All eyes were on Liang Chao, filled with anticipation.
After finishing his drink, Liang Chao patiently waited to feel the changes in his body.
After a while, he looked up in surprise.
"It really works! It seems even better than that fruit!"
Hearing this, the others' eyes lit up.
They all eagerly opened their bottles and drank.
"Can we drink a second bottle?" Liang Chao excitedly asked Yun Xiaoxiao.
Yun Xiaoxiao nodded. "Yes, you can."
As soon as she finished speaking, Liang Chao hurriedly downed another bottle.
"I feel like the energy in my body has increased a lot!"
"Me too, me too!"
"This stuff is amazing!"
"..."
Everyone was thrilled.
Liang Chao looked at Yun Xiaoxiao, his eyes gleaming.
"Little sister, do you have more of this? Can we trade other items for some more?"
After all, strength was everything.
Without strength, even finding supplies was a difficult task.
They naturally wanted to become stronger.
Yun Xiaoxiao rubbed her chin, a sly glint in her eyes.
"Here's the deal," she said. "You take us to the fruit tree seedlings. I don't need much, just half of them.
In return, I'll give each of you five bottles of Evolution Liquid.
And in the future, I'll supply it indefinitely.
As long as you give me what I need, I'll have it delivered to you."
She had considered that many bases might find the journey to Yun City too far and dangerous to buy Evolution Liquid.
So why not change her approach?
As long as those bases had crystals, she could deliver the goods.
After all, she had planes, which made it quite convenient.
Moreover, her supplies were already abundant.
The base was also vigorously developing production.
Even the vegetables and fruits grown by Da Bai in her space, due to the time difference, were piling up and almost becoming too much to consume.
So, besides selling Evolution Liquid, she also planned to sell supplies.
While preserving more human combat power, she could also obtain more crystals to exchange for system rewards, developing the base into the strongest fortress in the apocalypse.
Then, she could truly retire.
Just thinking about it made her feel delightful.
She hoped to enter her retirement life before she turned fifteen.
When they heard Yun Xiaoxiao wanted half of the seedlings, Liang Chao and the others were a bit reluctant.
But when they heard her offer afterward, their eyes widened.
"You can really supply Evolution Liquid indefinitely and even deliver it to us?!" the man with a mole on his nose asked skeptically.
"Of course, I never lie," Yun Xiaoxiao replied without batting an eye.
"What do you need in exchange?" Liang Chao asked, frowning.
"That... I'll tell you after we get the seedlings," she said.
Liang Chao: ...
Due to time constraints, everyone agreed to set off early the next morning.
They offered a room on the second floor to Yun Xiaoxiao and her companion.
"Liang Ge, how much Evolution Liquid do you think that little girl has on her?"
After Yun Xiaoxiao and her companion went to their room, Liang Chao and the others gathered in one of the rooms.
The Short Fat Man couldn't help but ask curiously.
"What, do you have some idea?" Liang Chao glanced at him sideways.
The Short Fat Man chuckled. "There are only two of them, a woman and a child. Don't you think we should...?"
"I'm telling you, either keep that little scheme of yours to yourself, or get the hell out!"
Liang Chao glared at the Short Fat Man, his eyes full of warning.
"I've said it before, whether you live or die, whether you have food, it all depends on your own abilities. Don't pull any cheap tricks like killing and stealing."
After being reprimanded, the Short Fat Man's eyes cleared up a bit.
"I understand, Liang Ge. I was wrong before. I won't have such thoughts anymore."
"Now, all of you, go back to sleep and get some rest. Tomorrow, after we help them get the seedlings, we'll head to the warehouse to get some food."
"Yes."
Hearing the footsteps inside the room, Yun Xiaoxiao quietly slipped away.
Earlier, when they were downstairs, she had overheard that the Short Fat Man among them had some thoughts.
So she wanted to see if they would act on them.
Fortunately, Liang Chao had a good character and quickly stopped his companion's dangerous thoughts.
Otherwise, she might have been tempted to kill again.
The night passed peacefully.
Early the next morning, they set off.
Seeing the missing large sacks of crystals in the yard, Liang Chao and the others were surprised for a moment.
They exchanged glances.
They all thought of the same possibility from each other's eyes.
These two were indeed not ordinary.
Not only could they teleport from thousands of meters away, but they could also take things without anyone noticing.
Ordinary people couldn't do such things.
Under Liang Chao's lead, Yun Xiaoxiao followed them to the back of the mountain.
She hadn't noticed before, but behind the mountain was a large warehouse area.
"This is it," Liang Chao pointed to a lush patch of seedlings.
As agreed, Yun Xiaoxiao harvested half of them.
After picking, she directly threw them into her space.
Although she didn't want to expose her space in front of too many people, she had already taken the crystals earlier, so hiding it wouldn't make much difference. The other party probably already guessed.
Besides, these people would likely only meet her once.
Whether they knew or not didn't matter much.
Seeing Yun Xiaoxiao take the seedlings away, Liang Chao and the others' eyes flickered, but they quickly returned to normal.
Yun Xiaoxiao took out the agreed-upon Evolution Liquid from her bag and handed it to them.
"By the way, you said we could trade for more Evolution Liquid in the future. How exactly? What do we use to trade?" Liang Chao asked.
Yun Xiaoxiao smiled. "About once a month, I'll have someone come to your place. All you need to prepare is... crystals."
"Crystals? What are those?" Liang Chao asked again.
"Crystals... you've actually seen them before."
"We have?"
"Yes, they're those shiny things at the bottom of your yard's pond." Yun Xiaoxiao smiled innocently.
Liang Chao and the others: !!!
What?!
Even after Yun Xiaoxiao and her companion left, Liang Chao and the others hadn't recovered.
In just a few seconds, they felt like they had lost several hundred million.
Such precious things, and they had been using them as firewood and table mats!
Most importantly, they had handed over all of them!
They had become the epitome of fools and suckers...
The group was so frustrated that they almost wanted to pound their chests.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Yun Xiaoxiao successfully collected all the coal from the mining area into her space.
Following that, the remaining three helicopters, carrying the last batch of mining area employees, flew towards Yun City.
However, they didn't know that at the same time, a major incident had occurred in Yun City.
