254 The Tenth Store
◎Buyers, please be tough!!!◎
Lu Yao thought for a moment and said firmly: "I'm really sorry, we don't have a store here, so we can't accept orders."
Zhang Jing sighed.
The golden box was still being carried by the crowd, and the joy on everyone's face disappeared in an instant.
Alas -
what a miserable life. Lu Yao
closed his eyelids and coughed lightly: "Well... if you are willing, the store will make an exception and sell you some life-saving talismans."
Zhang Jing immediately raised his head: "Life-saving talismans?"
Xia Huaisong blinked at him and nodded repeatedly: "Brother Zhang, the talismans in our store are very useful."
Zhang Jing didn't think twice and immediately grabbed this life-saving straw and said loudly: "We still have fourteen people, twenty talismans each."
Lu Yao shook his head: "Not that many, at most ten."
Zhang Jing: "Eighteen.
" Lu Yao: "Ten."
"Fifteen."
"Ten."
"Twelve."
"Nine..."
Zhang Jing said weakly: "Okay, ten is ten. But you have to teach us how to use it."
This boss has a stubborn temper, and she has to beg her to sell.
The onlookers: "..."
This is the first time that a customer wants to buy more, but the store won't sell.
Bargaining is just like bargaining for price, and it was in vain. The buyer was no match for the shop owner.
Buyer, be tough!!! Lu
Yao waved to Xie Zili: "Take the money and deliver the goods."
Talismans are not sold at ordinary times, unless there are special circumstances and the other party is a customer who pays a high price.
They are sold temporarily, and the price is rough, 20 grams of gold per piece.
In terms of the quality of the talismans sold in the store, Xie Zili and Guan Zhong both think that it is almost like giving them away for free.
They usually have to use spirit stones to buy them, and they can't buy more than a few at a time.
And the talismans sold by the errand shop to ordinary people are basically enough to save their lives.
A few months ago, the price of the talismans was so high that Zhang Jing would immediately shout "rob money", but now he asked his companions to pay without thinking, fearing that he would not be able to buy ten talismans if he was late.
Lu Yao sold 140 talismans to 14 customers and received 2,800 grams of gold.
After payment, there were only about two-thirds of the gold bars left in the gold box.
Because the other party bought more than 100 talismans at one time, Lu Yao gave them three lightening stickers as a gift: "The gifts can be pasted on the outer wall of the items to make them lighter. Each sticker can be used ten times."
Zhang Jing's people spoke well of Qin Tian, and Zhang Jing also promised not to attack the guards anymore. He also apologized very happily, and the guards untied him.
Zhang Jing got up and ran to Lu Yao, carefully accepting a stack of talismans and gifts: "Thank you."
Each set of talismans contained ten pieces, which were packed in a flat paper box similar to an airplane box, fireproof and waterproof.
The box also contained detailed instructions for the use of different types of talismans, so there was no need for the clerk to teach how to use them.
The people in the research group stood aside and watched their transaction.
They were very interested in the life-saving talismans sold by Lu Yao, but they were embarrassed because they had no gold.
Lu Yao asked the team members to line up and prepare to leave.
Before leaving, Lu Yao walked towards the research group with several stacks of talismans and handed them to Zhou Qin.
Zhou Qin was stunned and did not reach out to take it immediately. She slowly raised her eyes to look at Lu Yao, and her embarrassment revealed a bit of honesty: "...We have no money."
Lu Yao took Zhou Qin's hand and put the talisman in her palm: "No need to pay, just a small gift, just as a thank you for your contribution to the survival of all mankind. We are going to Zhongling City, and then Yinbian City. Maybe we will have a chance to meet again in the future. I hope you have a smooth trip and develop an effective inhibitor as soon as possible."
Zhou Qin did not expect Lu Yao to say this, and was shocked. Their research has not yet ended.
Zhou Qin glanced at Qin Tian's face from the corner of her eye, and did not refuse the talisman handed over by Lu Yao. She lowered her head and said solemnly "thank you".
However, they have not yet figured out the specific use of this talisman.
Not far away, Zhang Jing and his group just watched without saying anything.
If an effective blocking agent is developed, everyone will benefit.
Zhang Jing did not feel angry, and even looked up to the store owner.
The young man's mind turned too fast, and he also grasped the measure just right.
Before leaving, Lu Yao asked Zhang Jing about the information of the base's medical room, and left the warehouse with the store staff.
It is hoped that the medical room of the base is in this logistics building. Lu Yao took Lu Mingxiao and Xia Huaisong to the medical room on the third floor to find something. Xie Zili and Guan Zhong were cleaning up the zombies outside the logistics building on the first floor, and Mobao stayed to protect the two ordinary store clerks.
When Lu Yao's team came in from the logistics building, they opened a gap in the middle of the zombie tide, and now the door was surrounded.
The zombies seemed to know that the survivors were in this building, and surrounded the three layers inside and three layers outside, but there was no obvious active attack, as if they wanted to trap the living people hiding in the building to death, just like they initially besieged the Hope Base.
There are many mutant zombies among them, whose strength and speed are far beyond ordinary zombies, but under the higher level of military suppression, they are obviously not evolved enough.
Zhang Jing and others lay at the door of the warehouse, watching Xie Zili and Guanzhong cleaning up the zombies outside the gate, and couldn't help but discuss it.
They had heard that the runners were strong, but they had never expected their strength to be so overwhelming.
The zombies that were endless like the tide and trapped a city were like sweet potatoes in the ground in the eyes of the runners. A hoe would bring out a nest of them, big and small.
A few people from the guard team came over. They originally just wanted to lean over the door to take a look, but then they couldn't move and even felt ashamed.
When the zombie virus first broke out, the military initially actively dispatched teams to support various cities.
However, the number of soldiers was a drop in the bucket compared to the zombie army. Not long after, the surrounding areas of Qijin City and Yinbian City encountered a zombie siege similar to that of Hope Base.
Production stagnated, the human population decreased sharply, and the urban settlement area continued to shrink. The military could only allocate elite troops to protect important researchers.
Humans used their flesh and blood to fight against the unconscious zombies for several months. They found that humans had no chance of winning this battle. They wanted to find a way to contain the spread of the zombie virus. Perhaps there was still a glimmer of hope.
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Lu Yao found what she wanted upstairs. Two pieces of paper were sandwiched in a medical record book in the infirmary. When Lu Yao took them out, they turned into six puzzle pieces in her palm.
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The familiar system prompt sounded, Lu Yao closed her fingers, turned around and walked out.
"Found it, go downstairs!"
Xia Huaisong looked up, and saw Lu Yao and Lu Mingxiao walking out of the infirmary one after the other. He immediately chased after them.
Last time, Wu Ling accidentally brought back papers from the hospital to the store and turned them into puzzle pieces. Lu Yao knew it was a hint, so he informed the store's errand boys in advance to pay attention to orders related to medical treatment.
The boring errand running work suddenly became more fun like treasure hunting, just like eating Yuanxiao during the New Year, when everyone scrambles for the Yuanxiao that contains a lucky coin.
Although the method is stupid, the general direction is correct.
Lu Yao collected the nine puzzle pieces that were left outside one by one, plus the six pieces just now, which made fifteen pieces.
She already had 28 puzzle pieces in her hand. She would go to Zhongling City and Yinbian City next, maybe there would be gains.
The three returned to the first floor from the third floor. Xie Zili and Guanzhong had just finished the cleanup task.
Xie Zili frowned and kept sticking cleansing charms on his wife's sword, muttering: "Sorry, sorry, I asked you to chop so many dead bodies. I'll give you a bath when we get back to the car."
Guanzhong looked at Xie Zili with a complicated look: "The cleanup work is perverted, and you sword cultivators have some problems in your brains."
There are still zombies wandering aimlessly in the base, and some of them are even residents of the Hope Base.
The research team's car was parked on the roadside outside the main gate of the logistics building. The zombies around the logistics building had been almost cleared, so both the research team and Zhang Jing and others could leave smoothly.
Lu Yao led the clerk out of the logistics building and walked straight to the main gate of the base.
At the door of the warehouse on the first floor, Zhang Jing and others saw Lu Yao's team leaving and began to line up.
Qin Tian saw them carrying their backpacks. There were not many useful supplies, but they did carry a lot of gold: "Where are you going?"
Yuan Pu and Zheng Lin were basically fine. Zhang Jing and others made peace with the research team, and it could be said that they did not know each other after fighting.
Zhang Jing adjusted the straps of his backpack and said without looking up: "The main store of the errand shop is in Gaosheng City, so we are going to Gaosheng City too."
Qin Tian was very surprised: "Why not go to Qijin or Yinbian?"
The errand shop is indeed a bit peculiar, but the owner confessed that her method of dealing with zombies is not applicable to everyone.
Qin Tian observed her for a long time and thought she was not lying.
These people should know that they are about to develop the blocking agent, and only by gathering in the central city can they get the blocking agent as soon as possible.
Zhang Jing looked up and said, "You come from big cities, and I don't think you are any better than errand runners. Xia Huaisong said that the errand shop's headquarters is in Gaosheng City, and they have also built a station in Green Ant City. The next will be Zhongling City, Yinbian or Qijin. The isolated cities will be reconnected by the errand shop. We have had enough of the days of worry and fear. We want to live in the safest city."
Before the outbreak of the zombie virus, Zhang Jing had just received a promotion notice from the company. He had worked in the company for seven years and finally got this opportunity.
On the day when the company held a meeting to announce the news, the zombie virus broke out. The company was gone, and the family was gone. Zhang Jing was lost and helpless. He went through many hardships before coming to the Hope Base.
Zhang Jing saw that the Hope Base was getting bigger and bigger, and more and more people were coming. He also got a position as a small administrator.
Just when he thought he could rest assured, the zombie tide came.
The huge base, with tens of thousands of people living in it, turned into a ghost town under the siege of zombies in just half a month.
Zhang Jing was very tired, tired physically and mentally.
But he didn't want to die, he wanted to keep moving forward and find the next place to settle down.
Most of the time, ordinary people are either pushed forward blindly by the torrent, or they blindly choose a direction and rush forward.
They are constantly faced with choices, but there are not many options left.
They can only choose the direction that makes them feel more at ease from the limited choices in front of them.
Even if they make the wrong choice, they will just sigh helplessly and be depressed for a few days, and then a new torrent will push them to move forward.
Qin Tian was not angry because of Zhang Jing's straightforwardness, and raised his eyebrows slightly.
Is there really a safe place in the world?
Zhang Jing and his team set out.
The people in the base were almost killed. They had been besieged by zombies for too long and had no food left, but they still had cars and gasoline. They found two cars in good condition and filled them up with gas to drive directly to Gaosheng City.
If they set out now, they would arrive by tomorrow morning at the latest.
It was getting dark, but they didn't want to stay in this base for even a second.
Zhang Jing could see that the research team from the big city didn't know about the errand shop. Even though two of them were rescued by the errand runner, and the errand runner gave them life-saving talismans, they still didn't realize the importance of the errand shop.
Before leaving, Zhang Jing handed Qin Tian a flyer from an errand shop: "Study it carefully. If you go to Gaosheng City or return to Yinbian in the future, you may need it if you encounter difficult problems."
Zhang Jing is just an ordinary citizen, without any great ability.
Family, property, work... everything that once made up him has collapsed and disappeared. He has long been alone and has nothing.
But he still wants to live, wants to see the blocking agent being developed, and wants to grasp the slim hope.
Maybe one day, humans can regain their homes occupied by zombies.
The door of the warehouse opened and closed, and Qin Tian looked down at the flyer in his hand with a complicated expression.
Yuan Pu and Zheng Lin were unable to move, so the research team decided to stay overnight at the Hope Base.
They did not waste the good intentions of the long-distance team. They took turns to clean up the zombies that were wandering around the entrance of the logistics building at night, and prevented them from gathering and being unable to leave in the morning.
In the middle of the night, Yuan Pu woke up.
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