flstandardbreds Chapter 173 Sticking Together for Warmth: The World Expo.
Chapter 173 Sticking Together for Warmth: The World Expo.
Gu Xixi jumped back in fright, her eyes widening. Shang Yu also quickly withdrew his hand, saying, "No, I'm sorry, I'm not very skilled yet, I didn't control it well."
Gu Xixi: ...
"Alright, you can practice on your own now. I'm going to greet the client. Oh, by the way, your sister is worried about you. She's right outside the door. Show yourself first before you practice."
After Gu Xixi finished speaking, she went out and pointed inside to Shang Xue, saying, "Your brother is better now. Go in, there's a surprise."
Shang Xue's tears were still on her face. She was dumbfounded. What kind of surprise could there be after being bitten by a zombie?
Gu Xixi didn't say anything. When she walked to the backyard of the supermarket, she heard Shang Xue exclaim in surprise, and then there was silence again.
It's so much fun to tease kids.
【Um. 】
When Gu Xixi returned to the supermarket, Ran Qing was coming downstairs with a man who looked to be over fifty years old. He must be the Commander Mu from the Nanfeng Base that Ran Qing had mentioned.
Commander Mu was also sizing up Gu Xixi. He had originally thought that the owner of this supermarket was... but he hadn't expected her to be such a young girl, even younger than Shang Yu.
He's truly a young man of great talent.
"Miss Gu, I am Mu Ke, the founder of Nanfeng Base. I heard that you can buy unlimited supplies here. Is that true?"
Gu Xixi extended her hand to shake his, "Hello, Commander Mu, the news is definitely true. As long as you want it, not just what I currently have in my supermarket, I can get it for you. What does Commander Mu want to buy, and how much?"
"Here's the thing, I need a batch of weapons to kill zombies, and another batch of food to feed the people at the base. Although you can sell food here, not everyone has the ability to go out and kill zombies to earn crystal cores to buy it, so the base's relief food needs to continue to be distributed."
Commander Mu spoke like a kind elder.
"But there's no food left in the base. Hmm, I need 10000 handguns, 100 tons of gasoline, and 100 tons of rice. Does Miss Gu have that much stock?"
“Yes, then you can pay a 20% deposit first. Did you bring the crystal cores? You can exchange them for currency at the machine over there.” Gu Xixi pointed to the smart machine over there.
"I brought some crystal cores, sell them to me first. Our North Camp base is far away, it's rare for us to come here." Another voice came from outside the door. The woman was tall, but she stood at the door and did not come in.
[The speaker is Feng Zhu, the founder and current manager of the Beiying Base.]
【Thanks to our thoughtful Tongzi Ge!】
"Commander Fengzhu, please come in." Gu Xixi gestured for her to enter, and Fengzhu entered with a look of surprise on her face, as Gu Xixi actually knew her name.
"So it's Commander Feng from the Northern Camp. If Miss Gu has any goods here, let's sell them to her first. It's really not easy for her to come all this way." Commander Mu said in a nonchalant tone, as if he thought it was only natural.
Gu Xixi was puzzled. Logically speaking, shouldn't they be fighting tooth and nail for their respective power, resorting to veiled insults and sarcastic remarks?
It's surprisingly harmonious.
Feng Zhu smiled at Commander Mu, "Thank you, Uncle Mu. But I only brought one truck today. Let's take ten tons of rice first. I'll come back to take the rest tomorrow. And Uncle Mu, you can come back to buy another 100 tons the day after tomorrow. Miss Gu, can you handle this business?"
If there weren't that many, she wouldn't be able to take all the grain back to the North Camp base; she would have to leave some for other bases.
“Okay!” Gu Xixi agreed, and the system printed out two copies of the contract.
After signing their respective contracts, Fengzhu went to the smart exchange machine to redeem a bag of crystal cores. Her account balance immediately became 2 yuan. After deducting the 1.2 yuan deposit, she had 8000 yuan left.
Fengzhu bought a lot of food for herself at the supermarket, and at the same time, she asked the survivors at her base to load the food onto the truck.
Zhou Jun and others also came to help.
An hour later, Feng Zhu left, and Commander Mu also left.
Chu Feng returned from the backyard with several teammates. Gu Xixi walked into the backyard, and Chu Feng took off his mask. "Tong Yue and I split up. We finished our search first, so we came back first. We found three survivors and have already sent them to the 'Underpants Building' in the back."
He took a sip of water halfway through his speech before continuing.
"This apocalypse is different from what I initially imagined. Perhaps the initial chaotic period has passed, and most people are now peaceful and desperate. Only a small number of people have started cannibalism and continue to cause chaos. According to the information we have gathered, although the three bases are not well-developed, they are very united and harmonious, sticking together for warmth."
“I noticed that too. I just talked with the leaders of the North Camp Base and the South Wind Base. I’m relieved that they can be united and harmonious in the face of crisis. This has made our mission much easier.”
Gu Xixi nodded in response to Chu Feng, then pointed in the direction of Shang Yu's room in the dormitory.
"Moreover, Shang Yu has awakened his special ability."
"Really? Let's go take a look. We've never seen superpowers before." Chu Feng waved his hand, and he and his excited teammates went over.
Gu Xixi followed and saw that in the room, Shang Yu was manipulating the water in the basin, changing it into various shapes, and releasing fire and water in his palm to fight against each other.
The stainless steel clothesline in the room was twisted into a pretzel shape by his metal powers, and then returned to its original state.
As expected of a chosen one, his growth rate is just too fast.
Gu Xixi, Chu Feng, and the others couldn't help but applaud. Shang Yu smiled shyly, the despair and hopelessness in his eyes completely gone, replaced by an ambition and desire born of absolute power.
“Miss Gu, I feel full of power right now. May I go out and practice killing zombies?” Shang Yu walked up to Gu Xixi, his ears echoing with the words Gu Xixi had said when they first met, asking him to save human civilization.
If everyone awakens their superpowers, what Gu Xixi said will become a reality.
He suddenly felt a surge of anticipation for the Earth to regain its vitality.
"Okay, let's stay near the Pants Building. If you encounter a powerful zombie that you can't defeat, just run into the supermarket's safe zone. That will protect you. Don't provoke any really strong zombies for now."
Gu Xixi agreed to Shang Yu's request, then turned to look at Chu Feng and the others with burning eyes, as if they had seen another child with a new toy and wanted to play with it too.
So she smiled helplessly and said, "Chu Feng, you all go and protect him."
Chu Feng and the others were indeed even happier, and said in unison, "Yes."
Shang Yu stared at Gu Xixi for several more moments. He already had superpowers, and she still sent her exhausted subordinates to protect him!
Why is Gu Xixi so good to him?
But before he could ask any questions, Chu Feng and the others took him away. Shang Xue ran after them, and Zhou Jun and the others thanked Gu Xixi before following them.
After everyone left, Gu Xixi stretched and planned to go back upstairs to rest before checking on the occupancy status of the Pants Building in the afternoon.
When there are more people over there, we'll have to arrange for people to patrol and maintain order in the building.
She went up to the second floor, where Hyundai had already delivered everyone's lunch via a delivery machine. She took a few insulated styrofoam boxes off the conveyor belt and put them aside.
Chen Yu's work report for today was also sent to her phone.
Lord Shen comes to collect supplies every day. The students of the Great Huang Dynasty have already started classes, and I hear the response has been good. Lord Shen is still very thin, so I send him separate rations and meat each time to help him recover, according to the same standards you sent before. No need to thank me.
[Mermaid King, Jade didn't come today, but Zhang Chunhua did. She said her eldest and second sons passed the imperial examinations for the lowest level (童生) and the next level (秀才), and she's also started selling cement. Her business is booming.]
[The boss told me to tell you that tonight after get off work, a state-of-the-art rocket using controlled nuclear fusion technology will be launched from the satellite center. Chu Feng and the others must watch the live broadcast. This rocket launch, carrying the new technology, is also serving as a prelude to the international expo two months later.]