Apocalypse Gachapon - Chapter 1836: Small profits huge turnover

“Ye, will what you said work? I didn’t see that woman show any interest when she left. What you offered were all empty promises. If it were me, I wouldn’t believe it either.”

Jie Kui used gestures and speech to convey his meaning to Ye Zhongming.

Ye Zhongming did not answer. He wasn’t clear about the female life form’s thoughts either. He had said all he could; whether that woman would join or not was not up to him.

Actually, the Cloud Peak King was over eighty percent sure that the woman would join a team in the last few cycles; that was the most beneficial choice for her.

But what Ye Zhongming couldn’t guarantee was whether this woman would follow him.

Ye Zhongming did not want to form a large-scale, multi-racial team. Although this would provide point bonuses, it would also necessitate a very detailed and complex distribution. With that energy, Ye Zhongming would rather complete kills alone.

His ideal state was to have an elite squad dedicated to hunting down those high-point, not-too-numerous mutated lives and parasitic beasts. To ensure success, sustained combat was key.

It would be meaningless if everyone needed two days to recover after killing one high-point mutated life.

However, when hunting powerful, mutated life forms and parasites, injuries were unavoidable during the process. This was what highlighted the importance of that female life form.

A medicine-making job! Ye Zhongming felt it was a miracle that such a person could make it here. It would be too great a pity if he couldn’t recruit her to his side.

He went to the store with Jie Kui. By this time, there were far fewer people. Jie Kui’s injuries were simple to treat. He spent forty points to buy two potions. After taking one, his injuries were basically healed; he kept the other as a spare. For someone with only a little over a hundred points, this price made his heart ache unbearably.

Ye Zhongming’s situation was more troublesome. There were potions for symptomatic treatment, but the one for his arm cost forty points per bottle. There was also a way to solve Naka’s curse: a medicine called “Negative Status Cleanser,” each bottle costing one hundred points, which could only clear one negative status.

Ye Zhongming’s points were only enough to buy one bottle.

He and Jie Kui looked at each other; both felt this place was a rip-off.

Ye Zhongming gritted his teeth and bought a Negative Status Cleanser to restore his hearing.

As for the injury on his arm, he would let it heal slowly on its own. Anyway, thanks to the Sea King’s Crown, the toxins had already been cleared in the seawater.

After lingering in the store for a while longer, the two came out dejected. Too expensive, couldn’t afford it.

Like everyone else, they took their remaining points to the free market.

“Ye, are we selling our things?”

“Let’s look around first.”

“Look at what? Sure enough, they are all top-level lives, so orderly. Look over there is the materials area, here is the finished products area, and on that side is the sundries area.”

“Mm.”

“Ye, in three days, over two thousand out of thirty thousand plus people died. This ratio is a bit exaggerated. According to what you said, the later it gets, the more severe the mutual killing will become. Then how many people will be left in the end? Ten thousand? Or five thousand?”

“Don’t know.”

“Ye…”

“Shut up!”

“Okay.”

With his hearing restored, communication was smoother. Jie Kui showed a tendency to be talkative, and Ye Zhongming had to nip this tendency in the bud.

In this spontaneous market, there was naturally everything. Everyone wanted to exchange the items they had received over the past three days for points because the free trading qualification for points was only available during these twelve hours between the two intervals.

Ye Zhongming quickly browsed the market, seeming to give things only a cursory glance. He didn’t buy anything, only occasionally asked about prices.

“Ye.” Jie Kui finally couldn’t hold back and wanted to ask Ye Zhongming what he was actually doing.

“Just getting an understanding.”

Ye Zhongming simply replied, then turned and walked quickly in a direction. This time, his speed was fast.

Arriving at a stall, without much nonsense, Ye Zhongming started buying.

Jie Kui watched from the side and noticed that Ye Zhongming was purchasing some very simple and inexpensive materials. How to put it? They were all things others weren’t interested in. Ye Zhongming spent a full fifty points to buy a large pile.

Returning to the foul-smelling tent, Shi Kangbu was still there moping. It was clear he had only gone out briefly for treatment.

Jie Kui curled his lip, without any pity. At this stage, every life’s heart was almost, if not completely, hard-hearted. Moreover, previously, Shi Kangbu and Bu Lanuo hadn’t been friendly towards Ye Zhongming and Jie Kui. That Jie Kui didn’t say “serves you right” at this time showed he was already very civil.

Ye Zhongming ignored Shi Kangbu. Returning to his bunk, he took the materials one by one, processed them, and then made them into various pieces of equipment.

Although Jie Kui knew Ye Zhongming had this ability, the manufacturing speed was really too fast. Even the despondent Shi Kangbu, standing by, was drawn to this scene and watched intently.

“Want to invest?” Ye Zhongming said to Jie Kui.

Jie Kui was stunned for a moment, then turned and ran out.

A moment later, he came back with another large pile of things.

“Profit split half and half.”

“You call the shots.”

After reaching an agreement, Ye Zhongming immediately turned the materials Jie Kui had exchanged for his savings into equipment.

By the time they finished, three hours of this rest period had already passed. Many people were already asleep.

Ye Zhongming and Jie Kui took the manufactured equipment to the free market, which had thinned out considerably.

As soon as the items were laid out, they immediately attracted a lot of attention.

Not because the things were particularly good, but because there were so many—scattered pieces numbering in the hundreds. And the variety was extensive: from weapons to armor, from accessories to functional parts—you could say it had everything.

Many people looked and left; the equipment levels weren’t high and weren’t very useful to them. Some were still somewhat interested and began asking prices.

Ye Zhongming was a top-tier craftsman, and the materials were of high quality. Originally, he could have made better, higher-level equipment, but that would have lowered the success rate and increased consumption. Additionally, the items created would have more abilities, but also more limitations, making them not necessarily suitable for everyone.

The current items consumed less, had an extremely high success rate, and were more mass-appealing.

The prices certainly weren’t expensive—if they were, no one would want them—but there was nearly a one hundred percent profit. Two hours later, everything was sold. Ye Zhongming got one hundred points principal and profit combined; Jie Kui got about the same, but had to give over twenty points to Ye Zhongming.

“Not doing anymore?” Jie Kui had tasted the sweetness. Seeing Ye Zhongming pack up the stall, he was a bit confused.

“Don’t look at the large number of novices, but currently, not too many need these things. Many people’s weapons and equipment are still usable. Those that can be repaired will be repaired, and those are much better than what we’re selling. After the next cycle, as battles intensify, more and more people’s weapons and equipment will break. That will be the time for us to mass-produce. Also, we need rest too.”

After saying this, Ye Zhongming went directly to the store and bought another Negative Status Cleanser, but didn’t use it; instead, he carried it with him.

When he returned to the tent, Shi Kangbu unexpectedly sought him out.