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Chapter 8 Envy, Jealousy, and Transaction

Chapter 8 Envy, Jealousy, and Transaction
Yang Chen looked into the distance.

I saw some scavenger teams cooking food unscrupulously, or gnawing on the bones of unknown creatures and eating meat with big mouthfuls.

The nearby scavenger teams could only watch from afar with envy, but did not dare to rush up to snatch the goods.

Those teams should be the evolver teams.

Because they are obviously cleaner than other scavenger teams, you can see a clear difference.

However, there were some teams that clearly dared to barbecue here, and from the outside, there was no difference between them and other wastelanders.

"The other teams are all more than 30 meters apart, let's keep that distance as well."

Yang Chen stopped under a tree that was over ten meters tall: "Let's make a fire here, and roast the meat right after the fire is made. We can also try the taste of cooked food tonight."

Although the tree is still alive, its bark has been stripped off and there are no leaves on the tree, so it is impossible to tell what kind of tree it is from the surface.

"Grill directly? Here?"

Peng Min was shocked. There were too many barbarians here, making her feel insecure.

However, she has always trusted Yang Chen, especially now that Yang Chen has become an evolver.

Since Yang Chen said so, she didn't refute.

So she put all the dry firewood on the ground, then found a hard stone with a rough surface nearby and tapped it gently with the back of the dagger.

Soon, a spark fell on the rotten wood, and she hurriedly bent down and blew hard.

A flame slowly rose.

Yang Chen sat down against the barkless tree trunk. With the light of the slowly rising campfire, he discovered that the nail gun in his hand had become much more refined.

Before, because my attention was focused on the dangers that might occur around me at any time, I didn't check the nail gun carefully.

Only now did he realize that the rust on the nail gun had disappeared at some point, and it looked as if it had been carefully crafted by someone.

He weighed it, sensed it carefully, and recalled its initial state, and found that the weight of the nail gun was a little heavier than at the beginning, but not very obvious.

'It seems that the material should also be strengthened, but it should also have special powers, otherwise it is difficult to explain how a spring-powered nail launcher can have such a range and power.'

This thought flashed through Yang Chen’s mind, and then while observing the scavenging team in the distance, he silently input derivative Qi into the nail gun.

The strengthening of the nail gun cannot stop, because it is his strength and his only means of attack against other evolvers and hunters.

After Peng Min started the fire, he took out the raw meat slices and started grilling them.

Soon, a meaty aroma that was clearly from wild wolves wafted out, causing many scavenger teams in the distance to look over.

Because the wild wolf is relatively the most common animal in the Gobi region.

Many people who have lived in the Gobi Desert for decades have hunted it and can tell it apart.

Having a very sensitive nose is one of the survival talents of the barbarians.

"Two people, can they hunt down a wild wolf?"

"Is it my bad luck to meet a lone wolf?"

"Even if it was a lone wolf, two ordinary people would definitely get hurt if they wanted to hunt it, but they don't seem to have any injuries."

Among the scavenger team in the distance, some showed fear, while others were filled with doubt.

……

Because the wild wolf meat is cut into thin slices, it is easy to roast.

So soon, Peng Min handed a few slices of barbecue to Yang Chen: "You can eat it."

"Yeah. You eat too."

Yang Chen took the barbecue and put it in his mouth, chewing it with a look of enjoyment. Although there was no salt, he still ate it with relish.

Peng Min roasted dozens of slices in one breath, then picked up a piece of freshly roasted wild wolf meat and started to eat it. An expression of happiness involuntarily appeared on his dirty face.

This scene made the scavenging team in the distance envious and jealous, and many people couldn't help swallowing their saliva.

Especially many women, the way they looked at Peng Min was filled with jealousy and envy that was almost overflowing.

They could see that the man was clearly the majority among the two.

"Isn't it just luck that I got to be with a capable man?"

'Damn it, why can't I meet a capable man?'

These women thought angrily in their hearts, and then looked at the men around them with dissatisfaction.

The men who were being stared at suddenly felt depressed.

There is no harm without comparison. Not to mention eating meat, they even eat grass roots sparingly.

Suddenly, a man holding a wooden spear stood up abruptly, and strode towards Yang Chen and the others. He swallowed his saliva as he walked, and his eyes were glowing green.

Many people were moved, thinking that they were the first to stand out, and they all looked over attentively to see whether those two people were evolvers.

Peng Min became a little nervous and subconsciously picked up the bow and arrow, but with Yang Chen around, she was not too afraid.

Yang Chen turned his head coldly and looked at that person.

The man did not slow down, and approached quickly, saying pleadingly: "Friend, please give me some meat."

“Change it with water, clean water.” Yang Chen said calmly.

"water……"

The man immediately looked embarrassed: "I don't have it."

Yang Chen snorted coldly: "Then get out."

Suddenly, a ferocious look appeared on the man's face. Instead of stopping, he sped up: "There are so many of you, what's wrong with giving me some? If you don't give me any, I will kill you..."

Yang Chen didn't even raise his arm. He slightly adjusted the direction of the hand holding the nail gun and directly pressed the firing button.

"Bang!" The man who had just rushed to twenty meters away was shot in the neck. He immediately covered his neck in horror, slowly fell down, and kept struggling.

Because his voice box and throat were shot through at the same time, he couldn't even let out a scream.

This scene surprised the scavenging team in the distance.

"How did he attack?"

“I didn’t see how he did it at all.”

"I thought I heard some noise, but it didn't sound like gunshots."

“Is he really an evolver?”

The people who saw this scene all showed fear and awe in their eyes, and all their previous little thoughts were immediately put away.

Although not many ordinary barbarians own guns, there are definitely some.

However, the previous sound did not sound like a gunshot at all, so everyone nearby became cautious because they had confirmed the other party's identity as an evolver.

As for the remaining people in the scavenging team that the dead savage originally belonged to, they didn't even dare to fart.

Instead of daring to stand up, they pretended to know nothing, fearing that they would be seen by the evolver.

This is the deterrent power of the Evolved Ones among ordinary wild people.

In the impression of all the wild people, the evolvers are superior and can easily kill ordinary people.

In short, in their minds, anyone who possesses supernatural powers is superior to others.

It makes no difference whether they are ordinary evolvers or super evolvers, they are all superior to them anyway.

And those women looked at Peng Min with even more jealousy.

"Why? We are both women, why can she follow a powerful evolver? And I can only follow an ordinary person?"

They felt even more unbalanced.

Yang Chen filled the nail gun with nails without leaving a trace. After waiting for a while, he saw that the man who was shot through the neck stopped struggling, so he said softly: "Bring the nail back."

"Uh-huh."

Peng Min hurriedly stuffed a piece of barbecue into his mouth, stood up and ran towards the corpse.

She first used a dagger to get the nail out, then fumbled around on the man's body.

But unfortunately, that person had nothing on him.

When the nearby scavenger team saw this scene, they didn't dare to make any unusual movements for fear of being misunderstood by the evolver.

When Peng Min returned to the campfire and handed the nail to Yang Chen, he saw a person sneaking towards the corpse in the dark.

"They must be the starving villagers." She whispered.

Yang Chen nodded.

The man slowly approached the corpse while kowtowed to Yang Chen pleadingly. After kowtowing, he hurriedly walked forward for a distance, being extremely humble.

Finally, he arrived in front of the corpse. Seeing that Yang Chen had never paid any attention to him, he hurriedly dragged the corpse and ran away, quickly disappearing into the darkness.

That speed makes people wonder if he is also an evolver.

The nearby scavenger teams are not surprised by this.

With those starving people around, it was impossible for the dead bodies to be preserved.

It just so happens that they need to stay here for a while, so it would be nice to have someone clean up the garbage.

More than fifty meters away from here, next to a campfire.

The bearded middle-aged man licked his lips and suddenly took out a hide water bag filled with water.

"Here are ten kilograms of water. Go and exchange it for one kilogram of meat for me."

He tossed the water bag to one of his men.

Ten pounds of water for one pound of meat?

The subordinate felt that his master was making things difficult for him.

But he didn't dare say more.

"Yes, my lord."

He hurriedly gritted his teeth and held the water bag as he ran towards Yang Chen.

He could only pray that the other party was short of water.

Because barter depends on the needs of both parties, there is no fixed price.

The nearby scavenger teams immediately showed envy. These were the evolvers. If they wanted to eat meat, they could just trade directly. They had all kinds of resources anyway.

Because the middle-aged man did not lower his voice and the distance was not far, Yang Chen and Peng Min both heard it.

Soon, the servant came to a distance of 20 meters and said respectfully, "Sir, my master wants to exchange ten kilograms of water for your one kilogram of wild wolf meat. The water bag can also be given to you. Don't worry, it is absolutely clean water."

As he said this, he pulled out the stopper of the water bag, poured some into his hand and drank it to prove that the water in the bag was definitely drinkable.

"Ten pounds of water for one pound of meat?"

Yang Chen looked at the middle-aged man in the distance.

The bearded middle-aged man nodded at him.

He turned around to look at the other man's men and said calmly: "If you can answer a few of my questions, I will change."

The man was delighted and said hastily, "As long as it does not involve my master's ability, I will answer you whatever I can."

(End of this chapter)

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