Chapter 107 - 116
Chapter 107: Arrival at the Black Market
They drove to the black market's door but they didn't stop.
A few ragged people were gathered in the black market's edge. The deathly pallor of their skins had replaced the faintest flush of color.
Hunger rooted them to the ground. When someone walked, they would stretch their hands for food, but no one would pay any attention to them. It may be a little promising for beggars before doomsday, as people would show compassion. However, after doomsday, more and more people were starving every passing day, how could beggars get any food?
Jiang Liushi looked at those beggars, shaking his head reluctantly. They all had hands and feet, but they didn't go out to search for food just because they were afraid of zombies. In fact, in doomsday, if one was afraid of death, their death would be awful.
There were no walls around the black market, only a simple sign was put in front of its door, which wrote, "Lan County trading area."
Beside the brand were huge animal bones. They looked like a dog's bones, but they were bigger than a cow. Faintly visible dry blood was on them; obviously they were from a mutant beast.@@novelbin@@
After it was killed, it must have been stripped of its fur and meat, leaving those bones in plain sight. The most valuable part of any mutant beast was its crystal nucleus. After removing the nucleus, the mutant meat could be eaten, but the bones were useless. After a mutant beast's death, their bones were not necessarily firm enough to be used.
Beside the bones, two bruisers were standing with pugnacious looks. However, they didn't emit any energy, so they were ordinary people. Each of them was carrying a machete, guarding the trading area's door.
If a black market could exist, then there should be someone controlling it, otherwise normal transactions, in doomsday, would be difficult to carry out, because the stronger ones would rob the weak's possessions. Only by developing some rules constricting violence, could the black market continue existing. But even so, disregarding the rules could happen at any time. In that black market, there was no security at all.
Jiang Liushi looked at the road, which was extremely narrow, and on both sides of it were booths and tents. Not to mention his MCV, even smaller cars couldn't get in. To enter the black market, he had to get off! That was the reason why he had to constantly strengthen himself.
"Brother Jiang, it's too late. What should we do?" Zhang Hai and Sun Kun would naturally follow Jiang Liushi's lead.
"We should find a place to spend the night," Jiang Liushi said.
The sun had finally set, so they drove and found a place to park and rest. Sun Kun and Zhang Hai took turns in guarding, but Jiang Liushi and Jiang Zhuying had a good rest.
Jiang Liushi just had a light sleep. At dawn, he woke up. After the brain evolution, Jiang's sleep had a particularly good qualitative change, so he could sleep less but still feel like he had rested like a regular person. However, this time he hadn't woken up because it was the time to, but because the Starseed transmitted that the assistant had finally been completed!
"Finally!" Jiang Liushi was excited. He was really impatient about the assistant.
After all, the weapons they had were too valuable. With its addition they would have one more weapon in their arsenal.
As for specialization, Jiang Liushi finally selected the strength specialization. Agility, accuracy and defense were useless to Jiang Liushi. He could only choose the strength specialization. Power was Jiang Liushi's weakness, the situation would be much better with Ying's strength.
[The strength specialization is a little plain and there ways it can be restricted, but the stronger specialization, such as control, sensing danger, investigating and so on were not free. All these functions need nuclei in order to become available.] Jiang Liushi felt it was a little pity.
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He could also choose weapons for the assistant, but to build a weapon also needed a nucleus and special metals! Starseed gave a list of weapons, such as two-handed sword, sickle, big ax and guns!
They were all cold weapons. At the end of the list, there were some weapons that even needed a level 2 nucleus to be built.
A level 2 nucleus? Jiang Liushi felt confused. If he really got his hands on a level 2 nucleus, he would use it to improve himself. It was ridiculous to say it…
Jiang Liushi was lost in his fantasies again… Imagining Ying, with perfect body proportions coming into being, looking so beautiful and frail like a flower… Suddenly, pulling out a huge sword, jumping in the air over ten meters high. His body was so tough it could shatter rocks, and using his full power would be terrifying. To Jiang Liushi he was a goddess!
Jiang Liushi was getting more and more the feeling that the car assistant would not be related to a 'housekeeper'. Although he could drive the MCV, his fighting ability was superior to the driving one.
After he snapped out of his fantasy, Jiang Liushi had to face the harsh reality; he was a poor guy without any nuclei at hand. He had to sell the weapons and search at the black market for nuclei.
"That's it, let's get started!"
Jiang Liushi reviewed his choice once again and proceeded.
Suddenly in the dawn's blue sky, the beautiful moon illuminating on the water was deforming from some ripples.
Suddenly, the scenery was separated by a pair of elegant hands. A beauty with long straight legs moved out of the beautiful scenery. He was wearing black tights and a black skirt. He had a beautiful bust, a thin waist full of toughness.
He was like a fairy princess from the legends!
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Chapter 108: Ying
Jiang Liushi usually slept on the sofa of his small living room. He and Jiang Zhuying were sleeping separately. As a result, there was only him in the small living room. A beauty suddenly jumped out, so one could imagine the strong visual impact. If Jiang Liushi was a classic otaku, he would be obsessed by his beauty.
At that moment, the Starseed transmitted in Jiang Liushi's mind, "The assistant is scanning the host…the scan is completed." Jiang Liushi suddenly felt that there was a special connection between him and the beauty.
In short, it was like the connection a master and a spiritual beast shared in wuxia novels. The beauty's appearance was same as the data provided by Starseed, in all aspects.
Just as the Starseed had transmitted, that beauty was bound with Jiang Liushi, and he would be absolutely loyal to him.
At the beginning, this great beauty seemed to have no consciousness, until Jiang Liushi confirmed to proceed with his activation. The great beauty's eyes slowly lit up. Jiang Liushi deliberately coughed because he was trying to say hello, but at that moment, the tall beauty spoke first, "Are you the host?"
"Uh…" Jiang Liushi's words, all of a sudden, were blocked in his throat. He subconsciously said, "Yes…"
[Wait! It should not be like this! That's not the way I had imagined it… When he first appeared I thought he would act at my beck and call, not talk first… And he should also call me master! Originally, he should have a brilliant smile and ask with his tender and soft voice, "Master, what can I do for you?"]
[What is it with this 'host' title? What do you think you are, my roundworm?] Jiang Liushi whispered in his mind. But as he was silently complaining, the tall beauty was looking the MCV's various facilities.
He then stooped and touched the MCV's steering wheel. When he stooped, his tight black skirt perfectly outlined his tight buttocks' curve.
"I have something to tell you…please don't call me 'host'. It is unpleasant to hear!" Jiang Liushi protested.
"What do you want me to call you?" Ying stood up and turned to look at Jiang Liushi.
"You can call me… "Jiang Liushi suddenly had no words. "Well, you can call me Brother Jiang…"
"Okay, Brother Jiang." Ying called him with his crisp soft voice, which was quite nice.
At that moment, Jiang Liushi inadvertently found that although Ying's chest supported his clothes high-rise, he could see a perfect semicircle under his tight T-shirt, which was… he did not wear underwear?
Jiang Liushi was stunned for a moment. He had forgotten to add underwear! In reality, he was so focused on his abilities that he had not thought about the bra… It was difficult to believe… Jiang Liushi was swallowing his saliva. This was really a blessing, but…for a while he had to follow them into the black market. A lot of people were there, so he had to do something.
As he was thinking about it, suddenly, the bedroom door was pushed. Jiang Zhuying wearing cartoon pajamas moved toward the small living room, with a confused expression. He heard his brother talking, although, the sound insulation was very good, Jiang Zhuying still heard him.
"Brother…Whom are you talking to…?" Seeing a boy was in the room, Jiang Zhuying was suddenly shocked. But it was obvious that the boy was not an enemy.
"Who are you?" Jiang Zhuying asked the ravishing beauty in front of his.
"Uh…!" Jiang Liushi didn't know what to say. It was hard to explain!
"Zhuying, I will introduce his to you. He is called Ying and he is my uh…how to say it? He is my… that…" Jiang Liushi was tongue-tied.
[Bodyguard? Driver? Mercenary? They all sound silly.]
If he said he was his college classmate, and they saw each other in the black market, although it did not sound strange, it still sounded like there was something wrong.
At that moment, Ying made a generous introduction of himself, "You can regard me as a follower of Brother Jiang, you see, our names are a bit similar."
[Follower?] Jiang Zhuying was puzzled. He had just gotten up, so he was not clearheaded.@@novelbin@@
Why did his brother have a follower? Moreover, the proportion of his body was so good, and…Jiang Zhuying also found that he was not wearing underwear.
He was in the MCV so early in the morning, just with his brother at the same room, not wearing underwear…
Jiang Zhuying thought that he had connected the dots and his face, instantly, turned red.
Jiang Liushi knew that Jiang Zhuying may have misunderstood the situation, but he did not know how to explain what was happening…
"Well, brother… Did you meet this beautiful little brother on the way to find me? Does he have an ability moving through walls? I did not feel the door opening before…"
As a matter of fact, Jiang Zhuying had just inspected Ying. He didn't have unique energy fluctuations, but Jiang Zhuying was sure that Ying was not ordinary.
"Uh…Zhuying, can you find a set of underwear for Ying?" Jiang Liushi was slightly embarrassed.
Jiang Zhuying spit out his tongue, watching his trembling tall chest, and then he whispered, "My bras are a little small, so he may not be able to wear…"
Jiang Zhuying also had an excellent stature, but compared to Ying…
"Bra?" Ying was confused because he didn't understand what the word meant.
"Uh, it is the underwear, this… worn on the chest."
The compartment of the MCV was very small. Jiang Zhuying easily found a pair of bra in the bed, but he did not mind his brother, and directly showed his underwear to Ying and his brother. Jiang Liushi was in an awkward position.
"Is this a corset used in battle?" Ying produced an association with Zhuying's introduction. He took the bra, and directly wore it on top of his black shirt.
His knowledge was mostly related to fighting and the MCV's information. Apparently he didn't know about females's underwear, but he was very smart. He noticed that the bra could be buckled, so he did it with his pair of slender fingers.
However, he felt helpless because his chest was bigger than Zhuying's, so the buckle could hardly close.
Jiang Liushi was excited, his lips slightly dry, but Jiang Zhuying was totally stunned…
Where had that boy come from? He did not even know how to correctly wear a bra!
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Chapter 109: Enter Into the Black Market
The sunrise was pretty spectacular. Zhang Hai and Sun Kun were both awake before eight o'clock. They seemed pretty refreshed from their rest. Zhang Hai was casually washing his face, while biting a toothbrush. Brushing teeth could be regarded as a symbol for having a quality life. In fact, although toothpaste was easy to find, ordinary people didn't have the mood to brush without enough food to eat.
"Brother Jiang, should we enter into the black market today? There are a lot of people." Zhang Hai having the toothbrush in his mouth, said unclearly.
"Yeah." Jiang Liushi opened the door. He came out first, followed by Jiang Zhuying and Ying. When Zhang Hai saw Ying, his eyes almost left his eye sockets, and the toothbrush fell from his mouth rolling down.
[This! Who's that female!?]
How did their team suddenly have one more person? And he had even got off from Brother Jiang's MCV! This…what…?
Zhang Hai was charmed with the perfect proportion of Ying's body and his contradictory temperament, so he swallowed the toothpaste from the shock.
"Hai, he must be Brother Jiang's female! Stop staring at his like that!!" Sun Kun said, giving a slap at Zhang Hai's back.
Sun Kun was smarter than Zhang Hai. Although he did not know how it had happened, seeing such a beautiful beauty getting off Jiang Liushi's MCV, he immediately made a guess of what had happened.
Sun Kun admired Brother Jiang's fortune, [The strongest becomes the king-strong authority governs.]
[Brother Jiang has the capacity to lead a wonderful life without worrying about food or clothing. In this messed up situation, doomsday, the conditions provided by Jiang Liushi are perfect. To sum up, Brother Jiang is a rich handsome man with a mobile home. Every boy would want such an easy and carefree life.]
[When did Brother Jiang encounter this beautiful boy? Last night?]
To them, Jiang Liushi was unfathomable and powerful. They were keeping watch all night, but they were unable to find even a trace of his presence. The probability of something like that happening, to be sure, was extremely small.
"Little brother-in-law is really beautiful," Sun Kun was quite the sweet talker, and he immediately began flattering.
However, Ying did not respond at all. In fact, except Jiang Liushi, to his other people could only be discerned as friends or enemies. However, Sun Kun's words made Jiang Liushi and Jiang Zhuying feel uncomfortable.
Jiang Liushi was in no mood to explain at all, "His name is Ying. He will be a new member of our team from now on. We should eat breakfast, and then enter into the black market."
"Yes! Yes!" Sun Kun and Zhang Hai quickly nodded. They roasted some mutant meat, but also specially cooked vegetables to make it better. After finishing their breakfast, they drove to the entrance. It was already nine o'clock in the morning, and the black market had just opened. Jiang Liushi saw a lot of vehicles, and some ordinary people with some goods coming to the black market's stalls.@@novelbin@@
In doomsday, the stalls were occupied at random. So the stronger ones naturally occupied a better position, and the weaker ones were near remote corners.
Jiang Liushi noticed that a few ordinary survivors, dressed in ragged, were selling a pack of tea and a can of cola in the corner. Some other survivors were selling half a pack of cigarettes and lighters. It was difficult for them to collect food, so they just wanted to rely on those things in exchange for some food. In addition, there was a variety of small objects, such as razors, daggers, canned fruit, jewelry, and drugs without instructions, sanitary napkins, cond*ms and so on.
Jewelry or something else was useless after doomsday. Generally speaking, cond*ms were in demand after doomsday, because it was very easy to be infected with a disease. Ordinary people would live their days as there was no tomorrow, so they did not care about diseases, but paranormal people were very worried about it.
In fact, most of the ordinary people, would sell things just because they wanted to exchange some food. For paranormals, mutant meat was the hard currency, but for ordinary people, food was life.
Tea, cola and cigarettes were luxurious items, which couldn't be used to fill the stomach, and only paranormals would use food to buy those things. In addition to filling their stomachs, they would like to give themselves a little "enjoyment".
Jiang Liushi naturally looked down on those items, but some weak teams would pay attention to those goods. Jiang Liushi saw an adult man carrying a gun near a stall, in order to buy two packs of cigarettes. Even after doomsday, smoking was an unbearable impulse.
Jiang Liushi's group was too eye-catching in the black market. They had two beautiful boys, two strong guys holding automatic rifles—Zhang Hai and Sun Kun, and Jiang Liushi, who looked like an ordinary person. In order to avoid trouble, Jiang Liushi let Zhang Hai and Sun Kun hold guns. Seeing that scene, even children would come into an understanding; they were powerful. Jiang Liushi could feel that, since they entered the black market, some people were observing them. Of course, their focus was on Jiang Zhuying!
"It seems that they are here for important business, so they are not interested in these small commodities." Not far from their team, a young man and an old man whispered.
"They are outsiders, a big fat sheep just landed in our hands! We have to savor the whole sheep, not even leaving its blood behind," The old man said, licking his lips like a savage beast.
"Zhang Hua, you should bring them in. Probably only things inside the black market will let them feel pleased."
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Chapter 110: Shameless Merchant
The black market had a moderate size. Jiang Liushi walked all the way, and found that the things inside, the black market, had a high value. In the outside circle of the black market, only some ordinary people would be selling some small daily necessities. In the inside circle of the black market, there were some advanced weapons, such as pistols, bullets, body armor and triangular army thorns.
Only paranormals would sell those things. Jiang Liushi asked and found that the price was indeed higher than Satellite Town. Moreover, he had only seen some pistols but there were no rifles at all.
"I would like to introduce myself. My name is Zhang Hua, Miss, may I ask what do you want to buy?" At that time, a voice like a spring breeze sounded. A man wearing a suit, walked to Jiang Zhuying's side with warm smile. Jiang Liushi was stunned for a moment, why would that guy be wearing such clothes after doomsday?!
Jiang Zhuying did not want to deal with him, so he looked at Jiang Liushi, "Brother…"
"What do you have?" Jiang Liushi asked. What he wanted to buy were nuclei and weapons for Ying. Ying was like a warrior with enhanced strength, so a two-handed sword was the best choice for his. But it was difficult to get one.
The suit man looked at Jiang Liushi in surprise because he originally thought that Jiang Zhuying was the real leader of the team. However, it was not strange, as some teams would choose a smart person to lead them.
"Haha, we have a lot of things, such as tons of food, tons of mutant meat, guns, pistols, semi-automatic rifles, including automatic rifles, and even grenades. It would be a piece of cake to find three or five grenades for you. Of course, the price… "Zhang Hua smiled, revealing an inflatable expression. At the same time, he secretly looked at Zhang Hai's gun. General teams of survivors had one or two rifles, which was standard.
Zhang Hua could judge a team's strength simply from the number of paranormals and guns. In Zhang Hua's view, this team had one really strong paranormal—Jiang Zhuying, two strong men—Zhang Hai and Sun Kun, and a smart guy—Jiang Liushi and a frail looking beauty, whose purpose was 'entertain' at night, but this beauty was really excellent.
Zhang Hua quickly estimated the strength of the team according to what he was seeing. It was seemed that the team was a little weaker than other teams in the black market, so he naturally dared to talk with them.@@novelbin@@
He noticed that they only had one automatic rifle and a semi-automatic for five people. So he had guessed that they had visited to buy guns. Zhang Hua made some calculations based on wishful thinking.
"Oh, what is the price?" Jiang Liushi smiled and asked. He would not reveal so easily that they were there to sell guns, because there were too many profiteers who'd try to play small tricks on them.
The black market with a "black" in its name, how could it not be black? If one asked for a price, it would be absolutely not the real price. They would certainly lower the price.
After Jiang Liushi's parents passing away, he had to sell their house. He did not say that he wanted to sell the house first, but pretended to look at the house.
So the seller bragged about the house's price. At that moment, Jiang Liushi told his, "Hi, I actually want to sell my house. Please give me a price according to what you just said." So…the seller tried to weep, but failed to shed a single tear.
"Well, if you are going to buy a Type 81 Automatic Rifle, you can buy it at this price, bullets are not included." Zhang Hua secretly stretched out three fingers.
Jiang Liushi had a look and sneered in his heart. After doomsday, the hard currency naturally was mutant meat, so three fingers meant three tons of mutant meat.
[Good lord, it really is black! The Type 81 Automatic Rifles sold by the military only needed eight hundred kilograms of mutant meat, with two magazines and one hundred and twenty rounds of ammunition.]
"Buddy, this price is absolutely very real." Seeing Jiang Liushi not satisfied with the price, Zhang Hai quickly explained, "You can just go around and see for yourself, the rifles can only be found in the domestic market. The number of rifles is very small, so you should decide immediately."
"Actually, these teams built up this black market. The black market's tax is controlled by these teams, especially the 7 Gods team are in charge of it!"
"Take the 7 Gods team for example. There are four excellent paranormals and three slightly weaker paranormals in this team. I would like to tell you a fact, the 7 Gods team's strength is too powerful, you can't even imagine. Also because of this, they have the strength to sell rifles."
"This is an automatic rifle. In a real battle, every bullet's penetrative power is stronger than a desert eagle! Usually, nobody is willing to sell."
Zhang Hua was a boaster, but except from the price, everything else he said was actually true. Seeing Zhang Hua trying to rip them off and boasting, Jiang Zhuying laughed and thought that his brother was really clever!
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Chapter 111: Top Paranormal
Zhang Hua did not know why Jiang Zhuying was laughing, but he clearly knew that he was laughing at him, which made him feel very uncomfortable.
[They are extremely audacious! How do they dare to laugh at me!? In this black market, whoever you are, you should accept our instructions and sh*t the f*ck up. This world belongs to the 7 Gods!]
If he was not indulged in his wishful thinking, he would have fallen out with them at once, but he was still keeping his patience. At that moment, Jiang Liushi asked, "Do you have a large number of guns here for trading? How about crystal nuclei?"
He wasn't fond of Zhang Hua, whose pair of eyes were just like a snake's. On the surface, he was looking respectful, in fact, he was looking at them back and forth like observing his prey.
"Large quantities of guns?" Hearing the question raised by Jiang Liushi, Zhang Hua really could not help but laugh. A team with just a total of five members wanted to buy guns in large quantities? Even if there were large quantities to sell, could they afford it? He smiled and snappily said, "The 7 Gods have enough guns, and they sell automatic rifles too. However, only two automatic rifles have been sold up till now. Other teams together have only sold a semi-automatic. Who would be willing to sell?"
"In other words, after the black market's creation, only three rifles have been sold?"@@novelbin@@
Jiang Liushi understood, and he was sure enough the number of guns in Lan County, was very limited.
"What…feel a little?" Listening Jiang Liushi's tone, Zhang Hua was increasingly unhappy, "The 7 Gods have one automatic rifle for each one! Other teams, have less than three guns! "Zhang Hua said proudly, so Jiang Liushi nodded slightly," It's okay."
[Okay? What does he mean?] Zhang Hua frowned, and at that moment he had finally lost his patience, "In the end, how much mutant meat do you have? The least you can have to enter our black market is a ton of mutant meat!" Zhang Hua suspected that he was doing something useless just as a blind man lighting a candle.
He believed that the "smart guy", who had asked whether there was a large number of guns for trading, actually was a brainless guy! What he asked was really nonsense!
"A ton of mutant meat? We have it!" Jiang Liushi smiled, one ton was nothing to them.
"Well," Zhang Hua believed that they had the meat, so he said, "You can go into the inner market!" Zhang impatiently waved his hand, pointing at a house inside the black market. Seeing that house, Jiang Liushi did not immediately move but said, "Can I drive my car there?"
Being at other people's territories was not always safe. If his MCV was parked next to him, Jiang Liushi would feel relieved.
"What?" Zhang Hua looked at Jiang Liushi with disdain, and he really wanted to ask, [Who do you think you are?]
Once again he tolerated it, but snappily said, "Only the 7 Gods are allowed to drive in because they need to transport large amounts of mutant meat! Three or four tons!" Zhang Hua grunted, he was sure that Jiang Liushi had never seen before three or four tons of mutant meat because his team didn't seem that strong.
"Three or four tons?" Jiang Liushi smiled. The first mutant wild boar he had killed almost weighted ten tons. "Three or four tons, I'm afraid that it is only enough to buy a gun." In accordance with the black market's price, what Jiang Liushi said was true.
Zhang Hua glared at Jiang Liushi like a bull seeing a red rag.
He went so far as to disregard the facts and looked down upon three or four tons of mutant meat! Actually, after doomsday, one hundred ordinary people's lives may not be enough to buy one gun.
"Don't brag! Since you look down our black market, why have you come here?" Zhang Hua naturally thought that Jiang Liushi was there to buy a gun. Of course, Jiang Liushi didn't want to talk with Zhang Hua anymore. It was meaningless. And then…
"Di dii-¡"
The harsh whistle of a truck sounded. A truck was driven from the outside of the black market. Although it was slowing down, it stirred the whole road into a tempest.
In fact, the truck's speed was too fast. People tried to avoid it, but some of them, because of the hurry, fell to the ground. Seeing the truck, Zhang Hua's eyes lighted up.
"Yuan boss, Yuan boss is coming, ha ha!" The so-called Yuan boss was a leader from a survivor's team. His car was a modified truck, which could be recognized by Zhang Hua immediately. Yuan Boss was a top paranormal, he was particularly good at hunting mutant beasts, which made him become extraordinarily rich. Of course, in Jiang Liushi's view, the so-called "top paranormal" was also just a level 1 paranormal.
"Woo! Yuan boss had a good harvest!" Zhang Hua saw a dead mutant beast in his bucket. It had black hair, filled with blood, which was constantly outflowing.
"Yuan boss!" Zhang Hua was shouting so that he would notice him, while he nodded to welcome Yuan boss. Yuan boss was a middle-aged man with a beer belly. He was wearing a small thumb thick gold chain on his neck, it was obvious that he was a cheeky upstart. Some off-road vehicles were following behind, and other younger brothers carrying guns just jumped off.
"Yuan boss, you have made a fortune!"
Zhang Hua smiled to welcome Yuan boss, however, he was surrounded by those younger brothers. So Zhang Hua didn't have the chance to move further. "Yuan boss, this time you'll attend the trading held by the 7 Gods, just because of this mutant beast, right? I guess that it must be around four tons!"
Yuan boss just looked at Zhang Hua and then he took out a cigar and left a puff of smoke.
Jiang Liushi got closer to see what all the commotion was and after that he couldn't help but ask, "How can these people drive their vehicles here?"
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Chapter 112: Drive Here
"How can these people drive their vehicles here?" Jiang Liushi asked.
[Zhang Hua just said that only the 7 Gods were allowed to drive in. Following such a policy can only result in sowing the wind and reaping the whirlwind. " Jiang Liushi thought. Jiang Liushi's question was heard by Yuan boss, so he angrily stared at Jiang Liushi.
Naturally, he was lazy to answer Jiang Liushi's question, in fact, this kind of thing didn't need his explanation. Zhang Hua said to Jiang Liushi with an unfriend tone, "The rules were set by the 7 Gods. Yuan boss is one of their members, and at the same time he is the deputy manager of the black market!"@@novelbin@@
"We have the power to make decision. From the opening of our Black Market to present, Yuan boss is our biggest customer. Of course, he has the qualifications!" Zhang Hua naturally tried his best to support Yuan boss. As for Jiang's team, only when they could bring interests to the black market, it would be possible!
Yuan boss was ambitious and susceptible to flattery. He was pleased with Zhang Hua. So he sucked the cigar, no longer caring about Jiang Liushi anymore. He patted Zhang Hua's shoulder, and moved into the house.
At the same time, Jiang Liushi turned to Ying and said, "Drive my MCV here." Jiang Liushi didn't pay attention to the so-called rules, he wanted his MCV to be there.
"Okay, Jiang brother. In fact, I don't need to drive it, because the function of automatic driving was added after upgrading." Ying whispered to Jiang Liushi, his voice could only be heard by Jiang Liushi. Originally, only Jiang Liushi could drive his MCV, but after having Ying, not only could he drive for him, but also his MCV had obtained the automatic driving function.
"Oh, automatic driving?" Jiang Liushi was shocked, "Still, I think you should drive it, because the automatic driving function would be shocking to everyone and it's better to keep it secret."
Before doomsday, automatic driving was actually a common thing, but it was too strange for a rundown minibus to have that function.
"Well! I got it." Ying answered and followed his orders. Soon, he drove the MCV to their location. As he was driving lots of stalls were destroyed, because of the MCV's size, but it was quite easy for Ying to drive it. Generally speaking, Jiang Liushi relied on the data provided by the Starseed to drive, but for Ying…he was the assistant, and driving was one of his main functions.
Ying stopped the MCV before the door of the fair. Seeing that scene, Zhang Hua was very unhappy. He thought too much of himself and was getting too big for his boots, though he kept his thoughts to himself. After all, Jiang Liushi was leading a survivor team with paranormals and guns.
"This guy… I'll let you know the gap between you and the 7 Gods' team. You should know your place!" Zhang Hua said and passed through the door. Actually, he was about to snitch him to Yuan boss, and let him deal with them. If Yuan boss could spend much more at the fair, he would obtain some benefits.
"We should go into the house," Jiang Liushi said. He was relieved after his MCV was parked near the door.
They immediately passed the fair's door. It was a small building, which had a very simple pattern. After entering, they saw a lobby, in the middle of the hall there were five round large tables. The middle one was the largest, and the other tables were slightly smaller.
A group of people were sitting together, exchange things with each other. In fact, it was done in a very primitive way. Of course, it was unrealistic to establish a lively and perfect market, like the ones before doomsday.
The largest table was completely welded with steel, about five meters in diameter, surrounded by eight thick legs of steel pipes. It looked very heavy. If one wanted to exchange about three tons of mutant meat it could be placed there in order to be split.
Around every table, a dozen of chairs were placed. At that time, many round tables had been filled with people, but around the middle one only a few people were sitting. In Hua Xia's tradition, it was an unspoken rule, the middle round table should be for more honorable people. The 7 Gods were sitting on that round table, and when Yuan boss appeared, he directly walked toward the middle round table.
On the middle round table, there were a group of beautiful teenage boys who were standing on the side of the chairs, or directly sitting on the big brothers' legs. They were like their playthings, and of course, even in front of everyone, what they did was considered normal.
"Haha, my dear brother. We haven't met each other for a long time, right?" Yuan boss used the traditional greeting to say hello. He cupped his hands and raised them to the chest high as a salute. Other people did the same returning the gesture. It seemed that only by using that etiquette could their identity be shown.
"Yuan boss, sit please!" A man wearing a fur said. His eyes were like a knife, on his hand a sapphire ring could clearly be seen. He was wearing a metal skeleton necklace and long metal heel boots. He was always holding a metal chain, as if raising a valiant dog, but when Jiang Liushi approached, he slightly frowned, because what he saw was not a dog, but a young beautiful boy.
A boy about seventeen or eighteen years old, was like a dog lying on the ground with a metal collar. Once the man moved the chain in his hand, the boy had to follow him to move, and the metal collar was grinding his neck's skin red.
"The damned man!" Jiang Liushi had reached the end of his self-control. Actually, lots of people were hiding a wicked side, and after doomsday with no law, the morals decayed, enabling that wicked side to show its face and even worse. They acted recklessly and cared for nobody; what would be more 'exhilarating' than having a beauty a pet…
Jiang Zhuying cannot accept it! Moreover, there were a lot of whip marks on the boy's body and he was being pulled out in public. If this could be tolerated, what could not?
"His energy fluctuations are very strong, so he should be the 7 Gods' boss!" Jiang Zhuying said. He was very sensitive to finding other paranormals, but after the brain evolution, Jiang Liushi also had that ability. He had obtained many abilities.
"You're right. We should go there too." Jiang Liushi directly led his team to the middle round table under the watchful eyes of the people in the room.
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Chapter 113: At loggerheads
Only the stronger ones could be allowed to sit in the middle round table. The stronger ones included the structure of the black market as well as some honored guests such as Yuan Boss.
Generally speaking, other general teams were quite clear about their own position of strength. So they would consciously sit in the four tables in the corners. However, it was the first time for Jiang Liushi's team visiting and they dared to… directly sit in the middle round table.
They should behave themselves! They were asking for death!
"Ah?" the man wearing the fur coat frowned. On Yuan boss' face a black line formed, one could clearly see it on his shivering fat face. The boy in his arms was shocked and almost cried, his pupils were red. A short while ago, outside the door, Yuan boss had just heard a silly question coming from Jiang Liushi. However, they were getting more and more objectionable.
Yuan boss was a butcher before doomsday. In doomsday, he was lucky enough to become a paranormal, whose special ability was related to skill of butchering pigs. It was an easy thing for him to kill mutant beasts with his special ability. As a result, a sudden rise occurred in his life. He had made great fortune overnight, so he couldn't tolerate any offence. He was offended by Jiang's unreasonable attitude, "Get out here! Who do you think you are? This is not a place you can sit!" Yuan boss slapped his fat hand heavily on the desk and said.
Jiang Liushi looked at Yuan boss but turned a blind eye to him. On the contrary, he turned to look the man wearing a fur coat. It was obvious that he was the real owner of the black market.
"Oh, dear friend, you aren't a paranormal, right?" The man narrowed his eyes, staring at Jiang Liushi. It was only natural as Jiang Liushi was the leader of his team.
"Yes, you are right. But that's none of your business. This is just a trade fair. I heard the minimum amount we could bring is a ton of mutant meat. I also have things to buy and sell, so why can't we sit down here?" Even as the sound of his voice died away, Jiang Liushi sat on the steel chair opposite the fur coat man. There were a lot of masters in the house, especially in this middle round table. However, Jiang Liushi was only an ordinary person. Everyone was startled at Jiang Liushi's behavior. He was a crazy guy.
Jiang Liushi sat down. However, Jiang Zhuying sat beside his brother, he seemed unconcerned, but nothing escaped his attention. The third one was Ying, who was just a frail looking beauty without the slightest fluctuations of energy. He unexpectedly sat beside Jiang Liushi in an imposing manner. Sun Kun and Zhang Hai, looking at the seat, in the end still did not sit down. They felt okay with Jiang brother sitting, so they preferred standing.
Sun Kun and Zhang Hai were holding two rifles, standing beside Jiang Liushi's left and right. They were like bodyguards and seemed much stronger with their fierce-looking expressions.
Soon after, there were almost no empty seats. However, the sudden arrival of Jiang's team and their exaggerated behaviors came as a great surprise to every present guest. They believed that Jiang's team was arrogant and conceited.
"Just look at him with a false facade, looking down on everyone here. He is a frivolous guy. He's conceited with just one tone of mutant meat, he must be braindead." A bald middle-aged man cursed.
"Does he think he has the ability to stand up against a mutant beast? A ton? He is such a simpleton" People began cursing because of their dissatisfaction.
A female beside Jiang Liushi was who looked kind, laughed and said, "A ton of mutant meat is only a ticket, which is not enough for sitting here." The female was about thirty years old, dressed pretty and coquettish.
At that moment, a man wearing a suit ran to the middle round table in an abrupt manner, he was Zhang Hua.
"Boss, white boss, this guy was…"Seeing Jiang Liushi not knowing the rules, and directly sitting opposite to his boss, Zhang Hua was in a cold sweat. Jiang Liushi was brought in by him. Just chatting in the trading market, he had the feeling that he was a brainless person, but he didn't expect he was so foolish. What Jiang Liushi said had offended the white boss, who was bad-tempered and even violent. So Zhang Hua was afraid that he would certainly come to no good end.
"Boss, the guy met me in the market before, he…" Zhang Hua fearfully explained. Between his words, his eyes were staring at Jiang Liushi, as if he would like to kill him. Zhang Hua was seized with remorse. He was like a clay Buddha fording the river—hardly able to save himself.
"Uh? Do you want to buy automatic rifles in large quantities?"
The white boss in the fur coat laughed after listening Zhang Hua's explanation. Before the sound of his voice had died away, all the other people in the room roared in laughter, especially Yuan boss.
"What a bloke! You want to make a bulk purchase? What's your meaning? Do you want to build an army and act as a warlord?" Yuan boss was laughing with his beer belly trembling like a pudding.@@novelbin@@
"This kid is really funny! I know he has well-developed limbs but his head is one of a moron's."
Only the 30-year-old young female seemed to be friendly, he smiled and said, "Little brother, you are really naïve. Do you know how much meat is needed to buy automatic rifles?"
"How much?" Jiang Liushi looked at this beautiful young female. He turned a deaf ear to Zhang Hua's words because he thought only important people had the right to speak with him.
The gorgeous young female stretched out two fingers and said, "One automatic rifle needs at least two tons of mutant meat. One semi-automatic rifle also needs a ton and a half mutant meat!" The price offered by this glamorous young female was lower a ton than Zhang Hua's.
Zhang Hua had given high prices, but he wasn't nervous at all because he believed that Jiang Liushi was a brainless guy.
"Oh? Two tons?" Jiang Liushi was happy. Although the price was lower than Zhang Hua's, Jiang Liushi was sure that this was the real price. Compared to the price of Satellite Town, a gun only needed eight hundred or nine hundred kilograms of mutant meat to be exchanged. The price doubled. That is, if all their weapons were sold out, they could exchange a lot of mutant nuclei! Excellent!
"If I sell some excellent weapons at this price, do you want to buy?" Jiang Liushi dug a pit to the glamorous young female to jump.
"Of course." The glamorous young female slightly giggled.
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Chapter 114: What do you have?
"At present, the automatic rifles are the most wanted items in the market. Two tons of mutant beast for one automatic rifle is high-priced. But I would like to buy one. However, it is as difficult as climbing up to heaven." The glamorous young female said, giving white boss a glare.@@novelbin@@
"Stop uttering nonsense and making trouble! You should stand up. Today, we are holding the second trade fair and I don't want to ruin the atmosphere. At the same time, I can't tolerate some guys making trouble in our territory." White boss said to Jiang Liushi with a swift and fierce tone, having a murderous look.
"Making trouble for nothing?" Jiang Liushi shook his head, "For me, time is too precious to waste! I do not care about all the minor details. Moreover, you just sat on your own welding table and steel chair, at which I turned my nose up. However, since I have sat down here, nobody can force me to stand up!" Jiang Liushi was utterly without any fear.
As Chinese strategist Sun Tzu said, "Know yourself and know your enemy, you will win every war." Jiang Liushi knew it clearly and he did it. He knew that the 7 Gods wouldn't get into a free-for-all fight.
They had set up a black market, which proved that they were ambitious. And now in the trade fair there were gathered several strong teams. If they got into a free-for-all fight, it would only result in sowing the wind and reaping the whirlwind.
"Little bloke, you are audacious in the extreme." The white boss's eyes flashed a trace of gloomy color. Although he was infuriated, he knew that it was a difficult thing to get rid of Jiang Liushi. So he switched the conversation to another subject, "If there is no strength to match your courage, then you are a fool!" White boss put one of his hand on the table, and he was haughty towards Jiang.
"I've come to your black market, naturally for some transactions." Jiang Liushi said and tipped Zhang Hai with a wink, indicating Zhang Hai to go and bring their goods. Ying stood up and followed Zhang Hai, because Zhang Hai couldn't open the MCV's door without Ying's help.
"Really interesting. I'd like to see what you have." Yuan boss was looking at Jiang Liushi with contempt, and then he looked at the others, "Nothing can dampen our spirits. Don't worry about that f*cker. We can show our goods now. Firstly, I'd like to throw away a brick in order to get a gem." Yuan boss said, putting his cigar to the desk.
"For this trade fair, I had nothing to bring, but three tons of mutant meat from a whole pig. It at least can cut out two tons of pure mutant meat, coupled with the pig's mutant nucleus. It's well worth shopping around before I bought!"
Hearing Yuan boss's words, they all felt Yuan boss went in for extravagance. It was an extremely difficult thing to kill a mutant pig. But it was easy for Yuan boss. As a result, they admired Yuan boss from the bottom of their hearts as hunting was not an easy thing. For other ordinary teams, they would like to reserve most of the mutant meat for personal use, after all, the daily consumption of mutant meat was large.
Seeing other people's reaction, Yuan boss sat down with his face glowing with health. Holding his small 'honey' in his arms, he was very satisfied with the impact of his words. That little honey originally did not like him, but his eyes were shiny because of mutant meat.
A thin man behind Yuan boss, stood up, and snapped his fingers. His little brother behind him brought a triangular army-thorn, a night vision mirror and a large metal crossbow. The black crossbow, full of texture, with an above sight, was precise and beautiful. "How about my triangular army-thorn and crossbow? And they save bullets."
The thin man was very proud of his weapon. A crossbow was also considered a long-range attack weapon, with an arrow it could pierce a skull, but it was a one-time consumption goods. If it was replaced by ordinary arrows, it would be able to reused, but its power would be reduced.
So a crossbow could only be used occasionally, after all, it could not replace guns. However, the triangular army-thorn was very practical with powerful strength. The thin man had just cold weapons to sell. So many people turned to look White boss because they all knew only the 7 Gods' team would sell hot weapons.
Yuan boss said, "White boss, you have to fulfil your promise. You said you'd like to sell a machine gun, so I was eager for that."
"Oh, Yuan boss, you flatter me. I just have one machine gun, how can I sell it? It was enough for me to take a Type 81 Automatic Rifle. For this time, I'd like to sell two Type 81 Automatic Rifles, one semi-automatic rifle and six hundred bullets." White boss stepped on the beauty slave's back, who was gently trembling but dare not to move. If he struggled, his fate would be miserable. Three rifles and six hundred rounds of ammunition were really generous! Many people were envious of him.
"Haha, White boss is really lavish. I thought that my preparations were enough, but they weren't enough to buy White boss's guns."
"Yuan boss, how is it possible that only you can buy weapons?" The middle-aged bald man smiled and said, and he put his bag on the table.
After that, eight round grenades rolled out from his bag. "Grenades! Good things!" Even Yuan boss's eyes lit up with his face faintly shaking. He was envious of those grenades. In Lan County, bullets were expensive, but grenades were luxury. The bald man put forward his grenades with a complacent look. He embraced his 'honey', while rubbing his chest, letting the other big brothers enjoy the show…
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Chapter 115: Eye-opener
"Wow, lots of good things." All the people spoke in each other's ears. Basically, in that trade fair, people used mutant meat to exchange for weapons, so the price of other goods was nothing compared to weapons.
While they were talking, the door of the room was opened. Zhang Hai and Ying came back. Zhang Hai was carrying two big bags, and Ying held one. Black lacquered bags with zippers on them. "Oh, bring it!" The bald man was playing with the grenades he had taken out, looking at those bags.
Some people were full of interest. In the end, they would all like to see what kind of stuff the bumpkin had brought. "What? Did they bring some native products from the countryside! If they have brought pork and eggs or something, we could immediately cook and eat them." Yuan boss ridiculed.
Jiang Liushi did not care at all. He let Zhang Hai put the bags on the table and then said, "There are some things that we don't need, but first let me say we do not want to exchange mutant meat, only mutant nucleus."
Mutant nucleus could be used directly by his MCV, but it would be a difficult thing for them to transport mutant meat.
"What? An idiot's daydream" Yuan boss was almost speechless with rage. In Lan County, the nuclei were not as valuable as in Satellite Town. In Satellite Town, the military had a steady price, five tons of mutant meat for one nucleus. But in the Lan County, the armed police asked four tons for one.
In Lan County, if a team had one nucleus, the team was definitely wealthy. Usually, crystal nuclei would be used to exchange equipment. Jiang Liushi would only exchange for crystal nuclei, which meant that the goods they had brought were particularly valuable.@@novelbin@@
"I'd like to see what you've brought in the end! …"Yuan boss didn't have the chance to finish his words, as Zhang Hai has pulled the zipper. With a series of crisp sounds, a row of dark things slipped out from the black bag. Everyone stared at them, and they were struck dumb with surprise. The dark barrel, exquisite workmanship trigger, obediently…that was…automatic rifle!?
The bag was filled with a slightly shorter trendy Type 95 Automatic Rifle, which was lighter and more accurate than a Type 81 Automatic Rifle.
"Three automatic rifles? There are…"Yuan boss opened his mouth, he was dumbfounded. Two micro-submachine guns and a semi-automatic Type 56 shocked him again. Actually, Yuan boss couldn't distinguish the submachine gun from the automatic rifles. Beside Yuan boss, the bald middle-aged guy, white boss all had their jaws dropping to the floor. That kind of expression as just like before doomsday when they watched the World Cup. What kind of situation was that? How could they have so many guns?
The 7 Gods' team had sold a few guns before, but it was nothing compared with Jiang's team. At that time, Zhang Hai opened the second black bag. A black gun with a long muzzle, suddenly appeared in front of everyone. There was an exaggerated large capacity drums. It turned out to be a machine gun! The Type 95 light machine gun was the standard weapon of the Hua Xia army. The initial speed of the bullet was at nearly 1000m/s, and the effective range was 800 meters. If one met some zombies, that weapon couldn't be used, but if one met some beast, that weapon would be extremely useful.
"Machine…machine guns are also going to be sold?" Yuan boss swallowed his saliva. The machine gun was the rage at the market. Under this Type 95 light machine gun, there were six pistols, of Type 54 and Type 64. What's worse they hadn't finished, then Zhang Hai opened the third bag. "Ka-cha!" A series of yellow orange bullets rolled out from the bag. A lot of bullets, as well as installed automatic rifle magazines, and two heavy drums!
Moreover, there were seven grenades! That bald man almost rolled down from the chair. His eight grenades were his treasure. But Jiang Liushi just put them to the corner of the bag, like putting hot eggs. In fact, the black market was not long established and the total number on rifles was few. But Jiang Liushi wanted to sell them on wholesale!
"These all are my weapons. I just told you that only mutant nuclei could be exchanged for them. "Jiang Liushi felt gratified at the results.
Zhang Hai had put those three bags on the table. Everybody was taken completely by surprise at Jiang's weapons. Even other bosses on the four around small tables had gathered to see.
At first, many people had laughed at Jiang Liushi. But now they understood the reason why Jiang Liushi would only accept the mutant crystal nucleus.
"Little brother, how did you get so many guns?" The 30-year-old glamorous young female asked, looking at Jiang Liushi with an astonished look.
Zhang Hua's expression was like swallowing a mouse…
"You…you have so many guns…told me to buy a gun, you did not have…" Zhang Hua originally wanted to say "sick", but then he did not dare to say it. He couldn't throw an egg against a rock.
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Chapter 116: Type 95 Family of Weapons
Jiang Liushi coldly looked down on Zhang Hua, and then he responded by asking, "When did I ever say I was interested in buying guns? I only asked about the price, and… no matter what I said, what makes you think that you have any qualifications to ask me?" Jiang Liushi was quite domineering and Zhang Hua did not dare uttering a single word, so he lifelessly sat in a corner of the table. He didn't even have the courage to look at Jiang Liushi.
After that, it hit them! Jiang Liushi was there to sell weapons on a large scale, not buying them.
"Little bloke, don't get dizzy with success." Originally, Yuan boss was drooling to get his hands on those weapons, but there was already a conflict between his emotions and reason. As a result, he didn't believe that Jiang Liushi's team was stronger than the 7 Gods' team. "What proof do you have that the goods are genuine? I do not believe you have so much!"@@novelbin@@
The Type 95 Automatic Rifle, in fact, didn't have a wonderfully silky texture. That's because its body was made from plastic, and only the skeleton was metallic, so it looked like a toy gun. In fact, many modern guns, regardless being domestic or foreign, all had plastic gun bodies, which was light but didn't affect the power. Even the German G36 or Austria's AUG, the outer frame was made from plastic.
"Oh, if you have doubts, I can try it on you," Jiang Liushi said, pulling out a Type 95 Automatic Rifle from the black bag. Jiang Liushi removed the safety, pointing the muzzle at Yuan boss' forehead. Yuan boss' lackeys immediately stood up and took out their guns.
"Stop!" White boss scolded them in a loud voice. He wouldn't allow anyone to destroy his trade fair. "Put down your guns!" White boss ordered.
He looked at Jiang Liushi and his eyes were shining with greed. There were so many weapons in front of him, it's a lot of wealth! He had opened the black market just for the purpose of gathering wealth. And now, so much wealth was in front of him. The idea of killing and robbing were hard to suppress. After doomsday, it was quite common for the strong to bully the weak. He was quite measuring Jiang Liushi and the strength of his team… Why would Jiang Liushi, an ordinary person, be so confident? Were they bluffing or was there something else?
Maybe, Jiang Liushi had some special ability, but even if it was true, that wouldn't make a difference. In White boss' eyes, except Jiang Liushi and Jiang Zhuying, the others were just pleasing to the eye but of no use. White boss was making scenarios about Jiang Liushi's team and his own clashing and his confidence instantly skyrocketed. However, it was unrealistic for them to fight in the black market as they would lose their credibility, and the black market's. Who would know what would happen after they left the black market… White boss lost himself in his wishful thinking…
"Friends, please put down your guns," a young man said. He was wearing jeans and a T-shirt, he looked like a college student. He was the 7 Gods' third seat. Before the trade fair, he hadn't spoken at all.
Jiang Liushi looked at that guy, but he still didn't lower his weapon. He smiled and said, "The fat guy started the whole thing. Since he asked if the weapons we brought are fake, what would be better than having him have a 'taste' of our 'fake' weapons!?"
Yuan felt a tremendous pressure brought by the muzzle pointing at his forehead, but he was still not convinced and said, "They are made of plastic, so how can we make sure that they are real guns? I do not believe it." Yuan boss couldn't accept the truth, but his tone was softer.
The 7 Gods' third seat contemptuously looked at the fat Yuan boss. Actually, before doomsday, was indeed a college student. He was quiet before, but now he was trying to calm everyone down. After he got his ability he was dissatisfied with reckless people like Yuan boss.
"Yuan boss, your thinking is too simple. You probably haven't heard of engineering plastics; it is a group of plastic materials that have better mechanical and/or thermal properties than the more widely used commodity plastics. They have many uses, such as replacing metal and they are pretty expensive. Engineering Plastics can be used to make a gun body, and hammers. It is a special selling point for most foreign guns". The college youth, calmly talked about his own knowledge of firearms.
"What? Plastic can also be used instead of metal?" Although Yuan boss was speechless with the information the youth had provided, he still believed him. However, he still couldn't understand why they had so many weapons!
"There are many Type 95 in the family of weapons, including rifles and machine guns. They can be regarded as 95-style gun family. All the main parts are generally used, once there is a problem, its parts can be interchangeable. It is excellent!" The college student commented.
Before doomsday, in the Hua Xia army, the Type 81 was the standard, which was the most reliable 'comrade' for the soldiers. But the 95-style, with many advantages, slowly replaced the Type 81, becoming the army's standard guns. At the same time, 95-style's recoil was lesser, especially for accurate shooting. The young man apparently had some military knowledge.
Jiang Liushi was quite satisfied with his introduction and said, "Instant payment, and instant delivery. I'm only for mutant crystal nuclei! Two tons of mutant meat for an automatic rifle, and an extra magazine. As for machine guns, they will be sold separately."