Everyone's on a time-travel adventure! I'm raising city beasts in a post-apocalyptic world

Lin Feng scoffed inwardly. This old man either genuinely had never seen gray fog before, or he was deliberately pretending not to know in order to lower the price. He didn't dwell on the issue, but simply shrugged, giving off a "take it or leave it" expression: "If you don't believe me, fine. Whether it's worth it or not, you decide for yourself."

Old Chen and Lin Feng went back and forth a few more times. He really wanted to buy them to mine. Each one could work, and their efficiency was indeed comparable to that of an Awakened. This was countless times better than that of ordinary people. The entire convoy had thousands of people, but only a few Awakened. They also had to be careful to avoid danger. They couldn't possibly go mining themselves.

After several rounds of back-and-forth negotiations, the two sides reached an agreement on a price of 10 level 3 Mystic Crystals per crystal, which just met Lin Feng's expectations.

Old Chen: "Okay, that's the price. One hundred pieces, one thousand level 3 monster crystals. I'll give you 300 first, and you can pay the rest within three days!"

"Sold, 100 male Black Monsters, but I must make it clear beforehand, I do not sell female Black Monsters."

Old Chen asked with a hint of confusion, "Why?"

Lin Feng's tone became more serious: "To avoid having any idiots in your team, in case a female Black Monster is born and not properly castrated, your entire team will face genocide!"

Lin Feng told him about the Black Ghost's infectious abilities. The more Old Chen listened, the more his brows furrowed. Even the tall, burly man next to him took a half step back. Bai Zhirou and Luo Xiaoxiao felt a chill run down their spines and their hair stood on end, looking utterly disgusted.

"Then we'll take 100 cleaned male Black Ghouls, no females."

Lin Feng nodded: "Deal. I'll have someone deliver it to you in a bit."

Old Chen nodded and gestured to the Taoist priest behind him. Taoist priest Lin took out three cloth bags filled with ghost crystals from an inconspicuous gray bag at his waist and handed them to Lin Feng: "All 300 level 3 ghost crystals are here. Please count them."

"Is that a storage bag?" Lin Feng blurted out.

"Haha, you have a good eye." Master Lin said with great pride, patting the bag at his waist: "It has a capacity of about 2 cubic meters. I also have some talismans here. Are you interested? The price is negotiable."

Lin Feng took the bag; it felt heavy in his hand. He casually handed it to Sister Hong and said, "Take a look."

Then he asked, "What kind of talismans do you have?"

Master Lin took out a bundle of talismans, drew one out, and said, "This is a cleansing talisman. Stick it on your body and it will clean itself, saving water and time. If you want one, you can exchange it for a pound of rice."

Lin Feng shook his head. "I've stored plenty of water. Besides, the pleasure of taking a bath is incomparable to this."

Master Lin was taken aback by his words, then pulled out another one: "This is a concealment talisman. Stick it on your body or vehicle to isolate your aura and prevent strange creatures from following you. It costs 3 catties of rice per talisman."

Lin Feng shook his head. He thought of Xiao Hei's protective domain, and if all else failed, there was the natural barrier of the Tree of Life. For him, these were all useless.

Finally, Master Lin introduced the Fireball Talisman, whose power is equivalent to a hand grenade, which is sufficient to deal with level 1 monsters. The Explosion Talisman is even more powerful, and there is also the Heavenly Thunder Talisman, which can kill level 3 monsters in one blow and severely injure level 4 monsters.

Of course, this was all his own words, and whether it actually had that power was still unknown. But as for the price, Lin Feng felt a pang of pain when he heard it, and in the end, he didn't take anything. After Sister Hong finished counting and confirmed that everything was correct, she picked up the Ghost Crystal and turned to leave. He wanted to share his joy with Chen Min and give her the Ghost Crystal.

Lin Feng's lack of interest in talismans doesn't mean Guo Yi and the others aren't interested. Not only him, but Wang Lie, Dong Yu, Fang Ling, and several other awakened individuals used their resources to purchase a number of highly practical talismans. Furthermore, the survivors in the caravan with relatively abundant resources also bought talismans such as the Concealing Breath Talisman and the Fireball Talisman to keep as trump cards.

The trade fair was a great success, or at least that's how everyone felt. Old Chen's team got normal food and daily necessities, while Wang Lie's team got weapons, talismans, beast meat to improve attributes, and also learned about grass cakes.

As soon as Lin Feng stepped onto Xiao Xuan's back, he felt Xiao Xuan wake up.

This time the change was particularly dramatic. Unlike the previous two times when it grew a little bigger after eating bricks, its entire body grew exponentially. Its body was stretching rapidly, its shell was growing larger at an alarming rate, and pale golden patterns were flowing across its body.

The people in the camp noticed Xiao Xuan's change. Not only that, the people in the opposite convoy also stopped to watch, not even noticing when something fell to the ground in their hands.

"Oh my god... that turtle got... got bigger..."

"Holy crap, this isn't just getting bigger, it's doubled in size..."

"It hasn't been that long. Last time it was only 1000 square meters. This time it's probably going to grow to several thousand square meters." The original team members exclaimed in amazement, boasting to the people in another team around them, seemingly also feeling proud.

"My goodness, it's so big... it could probably build a small fortress..."

"It's so big, how much does it eat every day? Who can afford to feed it..."

Whispers arose from all directions, and more and more people gathered around. Indeed, watching a spectacle is the true nature of the Chinese…

They discussed it amongst themselves, and suddenly felt that their own cars were worlds apart from these. Envy, jealousy, longing... all sorts of feelings arose.

After Xiao Xuan's growth completely stopped, Lin Feng was surprised to find that the area on its carapace had more than doubled, now at least 8000 square meters. He thought to himself, "I still need to eat good food. This growth is almost equivalent to an evolution. I can't just eat dirt and bricks. How can I keep up with growth without nutrition?"

"Xiao Xuan, eat as much as you want! This entire mine is yours. Eat as much as you can, and anyone who tries to stop you will be beaten to death and buried!"

Without Lin Feng's command, it was already swallowing the ore. The iron ore mined by the Black Ghost was piled up at its feet. Each bite could swallow several tons of iron ore. If the Black Ghost's mining efficiency was not so high, it might not be able to feed it enough.

Lin Feng circled the tortoise shell, finalized the modification plan, and chased everyone off his back. This time, Lin Feng was prepared to carry out a major overhaul.

Lin Feng communicated with Xiao Xuan through his mind, and a large amount of soil and ore surged onto the back of the tortoise shell, first building a city wall. A 2-meter-wide city wall rose up along the edge of the tortoise shell, and a watchtower rose up in all four directions at the same time.

Immediately afterwards, the temporary buildings that had been converted from the city wall surrounding the core area began to undergo tremendous changes. They were all demolished and rebuilt. The original location of the city wall began to expand outward, becoming a three-story circular building, more than 10 meters high. Each floor had a wide circular passageway around it, so wide that it could almost be used as a street. Every so often, there was a stone pillar for support. On one side of the passageway, there were deep, independent spaces, complete with toilets, bedrooms, and stone beds.

Currently, the rescued women are still in the mental reconstruction phase, and some public areas have been specially built, such as a large canteen, meeting room, and classrooms. In the future, apart from core members like Chen Min, other women will be arranged to live here.