Chapter 37 Big Promotion
"Notify everyone that the base supermarket is having a big sale!"
Not long after, Lin Han brought a group of people to the dead forest. Some people were responsible for registering the supplies, some were responsible for transporting them, and some were responsible for beating drums and gongs and making a lot of publicity along the way.
"Good news! Good news! To provide feedback to the residents, the supermarket at Base 27 has received a new batch of supplies and is selling them at a reduced price! Please be prepared!"
In the base, the news about the "discount on new supplies" soon spread like wildfire.
Song Yuqing had originally hidden behind a small mound, but people kept coming into the dead woods, some even standing on the mound, happily looking at the many supplies on the land. Song Yuqing, who had been hiding with great effort, was terrified for a while.
The crowds gathered to view the supplies included both psychics and ordinary people. The news of the "new supplies on sale" quickly spread throughout the base. They were all excited, ready to get to work: fighting zombies, digging for crystal cores, and exchanging supplies!
There was a crowd of onlookers, and another group of Lin Han's men squeezed into the crowd and joined the queue of counting and moving supplies.
In order to avoid the crowd, Song Yuqing had to change his position carefully and roll from behind the small mound to another hidden place covered by a thick dead tree trunk.
Song Yuqing held his breath, cautiously peering from behind a dead tree to watch the people moving supplies. Lin Han and Nan Jiao stood beside the pile of supplies, chatting and laughing. Or rather, it was obvious that Nan Jiao was agreeing with Lin Han, nodding and smiling politely and slightly awkwardly like a millennial second party.
Song Yuqing felt itchy in his heart, and he couldn't help but pick at the bark while holding the dead tree trunk with his hands.
Could it be that Nanjiao was really sent by Lin Han to steal supplies?
Lin Han has spatial abilities and can transfer the supplies effortlessly, so why does he go through the trouble of having people move the supplies?
Song Yuqing's eyes were fixed on Lin Han, who was not far away. Lin Han looked very proud and triumphant. The defeat a few days ago did not seem to have any effect on him.
"Hey! Boss Song!" A psychic who was transporting supplies recognized Song Yuqing. He remembered that Song Yuqing had let them buy on credit and exchange zombies for supplies!
Song Yuqing was flustered when he was recognized and nodded perfunctorily in response.
"I'm just passing by, haha."
The psychic looked at Song Yuqing, then looked at the supplies piled on the ground, and smiled as if he understood.
Song Yuqing held her breath, fearing that the psychic she had met would reveal her existence to Lin Han.
"Yeah, that's right. Cooperating with President Lin is a wise choice." The psychic sighed, lowered his head, and turned to move the supplies.
Song Yuqing didn't dare to stay here any longer, so he quietly slipped behind a dead tree trunk farther away.
After the people sent by Lin Han moved all the supplies out of the dead woods, Song Yuqing came out from his hiding place and looked around for Nanjiao.
"Hey!" Nanjiao jumped down from the dead tree and shouted loudly, trying to scare Song Yuqing.
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Song Yuqing looked at Nanjiao expressionlessly. Nanjiao's body stiffened for two seconds. He scratched his head and fumbled around, trying to find something to do to hide his embarrassment. He had deliberately found an excuse to escape from the "hospitable" Lin Han and come to report the situation to Song Yuqing.
"Tell me, what kind of deal did you make with Lin Han? Why doesn't he use his space to store supplies?"
Nanjiao shook his head bitterly. Lin Han was a shrewd man who was good at fooling people.
Lin Han saw that the supplies Nanjiao brought with him were all good stuff, and after learning that Nanjiao wanted to cooperate with Base No. 27, he agreed without hesitation. Nanjiao thought that things were going well, but he didn't expect Lin Han to show him his "no business without fraud" trick.
Nanjiao didn't dare mention "zombies for supplies" or "only zombie bodies, not zombie cores," fearing Lin Han would see through his plan. He lied that the supplies came from the God's Supermarket, claiming they were scavenged from space-powered beings whose equipment had been exploding after their deaths, hoping to trade this ill-gotten gains for cores. After a moment's deliberation, Lin Han agreed to cooperate with Nanjiao, but they would share the cores in proportion.
Nanjiao had rarely negotiated before the apocalypse, so post-apocalypse, these bargaining techniques naturally fell into the realm of theoretical speculation. Unsurprisingly, Lin Han controlled the pace of this business negotiation, ultimately concluding with Lin Han taking 80% of the crystal cores and Nanjiao 20%. Nanjiao had to persuade Lin Han that the exchange for supplies must include both zombies and crystal cores.
"He almost suspected me! Fortunately, I thought quickly and said it was..." Nanjiao suddenly stopped talking and looked at Song Yuqing mysteriously.
"What is it? Your ability is quite unique. Can it also be effective when absorbing the bodies of zombies?" Song Yuqing just guessed casually.
"That's about right. I said my ability is quite special and requires zombie bodies as supplementary materials, just like plants need nutrient solution."
Song Yuqing couldn't help but imagine Nanjiao absorbing the zombies. Was he holding down the zombies' heads? Or was he biting the zombies back?
Suddenly, Song Yuqing's whole body went numb, and a terrifying thought swept through her mind. Song Yuqing's eyes slowly turned and turned to Nanjiao who was pursing her lips.
"Is this true?"
"Yeah. I absorb the zombies' corpse gas." Nanjiao didn't dare to look at Song Yuqing, but just stared at the land under his feet.
Song Yuqing narrowed his eyes and looked at the southern suburbs carefully.
"That's right, you have plant-based abilities. Plants grow better with fertilizer."
During the few minutes that Song Yuqing and Nanjiao were understanding the situation, Base No. 27 had become lively.
Song Yuqing listened attentively and heard vague cheers and applause, which was quite similar to the atmosphere of a pre-doomsday carnival, making people feel itchy and curious.
"How about we sneak in?" Nanjiao looked at Base No. 27, rubbing his right hand with his left hand.
"How do we get in?" Song Yuqing looked towards the southern suburbs expectantly.
A moment later, Song Yuqing and Nanjiao deliberately messed up their hair and soiled their clothes. Nanjiao even used vines to weave a mesh-like mask and hat to cover their faces. And so, in disguise, Song Yuqing and Nanjiao staggered towards the gate of Base No. 27.
The people in Base No. 27 had long lost the desire to stay at their posts and were eager to rush to the base supermarket immediately.
"It's a huge sale! It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! If you don't go now, they'll be gone!"
"What a shame, I still have to guard the door."
"Hey, I say, let's go secretly, nothing will happen."
"Yes, the shift will be here soon."
“Go, go, go!!!”
The guard who was originally standing guard outside the door did not notice the two thin figures staggering towards Base No. 27, and ran away in a jump.
"Big sale, here I come!"
Song Yuqing and Nanjiao looked at each other, quietly entered Base No. 27, and followed the crowd to the base supermarket.
The tents along the way were quickly covered with handwritten posters, which had the same meaning as "Last three days, loss-making business".
Due to the crowds around them, Song Yuqing and Nanjiao soon followed the crowd to the entrance of the supermarket at Base 27. The place was already packed with people, some of whom came with crystal cores, while others came with zombie bodies. After all, Lin Han had instructed that zombie bodies were also required.
It was the first time Song Yuqing had seen a supermarket like this. It looked like an armory. The gate of the base supermarket was made of gold, mixed with other strong metals by a gold-type psychic, giving it a majestic and indestructible look.
The Great Golden Gate was tightly closed, and several psychics with unfriendly faces stood in a row with their hands on their hips, looking seriously and with disdain at the people rushing towards them.
"Doomsday surprise, super discount! Limited time discount, first come first served!" Lin Han climbed onto a chair with a smile and announced loudly.
"Mr. Lin is awesome! Mr. Lin is awesome!" someone started shouting.
"It's just a stunt!" Song Yuqing curled his lips in disdain, "Why don't you open the door quickly!"
"Alright, that's all." Nan Jiao echoed Song Yuqing. He felt uncomfortable being squeezed all over. "Shall we go?"
As they turned around to squeeze out of the crowd, the big golden gate of Base No. 27 slowly opened.
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