Fortunately, Chu Guang did not encounter any unmanageable dangers along the way.
Not only that, but when he walked near Bett Street, he happened to see the caravan from Boulder City unloading goods at the entrance of Bett Street.
The old man, Walter, was carrying a shotgun while standing aside, smoking his homemade tobacco. Old Charlie was talking happily with the leader of the caravan, while the scavengers beside him were unloading the cargo under the supervision of the gunman.
The leader of the caravan was called Mr. Li, whose full name was unknown. Chu Guang only knew that he was from Boulder City. He had eight gunmen and twenty mutated yaks.
Every once in a while, he would bring people and animals to Bett Street to sell some supplies, at the same time taking away the "specialties" here.
On wasteland, especially in urban areas, cars were not as reliable as beasts.
The roads were full of abandoned cars and collapsed ruins. In addition, a large number of roads weren't maintained. The surface was severely cracked, and even the roots of vegetation had sprouted out of the ground, so most wheeled vehicles couldn't drive on such a road.
In contrast, donkeys, cows, and horses were all good things. Although they couldn't walk fast, they could walk on almost any road.
The most important thing was that they were cheap and easy to maintain. They only needed 30 kilograms of grass per hundred kilometers.
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Of course, if it was a long journey across provinces, that was another situation.
Chu Guang once saw a half-wheel and half-track truck with a chimney on top. It looked like something straight out of a steampunk movie.
However, such bulky trucks generally did not drive into the city. They would usually unload their cargo outside the city, trade with small and medium-sized caravans active in nearby areas, and leave when they were done.
Chu Guang also noticed that there was actually a woman wrapped in a robe in the supplies sent to Bett Street this time.
She had shackles on her hands and feet, and a striped code printed on her ankles. Her delicate and white skin was unlike a survivor's on the wasteland, but more like a fairy from a movie.
In other words, "commodities" cultivated by petri dishes.
"A clone?"
Chu Guang had only heard of the slave trade in Boulder City before, but it was the first time he's seen it with his own eyes. But this kind of "luxury" could only be consumed by the town mayor.
Chu Guang did not step forward immediately, but quietly waited for the transaction to be completed in the shadow of the ruins.
The "cowboys" were very busy and didn't stop here.
After loading the goods, Mr. Li put his hand through his sleeves, took out a few white chips, and threw them to a group of scavengers like giving money to a group of beggars.
Then, in a grateful compliment, together with the gunmen, he drove the mutant yaks full of bags on the road.
Chu Guang followed far behind and walked past two streets.
However, at this moment, the man who was next to Mr. Li suddenly stopped and looked straight at his side.
Chu Guang was slightly surprised when he was discovered.
There was at least a hundred meters in between, how did this guy find him?!
However, since he had been discovered, there was no point in continuing following them.
Chu Guang walked out of the ruins, first raised his hands to signal that he was not malicious, and then walked over with a black plastic bag.
At a distance of ten meters, he stopped under the slanted sign of a cafe.
This was the safest distance for both parties.
In the event of a conflict, the carbon nano body armor that he wore was enough to buy at least five seconds for him to escape.
As long as it wasn't a headshot...
"I have no ill intentions, I just want to make a deal with you."
The man named Mr. Li squinted his eyes and put away the shotgun in his hand.
"Are you a scavenger on Bett Street?"
"Chu Guang."
"I don't care what your name is. We don't do small business," The man looked at the plastic bag in Chu Guang's hand with a mocking look. "It's better for you to throw this thing to your old man named Charlie."
Chu Guang didn't speak and opened the plastic bag, revealing the goods inside.
The man could obviously recognize the goods in the bag, the expression on his face becoming stiff. Obviously, he didn't expect that what the plastic bag contained was not used parts and batteries, but such good things.
Chu Guang noticed that an imperceptible greed flashed in his eyes.
"Where did you get it?" The man asked.
Chu Guang looked at him and said calmly.
"The sewer, next to the mutant leech nest, but even if I tell you where it is, do you want to go there?"
"Don't get mad, I was just asking."
The greed in his eyes faded a bit, and the man handed the shotgun in his hand to his entourage and walked to Chu Guang.
"How do you want to sell it?"
The recycling price of this thing on Bett Street was a little bargaining chip per 50g, but the true value of this thing was definitely more than that!
Chu Guang was silent for two seconds before deciding to take a gamble and bid at five times the price of the Bett Street recycling bin.
"There are 2000g here, I want 200 chips!"
"Deal."
Seeing that the man agreed without any hesitation, Chu Guang immediately realized that his offer was still too cheap.
Sure enough, the price the town mayor sold to these merchants must be more than that!
‘Damn that town mayor! He is just like those man-eating leeches!'
Chu Guang silently wholeheartedly ‘greeted' the town mayor and his whole family in his heart, wishing him to be unable to get an erection tonight.
"Let's make friends. My name is Liszt."
The man stretched out his right hand, no longer showing the condescending attitude, with a smile on his face, "I rarely do business directly with scavengers, but you are an exception... I am very interested in you."
Chu Guang was neither overbearing nor sycophantic, and shook his hand.
"Thank you, my name is Chu Guang."
"I know, you just said it."
Releasing his hand, Liszt stared at Chu Guang and continued, "Then first of all, I hope that the old man named Charlie will not know about our transaction today."
Chu Guang said. "He won't. I don't want to cause trouble."
"Haha, you are a smart man." Satisfied with Chu Guang's answer, Liszt nodded with a smile and continued. "I can pay you 200 chips right now, but... you're going to use these chips to exchange things later on anyway, so it's better to buy them directly from me. In that way, you'll save a lot more. There are some remaining materials here. I can give you a 20% discount. What do you think?"
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