CHAPTER 782: CHAPTER 192: APOCALYPSE EXCHANGE_5

Arriving beneath the ship, a rope ladder extended down.

He climbed up with Xiao He in one hand, following the ladder.

Reaching the top.

"So many people."

Sun Neng hadn’t expected to see so many people; although the number seemed large, there was no chaos. The group of survivors moved around in an orderly fashion, some even setting up stalls in rows.

All the stall owners were very quiet, not hawking their wares, but rather letting passersby look for themselves.

Sun Neng observed carefully that all the survivors he saw looked very weary and also had a kind of ferocity, clearly having encountered many hardships in the apocalypse.

And thus, their hearts had changed completely.

Holding Xiao He in his embrace, Sun Neng passed by one stall after another.

The items on these stalls were bizarre and varied.

Most were food items.

Bread, instant noodles, coke, Sprite, table salt, and various medications commonly seen.

Most trades were barter.

The desired items for exchange were equally diverse.

Several months had passed since the outbreak of the apocalypse, and although it seemed like a long time, many things in the city were still within their expiration date.

Sun Neng shook his head, thinking of Huang City, where one could have whatever they wanted, and there was plenty of food. Yet seeing these people, they treasured every bit of food like treasure.

Under the same sky, yet with different fates.

Suddenly.

He stopped at a stall.

There was nothing on the stall except for a White Crystal.

The price was written on a piece of paper beside it.

’Two barrels of gasoline’

The young survivor squatting in front of the stall looked up and smiled at Sun Neng, "Brother, do you want a crystal? It’s only for two barrels of gasoline."

"Do you know what the crystal is used for?" Sun Neng asked.

The young man said, "Yes, crystals are very useful for Awakeners, and only Evolutionary Zombies have them."

Crystal, Awakener, Evolutionary Zombies.

These terms had spread from Huang City. It seemed they were aware of the situation there.

"Others exchange for food, why do you think of exchanging for gasoline?"

"Brother, I want to go to Huang City, but the journey is just too far. Estimating the distance, it should take four barrels. I already have two, just need two more, and I should be able to make it."

Sun Neng looked at him and threw the car keys in front of the young man, "My car is parked at the shore, with a full tank and an extra barrel of fuel, for your crystal."

The young man looked at the car keys in front of him, then at Sun Neng, "Brother, I can’t do this trade. I only recognize two barrels of gasoline. Either you bring the gasoline in front of me, or I won’t trade."

Hearing these words.

Sun Neng said nothing, bent over to pick up his car keys, and walked on. He had wanted to complete the trade simply because he saw the other person was eager to get to Huang City. Since there was no trust, it didn’t matter; waiting for someone to trade was just as good.

As Sun Neng left,

The young man talked with another survivor from a neighboring stall.

"You can tell just by looking, this guy is trying to cheat me."

"Mm-hm, got to be careful. No one who’s survived till now is simple."

"I know, I’m not a newbie. Those who tried to cheat me are already dead."

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"Stop there."

Sun Neng reached an iron door, intending to go in but was stopped by a survivor standing nearby.

"Please show your card."

Sun Neng took out his card.

"No good, your card isn’t stamped. You can’t go inside. If you want to get in, you need to pay a White Crystal. After that, you can come and go as you please," the man said.

Didn’t expect there to be so many rules here.

Sun Neng was not short on crystals. With his current abilities, dealing with Evolutionary Zombies was easy.

He was curious to see what was inside.

He handed over a White Crystal, and the man took out a new card with a stamp on it, "Keep it safe, don’t lose it. Otherwise, if you want to come in next time without this card, you’ll still need to pay a crystal."

Having said that, the man opened the iron door.

Sun Neng walked towards the interior, observing the situation above him through the corridors with surveillance monitoring continuously, clearly, someone was managing this ship.

But who it was, he did not know.

To establish an exchange like this in the apocalypse, one must be no ordinary person. They must be either an Awakener or possess a very strong armed force.

If it was just an ordinary person, they wouldn’t have the capacity to do such things. Any Awakener who came here just needed to be a little careful and no amount of ordinary people would suffice.

At the end of the corridor, inside, there was a whole other world.

It had a vast area.

There were quite a few survivors inside, and in Sun Neng’s sense, it seemed that most of those present were Awakeners.

Glancing around.

At least a hundred Awakeners.

He hadn’t met any Awakeners after leaving Huang City, and unexpectedly, there were so many here.

Clearly, the apocalypse was more complicated than he had imagined.

In his eyes, some of the Awakeners here were holding beers, chatting loudly and casually, showing no sign of panic one might associate with the apocalypse.

Some Awakeners also embraced scantily clad women.

Meanwhile, another Awakener held aloft a Black Crystal, roaring ferociously, "One Black Crystal in exchange for thirty White Crystals."

Obviously, this was more like a trade among Awakeners.

Only Awakeners needed crystals.

And only those above the tyrant level had Black Crystals. Ordinary Evolutionary Zombies only possessed White Crystals.