CHAPTER 38: CHAPTER 38 COMPLETE THE TRANSACTION

The commercial building has fifteen floors and stands out somewhat awkwardly in this city filled with the air of apocalypse.

The scar-faced leader, along with Lin Yi and Chen Youyou, quickly came to a room on the top floor.

He introduced, "This entire floor used to be a bustling food court; now we’ve transformed it into a walk-in freezer."

Lin Yi glanced around, his eyes sharply fixating on the scar-faced leader. "Not bad! You can leave now. Remember, if anyone is spying on me, I have ways to detect it. Even if we’re locked in here, we can easily escape."

"Don’t be like this, Lin Yi!" The old soldier stepped back and raised his hands, trying to look sincere: "I would never do something so foolish..."

He genuinely wanted to maintain a long-term and productive partnership with Lin Yi, and Lin Yi’s suspicion indeed saddened him somewhat.

Then, Lin Yi didn’t care about such things and waved his hand, gesturing for the other to leave.

"Alright then!" the scar-faced leader muttered softly and left with his men.

After he left, Lin Yi immediately had Xiaochuan carefully survey the surroundings inside the shelter through the cameras.

Only after confirming that no one else was secretly watching did he wave his hand and instantly fill the entire cold storage with three tons of potatoes.

"Shall we leave now?" Chen Youyou asked indistinctly while munching on a boiled potato.

"No rush." Lin Yi waited for her to finish the potato before taking out a Level 3 bow and quiver and handing them to her.

Seeing the confusion in Chen Youyou’s eyes, Lin Yi patiently taught her: "Silently recite in your mind—create arrows."

Chen Youyou followed his instructions, and the moment she recited it in her mind, an arrow instantly appeared in the quiver.

"I did it!" Chen Youyou exclaimed with excitement, looking at the arrow left and right, her eyes sparkling with delight.

At this moment, she finally realized she was no longer that weak, ordinary person.

She raised her head, ready to gaze at Lin Yi with deep emotion.

Unexpectedly, Lin Yi lightly knocked her on the forehead: "Why are you looking at me? Keep going!"

"Okay... boss..." Chen Youyou muttered.

One... three...

By the time she reached the fifth arrow, her face was already starting to turn pale.

She whispered to Lin Yi, "Boss, I’m not feeling well..."

"This is due to the consumption of magic power; check your attributes to see how much magic power you have left."

"Out of 10 points, there’s 5 left."

Lin Yi pondered for a moment and took out a boiled potato.

He peeled it first, carefully sprinkled some fine salt and pepper on it, then handed it to Chen Youyou.

"Eat a potato, then make three more."

"Okay. Munch, munch, munch..."

The reason Lin Yi did this was primarily to hide some strength and trump cards, not wanting the transportation process to appear too easy.

Moreover, in this world, things that are too easily obtained become cheap.

Half an hour later.

Lin Yi, with a pale-faced Chen Youyou, came to a sofa in the food court area.

At this moment, the scar-faced leader was patiently sitting there. Seeing Lin Yi approaching, he glanced at Chen Youyou’s pale face before smiling and speaking.

"Are you ready?"

"Yes, you can go check it out."

"I’ll go take a look right away!"

The scar-faced leader seemed somewhat eager and almost immediately ran off, only to rush back after a while.

"Amazing!" he exclaimed, instructing his men to bring coins while saying to Lin Yi, "Weighing all these potatoes isn’t very realistic; I trust you!"

Lin Yi nodded slightly.

Soon, a young man resembling a soldier came over with a large bag of coins.

Lin Yi grinned and said, "Let me teach you a simple method."

As he spoke, he picked up two coins and gently pressed them in his hand. The two coins merged into one coin of equal value.

The scar-faced leader’s eyes widened with surprise: "I had no idea this was possible! Wow, it’s so much simpler!"

Lin Yi shrugged, pretending as if he knew all along and it was no big deal.

The scar-faced leader was also very savvy, understanding Lin Yi’s intention in revealing this method to him.

He waved to call over a few soldiers to start merging the thousands of coins.

Unexpectedly, among the soldiers, only the leading Professional soldier could do it.

The scar-faced leader, a bit frustrated, called in a few more Professionals.

Fifteen minutes later, all the coins had been merged into fifteen coins of a thousand-unit value each.

After the transaction ended.

The scar-faced leader and Lin Yi went downstairs together.

On the way, he inquired, "When will we get more potatoes?"

Currently, these three tons of potatoes would allow him to recruit some people, but it was far from enough, as he needed to recruit more.

And with an increasing number of people, the food quantity would also need to rise correspondingly.

"How many do you want?"

"How many can you bring me?" The scar-faced leader’s eyes were full of anticipation.

Considering the need to cooperate with other camps and the work efficiency of his employees.

Lin Yi thought for a moment and indicated to him that he would bring at least another three tons of potatoes in four days.

As for exactly how many, it remained uncertain.

The scar-faced leader was very excited, inviting Lin Yi to come celebrate and hinting at champagne to liven things up.

This time, Lin Yi politely declined again.

He had many things to attend to, such as preparing to start promoting his employees to Professionals.

Initially, he thought it was a simple and uncomplicated task.

Unexpectedly, Chen Youyou really taught him a lesson! She made him realize that this task was not only time-consuming but also required avoiding the risk of being hit by the employees.

After chatting for a while, Lin Yi and Chen Youyou left the camp. They found a hidden place and teleported back to their shelter.

At this time, the sky had already turned dark.

Due to becoming a Professional, Chen Youyou’s mood was extraordinarily good.

She enthusiastically prepared pasta, paired with canned tomato sauce and meatballs, along with some vegetables and fish, as well as some canned fruit.

She really showcased her talents!

Lin Yi naturally wouldn’t be outdone, being a chef, he baked a large pot of fragrant potatoes.

"So, you’re a Professional now, Sister Youyou?" Annie asked with her mouth full of food.

"Uh-huh."

"Do you have any cool, awe-inspiring, divine-level skills like the boss?"

"I guess I do, mind reading!"

The women began chatting.

Lin Yi naturally didn’t know what they were discussing, but he wasn’t too concerned.

At this moment, he had naturally blocked out all external noise and was busy feasting.

"Wow, mind reading! That’s amazing! So, do you know what I’m thinking right now?" Annie asked, even more intrigued.

"I don’t know... At the moment, I can only sense people’s general emotions. For example, I can tell if someone harbors hostility or is lying..."

"So you’re like a walking lie detector! How does it feel to be a Professional?"

The women’s chatter continued for another hour.

Chen Youyou vividly described how she killed two zombies—of course, embellishing the story somewhat.

Then she recounted the story of selling potatoes and many other things to the girls.

Lin Yi quickly finished his meal.

He lay on a hammock, digesting like a python while planning for the future...