Chapter 22: 022 The Road is Littered with Frozen Corpses

For these ten-plus days, he and Su Xiao Xiao hadn't ingested any salt.

They could endure it in the short term, but it would definitely be a problem in the long run.

"Pick the chili, we're going back."

Su Xiao Xiao nodded hurriedly, quickly picked the chili, and followed behind Zhang Bei.

Back at the wooden cabin, Zhang Bei reached out and placed the large spinach on the ground.

Just as he was about to open the Trading Center, his fingers suddenly paused.

He pressed the call button on the side.

After a series of beeping sounds, a woman's voice came through.

"Langzi, are you planning to join our settlement?"

The voice was charming and full of temptation, but Zhang Bei, being a "steel-straight" man, selectively ignored it.

"Are you interested in a trade?"

"Let's hear it?"

"I plan to sell some meat; do you want it?"

Hearing Zhang Bei's words, the woman's voice clearly became serious.

The meat Zhang Bei had placed in the Trading Center now, even excluding that python, was over a thousand jin.

"How much do you plan to sell?"

Zhang Bei thought for a moment: "Five hundred jin!"

"We'll take it!"

The woman was very decisive; their settlement now had over three thousand people, and their daily consumption was not a small number.

And if these five hundred jin of meat could be boiled into meat soup, it could last at least seven days!

Hearing the woman's eager voice, Zhang Bei's mouth curled into a smile.

"Aren't you going to hear the conditions first?"

The woman then realized that her expression had been a bit too eager.

But thinking that there were inevitably two other settlements outside, she sighed helplessly.

"Speak, what are the conditions?"

Zhang Bei's gaze flickered: "Twenty jin of salt, ten Crystal Cores of Level 7 or above, and fifty jin of various seasonings."

Hearing Zhang Bei's asking price, the woman instantly shrieked: "That's impossible! Do you know how precious Level 7 Crystal Cores are?"

As soon as the words left her mouth, the woman began to regret it.

Asking for a sky-high price and paying back on the ground—this was a theorem since ancient times.

Zhang Bei's lion's opening of the mouth—every item was not a small number.

The woman sighed: "Salt and seasonings are no problem, but for Crystal Cores, I can only give you ten Level 5 ones at most."

Zhang Bei estimated in his heart; being able to exchange five hundred jin of meat for so many things was already not bad.

"Fine, prepare the things; trade in one hour!"

"Understood!"

Watching the call hang up, Zhang Bei's mood instantly became happy.

Now the three settlements were in a state of competition.

Everyone knew that the more people in a settlement, the better.

After there were more people, whether facing danger or doing some work, everything would become easier.

But at the same time, management and food issues were not easily solved.

Not long after, a trade notification sound came from his wristwatch.

Zhang Bei took a rough look and clicked agree.

Familiar white light began to condense in the sky.

Soon, accompanied by bags of transparent salt, everything Zhang Bei requested fell to the ground.

Looking at the things in front of him, Zhang Bei's eyes narrowed.

These things clearly all came from the system's rewards.

Like the bread he obtained before, there was no production date or manufacturer.

It was just that the words "Table Salt" were printed on the transparent packaging bags.

Looking at Su Xiao Xiao, who was dazed nearby: "What are you still standing there for? Move them!"

Su Xiao Xiao made a bitter face and moved the things into the wooden cabin.

After getting everything done, Zhang Bei leaned against a tree and looked at the map in his hand.

This map was now covered with markings.

From the initial ice field all the way to the current equatorial forest.

Wherever Zhang Bei had been, he had made a mark.

There were also countless people in the live broadcast room looking at the map in Zhang Bei's hand.

Ye Fan: 【Holy crap, this map is marked so clearly!】

Wu Yingcai: 【Truly absurd, except for the further north, basically everything is marked!】

Li Qinqin: 【He can be called the first person to explore the ice field!】

Zhang Bei turned to look at the live broadcast room, a smile hanging on the corner of his mouth.

"It's getting late, I'm going to prepare dinner; aren't you going to eat something?"

Ignoring the noise in the live broadcast room, Zhang Bei set the black pot on the campfire.

His gaze looked at Su Xiao Xiao, who was practicing water balls nearby: "What do you want to eat tonight?"

Zhang Bei spoke suddenly, causing the water ball in Su Xiao Xiao's hand to fall to the ground.

"Taro!"

Hearing Su Xiao Xiao's firm voice, Zhang Bei nodded lightly.

Zhang Bei prepared this dinner for a full hour.

Starting from this afternoon, Zhang Bei had a vague premonition.

I'm afraid that for the next period of time, the area nearby would not be peaceful at all.

After finishing the dinner, the sky had completely darkened.

Su Xiao Xiao carried her little bowl and sat by the table made of bamboo.

Zhang Bei reached out and took off the leaves on top.

Instantly, a rich fragrance wafted out.

First to come into view was the green spinach, dotted with some meat strips inside.

Further down was a large pot of white fish soup, and roasted meat emitting a fragrance.

Finally, there was a large plate of pale red taro, which was emitting heat.

Su Xiao Xiao swallowed: "Can we eat now?"

Zhang Bei nodded lightly: "Eat quickly!"

Li Qinqin: 【Holy crap, "Behind the vermilion gates, meat and wine go to waste; on the road, there are frozen corpses."】

Lu Zhong: 【At least my instant noodles had a sausage added tonight.】

Qiu Xingwen: 【Hahaha, poor kids, my crayfish has arrived!】

After a sumptuous dinner, the two of them fell asleep early.

The sky had just brightened when Zhang Bei strapped his long sword to his back and walked toward the depths of the woods.

Arriving at the location where he set the trap yesterday, he indeed had a harvest.

A lion with tusks was struggling in the large net.

Zhang Bei squinted his eyes and buried his body in the grass.

Creatures like lions lived in the wild just like tigers.

They all survived in the form of populations.

This lion was clearly out hunting at night and passed by here.

As long as the other lions found something wrong, they would eventually come here to check.

This wait lasted for a full hour.

Until the sun appeared, three sturdy male lions slowly walked out from the forest nearby.

Zhang Bei moved his body slightly, drew the precious sword from his back, and walked out slowly.

The three lions' eyes were full of vigilance, changing their steps as they surrounded him.

Zhang Bei's palm flickered with gray light, and petrification was released in an instant.

The lion standing on Zhang Bei's left didn't have time to dodge, and in just two seconds, it turned into a statue.

Seeing this, Zhang Bei raised his eyebrows; this was just an ordinary cougar.

It didn't have any transcendent power!

Dissipating the light condensed on his palm, Zhang Bei charged up with the long sword.

The remaining two lions' eyes were full of vigilance.

Animals' intuition for danger was far stronger than humans'.

Intuition told them that running was definitely not an option.

They could only fight to the death!

Having experienced so many battles, Zhang Bei was long past the novice who would get injured facing a few starving wolves. ===== CHAPTER 23 =====