To acquire these 100 Crispy Fruits, Isaac would need to pay 600,000 [Energy Cores].
Let alone the fact that Isaac couldn't possibly produce that many Energy Cores at once.
Even if he could, who could guarantee that the other party wouldn't continue listing Crispy Fruits?
What if they had hundreds or even thousands of them?
Could he endlessly keep buying them?
If this continued, not only would he fail to monopolize the market, but he might even be driven to ruin by the other party.
While Isaac was hesitating.
Kemila, standing beside him, suddenly asked, "Crispy Fruit? Are you sure it's Crispy Fruit you saw?"
Amelia glanced at Kemila, but before answering, she looked towards Isaac.
After receiving his permission, she said, "That's right, it's Crispy Fruit. The system description says it contains rich nutrients essential for the human body and tastes delicious."
"Oh... I think I understand now. Mr. Isaac, you intend to monopolize your fruit market and then raise prices to make a huge profit, right?"
"The current difficulty you face is that you can't afford the large amount of [Energy Cores]. Am I correct?"
Kemila said with a calm expression.
"What? Are you trying to mock me?" Isaac asked with a dark expression.
"Of course not. I've said that the purpose of our Prophet Organization is to help survivor teams!"
"Therefore, I can help you gather the Energy Cores you are short of."
"Of course, since you are a businessman, let's communicate like businessmen!"
"I will provide all the [Energy Cores], but the Crispy Fruits must belong to me."
"This way, it won't hinder your fruit market monopoly, and my payment will have a return."
Kemila said with a smile, looking at Isaac.
"You? What do you want Crispy Fruits for?"
"You, who have gone through a cycle, would still care about these mere supplies?" Isaac asked, half-jokingly.
Although he had some resources, he still felt that Kemila wouldn't be so kind; she must have her own plans.
Humans are driven by profit; nothing happens without a reason. This is an eternal truth.
The so-called saints who are indifferent to wealth are not unmotivated by profit, but because the profit they seek is reputation, which is their gain.
This is the apocalypse.
Isaac didn't believe for a second that the Prophet Organization was doing good deeds out of a desire for reputation.
"I know you don't believe me. In the apocalypse, not trusting strangers... that's the most basic survival rule. I understand!"
"But regardless of any conspiracy I might have, at least at this moment, our interests are aligned, aren't they?"
"I pay to help you stabilize the fruit market, and I get the Crispy Fruits. You get the fruit monopoly. It's a win-win!" Kemila said with a smile.
"Then... as a mediator for this transaction, I will charge a 1% handling fee for each transaction!"
"After all, auctions and transporting supplies also require effort!" Isaac shrugged, adopting a greedy stance.
"Alas, I can't do anything about you. I help you, and you still want to make money off me..."
"It's hard to be a good person... Forget it, consider this 1% as my support for your camp. This way, I'll have something to report to the organization!" Kemila pouted, saying with a look of helplessness.
"Deal!" Isaac grinned.
The 1% handling fee seemed small.
But it couldn't withstand the sheer volume! These 100 Crispy Fruits required 600,000 [Energy Cores]. Calculated, he would earn 6,000 [Energy Cores] from this single transaction! Wasn't that more profitable than selling fruits? And it was passive income, requiring no effort from him!
Now, it all depended on how many [Crispy Fruits] the seller on the other side had. Anyway, the previous generation of轮回者 (reincarnators), who were also from the Prophet Organization, were certainly not weak. [Energy Cores] don't improve strength, so they were probably just gathering dust. At this moment, Isaac actually hoped that the mysterious seller opposite the auction house possessed more Crispy Fruits.
Shortly after, Kemila piled the cores in the office. Amelia collected the cores and soon placed the Crispy Fruits on the table. The transaction was complete. Amelia's gaze became vacant again, then she said with surprise, "The other party has listed another 100 Crispy Fruits. Good heavens, how many fruits does this guy have?! This is too outrageous!"
Kemila smiled slightly and said, "It's fine. However many they have, I'll buy them all. Our organization has plenty of Energy Cores, enough to buy all their fruits!"
"But..." Amelia hesitated, "But the price has gone up. It's no longer 6,000 [Energy Cores] per fruit; it's increased to 15,000 [Energy Cores] each!"
"What, 15,000?" Isaac jumped up from his seat in shock.
"Is this guy crazy? Selling a fruit for 15,000? Why doesn't he just rob people?"
"Only a fool would spend so much money on fruit!"
Before he could finish speaking, Kemila calmly said, "I'll buy them all!"
As it turned out, that sentence came out at the same time as Isaac's last word. The situation became a little awkward.
"Of course, when I say fool, I mean the kind of fool who hides great wisdom!" Isaac quickly added with a fawning smile. Now Kemila was his financial god; he couldn't be rude to his financial god. Isaac only fawned over two types of people: those with immensely powerful strength, and those who could make him money.
Soon, the transaction was completed again. The 100 Crispy Fruits sold for 1.5 million [Energy Cores]. Isaac earned 15,000 in handling fees in a few seconds, so happy he couldn't close his mouth, and his gaze towards Kemila softened considerably.
On the other side... Zhang Chen looked at the 1.5 million [Energy Cores] he had received, somewhat stunned. Could the other party really produce so many cores at once? However, he quickly understood. Only a very small number of survivors from the same cycle could advance to become Advanced Mutators; most were still at the stage where they needed [Energy Cores] for upgrades. They couldn't afford such a large amount of cores. However... perhaps some of the previous generation's reincarnators could afford this price. Many of them had already reached the level of Advanced Mutators or higher. Without the ability to synthesize cores, [Energy Cores] were merely decorative. Therefore, they could definitely afford this sum and would be willing to pay it. Since there was a wealthy buyer willing to take the goods, why not? Zhang Chen chuckled and listed another hundred Crispy Fruits, this time pricing them at 30,000 each. Based on Little White's fusion ability, 30,000 [Energy Cores] could be fused into 10 [Super Energy Cores]. Zhang Chen had over 300,000 [Crispy Fruits], not including those still being cultivated. If they could all be sold... he would get... 3 million [Super Energy Cores]? Hiss... Upgrading in the apocalypse... doesn't seem too difficult after all...