Reborn in the Apocalypse: A Commoner's Survival Log

Realizing that the upgrade required a huge number of crystal cores, all the superhuman teams not only went out to fight zombies more actively, but also began to acquire crystal cores, just like the base officials and the Hidden Dragon Team.

In order to obtain more crystal cores, the teams offered increasingly higher prices.

However, this resulted in a significant reduction in the number of crystal cores that the official team and the Qianlong Squad could receive.

Fortunately, the amount that private teams can collect is limited, and most of them can only sell to the base or the relatively wealthy Qianlong teams.

Of course, there are many more people who would like to save up their crystal cores and exchange them for resources.

Seeing that everyone had surplus crystal cores, Zhou Yang and the others decided that it was time for the Hidden Dragon Squad's shop to officially launch.

In their spare time, they made some simple renovations to the shop, and then asked Yan Fei to make a few display cases based on the pictures downloaded from Zhou Yang's computer.

However, since they had just started their trial operation, they didn't plan to sell too many things and only put out four display cases.

One of them is used to display daily necessities, selling sanitary napkins, shampoo, shower gel, underwear, etc.

There was a special display of simple little cakes made by Zhou Yang, as well as instant noodles, candy, chocolate, and cigarettes sold by the stick.

There was a display of mutated chicken jerky and several kinds of fresh vegetables, all of which Zhou Yang's family could grow, but each kind was limited in quantity.

The last item displayed several special medicines and tools, such as nitroglycerin, asthma medication, glycerin suppositories, and abortifacients.

He originally wanted to put TT on the table as well, but Shen Zechuan and Yan Fei stopped him and kept them all to themselves.

They claimed that they would need it in the future and that it shouldn't be given to outsiders, which made Zhou Yang and Lu Xingye blush.

Since they have no shortage of points, they only accept crystal cores for everything in their shop, and the higher the level, the better.

The Qianlong Squad's shop was the first proper shop in the base, so it attracted a lot of attention as soon as it opened.

As soon as the door opened, a lot of people came into the shop, but when they saw the prices, many people backed out.

However, quite a few people who had extra crystal cores gritted their teeth and bought some practical items.

These are just ordinary people at the base.

Many teams with special abilities also came to join in the fun, and those with enough strength bought a bunch of things and left.

That day, apart from a few special medicines that were not frequently used, almost everything else was sold out, with glycerin suppositories being the first to sell out.

In one day, the harvest was nearly 10,000 primary crystal cores, as well as a considerable number of attribute crystal cores.

It can be said that they made a fortune.

At this moment, Zhou Yang truly experienced the pleasures of being a capitalist.

Over the next two days, Zhou Yang added a few more items depending on the situation, and each of them sold out.

The Potential Squad shop has made a name for itself.

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For the first two days after the opening, because we were worried that it would be too crowded and chaotic, everyone stayed in the store to help out.

Once business gradually stabilized, everyone resumed the arrangement where one person stayed behind while the others went out to work.

The only difference is that instead of guarding the home, they guarded the shop.

Gu Yaoyao naturally followed along to the store to play every day.

Because the shop was crowded and noisy, Zhou Yang also sent Da Huang and Xiao Huang to help look after the shop.

However, this left the house empty again, so Zhou Yang had no choice but to plant the little tiger in a large flowerpot, place it in the house, and water it with spring water every day.

Since we've already set up shop at home, what's the difference if we set up shop too?

Zhou Yang then asked Ah Hu to cut off a small branch, and planted one in the shop, naming it Little Tiger. However, this newly propagated one wasn't as lively as Little Tiger yet, and needed more nurturing.

In this way, the safety of both sides is basically guaranteed.

Seeing that the Qianlong Squad's shop was thriving, other squads followed suit and rented shops from the base.

However, the supplies they sold were not as plentiful as Zhou Yang's group's, so in order to attract customers, they had to lower the prices.

Zhou Yang was too lazy to engage in a price war with them. Anyway, he had plenty of things that others didn't have, so he could just sell them slowly.

In late April, the teams from the base that went out to fight zombies began to encounter zombies that had evolved again. Now, most of the ordinary zombies outside had reached level 1, and many had even reached level 2.

This means that the zombies are finally beginning to realize that, besides eating people, they can also use their own kind to make themselves stronger.

The superpowered zombies are even more unusual; when they do appear, they are at least level three or higher, and without exception, they always appear in areas densely populated with zombies.

If a weaker team were to encounter them, they could easily be wiped out.

However, teams continue to venture into these areas because high-level crystals are extremely scarce.

Zhou Yang and his team were naturally also heading towards these high-level zombies, since Yan Fei and Shen Zechuan were both eager to break through.

Although they currently have several level 3 crystal cores, it is far from enough to reach level 4; they need more high-level crystal cores.

Because there weren't enough local zombies to go around, they've even set their sights on the larger cities next door.

That day, they planned to go to Xin'an City, which is further north and has a larger population.

Today it was Xu Zhiyi's turn to lead Gu Yaoyao and Da Xiao Huang to look after the shop, while the others set off early in the morning on peas.

Since Yan Fei made a few dog saddles, they are now much more stable riding on Pea. The group arrived at the destination in no time, covering a distance of several dozen kilometers.

As soon as we approached the outskirts of the city, we saw countless zombies roaming around.

Killing them one by one is too much trouble. If only we could dig a hole and burn them all to ashes...

But they don't have earth-based abilities...

How about we lead it to a place with some pits? Like a swimming pool? But the pool seems too shallow, and besides, it's probably full of silt right now...

Just as Zhou Yang was worrying about how to find a big pit, he suddenly remembered seeing a construction site on his way here.

He glanced down at the pea and saw that the foundation had just been dug, and it was probably going to be used to build a shopping mall with an underground parking garage planned. The pit looked big and deep, which was perfect for trapping and killing zombies.

There's a lot of water in the pit, but it's not a big problem. With Lu Xingye here, he can just pump it out.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yang immediately told the others about the idea.

"We just passed by a construction site, right? I think that deep pit would be great for killing zombies. We can lure the zombies into the pit, then set it on fire. It's simple and efficient. What do you guys think?"

Lu Xingye: "I saw it too. But that pit is full of water, will it be okay?"

Zhou Yang: "You can just pump all the water out. You're a level 3 water-based ability user now, so pumping water out should be quick."

Shen Zechuan: "Let's do it this way then. But how should we lure the zombies over? Make some noise and bleed them out?"

Zhou Yang pointed at Shen Zechuan and Yan Fei and said, "When we get to the construction site, I'll get you a car from my space, and then I'll put some fresh mutated chicken blood in a bag and hang it outside the car window. The blood of mutated animals is just as attractive to zombies as the blood of superhumans. Try to drive around the city for a while, and honk the horn from time to time to attract more zombies."

"The rest of us will be responsible for draining the water from the pit and then pouring gasoline into it. Once you zombies arrive, Pea will just light a fire."

"Row!"

Everyone agreed to begin the operation.