Transaction Completed

"There's actually food this pure? Unbelievable!"

On the rooftop, the woman tested repeatedly with the pollution index tester, but the value consistently remained zero. Her eyes shone with excitement as she couldn't help but speak.

"It's been fifteen years since the apocalypse, and over twenty years including the nuclear contamination period. This is the first time I, Sun Er, have ever seen zero-pollution food!"

The man also couldn't help but mutter. The next moment, the woman, her eyes gleaming with excitement, pressed a button in her palm. Immediately, encrypted information quickly formed via brainwaves and was transmitted to the man's brain-computer interface.

[If it's truly pure food, even just a can of it will fetch a very good price back in the city. Two bottles of basic model potions, even if they're pre-apocalypse and full of energy, are worth it.]

After sending the message, the man glanced at her and nodded silently. Then, he looked solemnly at the drone flying ahead.

"Sir, after consideration, we have decided to proceed with this pleasant transaction with you. Look, to show our sincerity, we will transfer this bottle of Nerve Reaction Potion Number Three to you first."

Sun Er, the man, subtly glanced towards a certain spot on the adjacent rooftop. He then took out one of the two bottles in test tubes placed beside his feet. The label on it read Nerve Reaction Potion Number Three. Wrapped securely in a soft cotton pad, the sealed test tube was then tied onto the drone.

"..."

Inside the gold shop, Li Yang sat on a chair watching the man's every move on the handheld video feed. His eyes were fixed on the dark blue potion.

As the man's hand moved away after tying the potion, Li Yang's heart rate suddenly quickened. He resisted the urge to immediately control the drone to ascend and return, taking deep breaths more than ten times before he felt somewhat calm.

"In that case, I wish us a pleasant transaction."

Li Yang controlled the drone to return, and at the same time, spoke into the controller for the first drone. As his voice fell, he turned off the microphone on his end, let out a sigh of relief, and quickly controlled the drone carrying the potion to return.

In the footage, the man also showed a bright smile, looking very much forward to this transaction.

It seems untouched food is indeed very precious in this world.

Li Yang's heart stirred, feeling a faint sense of crisis from being in a contaminated environment. However, the allure of mysterious items like Genetic Potions made him temporarily ignore this danger. He kept his eyes fixed on the flight path of the second drone, controlling it to make a large detour and return to the back door of the gold shop where he was located.

"Buzz..."

The slight sound of the drone's propellers turning made Li Yang's heart beat faster involuntarily. He quickly stood up, then paused for a moment, and with a shimmer, disappeared from the gold shop. When he returned, he was wearing three layers of N95 masks on his face and also had thick gloves and a bottle of alcohol spray in his hands.

Placing the alcohol spray beside him, he couldn't control his heart rate as he went to open the door and look up. In the empty stairwell, the drone hovered quietly. A tube-shaped object wrapped in soft cloth beneath the drone's body instantly came into view.

"Phew~"

Li Yang let out a soft breath. His hands, encased in thick gloves, untied the soft cloth wrapping the test tube and took it into his hand. He immediately turned around and returned to the gold shop counter, placing it inside with utmost care.

After considering for a moment, he then tied the box of canned food onto the drone, controlled it to return, and at the same time, kept a close eye on the monitoring feed from the first drone. He stopped its automatic hovering and controlled it to fly above the man.

"The canned food has arrived. You can place the second tube of potion on it now."

Li Yang opened the communicator. As he spoke, the second drone also appeared above the rooftop.

"Alright, sir. I hope these two bottles of pure basic potions from before the apocalypse bring you a good mood."

The man immediately nodded, a bright smile on his face. He beckoned, and the woman beside him immediately wrapped the second tube of potion in soft cloth and handed it to him. Under Li Yang's watch through the camera, he tied it onto the drone with a rope.

"Buzz..."

With the potion secured, the drone immediately ascended and returned. Li Yang directly activated the automatic return mode and released the controls. With his other hand, he controlled the first drone, carrying the canned food, to slowly descend.

Only after the second drone carrying the potion disappeared from the man's sight did the first drone descend to a sufficient height. The man and woman immediately excitedly untied the canned food from the drone's body, unscrewed the lid, and checked it. After confirming that it was all zero-pollution food, their eyes lit up, and they quickly packed it into the safety box that had previously held the test tubes.

"Brother, we are both very satisfied with this transaction. To express my gratitude, I will do one extra thing for you this time."

After confirming the authenticity of the items, the man immediately said with a smile to Li Yang's drone. After speaking, he watched the drone ascend again, smiled at the camera, and then his eyes suddenly looked towards the adjacent rooftop. He reached into his waist, and a strangely shaped firearm immediately appeared in his hand. At the same time, his whole body suddenly accelerated, charging towards the adjacent rooftop like a leopard.

"Whoosh..."

When the man reached the edge of the building, he pushed off with his feet and leaped across the seven or eight meters separating the buildings, landing on the second rooftop. He then moved agilely towards a corner of the rooftop.

"Mercy, I have no ill intentions!"

A thin, ragged, and dirty man stumbled out of the corner in fear, shouting for mercy.

"..."

Inside the gold shop, Li Yang hadn't yet received the test tube but saw the man's swift movements, like a leopard, on the return feed screen. His eyes widened.

Such agile movements, is this from long training?

Or... Genetic Potion?

Li Yang clearly noticed that the man's leap across a gap he estimated to be no less than eight meters was effortless, as if he had just casually jumped across. After jumping, he landed at least two meters away from the edge of the opposite building.

Such a distance... the long jump world record isn't that long!

"Mercy, I have no ill intentions!"

While Li Yang watched, the man's attack movements were even more agile and sharp. A small man who looked like a vagrant was easily controlled by him in a manner like a tiger catching a chicken. Then, holding the thin man by the neck with one hand, he leaped again, returning to his original building while carrying a human.

There's actually someone else here.

Li Yang's brow furrowed.

"This guy, who only took Basic Resistance Potion, has been hiding there since we started the transaction. I don't know what his purpose is. If you're interested, I can hand him over to you for disposal."

Sun Er threw the thin man onto the rooftop and said with a smile to the drone flying in the air.

"Cough, cough, cough, sirs, mercy, I have no ill intentions, I truly have no ill intentions. I just came to exchange for some food..."