585. Chapter 585 Becoming an Essence in the Last World (14)
I have to say that the southern base is one of the largest bases.
The exchange market alone is as big as two football fields.
However, the shops surrounding the market are all fixed, to prevent outsiders from entering at will, and secondly, the base can also be rented out to business people to earn rent.
This can be regarded as generating income for the base. After all, for such a large base, infrastructure in many places still requires internal funds to be maintained by the base.
Except for the shops in this circle facing inward, the others are rows of stone stalls, just like the kind of food exchange meeting held before the end of the world. The stalls are filled with the things you need to change, and you can choose from them.
There are big and small stalls. The bigger stalls will naturally have higher fees, and the smaller stalls will naturally have less fees.
However, many of them are members of a special team, so more often a few people work together to rent a larger stall.
After all, larger stalls are more conspicuous, and most people like to go to the larger stalls when they walk in. After all, the larger stalls have more complete items.
After Shi Jiang entered, seeing the bustle, he was not in a hurry to buy anything, but started shopping slowly from this end of the stall.
Most of the items on the stalls are necessities that were always available at home before the apocalypse, such as dish towels, detergents, and even things for toilets.
Not to mention things like bowls and chopsticks, most of which are very cheap.
You can exchange it for only five points for a large pile, or you can exchange it for a low-level monster crystal core.
Ever since Shi Jiang gave those monster crystal cores to Yu Jinnian, Yu Jinnian relied entirely on those crystal cores to improve his abilities. After returning, he contacted his close associates and was able to take back the base so easily.
Of course, Yu Jinnian did not hesitate to cover up the matter and not tell others.
Instead, all the superpowers in the southern base were notified, including the leaders of several other large bases, and the matter was also explained to them.
After all, the southern base needs to know in advance, so in the southern base, many superpowers generally have enhanced superpowers after absorbing the energy in the crystal core.
This is also the reason why we selected A-level and above superpowers this time. There are 252 A-level superpowers in the southern base.
Although Ke Mengyang has always felt that there are too few A-level superpowers in his own base, but to be honest, there are less than 200 A-level superpowers in other bases, which is simply not comparable to the southern base.
Now when a person with superpowers goes out, he will not only get mission rewards, but most importantly, he can also get the crystal core from the monster while killing the monster.
The higher the level and the more powerful the monster, the more crystal core energy it has. Therefore, the monster's crystal core can be regarded as a hard currency that can replace currency and points in the market. It is more attractive to people than gold before the end of the world.
For example, if you give five points and the core of a low-level monster, 100% of the people in the base will choose the core.
Because anyone with superpowers needs crystal nuclei to absorb energy and upgrade their superpowers.
This is something irreplaceable, and most people with superpowers are not willing to take out the crystal core to exchange for something.
Of course, ordinary people are excepted. After all, they have no great use for holding the crystal core. They can only exchange it for some real things, such as food.
But everyone needs food, but there are very few people who can exchange it for something.
In addition to daily necessities, the market also has one of the most abundant items, which is gold and silver jewelry and some antique calligraphy and paintings.
As the saying goes, gold in troubled times is antique in prosperous times.
But now is the end of the world, and both of these things are worthless.
Of course, there are also people who are taking chances. In the beginning, there will be people who can't help but be greedy and use points or food to exchange for some gold jewelry or something.
But later on, almost no one would spend points and items to exchange for this kind of junk that can only be seen but not used.
However, there are always those who are lucky and hope to meet someone who has taken advantage of them and collected all these things.
It doesn’t matter how many points or food you give, it’s okay.
And Shi Jiang is now the one who is taken advantage of in the eyes of these stall owners.
There was no other reason. When I passed by a stall, the stall owner was a pregnant woman with a big belly. She was selling a pair of solid gold bracelets thicker than her little fingers.
Such a thick solid gold bracelet would probably weigh several taels, and it would be worth tens of thousands before the end of the world.
But now, even though her voice was hoarse, no one looked at her twice.
It was for Shi Jiang's sake that she had such a big belly, and because the gold bracelet was thick and big enough, even if she kept it, it could still be used in the world where gold was needed.
So, she took a pack of instant noodles and exchanged them with her for the pair of gold bracelets.
The pregnant woman was naturally very grateful. Shi Jiang thought she had helped someone, but before she could turn around, the pregnant woman turned around and banged a basket out from under the stall, then pulled Shi Jiang and let her pick as she pleased.
After all, being able to trade a pack of instant noodles for such a pair of gold bracelets is a rare thing!
Now that we have encountered it, we naturally cannot let it go.
Shi Jiang was shocked by the strong and unrestrained posture of the pregnant woman. Seeing the basket of gold and diamond jewelry piled up in such a haphazard way, Shi Jiang was a little confused because the boss looked like selling these gold and silver jewelry.
Before the apocalypse, the fake jewelry sold at small stalls in front of schools was so cheap that it weighed just a few yuan a pound, and it felt like a dime a dozen.
Looking at the expectant eyes of the pregnant woman and looking at the gold and silver jewelry, Shi Jiang shook his head cruelly, then turned around and left.
It's not that she doesn't want those gold and silver jewelry, but if she really exchanges things for these gold and silver jewelry, people in the entire market will probably slaughter her like a fat sheep.
Even if she had to replace everything in the market, it would only be a drizzle for Shi Jiang.
But she didn't want to do this, and she didn't want to attract the attention of some caring people.
However, Shi Jiang didn't want to attract other people's attention, but she didn't know that someone had already noticed her.
It's not because it's a solid gold bracelet, but because of something else.
Looking at Shi Jiang's back, Feng Meihua, who was hiding behind a small and remote stall, almost started bleeding from her eyes.
She hated that a vicious person like Shi Jiang could live such a pleasant life.
She could just casually take out a pack of instant noodles and exchange them for a pair of useless gold bracelets, but here she was, managing to plunder some supplies from around the base and selling them for a few days.
It’s enough to pay for the stall fee and enough food to make ends meet every day. It’s not enough to eat at all.
Not to mention, there is Cui Xiyuan at home who is like a useless person, and she still needs to support him.
If she loved Cui Xiyuan before, then she hates Cui Xiyuan now.
I hate that he is now a useless person, but he is like a leech, biting me hard and sucking my blood, but I can't get rid of him no matter what.