Chapter 15: After the apocalypse, the changing power of money

The first ray of sunlight in the morning shone through the window. Mu Qiu slowly opened her eyes and stood up from Simmons' thick mattress.

Opening the expensive silk curtains, Mu Qiu stood in front of the one-person-high transparent floor-to-ceiling windows on the second floor of the villa. Outside the windows was bright and warm sunshine.

To be honest, this was Mu Qiu's first time living in such a high-end villa.

Looking at the wisps of sunshine outside the window, Mu Qiu couldn't help but sigh.

At least in terms of maintaining order, the senior officials of the Yuhai Safety Zone have done their best.

From the surface, it is difficult to tell that this is a terrifying apocalypse where zombies are everywhere and heretics are rampant.

After the last lesson, Mu Qiu no longer dared to use the Sheep Talisman's ability to leave the body to spy on the base.

After all, his ability is still weak in the soul field. God knows there are other awakened people in the base who are good at the soul field.

Ever since she learned that there were three destructive-level awakeners in the base, Mu Qiu understood the importance of being a low-key "human" and secretly warned herself not to be so reckless anymore.

After taking a short rest, Mu Qiu put on his black trench coat again and walked out of the villa area.

Survivors in the safety zone currently have two ways of eating. One is the relief food that ordinary people can receive, but this food is usually based on some expired food and rice porridge soup made with wild vegetables and old grains. , it is difficult to even have enough food and clothing, let alone any nutrition at all.

Awakened ones with some strength will use the crystal nuclei obtained by "hunting" in the ruins to exchange for some canned hams before the end of the world. This is already a quite luxurious food in the end of the world.

Now crystal cores have long replaced the currency before the end of the world. Because of their special functions, they are widely traded in the circle of awakened people. In the world of survivors, just a few white crystal cores are a huge sum of money, enough to make a family I won’t have to worry about food and drink for a few days.

The two-story villa that Wei Ling'er gave to Mu Qiu belongs to the classic rich area in the Yuhai safe zone, and is basically populated by post-apocalyptic awakened people.

The original residents of the villa have either turned into irrational zombies, or "transferred" the house for a few good meals.

This is the change of money and power after the end of the world. The sudden outbreak of the doomsday virus has caused earth-shaking changes in people with different identities in the past.

Perhaps in the eyes of some people, this apocalyptic disaster has caused those destined to be ordinary people to embark on the road to becoming kings...

When I came to a stall on the roadside, the stall owner was a young man with shabby clothes, dark skin, and a scar on his face.

Although he is a bit dusty, he looks strong and full of heaven. It is obvious that he is also an awakened person with supernatural powers.

The stalls sell a variety of things, including canned beef found in the ruins, self-heating hot pot, instant noodles, weapons like daggers and knives, and even some brand-name clothes.

It was obvious that this awakened person also followed the team to search for resources from the ruins, and then returned to the Jade Sea safe zone to trade goods.

Mu Qiu looked through it briefly, picked out food such as ham bread, and took out a dagger. She asked seemingly casually: "Is there a map of the surrounding areas of Yuhai City? It's best to have detailed ones. That kind of thing.”

The stall owner looked at Mu Qiu in confusion and said, "Hey, buddy, in what age are people still using paper maps?"

"Just tell me where you want to go. I was born and raised in Yuhai before the end of the world. I can remember any large shopping mall or supermarket, Men Qing'er..."

After saying that, he rubbed his fingers again and looked at Mu Qiu: "Of course, this information is not free. What do you think of a white crystal?"

Mu Qiu nodded. He didn't want to care about such a trivial matter. He just threw a few white crystal cores over and asked, "Do you know where the Datiandi Entertainment Club is?"

The man smiled happily when he saw Mu Qiu being so generous and took the crystal core. Only then did he hear Mu Qiu's question. He frowned and thought for a moment: "Datiandi Entertainment Club?"

After a while, he shook his head: "Brother, we were ordinary people before the end of the world. How can we afford a club?"

"But I do know that there are several places specifically for us awakened people to have fun. A few years ago, the women there were all young white-collar models. Their looks and figures are so beautiful!"

"If we didn't touch each other before the end of the world, how could we have a chance to see them? But now, have these noble goddesses become the playthings of us awakened ones?"

As he said that, the stall owner's face showed a look of reminiscence and yearning. As he swallowed, something seemed to have appeared in his mind...

Mu Qiu coughed lightly, and the stall owner regained his composure. He smiled evilly at Mu Qiu and said, "How about it, brother? Do you want me to take you there to have some fun? It's not much more interesting than finding some entertainment club!"

Mu Qiu shook her head and refused without hesitation. In this regard, he was still a bit of a germaphobe, but not every woman could catch his eye.

A moment later, the young stall owner stared at a handful of white crystal cores in his hand with gleaming eyes, while Mu Qiu's back had already walked far away...

"It seems that I need to reserve more white crystal cores next time I hunt..."

Mu Qiu was walking on the street and looked at her empty wallet, feeling helpless.

He made a serious mistake. When hunting in the ruins, he only took away the crystal nuclei of B-level heretics and above, but did not even look at the ordinary white crystals.

But the most common currency in the safe zone is white crystal, because low-end zombie heretics are easy to deal with. Even stronger survivors can kill a few ordinary zombies with weapons, so it is relatively easy to obtain white crystal.

White crystal is produced by ordinary heretics of level C and D. Above white crystal is blue crystal, which is as crystal clear as sapphire.

This kind of blue crystal core is relatively precious in the safe zone. It can only be found in heretics above level C, and the output is still probabilistic.

Recalling that there happened to be a blue crystal in the bag of crystal cores that Wei Linger gave to him, it can be seen that Wei Linger really paid a lot for Mu Qiu.

"Sitting on a mountain of gold but not daring to take it out, I now feel this feeling..."

Mu Qiu smiled bitterly. He now has a lot of high-level crystal cores in his hands, but once these properties are taken out, it will definitely cause an uproar.

If he is asked about the source of the crystal core, it will be a difficult question to explain. After all, his idea is to hide in human society. If his true strength is exposed, he will inevitably go to the front line to do some dangerous tasks.

There are still countless hidden dangers in this apocalypse, and he doesn't want to jump out and become cannon fodder just because he has some strength...