I understand what the furry ones are saying. I'm going crazy killing people in the apocalypse.

Chapter 61 Big Wrongdoer

Lin Qingyue pondered for a while and said, "In a few days, arrange for a business team to go to this Taoyuan base to secretly inquire about the situation. As long as there is no threat to us, the rest does not matter."

Ji Lizheng and Qu Jin, who were completely unaware of this, discussed the next arrangements. In order to complete the mission, the base had to continue recruiting new survivors.

And at this moment, the game panel popped up automatically.

[Announcement of the Doomsday Law: The new map of Cangming Continent has been launched, and players can choose any camp. (Warm Tip: Choosing a good camp will increase the chance of survival~)]

map?

After closing the announcement, Ji Li's eyes fell on the map that suddenly appeared in the upper right corner of the game panel, and she clicked on it to check it out curiously.

It is similar to the map before the end of the world, except that there are small red flags symbolizing bases marked next to each base.

Ji Li's fingertips unconsciously touched the map, and a small white box popped up.

【Sunshine Base】

[Rating: Primary Camp, 32 points]

Ji Li blinked and clicked on her base.

【Taoyuan Base】

[Rating: Intermediate Camp, 60 points]

Well, just passed.

Qu Jin said slowly: "Lord, it seems that we don't need to find a way to recruit them. We just need to stay at the base and wait for people to join us."

Ji Li nodded and thought of something: "Should we build an inn?" The inn can provide temporary rest for business teams and passing players.

"I was just about to say that our base does need to build a temporary resting place. Where does Lord intend to build it?"

"Just at the entrance of the base."

After finishing her busy work in the morning, Ji Li completed the construction of the inn during the lunch break. The inn has two floors, with six rooms on each floor, each accommodating two people.

Residents who are not residents of Taoyuan Base can move around and conduct transactions within the base after checking in.

As for the accommodation fee at the inn, after thinking about it... Ji Li decided to charge by time, two blue-level crystal cores for 24 hours.

Soon, the first wave of business players arrived.

They started from a small base in Shahe District, buying and selling supplies along the way.
When you walk to the entrance of Taoyuan Base, a prompt will automatically pop up on the display screen: Welcome to Taoyuan Base. Non-residents of Taoyuan Base can stay in the station for a short rest. Do you want to enter?
[Yes/No]

The team leader nodded without hesitation, and a new reminder sounded the next second: Please pay the accommodation fee, two blue-level crystal cores per person for 24 hours.

"What the hell? Two blue crystal cores for one person? It's so expensive, why don't you just go and grab it!"

The scarcity of supplies in the apocalypse has led to ridiculously high prices. A pack of instant noodles requires three purple crystal cores, not to mention other things.

However, the admission fee to the post stations in each base is very low, requiring only one white-level crystal core, because the post stations are not used to make money, but to attract merchant teams like them to buy and sell supplies, providing income to base members while also allowing them to bring in various supplies.

And now, two blue-level crystal cores are required to stay in the inn? They are being taken advantage of!
Ji Li, who was being criticized behind her back, said: "..."

Don't blame her, she didn't understand the market and thought two blue-grade crystal cores were already very cheap... Mainly because she got too many crystal cores from killing monsters these days, giving people the illusion that it was very easy.

The team leader laughed angrily: "Let's go! Let's go to another place. You really take me for a fool!"

There were seven members in the business team. One of the young female members said, "Captain, it's getting dark. We will probably have to wait until tomorrow to reach the next base. What if we encounter any danger at night..."

The leader thought about it, gritted his teeth and made up his mind: "Okay, okay, I want to see why this base dares to ask for two blue-level crystal cores per person!"

The team leader took out fourteen crystal cores from the storage space and followed the instructions, placing the crystal cores in the red iron box next to him. The next moment, a prompt sounded.

"Welcome to Taoyuan Base Inn."

The door opens.

The business team entered the base with indignation in their hearts, and were shocked when they saw the scene inside the base.

"No, there are buses in this base?"

"Hey, look over there, isn't that a field? I think I see some corn!"

A young child came over and asked: "Do you need a guide?"

The leader looked at the kid. Since this was their first time at the base, they needed someone familiar to lead them. So he asked, "Yes, how much?"

"Two white crystal cores, not many."

"it is good."

The team leader took out the crystal core and handed it to the other party.

The boy took it and led them forward, introducing them as they walked. It was dinner time at this time and the base was very lively. The business team followed the boy all the way to the food street.

There is also a row of snack stalls next to the food street. These are stalls set up by residents who temporarily do not have the money to rent out shops. They sell all kinds of things, and the stalls are crowded with people.

"Peeled sugar cane, a box of five gold coins, a box of five gold coins!"

"Cold dish, a combination of meat and vegetables, 15 gold coins a box!"

"Five gold coins for a grilled tortilla!"

"..."

The business team was stunned. This base was full of life. They thought the end of the world was an illusion. This was the real world...

The leader came back to his senses and asked the boy, "What are gold coins? Can't we buy them with crystal cores?"

The boy explained: "In our base, we use gold coins to pay for everything we buy and sell. Crystal cores can also be purchased, but they are exchanged at a ratio. A white-grade crystal core is five gold coins." The exchange ratio for blue-grade crystal cores is 1:50, and for purple-grade crystal cores it is 1:20.

This is the unified exchange rate after discussion among the residents of their Taoyuan base.

what?
The leader became excited after hearing this. He rushed to the peeled sugarcane stall and said, "Sugarcane is a box of five gold coins, right? We want them all!"

The vendor selling peeled sugar cane responded and packed up all the remaining sugar cane: "Twenty boxes of sugar cane, a total of 100 gold coins."

The leader took out two blue crystal cores and said, "Is it okay to pay with this?"

"can."

The stall owner took the crystal core, handed over the money and the goods: "Thank you for your patronage, welcome to come again next time."

The sugarcane is sold out and the stall is closed.

The leader led the team members to the cold dish stall again: "How many cold dishes are there? We want them all." Anyway, the food won't go bad if they are kept in the storage space, so they must fill up the space and backpacks this time.

"Captain, we've made a fortune. I just calculated that one box of sugar cane can be sold for two blue-level crystal cores! This way, we've made back our accommodation expenses."

The leader had no complaints and wanted to clear out the food court. It was the team members who persuaded him to be calm and rational: "Captain, we can't clear it out. We don't have enough money."

Back at the post station, everyone in the business team smiled and said, "The prices here are really not expensive. I was wrong. I shouldn't have said that the base took advantage of us..."

The merchant team that Lin Qingyue had sent to Taoyuan Base to secretly gather information came back and reported everything they had seen and heard.

Lin Qingyue was a little surprised after hearing this. He thought for a long time and said, "I understand. You all can go out."

He Jinzhou sat on the chair with his legs crossed, his eyebrows raised slightly: "This Taoyuan base is developing well, it deserves to be rated as an intermediate camp in the game."

Although their Qingcheng base is also an intermediate camp, its score is only 52 points. The gap is obvious after comparison.

But seeing is believing, and He Jinzhou now wants to go to Taoyuan Base to see it in person.

"By the way, I heard that this Taoyuan base has several mutant animals. I don't know if it's true or not. The business team we sent didn't see any, so it's probably fake..."

"Whether it's true or not, we should try our best to be on good terms with Taoyuan Base and avoid provoking them if possible."

There is no need to fight and kill each other when we live together in the apocalypse. Only by living in harmony can we survive.

He Jinzhou thought so too. He hummed nonchalantly, "Where's Xiao Tafeng? I haven't seen him these past two days. Where has he gone?"

Lin Qingyue glanced at the location information displayed by the location tracker: "I went to Lanjiang City."

Lin Qingyue was very confused. What was it about this Lanjiang City that attracted Tafeng to go there every day?

And Tafeng, who was being talked about, was now diligently and conscientiously helping his son fight monsters.

In the natural environment, eagles usually live to be 50 to 70 years old, making them a very long-lived animal.

As an eighteen-year-old S-class falcon, Tafeng has a very rich and colorful life experience. Compared with a three-year-old lion, he appears to be particularly mature and stable.

For example, now, after defeating the monster, the three-year-old Sang Biao rushed over to Ji Li and started to rub against her and act coquettishly, making meowing sounds in his deep, rough, smoky voice.

【Baby, baby, kiss】

Ji Li held the lion's huge head and gave it a kiss, allowing the restless Sang Biao to sit down and rest obediently.

Tafeng stood beside, combing its feathers and pecking them very seriously. After pecking the left wing, he started pecking the right wing.

Ji Li did not disturb Tafeng from combing his feathers. She sat on the ground with freshly picked flowers and plants in front of her, and made a beautiful wreath out of boredom.

After Windwalker finished pecking the feathers, he looked at the wreath with his golden eyes and tilted his white head.

Seeing this, Ji Li stood up and said, "Tafeng, do you want to try it on?"

"Wow!"

Tafeng responded.

Ji Li raised her hand and placed the wreath around the falcon's neck.

Tafeng seemed to like the wreath very much. He pecked the petals gently with his sharp eagle beak, very gently for fear of knocking them off.

By evening, it was time for Tafeng to go back.

The falcon flapped its wings and called out to Ji Li.

[See you tomorrow, baby]

Ji Li waved: "See you tomorrow."

Yes, that's right. After spending these days together, Ji Li and Falcon became good friends.

When the falcon returned to the doorstep, it happened to meet He Jinzhou who came out, but it ignored him and just buried its head in drinking water from its own food bowl.

"What the hell?"

He Jinzhou looked at the wreath on the falcon's neck and was very surprised: "Ayue, you can also weave wreaths?" He didn't know that his friend had this skill.

"If you can weave another one for me, I will give it to my Tayun too," he said.

what?
Lin Qingyue came to the door in confusion, and was shocked when he saw the wreath around his eagle's neck.

His expression was complicated, and he said calmly: "I didn't make it up."

"what?"

(End of this chapter)