"Is there a monolith ranking near here?"
Chu Han did not wait for Lu Bingze to respond, and he strode into a noisy restaurant.
If the monolith was a suitable place to live, it was normal for so many survivors to gather there. So it was not strange for the village to develop to such a scale. Although it was Chu Han's first time here, he had been to many similar places in his previous life.
Lu Bingze was surprised to see Chu Han enter the restaurant. He was so familiar with the place, and he was not as shocked as he was when he first arrived. Had he been here before?
It must be. Otherwise, how could he know that there was a monolith ranking near here?
Chu Han did not care about Lu Bingze, who kept guessing outside. After entering the restaurant, he looked around and found an empty table to sit down. Not everyone could afford to drink here. At that moment, everyone in the restaurant was at least a phase-1 evolutionary.
Many people saw Chu Han, and they started to joke without any politeness or scruples.
"Hahaha!
Another newcomer! "
"He looks like a dog, but I wonder what phase he is at?"
"Is he an evolver or an enhanced one?"
"Who knows? We will know tomorrow."
"Ha!
Don't forget about the bet tomorrow. "
"How could I forget? If your ranking is higher than mine, I will give you two phase-2 zombies' crystals!"
"Only two, I can only buy one bottle of wine!"
The discussion quickly shifted away from Chu Han. After all, he was a newcomer, and there was no value in paying attention to him after a joke. Unless he could amaze the world on the monolith ranking list.
"What do you want to drink?"
The charming proprietress had a bad temper, and she shouted at Chu Han without raising her head. She did not even bother to get up and walk toward him.
"A glass of water." Chu Han put the two bullets on the table.
The whole restaurant became quiet after hearing that. Everyone looked at Chu Han as if he was an idiot. The newcomer entered the restaurant and only asked for a glass of water?
"Pauper!"
The boss lady's scornful voice broke the silence. Then, she twisted her waist and slammed a glass of water on Chu Han's table. She even spilled a lot of water. Then, she took the two bullets that Chu Han had placed on the table.
"Pfft — —" A sneer rang out, followed by a roar of laughter.
"What a pauper!
Two bullets?
Hahahaha! "
"Furthermore, he's a poor man with a bad brain!
Buying water with bullets?
Did you come here just to show off? "
"If you want to drink water, go to the stalls outside. One bullet can be exchanged for two bottles!"
"They actually came here just to drink water. What an eye-opener!"
In the last five months of the apocalypse, bartering had already entered the stage of equivalent exchange. Ordinary survivors would exchange all kinds of items, but evolvers usually used bullets or the brain crystals of zombies.
One bullet could be exchanged for two bottles of mineral water, and one grade-2 crystal could be exchanged for two boxes.
Everyone in this tavern had a small glass of wine in front of them, probably exchanged for a glass of wine with a lot of food and bullets. Meanwhile, most people could take out one or two crystals to exchange for a large glass of wine. Level two crystals were already common, and no one was willing to take out level three crystals to exchange for other things. After all, everyone knew that the military was vigorously collecting crystals. Even though they didn't know the specific uses of these crystals, it didn't stop people from raising the price of crystals.
There was actually a restaurant in the middle of nowhere, and the wine inside would definitely be sold at a sky-high price. These evolved humans all had the tendency to compete with each other. In this kind of environment, even if there was only one crystal in their pocket, they would still take it out to exchange for a glass of wine due to various reasons and trends. After all, it was very embarrassing to be looked at by a group of people as if they were looking at a pauper, especially when the charming lady boss deliberately added fuel to the fire.
Most importantly, having a crystal was proof of an Evolver's or Enhancer's combat ability.
But if they did not or were not willing to use crystals to buy wine?
Then they would be mocked and looked down upon!
Chu Han was labeled as a miser by Wangcai. Naturally, he would not use a grade-2 crystal that was worth five credit points to exchange for a glass of wine. He had a lot of bullets, so he only asked for a glass of water because he wanted to see the general situation of the village.
However, in the eyes of the others, this was a complete show off. Even if they did not come in, it was still better than using bullets to buy water, right?
Lu Bingze led Ceng Tianyi into the restaurant and saw Chu Han asking for a glass of water. The usually serious person's mouth twitched. Where did this weirdo come from?
"Yo!
Master Lu? "
The boss lady saw Lu Bingze and changed her attitude. She smiled as if she was having a cramp and asked Lu Bingze, "What would you like to drink, Master?"
"A bottle of black beer."
Lu Bingze threw a phase-2 crystal to the lady boss after he finished speaking. At the same time, he walked towards Chu Han under the fearful gazes of the evolutionaries.
Chu Han's expression did not change. He drank the water quietly and did not leave a single drop. As a miser, it was not a good thing to waste food and water. Moreover, he was slightly concerned about Lu Bingze's generosity. He was a tycoon, and he had a lot of wine in his dimensional space. Should he cheat some crystals for it?
"Enough!
Don't you feel ashamed? "
Wangcai's voice resounded in Chu Han's mind. It was speechless at Chu Han's stinginess and habit of cheating people.
"In the future, we will need to feed a lot of people. There are tens of thousands of people in a base. Crystals are money. Don't we need to spend money to feed a base?
Don't we need to spend money to feed an army?
Now that we see a tycoon, how can we let him go? "Chu Han looked at Wangcai with disdain," What do you know? "
At this time, Chu Han's thoughts had changed, especially after he entered the restaurant and saw the huge profits.
"Even so, you can't be so cheap!
Sh * t, don't think I don't know what you were thinking! "Wangcai was about to collapse.
Chu Han did not care and rolled his eyes. At this time, Lu Bingze walked to Chu Han's table and sat down beside Chu Han. This scene caused a commotion in the restaurant, and people kept whispering to each other.
"Who is this newcomer?"
"I don't know. This is the first time I see Lu Bingze sitting at the same table with someone else."
"Look at Ceng Tianyi."
Suddenly, someone said, and many people looked over. The boy was standing in front of Chu Han with an innocent and excited face.
Seeing this, Chu Han's mouth twitched. He turned to Lu Bingze and said, "What did you say to him?
Why is he looking at me like that? "
"I said you would give the rabbit to him," Lu Bingze blurted out.
Wangcai was shocked, and Chu Han's face turned black.