I became a farmer in the apocalypse.

"Boss, can you give me a discount on these socks?"

"Fine, I'll sell you the triple-double for 10 points."

"Okay."

"..."

The sock seller next door has already sold more than ten pairs.

Qiu Mei's face turned completely ugly, and all her previous excitement was gone.

Chen Jiqi also lost patience.

He, a doctor at a clinic, put aside his pride to help Qiu Mei set up her stall, but after working for almost an hour, he didn't sell a single one of the crocheted dolls!

"Brother Chen, what exactly happened?" Qiu Mei couldn't help but complain. "Didn't you say this could make money?"

But nobody buys this stuff!

Chen Jiqi frowned and said:

"It's all because the stuff you make is of such poor quality!"

He picked one up, glanced at it, and saw that it was poorly made, with eyes that didn't look like eyes and a nose that didn't look like a nose. It was far inferior to the ones made by Jiang Tang!

He had seen the dolls Jiang Tang made; they were exquisite and the kind of dolls children would like.

Moreover, she creates characters from popular movies and animations, such as SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star, Zootopia, Spider-Man, One Piece, and even characters from video games—a wide variety of characters…

Looking at what Qiu Mei made, there were white rabbits, pink rabbits, and yellow rabbits too!

In short, this entire stall was filled with rabbits!

They're worlds apart.

"This thing you made isn't even worth 20 points! No one will buy it at such a high price!" Chen Jiqi said.

Qiu Mei's expression stiffened upon hearing this. "Then how many points should I sell?"

Chen Jiqi: "In my opinion, 5 points is about right."

"What?"

Qiu Mei opened her eyes wide.

5 point?

She's been working day and night these past few days, working herself to the bone, and her eyes are almost blind from looking at them so much. But the only thing she can sell for is 5 points each.

On what grounds?

Moreover, she had planned to sell these thirty-odd dolls for six or seven hundred points, but if the price was reduced to 5 points each, she could only sell them for a little over one hundred and fifty points. The difference was too great, and she couldn't accept it.

She didn't want to just earn a little money; she wanted to live a good life, eat good food, and eat whatever she wanted, just like Jiang Tang!

"Brother Chen, don't rush to lower the price. We'll definitely be able to sell them. I'm the only stall here selling knitted dolls. If anyone wants to buy these kinds of things, they'll definitely come to me."

Chen Jiqi frowned. "Whatever you say."

He glanced at his watch. "I have something to do, I'll be going now."

Before Qiu Mei could say anything, Chen Jiqi turned and left.

As Qiu Mei watched Chen Jiqi's retreating figure, her heart sank to the bottom.

"How many points does this rabbit plushie cost?" A woman with a child asked as she approached.

15 points.

"15 points is too expensive! I can make this myself! How about two for 5 points?"

Qiu Mei's eyes widened, wanting to refuse, but the woman turned and left, saying, "Fine, don't sell then!"

"I'll sell!" Qiu Mei gritted her teeth reluctantly and handed over two dolls.

Finally, Qiu Mei sold a few more at a price of 5 points each.

After this trip, it was time to pack up and close the stall.

Income: 20 points.

Qiu Mei's face fell.

When Chen Jiqi returned home, his mother, Zhao Yongxiang, asked him, "Did you really divorce Jiang Tang?"

She hadn't seen Jiang Tang for several days, and when she asked Chen Jiqi, he just said with a blank face that they were divorced. She thought the couple had another fight.

Chen Jiqi still had a blank expression, and he wasn't in a good mood. "Mom, I'm divorced from her. Don't ask anymore."

It was Jiang Tang who didn't want him.

She'll regret it sooner or later.

"It's better that we're divorced." Zhao Yongxiang sneered. "She looks like a vixen; she's obviously not the kind of person who'd settle down and live a stable life."

"I told you not to marry her, but you wouldn't listen. After you married her, we were always giving each other the silent treatment, and our relationship was anything but harmonious. We haven't even had a child in three years."

In that case, divorce would be a relief.

Her son owns a house, so why would he worry about not finding a woman willing to marry him?

In contrast, Jiang Tang and her two siblings are all burdens—

She refused to believe that Jiang Tang could find a better man after leaving her son.

"And that job you arranged for Jiang Li back then was such a waste. Jobs were worth so much back then."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jiqi fell silent for a moment.

The reason he was able to arrange a job for Jiang Li back then was because he received an old man of unusual status at the clinic.

The old man came to the clinic for an emergency. The other doctor who received him was rude and ignored him. It was this doctor who took the initiative to ask about his condition and help him, and even cured the old man's illness.

Afterwards, the old man gave him a business card, saying he could do him a favor.

"Forget it, what's past is past."

Besides, Jiang Li quit her job, so she has nothing to do with him now.

Zhao Yongxiang stopped talking about those unlucky things and changed the subject.

"Son, did you see the official announcement from the base? It says a superhuman has appeared..."

"Since you're not an evolved being, is it possible for you to awaken supernatural abilities?"

Chen Jiqi shook his head, "This kind of thing shouldn't happen to me, and besides, I haven't noticed anything wrong with myself these past few days."

The probability of an evolved being is five percent. He's not even an evolved being, let alone an ability user whose probability is less than one in ten thousand.

The entire safe zone is talking about this now. Everyone is hoping to become a superhuman, receive rewards, get a job, and become someone of high status.

But the odds are practically the same as winning the lottery.

Chen Jiqi believes that people should not dream, but be down-to-earth.

He currently earns a salary of four thousand points, enough to eat, which is better than most but not the worst off either, much better than those who are neither evolvers nor have any special skills.

Entrance to the Ninth Base.

Several military off-road vehicles drove neatly into the high-walled checkpoint of the Ninth Base and went directly into Zone 1.

The base commander led the base's core leadership out to meet the people coming from the central government: three metal-type ability users and four researchers, one of whom was carrying a well-packaged machine.

"Hello, Researcher Bai and Researcher Xu."

"Hello, Commander Shen."

Shen Zhongshan led his group into Zone 1 in a great hurry and entered the military and political building.

"Ten years after the apocalypse, superhumans have finally emerged. This is a good thing."

Xu Jiu: "Base Chief Shen, the appearance of superhumans is sudden. The Central Committee sent us here mainly to let the high-ranking officials of each base witness the abilities of superhumans firsthand."

"We also brought a machine that can help your base screen people with superpowers. If someone has superpowers, the machine will react."

Shen Chongshan: "Thank you for coming all this way to provide guidance. It's just a pity that since the notice was issued, no survivors in our base have reported that they have awakened superpowers."

"Chief Shen, there's no need to rush. Perhaps it just takes time. Just like when the brain-evolving individuals were first discovered, didn't those brain-evolving individuals appear gradually?"

"That's true."

The group entered a research conference room, which was already filled with many people.

Everyone was eager to see what was so special about the metal-type ability user, so they all looked over with great interest.

"Wang Zheng, Han Yong, Jin Zhi, go over there and demonstrate your special abilities."