Woah, who is this god, so awesome, with both water and sausages!
This god must have appeared at the supermarket, hence the abundance of supplies. Truly struck gold!
This world is so unfair. Why am I in a toilet stall while someone else is in a supermarket?!
Quickly see what this god needs. Maybe bartering can get us some food!
@Wang Jiran, oh great one, this humble maiden is willing to be your servant for two sausages!
Alas, I don't even dare to go out, and I have nothing to trade with the god for food and water. So troubled!
Actually, many people are like the last commenter.
It's hard enough just to survive now.
And one's birthplace is also random.
Where are we supposed to get supplies to trade for food and water?
Zhang Chen opened the trading channel.
He was shocked to see various items listed there.
These must have been put up by other survivors when Zhang Chen was killing zombies.
They were all sorts of strange things.
What about ladies' underwear, plush toys, empty water bottles, cups, chopsticks, hats...
Basically, whatever these survivors could find at hand, they listed it all.
The goal was to stumble upon a sucker who would buy their useless items.
However, at present, the greatest demand for everyone is food and water.
Who would spend resources on useless items?
So, these items had been listed for two to three hours, but none had been sold.
Zhang Chen selected food and water in the filter options.
Soon, the string of items that Wang Jiran had just posted appeared before him.
The exchange conditions were very harsh.
[Pure Water] 500ml required 1 energy core for exchange.
[Sealed Ham Sausage] was the same, requiring 1 energy core!
Energy cores were good things.
They were essential for improving one's strength.
Whoever possessed a large number of energy cores would undoubtedly see their strength grow by leaps and bounds!
If Wang Jiran exchanged all of his 40-odd food and water for energy cores.
It would be enough for him to advance from the strength of an ordinary person to a strong survivor.
Even if he continued to sell large quantities of food and water, it was not impossible for him to advance to an exceptionally strong survivor!
Zhang Chen's face darkened!
This was definitely a potential threat!
Those who could appear in the regional channel were all nearby survivors, and they might encounter each other at any time.
In peacetime, there was a saying: the more reactionary the thoughts of a capable person, the greater the harm they would cause to society.
The same applied in the apocalypse.
The stronger a person was, the more dangerous their thoughts, and the greater the threat they posed to other survivors!
Zhang Chen could not naively assume Wang Jiran was a good person!
What if he was wrong?
In peacetime, people wouldn't open their doors to strangers. How could it be in the apocalypse that one would not be on guard against a neighbor who could defeat you with one hand, hiding in the shadows?
After all, one only had one life!
One must make the worst-case scenario plans to have a greater chance of survival!
But... where exactly was this guy?!
Zhang Chen remained impassive and continued to observe the regional chat channel.
Alas, the food and water listed by the god are too expensive. One energy core is practically robbery!
Yeah, I was lucky to kill two juvenile zombies and got one energy core. They don't drop 100% of the time!
One energy core for a bottle of water or a sausage is literally trading one's life for it. Not worth it!
Fortunately, I brought a can of luncheon meat and a bottle of water with me, otherwise, I would be starving today!
The best way now is to fight the zombies head-on! If you can't beat them, you won't get resources!
Without resources, you can't exchange for what you want, and it's a dead end!
The last sentence was immediately met with widespread agreement:
Yes, there are zombies outside. We can go out and scavenge for food, but how can we fight with bare hands?
Although I'm a combat coach, I'd rather use a knife than my fists. What if I get scratched and infected? That's no joke!
Who has a knife? Is anyone selling knives? Or even hammers would do!
I have a fruit knife... but I don't dare to kill zombies. I'll give the knife away for free. Whoever is close to the school, please come to the classroom and save me!
Looking at the chat messages, Zhang Chen couldn't help but smile faintly.
It seemed these survivors weren't entirely foolish.
They knew the principle of "teach a man to fish" rather than "give a man a fish."
Food and such, once or twice and it's gone.
But with weapons, one can kill zombies.
And gain opportunities for supplies and cores!
Therefore, at this stage, the importance of weapons and food is obvious!
Zhang Chen, having foreseen this, had brought all the kitchen knives from the first floor with him.
He also collected the knives from the kitchen of the current room.
In total, there were 5 cleavers and 4 fruit knives.
Zhang Chen opened the auction and trading interface, selected to list items, and in the exchange items, chose: Canned Luncheon Meat + 500mL Pure Water.
The price was neither too high nor too low.
It was equivalent to directly buying out a survivor's daily food and water.
The reason Zhang Chen dared to set such a price was because he had calculated the survivors' psychology.
The ones most in need of weapons were usually one of two types.
The first type was those who were physically strong and could fight zombies.
By killing a large number of zombies to obtain energy cores, they could then use these cores to exchange for more food and water.
The second type of survivor had very few zombies nearby, and could clearly see water and food next to the zombies.
Exchanging a day's worth of food and water for several days' worth of food and water in the future.
Anyone with a bit of strength could calculate that this was definitely a very profitable deal!
Zhang Chen was betting that such survivors definitely existed, and perhaps quite a few of them!
Even if the bet was wrong, he could simply delist and relist.
Zhang Chen would have no losses! Let's do this!
Ding! Zhang Chen listed a [Sharp Cleaver]!
Ding! Zhang Chen listed a [Sharp Cleaver]!
Ding! Zhang Chen listed a [Sharp Fruit Knife]!
...
At the same time, some people had also keenly sensed that weapons were currently the most popular commodity.
They also listed items such as [Long Wooden Stick], [A Brick], [Ashtray], [Chair]...
Truly bizarre and with everything imaginable...
Similarly, these people also wanted to exchange their listed items for food and water.
A few of them, feeling guilty, only chose food or only water.
Indeed, using sticks, bricks, and ashtrays as weapons could barely be considered acceptable.
But a chair... that was a bit excessive!
Of course, if Zhang Chen hadn't listed cleavers and fruit knives, these weapons would indeed have been a last resort.
Now that cleavers were an option, who would want those other things?!
Ding! Congratulations on a successful trade. You have sold a cleaver and obtained [Canned Luncheon Meat] + [Pure Water]!
Ding! Congratulations on a successful trade. You have sold a cleaver and obtained [Canned Luncheon Meat] + [Pure Water]!
Ding! Congratulations on a successful trade. You have sold a fruit knife and obtained [Canned Luncheon Meat] + [Pure Water]!
...
Soon, all the weapons Zhang Chen had listed were snapped up.
He obtained a total of [Canned Luncheon Meat] *9 and [Pure Water] *9!
His survival capability had improved again!
The gamble paid off!