End Times, Surviving with My Beastly Army novel Chapter 462

Chapter 462 Incredible Deal

As the leader of a base with nearly 10,000 people, Langston was capable of making bold decisions.

The fact that he had handed full command of the base to Robin without hesitation proved that he knew exactly what he was doing.

“Since you put it that way, I won’t ask any more questions.”

With that. Langston immediately relayed Robin’s instructions to everyone else.

“But since we’re making a deal, I should know the terms beforehand. What will we get in exchange for turning over all the zombie crystal cores?”

Robin was already prepared for this question. She handed him a list.

Langston glanced at it and sucked in a sharp breath.

“Ten Level 2 zombie crystal cores can be traded for… a bag of rice?”

He spoke again after a short pause. “Rice?”

The word almost sounded foreign now.

Rice for just ten Level 2 crystal cores?

What an incredible deal!

The horde they had just fought had numbered more than 10,000.

Aside from the Level 1 zombies, which didn’t have crystal cores, all the others had been Level 2 or higher.

That meant more than 8,000 cores were waiting to be collected. On top of that, nearly everyone at the base already had some crystal cores collected from before.

Two Level 2 cores could be exchanged for a bottle of water.

Three Level 2 cores could be exchanged for a loaf of bread.

Langston stared at Robin as if he couldn’t quite believe what he was seeing. “Is this for real?”

“Of course it is,” Robin replied. “Given the situation we’re in, and since I respect the way you run this base, I don’t mind telling you a little more.”

Langston immediately perked up.

“I’m from the Redwood Military Base in Klam. The base existed long before the apocalypse. Supplies aren’t even the main point. Most importantly, it’s a military base.”

Langston’s breathing quickened as realization dawned on him.

A military base meant weapons.

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Firearms!

Thinking about that, the strength of Robin’s team no longer seemed so surprising.

“Keep reading,” Robin said.

Finished

There were many items on the list, but Langston skipped over the middle and went straight to the bottom.

What he saw at the bottom of the list sent a shiver through him.

Three Level 5 zombie crystal cores could be traded for two handguns.

One Level 5 crystal core could be traded for a hundred rounds of ammunition.

This was almost too good to be true.

The list even included sniper rifles, shotguns, and repeating crossbows, though they required more cores of higher levels.

There was more than just food and weapons. The list also included medicine.

Two Level 2 crystal cores could be exchanged for an antibiotic pill or a bottle of fever reducer.

One Level 2 crystal core could be exchanged for a roll of gauze, a bottle of rubbing alcohol, or a bottle of iodine solution.

Every one of those items was essential in the apocalypse.

In an emergency, they could mean the difference between life and death.

Langston swallowed hard. “Ms. Neel, is this really true?”

Even he knew how foolish the question sounded.

But he could barely believe this was really happening.

It felt like they had struck gold.

The deal seemed so unreal that he couldn’t stop himself from asking again.

“Of course it’s true.”

Ella almost laughed. “Robin already gave you the list. What more proof do you need?”

“It’s not that I don’t believe her.”

Even as Langston said it, he secretly pinched his thigh.

A sharp pain shot through him, making his entire body jerk. “It’s real. It’s really real!”

Robin and her team remained silent.

Until now, crystal cores had been completely useless to the people of Heningford Base.

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Chapter 462 Incredible Deal

However, they had suddenly become more valuable than anything else.

Once word spread, everyone sprang into action.

They had been exhausted after fighting for so long, but now they were full of energy. When they ran out of containers, they stripped off their outer clothes and used them as makeshift sacks, hauling bundle after bundle of crystal cores back to the base.

While some people collected the cores, others had to deal with the zombie corpses.

Robin instructed them to pile the bodies that had already been cut open in a separate area and keep the groups clearly divided.

Every last corpse was important. With so many zombies, she wasn’t willing to lose even one.

Everyone worked with renewed enthusiasm, but none of them knew that the exchange rates Robin Kad offered were several times higher than the prices used within her own base.

For convenience, she could have set up an automatic exchange shop inside Heningford Base. However, she chose not to.

For one thing, Heningford Base wasn’t fully independent. It had deep ties with Northreach Base that couldn’t be easily severed. That alone meant Heningford Base could never be completely under her control.