"You’ll find out what Zhou Cheng is like when you et him later, he’s waiting for outside now."
Hearing the girl murmur a question, Li Ming smiled, gesturing for her to stay quiet as he turned his gaze ahead.
Even though he had claid this girl, his dealings with this base of superpowers, which also housed another two like hers, were far from over.
The woman in the purple dress, exuding mature grace, spoke up: "Didn’t you say you were looking for a doctor nad Liu Minying? She’s under Zhao Chengwu. If you want her, you’ll have to negotiate with him."
"Buddy, I’m not obliged to hand her over to you. If you want her, co to my trading eting in a week. I’ll put her on the trading list, and you can co over and exchange sothing for her."
The man in the sky shrugs indifferently as the woman shifts the focus onto him: "I can invite you to our trading eting."
"Trading eting?"
Li Ming deeply observes the man flying in the sky. He doesn’t quite understand the man’s power but every power can be strange in its own unique ways. Just by witnessing the man’s flight, it’s apparent that he doesn’t have any other powers. Under these circumstances, it wasn’t too hard to accept.
However, the ntion of "trading eting" made him frown.
"Yes, a trading eting, held once every seven days. It has never been initiated before, but this upcoming one will be the first. The main reason is to exchange necessary resources with others before we join the larger collective cluster."
The woman, known as Zhou Qian smiles gently, her posture erect, her face carefree: "In these tis of the apocalypse, not only tangible objects are resources, manpower is the sa. It’s the underlying principle set by the larger cluster."
"However, pressure should not be put on people; they can only volunteer. No mistreatnt is allowed."
Zhou Qian speaks casually, her radiant smile aid at the only man who can fly in the sky, then she turns her gaze towards Li Ming.
"The larger cluster, you’ve really been in contact with the outside world?"
Upon hearing this term, Li Ming can’t help but frown, and he questions the man in the sky.
"As you can see, I fly faster in the sky than cars on the ground, of course I can contact the outside world. In fact, I’ve just returned from outside for a week, there’s a large base in our city that is semi-official in nature, with quite a number of people inside."
Zhao Sunwu shrugs disinterestedly, speaking as a matter of fact: "However, due to the lack of signal, many powerful weapons are inconvenient to use. And because there are all sorts of strange... creatures, their progress to reclaim each region has been slow."
"But now, preparations have started to reclaim our area and when the ti cos, everyone in this city will be centralized to a designated location, with superpowers given special privileges."
Zhao Sunwu shrugs and speaks. Thinking of Li Ming’s gathering place, he adds: "Of course, personal belongings in the larger cluster won’t be restricted, but, if you occupy a large gathering place, taxes will have to be paid for the earnings."
"If there are no earnings, no territory can be claid, and no force can levy taxes. Any cost that doesn’t generate productivity is strictly prohibited."
"About trading human resources, it’s officially stated over there. As for our trading eting, it’s purely bartering. Whatever you have and want, as long as both parties are willing, an exchange can take place."
As Zhao Sunwu finished speaking, most of the people present break smiles, only the man in the blue suit retains his calm deanor.
He is a man with a strong thirst for power, for him, this matter is not favorable as it prevents him from wielding his authority.
"I see, where will the trading be taking place? If suitable, after seven days, I’ll definitely co for an appointnt."
Li Ming nods silently and proceeds to ask.
"Right here where we are standing. Anything you want to trade, bring it along. During the trading eting, it can act as a bargaining chip and be mutually exchanged."
The man in a suit has yet to land, his companion, a woman with a smirk on her face, replies with a smug expression that makes Li Ming uncomfortable.
"Alright, then I hope you will take good care of Doctor Liu Minying. If there is sothing you want, I can try to bring it for you in exchange."
Li Ming nods seriously and then looks up at the man in the sky to inquire.
From their tones, it can be inferred that this gathering place is not short of doctors, it even has specialists, but he lacks one. A chief physician is enough to et his needs, so if there is a chance of acquiring one, Li Ming is willing to make an extra trip.
And about the larger gathering place...
"I want a suit of functional ancient combat armor, or a bulletproof vest would suffice. A strong crossbow could also be considered. If you can collect these, I’d be willing to trade with you."
Hearing Li Ming’s request, the man flying in the sky thinks for a mont and agrees without objection.
"That can be arranged. But, will you only trade at the eting? If necessary, we can trade right now."
A thought flickers in Li Ming’s mind, reminding him of a room full of armor in a villa, and a smile erges, "I happen to have a suit."
"Oh, if you do have it, just bring it after seven days, it’s more appropriate to make the deals at the trading eting."
At Li Ming’s words, Zhao Sunwu seems surprised, but instantly, he nods and speaks up. He shrugs again, "However, since you’ve ntioned it beforehand, I’ll reserve it for you. Just co and pick it up when you’ve brought the armor."
"Alright, then I won’t bother you anymore. See you in seven days."
Li Ming smiled and swept his gaze over the crowd. As his voice faded, under their scrutiny, he walked away.
"I didn’t expect there to be a third superhuman here besides us. If we could team up, that would surely be advantageous."
As Li Ming left, the man in the blue suit, Wang Hongyuan, quietly spoke up and then turned to look at the white suit in the sky, "Are you sure even in the semi-official gathering place, there are only a dozen superhumans?"
"Why would I lie? There aren’t that many superhumans, but there aren’t that little either. According to their research, every survivor is unique. However, most people haven’t awakened their superhuman abilities, only a minority have."
Zhao Sunwu spoke blandly, then looked disinterestedly at the familiar woman Qian Ling beside him, and landed carelessly on the ground, leading Zhou Qian and his group away.
If Wang Hongyuan wants to build up his kingdom here, it depends on whether he agrees or not.
Wang Hongyuan watched him leave, then also turned around and led his wife Qian Ling back. When they got close to their villa, they dismissed the rest of their followers and went into their ho.
"Husband, you’re back."
The mont Wang Hongyuan entered the room, three young girls of varying expressions imdiately rose to greet him, calling him "husband".
You could tell it was forced.
"Yes, I’m back, my sweet wives."
Wang Hongyuan looked at the three young girls he had painstakingly collected, a brilliant smile on his face. He took off his coat, opened his arms wide with a radiant smile, and the three girls imdiately crowded around him.
"Right, honey, do you not fancy having so fun in front of your husband?"
Wang Hongyuan’s smile grew even brighter, then suddenly turned to Qian Ling and asked.
"I will wait until I find the right target."
Qian Ling felt Wang Hongyuan’s desire, and replied quietly.
Her husband was originally a very gentlemanly man. However, after awakening his superhuman abilities during a night of extre pain, and learning of the impending apocalypse, the desires that had been suppressed within him began to inflate relentlessly.
Like infatuation with young girls.
Like... Cuckoldry.
......
......
Under the magnificent sky with a breeze, Li Ming erged carrying a gently delicate girl in a plaid mini skirt.
"Brother Ming!"
Zhou Cheng, who had been guarding the outside with a crossbow, lit up when he saw the figure of Li Ming carrying a girl. He imdiately ran over to welco them. Li Ming nodded at him with a smile. "This is Xu Xiu’s cousin, right? I brought her back. We can go ho now."
"Yes, Yunyun, your sister is waiting for you at ho. Now that your brother-in-law has brought you back, she is bound to be overjoyed."
Zhou Cheng smiled, seeing the girl in Li Ming’s arms look at him at the sound of his voice, he nodded and laughed.
"Zhou Cheng, did my sister really send you?"
Xu Yunyun, looking a bit weak, recognized Zhou Cheng and breathed a sigh of relief. Her eyebrows relaxed, and she asked.
"Yes, your sister said you were here and asked to look for you. If I found you, you would beco my wife."
Seeing it confird, Li Ming hugged the girl in his arms closer, enabling her to rest her neck and head comfortably on his shoulder. At the sa ti, he playfully said.
"Ah, beco your wife."
Xu Yunyun imdiately froze. Li Ming gave a small smile and nodded naturally. "I saved you and brought you back of course you should beco my wife. What else could you be, my sister?"
After saying this, Li Ming directly took her to the car, leaving the girl staring at him, unable to believe what she had heard.
"Vroom..."
The car started up, the vehicle filled with solar power generating equipnt. Everyone was in high spirits as they embarked on the return journey. Going back along the sa path, it was pretty easy as they have cleared the zombies on the way. In no ti, they reached the right turn in the road.
They parked the car in front of a clinic. More than a dozen n broke down the door and searched inside. Before long, they ca out carrying boxes full of dicine, water, and syringes.
There were four lorries. The solar power equipnt filled up three of them, with one truck specially reserved for various supplies. Now, all the dicine from this one clinic had been emptied out, taking up a third of the truck’s space.
They then continued to drive to a milk powder store. The milk powder inside was taken out and filled another third of the truck’s space. They continued to move forward, collecting various necessary supplies and gradually making their way ho.
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