In the Apocalypse, Hoarding Supplies with the System's Hundredfold Critical Hits

The buyer was a little unhappy. "What's wrong? What's wrong with this point ticket?"

"Sir, this point ticket doesn't feel right. Do you have any other point tickets? Could you exchange it?" Wang Xing asked.

"Humph, so much trouble!" The man impatiently took out another point ticket and handed it to Wang Xing. After Wang Xing checked it carefully, he confirmed it was genuine before accepting it. Then, he handed the potatoes to the man. "Here are your potatoes!"

The man left immediately after buying his things. This scene was happening all over the Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce markets across the country. These merchants never dreamed that Li Ming's anti-counterfeiting measures for the point tickets were so sophisticated.

About three hours after the man who bought the potatoes left, the market patrol team came to Wang Xing's stall.

The leading officer said to Wang Xing, "Mr. Wang, we need to ask you about something. Is this a convenient time?"

"Yes, you can ask anything. As long as I know, I will definitely tell you."

"It's like this, Mr. Wang, did anyone buy potatoes from you today and give you a point ticket that didn't feel right?" the officer asked.

"Oh? How did you know? I encountered this situation with the first customer of the day. The person gave me a point ticket, and when I touched it, it didn't feel right, so I asked them to exchange it for another one. After checking it and feeling it was okay, I accepted it," Wang Xing replied.

A soldier next to the officer quickly recorded the information. The officer continued, "Do you remember those people? Do they often come to the market to buy things?"

The officer's question wasn't random. The Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce's cameras and facial recognition AI could basically identify many regular customers.

And Wang Xing, as a long-time stall owner here, naturally recognized the regular customers as well.

Wang Xing shook his head. "I don't recognize that person. Anyway, that person isn't one of my regular customers. Oh, right, there seemed to be several of them, about five or six people together."

The officer smiled. "Thank you for your cooperation, Mr. Wang. As compensation, we will give you 10g of cold-resistant cabbage seeds."

Wang Xing was stunned, never expecting such a windfall.

Soon, a soldier handed Wang Xing a small paper packet. Wang Xing accepted it and immediately expressed his gratitude........

Li Ming was inspecting the base when his personal secretary, Captain Wang Shuang, walked up to him and whispered, "General, there's a problem!"

Li Ming relaxed when he saw that the other party's expression wasn't too serious. "Speak, what is it?"

"In the Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce markets, just in the five markets of Marga City alone, approximately 150 incidents of attempted use of fake point tickets were discovered in one day!"

Li Ming's eyes flashed with a cold light. "Go, back to the office!"

.........

Soon, Li Ming appeared in his office. He gathered his subordinates and held a meeting.

"I have called everyone to a meeting today because a very serious matter has occurred. We have received reports from markets all over the country that many forces are issuing fake point tickets in the market, with malicious intentions. Intelligence Department, I order you to immediately find out which forces are doing these things!"

The Minister of Intelligence, a middle-aged man with glasses, said, "Report, General, we have already collected relevant intelligence. I request permission to use the projector!"

"Granted!"

Soon, the projector was turned on. The Minister of Intelligence took out a USB drive and plugged it into the computer. The projector began to display many people's photos and the forces behind them.

The Minister of Intelligence used a laser pointer, pointing to the first photo, and said, "Everyone, please look. This fat man is called Jia Qiang, the boss of a private base in Marga City. Our General Staff Intelligence Department has been paying attention to this person for a long time.

This man is lecherous and dissolute. At the beginning of the apocalypse, he used his wealth to buy a large amount of supplies and gathered many thugs to work for him. This plan to manufacture counterfeit money in Marga City was proposed by him."

"According to the information obtained by our Intelligence Department, the plan he proposed is divided into two parts. The first part is to produce a large number of fake point tickets to disrupt the market, attempting to completely squeeze our point tickets out of the market."

"The second part is to use a large number of fake point tickets to buy our supplies in large quantities from our markets, leading to a shortage of supplies and soaring prices, further destroying the credibility of our point tickets!"

"In addition, according to the news from our undercover agent inside, a total of more than thirty private bases are participating in this operation. They control about 20% of the materials circulating in the entire market. Obviously, this is a conspiracy against us."

"In other larger cities, similar situations have also occurred. The intelligence is all on this..." The Minister of Intelligence, Lao Zheng, began to explain the intelligence to everyone while operating the projector.

After speaking for about an hour, Li Ming nodded with satisfaction. The Intelligence Department's intelligence work was quite good. Li Ming directly asked, "Minister Zheng, do you know the location of these people's bases and the addresses of their material reserves?"

Minister Zheng smiled slightly and began to adjust the projector. After a while, a map appeared on the big screen, marking the locations of everyone's material storage and bases.

"General, comrades, these people have truly applied the saying 'a cunning rabbit has three burrows' to the extreme. Their materials are basically stored in two or three parts."

Li Ming nodded. "The Intelligence Department has done a great job. I guess you should have been monitoring these people for a long time, right?"

"General, to be honest, the base leaders of these private bases are basically not good people. You should be very clear about their character. They have long attracted the attention of our intelligence department. It can be said that their every move is under our surveillance!"

"It's just that we have always been thinking of playing a long game to catch big fish, so we haven't touched them! Now that they have taken the initiative to jump out and seek death, we can only fulfill them."

Li Ming waved his hand, signaling Minister Zheng to sit down. Then, he turned to the General Staff Department personnel. "Chief of Staff Zhao, the military action plan will be handed over to you to formulate. I only look at the results!"

A military officer with three gold stars on his shoulder stood up. "Please rest assured, General. We have made all the preparations. Please give the order!"

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