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Chapter 658: Chapter 658: Go to the Warehouse for Trading
Because they lived relatively close, Guan Shouzhong prepared to expedite the organization of the base’s Crystal Core inventory, and perhaps they could provide the list to Dragon Ruler that very night.
However, not everyone in the base’s management layer believed that there were really people selling supplies, and upon learning that those people were residing in the Base Leader’s yard, some immediately came to inquire by themselves.
"You aren’t here to swindle Crystal Cores, are you?"
Yang Xingye looked at several people in front of him with displeasure.
Huang Yunxiang felt that his facial expressions were particularly forced when he spoke, and even the bags under his eyes seemed to quiver.
"Old man, who are you looking for?"
Lin Xiuyuan asked, as the squat, stocky figure with the monk-like bald patch made the man look too much like an old janitor, and he wanted to say that they had already cleaned up the side yard.
"What way to speak is that? This is our base’s Warehouse Team Leader, Team Leader Yang."
The man by Yang Xingye’s side spoke, evidently holding great respect for the one called Team Leader Yang.
What was the warehouse team doing looking for them? Had they already completed the inventory list?
The family looked puzzled at the two men, yet they all felt, especially Yang Xingye, that he did not seem very friendly toward them.
Mao Qiqi stuck out her tongue and then sneaked back into the house; she had only begged Su Jin to take her out because she was too bored in the base, and, although they didn’t have to kill zombies today, she found their current residence quite fun.
"We are a trader caravan; we naturally have supplies."
Seeing that the two people opposite seemed to doubt they had supplies, Su Xiangzhe responded.
"Seeing is believing. Why don’t you take out the supplies so we can have a look?"
Yang Xingye said.
"Sorry, without a list and Crystal Cores, we won’t take out anything."
Lu Hao coldly refused.
"Ah, I think it’s probably fake. And looking down on me, a common man. When I go back, I still have to remind them not to squander all the base’s Crystal Cores."
Yang Xingye remarked while looking at the family.
And the family had already lost interest in dealing with him and went back to their rooms directly.
Seeing that these people did not show their cards, Yang Xingye snorted coldly and then left the yard with the man by his side.
Mao Qiqi looked at the family members who walked in and said, "That man is clearly a Special Ability User. Why would he say the line about looking down on him, a common man?"
"Special Ability User? That fat guy?"
Lin Xiuyuan asked.
Mao Qiqi nodded, "He’s definitely a Special Ability User."
"Probably just saying that to annoy us on purpose."
Lin Xiuyuan didn’t mind; a Special Ability User was just a Special Ability User, after all. How powerful could a fat Special Ability User be?
During dinner, the family finally learned that not only was the Base Leader an acquaintance of Lu Hao, but he had actually been his former subordinate, which everyone found very surprising; such a coincidence!
"He must have awakened his Special Ability early on, which is why we couldn’t get in touch with him back then,"
Lu Hao said.
"That’s good, Xiao Hao’s few teammates all seem quite lucky, and since H City is close by, it’s normal for them to be here,"
Lin Tianhui also said.
Su Jin had been watching Lu Hao’s emotions and, seeing that he was stable, she felt relieved. She knew that previously Lu Hao had greatly valued every member of his team, so he hadn’t forgotten to remind them at the start of the Apocalypse, although she hadn’t expected Maizi to die because of that incident.
"Honestly, knowing that the three of them are still alive and even occupy a place in this base, I’m already very happy,"
Lu Hao said; at the Early Post-Apocalyptic Period, Guan Shouzhong had lost contact immediately, and Tian Yongyi and two others had returned to their hometown. Although he had also told them the methods and precautions of killing zombies, it was hard to imagine that all of them had survived in this dangerous place, which meant they had endured a lot.
"It’s pretty incredible; since we’re here, we can also offer them more help. H province here has quite a bit of potential actually."
Su Jin remembered the large amount of supplies they had received here before, along with a large number of zombies. Although it was very dangerous here, there was also great potential for development.
"Hmm, we’ll leave after selling the supplies,"
Lu Hao said.
"Why the hurry?"
The family was surprised. Shouldn’t they stay here a bit longer?
"Then let the Heart Talk Team come,"
Lu Hao explained with a smile. He did not plan to reveal Chen Daming’s identity to others, but he could certainly appear again as Lu Hao.
"That way, I can also come out, good idea,"
Su Jin understood. Acting in Chen Daming’s identity to aid them so much was indeed strange; the Heart Talk Team was different, and moreover... she could tell that the situation of those three people actually was not very good.
...
The next morning, Guan Shouzhong immediately came with Xiang Sanjin and a few others, holding a list to find Dragon Ruler, but the Crystal Cores were in the warehouse at their base.
"Don’t you have any Special Ability Users to help move the supplies?"
As the group was walking towards the warehouse, Lu Guanhai asked curiously. They had the list, so why now go to the warehouse to trade?
"That’s right; none of us trust Space Element Ability Users, so the base’s supplies are all kept in the warehouse. We’ve been tricked by Space Element Ability Users more than once before,"
Xiang Sanjin explained.
"Yes, yes, we also exclusively use ordinary people in our warehouse, the kind without any special abilities,"
Tian Yongyi added from the side. Because they had been deceived in this regard before, they were very cautious about the storage of supplies, using only trusted ordinary people.
"Oh? What about the bald guy?"
Lin Xiuyuan suddenly remembered what Mao Qiqi had said the day before.
"Bal, bald?"
Tian Yongyi suddenly heard this nickname and couldn’t figure out who it referred to.
"He said he was the warehouse team leader, a chubby old man,"
Lin Xiuyuan pressed on.
"It’s Yang Xingye; he’s been with us all along, an ordinary person,"
Guan Shouzhong replied.
"Oh..."
Lin Xiuyuan’s response was meaningful. He had also seen the gesture made by Lu Hao, so he temporarily didn’t plan to expose it; however, what Special Ability might that bald, chubby man have?
Indeed, Yang Xingye was waiting in the warehouse. He had changed his dismissive attitude from the day before and was greeting Guan Shouzhong warmly.
"Uncle Yang, are the Crystal Cores all ready?"
Guan Shouzhong asked.
"Yes, they’re all ready. I’ll take you to them!"
Yang Xingye replied respectfully, which could be said to be completely different from his demeanor the day before.
But since Qiqi had said he was a Special Ability User, then he definitely was.
In Xiang Sanjin’s hands, the Crystal Core invoice listed a total of 3.22 million Crystal Cores. The family’s eyes lit up when they heard this number.
They had never traded so many Crystal Cores before!
But then again, considering this was their first visit to this base, it meant they had gathered this many Crystal Cores over a long time, which didn’t seem too many after all.
