Trading Completed

"Could there really be food this pure? This is unbelievable!"

On the rooftop, the woman tested it over and over with a contamination index tester, but the value remained stubbornly at zero. Excitement burst brightly from her eyes, and she could not help speaking.

"It's been fifteen years since the apocalypse began. Counting the time of the nuclear contamination, more than twenty years have passed. I, Sun Er, am seeing zero-contamination food for the first time!"

The man could not help muttering to himself as well. In the next moment, the excited woman's eyes shifted. She suddenly pressed a button in her palm, and encrypted information immediately took shape through brainwaves before transmitting into the man's brain-computer.

If it really was pure food, then even just one can could be sold for a very good price after they returned to the city. Although two bottles of basic-type potions were only energy supplements from before the apocalypse, they were still worth it.

After sending the information, the man glanced at her and nodded silently. He then solemnly looked at the drone flying ahead.

"Sir, after consideration, we've decided to conduct this pleasant transaction with you. Look, to demonstrate our sincerity, we'll transfer this bottle of Nerve Reaction Potion Number Three to you first."

Sun Er discreetly glanced toward a certain spot on the rooftop of the neighboring building. He then took one of the two test tubes beside his feet. Its label read "Nerve Reaction Potion Number Three." After wrapping it tightly in a soft cotton pad, he secured the sealed test tube to the drone.

"..."

Inside the Gold Shop, Li Yang sat in a chair, watching the man's every move through the handheld video. His eyes were fixed tightly on the deep-blue potion.

As the man withdrew the hand that had tied on the potion, Li Yang's heartbeat suddenly accelerated. He resisted the urge to immediately control the drone into taking off and returning. Only after taking more than ten deep breaths did he feel somewhat calm.

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

Li Yang controlled the drone to return while speaking into the controller of the first drone. As soon as he finished, he shut off the microphone on his end, let out a sigh of relief, and quickly piloted the drone carrying the potion back.

On the screen, a brilliant smile also appeared on the man's face, making him look extremely expectant about the transaction.

It seems uncontaminated food really is precious in this world.

Li Yang felt an indistinct sense of danger from living in a polluted environment, but the attraction of the miraculous Genetic Potion temporarily made him ignore it. His eyes remained fixed on the second drone's flight path as he piloted it in a wide circle back to the rear entrance of the Gold Shop.

"Bzz..."

The faint sound of the drone's blades turning involuntarily quickened Li Yang's heartbeat. He hurriedly stood up, then paused. With a flash, he vanished from the Gold Shop. When he returned, he was already wearing three layers of N95 masks, and he had a thick glove and a bottle of alcohol spray in his hands.

He set the alcohol spray beside him, then, unable to control his pounding heart, opened the door and looked up. The drone hovered quietly in the empty stairwell, and a tubular object wrapped in soft cloth beneath its body instantly entered his view.

"Whew~"

Li Yang let out a soft breath. With both hands covered by thick gloves, he untied the soft cloth around the test tube and took it into his hands. He immediately turned back to the counter in the Gold Shop and placed it inside with the utmost caution.

After thinking it over, he tied the can of food to the drone as well and piloted it back. At the same time, he kept a close eye on the surveillance feed from the first drone, stopped its automatic hovering, and controlled it to fly above the man.

"The can's here. The second tube of potion can be put on now."

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

"All right, sir. I hope these two bottles of pure basic potions from before the apocalypse will put you in a good mood."

The man immediately nodded, a brilliant smile spreading across his face. He waved, and the woman beside him instantly wrapped the second tube of potion in soft cloth and handed it to him. Under Li Yang's watchful gaze through the camera, he wound rope around it and tied it to the drone.

"Bzz..."

Once the potion was secured, the drone immediately rose into the air and returned. Li Yang directly activated its automatic return mode and released the controls, while his other hand controlled the first drone carrying the can 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 can from the drone's body, twisted open the lid, and inspected it. After confirming that all of it was zero-contamination food, their eyes lit up, and they quickly placed it in the security case that had previously held the test tubes.

"Brother, we're both very satisfied with this transaction. To express my gratitude, I'll do one additional thing for you this time."

After confirming that the goods were genuine, the man immediately spoke to Li Yang's drone with a beaming smile. Once he finished, he watched as the drone rose into the air again, smiled at the camera, and then suddenly turned his gaze toward the neighboring rooftop. His hand dipped toward his waist, and a strangely shaped firearm instantly appeared in his grasp. At the same time, his entire body accelerated violently, charging toward the neighboring rooftop as swiftly as a cheetah.

"Whoosh..."

When the man reached the edge of the building, he planted his foot and suddenly leaped across the seven or eight meters between the buildings. He landed on the roof of the second building, then nimbly pounced toward a corner of the rooftop.

"Spare me! I mean no harm!"

A thin, shabbily dressed, filthy man stumbled out of the corner in terror and fell down, loudly begging for mercy.

"..."

Inside the Gold Shop, Li Yang had not even received the test tube yet when he saw the man's cheetah-like burst of speed on the returning screen. His eyes widened slightly.

His movements are so nimble. Has he undergone extensive training?

Or... is it the Genetic Potion?

Li Yang clearly noticed how effortlessly the man crossed the gap between the buildings, which he estimated to be no less than eight meters. It was as if he had simply taken an ordinary leap. What was more, after jumping across, he landed at least two meters from the edge of the opposite building.

That distance... even the world long-jump record wasn't that far!

"Spare me! I mean no harm!"

As Li Yang watched, the man's attacking movements became even more nimble and fierce. He easily subdued the small, thin man like a tiger seizing a chicken. Then, gripping the thin man by the neck with one hand, he leaped again and jumped back to their rooftop while carrying a human being.

There's actually someone else here.

Li Yang's brows furrowed slightly.

"This fellow only took the Basic Resistance Potion. He's been hiding there since we began the transaction. I don't know what he intended, but if you're interested, you may as well deal with him."

Sun Er tossed the thin man onto the rooftop and spoke to the drone hovering in the air with a smile.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem... Sirs, spare me! I mean no harm, truly no harm! I only came because I wanted to exchange some food with you..."