“Respected Mr. Mysterious Merchant, our boss is out and hasn't returned yet. How about I give you a tour of our base?” Huang Er invited with a respectful expression.

The Mysterious Merchant, Li Feiyu, deliberately pretended to think for a moment, then slowly nodded in agreement. “That's fine too. Let me see what you have.”

“Please follow me!” Huang Er gestured with a 'please' hand sign.

Under Huang Er's lead, Li Feiyu followed him around the abandoned warehouse.

“Mr. Mysterious Merchant, this is our food storage room. It contains all the food we've collected, including canned beef, canned fruit, rice, pastries, cured meat, flour…” Huang Er tirelessly introduced their collection.

This food was accumulated through their hard work, running to residential areas to scavenge. It was hard currency in the apocalypse.

The Mysterious Merchant Li Feiyu nodded indifferently. “Just food. I have a lot of it here.” With a wave of his hand, a mountain of food appeared before them.

Huang Er's expression changed in surprise, but remembering that the other party claimed to be a Mysterious Merchant, he wasn't as shocked.

After displaying his strength, the Mysterious Merchant Li Feiyu waved his hand again, and the mountain of food in front of him instantly disappeared, returning to the system space.

“Gulp…” Huang Er swallowed hard in shock.

With so much food, if they could trade, they would never have to worry about food shortages again.

“I'm not interested in food. Take me to see other items,” the Mysterious Merchant Li Feiyu said without a trace of emotion.

“Okay, Mr. Mysterious Merchant.” Huang Er put on a flattering face.

Mysterious Merchants are mysterious, powerful, and possess massive resources. He had to build a good relationship with him and reach a cooperative agreement!

Having witnessed the Mysterious Merchant's power, Huang Er led him to visit the weapon storage room, the crystal core storage area, and many other places, but the Mysterious Merchant still didn't show any interest.

Until they passed a strange room, the Mysterious Merchant Li Feiyu stopped. “What is this room used for?”

Huang Er looked at it, his expression a little awkward. He didn't expect the Mysterious Merchant to ask about this place.

Huang Er quickly waved his hand, laughing it off. “Inside are the prisoners we caught. They're worthless!”

“I want to exchange for these!” The Mysterious Merchant Li Feiyu suddenly made a decision.

“Mr. Mysterious Merchant, this…” Huang Er was immediately at a loss for words.

Huang Er knew better than anyone what was locked in the room. Inside were the women they had captured these past few days, and there were quite a few of them.

Huang Er never imagined that this Mysterious Merchant would use that first-order ability user to exchange for these women, and his attitude was firm, not allowing him to refuse.

“Hmm?” The Mysterious Merchant snorted coldly, and a powerful aura pressed down on Huang Er.

Feeling that terrifying pressure, Huang Er's face turned pale, and cold sweat poured down his body.

He quickly lowered his head and agreed in a trembling voice, “Mr. Mysterious Merchant, I'll open it right away!” After speaking, Huang Er didn't dare to hesitate and immediately ran forward to open the door in front of him.

The large iron door opened, and Li Feiyu saw more than a dozen women huddled in the corner of the room. Their bodies were constantly trembling, and each of them tightly hugged their legs, constantly retreating as if to avoid some terrible fate.

Most of the women kept their heads buried low, trying to cover their faces as much as possible, not daring to raise their eyes to meet the gaze of the people outside the door, afraid of being dragged out by them.

The Mysterious Merchant Li Feiyu suppressed his anger and said in a voice without a trace of emotion, “Get dressed and come with me!”

“Mr. Mysterious Merchant, you can't…”

“Hmm?” Before Huang Er could finish speaking, a powerful aura directly descended upon him.

Feeling the danger of death, Huang Er instantly chose to back down. “Mr. Mysterious Merchant, I agree to your trade conditions.”

“Find them some clean clothes, understand?” The Mysterious Merchant Li Feiyu looked at Huang Er with icy eyes.

“Yes, Mr. Mysterious Merchant.” Huang Er reluctantly agreed.

What kind of deal was this! It was simply robbery, forced buying and selling!

… …

Soon, Huang Er brought the women who had changed their clothes to the Mysterious Merchant Li Feiyu.

“Mr. Mysterious Merchant, these are the things you wanted. I've brought them to you.” Huang Er forced out a respectful smile, handing over all the women in the warehouse to the Mysterious Merchant.

The Mysterious Merchant carefully identified them and, finding that Mu Xier was not among them, nodded to signal the others to come over.

The women exchanged glances, then silently walked behind the Mysterious Merchant with the strange mask.

Although they didn't know what their fate would be, it was definitely better than staying in this hell.

“Have you captured anyone else? I hope you don't deceive the Mysterious Merchant. I think you should know the Mysterious Merchant's methods,” the Mysterious Merchant Li Feiyu said with a strange warning.

Huang Er's expression panicked, and he quickly ordered people to bring over the other women and men who were being held separately, including Mu Xier, who was too weak to stand.

The Mysterious Merchant pointed to Mu Xier and said in a calm tone, “This person is not on the list. Take her back.”

“Ah?” Huang Er was suddenly startled, then immediately smiled again and quickly told Huang Liu, the ‘weakness’ ability user responsible for guarding Mu Xier, to take her away.

(Note: Huang Liu's ability: Weakness!)

“The transaction is complete. You can take away the Mysterious Merchant's goods now,” the Mysterious Merchant Li Feiyu said sternly.

“Okay.” Huang Er could only force himself to squeeze out a smile.

The Mysterious Merchant Li Feiyu acted as if he couldn't see it and announced, “The transaction is complete. The Mysterious Merchant should leave. I look forward to our next meeting.”

Huang Er wanted to cry but had no tears as he sent the Mysterious Merchant to the door, watching helplessly as the Mysterious Merchant took away the women they had worked so hard to capture these past few days.

… …

The Mysterious Merchant Li Feiyu didn't say a word throughout the entire process. He led the twenty-odd people behind him towards the location of another survivor organization, the Mutual Aid Society.

The Mutual Aid Society, as the name suggests, is a friendly organization that helps each other. The leader is a woman. In the original plot trajectory, it was annexed by the Savior Army led by Su Chen, but there were some conflicting ideas between the two sides. Some members of the Mutual Aid Society eventually chose to leave Starlight City and never appeared again…

Li Feiyu's purpose was simple: to send these people to the Mutual Aid Society, let the Mutual Aid Society know about the scumbag behavior of the 'Yellow Ox Road Ten Brothers', and at the same time, let the 'Yellow Ox Road Ten Brothers' focus their firepower on the only two remaining people, Su Chen.

Because the puppet trio dispatched earlier had been active in this area, Li Feiyu quickly brought the people to the vicinity of the Mutual Aid Society's base camp.

“There is an organization called the Mutual Aid Society ahead. It is a normal organization. You can go there yourselves!” The Mysterious Merchant Li Feiyu introduced without any emotion.

“This…” The people who had escaped danger looked at each other.

The Mutual Aid Society? Can they be trusted?

By the time they turned their heads again, the Mysterious Merchant had already disappeared.

After hesitating again and again, most of the women and men ultimately chose to believe the words of the Mysterious Merchant who had rescued them.

In the apocalypse, they (them) who have no ability to resist have no other way but to join the survivor organization!

With one or two people planning to wait and see, everyone bid farewell to each other and went their separate ways…

… …

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