Immortal in The Apocalypse

Zhu Lin nodded, and then took out the ores containing spiritual energy from the bag. Watching her pick the unknown ores, Teng Bai’s eyes flickered. He noted down all the ores picked by Zhu Lin and silently observed the expressions of Xiu Wu, Tan Wei and Ji Yang.

A few minutes later, Zhu Lin picked out more than half of the ores in the bag and said, "I want these ores."

After saying that, she returned the sack with the remaining ores to Meng Zhelan. Meng Zhelan and Wen Na checked the ore inside the bag, and then looked at each other in confusion. They didn’t understand how Zhu Lin chose the ore.

Inside the sack, there are still some ores of the same type as the ores selected by Zhu Lin. Did she only choose bigger ores? But looking at the ores she picked, there were actually some very small ores in it.

While the two of them were still speculating on Zhu Lin’s criteria for selecting ores, Zhu Lin had already separated the ores she selected. After separating the ores, she said, "Ji Yang, can you weigh these ores?"

Ji Yang nodded and weighed the two piles of ore. After he finished, he pointed to the small pile of ores and said, "These ores weigh two kilograms."

Then he pointed to the large pile of ores and said, "These ores weigh ten kilograms."

Zhu Lin nodded, pointed to the large pile of ores, looked at Meng Zhelan and said, "According to our price, these ores can be exchanged for two kilograms of food or two liters of water."

Then she pointed to the pile of smaller ores and said, "As for these ores, you can exchange them for one kilogram of food, or one liter of water."

Hearing what she said, Meng Zhelan and Wen Na became even more confused. They looked at the dull ores in the small pile, and then at the beautiful ores in the larger pile. They didn’t understand, so they could only nod and agree with the price.

The two of them exchanged their ores with vegetables and staple foods, and then Meng Zhelan said, "Elder Sister Zhu Lin, we will come back again after we have collected enough ores."

Zhu Lin nodded and said, "Mhm. Come anytime."

After Meng Zhelan and Wen Na left, she looked at Teng Bai and asked, "Does Captain Teng also want to exchange ore with food or water?"

When she asked this, Teng Bai felt embarrassed standing there watching them doing business. He coughed awkwardly and said, "I still need to buy something. I will come again next time."

Zhu Lin nodded to him and said, "Please come anytime."

Teng Bai nodded to Xiu Wu, Ji Yang, and Tan Wei, and then left with the soldiers. Looking at their backs, Tan Wei clicked his tongue and said, "Working for the base is really not easy. Even small things like checking stalls require him as the leader of the special squad to come to the door in person."

Hearing this, Ji Yang smiled and said, "Everyone has their own judgment and preferences. For us, working for the base is not worth it. But maybe for people like Captain Teng, it is worth it."

After hearing what he said, Tan Wei just shrugged and said nothing more. While they were chatting, another customer came. As time goes by, more and more people come to exchange ore with them, but most of the customers are ordinary people living in the outer ring areas.

Since these people rarely set foot in the second ring area, Tan Wei was a little curious and asked one of them where he got the news. After he asked, the man said he heard it from a neighbor. Thinking of the middle-aged woman and the young man before, Tan Wei guessed that they were the sources of the news for these people from the outer ring area.

When they finally closed their stall, it was already three in the morning. After arriving at Zhu Lin’s apartment, Ji Yang took out all the ores, leaving only the black ore in his space. He looked at Zhu Lin and said, "Xiao Lin, I will keep the black ore, and you will keep the rest. You can use them however you want."

Zhu Lin nodded, took out another Qiankun bag from her ice flower pendant, and put all the ores into that Qiankun bag. Seeing that they got a lot of ore in one day, Xiu Wu thought for a moment and said, "I think we should also try to buy ore from people outside the base."

Since mining ore is not an easy task, it takes miners several days to collect enough ore to trade with them. Thinking like this in mind, Ji Yang looked at Xiu Wu and said, "Lao Xiu, how about I leave the purchase of ore to you and Xiao Lin? I will be responsible for processing the black ore, and Xiao Wei will be responsible for recruiting people."

After listening to his suggestion, Xiu Wu thought about it, nodded and said, "All right. Let’s do what you say."

After they divided the task, Tan Wei and Ji Yang returned to their apartment. When Xiu Wu closed the door and came back, he saw Zhu Lin busy separating the ore. Sitting on the old sofa, he asked, "Xiao Lin, what are your plans for these ores?"

"I want to make some formation plates and keep some ores for emergency use. As for the remaining ores, we can use them to enhance our strength." Zhu Lin answered calmly while busy separating the ores.

Listening to her plans, Xiu Wu nodded. He thought about it for a while and asked again: "Do you want to go to a nearby base to buy ores later, or just set up a stall on the road between bases?"

After Zhu Lin finished separating the ores, she put them back into the new Qiankun bag. She then looked at Xiu Wu and said, "You can make the decision. I will just follow you later."