. Zhang Shicai chose to take this opportunity to sell off some of the stock and clear out the inventory.
All goods were settled in gold coins, and transactions were exceptionally fast.
As expected, the food was sold out in less than half a minute, turning into glittering gold coins that ended up in Zhang Shi's backpack. This event earned Zhang Shi over 150,000 gold coins, giving him confidence to recruit soldiers and prepare for the next dungeon.
Many survivors were still waiting for Zhang Shi's next event, but Zhang Shi had already achieved his goal and didn't plan to continue selling resources. After all, the initial purpose of this event was to earn some cash to exchange for some commonly used resources to make up for the shelter's deficit. Now that his goal had been achieved, Zhang Shi decided to stop while he was ahead, gave a notification in the chat channel, and quickly logged off.
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