Chapter 459: Better to Rob Than to Sell

After the discussion ended, everyone was excited, hearts surging.

As members of Long'an Base, they felt full of drive and purpose.

At this moment, many felt as if they were witnessing history.

Perhaps the fate of this world will begin to change from this day.

Beside the conference table, on Lin An's right side.

Wen Ya silently watched Lin An continuously issuing new orders.

In her gaze toward him were mixed feelings and a hint of admiration.

If one were to say the previous Lin An was like a rigid robot, suppressing his emotions, constantly bearing pressure.

Then after rescuing AnXia and holding the base, Lin An obviously relaxed considerably.

Compared to the earlier confidence he forced to calm people, now Lin An's eyes seemed to have light, making people unable to help but want to trust and get close to him.

They have been constantly growing into qualified warriors in the apocalypse; Lin An is no different, gradually becoming a qualified leader.

In her random thoughts, Wen Ya unconsciously glanced at Mo Ling.

But she found little Mo Ling lying indifferent on Lin An's lap, eyes blinking at her.

Mo Ling doesn't care about these things.

She isn't the slightest bit interested in the things Lin An says.

Building forces, annexing all sides—these matters seem utterly unimportant to her.

Saving humanity, resisting heavenly disasters and zombies—she couldn't care less.

In her heart, as long as Lin An lives, that's enough.

Wen Ya glanced at Mo Ling wrinkling her nose, some angry expression from arguing with Lin An that disturbed her sleep, and Wen Ya couldn't help but chuckle.

But she thought of AnXia.

She didn't know whether, after AnXia woke up, Mo Ling would glumly discover she was about to lose favor.

Lin An essentially dotes on Mo Ling—not only because of her abilities, but also because he sees her as a reflection of AnXia.

According to Jing Tian, that little girl AnXia has liked to cling to Lin An since childhood.

Just.

AnXia seems to have become a third‑rank mutant; I don't know how Lin An and Colonel Chu handled this...

In her wandering thoughts, Wen Ya suddenly heard Lin An call her name.

"Wen Ya, I plan to establish an external affairs department responsible for trade and liaison with other forces."

"After you return, list the supplies the base needs for me."

"The trade channel is now officially open; we, Long An, should also get into some 'business'."

Seeing everyone looking at her, Wen Ya snapped back to attention and saw Huang Haitao's eyes full of envy.

Lin An's words clearly meant assigning the external trade work to her.

This is a genuine, heavy responsibility...

Wen Ya currently oversees base supplies, logistics, and personnel, and now she also has external publicity and trade.

It can be said that this is nearly the most important position under Jing Tian.

It can be foreseen that, before long,

when Long'an Base expands to a million people, Wen Ya will be second only to one and above ten thousand.

Compared to herself.

Huang Haitao felt a bit bitter.

Before Lin An arrived, he was the big brother leading the survivors of Linjiang Academy, the boss in everyone's heart.

But now...

He himself is not strong, not that smart, and not good at management.

Thus the position he holds is only one.

Deputy captain of the Awakened Ones special forces squad.

Indeed, still a deputy...

The proper post belongs to Zhang Tie; even though Xiong Hanzi is gone now, Lin An has kept his place.

Waiting for Zhang Tie's resurrection, Lin An even plans to expand the special forces squad to a scale of a thousand Awakened Ones.

After Wen Ya came to her senses, she looked at Lin An somewhat surprised.

She instinctively replied:

"What is the trade channel? Are we supposed to buy or sell something?"

From Lin An finishing the mission to the trade channel appearing, only three or four hours passed; she simply hadn't had time to check it.

However, the base indeed lacks some supplies and needs replenishment.

All nearby resource points have been scoured clean; many necessities cannot be replenished.

Lin An also wasn't surprised that Wen Ya felt at a loss; at this stage most players also don't know how to use the trade channel.

"It's simple."

"After entering the trade channel, you can post purchase and sale information, and even hold auctions."

"After a successful trade, the system will automatically transfer the item to the other party's hand. But it will collect spiritual energy based on the distance between the two parties. If you have no energy blocks (spiritual energy compressed currency), it will draw spiritual energy from your body."

"However, unlike the chat channel, sending messages in the trade channel does not consume energy."

"But if you frequently post irrelevant information, the system will mute you."

"Moreover, the trade channel also has a restriction: only Awakened Ones can post information."

It's quite cruel.

In the Doomsday Game, the functions possessed by ordinary players are pitifully few.

Even many people say the Doomsday Game doesn't treat them as human at all.

This time, due to the three functions that appeared for him, Lin An is only interested in trading and hiring.

The instance isn't anything special, and at this stage he doesn't plan to enter any more instances.

"First, we need to replace the equipment and props we currently have with what we need."

"Much of the equipment is actually unsuitable for us."

"For example, this blue axe—no one in the base can use it."

"But on the contrary, Gao Tian still doesn't have a suitable weapon to this day."

"And I also need to update my own equipment."

Do not miss any opportunity to become stronger.

Lin An plans to sell off the 'useless' equipment in exchange for more useful equipment.

The Suturer's Armor on his body is no longer adequate; the added defense is even less than his own.

Although he has a lot of equipment, he still hasn't managed to collect a full set.

Moreover...

Lin An also harbors the hope that someone might have obtained a fragment of the Soul-devouring Hand.

If by chance some lucky person got the missing piece of the Soul-devouring Hand, once the Soul-devouring Hand is complete, his strength would increase greatly.

Moreover, he also wants to replace the Resentful Skull equipment.

Among the hundreds of millions of survivors in Huaxia, there are bound to be a few lucky ones.

Even if the odds are one in a million that someone drops blue equipment or a special prop.

Given the population base, the total number adds up to a considerable figure.

Of course, it's not limited to these.

Lin An thought for a moment, then looked at Wen Ya:

"Second, I also plan to purchase some spiritual energy fruits and skill books."

"The equipment and props dropped from this defend‑city mission—use what's usable, exchange what isn't."

"Apart from Xiong Hanzi, we actually haven't learned any skills."

"But in fact, skills greatly boost combat power; it's just that they rely too much on luck to drop."

"The skills that dropped earlier can only be said to barely suit Zhang Tie."

Lin An paused for a moment, tapping his fingertips on the table.

Taking Gao Tian as an example, he has reached the Second Level, yet still lacks regular skills.

Although his talent is monstrous, even against ordinary foes he must trigger the annihilation effect, which makes things rather cumbersome.

And he also wants to learn some skills to supplement his combat power.

Although in the Celestial Human form each attack equals a skill, some skills' special effects are something he cannot simulate.

For example, Sky Step, or the Withering skill of the Death God Crystal.

The former provides aerial combat capability before the Third Rank, while the latter provides control and soul‑cutting effects.

No matter how strong the Celestial Human form is, it cannot simulate rule‑level effects.

Wen Ya nodded after hearing this, though her expression was somewhat hesitant.

"Lin An, if we follow your demands, our base seems not to have that many supplies in stock."

"We can trade equipment for equipment, but where will the resources come from to buy skill books and spiritual energy fruits?"

"By annexing the Wangjiang Military Region and selling military supplies? Or by using awakening potions?"

To be frank, after the defend‑city battle, Long'an Base is practically broke if we don't count the equipment meant for trade.

If we don't sell military supplies or awakening potions, she really can't think of how to raise the 'money'.

Beside him, Gao Tian's eyes lit up at the thought of Lin An buying him a weapon.

But upon hearing Wen Ya ask whether to sell military supplies and potions, he instinctively objected:

"No way! Captain Lin!"

"We ourselves are lacking these two things, and they're too important!"

"Boss, if you want to help me buy a suitable bow, I'd rather not have one!"

Gao Tian finished speaking, as if he'd just thought of something, and suddenly added another line:

"Moreover, why don't we just go rob them?"