Chapitre 17: New Currency

Listening to the young man's words, the other young man sighed. Afterwards, he took out a small transparent crystal and asked, "Do you think the rumors about this crystal nucleus are true?"

The young man raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you talking about rumors about the new currency?"

The other young man nodded and said, "Just now, I saw a man exchange two bottles of water and three pieces of bread with one crystal nucleus with those soldiers under those canopy. Should we try it? I'm really thirsty right now."

Looking at the crystal nucleus on his friend's palm, the young man's heart was tempted, but he finally shook his head.

He looked at the crystal nucleus and said, "No. Let's keep this crystal nucleus for now. We don't know if we need to pay a fee to enter the base or not. It is best to observe the situation first before deciding how to deal with this crystal nucleus."

Hearing what his friend said, the other young man nodded and sighed helplessly.

Standing not far away from them, Zhu Lin said in a low voice: "It seems that this crystal is indeed of high value in this world. After selling the fire element crystal, we should collect more."

Tu Tu thought for a while and asked, [Master, should we try to exchange some food with crystal nucleus?]

Zhu Lin glanced at the two young men thoughtfully, and said, "Mhm. Let's try exchanging a crystal nucleus with food and water."

She glanced at the two young men who were still talking as she walked past them, and then calmly walked towards the canopy. Under the canopy, there was a long table with three women sitting behind it.

Zhu Lin chose the one with the shortest queuing line, and silently queued on the end of the line. Not long after, it was her turn, and the woman sitting behind the table asked without raising her head.

"What do you want to exchange?" She asked while writing something in a book.

Hearing her question, Zhu Lin looked at the men who were exchanging a few iron rods with food on the other line. The woman didn't get any answer, so she looked up. When she saw Zhu Lin's beautiful face, she was stunned.

But when she saw Zhu Lin's clothes were stained with blood, she stood up suddenly, raised her gun, pointed at Zhu Lin and shouted: "Put your hands up!"

When the woman pointed a gun at Zhu Lin, other survivors panicked and fled quickly. Soon, only the woman and Zhu Lin were left there.

Seeing the woman pointing a gun at herself, Zhu Lin was confused. She looked at the woman and asked, "Are you going to fight me?"

The woman didn't answer Zhu Lin's question, but shouted: "Put your hands up, or I will shoot you!"

Before Zhu Lin could draw her sword, the commotion on their side immediately alarmed the soldiers guarding the gate. Tu Tu noticed the soldiers and reminded her, [Master, don't spoil our plans.]

Seeing more and more people coming, Zhu Lin thought about it, and then raised her hands. When the soldiers arrived and saw her blood-stained clothes, they all raised their weapons at the same time.

A soldier looked at the woman and asked, "What happened?"

The woman stared at Zhu Lin and said, "She is covered in blood. I suspect she was hurt by a zombie."

After the woman finished speaking, the soldier turned to look at Zhu Lin. Looking at her healthy complexion and calm face, he said, "Lower your weapons."

Hearing what he said, the woman was very surprised. She looked at him and asked, "Sir, didn't you see her clothes? She may have been injured by a zom–"

The soldier nodded and said, "I saw it. As you said, she may have been injured by a zombie. But from what I saw, she clearly isn't."

"Then you just let her go like this? What if she changes into a zombie later? Can you carry the responsibility?" The woman asked again with a frown.

The soldier didn't answer, but turned to look at the other soldiers and said, "Return to your post."

The other soldiers nodded and said in unison: "Yes, Sir."

After the other soldiers went back to their posts, he looked at Zhu Lin and said, "I'm sorry for what just happened."

Seeing that the soldier had no intention of killing her, Zhu Lin lowered her hands and said, "It's alright."

Zhu Lin then looked at the woman who was still pointing the gun at her silently. Seeing that everyone was looking at her and started whispering, the woman gritted her teeth, lowered her gun, and walked away in embarrassment.

The soldier glanced at the woman, then looked at Zhu Lin, and asked, "Miss, do you want to exchange something?"

Zhu Lin nodded as an answer, then the soldier said, "Please come this way."

She followed him, and the soldier led her to another canopy. When Zhu Lin saw that there were soldiers sitting behind the long table, she knew that this place was different from the one before. The soldier went to the long table and knocked on it.

The soldier who was writing on the book looked up, and when he saw who knocked on the table, he quickly stood up. He raised his hand to salute the soldiers and said, "Captain."

The captain nodded and said, "This young lady wants to exchange things. You help her with that."

After speaking, he looked at Zhu Lin and said, "Miss, you can exchange anything here. I'm still on duty, so I have to go."

Leaving this sentence, the captain walked away. Seeing that the captain had left, the soldier sat back on his chair, looked at Zhu Lin and said, "We accept anything here. Miss, what do you want to exchange?"

Zhu Lin thought for a while, then put her hand into her wide sleeve, and took out the fire element crystal from the ice flower pendant. Seeing her take out the red crystal, Tu Tu asked, [Master, do you want to exchange that fire element crystal nucleus for food?]