Chapter 64: One Million Star Energy Diamonds
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Within the Celestial Dome Base.
Qin Hao and Zi Hui arrived on the thirty-first floor to meet Professor Fu Qiming from Zhongdan University.
“Professor Fu, this is Mr. Qin Hao, a member of the Elder Council. He has some matters to inquire about. You must comply with his requests.” Zi Hui’s tone was one of absolute command.
Qin Hao’s business was always the highest priority.
Fu Qiming, hearing this, understood that Qin Hao’s status was extraordinary. Perhaps he was another hero—one of great strength.
“What does Mr. Qin need to know?”
“I wish to obtain aerial views of the major cities, as well as the locations of established large gathering sites.”
“Very well, I’ll retrieve them for you now.”
Fu Qiming manipulated a split orb from the Eye of All Sects, and soon, images began to fly out from the smaller sphere for Qin Hao to examine.
The city closest to Magic City was Cloud City, with a population of twelve million. Several super-large gathering sites had been established there.
Qin Hao noted the locations, then looked at Nanchong, Kangzhou, and other cities.
In his previous life, Qin Hao had survived by chance, but his strength was not much greater than that of other heroes, so he had little impression of the early days of the apocalypse.
Strength determined status, and only now did he truly understand how humanity survived amidst disaster.
Simply put, the strong grew stronger, and the weak perished.
After twenty days, all supermarkets, markets, and such within the cities had been thoroughly swept clean. Food had become scarce, and even in military-run gathering sites, ordinary people were beginning to starve.
More and more people could no longer survive and sought official protection. Each gathering site was daily surrounded by survivors fleeing from elsewhere.
Qin Hao took this all in and had a clear grasp of the situation.
“That’s enough. Those locations will suffice,” Qin Hao said.
Professor Fu had no idea what use Qin Hao had for these images. With the current situation, traversing the city by manpower alone was nearly impossible.
But Professor Fu did not know that Qin Hao possessed a teleportation disk, making travel to these places effortless.
“I’ll return to my room. Unless there’s something urgent, don’t call for me. I may not be inside,” Qin Hao said.
“Understood,” Zi Hui nodded.
Qin Hao entered his room, locked the door, took out the teleportation disk, and injected it with a thousand Star Energy Crystals.
The disk burst forth with a silver light, enveloping Qin Hao, and a powerful consciousness extended outward, letting him select his destination.
Qin Hao chose Cloud City.
Within Cloud City, a base had been established at the Public Security Bureau—the Cloud City Base.
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Within the Cloud Layer Base, there were now fifty thousand people.
Such was the advantage of establishing within a city—the population expanded rapidly.
Yet, this Cloud City Base was also the larder for all alien monsters, who came daily to hunt humans.
Ordinary people died every day, but they had no choice; they had to come here to eat.
Fortunately, Zi Hui had used the Eye of All Sects to issue messages, spurring the starving populace into a frenzy of hunting Fang Demons.
The base’s administrators, of course, wished to kill more Fang Demons, store food, and obtain Star Energy Crystals.
The base and scattered survivors even competed with one another.
The Cloud City Base had erected a wall ten meters high and two meters wide, poured with reinforced concrete. At such a time, cost was irrelevant—nothing was wasted. Any resources found were used without restraint.
Countless ordinary people labored for the base, just for a full meal.
Outside the base, there were innumerable tents; some people had fashioned shelters from sticks and bedsheets.
The life of the common man was simple and fraught with mortal danger.
Qin Hao rounded a corner and saw this crowded, filthy environment.
His expression remained unchanged, showing no sign of disgust.
He walked to a slightly open area, then raised his hand. A massive serpent demon corpse appeared before him.
“Selling serpent demon flesh, three Star Energy Crystals per pound. Venom spider demon…”
Qin Hao began to sell his wares.
Serpent demon flesh was normally distributed by the base’s upper echelon as a reward—never sold directly. Ordinary people possessed Star Energy Crystals yet had no way to use them except through the base’s food exchange.
A single Star Energy Crystal might not buy even a small bowl of rice.
Now, three crystals could buy a pound—if two or three people pooled together, they could eat a full meal.
The crowd surged forward; some with filthy hands reached for the serpent demon meat, snatching it to eat.
They had no money, but hunger drove them to any means.
At that moment, Qin Hao snorted coldly.
Immediately, a terrifying aura spread out. Those surrounding Qin Hao felt their hair stand on end, their bodies trembling.
“Thud!”
One person knelt, kowtowing to Qin Hao like a sinner before a deity.
“Don’t kill me, don’t kill me! I haven’t taken anything. I don’t want it. I won’t eat it.”
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The others, though not so abject, were nonetheless filled with fear and dared not act out.
“If you want to buy, put down your Star Energy Crystals. Otherwise, don’t blame me for cutting off your hands.”
As Qin Hao spoke, his mental tendrils extended; a nearby abandoned car twisted, transforming into several sharp long knives.
The knives began to hack at the serpent demon flesh, dividing it evenly into portions.
Seeing the knives floating in midair, the ordinary people cried out in fright once more.
“An Evolver!”
“I’ve never seen such power in another Evolver. Is he a hero?”
“Is it really possible to buy meat? I’ll pay three Star Energy Crystals.”
The first person placed his crystals down, and immediately a piece of meat appeared before him.
He grabbed the meat in delight and ran off, but five people in the crowd slipped out to follow him.
Qin Hao said coldly, “Serpent demon meat can be eaten directly. You’d best finish it here before leaving, lest you become someone else’s meal.”
Everyone was jolted awake, quickly taking out Star Energy Crystals to buy meat, eating it on the spot.
At such a moment, who cared about digestion? Eating was all that mattered.
Before long, Qin Hao’s stall sparked a frenzy. The heroes of Cloud City Base emerged, and upon seeing Qin Hao, were instantly energized.
They recognized him.
“Sir, are you the hero who fought alongside Zi Hui at the concert?”
“I am.”
“It’s an honor to meet you.”
“Hardly. Interested in buying meat? Venom spider demon…”
Qin Hao introduced his goods.
The man promptly decided to purchase goods worth one hundred thousand Star Energy Crystals.
Qin Hao nodded with satisfaction, then ignored the scattered sales to ordinary people, gathered up the remaining serpent demon meat, and turned to leave.
After shaking off some would-be followers, Qin Hao took out his teleportation disk and headed for the next location.
He was busy until eight o’clock in the evening, by which time night had fallen completely. In his pocket, he now had a fortune—one million Star Energy Crystals.
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