All realms have enabled me to achieve the Great Dao.

"I'm going to sell a variety of things, mostly fruits and grains," Zhou Yongcheng said with a smile.

Tang Mingyue was somewhat surprised. Fruits and grains were scarce in any city. Where did Zhou Yongcheng get them? Did he find an underground cultivation base?

That's impossible. During those years of the apocalypse, all plants were affected by the unknown virus. If they were affected by the unknown virus, the underground base would definitely be damaged and could not still be used.

"How many are you looking for? If not, just trade to me directly. If you have a lot, I'll give you a shop to sell them." Tang Mingyue was quite straightforward.

"There are over a hundred tons of fruit and several hundred tons of grain."

Upon hearing this, Tang Mingyue was tempted to take action immediately.

Hundreds of tons of grain—could Zhou Yongcheng have found a granary? But wait, he also has hundreds of tons of fruit. That doesn't make sense.

"Mr. Zhou, how do you plan to proceed with the transaction?"

"You can trade using zombie crystal cores."

Tang Mingyue said she needed a batch of grain and fruit right away. She went inside and quickly brought out two boxes of crystal cores.

In this era, crystal cores are money, crystal cores are hard currency. As long as you have the strength to hunt zombies, you can live a wealthy life in any city.

Without ability, one can only be a poor person, earning a living by doing odd jobs in the city.

The highest level of crystal core that Tang Mingyue took out was only level six.

In this world, evolved beings, zombies, alien beasts, mutated plants, and gene enhancers are all ranked, from the lowest level one to the highest level nine. It can't be said that the highest level is nine, but only that it is level nine for now, because no one has broken through to level ten yet.

Zhou Yongcheng had previously discovered that it wasn't that there were no Level 10 beings, but rather that humans didn't have Level 10. The strongest beings in this world were mutated plants. In an endless forest of mutated plants, there was a tree that had reached Level 10. Zhou Yongcheng found that it was more powerful than zombies and mutated beasts.

The crystal cores inside zombie heads are also classified by level, from one to nine. The higher the level, the higher the value.

Zhou Yongcheng sold the things he brought at a price of one pound of first-grade crystal cores, which was already a very cheap price. He was basically bringing benefits to the world.

One level 2 crystal core can be exchanged for two kilograms, one level 3 crystal core for four kilograms, one level 4 crystal core for eight kilograms, and so on.

Tang Mingyue felt there was no problem with the prices Zhou Yongcheng charged; in fact, she thought Zhou Yongcheng was selling them at a slightly low price.

After completing the transaction with Tang Mingyue, Tang Mingyue arranged a shop for Zhou Yongcheng on the street so that he could sell fruits and grains.

After her men led Zhou Yongcheng away from the city lord's mansion, she examined the items Zhou Yongcheng had taken out.

The fruit was quite fresh, and looked like it had just been picked from the tree.

What surprised her was the rice and flour.

After she finished reading all the text on the bag, she noticed the production date: October 2025.

The date left her somewhat bewildered.

She also checked the rice, and it was quite fresh, not the kind that had been stored for a long time.

Can rice from over a hundred years ago still be stored today?

Considering that Zhou Yongcheng appeared out of nowhere in Bright City, she had previously guessed that he was a space-type ability user. Now it seems that it is not that simple. She could try to find out, but is it necessary to try with such obvious evidence?

Thinking back to our previous conversation with Zhou Yongcheng, he didn't seem to have mentioned where he came from.

Is it really as she thinks?

Zhou Yongcheng and an official arrived at a bustling street. The official led Zhou Yongcheng to a store, swiped a card, and the door opened automatically.

This store is quite large, about 100 square meters but less than 200 square meters.

"Mr. Zhou, the city lord says this shop is temporarily yours to use."

"OK, thanks."

Zhou Yongcheng took out several kilograms of bananas and handed them to the officials as a thank-you gift.

The official didn't stand on ceremony when he saw the bananas and quickly took them. He had only seen this kind of fruit online and heard that it was a fruit that existed more than 50 years ago and no longer exists.

Most of the plants from the past have mutated, forming various desolate areas. If you want to eat the fruit, it depends on whether you have the skill to pick it.

Anyway, he has never eaten fruit since he was a child.

Zhou Yongcheng looked around the shop, and with a wave of his hand, the shop instantly transformed.

A signboard appeared at the entrance, which read "Fruit and Grain Store".

Then they took out some of everything from the food space and placed it in the shop, starting with a pile of the first item.

Passersby outside were quite astonished to see what suddenly appeared in Zhou Yongcheng's shop. What kind of evolved being was this boss? Could he be an illusion evolved being?

Curious people looked at the fruit in the shop and went inside to ask questions.

"Boss, is this stuff edible?"

“Of course you can eat them, these are all fresh fruits,” Zhou Yongcheng replied with a smile.

"Are these fruits real?" The visitor looked at the fruits in the shop with some disbelief.

"Of course it's real. Why would I put it out for sale if it weren't real?"

How much does it cost?

“Trading with crystal cores: one level-one crystal core can be exchanged for one pound of fruit, and all varieties are the same.”

The visitor took out a crystal core, pointed at the apple, and said, "Give me a pound of this fruit to try."

Zhou Yongcheng took the crystal core, took out a bag, put a few apples in it, and handed it to him.

As a cultivator, controlling weight is certainly not a problem.

The person took the bag, weighed it in their hand, and found the weight to be fine.

"Don't worry, there's plenty more."

"Thank you boss."

He simply took out an apple and started eating it.

"Wow, this is delicious! So this is what fruit tastes like."

Due to the outbreak of nuclear war and viral infections, many things in this world only exist online; the actual objects have never been seen.

Especially for those born after a nuclear war, all their knowledge comes from the internet, so they are skeptical of what is said online.

The same applies to apples; he only realized the truth of the online descriptions of apples when he actually tasted them.

Then a few more people started walking.

"Dude, is the fruit in this store real?"

They didn't believe the items in the shop were genuine.

"Really, of course it's true, boss. I'll also try a few other kinds of fruit."

He then took out a few crystal cores and bought several kilograms of fruit.

"I'm going to hunt zombies and buy more fruit."

"Boss, give me a pound of apples."

"Give me a pound of rice."

Gradually, more and more people came to buy fruit.

However, most of them brought out crystal cores that were only level one or two; none were level three or higher.

Perhaps their strength is insufficient; the vast majority of people who come to buy things are level two or three gene enhancers, and there are very few evolved individuals.

As the day passed, more and more people became aware of Zhou Yongcheng's shop, and the customers who came to buy fruits and grains became increasingly wealthy.

One of the level six evolved beings tried to force a sale, but Zhou Yongcheng simply vanished from the face of the earth.

No one dared to have such an idea again.

Trading continued late into the night. Although it was a post-apocalyptic world, the city was brightly lit and there were no restrictions.

Zhou Yongcheng used his divine sense to explore the city and discovered an underground base dozens of meters below the surface, containing quite complete industrial facilities.

The base can manufacture weapons, produce gene-optimized drugs, and has a small plantation. The base below may be the source of the city lord's confidence in controlling the city.