The Necromancer is amassing troops like crazy in the apocalypse - Chapter 402

Chapter 402: Chapter 336, Busy Market

The siblings underwent inspection, and the skeleton cavalryman who had just killed the zombies also returned from behind.

He passed by one side of the off-road vehicle.

Thick, sticky gore still dripped from his lance.

The siblings turned their heads to look back, but they could no longer see a single zombie in the distance.

All of them lay on the ground.

Such fearsome cavalry!

The shock reverberated in their hearts.

Although they didn’t understand why these skeletons could stand up, it was clear that they were more formidable than the zombies.

12 skeleton cavalrymen had slaughtered so many zombies.

It was somewhat terrifying.

…

As the siblings turned to look at the skeleton cavalrymen,

the roadblock was moved aside, and the survivor responsible for inspection said, “Follow this road straight ahead, and you will see the trading spot.”

“Oh, thank you!”

Coming to their senses, the siblings continued driving the severely deformed off-road vehicle further inside.

The road ahead was smooth.

Wrecked vehicles and debris were piled up on both sides of the road, and no zombies rushed out at them.

They even saw some survivors on patrol.

Who occasionally glanced this way.

Clearly, this area was completely controlled by survivors, free from zombie attacks.

“Brother! These moving skeletons, are they superpowers?” The woman in the passenger seat suddenly spoke up.

They could patrol alongside survivors,

all they could think of was superpowers.

“Should be, we’ve only heard about some superpowers on the radio, we’ve never seen what they can actually do.” said the man driving.

The woman looked out of the window at the passing skeleton patrol team, “This superpower is too freakish, each skeleton is like a hitman.”

The man yearned, “Yeah! It’s a pity I’ve only ever taken a level one Corpse Core, if I could get my hands on a level two, I’d like to try and see if I could awaken any superpowers.”

The woman immediately turned her head, speaking sternly, “No way, I’ve told you, the success rate is so low, how could it possibly be your turn? What would I do if you died?”

“If you awaken a powerful superpower, it would be like skyrocketing to success, at the very least you could make it to a leader’s position.”

“Talking about powerful superpowers, how many can take a Corpse Core and not die?”

“I’m just saying, what are you yelling for? Besides, the zombies are getting stronger and stronger, we’ll have to try taking Corpse Cores sooner or later,” the man said helplessly.

The off-road vehicle continued to inch forward, and gradually they saw the towering walls ahead and the skeletons armed with firearms standing on the walls, even a couple of machine guns pointed outside.

“Damn, this place is no worse than the military!” the woman exclaimed.

Now it seemed, this old factory refuge was in no way inferior to the military.

With guns just as plentiful, and so many controllable skeletons, it was highly possible they were above the military.

They had never heard before that the old factory refuge was so formidable.

How had it suddenly risen to power?

“We’re here, don’t talk nonsense,” the man said.

…

Ahead, as directed, they entered the open market courtyard.

An announcement board was erected at the entrance, listing the value of various items.

’10 grams of Gold, in exchange for 10 kilograms of food’

‘1 level one Corpse Core, in exchange for 50 kilograms of food, an additional 10 kilograms for every 5 cores.’

‘A level one Mutated Corpse, in exchange for 10 kilograms of food.’

‘1 level two Corpse Core, in exchange for 100 kilograms of food, an additional 30 kilograms for every 3 cores.’

‘A level two Mutated Corpse, in exchange for 30 kilograms of food.’

‘1 rifle, in exchange for 15 kilograms of food, 100 bullets, in exchange for 10 kilograms of food.’

‘1 heavy machine gun…’

‘…’

‘1 armored vehicle, in exchange for 300 kilograms of food.’

‘Special talents, one person can be exchanged for 100 kilograms of food.’

All the exchangeable items were clearly listed on the announcement board.

The siblings peered at it, their eyes growing wider.

“Brother, they’re really using food to trade for gold! They must have drunk contaminated water, their brains must be damaged!”

The vehicle had already reached the entrance to the market; there was no need for deception.

The listing showed they were clearly planning to trade.

“Stop talking nonsense. If your brain is damaged, theirs isn’t…”

The woman chuckled, “I was just saying. It would be great if they really traded. They’re buying guns so cheaply, for half the price compared to the military’s, and they’re buying armored vehicles and special talents too. Do I count as a talent?”

“Does being able to eat make you a talent?”

“You’re sick!”

After reading the notice, the SUV directly entered the market interior.

The two got out of the car and approached a wooden table, “We’ve come to exchange for food.”

“Did you read the notice?” the assigned staff member asked.

“Yes, we’ve brought some gold jewelry,” the man said.

“Bring it here, we’ll weigh it. If there’s no problem, then you can go get your grain.”

“Oh, okay!”

Opening the car door again, he handed over a small plastic bag filled with various gold ornaments.

After weighing them,

“It’s 104 grams in total, go over there to get your grain!”

“Okay!”

They got back into the car and continued to the place where they would pick up the grain.

When two large bags of flour were stuffed into the back seat, both of them couldn’t help but swallow their saliva.

They really gave it to us.

Moreover, the warehouse where the other party stored grain was still filled with bag after bag of it.

“Alright, you can go now!”

The exchange complete, the staff member said directly.

“Oh, okay!” The man in the driver’s seat started the car twice and asked awkwardly, “Can I get the car repaired here? There seems to be a problem.”

“For repairs, go over there. There will be a fee,” they were told.

“Er…” Hearing about the fee, the two hesitated again.

But considering the condition of their SUV, it might not make it back without some repairs.

They still drove to the repair spot for a simple fix.

Once the car could be started, some grain was deducted.

The siblings drove the vehicle back the way they came.

…

On the way back,

the sibling duo still couldn’t quite come to terms with what had happened.

We just exchanged gold for grain?

Besides the danger from zombies on the way, the rest of the process hadn’t even taken twenty minutes.

“They have so much grain, and why do they want gold?” the woman pondered, resting her chin on her hand.

“People always say, ‘save gold for times of chaos,’” the man suggested, “maybe that’s their thinking.”

“But that’s in times of chaos, not the apocalypse. Nearly everyone is dead now; what use is gold?”

“Then you tell me why. In any case, we’ve already exchanged for the food,” he said.

“Yes, that’s what I can’t figure out either.”

The siblings spoke in low voices.

Suddenly, several vehicles approached head-on, and the siblings tensed up immediately, placing their guns on their laps.

Apart from zombies, other survivors were equally dangerous.

But the other vehicles didn’t stop. They honked their horns as they passed by.

“They’re also going to exchange for grain,” the man said.

“Mhm, they brought even more stuff.”

As they were speaking, another military truck and two armored vehicles passed by them from the side.

They too were heading in the direction of the old factory district.

“The military is also going there.”

“Mhm!”

Narrowing his eyes, the man watched the departing military vehicles in the rearview mirror before taking a turn towards the direction of the military market.

The woman frowned, “What for?”

“While they aren’t familiar with the market there, let’s go to the military and exchange for some heavy weapons. We can take out those Mutated Dogs at the crossroads and then exchange for even more grain,” he proposed.

“We finally got some grain and you want to trade it away?

“With over thirty people at our base, how long will these two bags of grain last? It’s better to exchange for more weapons. While others are still watching, let’s exchange for more. In a few days, all those grains might be gone,” the man explained.

Taken aback, the woman felt that it indeed made some sense.

“Okay, then let’s hurry and make the exchange before the military raises the prices on weapons when the grain is more plentiful,” she agreed.

“That’s what I was thinking!”

…

In the old factory district, the reception room of the open market,

Qi Hancai came in and said, “Leader, Captain Yang has arrived.”

Following her, the military’s Yang Long and two other team members in combat gear came in.

“Captain Yang, we meet again so soon,” Wu Heng stood up and shook hands with the visitor.

Yang Long smiled and said, “Kid, you really had me fooled there.”

“Ah! Where is this coming from, Captain Yang?” Wu Heng gestured for him to take a seat.

“You never said that you were a Superpowered Man, nor did you mention having so much grain.”