Chapter 74: Rich
As soon as the exchange opened at nine o'clock, many people rushed in. Mo Fei was carried forward by the crowd and was almost separated from Lin Jiyuan and the others.
"Are you okay? Hold me." Bai Qi held Mo Fei and raised his arm to circle Mo Fei, forming a semicircle to separate her from the crowd. Someone was squeezing in from behind, and the two were extremely close.
But what surprised Mo Fei was that even though they were so close, she seemed not to hear Bai Qi's heartbeat.
Lin Ji originally came to lead the way, and when he turned around he saw this scene.
"Just hold me. It's not convenient for Brother Bai to hold the halberd."
Lin Jiyuan handed his hand to Mo Fei, but his eyes were looking at Bai Qi, without a trace of smile. His suspicion of Bai Qi had never disappeared from the beginning to the end.
Bai Qi smiled gently: "How could that be? Protecting A Fei is more important than anything else."
Mo Fei: "..." She realized something was wrong and immediately slipped out of Bai Qi's arms. She ran forward in the gap between the crowds, shouting, "What are you pulling? I'll wait for you in front."
The area of the exchange is more than twice that of the cafeteria. In the middle hangs a huge display screen that shines like crystal. The light it emits illuminates almost half of the space.
Mo Fei looked up and saw big words written on it:
1. Block the Lotus Pier, with a basic salary of 20 A-level crystal cores, a box of instant noodles, and 20 kilograms of farm vegetables. The crystal cores and materials collected from strangling sea monsters and zombies do not need to be handed in. At least level 3 supernatural power is required, and the number of people is not limited. Departure in one day.
2.3 Grade A crystal cores in exchange for a bottle of Moutai.
3. One box of self-heating hot pot can be exchanged for 5 A-grade crystal cores, which have been checked and are not expired.
4.……
The Lotus Wharf faces the sea and is the port of Bai City. There are many cargo ships docked there, as well as many transit warehouses and a large variety of supplies.
Almost everyone in Baishi knows how rich this place is.
But correspondingly, countless unheard-of mutant creatures and sea monsters have been born in the sea, which are even more terrifying than zombies.
According to recent news, a mutated sea monster has appeared in the area 5 kilometers from Lotus Pier. It may not be long before these sea monsters will set foot in the city. Therefore, it is necessary to block the Lotus Pier and prevent the sea monsters from landing.
The level classification of mutant creatures is the same as that of zombies and mutants, from 1 to 5. Many mutant sea monsters that came ashore are level 3, and some are level 4. It is still unknown whether there will be level 5.
No wonder the basic salary for this mission is only 20 A-grade crystal cores. This is literally exchanging your life for crystal cores.
As for the rest, it was mostly barter. No matter what time it was, cigarettes and alcohol were always expensive and popular.
Bai Qi introduced: "This display screen is made up of hundreds of B-level supernatural crystal cores, and it is very precious. Psychic supernatural users can use their minds to control it, and can scroll and play some valuable items or publish transactions of more difficult tasks on it. When the transaction is successful, the exchange will take a corresponding commission. Of course, for information like the top three, you must first pay a large amount of crystal cores or materials to the exchange before you can post it. For example, the first mission to go to Lotus Pier was posted by the Bai family. It has been posted for more than half a month and has recruited more than a hundred people. Only they have the financial resources to post information on this screen for half a month."
"Isn't this the rich list?" Mo Fei smacked his lips.
"As for the general stuff, they are sold at these stalls. These stalls are free, but you have to fight for the spots. Whoever gets there first gets it." Bai Qi continued.
Mo Fei discovered that those who had squeezed in just now were indeed busy grabbing stalls.
Most of the stalls are very simple, some are placed directly on the ground, and some are even placed on a piece of cloth.
In just a short while, more than a hundred stalls have been set up.
Some sell crystal cores, some sell toothpaste, and some sell scrap copper and iron. Anyway, as long as it is something found from outside, there is a market here.
Just because you don’t need it doesn’t mean others don’t. Whether you can sell it or not, it’s all a matter of fate.
"That's the evaluation department of the exchange. Precious things are taken there for evaluation. After the evaluation, the exchange decides whether to put it on the screen. They will charge a corresponding publishing fee." Bai Qi pointed to a small room a hundred meters away from the huge screen.
"Let's go and take a look." Mo Fei and Lin Jiyuan looked at each other and walked towards the small room. Bai Qi followed behind.
The small room looked simple from the outside, but it was full of secrets. There were four level 3 psychics standing guard at the door alone.
Compared to the hustle and bustle outside where people are scrambling for stalls, there are not many people here.
The staff member in charge of the assessment was a graceful woman, about 27 or 28 years old. She wore a pair of white gloves, a pair of gold-framed glasses, a white shirt and a suit skirt. Her hair was loose behind her head, exuding a shiny glow, and she even sprayed a little perfume on her body.
It is similar to the staff in the auction industry before.
"Welcome, everyone. You are all strangers, and I guess this is your first time in our appraisal office. Let me introduce myself. My name is Li Manshan. If you have any valuable items for sale, you can come to me for appraisal. But if you don't have anything to show, please don't waste your time here."
The woman named Li Manshan smiled, but her eyes were extremely sharp as she looked up and down at Mo Fei and the others, as if she was judging their level of supernatural powers.
Lin Jiyuan took a step forward and took out the S-level crystal core that Mo Fei had taken out from the space in the morning from his backpack: "Evaluate this."
The S crystal core was tightly wrapped in several layers of cloth. When the cloth was removed, its light immediately illuminated the room in front of it.
The few psychics standing guard at the door also sensed something and looked over here.
But in the end they didn't take a single step towards this side.
Li Manshan, who was originally careless, finally became interested. She held a silk handkerchief in her hand, took the S-level crystal core from Lin Jiyuan, and closed her eyes.
After a moment, Li Manshan opened his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief.
She handed the precious crystal core back to Lin Jiyuan with both hands.
"I wonder what task you want to use this crystal core to issue, or exchange for something?" Li Manshan had a genuine smile on his lips.
Just kidding, a large part of her salary comes from commission.
If this S-grade crystal core could be sold, she could at least get an A-grade crystal core plus a bunch of B-grade crystal cores, or materials of equal value.
Seeing that Lin Jiyuan didn't say anything, Li Manshan said more enthusiastically: "Whatever you ask for, we can do it."
"I want to use this crystal core and ask a level 4 healing psychic to treat my friend." Lin Jiyuan finally spoke.
Li Manshan's smile froze for a moment.
She looked at the man in front of her again. She didn't expect that this man had such a high-level crystal core and was actually targeting the level 4 healing psychic.
There are only two level 4 healers in the base, and more importantly, they only treat the Bai family and those approved by the Bai family. Even to treat their own family members, they need to apply to the Bai family first. Others don't even think about it.
Are we just going to watch this big order slip away?
Li Manshan was in a dilemma and tried to get Lin Jiyuan to lower the standard: "How about a level 3 healing psychic? As long as your friend is not seriously ill, but has a terminal illness or disability, a level 3 psychic can cure him. And with this crystal core of yours, you can at least get four or five level 3 psychics to treat your friend."
"Please ask a level 4 healing psychic to use this crystal core to treat my friend." Lin Jiyuan repeated calmly.
He didn't look angry, but Li Manshan couldn't help but tremble in his heart.
She had already realized that the person in front of her was also a Level 4 Psychic. His strength might even be stronger than that of an ordinary Level 4 Psychic.
When did such a person come to the base? She only found out about it now.
"Let me tell you." Mo Fei pulled Lin Jiyuan, breaking the chill in the air.
Lin Jiyuan let her pull him aside. His fingers stroked the S-level crystal core, his eyes were aimless, and no one knew what he was thinking.
"This friend is very important to us. But only a level 4 healing psychic can cure him. Even if there is only a slight possibility, we don't want to give up. Just help us post the message. I wonder how much supplies are needed to get the message to the top?" Mo Fei asked.
Isn't it just a list of the rich? It's not like she can't afford it.
Li Manshan looked at the short-haired woman in front of him, hesitated for a while and said: "I can help you put it up. But the message needs to be posted first, and the price has been offered as five boxes of instant noodles." Speaking of five boxes of instant noodles, Li Manshan swallowed.
It's no wonder she's greedy. The natural disaster has been going on for half a year, and the so-called junk food has not yet gone bad or expired, and the amount circulating among people is really too small.
A pack of instant noodles would already be snatched up at a small stall outside. The Bai family did not monopolize the first place in the release, but they were generous and sold five boxes of instant noodles, which were hung on the display screen for half a month.
Mo Fei: “…”
Lin Jiyuan: "..."
Apart from other things, there are more than a dozen boxes of instant noodles in Lin Jiyuan's RV. Since he and Mo Fei set out on the road together, these instant noodles have rarely been unpacked. Instant noodles are not as delicious as rice.
Unexpectedly, the situation changed, and the Master Xiong instant noodles that were despised by them became a hot commodity in the base, more popular than crystal cores. After all, crystal cores can only improve abilities, but cannot fill the stomach.
Mo Fei patted his backpack and said, "Remember, you have to pay me back what you owe me."
"Okay." Lin Jiyuan suddenly laughed softly and his eyes fell on her face.
He owed her too much, and he didn't know how to pay her back. But if he stayed by her side and paid her back slowly, he would eventually pay her back.
Bai Qi saw the interaction between the two but acted as if he didn't see it, with a smile like a modest gentleman on his face the whole time.
"Isn't it just five boxes of instant noodles? I'll give you five packs of chicken jerky and two strips of Hetianxia." Mo Fei slapped the table domineeringly.
From what she had just seen, cigarettes and alcohol were also hard currency here, and they were small in size, so it was credible that she had brought them in before.
Li Manshan looked Mo Fei up and down, looking at him with a look of disbelief: "Sir, we need to pay a fee before we can help you publish the information."
"What's this?" Mo Fei took off the bag he had been carrying on his back as a decoration, unzipped it, and placed the jerky and cigarettes on the table. "You can order some."
Li Manshan never looked at Lin Jiyuan again. He looked at Mo Fei as if she were the God of Wealth, and started addressing her as "Miss Mo".
Finally, he opened the door respectfully and saw them out.
"I think she can't wait to marry you right there and then," said Lin Jiyuan.
He really didn't expect that nowadays, one not only has to be on guard against men, but also women.
Mo Fei smiled and joked: "Who doesn't want to marry meat?"
The two were talking and laughing when Bai Qi suddenly pulled Mo Fei and said, "Be careful!"
Chen Bingqing rushed over at some point.
There was a lot of people just now, and in order to prevent the laws of space from locking people randomly, Mo Fei turned off the laws of space.
If Bai Qi hadn't pulled her back, Chen Bingqing would have crashed into her.
"What are you doing?" Mo Fei stood firm and asked his good cousin in a bad tone.
Chen Bingqing didn't look at Mo Fei, but instead held Lin Jiyuan's hand.
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