My Post-Apocalyptic Territory

Li Tao stood to the side.

He understands every single word, but when put together, he just can't understand the whole sentence.

He looked at the most prominent spot in the room, where a large exchange list displayed many items available for exchange.

The most abundant item was food.

Canned beef, canned pork, canned fruit, canned vegetables...

Chocolate, spicy strips, cookies...

Even fresh fruits and vegetables, chicken, duck, goose, fish, pork, beef and mutton were available. Li Tao also looked at the prices listed. He didn't know the standard for contribution points, but the prices for exchanging source crystals were also listed. He looked at them and thought they were really not expensive.

"You can exchange all these things? With such a wide variety of food, you could open a supermarket!"

"That's obvious, otherwise why would it be here?" Peng Bo thought this person was too ignorant and always making a fuss. He looked at the clerk at the exchange counter, thought for a moment, and said, "I'd like to exchange for a box of Snickers bars, two bottles of Red Bull, a bag of ChaCha sunflower seeds, and a bag of Lay's potato chips... It seems like I've chosen a bit too much."

Peng Bo, with a pained expression, said, "Xiao Chen, could you give me a discount?"

When the clerk surnamed Chen saw Peng Bo's fierce-looking face, he could only manage a wry smile. "Brother Peng, don't joke around. Everything here needs to be registered. If anything is amiss, I'll be held accountable."

Peng Bo understood this principle; he simply had a craving for certain foods, and ultimately, with a heavy heart, he eliminated some options.

Lu Xiaopeng, standing to the side, gave him a disdainful look. "With your skills, you think you can exchange for training camp time? No way."

The clerk took out a special notebook to record the changes in contribution levels. This was a purely manual record-keeping process, which was quite tedious.

Fortunately, the shelter is not very large now, and the main contributors are the patrol team members and a few other grassroots managers, which is enough to manage.

Tang Yu knew this method was flawed; it was too primitive, troublesome, and prone to problems. However, his territory lacked a network and programmers, making it quite difficult to devise a more technologically advanced exchange method.

Xiao Chen noted down the changes in Peng Bo's contribution level, then opened the drawer.

In front of him was an office desk, with cabinets on both sides containing many drawers.

He opened the drawers one by one according to the categories of the items, took out the things Peng Bo had exchanged, and handed them over.

Li Tao stood to the side and could see it clearly.

These drawers are clearly filled with food!

He also saw a freezer not far away, which was still powered on. Could it be filled with fresh meat?

Lu Xiaopeng patted him on the shoulder, "I told you to stay calm, don't look like your eyes are about to pop out."

Li Tao looked at the other person, unsure of what to say.

Lu Xiaopeng pointed to the exchange list, "Look, you're from that Creek, Creek-something Shelter, right...?"

"Streamwood".

"Yes, Riverwood Shelter. So, here's my advice: don't be like Fatty Peng and trade for useless snacks. If you're going to trade, trade for equipment. That's the most valuable thing."

Li Tao looked at the equipment list.

Compared to the wide variety of food, the equipment list is much smaller.

Standard Longsword (Normal): 15 Contribution Points / 30 Source Crystals.

Standard Longsword (Enhanced Type 1): 30 contribution points.

Standard Longsword (Enhanced Type 2): 50 contribution points.

Standard combat suit (normal): 15 contribution points / 30 source crystals.

……

Li Tao stared blankly at the equipment and the price tags on it.

If the food he just ate seemed cheap, then these equipment items were ridiculously expensive.

These weapons and equipment might be the same ones worn by the Green Shade Awakeners. He admitted they looked good, but they couldn't possibly cost dozens of source crystals.

Lu Xiaopeng sensed his suspicion and pulled Li Tao outside.

He saw a survivor pushing a cart full of scrap materials, called him over, and picked up a piece of scrap steel bar. "Watch closely." He held the steel bar in one hand and a longsword in the other. With a swish, a cold light flashed, and the steel bar broke in two, crashing to the ground with a thud.

"It seems a bit insufficient."

Lu Xiaopeng placed the two steel bars side by side, and with a swish, the steel bars broke into four pieces.

"Again."

He put them together again, this time simply placing them on the ground.

brush!

Swipe!

He's already addicted to it.

Li Tao's gaze sharpened.

He was an awakened being who had fought against demonic beasts, so he naturally knew what the greatest difficulty was.

The cold weapons from before the apocalypse were not very effective against the mutated beasts.

A seemingly decent blade will become dull after only a few battles.

This is just a minor issue. The most critical problem is that it takes a lot of effort to inflict deep wounds on the demonized beasts during battles.

If you were to replace it with a sharp weapon.

Li Tao could imagine it.

What used to require a great deal of effort to tear open, can now be easily sliced ​​open with a sharp weapon, killing the demonized beast without much effort.

Having spare capacity makes the fighting process much safer.

In an instant, he thought of all the benefits of having such a powerful weapon.

Back in the room at the exchange counter.

Li Tao examined the exchange list more closely. "Why are some equipment exchange prices only listed as contribution points, and not source crystals?"

"Well, it's probably because... I forgot?" Lu Xiaopeng pondered deeply.

After finishing his work, Chen Haiping came in and said, "The reason we only use contribution points is because those items are not for sale to outsiders. Only internal staff can exchange them with contribution points. Similarly, exchanging materials with contribution points is cheaper. For every unit of source crystal we internal staff hand over, we can get a contribution point reward."

"How about it, interested in joining our shelter's patrol team?"

Just to dig a hole in the wall.

Li Tao was suffering.

When I first saw the situation at Green Shade Sanctuary, I thought of recruiting some Awakened Ones from there, but now I've become the one being recruited.

He did envy the Awakened Ones here, but he still held fast to his last shred of integrity and did not forget the purpose of his trip.

Li Tao said, "Then I'll buy a standard-issue longsword first."

He rummaged through his inventory and found about twenty source crystals. "A few of these are source crystals from awakened level two demonic beasts. That should be enough."

Chen Haiping took it, glanced at it a few times, and said, "That's enough. The standard longsword isn't here. Wait for me."

Chen Haiping quickly brought over a standard-issue longsword, and Li Tao tried it out a few times; it was indeed incredibly easy to use. Even though he had spent all his source crystals, he felt it was worth it.

His teammates around him looked on with envy.

They wanted such a longsword, but when they saw the price, they felt utterly hopeless.

"Oh, by the way, if you join our patrol team, you can get a free set of equipment, including a standard longsword, a standard combat uniform, a rifle, a pistol, and other gear." Chen Haiping suddenly remembered something and said, "Of course, our shelter sells this equipment regularly, and there may be more in the future. If you want to buy more, remember to bring enough Source Crystals."

Others were even more envious.

If it weren't for their remaining integrity holding them back, they might have switched sides by now.

Li Tao felt he couldn't stay any longer.

Otherwise, he feared he would lose all self-control.

This trip to the Green Shade Shelter was full of unexpected events, but we still achieved our goal in the end, even though we didn't manage to exchange many of the things we brought...

Looking at the longsword in his hand, he felt it was all worth it.

"Well then, everyone in the shade, we'll take our leave now. I'll discuss what happened here with our director when we get back, and we might come back again next time."

Standing at the city gate, Li Tao thought for a moment and then wondered, "I just don't know if group buying will offer a discount?"