Chapter 566: I Won't Show Up
Chapter 566: I Won't Show Up
This base currently uses this classification system for crystal cores. Whether it was accurate or not was unclear, but it had been around for a long time, even as the outside world kept changing. Ever since the leader of this base became Wu Simiao, progress had stalled.
In the bag Fatty gave her, there were only a few level three and four crystal cores. The level one and two crystal cores were the size of pomegranate seeds, tiny and small. Level three crystal cores were about the same size, but brighter and more radiant.
Zombies and mutant animals that produced level three crystal cores were also far more difficult to deal with.
This base determined the level of zombies and mutant animals—and therefore the level of their crystal cores—based on their ability strength. At present, they classified zombies that had awakened one of their five senses as level three, and zombies that had awakened one of their five senses plus one of their five elements as level four.
Level four crystal cores were marble-sized and categorized by color.
An Ran then wondered what level the thermos-sized wood-element crystal core she had planted at the bottom of the attic—the one she had taken from the giant meat flower in the Xiangcheng star region—would be.
She was afraid no one in this base had ever seen one.
"Goddess, my goddess, please don’t worry about the levels. Please, show your divine power quickly. We’re running out of wood." Fatty squatted beside the coffee table, looking at An Ran pitifully.
A group of people arrived from outside, at least a dozen of them, each carrying a crystal core. Fatty couldn’t bear to part with them.
"Are you still thinking about this?" An Ran glanced at him. “Aren’t you worried that the more noise you make, the more likely Yaoyang Base will swoop in and strip away all your wood-ability users?”
"What are you afraid of? Don’t we still have you?" Fatty looked desperate for money, practically kneeling to beg her. "Time waits for no one, goddess, please help me!"
“Fine. But I’m not showing my face. You handle the rest.”
Who wouldn’t want to earn crystal cores?
An Ran, holding Doll, pointed outside. In the plantation room, the trees that had been cut down began to grow wildly. She had the ability to make trees grow remotely.
She had the ability to accelerate their growth, but she had no intention of leaving the villa to expose herself.
It wasn’t that she was timid. At times like this, it was better to stay out of the spotlight. As they said, the first bird to stick its head out gets shot. An Ran felt that sooner or later, Fatty would cause trouble.
As expected, the next morning, even more people came to buy wood. Fatty’s men had burned a lot of charcoal. For twice the amount of crystal cores as for wood, one could buy charcoal. This had become an open trade with clearly marked prices.
An Ran collected first- and second-level crystal cores, but she was a bit overwhelmed. She no longer left the villa, focusing instead on raising Doll at home. Fatty and Luo Feifan were responsible for all the outside affairs.
Zhan Lian, Yun Tao, and Liang Ziyu had set up a large windmill in the yard. Now that An Ran’s villa had electricity, simple lighting was no problem.
Every day, Luo Feifan would bring back news from the outside world. It seemed that the low-level people outside were talking about the great abilities of this fat man from Hexi. Many brought crystal cores and made the special trip from Hedong to Hexi to buy wood.
But even more than wood, the demand for charcoal was growing—and growing fast.
