A few minutes later.
Zhao Xiyue sent another message:
My brother is asking how many guns and ammunition there are!
Zhang Chen had great respect for Zhao Longchuan and Zhao Xiyue's character and did not hide anything, frankly saying:
Roughly a hundred assault rifles, and 53 laser trip mines, with over ninety thousand rounds of ammunition!
After sending this message.
There was a few seconds of silence from the other side.
Zhao Longchuan directly sent a video connection.
Upon connecting, Zhao Longchuan's excited voice erupted:
How many? A hundred assault rifles? Over ninety thousand rounds of ammunition? And laser trip mines?
Kid... no, wait... Zhang Chen, did you rob an arsenal!
You're too rich!
Zhao Longchuan's second sentence blurted out a word starting with "kid."
But as soon as he said "kid," Zhao Xiyue pinched him hard from the side.
He quickly corrected himself.
Kid what?
Kid?
But it didn't matter.
Zhao Longchuan was older than Zhang Chen anyway, so calling him kid wasn't wrong.
Zhang Chen didn't bother with such trivial matters.
It's alright!
Zhang Chen said calmly.
If Zhao Longchuan knew he also had two armed mechs, he would probably crawl out of the video.
However, these things were rare, and he didn't have enough for himself yet.
Naturally, he wouldn't easily reveal them.
So... what's the price? I want them all!
Zhao Longchuan suppressed his excitement and said word by word.
You want all of them?
This time it was Zhang Chen's turn to be surprised.
An assault rifle on the auction house is 60 crystal cores, with 500 rounds of ammunition included! I haven't decided on the price for the laser trip mines yet...
My total stock is 108 assault rifles (I collected 11 when I first equipped the mechs), are you sure you want all of them?
Zhang Chen confirmed again.
This was not a small sum.
Yes, I'm sure. My survivor population has now expanded to 500 people!
The original special operations team only had fifteen people, and the manpower was far from enough, and the ammunition brought was almost depleted!
Now I have developed ten combat teams, and five reserve teams...
If they have guns, they can grow faster with minimal casualties!
So, to be precise, I need 150 guns, but since you only have 108, I can reluctantly accept.
As for the price... don't worry!
Zhao Longchuan chuckled and continued:
We might not have that many crystal cores, but if everyone chips in, we should be able to come up with 600.
I'll trade the rest with supplies. We've cleared out quite a few large supermarkets along the way, and our resources are currently sufficient.
What do you think... can we do this?
Zhao Longchuan was afraid that Zhang Chen would not agree to trade for supplies.
He was so nervous that he even used respectful language.
He had originally wanted to say, for Xiyue's sake, brother-in-law, give us some face!
But then he saw Zhao Xiyue speaking cautiously, with an expression that said, I'm watching you.
He forcefully swallowed the words.
It's also possible, no problem, but how do you plan to trade?
Zhang Chen could understand.
Over a hundred guns would be over 6,000 crystal cores, plus over ninety thousand rounds of ammunition, which would require over 3,000 crystal cores.
To come up with ten thousand crystal cores at once... this was completely impossible!
Even if they were put on the auction house, it might take ten days to half a month to sell them all.
Besides, food and water were also important supplies.
Weapons would gradually depreciate.
But food would decrease as it was consumed.
As survivors lived longer, they would have more crystal cores, but less food.
This was a case of diminishing returns.
Stockpiling food now would allow them to easily make a large profit in crystal cores in the future.
It was definitely a profitable deal!
Um... the price of a bottle of water here is 2 crystal cores, meat is 4 crystal cores per kilogram, and high-carbohydrate food is about 1 crystal core each...
Zhao Lingchuan quoted prices while looking at the auction house, and asked Zhao Xiyue beside him to help with the calculations.
Their team had recently cleared out a large area of logistics warehouses.
They also had several food processing plants and beverage bottling plants.
They lacked nothing except food and water.
The survivors living here were also relatively well-supplied.
Therefore, food and water were not selling well here.
The prices were far lower than in Jiangnan District.
Zhao Xiyue lowered her head and quickly typed on a calculator.
Then she said:
The firearms and ammunition are worth a total of 10,420 crystal cores!
Calculated with a 1:1:1 ratio of meat, carbohydrates, and pure water for trading...
We need to pay 1,489 bottles of pure water, 1,489 kilograms of meat, and 1,489 units of carbohydrate-based food!
Zhao Lingchuan gave Zhang Chen a fawning smile and then turned to look at the calculator in Zhao Xiyue's hand.
Did you calculate it correctly? At a 1:1:1 ratio, we'll need to supply nearly 1.5 tons of meat?
You can't play favorites, you're not married yet!
Such a large quantity, a slight error can lead to a huge difference, haven't you heard!
Let me see!
Zhao Lingchuan took the calculator and typed rapidly.
The final figure displayed on the screen was 1488.5732...
Rounding up, it was indeed 1489.
Have you finished calculating?
Zhang Chen asked.
Yes, finished. Um... how much are the laser trip mines?
Zhao Longchuan asked with apprehension.
He really wanted this item.
For a lone wolf like Zhang Chen, no matter what difficulties he encountered, as long as he could escape, everything would be fine.
But it was different for him.
He had family to take care of.
The speed and psychological resilience of civilians could not compare to that of soldiers.
Sometimes when they encountered zombie hordes, they needed something to obstruct the zombies' pursuit.
Moreover, the huge explosion sound could attract zombies to other places.
It was a definite escape artifact!
It was not very useful for Zhang Chen, but it was extremely useful for him!
You name your price!
Zhang Chen did not answer, but asked back.
Then... I'll tell you!
Because this item is single-use... and...
Zhao Lingchuan rambled on about many disadvantages.
Finally, he got to the main point:
So... I think 30 crystal cores per unit is fair!
50 crystal cores!
Deal!
Zhao Longchuan and Zhang Chen both showed relieved smiles.
Zhao Longchuan had quoted a price of 30 crystal cores with room for negotiation, with a psychological expectation of around 50 crystal cores.
As for Zhang Chen, it would have been impolite not to haggle if the other party had quoted a price.
He never expected the other party to agree.
Is there such a good thing?
Just by saying a few more words, he earned over 1,000 more crystal cores!
He made a profit!