Chapter 118: Origins

Gold was still in circulation, a major commodity being traded. Someone might have exchanged gold for food today and then exchanged it back for food the next month, so even the leaders among the second-hand dealers didn't have large stockpiles.

This acted as a kind of circulating capital, but they leaned more toward storing food, considering it gave more peace of mind during the apocalypse, even with the risks of spoilage, mold, and other issues.

In this city, they had expanded their Space by 1,700 square meters, adding to the previous 10,960 square meters, making a total of 12,660 square meters.

They had reviewed materials regarding cruise ships, large ones covering an area of sixteen or seventeen thousand square meters, so they kept striving because no one knew how large a ship they might find. What if it was the largest one? If it was slightly too big, they couldn't just cut it down, so bigger was better than smaller.