Swap Shop (v1c15)
She didn't stay at home for long, but Ye Sheng still took the time to check on Xiaodongxi.
She was sleeping soundly.
But Ye Sheng made a lot of noise when she opened the door, and Xiaodongxi opened her eyes quickly.
Her red eyes were beautiful, even if they had lost their sparkle, they were still stunning.
If she hadn't been injured, they would have been shining brightly.
Incredibly beautiful.
Now, even though she couldn't see, Xiaodongxi could hear sounds and identify their location. She locked onto Ye Sheng's position and looked straight at her. Ye Sheng smiled when she saw this.
She told her that she was going out again and would be back soon.
Ye Sheng was relieved to see Xiaodongxi so lively now.
When she first picked her up, she was seriously injured, and Ye Sheng planned to bury her when she died.
But she had underestimated the resilience of the Wastelanders.
They were very strong.
She hoped that if she got hurt in the future, she could be as strong as Xiaodongxi.
Walking to the Swap shop, Ye Sheng ignored the dilapidated shacks around her. She headed to the nearest Swap shop.
There were several swap shops in the relief zone, so Ye Sheng chose the closest one.
The swap shops were run by the base officials.
People could bring valuable things from the wilderness and exchange them for points.
Things like edible food, hard claws and horns, fur, and other body parts of polluted creatures could be traded for some points.
The porcupine rat that Ye Sheng had killed was too common. The fur and rat claws could only get her a few points, nothing more.
But the edible porcupine meat was worth a lot of points.
The lowest exchange rate for medium-radiation edible meat was ten points per kilogram, and it increased depending on the quality of the meat, up to thirty points.
One kilogram of low-radiation edible meat could be exchanged for a hundred points.
Ye Sheng understood the exchange criteria for medium-radiation edible meat. Besides quality, taste was also important.
But why was low-radiation edible meat so expensive?
Ye Sheng didn't know at first, but Zhou Lin had told her later.
Unlike medium-radiation food, which could only be eaten in moderation, low-radiation food had no restrictions.
Eating more low-radiation food was good for the body.
Zhou Lin didn't know the exact reason, she had just heard it from others.
Exchanging edible meat was already complicated, let alone all kinds of polluted plants.
Ye Sheng was not an employee of the swap shop, so she didn't need to know all the details. She only knew that the ranking of polluted plants was: fruits > roots and starches > grass and leaves.
For those in mitigation zones, root and starch plants were the best.
They could fill the stomach.
The sweet fruit plants were eaten by the wealthy people in the safe zones.
But unlike edible meat, edible plants had very low exchange points.
For example, the medium-radiation spinach leaf that Ye Sheng had found today could be rolled into the size of two fists, which was not too small, but it could only be exchanged for five points.
That was still the best case scenario.
In other mitigation zones, people would rather exchange for nutrient solution. Even if it didn't taste good, it could still fill the stomach.
Ye Sheng had gained a lot today, and she didn't want to drink any more nutrient solution.
It had a bitter medicinal smell from Coptis chinensis. Even if it was neutralized by other ingredients, the taste was still weird.
Ye Sheng had almost vomited when she drank the nutrient solution for the first time.
But when she was starving, she would eat anything, even Coptis chinensis, so she wasn't too picky.
The more Ye Sheng thought about it, the sadder she felt. Luckily, she had already seen the swap shop from afar, so she stopped dwelling on it. Instead, she subconsciously raised her hand and touched the bag at her waist.
There was a D-class energy stone inside.
When she first got the energy stones, Ye Sheng had wondered how many points she could get for them.
But after the excitement, she was a bit hesitant to exchange them.
After all, the lucky draw also required energy stones, but since it was a blind box and the prize was unknown, Ye Sheng couldn't make an easy decision.
She decided to take it one step at a time.
The boat would naturally straighten when it reached the bridge. If the worst came to the worst, she would just keep them for now.
In any case, this was the source of her wealth.
She was no longer a pauper! ! !
With the joy of getting rich overnight, Ye Sheng walked lightly and entered the exchange hall outside the safe zone... an ordinary stone house built next to the city wall.
It was the official chain store of the base, and it could be found both inside and outside the base, including in the mitigation zone.
You could sell items for points, or spend points to buy items.
Besides nutrient solutions, there were also various weapons, tools, and so on.
But the swap shops here only had outdated products, and some of them were even old items that had been used by several people. It was definitely not as good as the swap shop in the safe zone, which had the latest products.
People in the mitigation zone didn't mind this. After all, they couldn't afford things that were too expensive.
On the contrary, these second-hand goods were more suitable for them.
In a harsh environment, as long as you could survive, who cared about other things...
When Ye Sheng entered the swap shop, she looked around and saw... Despite the fancy name of the swap shop, it was actually just like a small shop in the village.
A five-meter-long glass cabinet was placed at the entrance, and a kind-looking old man was sitting inside.
Behind the old man, there was something like a claw machine. She wondered what it was.
Other than that, there was just a pile of nylon bags filled with stuff, stacked in the corner.
She was quite disappointed.
Ye Sheng hadn't been in the wasteland world for long, and she had never been to the exchange hall before. Now that she saw it like this, her curiosity was quickly gone.
"Hey, little girl, this is your first time here! Did you find anything good?"
The old man had noticed Ye Sheng when she came in. He saw her look around curiously, and then a look of disappointment crossed her face. He was intrigued by her changes.
He smiled at Ye Sheng and spoke warmly.
Ye Sheng smiled shyly and handed over the nylon bag in her hand.
When he opened the nylon bag and poured out the porcupine rat's fur and claws, the old man was stunned.
Then he looked at Ye Sheng. The old man was full of admiration and gave her a thumbs up.
"Little girl, you're amazing. You can actually deal with porcupine rat by yourself. Many grown men can't do that."
"It was just a fluke."
Ye Sheng smiled at the old man, a hint of shyness on her cute face, which made the old man chuckle. He didn't say anything else, but picked up the rat skin and examined it carefully.
In a safe area, the swap shop would have advanced machines that could scan and determine the value quickly and easily.
But here, he could only estimate the value by eye.
Ye Sheng watched anxiously as the old man inspected the rat skin, hoping he would give her a good price! ! !