The Base

The woman looked at the long queue in front of the gate for a few seconds, then turned to look at Zhu Lin and asked, "Miss, you didn't know about the base but you came here?"

Zhu Lin tilted her head slightly and asked, "Base? Madam, can you tell me about this place called base?"

At first, the woman didn't want to waste time and energy explaining to Zhu Lin. But when she saw Zhu Lin being so polite to her, the woman said, "This base was built by the government for survivors. If you want to live in the base, you need to register to enter."

The woman looked at Zhu Lin's ancient style dress and said, "Looking at your attire, you should be separated from your family, right?"

Hearing her question, Zhu Lin thought of her elder brother in the Celestial Realm and nodded. She was literally separated from her only family right now.

The woman sighed and asked, "Did you bring your household registration book with you?"

Zhu Lin never had a household registration book, so of course she didn't bring it with her. She shook her head as an answer for the woman's question.

Seeing her shaking her head, the woman thought to herself that this young lady is really pitiful. She thought for a while and asked, "Where is your identity card? You should have it, right?"

Zhu Lin shook her head again. What kind of identity card can she have? She is a person who accidentally fell into this world, and it is impossible for her to have any identification in this world.

This time, the woman's expression changed when she saw her shake her head again. She looked at Zhu Lin with a frown and said, "Miss, if you don't have a household registration book or identity card, then you need to pay to go inside the base."

Hearing that they had to pay to enter the base, Zhu Lin and Tu Tu looked at each other. They have only been in this world for three days. Where can they make money? Without money, can they still enter the base to sell the fire element crystal?

Thinking that it would be a good idea to find out more information, Zhu Lin asked, "Madam, how much do I need to pay to enter the base?"

Hearing her question, the woman shook her head and said, "All I know is that if you can't show your household registration book or identity card, you will need to pay. As for how much you need to pay, I also don't know."

After getting the answer, Zhu Lin put her hand into her wide sleeve, took out a small transparent crystal from the ice flower pendant, handed it to the woman, and said, "Madam, this is for you. I think you should be able to sell this or trade it with something. Thank you for sharing this information with me."

The woman looked at the transparent crystal the size of a little fingernail on Zhu Lin's palm in surprise. Along the way, she saw several groups of people killing zombies, and dug out this kind of crystal from the heads of the zombies. They call it the crystal nucleus, which can be said to be the new currency in this apocalyptic era.

The woman didn't refuse, picked up the transparent crystal and said, "Thank you, Miss."

Leaving those words, the woman left with her daughter on her back. Looking at the woman's back, Zhu Lin asked, "Did you see the expression on that woman's face when she looked at the crystal?"

Tu Tu nodded and said, [Master, I think this crystal is of high value in this world. Should we find more information about these crystals before looking for a buyer?]

"Mhm. Let's gather more information first." Zhu Lin said as she walked towards the long queue in front of the gate.

As she approached the long line in front of the gate, Zhu Lin heard some conversation from those who were waiting to go inside the base.

"Did you see the car that just drove into the base?" A young man waiting on the side asked his companion.

Another young man craned his neck, looked towards the gate, and asked, "Where? Where? I didn't see any cars enter the base."

The young man rolled his eyes at his friend and said, "Didn't you hear what I said just now? I said they have already gone inside the base."

The other young man then asked curiously: "Why are you talking about that car? Should I know about that car?"

The young man lowered his voice and asked, "Do you know who is sitting inside the car?"

Another young man looked at his friend and impatiently said, "Just fart if you want to fart. Why pretend to be mysterious?"

Unable to get the response he wanted, the young man finally said, "I heard that the team driving that car is the strongest team in this base. Today, they even brought back three large solar panels and two generators."

Hearing what his friend said, the other young man asked in doubt: "Seriously?"

Everyone knows how valuable solar panels and generators are in a post-apocalyptic world. Since those people can bring back solar panels and generators, their strength should be stronger than ordinary people like them.

The young man nodded and said, "Of course. I saw the generators and solar panels as they entered the base. Do you know how much supplies they can get for selling these things?"

Looking at the expression of the young man, the other young man said, "I overheard the soldiers saying that this can feed their whole team for four months. I wonder when we can get so much supply."

The young man shook his head and said, "Go to sleep if you want to dream. Today we don't even have enough water to drink. Do you think we are on the same level as those supernatural beings?"