You were supposed to hoard supplies, why the heck did you hoard zombies!

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Peng Yue stared at the man before him, his face showing a startling blend of resolution and madness.

As long as he could avenge his younger brother, he was willing to do anything!

"It's simple,"

"Trade with living humans or mutant zombies."

Big Beard said calmly.

But to those listening, these words exploded in their ears like a clap of thunder.

"Living humans?"

Peng Yue immediately frowned.

If he remembered correctly, there were at least a thousand survivors in the safe zone; it did not seem to lack manpower.

What was most important was, if all people were given to the company, what would happen to his side?

What was the use of having territory without people?

Yet, the few brothers beside him clearly hadn't considered this problem; their attention was entirely focused on the second term that Big Beard had just mentioned.

Mutant zombies.

What was that?

Peng Liu, also with a frown, pondered for a long time before he finally hazarded a guess.

"You're not talking about those altered creatures, are you?"

"Altered creatures?"

This time, it was Big Beard and Hou Shubin's turn to be taken aback, but they quickly caught on and tentatively asked, "The altered creatures you're talking about are—"

Peng Wu, short in stature, immediately interjected to explain: "Just like those zombies and wild beasts that seem to have undergone gene mutation."

"They're very fierce; seldom does anyone encounter one and return."

"There are quite a few to the west."

Both men couldn't help but get excited upon hearing this.

Although the company had the Hunter Squad responsible for intelligence on mutant zombies and Mutant Beasts, if others discovered them and reported back, they too would be rewarded.

It was just unexpected that these two dangerous foes had a unified term in Jiangbei.

Altered creatures?

It actually seemed quite fitting.

Weren't they just zombies and wild beasts that came about through gene mutation?

Big Beard decisively declared, "That's them, as long as you can capture them, the company will definitely buy them at a high price."

Seeing this, Peng Yue quickly probed, "How much money can you exchange for them?"

Money?

Big Beard chuckled.

These two creatures were not something that could be obtained with money now.

However, based on the Hunter Squad's task rewards, he could give them an approximate figure.

"At least five hundred exchange vouchers."

Everyone immediately gasped.

Five jin of apples could only be exchanged for one yuan's worth of supplies.

Now a useless mutant creature could actually be traded for at least five hundred exchange vouchers?

Seemingly concerned that this offer wouldn't be attractive enough, Big Beard immediately added, "You want guns and equipment, don't you?"

"One altered creature, one gun."

"Or three sets of aluminum alloy armor."

Guns were very valuable now.

It's no exaggeration to say, with a gun one could trade for several hundred jin of rice and flour or even a dozen pretty women in the outside settlements.

On one hand, its power was truly formidable, perfect for both offense and defense.

On the other hand, it was because of Shen Zhou's policy of gun ban over the years.

There were very few civilians with guns.

For the same reason, there were even fewer people who could manufacture guns.

The combination of these factors had led to a situation where all major survivor factions were finding it extremely difficult to obtain a single gun.

Often, bloody fights would break out over just one gun.

In comparison, the armors were somewhat less desirable.

But they were still very precious.

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These two items are what everyone wants to get right now, and they are also the equipment that Peng Yue and other survivors in the settlements desperately desire to have.

But unlike his excited brothers, Peng Yue realized that these conditions were not so easy to meet.

There are many types of Mutant Beasts, and naturally, their danger levels vary greatly.

From small wild dogs to the "Little Giants" that alone could block an entire street, the threat to humans was vastly different.

What if they couldn't catch a Mutant Beast, and most of their already scarce personnel were lost in the process?

So after much thought, he still focused on the first half of the condition.

Living people could also be exchanged for equipment.

"Where is the person?"

"How many people for one gun?"

Big Beard sighed internally, thinking his own credit was unattainable, but could only respond with a smile:

"Ten people."

"But that's only for a handgun."

"If you want other types, you need to ask for Director Zhang's permission, and the price will definitely be higher than it is now."

Upon hearing this, Peng Yue immediately asked, "Is it the kind you two are using now?"

Seeing them nod, he felt a surge of excitement and quickly started calculating how many survivors were left in his own territory.

A rough estimate told him there were about forty or fifty people left, not counting the convoy.

That meant he could exchange them for four or five guns?

But as he thought about it, he heard Big Beard's voice again: "As for the ammunition, each gun comes with one magazine's worth of bullets."

"If you run out—"

Peng Yue immediately looked up at Big Beard as he heard this.

"One person, twenty bullets."

"That's it?"

Peng Si immediately exclaimed in surprise.

With his shout, the others began to look at Big Beard and Hou Shubin with a skeptical eye, clearly expressing their belief that the two were trying to cheat them!

But before the brothers could say anything, Big Beard had already taken a bullet out of his pocket and placed it in front of them.

"A few?"

"Do you know how these bullets are made?"

"Those workers responsible for rolling the bullets can only rest for five hours a day, and they can only make two bullets like this."

He stopped there.

The four men opposite him all looked at each other with expressions of surprise.

"Turns out, your bullets are also made by hand?"

Peng Liu couldn't help but blurt out.

"What else?"

"Do you really think we're the government?"

"So I'm telling you, selling twenty bullets per person is already very cheap, if it were someone else, it might not even be this much!"

Hou Shubin looked unconcerned. What's wrong with rolling by hand?

Do you have that many hands to roll?

In fact, there are now hundreds of zombified workers in the machinery factory's workshop responsible for rolling bullets, all assisted by machine tools.

They can produce over two hundred bullets a day just for handguns and rifles.

It may not seem like much, but it's already sufficient for the company's use.

Most of the time, guns aren't needed in the urban areas.

It's mostly crossbow arrows and machetes.

To even complement the Combat Department's operations, the machinery factory specifically made a batch of air guns that shoot steel ball ammunition, aiming to replace bows and crossbows.

As for the human workers with technical skills, they were all tasked with producing higher-precision firearm components.

Such as barrels, triggers, and springs, among others.

After further bargaining with Big Beard, Peng Yue eventually managed to reduce the number of people to be exchanged for guns to eight. Continue your adventure at My Virtual Library Empire

As for the bullets, the original price was maintained.

"Four guns, one hundred bullets, and ten sets of aluminum alloy armor."

"You can take the people whenever you want."

"When will the guns arrive?"