Zhi Rui asked eagerly, "Can I buy things with crystal cores?"
Bai Yaoyao had collected every last crystal core from the zombies that had besieged City L Base.
After all, these people ate her food and used her supplies, yet still wanted to keep the crystal cores? They could dream on.
On the way back, though, whenever they encountered zombies, A-Dai would take Zhi Rui to compete with the beasts for a few kills. They had only gathered a handful of level two and level three crystal cores, so Bai Yaoyao hadn't confiscated them.
Zhi Rui had suddenly become the "wealthiest" of his fellow disciples.
He was also the only one who owned anything at all.
Bai Yaoyao nodded her agreement. "Sure. I'll give each of you one level three crystal core. Go spend it today, separately. No teaming up. I'll check when you come back tonight. Whoever gets the worst deal takes night watch."
After all, once they learned to budget their money without getting scammed, they would have a pretty solid understanding of most of human nature.
Zhi Yi and his fellow disciples all agreed. None of them had ever left the mountain before, and everything interested them. Naturally, the chance to spend money themselves sounded like great fun.
Bai Yaoyao figured they were inside the base, so what could possibly happen? At worst, someone would swindle them out of their crystal cores. No big deal. She gave each of them a level three crystal core, then left with the members of Dark Night.
Everyone they passed waved excitedly at Dark Night, but they all sensibly kept their distance instead of approaching.
That kept Bai Yaoyao from getting too annoyed. Of course, it was still awkward, but after enough awkwardness, she got used to it.
Only after leaving