Zhang Mu felt like he had fallen out of favor ever since the Black Obsidian Worm broke out of its cocoon, because after shrinking, it became more delicate and lovable, causing Yuan Rui to tease it all day long and leave Zhang Mu aside. In addition, Zhang Mu insisted on cooking until the end before eating the big pot meal she made yesterday, which made him a little upset. So the next day, Zhang Mu was directly notified to make his own barbecue to solve the food problem.

Whether I should eat or not if I don’t have energy is one question, but whether you will let me cook or not is another question.

Zhang Mu was delayed in Luoyang City for another day because he had to trade food with Wang Liang and other gathering forces. But Wang Liang was fine. With the standard weapons provided by Zhang Mu, although his evolvers suffered a lot of casualties, he had no problem dealing with the zombies that had just reached the thousand level.

In just a few days, he had cleared a large area and collected nearly ten thousand Yuan Crystals. He kept one thousand for himself and used the rest to trade with Zhang Mu for food and standard weapons.

Because Wang Liang's own food reserves had already passed the most difficult period, he didn't have too many thoughts about Zhang Mu's dry food, but Zhang Mu didn't just sell drinking water, so he had to buy some as well.

The main target was Zhang Mu's standard equipment. They directly exchanged Zhang Mu's 100 sets of standard equipment, including a spear and a large two-handed shield.

On the contrary, the other gathering places were in urgent need of the food in Zhang Mu's hands. They almost took away all of Zhang Mu's food with Yuan Crystals. However, the remaining nine gathering places had almost the same amount of standard weapons as Wang Liang needed. On average, each gathering place took ten sets of standard equipment.

Logically speaking, Zhang Mu did not actually do much to disrupt the distribution of power in Luoyang City. Not to mention that Wang Liang was seriously injured because of the incident with the East City forces, the standard equipment that Zhang Mu focused on trading to him was actually only useful in dealing with rigid and brainless low-level zombies. It actually had no effect on the mutant beasts and other gathering forces that had just begun to develop intelligence.

Therefore, everything depends on Wang Liang himself. The help Zhang Mu can provide to him is actually limited.

There aren’t many left. Zhang Mu can provide the resources that ordinary people need, but he will keep those that are beneficial to the evolvers himself.

Of course, this situation was also within Zhang Mu's expectations. If Wang Liang cleared out the stores in so many areas but still could not have a temporarily stable food reserve, it could only be said that Wang Liang's luck was too bad. All he encountered were clothes and daily necessities, which were dispensable in the current doomsday.

Therefore, he had used most of his Yuan Crystals to purchase standard weapons. However, it seemed that Luoyang City could not digest the remaining ones. Zhang Mu set his sights on the next city he was going to visit that had an Epochal store.

Zhang Mu took nearly 100 tons of food and 200 units of standard equipment, and had an extra 25,000 Yuan Crystals in his hands. He made a 25% profit in one day, which was terrifying.

What's even more outrageous is that Zhang Mu still has 800 units of standard equipment in his hands. With the extra 5,000 Yuan Crystals, the remaining ones will be all his gross profits.

As for other Epoch Agents in Luoyang City, Zhang Mu must seize the opportunity to grab a big bite of the fat meat of the initial demand in their city before Epoch Agents from other cities appear, so he needs to hurry up.

Because the locations of the ten gathering places were far apart, Zhang Mu had to travel almost all over Luoyang City to settle the transactions with these leaders one by one. In addition, each gathering place was not like the relationship between Wang Liang and Zhang Mu, so he had to count them slowly. Although they didn't know the specific function of this Yuanjing yet, since Zhang Mu exchanged such precious things as food and weapons with them, it must have its value. Although the price was set by Zhang Mu, they still wanted to count it carefully, because one ton of food might be enough for their gathering place to support one or two days.

Even though they now have the standard equipment Zhang Mu provided, they can start to deal with slightly larger zombie groups, but who can say whether more powerful monsters will appear? At that time, they can't go out to search for supplies, and the ten tons of food that Zhang Mu traded for them will become a life-saving reserve.

Zhang Mu is a businessman, so he naturally has his own rules.

It was just a normal need, so he had to wait patiently, and then after confirming that everything was correct, he left mysteriously with a smile on his face.

The day passed quickly, and it was almost dark, but Zhang Mu couldn't wait any longer. He said something to Wang Liang, and then pulled out the mutant wolfhound and the obsidian worm, and took Yuan Rui with him and left Luoyang City before night fell. He didn't alert anyone, and only a few guards at the gate saw two shadows passing by, but they kept silent after receiving Wang Liang's order, keeping the news secret.

Wang Liang had advised Zhang Mu to set out early tomorrow morning, because humans were too weak to fight at night, and he had learned a bloody lesson. This was also the principle Zhang Mu had followed before. But now the situation was different, and Zhang Mu had his own considerations.

The Obsidian is now a second-level mutant beast. As long as it is willing, the pressure it releases is enough to make all the mutant beasts around it retreat. This has nothing to do with the number. There is a strict hierarchy among the mutant beasts. They generally will not attack high-level mutant beasts casually, unless the high-level mutant beasts infringe on their fundamental interests or they have no choice but to resist when hunting.

Before, even though Zhang Mu had the obsidian worms and mutant wolfhounds, he didn't dare to go out at night, because no matter how strong their individual combat capabilities were, their aura would not be much different from that of ordinary first-level mutant beasts, so how could they deter other creatures?

If hundreds of first-level mutant beasts were attracted, even Zhang Mu at his current level would not be able to handle it. It would be his luck if he had a chance to escape in a hurry.

However, this was not an attempt by Zhang Mu, but the experience gained by an evolver with taming ability after thousands of times of exploration.

So just as he expected, he didn't encounter any mutant beasts blocking him while running all the way. Even if there were any, they basically avoided them from a distance. In order to speed up as much as possible, Zhang Mu didn't ride on the mutant wolfhound's back, but just let the obsidian carry Yuan Rui. He and the mutant wolfhound burst out at the fastest speed, barely catching up with the obsidian, which slowed down even with a person on its back.

Just like that, Zhang Mu and his group turned into a small village before the night fell completely.

(End of this chapter)