Reborn in the end of the world, I scavenged in the empty city and bought for free

Xu Hang looked particularly funny when he met Gu Tongwan for the first time. If he knew that the person he was meeting was a girl, and a beautiful one at that, he would never have just picked up a plastic basin and gone out.

Their union is on the third floor, but this community is where more than a dozen units have their offices concentrated, so outside the entrance you have to go through the divisions and floors that separate the units and companies.

Xu Hang held the plastic basin in his hand because he was worried that the acid rain would corrode his body while he was still several dozen meters away. In addition, he was a little fat, so he looked a little clumsy when he ran. The plastic basin on his head completely covered his face, and only his full belly could be seen swinging back and forth.

"Silver pickup truck, silver pickup truck." Xu Hang muttered to himself as he lifted the plastic basin slightly to look, and sure enough, he saw a silver pickup truck parked not far away.

Gu Tongwan was wearing a black raincoat and had taken off the gas mask. When Xu Hang first saw her legs, he thought that this trading partner looked very weak, but she was quite arrogant and asked for twenty C-grade crystal cores and thirty D-grade crystal cores at once. Now all these crystal cores were in the black velvet bag in his hand.

He was not worried that the other party would snatch it away. Not to mention that there were several cameras at the entrance of the community, there was also a group of brothers upstairs. Their team leader was a B-level hunter, and he had a hot weapon behind his waist, a gun!

This was given to him by his teammates when he was leaving. They said that although high-level psychics are terrifying, as long as he draws his gun fast enough, even the highest-level psychic will not be able to stop the bullet in a short period of time. There are also three or four companions standing in the lobby on the first floor watching him go out. If something goes wrong, they will immediately use their superpowers to stop the other party from leaving. This is one of the main reasons why Xu Hang dared to meet alone.

Xu Hang's funny look caused the people opposite to burst into laughter, and the laughter was obviously from a girl. Xu Hang was stunned at first, but then he reacted and immediately took off the plastic basin on his head.

She really is a girl, and she is fair and clean, with delicate eyebrows and eyes. Although she is wearing a raincoat that doesn't show her figure, her temperament is unique.

After Xu Hang realized what was happening, he smiled awkwardly at the other person, and then he heard the other person ask, "You are Mr. Xu from the [Long-Range Hunter Guild], right? I am Xiao Gu, who you chatted with online."

"Ah, my name is Xu Hang, you can just call me Xiao Xu, Miss Gu...right? I thought the person chatting with me was a boy, so my tone was a little casual before. Don't mind it." It was funny when she thought about the bargaining before and he kept calling her "buddy" and "brother".

"It's okay, it's just a name. By the way, is it convenient for us to trade here?"

When she came in, she found that there were three cameras nearby. Although places with cameras are relatively safer, they may also be coveted by others.

Xu Hang nodded and pointed to a six-story building in front of him. "There is a small vacant garden behind it with a long corridor. You can drive over there. It's relatively less eye-catching."

Xu Hang thought that the downstairs was closer to the guild, and if anything happened it would be in his favor. Besides, the other party was a girl, and she was not afraid of meeting the wrong person, so what did he, a man, have to worry about?

Gu Tongwan opened the car door. Her raincoat was dry, but she put it on just in case. Then she pointed to the passenger seat and said, "Come in."

The location Xu Hang mentioned was indeed quite remote, at the back of an office building. Moreover, from the tightly closed windows on each floor, it could be seen that few people were willing to open the windows before the acid rain completely stopped. Moreover, the smell in the air was really unpleasant.

When Xu Hang got on the bus, she glanced at the rearview mirror and saw that the seats in the back rows were indeed filled with several large woven bags filled with things like flour and rice. She became even more curious about where a little girl like her got these goods.

Could it be that his family owned a store? Or a rice supplier?

These speculations are not impossible. Since the extremely hot weather and acid rain period, many rice and flour suppliers have not only raised prices, but even limited purchases. They are holding on to goods. On the one hand, they are worried that there will be a shortage of rice in the future and want to keep it for themselves. On the other hand, they want to stockpile goods and sell them all at once after the price of rice and flour rises a little more, so that they can make a lot of money.

"There are a total of fifty crystal cores here. How many do you want?" The quality of crystal cores is also different. For example, among the same C-grade crystal cores, some with purer colors and textures can be sold at higher prices, and more supernatural energy can be extracted from these crystal cores. Therefore, the popular "nutrients" on the market are generally divided into "high, medium, and low" qualities.

"I want all the B- and C-grade crystal cores. I only want the good quality D-grade ones, about 35 in total. According to the price we agreed on before, that's 700 kilograms of rice and 300 kilograms of flour. The rice I have is packed in 50 kilograms, so I'll give you seven bags. The flour is packed in 20 kilograms, so I'll give you 15 bags.

She brought a total of ten bags of rice and ten bags of flour today. Before going out, she covered the bottom with a layer of glass and then covered the top with a layer of corrosion-resistant waterproof cloth. As the rain was not heavy, she was not worried about the items being corroded.

Xu Hang was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect the transaction to be so simple. He was even prepared to bargain with the other party. After all, many people have to haggle offline after agreeing on the price online.

"What? Are you not satisfied with the price?" Gu Tongwan saw that Xu Hang didn't react, so he asked with a raised eyebrow.

"No, no, I'm satisfied, very satisfied." He smiled as he moved the goods very quickly. He checked all the goods on the spot and found that they were all high-quality rice and flour. The rice was white without any impurities and had a rice aroma. The flour was also smooth and white. It was completely different from the rice and flour bought at the commercial street.

"Excuse me, Miss Gu. I'd like to ask, do you have anything else besides rice and flour? I mean dried vegetables or canned meat. If so, can I exchange some of the crystal cores you left over?"

Xu Hang also knew that the quality of the remaining D-grade crystal cores was indeed not very good, but at least they were more valuable than the worst light gray crystal cores. Thinking that Miss Gu could actually get rice and flour of this quality, perhaps she had other good stuff in her hands.

Even if he didn't have them, he was planning to give these crystal cores to Gu Tongwan. After all, the rice and flour were so good, and he always felt that he was taking advantage of others.

Gu Tongwan smiled. She knew Xu Hang's thoughts very well, so she smiled and said, "I have some frozen mutant pork. If you have a refrigerator, I'll get some for you next time. It's not too big, about ten kilograms at most."

Xu Hang's eyes suddenly lit up. He had just asked casually, thinking that even canned meat would be fine, but he didn't expect it to be frozen meat. This was much better than canned meat. After all, twenty cans of meat combined only had a few pounds of meat.

"Yes, yes, we have a refrigerator. When can we bring it over?" Xu Hang looked at her eagerly, but the next moment he realized that he was a little too anxious, and he touched his nose a little embarrassedly, "What I mean is, if the rain stops, I can come to you." The guild also has a set of anti-corrosion rain gear specially for the vice president. At worst, he can borrow it shamelessly. No matter how big the difficulty is, it can't stop the desire to eat meat.

"Tomorrow afternoon, I'll come over at this time. By the way, if you know anyone who wants rice or flour, you can find me. I still have some stock."

"How much more?" Xu Hang couldn't believe his ears. In fact, he just wanted to ask if he could get some more rice and flour. With this quality, he was afraid that the brothers in the guild would fight for it.

"Not much. There is mutant pork and some vegetables. But I like to keep my business low-key and simple. I won't tell anyone where I source my goods. Secondly, I don't like people who are too greedy. I will only provide as much as I have. If you want more, you can only cancel the deal. I don't like bargaining. Think about it first. If it's suitable, send me a message."

Xu Hang's excitement was suppressed all of a sudden, and he said seriously: "Ms. Gu, I know what you mean. I will think about it carefully when I go back, but I still hope to cooperate with you."

Gu Tongwan nodded slightly, but did not continue the conversation. Instead, he got in the car and left.

Xu Hang looked at the dozen bags of rice and flour on the ground, and suddenly he became alert. He took out his cell phone from his pocket and made a call: "Come and help move the things."

In the lobby on the first floor, several members of the [Ranged Hunter Guild] were eating melon seeds. The melon seeds here were still very hot. They were bought from the supply and marketing cooperative before. They tasted a bit oily, but the advantage was that they were cheap. However, the price has increased now, from 15 points per catty to 35 points per catty. The guild bought about 20 catties at that time. In the past, everyone disliked the taste and never touched them, but after this period of frugality and inability to go out, everyone grabbed a handful from time to time to eat them, which was quite fun.

In fact, everyone did not have high hopes for the trading partner that Xu Hang had found on the so-called [Exchange Market] on the Internet. If they were not about to run out of food, they would indeed be reluctant to sell such good crystal cores.

But who knows when this acid rain period will end? Although the Meteorological Bureau said the rain will stop next week, the weather is unpredictable. If there is another extreme cold weather later, we still won’t be able to go out.

After receiving Xu Hang's call, the three of them wandered towards where Xu Hang was. One of the team members even said with a smile, "I wonder if Xu Hang can get back 100 kilograms of rice and flour?"

"Don't even mention 100 kilograms. At least 50 kilograms would be good. At worst, we can just eat porridge every day. We can still hold on for about 10 days."

After hearing this, everyone smiled helplessly, hoping that Xu Hang had not been cheated.

But when they walked to Xu Hang's side, they saw that Xu Hang was carrying a sack of things on his shoulders. It seemed to be quite heavy and it directly made him look shorter.

Seeing his teammates still standing there in a daze, Xu Hang couldn't help but frown and complain: "Still looking at this, hurry up and move, if someone sees us and gets jealous, we'll be in trouble."

"Fuck, can our crystal core really be exchanged for so much rice and flour? Isn't it possible that there are stones inside?"

The person who spoke was immediately given a cold look by the other two teammates.

"Xu Hang must have inspected the goods. He is not that stupid. Besides, look, how can stone feel like this?" A teammate walked up to the sack, patted it, and immediately a muffled voice was heard.

So a few people didn't delay any longer and called seven or eight brothers upstairs to ask them to come down quickly to move the things.

After everything was moved back, everyone quickly opened the boxes to check the goods, and they indeed contained whole grains of rice and flour.

"You said that the crystal core we took out can be exchanged for so many things?" One of them was astonished.

Another person was also amazed: "I thought it would be good enough to exchange for two bags of rice. Xu Hang, is the person you are looking for to trade with a rice shop this time?"

Xu Hang shrugged. "I don't know about that. Anyway, according to the price we agreed on before, the other party gave me this much, but there are still some crystal cores of not-so-good quality left. The other party said that she could exchange some meat with me next time. I think she seems to have channels in this regard. Maybe she knows someone in the meat processing plant or the rice mill, or she is a relative or something like that."

"She is so generous at once, it seems she has a good family background. She only collects crystal cores, so she probably wants to collect them for upgrading. Is she a mutant?"

Xu Hang shook his head: "Probably not, I don't sense any supernatural energy from her."

"Maybe it's because your level is too low, so you can't detect the other party's ability. It's not impossible."

Xu Hang's mouth twitched, and he sneered: "I am a C-level hunter after all. Unless the ability level is above B-level, there is no way I can't detect it."

Seeing that he was really angry, another teammate quickly came out to smooth things over: "Okay, okay, I think the other party should be a rich second-generation with a solid family background. There may be low-level psychics in his family. Now he wants to accumulate more crystal cores while we have them so that he can upgrade later. In fact, it's not just our guild. Today I saw several other small guilds selling crystal cores at the [Exchange Market], but they are all C-level and D-level crystal cores. There are also people asking for prices below, but there are not many people who can easily take out dozens of kilograms of rice and flour.

"Xu Hang, since they have the supply, why don't you try to ask if they can get more meat? Canned food is fine. We have been eating bran and pickled vegetables for almost 20 days, and our mouths are almost dry. We still have to find a way to give our brothers something to eat."

Xu Hang looked at the dozen people. During this period of time, the heaviest guy in the guild had lost nearly 20 kilograms, so he smiled bitterly and nodded: "I'll try my best."

Gu Tongwan put the car into a space where there were no cameras halfway through the journey, and as soon as he got home he used all the crystal cores to exchange for system points.

I exchanged tens of thousands of points for thirty-five crystal cores, which is just tens of thousands away from upgrading the black soil. Excited, I began to browse the [Exchange Market] actively. It seems that I have to find a way to exchange for more crystal cores recently.