Chapter 443: Apocalyptic Trading System (15)

"Hey, buddy! Are you a freshman at Finance University this year? Do you live on the first floor of Dormitory Building 3?"

A young man, who had also come to scavenge for supplies, stopped his hurried pace as he passed the jewelry store. He looked at Xie Yan, who was standing guard at the entrance of the store, with a look of pleasant surprise:

"Don't you remember me? That day I went to the laundry room, my campus card fell into the drain when I was swiping it, and you went to the dorm to get a clothes pole to help me fish it out. You were in a rush to go to military training at the time, so I wanted to wait until you finished to thank you properly, but I didn't expect... Say, buddy, what are you doing guarding the jewelry store entrance? The supermarket is on the basement level."

He kindly pointed toward the direction of the emergency exit: "Walking down the stairs is safe for now, there are no Zombies. Whatever you do, don't take the Elevator. It's full of Zombies down there; I almost lost my life there."

Hearing him say this, Xie Yan remembered; he had indeed helped a sophomore student retrieve a campus card in the laundry room.

He nodded at him: "Thanks!"

The young man wanted to say more, but was tugged by a few companions who ran up from behind:

"Taozi, what are you dawdling here for! Didn't you say there's a supermarket on the basement level? Hurry up and find food, or there won't be anything left if we're late."

"Oh, oh." The young man turned back and made a gesture at Xie Yan, "Brother, I'm heading off! See you later!"

Xie Yan waved at him, and while he was at it, helped him eliminate a Zombie that had run out of the restroom.

The group of college students, including Qin Tao, were first startled by the Zombie that suddenly appeared, and before they could react, they were stunned by the move Xie Yan had just displayed.

"Holy crap! An Ability User!"

"Is this that Thunder Ability with the very low awakening rate?"

"Brother, you're awesome!"

Qin Tao gave Xie Yan a sincere thumbs-up.

A bespectacled, refined-looking boy next to Qin Tao had an idea: "Taozi, do you know him? How about we invite him to cooperate with us? He's responsible for killing Zombies, we're responsible for moving supplies, and we'll give him a share later."

Qin Tao felt it was inappropriate. Is this what you call cooperation? This is clearly taking advantage of the other party.

So he said: "Forget it. With his ability, wouldn't it be easy for him to find supplies? Besides, him guarding here shows he's clearly waiting for someone. We'd better go ourselves."

The refined boy had his face slapped and his expression turned ugly: "Taozi, I brought you into our team out of consideration for us being from the same hometown, and it's because we have a car that we successfully escaped the University Town. I've always treated you as a member of our team, don't let us all down."

Qin Tao: "..."

How did he let everyone down?

Although he was the one hitching a ride, he didn't ride for free.

When they escaped, he brought a backpack full of food, and just the dried beef from his hometown weighed five jin.

Out of gratitude, he shared all the food he had carried out with everyone.

These past few days, if it weren't for the backpack of food he carried out, they would have been starving.

How can people only see their own contributions and not see what others have given?

Besides, he just felt that since the other party possessed an ability, if he wanted to go to the supermarket, he would have gone long ago; standing guard here clearly meant he was waiting for someone. Why ask repeatedly? It makes it seem like they are forcing the other party to join them.

Seeing the atmosphere turn cold, one of the single-lidded boys stepped out to smooth things over:

"Alright, we're all brothers, no need to argue over a small matter. Let's go to the supermarket to find food first!"

The group said nothing more and walked hurriedly toward the basement level via the emergency exit.

"Brother, it's done!"

Xie Yang came out of the jewelry store warehouse with a full harvest, raised her wrist to check the time; it was almost noon.

"How about we go back to the Recreational Vehicle to eat first?"

Xie Yan had no objections. As he walked out side-by-side with his sister, he mentioned Qin Tao's group:

"... They also came from the University Town, and one of them is my alumnus. I'm just puzzled why they would come to the South City? Logically speaking, if they were going to the Safe Base, it would be closer to pass through the North City district."

He and his dad came back to pick up his mom and sister, but Qin Tao and those people, judging by their accents, weren't locals of Yicheng, so why were they running to the South City?

Xie Yang took out the Observation Panel and adjusted it to the view of the "Little Bee" she had "stationed" at the Safe Base.

"Brother, look, the Safe Base is overcrowded."

"Holy crap! It wasn't this crowded when I looked the day before yesterday."

Xie Yan looked down and was also startled by the scene of people packed together on the screen.

"That's true, this is the only Official Base in the whole city right now. Everyone is flocking there, so it really can't accommodate them."

While talking, the siblings walked out of the Complex, cleared the Zombies along the way, and returned to the Recreational Vehicle.

Before they could even close the vehicle door, they heard a buzzing sound that seemed somewhat familiar.

Looking up, a satellite-version drone with a loudspeaker strapped to it flew over from above and hovered briefly:

"Emergency notice! Emergency notice! The First Safe Base located at the bypass entrance is full. Please, surviving citizens, travel in groups to the Second Safe Base opposite the South City Steel Structure Factory!"

"Emergency notice! Emergency notice!..."

It broadcasted three times in a row before flying toward the next location where survivors were more concentrated.

The siblings looked at each other.

"So they built an Official Base in the South City too, no wonder."

"It seems we need to go out and be active more often. We haven't been out for a few days and our information has become blocked."

After Xie Yan finished speaking, seeing his sister pull out a paper map, he asked in confusion: "Yang Yang, what are you looking for?"

"I want to know the specific location of the South City Steel Structure Factory."

"Then you're looking in the wrong place. This map was bought by Dad a few years ago. The Steel Structure Factory only moved to the South City two years ago; it was originally in the West City and was constantly being complained about by residents for noise pollution, so it moved to the South City. I know that place. Just keep going west on Tingfeng Road; that's where driving school students practice when they get on the road. They probably chose it because that area has few people and is surrounded by fields, so they built the Safe Base there."

"..."

You couldn't tell, but he was a living map.

Xie Yang put away the paper map, got up, and went to the Induction Cooker to prepare lunch.

"Brother, what do you want to eat?"

"You ask that as if I can order off a menu?"

Xie Yang: "... You can order once."

Xie Yan asked tentatively: "Then—fried chicken and French Fries with cola?"

"..."

Xie Yang had not expected that his so-called ordering food meant Western fast food.

This commodity, which was everywhere in the urban plane, could be bought for 50 Trading Coins for a family bucket.

Xie Yang bought one.

A red paper bucket of Colonel Ken's family meal set appeared right before Xie Yan.

"..."

Xie Yan once again marveled at his younger sister's good luck.

However, this Trading Ability was truly too rare; at the very least, he had neither heard of nor seen a second person use it so far.

Space Ability, on the other hand, was possessed by more than one person.

Through "Little Bee," he had seen a young woman wave her hand and put away an entire detached villa with a garden, and he had also seen a young man with a crew cut reach out and touch, clearing out several shipping containers full of supplies at the wharf.

Not to mention common elemental abilities like metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

At present, there are probably thousands of Ability Users in all of Yicheng.

But looking at it from all angles, his sister's Trading Ability is still the most awesome.