After Jiang Yue finished her work, she and Bai Ze went to do their research. The puppet arrived at the nearest base. When they saw the puppet coming, the person on guard duty at the base quickly called the patrolmen over. Seeing that the puppet's car was still looking straight ahead, the base personnel quickly fired a warning shot. Upon seeing this, the puppet stopped the car and got out of it.
"Don't be nervous, don't shoot. Our base just moved here. I'm here to do business with your base. Send someone who can make decisions over here."
After hearing what the puppet said, the people in the base did not relax. They knew that it had been three years since the apocalypse, and everyone knew that strangers were much more terrifying than zombies. They had guns and cannons to deal with zombies, and as long as it was not a zombie horde or a high-level zombie, they were not afraid. But it was not so certain about people. Many bases were destroyed by their own kind.
"Don't move outside, I'll go find our leader for you."
"OK!"
After finishing his sentence, the puppet lit a cigarette and leaned against the car, waiting for the person in charge to come over. He also took the opportunity to observe the base. The base was dilapidated, the walls were not very high and covered in bloodstains, and there were many burnt bones on the ground. The guards were not very strong, which at least indicated that they were short of food.
There shouldn't be many wood-type ability users. The people on the city wall all carry a bottle, and many of them have cracked lips. There might be water-type ability users, but they are probably few and far between, though enough. They all have some radiation sickness, which means their ability level is not high. High-level ability users are immune to small amounts of radiation damage.
The puppet didn't have to wait long before it saw a group of people surrounding a leader who was climbing the city wall. The leader glanced at the puppet but didn't rush to talk to it. Instead, he turned to the person next to him and asked, "Little Six, are there any other people nearby?"
The person called Xiao Liu closed his eyes to sense it for a moment, then opened them and said, "There's no one else, just him."
After receiving a reply, he shouted at the puppet, "Brothers down there, you said you came here to do business, what kind of business are you doing?!"
"Food, water, medicine, tobacco and alcohol, weapons, protective clothing—we have everything you need!"
After the puppet finished speaking, the people on the city wall discussed it. Most of them were skeptical, mainly because what was going on? You can't just say anything, can you? But Jiang Yue was prepared and brought some samples with her puppet cart.
"I have some samples in my car that I can show you. I brought these supplies all by myself, which shows I'm quite sincere, right?"
After the puppet finished speaking, they did not invite it into the base, showing their strong vigilance. After watching them discuss, the puppet sent a representative over. To reassure them, the puppet walked a distance away as the representative arrived. After the representative came over, the puppet said to him, "You can check the things in the car. Also, I have a catalog in the passenger seat. After you've checked, take a few to your boss."
Seeing the puppet's words, the young man remained vigilant. He kept facing the puppet directly, walked to the vehicle, and looked at the supplies inside. The puppet reached out and asked him to take some out to try: "You can take a little of everything and bring it up for them to try. Consider it a gift."
"good!"
After saying that, the man took a little of everything, but he didn't take it for nothing; he also left a few crystal cores. Then he took a few leaflets from the passenger seat and went back to the top of the city wall. After the man left, the puppet returned to the car and waited for them to come to a conclusion.
After the man climbed the city wall, he handed everything to the leader, then distributed leaflets to everyone. Afterward, he said to the leader, "Boss, I didn't find any weapons in the car. It was full of supplies, just like he said. There was cigarettes, alcohol, rice, flour, and medicine. I'm starting to believe he came here to make a deal."
The people in the base tasted the food they brought back, and some of them even shed tears while eating. As Jiang Yue had predicted, they bought most of what the puppets had brought. However, when they learned that they needed to trade crystal cores, their expressions were not good, because there weren't many crystal cores in the base. Most of them were used to improve their strength, and the little they kept was only for emergencies.
The good thing is that the superhumans can sell their blood. Although they are somewhat resistant to this option, Jiang Yue said that it was only a matter of time. A few hundred milliliters less blood wouldn't have any impact on the superhumans. Moreover, the blood of superhumans is purchased on a long-term basis, so she wasn't worried that they wouldn't be tempted. After finishing their business, the puppet took his leave, leaving them a bunch of flyers because they had connections with the surrounding bases and could help with promotion.
After leaving this base, the puppet went to a more distant base. The other bases nearby would help make contact, so the puppet wouldn't have to make a special trip. Moreover, they would definitely go together. It's much safer for several bases to go to an unfamiliar place together, rather than for a single base to go alone.
A few days later, the other base was also completed, and the puppet set off to go home. Bai Ze also received the news that the leaflets had been distributed. The supplies here were almost ready, and Jiang Yue estimated that it should be enough for them to buy, because they didn't have many crystal cores, and they wouldn't bring all the crystal cores with them for the first transaction.
If superhumans were to sell their blood, it probably wouldn't amount to much; a few would be enough to test the waters. Although Jiang Yue herself knew she had no romantic feelings for them, the people involved certainly wouldn't think that way.
The surrounding bases arrived faster than Jiang Yue had anticipated. Jiang Yue didn't go out; Bai Ze went out to greet them. The reception process followed the pre-apocalyptic format. First, he introduced them to the Dawn Research Institute, then gave them a tour, followed by a meal. The plates were licked clean afterward—well, let's keep those plates for future guests.
Everyone wanted to buy things as soon as possible and return to the base. After all, most of the advanced combatants had come out, and the base's defenses had weakened considerably. Bai Ze understood this and took them directly to the newly built trading center. All the people who came were laden with goods, and their vehicles were overflowing. The best-selling items were medicine and food.
Weapons and water were a bit scarce, but there were also some luxury items like cigarettes and alcohol. Everyone bought a little of these two items. It had been a long time since we had seen such authentic goods. At first, there weren't many people selling blood, just a few low-level ability users who didn't have much savings. Later, they learned that selling blood would get them a shower, disinfection, a set of protective clothing, and canned meat. So it developed into everyone selling blood.
Everyone arrived looking disheveled, but left looking clean and tidy, with their hair and beards neatly trimmed. It wasn't noticeable until they got on the bus, which looked rather dirty. After everyone left, Bai Ze sent the blood of the superhumans to the laboratory and then adjusted the production line based on the sales figures, producing more of the best-selling items and reducing the output of the less popular ones.
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