Lou Zizhou walked to the rest area with Ye Lin, sat on the sofa, and clasped his hands together with a little force, thinking about how to reach a deal.
The sudden blizzard, coupled with the previous acid rain, has caused severe damage in various places, especially their base in City C, which has been hit the hardest. Some of the raw materials for their medicine come from mutated plants.
However, after the acid rain, almost all of these mutated plants were corroded by the acid rain. Even those that did not die were left with only a section of root system, making it impossible to extract medicinal ingredients. This caused great difficulties for their medicine production.
Currently, the only way to make potions is by using mutated plants that are accelerated by wood-type ability users, but this greatly reduces the proportion of ordinary medicinal herbs and grains that these wood-type ability users accelerate.
Adding to the woes of the superhumans who died or were injured during the acid rain, the situation at their base was further compounded.
There was no other way but to come to the B City base to seek cooperation. When we came, the doctor told us that as long as we could help them get through this crisis, they could accept many of the conditions.
"Speak, what kind of cooperation do you want to discuss?" Ye Lin sat on the sofa, picked up the thermos next to him, poured a cup of hot water for the other party, and then spoke.
Lou Zizhou licked his lips. After the blizzard, water was no longer a scarce resource, but hot water was.
There's snow everywhere outside now; once it melts a little, it becomes fresh water.
However, there are very few materials that can help with combustion. Apart from some pre-apocalyptic energy that was preserved in various bases and those fire-type ability users, ordinary survivors have basically said goodbye to fire sources. Due to the reduction of surrounding trees and vegetation, there is no combustible material at all, and even if there is a fire, it cannot be ignited.
Previously, energy conversion machines had been created at the B City base, but all the energy for generating electricity came from crystal cores. With so many mutated plants and animals lost outside, no one knew when things would recover. Everyone understood the principle of not exhausting resources.
With crystal nuclei also scarce, who would use them to generate electricity? Isn't that a waste?
He held the water glass, warming his hands on it. "Base Commander, we'd like to exchange a large quantity of medicine for some energy, food, and other necessities."
"In addition, we would like to ask the wood-type ability users at the B City base to help us accelerate the ripening of our medicinal herbs. We will pay them."
There aren't many wood-type and fire-type ability users in their base. This time, due to the acid rain, their base took in some scattered survivors. In addition, with the heavy snow blocking the mountains, they need to exchange more living supplies to ensure their survival in the future.
Upon hearing Lou Zizhou's words, Ye Lin thought to himself, "Indeed, these supplies are the most precious thing under such circumstances."
"Our base has a fairly sufficient reserve of supplies, which can be used to exchange for a batch of medicines. However, the quantity will definitely not be too large, since even though we have quite a few wood-type ability users, there are other limitations."
In the current situation, this can be considered a very sincere statement.
Their base in City B also needed to store some belongings. Nobody knew when the blizzard would end, and crystal cores were becoming increasingly difficult to obtain outside. Even with wood-type ability users in their base, they couldn't grow any food without the replenishment of crystal cores.
"I understand. Most of the potions we brought this time are ability recovery potions, so you can rest assured."
"At the same time, our base is also studying how to improve the utilization rate of drugs and crystal core energy in the preparation. We will definitely not let the B City base do a losing business."
In other words, the medicinal materials used in this potion require a wood-type ability user to consume a crystal core to mature. Therefore, this potion must at least restore the energy of one crystal core to the ability user, otherwise it will be a loss.
Lou Zizhou understood the meaning behind Ye Lin's words and knew where to start. Both of them were speaking from the perspectives of their respective bases, and their conversation was quite pleasant.
By the time Lou Zizhou left with Ye Lin's approval slip, led by other ability users, nearly an hour had passed.
Ye Lin watched Lou Zizhou's departing figure with admiration in his eyes. This man was quick-witted, resourceful, an expert in negotiation, and a very good talent.
Lou Zizhou walked behind the superhuman, and with the deal done, the weight on his heart was finally lifted.
Curiously observing the environment of the B City base, and seeing the villains clearing snow from the streets, he suddenly thought of the black figure standing on the mountaintop earlier.
The next moment, he thought of the lush greenery amidst the white snow. Because he worked at the Pharmaceutical Research Association, he paid special attention to these mutated plants. He couldn't help but ask the superhuman in front of him, "Excuse me, but I wanted to ask about the mutated plants on the eastern peak..."
But as soon as those last few words were uttered, the person in front of him stopped abruptly. Lou Zizhou's heart tightened as he saw the tall, strong superhuman turn around and look at Lou Zizhou with a warning in his eyes, "Watch your mouth, don't ask what you shouldn't ask."
Lou Zizhou was taken aback. He had only asked casually and meant no harm. Why were the people at the B City base so cautious?
He then raised his fist and coughed lightly, "Sorry."
The superhuman narrowed his eyes slightly, sized him up for a moment, thinking that he should report the situation to Brother Yue later, before turning around and leading Lou Zizhou to continue walking forward.
They knew about the mutated plants and animals that remained on the eastern mountain peak, and naturally, they couldn't hide it from the people who came to the base to trade.
Although they knew that Sister Ruo was so blatant in displaying these mutated plants that she wasn't afraid of attracting unwanted attention, they still felt it was better to keep a low profile.
Therefore, to prevent these people from having ulterior motives, the issue of mutated plants and animals on the eastern mountain peak is a taboo topic among the superhumans in their base, and no one is willing to reveal even a little bit about it.
These superhumans all received some help from Sister Ruo during the battle with the Qi family. If Sister Ruo hadn't joined them, they don't know how many more of them would have died. They don't usually have anything to repay her, but they can at least keep their mouths shut.
Lou Zizhou raised an eyebrow as he watched the other person's still lingering aura. He hadn't expected that Lin Ruo, despite not having joined the B City base, would have such a high reputation here. He had only asked out of curiosity, but it didn't seem to work.
Thinking of her achievement of destroying a base in an hour, he shook his head, dismissing all his guesses. According to the information in those documents, such a person was indeed very charismatic.
Lou Zizhou also knew that this was not a topic they should be concerned about. If they were unwilling to let them have contact now, then so be it. After all, they still had cooperation with the B City base, and they might have to rely on the B City base more in the future. There was no need to make the relationship so strained.
The two walked in silence toward the exchange hall of the B City base.
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