Su Tao also knew that selling too much would easily attract others' covetousness and cause trouble for herself and the team.
Guan Zining didn't quite agree, but still asked, "How much do you plan to sell it for?"
Su Tao said, "Ten 500ml bottles of water and five kilograms of fuel, isn't that a lot?"
According to the scary prices here, she should be able to make a net profit of over 100,000 yuan, and she is very satisfied.
Guan Zining said, "I'll go ask the Major General."
Unexpectedly, Shi Zijin agreed directly, but did not agree to her setting up a stall. Instead, he called the procurement manager of the supply station over and asked Su Tao to talk to him alone.
Guan Zining stood aside with a gun on his waist. The manager did not have the slightest intention to cheat anyone and reported the reasonable purchase price to Su Tao:
"For water, one bottle is 8,000 Federal Coins, and one kilogram of fuel is 6,000 Federal Coins, for a total of 110,000 Federal Coins. Miss Su, I'm asking a bit high, but I'll just consider it a friendship."
Su Tao readily agreed, and then she remembered that there were still a lot of unused daily necessities in Lin Fangzhi's space, such as shampoo, shower gel, brand new towels, and a lot of sanitary napkins.
She'd be going back to Taoyang in a few days, and these things wouldn't be worth much when she got back. She might as well just sell them all here.
So he said to the manager, "I have some more things here."
She asked Lin Fangzhi to go back to the fleet to get it, but in fact she was moving the box of extra daily necessities out of the space.
The manager was also a connoisseur and immediately realized that these daily necessities could greatly improve the hotel's accommodation conditions and thus make more money.
"How many do you have? I want them all!"
Su Tao said: "Not much, just this one box."
"What's your plan for the price?"
Su Tao thought about it and opened her mouth loudly:
"Two hundred thousand federal coins."
The manager looked embarrassed. "If this were drinkable water, it would be fine. However, although these are rare, they are not necessities. Miss Su, it is really too expensive."
Su Tao asked again: "Exchange is also possible. Do you have any medical equipment, books or other rare items here?"
The manager said bitterly, "Miss Su, this is just a small transit station. We don't have any medical equipment, let alone books. The people who come here are all big and strong men, and few of them can read."
After saying that, he looked at the box filled with toiletries and daily necessities with reluctance, and frantically searched in his mind for something that could be used as an exchange.
Suddenly, he thought of something: "Do you want the zombie's stuff? It's the crystal core in its head. A passing desperado gave it to us in exchange for water. We didn't know what to do with it, but we knew it was a rare item, so we kept it intact."
After saying that, he asked his men to get it. After a while, they brought a small wooden box. When they opened it, there was indeed a crystal core of an evolved zombie inside.
Su Tao was quite surprised and decided to exchange immediately, so that she had four more crystal cores.
Both parties got what they wanted, so the cooperation was pleasant.
After the manager left, Guan Zining said:
"You're still taking advantage. Once crystal energy weapons become commonplace, the value of crystal cores will be inestimable."
Su Tao smiled: "But for now, we are also an equal exchange. It's useless for them to have this crystal core now, so why not exchange it for my things?"
Guan Zining: "Okay profiteer, you are right, let's go back."
The supply station was noisy and brightly lit all night, so Su Tao didn't sleep well. She was still a little dazed when the convoy set off the next day.
When I woke up, the supply station behind the car had turned into a small black dot and disappeared.
Su Tao sighed, her tone tinged with envy: "This small supply station is like a local tycoon. I don't know how much they can earn in one night."
Guan Zining, who was sitting in the passenger seat, said without turning his head:
"Perhaps you could ask your partner Gu Mingchi about this question. He's involved in some shady business at that supply station."
Su Tao was stunned: "What business?"
"Before the apocalypse, his business was called human trafficking. He specialized in buying children under eighteen from refugees, homeless people, and poor survivors. He didn't dare to do this in Dongyang, so he gathered all the children and raised them at the supply station."
"If you had walked a little behind the hotel last night, you would have seen a small building filled with the children that Gu Mingchi raised."
Su Tao's heart sank: "Why buy so many children? Perverted? Abuse?"
If that's the case, does her collaboration with Gu Mingchi count as aiding and abetting evil?!
Guan Zining was speechless: "..What are you thinking? Forget about abuse. He spent a lot of money to buy and raise children, and he raised them well. He also found many homeless women to take care of these children."
Su Tao calmed down: "Isn't this a good thing?"
Guan Zining snorted, "Although he's in disguise saving these children and giving them a stable life that guarantees them food and clothing, he's also brainwashing them from a young age, fostering a cult of personality for Gu Mingchi. These children see him as their savior, as a god, and are willing to risk their lives for him."
"Some children even awaken extraordinary abilities when they reach the age of eighteen. Those who fail to awaken will become his confidants and remain loyal to him for the rest of their lives."
Su Tao understood: "He is quite ambitious."
Guan Zining nodded. "So it makes sense for you to be careful of him. He's very power-hungry and has no sense of morality."
The convoy drove for another half a day and suddenly encountered a large wave of zombies, at least a hundred of them, and even three "Blood Scythes" vaguely appeared among the zombies!
Shi Zijin immediately announced a full defense, surrounded the two most important vehicles in the middle, and rushed forward with core members to resist the enemy.
Su Tao was terrified in the car listening to the fighting and shouting outside. She wanted to look outside, but Guan Zining refused to open the privacy curtain for her.
Xue Dao was extremely excited when he heard the gunshots and kept trying to break out by pushing the door.
Su Tao couldn't hold it back, and was like crazy: "What's wrong with it?"
Guan Zining said: "It thought it was going to participate in the battle. It was trained too frequently when it was young, and it has been engraved in its bones."
Su Tao felt a little distressed when she heard this. Military dogs never have a peaceful old age.
The battle lasted for nearly an hour. When the privacy curtain was pulled up, Su Tao saw blood all over the ground and the remains of people or zombies everywhere, so she immediately pulled down the curtain again.
After thinking about it, she gritted her teeth and pulled it up. She had to be braver because this was the truth of the end of the world.
At this moment, Shi Zijin, covered in blood, appeared in her sight. He was leaning against the rear of a car with corpses at his feet. He took out a cigarette from his shirt and pressed the lighter with his bloody fingers to light it.
Soon, smoke rings lingered around his face, obscuring his expression.
But Su Tao clearly saw that his hands were shaking.
The logistics team leader came to report:
"Major General, we have 8 deaths, 16 serious injuries, and 24 infections. Doctor Jian has been assigned to treat them."
Shi Zijin crushed the burning cigarette between his fingers and returned to his usual expressionless demeanor. "Got it. Report the names of the martyrs who died in battle to me. And find all the bodies as soon as possible."
Because of the attack, we failed to reach Panliu Mountain as planned. The martyrs who died that night were cremated and turned into a small box.
Su Tao felt a little numb.
She looked at the names on the box. She had chatted and joked with some of them these days. The youngest of them was only 19 years old and the oldest was only 40 years old.
In just one hour, they were separated by life and death.
She looked at Shi Zijin, who had no expression on his face, and saw his slightly trembling lips. She knew that no one was in more pain than him.
She walked over and hugged him gently without saying anything.
Shi Zijin closed his eyes and let her hold him, motionless.
The urns were loaded onto the vehicles one by one and the convoy continued on its journey.
Finally, it was delivered to Panliu Mountain in silence.
When Su Tao got out of the car and saw the door of the abandoned garage at the foot of the mountain, the system suddenly sounded a prompt:
[The host has been detected to have reached the destination, triggering a hidden mission. Please obtain management rights for the land within three days. Condition: Consume 5 level 1 crystal cores.]
Su Tao opened her eyes wide and quickly opened the system interface. Sure enough, she found a small flashing area above Tao Yang's original map, as if waiting for her confirmation.
Does this mean that by consuming 5 level 1 crystal cores, I can manage this area like Taoyang?
What is a Level 1 Crystal Core? Is it the crystal core for evolving zombies?
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