Chapter 12 12. [Winter]
Xu Zhi couldn't help but look at the core. It was light blue, with new attributes. She wanted it very much.
Shen Jinwen was not some old antique who was not familiar with the Internet. She had also read and heard of some classic doomsday novels. The moment she found this thing in the body of the killed mutant animal, she had a lot of associations, such as the classic zombie crystal core.
Therefore, as soon as Xu Zhi finished talking about the properties, she thought of this crystal.
Now she dared to take out this crystal and show it to Xu Zhi because Xu Zhi first told her the properties directly, and Xu Zhi could obviously coerce her, but was willing to let her go first, and now sat down to exchange information with her peacefully. More importantly, Shen Jinwen herself also wanted to know more, which led to her frankness at this moment.
Although Xu Zhi has not often socialized with others since she was a child, and has been "isolated from the world" in a sense, especially after she became ill, the only family member she can communicate with is not very willing to talk to her. Even though her IQ and EQ are high and she occasionally gets information about the outside world from TV, Xu Zhi is unable to hide her feelings in front of something she really wants and immediately come up with a perfect set of rhetoric.
So she simply asked, "I want this, what can I give you in exchange?"
She didn't believe that Shen Jinwen had never thought that she would want this.
Sure enough, Shen Jinwen's face did not show any surprise. She tentatively said, "Tell me everything you know about the attributes."
In Shen Jinwen's eyes, information is actually more important than this crystal, because it is not easy for her to collect information by herself, but she could never have imagined that Xu Zhi's way of collecting information is so "special".
She had only been testing the waters, prepared for Xu Zhi to bargain. Sure enough, she heard the girl say, "I can tell you part of what I know, and it's something that's quite important to you."
In Xu Zhi's opinion, the information about the attribute core was not something that needed to be concealed, because it was something that everyone would discover sooner or later as time went by. But even so, she did not intend to pour out all the information just for a core. She had to keep some for the next transaction.
For example, this time, she didn’t plan to tell Shen Jinwen the specific information of each attribute.
In Xu Zhi's opinion, the city has come to a standstill, and it is impossible for every survivor to have a "plug-in" like her, with a reduced demand for food and water. They must be busy taking risks to go out and look for survival supplies, and they will definitely find the core after defeating the monster.
There is never a shortage of smart people in this world. There will always be people who can guess information related to "attributes" from the different colors of the core. After all, this is too obvious.
In fact, there must be people who are willing to use experiments to test the role of the core and find out its true role.
Xu Zhi has no plans to contact more people in the short term. Her focus is still on improving her strength. She boldly speculates that perhaps before long, a new order will be born in this dead city, for example, the strong will be respected.
At that time, money will inevitably become useless, and barter will replace transactions with money. What else is more suitable to replace money?
Nature is the material and core.
She kept the most crucial information, naturally to exchange for more benefits. At this moment, she was willing to lose a little to tell Shen Jinwen about the property, and she also wanted to "make friends" in it.
She didn't plan to go out for the next period of time, and Shen Jinwen seemed to go out frequently, so she needed Shen Jinwen as a source of information.
So, she looked at Shen Jinwen and continued, "You should know that exchanging one for my information is not an equal transaction. Even if the information I provide is incomplete, its value far exceeds this one."
"So, I need you to keep paying me."
"Cooperate with me in the future and inform me of the information you obtain."
"If I confirm that you haven't cheated on me, after our partnership stabilizes, I will tell you another piece of news that is relevant and very important, and that is difficult for others to know in detail."
This information is naturally the detailed information of this light blue core. Xu Zhi also needs to get the core and read the narration to know this.
Hearing this, Shen Jinwen was silent for a long time. Xu Zhi didn't know what she was thinking, but he knew that her final decision was to nod and say, "Okay."
After saying that, she took the initiative to hand the core to Xu Zhi, which was a gesture of goodwill.
Xu Zhi smiled when he saw this. He felt that Shen Jinwen was a very interesting person. He didn't talk much, but he was efficient and decisive. He looked a bit sharp, but after getting along with him, he felt that his personality was calmer than his appearance. It seemed that if he became a partner, he would be a quiet and reliable character.
Thinking of this, Xu Zhi took the core and looked at it, "I mentioned attributes before. This is the attribute core."
"There are eight types of attributes in total, and the core colors of different attributes are also different. As for the specific eight types, their names, and their functions or abilities, I can't tell you now because the compensation you paid is not enough."
“As evidence.”
Xu Zhi took out the pale yellow blade attribute core that she had put in her pocket before, "Here, this is one of the attribute cores I have."
When Shen Jinwen saw the [Blade] attribute core, she believed Xu Zhi's words even more. After Xu Zhi showed her, he put both cores into his pocket and continued:
"The most important news I can tell you is that living things are attracted to the attributes that best match them. Therefore, you are most likely to be most compatible with this light blue attribute."
"Don't try to use the attribute core to do anything to yourself lightly. There are restraints between attributes. If you want to know how to use it specifically, you have to show some sincerity in future cooperation."
"That's all I can tell you for now."
Xu Zhiyi had painted some promises for Shen Jinwen during the call. Even though she herself didn't know how to use the core, she dared to fool Shen Jinwen directly.
Fortunately, the information Xu Zhi has revealed so far is indeed "great value for money". In Shen Jinwen's eyes, Xu Zhi has changed from the "weird and dangerous girl" when they first met to a "mysterious person who knows a lot."
When opening the door for Xu Zhi, Shen Jinwen's trust in Xu Zhi was probably only 10% or 20%. At this level, it was not a question of trust or distrust, it was more of a gamble.
At this time, her trust in Xu Zhi had exceeded 50%, probably because the "end of the world" in Yuncheng had just begun and the trust between people had not been completely exhausted.
In view of Xu Zhi's "generosity", Shen Jinwen directly told most of her discoveries in the past few days in the subsequent transactions. In fact, there were not many, and almost all of them were around this area. Although valuable, they were insignificant compared to Xu Zhi's news.
Therefore, she did not ask Xu Zhi to say anything more. Instead, after she finished speaking, she made an agreement with Xu Zhi that she would meet with him if she had any news that she thought was valuable. When Xu Zhi thought it was enough, he would tell her more information.
After the two exchanged information, Xu Zhi did not stay long, as she still had a lot of things to do.
After returning to her new home, Xu Zhi first picked up the game console and thought about how she had put the black fruit back into the warehouse. At that time, she realized it with just a thought. Now she also followed suit and took the light blue core in her hand and "thought" about it. The next second, the core disappeared in her hand.
Xu Zhi opened the game warehouse, and sure enough, there was an extra light blue crystal in the warehouse.
She selected the core, and a word appeared next to it: [Winter]
[Congratulations, you have obtained another core with different attributes. Now, do you want to learn some knowledge about this core?]
Xu Zhi skillfully clicked [Yes].
【Winter: The principle of silence, endings, and things that are not entirely gone.】
It encompasses disappearance, remembrance, dead silence, desolation, snow, the end, and weakness. Its hallmarks are silence, and sometimes, perhaps, an awareness of one's own end.
Xu Zhi frowned as she looked at the line of words. To be honest, she did not sense too much of the temperament of "disappearance" or "death" in Shen Jinwen, and it had nothing to do with "weakness" and "ruin". Of course, this was a bit superficial, and her understanding of attributes was not in-depth. Perhaps she could judge how attributes matched people by understanding Shen Jinwen.
For some reason, when Xu Zhi looked at the description of [Winter], he always felt that the characteristics of this attribute were somewhat "neutral". It was not like [Moth]. Just looking at the description, you could tell that this attribute was chaotic, and you didn't know how many "fun people" would appear. It was also not like [Blade]. The power and conflict were openly displayed, and the struggle between those who possessed it would not stop. [Winter] looked too quiet.
This made Xu Zhi more and more curious about the characteristics of other attributes.
But before that, she needed to do a small experiment to test whether one of the uses of the core was what she wanted.
Xu Zhi took out the [Blade] attribute core from his pocket and looked at Xiao Yi: "Open your mouth."
Xiaoyi lay at her feet and opened his bloody mouth obediently. Xu Zhi threw the core into his mouth and said, "Eat it."
Yes, the experiment she wanted to do was very simple, which was to see what changes would occur after the clan ate the corresponding attribute core, and whether they could digest the energy in the core.
It was a very simple and crude idea, and Xiaoyi happened to be around, so he had the perfect experimental props and materials.
Xu Zhi thought it was very important to figure out how to use the core as soon as possible. After all, she had a core that corresponded to her own attributes.
Perhaps, this will be the key to her increasing her own strength.
She watched as Xiaoyi, less than five seconds after swallowing the core, suddenly curled up his body, closed his eyes, and dropped his head onto his body, as if he had entered a hibernation-like state.
Seeing this, Xu Zhi picked up the game console and looked at the screen.
【冬】is light blue, but it was written in gray at the end of the previous chapter. I only realized it when I went back to read it.
(End of this chapter)
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