Chapter 42: Bargaining

Cheng Shuili finally relaxed.

The pickup hadn't disappeared; Cheng Shuili reached out and touched it, and the specific information of this vehicle appeared before her eyes.

【Sturdy Pickup Truck Level 2 (Specific Direction Upgrade)】

【Description: You chose the sturdy direction! Compared to ordinary vehicles, this truck is sturdier! Especially the front—if you accidentally hit something, you might come out unscathed.】

Cheng Shuili: "!!!"

Specific direction?!

There's actually something like this?

Cheng Shuili wasn't surprised that such a thing existed; she was puzzled that she had never seen it before.

So the silver and gold treasure chests—none of them opened,

Okay.

Cheng Shuili shook her head, took out her store employee ID, and first put this broken pickup up for sale.

【Sturdy Pickup Truck Level 2 (Specific Direction Upgrade) x1, this is a great item! In Shou Ren Cheng Zhen, the most abundant fuel is gasoline; this vehicle has plenty of space and runs fast! Not only is it a level‑2 vehicle, it's also a specific‑direction upgrade! Do you really want to sell it? Once you click, you can't regret it. My offer is 142 Game Coins. Will you sell?】

Cheng Shuili found this price acceptable; the last electric tricycle sold for only 32, but this one breaks a hundred and is nearly 150.

Seeing the system's note "once clicked, you can't regret it," she couldn't help touching her nose and directly clicked "No."

The system sounded somewhat regretful, its voice a little lower.

【I'm not happy to serve you; next time don't call me if you're not selling.】

Cheng Shuili, however, smiled; she gripped her store employee ID and used it on the pickup again.

【I'm happy to serve you! This is a great pickup truck; I'm willing to offer 156 Game Coins~! Would you like to sell this vehicle to me?】

Cheng Shuili's eyes widened slightly; she instantly realized this newly appeared system was obviously not the first one!

Most importantly, this system's offer is higher than the previous one's!

Cheng Shuili didn't hastily agree; instead, she spoke to the air: "This pickup is level‑2, runs on fuel, and has the sturdy‑direction upgrade—it can last a long time. 156 is still too low. If you're willing to raise it a bit, I'd be happy to sell it to you."

【Hmm...】

Getting a response, Cheng Shuili's eyes lit up; she truly hadn't expected that bargaining was even possible!

This store employee ID is really a great thing!

Cheng Shuili silently thanked the bug, thanked herself, thanked the payment mechanism...

After thanking all around, she finally heard the system's reply.

【Alright, the most I can give you is 160.】

Cheng Shuili shook her head again.

The system seemed a bit annoyed; it had cursed the greedy humans several times in its mind, but then it suddenly restrained its temper.

It decided—it would retaliate against this human! It would give this human a chance to name a price!

After this stinking human opens her mouth wide like a lion, then harshly reject her!

【What price would you sell it to me for?】

Cheng Shuili extended five fingers.

The system quietly clenched its fist; this human wants to sell a broken pickup for 500 Game Coins? Why doesn't she just go rob?

Just as it was about to speak and harshly reject Cheng Shuili, it heard her say: "165 Game Coins, and I'll sell it to you."

System: "???"

Over five Game Coins you're haggling with me?

I thought you'd open your mouth like a lion, but you only opened it a little?

System: "......"

Alright, humans are really strange.

【Sure, my final quote is 165 Game Coins—will you sell?】

Cheng Shuili covered her mouth; in her previous life she had never bargained, and even buying things in physical stores she had done only a few times.

She had already done her best.

But hearing the system so readily agree, she wasn't clear about what?

She wanted less……

Cheng Shuili also didn't want to back out again—if she annoyed the system away, a lower offer later would be a loss.

She clicked "Yes."

165 Game Coins successfully arrived!

Cheng Shuili's account balance had reached 407.

A huge sum...

Now

Aside from the vehicle, what Sun Siqiang dropped were just some basic supplies.

Cheng Shuili didn't disdain them either; she stored them in the Abyssal Ring, transferred everything to her shopping cart, and before leaving she also wiped the metal pipe clean and stowed it together in the vehicle's cargo area.

Just now was really stimulating.

Cheng Shuili didn't take off her extreme‑cold protective clothing again; in a real emergency she wouldn't even have the chance to put it on.

Fortunately she had just seen that metal pipe; otherwise, following the original escape plan, she'd likely have frozen to death in the outside weather.

Cheng Shuili shook her head; she had indeed been feeling a bit pleased lately—the superiority from being Double List First, plus the affirmation of the Supreme King title, had almost gone to her head.

She had almost died again.

Just now, when she stood outside tossing the metal pipe, she was calm; slapping Sun Siqiang's ear, she merely felt she'd let out a bout of bad air.

Now that everything's over, sitting in the shopping cart and pressing the accelerator actually made her anxious, and her grip on the steering wheel trembled slightly.

Cheng Shuili is not someone who doesn't know how to reflect and summarize; moreover, she is not someone easily swayed by emotions.

She took a deep breath and quickly calmed down.

As for her mindset, Cheng Shuili has never had any problems.

Feeling panicked is also a stress response when the brain realizes it has narrowly escaped death.

Cheng Shuili lifted her lips, squeezing out a smile on her stiff face, and finally felt back to normal.

She kept one hand on the steering wheel, went forward a bit, and then heard the system's prompt.

【Today's mileage completed, reward Game Coin x10!】

Cheng Shuili froze; it's no longer the Newbie Protection Period, yet completing mileage now actually gives a reward.

Although it's only 10 Game Coin...

Cheng Shuili fell silent for a moment, then suddenly realized something.

No way...

Could the source of Game Coin she had guessed earlier actually be like this?

Completing the daily mileage gives 10 Game Coin.

There's also a small reward from the leaderboard.

The leaderboard rewards are announced directly; Cheng Shuili saw clearly that first to tenth place correspond to 100 Game Coin down to 10 Game Coin.

In other words, eleventh place doesn't even get a hair's worth of Game Coin!

The leaderboard is definitely not a public channel.

Could it be that ordinary people can only obtain Game Coin from the daily 10 earned by completing mileage?

To buy a shop employee certificate, one needs to save up for 400 days.

Cheng Shuili: "……"

It feels like the system isn't human and doesn't treat these survivors as people.

While Cheng Shuili complained that 01 Game Coin was too little, others in the area channel were thrilled.

Zhao Hong didn't encounter any accidents today; he even skipped over the few wooden crates he occasionally came across.

Today the organization is holding a general meeting; he needs to finish today's mileage as soon as possible and prepare his speech.

This world has no group chat.

Information transmission relies entirely on copy-paste.

There are a few people in the organization specifically responsible for this; although the method is stupid, it is indeed practical.