Zhang Mu had exchanged all the supplies from Wang Liang, and he was slightly relieved. But this was just the beginning. Luoyang City was not the only gathering place for Wang Liang.
What he had to do was to exchange all the food and weapons in his hands for the Yuan Crystals and Beast Cores he wanted. After all, Wang Liang alone could not eat all the goods in Zhang Mu's hands.
Moreover, it is only the early stage of the apocalypse. Even if there are minor frictions and collisions between different gathering places, they will not cause major conflicts. After all, the threat of zombies has not been completely eliminated, and there are mutant beasts outside the city who are eyeing them covetously. They have no capital for internal fighting.
As long as the leader of the settlement has a little bit of common sense, he will not get into major conflicts with other settlements over a small conflict of interest in such an emergency situation.
After all, living is difficult.
But when Wang Liang heard Zhang Mu's idea of going to other gathering places, his first reaction was not to let him go, because he himself was ambitious, starting from this Luoyang City, he wanted to slowly take control. He had tasted the sweetness of ruling hundreds of people in the past few days, and the idea of hegemony was out of control.
However, he now has no reason or capital to keep Zhang Mu. After all, from the perspective of humanity's righteousness, if the gathering place completes the transaction with Zhang Mu, it will surely gain a foothold and develop quickly, which will be of great benefit to the remaining human beings.
Moreover, the most important thing is that half of Wang Liang's current strength was traded from Zhang Mu, so how could he be forced to stay with him?
Even so, Wang Liang still tentatively asked Zhang Mu, "Brother Mu, can you please not sell those standard weapons and protective gear to other gathering places? As for food, I, Wang Liang, naturally agree with it. After all, no one wants to see their compatriots slowly starving to death."
Zhang Mu had guessed what Wang Liang would say when he asked him about the locations of other gathering places. He stared at Wang Liang for a while, then said slowly, "I can sell standard weapons and protective gear to other gathering places. Depending on the size of the gathering place, I will sell you half the amount. If it is the same size as yours, I will only sell you ten sets."
As for food, you also said that we should keep the people alive, so I will not raise the price too high. How much I can buy at a low price depends on their strength.”
Zhang Mu paused as he spoke, looking at Wang Liang, who was calm but still nervous as he waited for Zhang Mu's answer.
"However, you, Wang Liang, owe me, Zhang Mu, a favor."
"Of course. Even if you didn't say anything, I, Wang Liang, owe you a huge favor. Half or half is fine."
With this extra half number of standard weapons, Wang Liang can create a large distance between himself and other gathering places.
Wang Liang understood the principle of "one step ahead, every step ahead", so he readily told Zhang Mu the locations of the major gathering places he knew.
Zhang Mu admired people with Wang Liang's temperament, so he gave him face. He thought that Wang Liang would be a worthy long-term partner in the future, and it would not be a bad thing to let him unify the big and small forces in Luoyang City.
However, Zhang Mu will not allocate too many resources to Wang Liang to help him get promoted. This is the only thing he can help with. Otherwise, too many variables may be generated. Zhang Mu will not change his original development trajectory if he can.
He has already experienced the unknown and uneasy feeling, and the only thing he can do now is to prevent it from getting worse faster.
However, if Wang Liang is a hopeless person, it will be useless no matter how much Zhang Mu invests in him.
......In the next three days, Zhang Mu followed the information given to him by Wang Liang, rode the mutant wolfhound, toured the huge Luoyang city, and visited ten gathering places of various sizes.
Yes, that's right, a visit.
Although the first meeting might not have been very friendly, there was nothing he could do. At first, no one paid any attention to him even though he was friendly. Zhang Mu didn't want to waste time, so when he found the gathering place, he knocked on the door and asked their leader to come out.
Violence is indeed the best way to solve problems, but when those leaders with gloomy faces saw the supplies in Zhang Mu's hands, their eyes lit up. If they had not been shocked by the strength Zhang Mu had shown before, it would not be impossible for them to come up and rob.
Of course, there were only a few who were blind. Zhang Mu was talking about business in a friendly manner.
He released some of his strength, which was enough to intimidate these ordinary evolvers, but they seemed to be blinded by their own strength. Not only did they want to swallow up the piles of food and water that Zhang Mu released, they also wanted the ring on Zhang Mu's hand that seemed to have the legendary space ability.
There was no more room for discussion. The moment these people attacked, they became food for the Blood Vine Lotus. Although they were of little value and were not turned into mummies after their blood was sucked clean by it, they were thrown aside with disgust. However, they did scare the remaining people and they fled away one after another without even the courage to look back at Zhang Mu.
Zhang Mu touched his face and said, "Am I that scary?"
The blood vine lotus dancing in the air seemed to be responding to him, "Probably, probably, maybe."
Although there were some minor setbacks, the final harvest was still very rich. Zhang Mu looked at the merchant's ring filled with 5,000 Yuan Crystals, and he was very satisfied. Although none of the other ten forces could match the transaction amount between Wang Liang and him, when added together, it was also a very large number.
Even if Zhang Mu relied on his own strength to obtain the 5,000 Yuan crystals, it would not be impossible with the help of the Blood Vine Lotus, although it would be a little tiring.
But what Zhang Mu is doing now is to play the long game and catch the big fish. He doesn't care too much about these short-term interests.
The most important thing now is to allow the humans in Luoyang City to gain a firm foothold and develop rapidly in this doomsday.
Well, the transaction was completed, and the food and standard weapons in Zhang Mu's hands were also traded away.
There shouldn't be anything to do now, so it's time to fulfill my promise to Obsidian.
Zhang Mu was sitting in a small courtyard, which was specially left for Zhang Mu by Wang Liang. He leaned back in the deck chair with his legs crossed, playing with the objects in his hands.
At the same time, the mutant wolfhounds and obsidian worms stared eagerly at the tube of potion in Zhang Mu's hand. Their instincts told them that this thing was the key to their advancement.
Without teasing them any more, under the envious gaze of the wolfhound, Zhang Mu let the obsidian worm move its head closer, opened the stopper of the test tube, and poured all the liquid into the obsidian worm's mouth which was opened as wide as it could be.
(End of this chapter)
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