Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 2071 Reading Magazines? Big Brother's got you guys for real!

It was already night, but the main gate of Oriental Paradise was still open.

Six searchlights above the main entrance illuminate both near and far.

Under the lights, you can see vehicles coming and going through the main gate one after another.

The massive scavenging operation thoroughly ignited the enthusiasm of the residents of the camphor tree region, especially the scavengers.

At first, they were cautious as they searched for supplies and equipment outside.

As they gradually discovered that there were indeed no zombies, they became increasingly bold.

They worked day and night to bring supplies and equipment back to Oriental Paradise.

The eastern storage area of ​​Oriental Paradise is already filled with all sorts of supplies and equipment.

Now, on average, convoys come to Oriental Paradise every day to transport supplies back to the oil city.

It's on a road about ten kilometers away from Oriental Paradise.

A dilapidated pickup truck, riddled with rust holes, chugged along toward Oriental Paradise.

The headlights were broken, with only one remaining, barely illuminating the road ahead.

There were three men inside the car.

The man driving the pickup truck spotted the Oriental Paradise in the distance and said casually:

"Brother, let's go to the oil city once we've saved up enough points. We can buy car parts there, otherwise this car won't last much longer."

The man sitting on the far right looked tired.

The car window was open, and the wind whistled in.

"I'm going to the oil city to take a look and get the car repaired."

For half a month straight, they went out early and returned late, collecting supplies and equipment every day, and have now accumulated more than 300 points.

This number was something they wouldn't have dared to imagine just two weeks ago.

Although they knew where there were valuable supplies, those places were teeming with zombies, so they dared not go.

Now things are much better. The zombies have all gone to the ocean, so they've become bolder and can exchange the supplies they find for more points.

The man sitting in the middle chuckled slyly.

"I heard there's a red-light district over in the oil city."

The man driving scoffed, "With our status, do we need to go to the red-light district or Tingfeng Tower? That's where we belong!"

The man in the middle asked in confusion, "What kind of place is Tingfeng Tower?"

"Hehe, you don't know this, do you? The tea leaves in Tingfeng Tower are all carefully selected, and the taste is much better than ordinary tea leaves!"

"Gulp!" Upon hearing this, the man driving the car swallowed hard.

"Big brother, can we go?"

The eldest brother on the far right frowned.

"Look at you two, so smug. You've only earned a few points and you're already spending them like this. We'll see what happens later."

The vehicle drove into the entrance of Oriental Paradise. The vehicle inspector at the gate quickly scanned the vehicle with a scanner and scanned their pupils with a zombie detection device. After finding no problems, they let them in.

Since most of the zombies have fled to the ocean, the search is not as rigorous as before.

After the three drove in, they skillfully parked the car at the recycling station.

Liu De, who was in the lead, glanced at the three sustainable helicopters parked in the central square, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

He shouted to his two men who came down behind him:
"Yang Ping, Zhou Jie, unload the things from the car."

As he spoke, he moved closer to Zhao Song, an appraiser he knew well.

"Brother Zhao, is someone important here today?"

Zhao Song is usually very busy, and he would completely ignore anyone who tries to talk to him.

It's a bit easier at night compared to the daytime. He glanced up at Liu De, then at the helicopter, and answered absentmindedly:

"Oh, the city lord has arrived!"

"City Lord?" Liu De's eyes were full of surprise. He had heard of the City Lord of the Great Camphor Tree City, but had never met him.

I never expected such an important person to come to Oriental Paradise.

"Has something serious happened?" Liu De asked in a low voice.

Zhao Song yawned, ignored him, and walked straight to the truck. Looking at the equipment they were unloading, he smiled and said:

"This time it's decent enough, at least it's not a pile of junk."

He skillfully used a screwdriver to unscrew the cover of one of the shredders, glanced at the electronic board inside, and said, "What a pity, this is worth 2 points."

He then quickly disassembled the other nine pieces of equipment, and one of the centrifuges was still working normally after being powered on.

Practice makes perfect, and he finished inspecting all ten pieces of equipment in just ten minutes.

"Liu'er, these things of yours are worth 50 points."

Upon hearing this, Liu De looked pained and said:

"Brother Zhao, we went through a lot of trouble to get this from the chemical plant. The appearance is still intact. The points are too few."

Zhao Song glanced at him. "Are you questioning my authority?"

"No, no, I wouldn't dare," Liu De quickly shook his head.

“But yesterday, Old Song also delivered a shredder, which is worth 10 points. Mine is in better condition and only costs 2 points.”

Zhao Song said speechlessly:
"Their device works right out of the box, but yours is burnt out. You're lucky to get two points! Take it or leave it."

Seeing that Zhao Song was angry, Liu De quickly tried to appease him:
"Thank you, Brother Zhao. I'll take it. Please process the order."

Zhao Song snorted coldly, then quickly wrote down Liu De's number in the notebook, filled in a number in the blank space, wrote the number in capital letters, signed it, and tossed it to him.

"Go and collect your points yourself."

After doing all that, he leisurely returned to his seat behind the table.

Several porters from nearby came over and skillfully lifted the tested equipment onto the conveyor belt, which would then transport the items to the storage area.

Liu De held the list and sighed.

Two of his men came over.

"Big brother, how many points did you sell this time?"

Liu De tossed the order form in his hand to Yang Ping.

Yang Ping looked at the 50 points written on the slip and said with a displeased expression:
"How come it's only 50 points? These are the things they urgently need in their announcement: centrifuges, extraction towers, distillation towers, and that pulverizer—they're all so well preserved!"

"Only 50 points? We searched for so long to find it!"

Generally, the electronic devices they collect are not of high value.

Even if a refrigerator or induction cooker is working properly, it only earns 0.5 to 1 point.

If any of the internal parts are broken, then it can only be sold at the lowest price, usually 0.1 points.

These are still the better quality ones, and they can still be sold.

If the item has been soaked in water or is in poor condition, the recycling station will not accept it at all.

There was no way around it; there were just too many home appliances in existence before the apocalypse.

Even after natural disasters, many of these home appliances are still usable.

However, if a great deal of effort is required to repair it, the repair is not worthwhile.

Currently, the most valuable equipment is generally industrial equipment, chemical equipment, or medical equipment, which are highly specialized.

Liu De took the form from Yang Ping's hand and said without turning his head:
"You two go park the car and fill up the gas tank. I'll go redeem the points. We'll meet at the market entrance later."

After saying that, he walked toward a house several dozen meters away.

A sign hung outside the building: [Redeem Resources for Points]

It was already evening, and there was still a sparse queue at the entrance.

He stood at the very back of the line, looking at the numbers on his slip of paper, and he had even considered tampering with them.

However, since it's difficult to change the case of numbers, I had to give up.

However, he had once seen someone make the changes so perfectly that they were flawless. Unfortunately, that staff member was conducting a spot check and contacted the material appraisal and auditing officer via walkie-talkie.

A discrepancy was discovered in the points redemption process.

The ending was naturally tragic.

Not only were all the supplies they collected confiscated without any points awarded, but all the points on their team's points card were also deducted.

They were also expelled from Oriental Paradise and banned from participating in points redemption tasks.

The punishment was too severe.

From then on, he lost interest in changing the numbers.

Not worth the candle.

With his mind preoccupied, it was soon his turn. Inside the room, there was a row of tables with computers on them, and behind each computer sat seven or eight staff members.

He quickly walked to an empty spot.

He then handed over his points card and receipt.

The male staff member inside carefully examined the handwriting and signature on the form. After finding no problems, he swiped his points card on the card reader.

A message about Liu De popped up on the computer screen.

The staff member quickly typed the number 50 on the keyboard and pressed the confirmation button.

After swiping the card again to confirm that the points in the points card had increased, he printed out a slip and handed it to Liu De along with the points card.

"All right."

"next."

Liu De tactfully stepped aside and looked at the number on the form: 389.

In any case, the harvest this time was not bad.

Although it was less than expected, it was more than what we had gained in the past few days.

Holding the points number card, I walked out of the house.

Instead of returning the way they came, they took a shortcut to the trading stalls area.

Walk through the alley.

Light bulbs, seemingly from nowhere, were hanging on the houses on both sides.

As he walked over, the light bulb suddenly flickered, turning on and off.

In the corner, a disheveled drunk man lay, holding a plastic bottle of industrial liquor in his hand.

There wasn't much industrial liquor left in the bottle.

This cheapest industrial liquor is also sold at Oriental Paradise, where a bottle costs only 3 points.

However, this industrial liquor is made by mixing industrial alcohol with a large amount of water.

Industrial alcohol is obtained from the cracking of crude oil or coal.

Industrial alcohol contains 96% ethanol, as well as a large amount of impurities such as methanol and formaldehyde.

Even though industrial liquor is diluted with a large amount of water, it still causes many people to suffer from poisoning, blindness, or even death after drinking it.

but.

Many alcoholics still flock to it, ignoring the dangers of this industrially produced alcohol in their pursuit of getting drunk.

They also wanted to drink grain-based liquor, but it was too expensive.

The cheapest bottle of sweet potato liquor costs nearly 15 points in Oriental Paradise.

Prices here are much higher than in the oil city.

Liu De glanced at it only once before hurrying past the area where the drunkard was.

Before long, he made his way through the alley, turning several times until he reached the end of it.

Unlike the darkness inside the alley, the space outside was bright and open.

A bustling trading area.

The street was teeming with people.

Street vendors, those with better conditions, use tables pieced together to display their goods for sale.

In areas with less favorable conditions, a piece of cloth is simply laid on the ground, and the items are placed on the cloth.

They stuck wooden sticks into the ground, and hung various small lights on top of the sticks.

Since Oriental Paradise built the zombie generator, the area has been able to supply electricity normally.

Since there is no suitable place in Oriental Paradise to set up a trading area.
It was set up directly in the square, so the conditions in this trading area were very basic.

The new trading market is still under construction and will be officially put into use after completion.

Many of these vendors were set up here by the government of Dazhangshu.

They mainly sell grains, salt, alcohol, sugar, fruits, vegetables, and even meat.

They also sell clothing, shoes, hats, bedding, and rent firearms and ammunition.
Some of these products were produced in Dazhangshu and transported over from the oil city transit station.

Some were produced in the oil city and transported over.

Because of the added transportation costs, things here are generally more expensive.

Liu De weaved through the crowd and arrived at the entrance to the trading area.

But he couldn't find Yang Ping and Zhou Jie.

The two were squatting in front of a vendor, whose stall was clearly not official but privately set up.

The two squatted on the ground, flipping through the magazines on the floor.

These magazines are generally: *Men's Man*, *Playboy*, and *Body Art*.
The covers feature models with large breasts and big butts, and you can even find erotic novels on them.

"Tsk tsk, that's really good!"

"I like this book; it's of good quality."

The vendor, a sleazy-looking man wearing a baseball cap, picked his nose and looked at the two with obvious impatience, saying:
"Are you going to buy or not? If not, don't bother looking. If you all see it, how am I supposed to sell it!"

Yang Ping couldn't help but retort:

"I'll take a look anyway; it won't hurt to see it."

The sleazy man in the baseball cap snatched the magazine from his hand.

"Don't touch it if you can't afford it!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Ping's pride flared up, and he couldn't help but retort, his face flushed with anger:

"How much is it? I'll take it!"

The lewd man grinned, "Two points per book, buy two get one free. Buy five get two free."

Yang Ping snorted coldly:
"You're selling this kind of thing for 2 points a book? You're crazy for money!"

"Hmph, buy it or don't, it's up to you!" The sleazy man seemed completely unconcerned about not being able to sell the magazines.

Survivors living in the apocalypse have limited entertainment options.

This magazine is especially popular among strong, healthy men with high libido.

He stumbled upon these hundreds of magazines in the home of a reclusive guy.

I must say, we've sold quite a few in the last two days.

They made a fortune.

Zhou Jie, who was standing next to him, put down the magazine he was holding. Clearly, three points were too expensive for him.

Only a fool would buy this kind of thing, especially since it's so expensive.

Just then, a familiar voice came from behind them.

What are you two doing here?

"Big brother."

"Big brother."

Liu De had been watching for a while, then patted the two men on the shoulders and said:
"What's the point of looking at this thing!"
"After we go out to gather supplies again, we'll fill up the truck with gas and then join the convoy to the oil city. Once we get there, I'll take you to Tingfeng Tower!"

The two were filled with excitement upon hearing their elder brother's ambitious words.

"What a great brother!"

"Brother is mighty!"

Liu De smiled and put his arm around their shoulders. "Let's go buy some food. We'll go out scavenging again tomorrow."

They walked deeper into the trading street and disappeared into the crowd.

In Oriental Paradise, there are many scavengers like them.

They had all heard of the oil city and longed to go there.

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Some people went to the oil city, experienced its prosperity, and then thought about settling down there.

After spending a few days there and using up a lot of points, I looked for a job there and found that the job benefits were not as good as those for scavenging.

So he went back to Oriental Paradise to scavenge.

They discovered that the cities surrounding the oil city had already been searched, making it less likely that anything of value would be found.

Oriental Paradise is located in the east, and even in the post-apocalyptic world, it has relatively abundant resources.

There's a good chance you'll find something valuable.

So many people who went to the oil city ended up returning here.

(End of this chapter)