"Another mutant is missing. Can we really resist the next zombie wave?"
"The zombies are getting stronger and stronger. Even if we plant seeds, can we really wait until the day of harvest?"
"How should the seeds be distributed?" someone asked.
"Fruits and vegetables are food, and seeds are resources," the thin man said. "Nothing is free in the apocalypse. If you want seeds, you have to exchange them for crystal cores."
This is the law of the end times. People with special abilities need crystal cores, and ordinary people need to survive, so crystal cores become the currency in circulation.
But the man's next words shocked everyone: "A level one crystal core for each seed, that shouldn't be too much to ask, right?"
“Where can we get so many?”
"If the planting fails, won't the crystal core be like water spilled on the ground?"
"It's already this time, who can guarantee you the germination rate of the seeds? You just think it won't germinate, but if it really sprouts, the crystal cores you get in exchange will be more than the amount you use to buy the seeds." said the thin man.
Everyone was hesitant. He winked, and someone in the crowd stood up and said, "Brother Wang is right. If you want to have enough to eat, you still have to produce the necessary crystal cores. I'll buy ten pumpkin seeds. When the pumpkins are ripe, the seeds inside should belong to me."
"Of course," the thin man said, "One begets two, two begets three, and three begets all things. You must be willing to make the initial investment."
The man paid ten crystal cores and took the seeds. When the others heard what happened, they were all tempted. However, after a few people bought, the thin man raised the price again: "There are not many seeds left. Those who arrive first will definitely get a discount. If you don't hurry, the price may be even higher later."
Under the monopoly sales, all the seeds were sold out. People left with the seeds in their hands, while the thin man held the bag of crystal cores and weighed them happily.
Lin Su was now sitting on a tree trunk on a mound not far away, and he could clearly see what was happening there. He might not recognize all the people there, but he recognized the man clearly, Wang Jianfeng.
"Why don't you go over and expose him now?" 06 asked.
In the end times, water sources and land were polluted on a large scale. At first, people could survive on stored food, but later they had to find ways to regenerate food. However, the contaminated livestock could not eat it. In order to feed edible livestock, a large amount of edible plants were also needed. Unfortunately, after the first batch of crops were planted, it was found that the polluted land could not grow normal plants at all, and even if they grew, they had mutated. The water source can be filtered and boiled, which will not cause much impact, but the inability of plants to grow means that humans have no future.
The large base that first snatched away highly intelligent talents in the apocalypse finally developed a way to purify the land. However, other large bases can only purchase it. The small bases are completely cut off from the outside world and have no idea about this.
Buying seeds but not being able to plant them means everyone’s savings are wasted.
[They won't believe me if I tell them now.] Lin Su bent down and sat on the tree trunk, his heart beating fast and hard, but the zombies no longer needed to eat anything.
One is the person who came back with seeds, and there are real benefits in front of him. The other is a person who is said to be dead and has no value. If he goes back rashly, his identity may be suspected and there is no evidence.
Before the end of the world, people would not easily trust others, let alone now that the end of the world has come. They have seen all kinds of cold-hearted human nature. Only when substantial evidence is placed before them can people realize the deception.
There are hundreds of people in a base, and at most thousands of crystal cores, but now almost all of them are gathered in the hands of Wang Jianfeng alone. This method of exhausting all resources and leaving no way out may work once, but will lose its effect in the future. If no way out is left, ordinary people will not do such a drastic thing.
Lin Su waited from dawn to dusk, leaning against a tree and watching the entire base plunge into darkness. There was only the light of stars, but no trace of lights.
Maybe we can still use electricity at the beginning of the end of the world, but now I am afraid that even candles have to be used sparingly.
Without the legend of the city that never sleeps, the stars in the sky seem to be able to press directly on people's heads. The galaxy is brilliant, but probably Lin Su is the only one in this world who is in the mood to appreciate it.
It was very quiet everywhere, with only the faint roar of zombies in the distance, but none of them came close because of Lin Su's order. The tightly closed iron door creaked open.
The head that popped out from inside looked around, then the iron gate opened wide, and a car drove out, roaring directly towards the road in the distance. The people sitting in the car were none other than several psychics from the base, including Wang Jianfeng.
Ordinary people dare not travel casually in the apocalypse, but people with special abilities have a higher survival rate than ordinary people. They come into contact with more people and are more sensitive to danger. Small bases simply cannot survive for a long time in the apocalypse. If everyone is moved with them, there will definitely not be enough food, and the cost of traveling is enough to drag down many people. But if only people with special abilities travel, the probability of them reaching large bases is very high, and no one has the obligation to protect anyone. However, people with special abilities who simply drain the efforts of others in exchange for their own survival, without caring about how the rest of the people survive, will only become blood-sucking worms more terrifying than zombies in this apocalypse.
The sound of the car was hard to ignore in such a quiet night, especially the sudden turn on of the headlights, which almost woke up everyone in the base. People ran out of the house in panic, only to see the taillights of the car and the open door.
"What's going on?!"
"Did anyone run away?"
"The only intact car was taken away!!!"
"All the oil drums are empty. How could this happen?"
"The guards are gone. They are in the same group. They have been in the same group for a long time."
"Warehouse, go check out the warehouse."
The base lit up, and an unprecedented panic spread. Someone who had gone to check on the warehouse came running over and said, "It's empty. Everything inside is gone. Zhang Quan, the guard, isn't even here."
"Did they take everything and run away?"
"Then what should we do? Can we just wait to die?"
The whimpering and noisy sounds could be heard from afar. Even though someone suggested to chase the car, the few remaining psychics hesitated. It was not because they were afraid of death, but because human legs could not catch up with the car. It was hard to say whether they could catch up with people at night if they only relied on their legs. The most feared thing was to die directly at the mouth of zombies. They could not afford to lose any more psychics.
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