Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse-Chapter 479 - Bon Voyage
Chapter 479: Chapter 479: Bon Voyage
Chapter 479: Chapter 479: Bon Voyage
The grain-buying team at Base D was finally wrapping up.
The family had taken another Rejuvenating Pill during this period, and Su Jin decided to leave Base D before the effects of the pill wore off.
These past few days, they also witnessed the reconstruction of Base D. It had to be said that the newly elected young management were quite capable, and the once dilapidated Base D was slowly starting to flourish.
The people buying grain had also changed into a group that would go out daily to kill zombies and then come together to trade for grain.
“Excuse me… Can beast cores from mutant animals be used to buy supplies?”
A tall man came over and asked.
Su Jin was slightly taken aback. Beast cores?
“Of course, but it depends on the size of the beast core,”
replied Su Jin.
The man, upon hearing that beast cores could actually be exchanged for supplies, was immediately overjoyed and promptly had his companions bring out the beast cores they had obtained that day.
A significant pile of beast cores was brought out and placed on the ground by the man’s companion who was a Space Element Ability User.
“Brother, where did you get all these beast cores from?”
Someone asked curiously upon seeing so many beast cores.
“Hehe, we were quite lucky today. We stumbled upon D City Zoo, where many small animals had been nibbled clean. So, we picked up the beast cores that were lying around. Didn’t expect them to be exchangeable for supplies,”
the man said cheerfully.
“You guys are pretty amazing, daring to go to a place like the zoo. Aren’t you afraid of large mutant animals?”
Someone remarked with a tsk.
“The big animals didn’t notice us, we only dared to walk around the edges, near Monkey Mountain, the Ostrich Zone, picked up the cores, and immediately fled. And believe it or not, we actually heard beast roars inside; who knows what kind of gigantic animals are in there,”
said the man before looking expectantly at Su Jin, who had stood up and finished counting the beast cores, wondering if these could be exchanged for a pound of grain.
“There are a total of 183 beast cores, which can be exchanged for four pounds of rice or flour, or you can also exchange for some other…”
“Exchange, exchange, Xiaohong, help us exchange for flour!”
The man didn’t wait for Su Jin to finish and decisively cut her off.
“Okay,”
smiled Su Jin and then asked Lu Hao, who was standing by, to weigh four pounds of flour and hand it to the man.
The man, full of gratitude, left with his companions. What was simply a routine transaction also let the people of Base D realize that beast cores could be traded for supplies at Zhang Xiaohong’s place. Many people started digging out old beast cores they had found to trade for supplies.
The trip to Base D had been a bountiful one for the family; they had amassed a total of 850,000 beast and crystal cores combined.
Su Jin felt they could find an opportunity to upgrade the Space again soon. They now had over a million crystal cores in total, which should be enough for another upgrade.
“I wonder what new function it will have,”
Su Jin said, full of anticipation.
“What function can it have? Just become bigger or taller,”
Lin Xiuyuan said, lounging in the hall of the northern compound with his legs crossed.
“Hey, that’s not necessarily the case. Maybe it will have some incredible new function,”
Nie Qing said, wishing Su Jin could upgrade the Space right then and there. He always felt that the Space might have even more functions to offer.
So, on the last night in Base D, the whole family gathered in the Space, excitedly waiting for the third upgrade of the Space.
The second upgrade of the Space cost ten times the number of crystal cores as the first one. This time, Su Jin was fully mentally prepared; after all, the crystal cores they had earned were all for the Space’s benefit.
So when the Space had absorbed 500,000 Crystal Cores without any response, Su Jin calmly took out another 200,000 and 300,000, until reaching the 1,300,000th Crystal Core—the Space remained unresponsive.
“…”
The family stared blankly at the spot where the Crystal Cores disappeared. Wasn’t that many enough?
“I think… we shouldn’t take out any more, we need to leave some for daily absorption,”
Su Jin said, holding her forehead.
“Xiao Jin, don’t be upset. We still have a lot of Crystal Cores earned from the Heart Talk Store and its branches in the base. Maybe by the time you return, you’ll be able to upgrade,”
Lin Tianzhen comforted her.
“Yeah, Sister Xiao Jin, don’t forget about the Crystal Cores that Xiao Yue and I get every day from killing zombies,”
Mao Qiqi also came over and said.
“Let’s go to D City Zoo tomorrow,”
Lu Hao said with a smile, rubbing Su Jin’s hair. It hadn’t been very long since the second upgrade of the Space, and now they were already gathering Crystal Cores for the third upgrade, which was actually very quick.
“Are you talking about the D City Zoo that the man mentioned today?”
Lin Xiuyuan recalled what the man had said about the zoo that day, which seemed to hint at the existence of large mutant animals inside.
“Yes, I’ve looked at the map. Although it’s slightly out of our way, it won’t add much distance,”
Lu Hao answered.
Seeing her family comforting her with their words, Su Jin felt somewhat embarrassed.
“I’m not upset. The speed at which we’re collecting Crystal Cores is already quite fast. It’s only the first year of the Apocalypse, don’t worry, everyone,”
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Su Jin said with a smile.
“Exactly, Xiao Jin. We have a long life ahead of us. This place is going to sustain us for a lifetime, no rush,”
Lu Guanhai passed her a plump and red tomato as he spoke.
Inside, they could farm and fish. In fact, whether the Space upgraded or not wasn’t a big deal to him. However, they still needed to earn Crystal Cores; otherwise, even the daily maintenance of Spiritual Power in the Space wouldn’t be enough.
“Alright, it’s settled then. Tomorrow, the family will go on a trip to the zoo,”
Lin Cheng said with a laugh, never having expected that they would have a chance to visit a zoo after the Apocalypse, which they hadn’t done before it.
“Hahaha, that’s right, Grandpa and Grandma are also coming with us this time,”
Lin Xiuyuan was somewhat excited at the thought of taking Lin Yunguo and Li Xiuying with them to hunt down giant beasts, looking forward to showing his elders the sight of gigantic mutant animals.
But Lin Xiuyuan could never have anticipated that this trip to the zoo wouldn’t be as simple as their usual hunts for mutant or zombie animals…
…
The next morning, the family left D City Base quietly in the early mist.
At the entrance of D City Base, a new registration and security checkpoint had been constructed, but residents leaving the base didn’t need to register, so no one noticed the departure of Zhang Xiaohong and her group.
On the previous evening, Su Jin had informed Yao Rui of their planned departure and had also given her several sets of women’s clothing and a skincare set as gifts.
Yao Rui was overwhelmed with gratitude. She, as an older sister, hadn’t given Su Jin any gifts, yet Xiaohong had given her such valuable presents.
Knowing that Su Jin and her group didn’t want to make a big deal of their departure, Yao Rui simply stood atop the city wall, silently watching their minibus grow smaller in the distance.
“Bon voyage, Xiaohong,”
Yao Rui whispered softly.
