Chapter 37: The Liar
Back in the safe zone, the soldiers guarding the gate conducted a full virus check on them as usual.
But this time, in addition to the security check, they were also put forward with an additional requirement -
Each person must turn in a crystal nucleus in order to enter the safe zone.
One crystal nucleus per person, the number is not much, but suddenly let them hand over crystal nuclei, Zhang Yan still felt a little strange.
She took out the four crystal nuclei and handed them to the officers on guard, and asked by the way:
"We've been out of the safe zone for more than a month, what happened in that month? Why did you start to let us cross crystal nuclei? β
The guard officer was quite patient and explained to Zhang Yan:
"Because many young adults have gone out to hunt second-level zombies, the internal construction of the security zone has begun to lack people, and the entry fee for setting up a crystal nucleus is to let those who can't even kill a second-level zombie take care of themselves, after all, not everyone is suitable for killing zombies, and some people are more suitable for internal work."
Zhang Yan nodded in understanding:
"Yes, you can't get a crystal nucleus back, but you have to come back to eat food in the safe zone for free, this kind of person is no different from rice worms."
Seeing that Zhang Yan agreed, the officer smiled:
"There aren't many people who can be as happy as you, and most of them are like you asking for crystal nuclei as if you wanted their lives. These days, in order to resist the payment of crystal nuclei, many people choose not to return to the safe zone, and many people fight with us violently and break the card. β
Zhang Yan shook her head and made a two-word evaluation of this kind of person's behavior:
"Stupid."
The officer smiled even brighter:
"It's stupid! Only one crystal nucleus is required to enter the safe zone, but if they leave the safe zone, their daily consumption may have already exceeded the value of one crystal nucleus. After all...... Eighty percent of the food outside has been collected in the safe zone, and it is not so easy to find food outside. As for the ones who broke through the cards...... Really, when our guns are ornaments? All the people who broke the card were killed, and now basically no one dares to do this. β
This is obviously also a warning to Zhang Yan that even if they get the ability, they should not underestimate the deterrent power of the army too much.
Zhang Yan didn't say anything more, nodded, and entered the safe zone with the others.
Back in the vicinity of the dormitory where the Adept lived, the atmosphere was noticeably different.
A small open space in front of the dormitory building, on the side of the road, next to the parking lot...... At this time, it was full of hawkers.
Most of these hawkers are food and weapons, and the settlement method is crystal nucleus.
Whenever someone wearing the Adequate's badge returns, the hawkers become eager, and the more daring ones gather around to ask what the adept needs.
And Zhang Yan didn't have the Adeptus Badge when they left the safe zone last time, and few people could recognize their identities, so no one paid attention to the four of them and one dog.
Zhang Yan and the others were originally coming back to relax, and they were not in a hurry to go back to the dormitory, so they looked curiously and casually in these stalls.
After looking at it for a while, Zhang Yan didn't see anything of interest.
However, she has almost figured out the price, if she is in dire need of crystal nuclei, she can sell the items in the space ring to buy some crystal nuclei to use.
She didn't see anything she liked, but Zheng Ziye found something she liked.
Zheng Ziye stood in front of a stall selling meat, on which there were many small pieces of meat, and the signs showed that they were beef and pork, and the price was expensive, and a crystal nucleus could only buy five catties.
Blade stared at the meat and wagged his tail, but Zheng Ziye was not interested in the meat.
He stared blankly at the charm around the stall owner's neck.
The charm is a three-color crystal nucleus, if you are not mistaken, it should be a strange beast crystal nucleus.
The stall owner saw that Zheng Ziye had been standing in front of the stall but did not speak, and finally became a little impatient:
"I said you, what are you staring at me? If you want to buy it, buy it quickly, if you don't buy it, leave, don't bring a dog to block my stall, if your dog steals a piece of meat from me, don't blame me for being rude! β
Zheng Ziye pointed at the stall owner's neck:
"Do you sell that necklace?"
"Sell!" The middle-aged strong man stall owner pursed his lips, then looked at Zheng Ziye's chest, and said disdainfully: "You don't have a badge, aren't you an alien?" Then I don't think you can afford it. β
After saying that, he also deliberately straightened his chest, highlighting a five-pointed star-shaped badge hanging on his chest, showing off his identity as an Adept.
Without waiting for Zheng Ziye to speak, Zhang Yan came behind Zheng Ziye and asked the stall owner lightly:
"You name a price."
The stall owner's pair of small eyes narrowed, glanced at the blade squatting beside Zheng Ziye, and smiled:
"Do you know what I am? It's the Alien Beast Nucleus! It's the mutated animals that have this thing. Mutant animals are more powerful than second-level zombies, and two people died in order to get this crystal nucleus! This is the crystal nucleus of the dog, you can just use it, and the price is - two hundred crystal nuclei! β
As soon as he heard this price, Zheng Ziye looked at the stall owner indifferently, turned his head and left.
Zhang Yan also sneered and got up to leave.
This man is really a lion with a big mouth.
The four of them had been killing second-level zombies outside for a month, and the crystal nuclei on their bodies were less than a hundred, and the crystal nuclei of the alien beast cost two hundred as soon as they opened their mouths?
Although Zhang Yan didn't see anyone selling alien beast crystal nuclei in the stall, combined with other prices, no matter how you think about it, it shouldn't be so expensive.
What's more, they have also seen a lot of wild dogs outside these days, and the crystal nucleus of canine alien beasts should not be so difficult to get.
Seeing that they were leaving, the stall owner asked tentativelyβ
"Do you have any other alien crystal nuclei? Let's change it! β
Hearing this, Zhang Yan stopped.
Zheng Ziye also turned around.
Zhang Yan took out the hamster crystal nucleus and shook it:
"There's a hamster crystal nucleus, do you want to change it?"
Because hamsters are easier to hide, many of them were brought into the safe area with mixed luggage, and hamsters were easy to find in the safe area.
Hearing this, the man frowned, and deliberately lowered the price:
"Hamsters aren't as powerful as dogs! Add one hamster crystal nucleus to ten ordinary crystal nuclei! β
Zhang Yan didn't immediately agree, but waved her hand at Yan Zhuo in the crowd.
Yan Zhuo, who was buying other things on the side, immediately walked over and asked Zhang Yan with a smile what he wanted.
Zhang Yan pointed to the stall owner:
"Let's see if the crystal nucleus on his neck is a real alien beast crystal nucleus or a fake. Is it really canine? β
Yan Zhuo smiled faintly and turned on the spiritual force field.
The spiritual power branch line plunged into the stall owner's spiritual power incarnation, and began to search for the memories related to the alien beast crystal nucleus in the stall owner's brain.
Three seconds later, Yan Zhuo searched for that memory.
He put away his mental force field and looked at the stall owner with a smile:
"You liar. Even you don't know what kind of crystal nucleus this is, and you dare to sell it? β
Then, Yan Zhuo slowly said the memory he saw-
"This alien beast crystal nucleus was found by you from the stomach of a second-level zombie, and you have no idea what kind of crystal nucleus it is. Even the meat on your stall is not pork and beef at all, but the meat of wild cats and wild dogs. β
Yan Zhuo's words also successfully attracted a group of onlookers nearby.
In the crowd, someone coaxed -
"Do you want to fight? Let's go to the arena! β
"I've long seen that this meat seller is not pleasing to the eye, and I have been deceived and abducted."
"But people are superpowers! There are preferential cares. It's all about playing side balls, and the police don't have a problem with him. β
In the face of the discussion of the onlookers, the stall owner looked like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water, stood up, and laughed-
"Yes! I just love to play on the sidelines, what's wrong? You're capable of doing the same! β
"The law of the security zone prohibits the sale of animal meat with unknown causes of death, and I sell wild cat and dog meat, and I killed it with my own hands, but the cause of death is unknown, but it is just for the sake of your psychology that it is pork and beef, so that you can feel better when you eat it, which is also the default above."
"The security zone stipulates that you can't defraud with shoddy, but I'm a strange beast crystal nucleus, maybe it's better than a hamster crystal nucleus! How can it be considered shoddy, and besides, I just think it's a canine alien beast crystal nucleus, and it's not a fraud. β
"By the way, also, the safety zone rules can't kill people, but it doesn't say that you can't kill dogs!"
As he spoke, the stall owner suddenly became fierce.
His short hair, which was close to his scalp, suddenly grew wildly, and in an instant, it became several meters long!
This long hair is like an octopus's tentacles, and it suddenly curls towards the blade!
Zhang Yan's eyes are fast, and her ability is on!
The long knife slashed out a silver light, splitting the long hair into two pieces!
The long hair that is split in two is still free to move.
The severed section still rolled towards the blade, and then ...... It stopped ten centimeters in front of the blade.
It had to stop.
Because, Bai Lan, who arrived here at the end, had already stopped the hair with her steel body.
And the ice shield that Zheng Ziye conjured with cold ice was also firmly blocked in front of the blade.
The stall owner didn't seem to expect that these few people who didn't wear badges were all superpowers, and every one of them was so strong!
Stunned for a moment, he quickly withdrew his ability, his expression a little embarrassed-
"Haha! Why such a big reaction? I'm just joking! β
As he spoke, his long hair shrank back on his stomach, losing his aggressiveness.
Even the severed section of hair wriggled on the ground like a worm, crawling towards the stall owner.
Blade didn't know if the other party was joking.
It was frightened, and the hairs on its back stood up, and when it saw that the mass of hair was about to run, it naturally refused.
The blade broke free of the leash and bared his teeth and pounced on the wriggling hair, biting it down!
Blade frantically shook his head and bit the ball of hair, this hair was too much like a living thing, Blade didn't understand so much, he tore off the ball with force, swallowed it in his stomach to relieve his hatred.
In the sunlight, there was something hidden in the clump of hair in the blade's mouth, reflecting a multicolored light.
When the stall owner saw the light, he touched his neck, his face turned white, and exclaimedβ
"Huh?! My Alien Crystal Nucleus! It's eaten! β
When the stall owner's hair became longer, it seemed to have broken the rope of the necklace around his neck, and the crystal nucleus of the alien beast of unknown origin was swallowed by the blade and hair!