"Luo Fan, do you have any of those apples left? Hurry up and bring out eight or ten pounds to satisfy my craving!" Turning around, Zhao Chunfeng suddenly spoke to Luo Fan with a grin.
"Eight or ten pounds? Are you robbing me? No."
He only earned 80 yuan a day from checking in now, and those apples cost a full 10 yuan a pound. Luo Fan rolled his eyes at Zhao Chunfeng.
"No? You were so generous giving them to someone else just now, but you can't bear to give me any? So you put women before friends after all? Out with the old, in with the new?" Hearing Luo Fan refuse, Zhao Chunfeng looked at him with contempt.
"How is that the same? I gave her a few pounds of apples, and she gave me this Ranked python tendon." Luo Fan pursed his lips.
"Weren't your apples a gift? That wasn't a trade," Niu Dagang couldn't help interjecting from beside them.
"When I introduced myself just now, I didn't just give my name. I also told her my Sequence and level."
"And Lian Ziqiong didn't try to hide her Sequence or level either."
"What does that tell us? It tells us she cares about her dignity and feels embarrassed taking advantage of others. Take that Fire Rotbird last time. We helped out, and she gave us one too."
"So, after I gave her five pounds of apples, could she really accept them for nothing? Wouldn't she have to repay the gift twofold?" Luo Fan looked at Niu Dagang as he explained.
"Tsk, tsk. If you ask me, you're the most devious, cunning one in our convoy. You're craftier than a fox. Such a valiant woman, and sooner or later you'll swindle her out of even her underwear." Hearing Luo Fan's explanation, Zhao Chunfeng mocked him disdainfully.
"Isn't that just me being smart? Without me, could you have found out so much so easily, or even gotten her to ask for my phone number?"
Luo Fan brushed back the bangs over his forehead and raised his proud head slightly.
"So? After getting swindled, she's supposed to thank you too?" Zhao Chunfeng continued to mock him without mercy.
"All I can say is, why do people have to be so roundabout when dealing with each other? It makes my head spin." Niu Dagang shook his head as well, looking rueful.
"All right, all right. What we need to do now is find a way to buy the latest Doomsday Phone, right? Our convoy should at least have one."
Watching everyone trade barbs, Rose spoke up from beside them, playing peacemaker.
"That's right. I never expected someone to make a working phone in this apocalypse. We really do need to find a way to get one." Turning to serious business, Zhao Chunfeng grew much more serious too.
"According to Lian Ziqiong, the person making the phones is a top-tier Craftsman Sequence Professional. He's entrusted lots of convoys with selling his phones, so buying one will come down to luck." Luo Fan shook his head.
"Yeah. With a phone, we could communicate online and arrange meetings with other convoys more easily. Without one, even buying a phone comes down to luck. That really is a catch-22." Zhao Chunfeng nodded too.
"Oh, right, Luo Fan. Aren't you going to try replacing your Twin-Eye Bow's string with that python tendon?" Niu Dagang suddenly asked Luo Fan.
"Yeah, I can give it a try."
Luo Fan nodded and took out his Twin-Eye Bow.
He didn't know what material the Twin-Eye Bow's string was made of, but it was extremely tough and elastic.
After carefully removing the bowstring, Luo Fan measured the python tendon against it, cut off a section of the appropriate length, then pulled it taut and secured it to both ends of the bow.
Luo Fan plucked the bowstring made from python tendon and could clearly feel that it had become much tighter.
Taking out an arrow and drawing the bow, Luo Fan could feel that it required far more strength than before.
But at the same time, as the pair of Wraith Eyes on the Twin-Eye Bow opened, Luo Fan locked straight onto a large tree in the distance.
That tree was a full 120 meters away from him. Had his shooting range doubled outright? The python tendon really was good stuff!
"How is it?" Seeing Luo Fan merely take aim before lowering the bow and arrow, Niu Dagang asked curiously.
"After replacing the string with python tendon, drawing it takes more strength. That does mean the arrows can fly farther, and their destructive power has increased along with it," Luo Fan said, delight on his face.
"How much of an improvement, exactly?" Zhao Chunfeng asked next.
"The bow's effective range used to be around fifty or sixty meters. Now, it should be about eighty or ninety." In response to Zhao Chunfeng's question, Luo Fan gave slightly conservative figures.
"Mm, that's about a fifty-percent increase in range. That really is a substantial improvement." Hearing Luo Fan's words, Zhao Chunfeng and the others nodded to themselves.
After spending these days together, the Sequence Users had developed a bond from fighting side by side. So, an indirect improvement in Luo Fan's strength meant an improvement in the group's strength, and naturally everyone was quite happy.
After finishing their shared meal, everyone went back to rest.
Luo Fan, meanwhile, thought about the Exchange Meeting between other convoys that Lian Ziqiong had mentioned.
The Exchange Meeting isn't just about information. More importantly, it's about trading. Since there'll be trading, I'll have to bring out something good, won't I?
What could I use to buy things at the Exchange Meeting?
Fierce Beast Meat? I do have some, but not much. After all, my Storage Space is only so big.
Mara Fruit? That's too valuable. Luo Fan really couldn't bear to bring it out.
What else? That shell left behind by the black bear earlier? It's probably worth something?
Or perhaps the vegetables and fruit in my shop?
But considering that the Agriculture Sequence could grow them, those vegetables and fruits might have some value at the Exchange Meeting, though not necessarily as much as he imagined.
Shaking his head, Luo Fan pushed those jumbled thoughts aside. He didn't even know when he might encounter an Exchange Meeting.
Once darkness fell and the night grew late, Luo Fan took out his Mara Fruit and plucked all eight petals from it.
It's been twenty-four hours. There shouldn't be any resistance if I eat them again now, right?
One petal, two petals, three petals...
He swallowed all eight petals, and immense power surged up from his abdomen, rapidly spreading throughout his limbs and body.
Luo Fan could feel his strength increase once again, reaching a whole new level.
His Sequence level rose to Lv9!
Nice. This Mara Flower really is good stuff. It's taken me straight from Lv6 to Lv9.
Just one final step, and I'll have successfully advanced to Lv10.
When that happens, it should be time to start on the requirements for advancing to a Professional Sequence, right? I wonder what my advancement requirements will be? Luo Fan quietly looked forward to it.
According to his conversation with Lian Ziqiong, only by becoming a Professional Sequence could someone be considered to have set foot on their own Sequence Transcendence Path and become a true Sequence User.
Those in a Basic Sequence were, in more common terms, something like trainee Sequence Apprentices.
Check-in successful. Received 90 yuan. Current balance: 282 yuan.
At midnight, the system notification arrived right on schedule.
Luo Fan closed his eyes and rested at ease. Of their two nights and one day of rest, this was the final night. When he woke tomorrow morning, he would have to embark on another journey to escape...
Knock, knock, knock...
Just as Luo Fan closed his eyes and was about to drift into a deep sleep, someone suddenly knocked softly on the vehicle door from outside.
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