Reborn in the end of the world, I scavenged in the empty city and bought for free

No matter before or after the apocalypse, the liveliest place in the night market is always the snack street. Snacks and specialties from all over the world can always easily attract everyone's attention.

Although conditions are limited in the end times, humans always try their best to find ways to tap their potential and use every possible means to make edible things into any delicious taste.

In addition to the smell of charcoal and firewood, there was also an indescribable aroma of meat in the air.

In the end times, seasonings are scarce. Basically, all the seasonings are simple coarse salt. Those with better conditions can also have soy sauce or cooking oil. There are also spices such as cumin, fennel, pepper, and chili.

Even though the taste is so simple, being able to eat meat is a luxury in this world.

However, Gu Tongwan couldn't help but frown when he smelled the aroma, because it was not just the aroma of meat, but also mixed with a smell of mutton. Different from the mutton smell of beef, there was a fishy smell in the mutton smell.

The smell brought back some of the bad experiences in her memory.

Sure enough, the voice of the barbecue stall owner shouting rang in my ears.

"Mutated rat meat, three points per string, only three points, the meat is fat and tasty!"

Someone next to him shouted, "Stewed rat meat, stewed rat meat, 10 points a bowl~"

There were even bald rats on the stalls, some half a meter long, with fangs on their mouths that were at least as long as a finger.

I got away from the barbecue stalls here as quickly as possible, and saw things like "BBQ mutant lizards, BBQ mutant toads, and BBQ mutant scorpions".

All kinds of strange smells mixed with the strange meaty aroma, especially in front of a makeshift noodle shop, which was surrounded by a constant stream of people, all because a bowl of mutant rat noodles here only cost three points.

Gu Tongwan endured the physical discomfort and quickened his pace to move forward. After the smell dissipated a little, he found that there were various snack stalls behind him.

There are homemade baked potato pancakes, dried sweet potatoes, and meat patties made from semolina mixed with some unknown meat. The prices are a little higher, one meat pie requires eight points. Most of the people who buy them are neatly dressed and must have run out from the base just to join in the fun.

As we walked further down, we saw stalls selling rice, flour and grains on both sides. Occasionally, we could see vendors selling potatoes and fresh fruits and vegetables, but the prices were relatively expensive. Even apples and watermelons, which were extremely rare in the base, were sold here, but the prices were expensive. Usually, there would be one or two thugs guarding these stalls.

After some observation on the prices, one pound of apples costs about 25 points, and one pound of watermelon costs 15 points, which is five to eight times the price of potatoes and sweet potatoes.

After all, you can buy a pound of potatoes with three points, so how could an ordinary person be willing to spend the points earned in a day or even several days to eat a pound of apples?

Just because ordinary people are reluctant to buy doesn't mean that rich people are unwilling to do so. There are still some well-dressed young people gathering in front of these fruit stalls. These people are accompanied by one or two tall and strong men, who should be bodyguards or mercenaries.

I saw a woman wearing a dress and even bright red nails pick up an apple, smell it, put it down with some disgust, wrinkled her nose and asked, "Is there nothing better? These apples are not big and look wilted."

The stall owner was patient, knowing that this must be a big customer, and smiled flatteringly, "My lady, it's hard to grow fruits after the natural disaster. I finally found a way to let my people grow them here. The yield is not high, but the quality is absolutely guaranteed. Otherwise, you can go around. The fruits here are the best and there are many varieties. If you come tomorrow, I can get some strawberries."

As soon as the woman heard the word "strawberry", her eyes lighted up quickly, especially the sour and sweet strawberries. She had seen them once at a chamber of commerce at the base last time, and each person was limited to a certain amount, with only three or four in a small glass. She pestered her husband to buy them for a long time, and her husband used his connections everywhere, only to find out that those strawberries were grown in the institute's fruit garden, specially supplied to senior leaders, and were limited in quantity and not sold to the outside. For this reason, the woman often complained about her husband's incompetence as a junior leader at the base.

The woman raised the corners of her eyes, and after confirming again and again that there would be strawberries tomorrow, she picked some apples at random, spending nearly a hundred points in one go.

The situation at other stalls is similar. Some of the stalls at the back sell things that ordinary people cannot afford, so those who come here are people with better financial conditions.

Walking further ahead, I saw several strong men blocking one of the entrances. Anyone who wanted to go in had to register at the side.

I heard someone registering there and taking out his brand name card to swipe points and fingerprints, while mumbling: "It only took 50 points to enter the auction house before, why is it increased to 70 now?"

"Brother, the goods this time are all good, and the price will definitely increase."

Holding the card machine in his hand, the man's eyes were narrowed into slits with a smile.

Gu Tong went to learn about the rules of the auction house in the evening, and found out that if he was just a buyer, he only needed to pay 70 points to enter. If there was something that needed to be processed by the auction house, 5% of the points would be deducted based on the transaction price, and he would also need to inspect the goods in advance.

No wonder someone just led us to a small iron room on the other side, where there should be appraisers assessing the value of the items and deciding whether they can be put on the auction house based on the value of the items.

After understanding the situation, Gu Tongwan's cell phone suddenly rang, and the ringtone attracted the attention of many people.

It was the boss's wife who called, asking her where the person was in an anxious tone.

They had agreed to contact each other every half hour, but Gu Tongwan forgot about it while he was strolling around.

"Aunt Man, I'm sorry. I was too engrossed and accidentally forgot. Well, I'll go back now." He apologized while walking back, but he also had a little understanding of the situation in the black market, so Ming'er could bring things here to sell.

The proprietress was in a good mood on the way. She had sold more than half of the goods she had taken out and said she had earned three or four hundred points tonight.

Brother Chao and Brother Qing were mainly going to finalize a deal tonight to buy some gasoline for their respective unions. The base has always had purchase restrictions on energy sources, and recently their union wanted to go out hunting before the "hunting" conference starts next week. Otherwise, after the "hunting conference" starts, they will not be able to carry out normal hunting activities for at least a week.

After returning to the guesthouse, Gu Tongwan entered the space and began to organize the goods to be traded on the black market tomorrow.

On the other hand, the base trading center was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. Although they knew from the surveillance that the owner of the red crystal core was a young woman, the owner of the crystal core had not contacted the trading center in the past day.

The valuable crystal core was taken away by the research institute in the morning. In order to investigate the owner of the crystal core, the institute even sent two guard members to stay in the trading center.