This necklace was one she had bought while browsing at the base earlier; she really liked it, so she had traded a small piece of Mutant Beast meat for it.
Bai Yuanyuan was a bit nervous when handing over the necklace; although it was made of Gold, it was quite delicate, and she wasn't sure if it could be exchanged.
At home, she actually had several gold bars; if she had known, she would have brought them over.
Su Yinhe accepted the necklace and casually mentioned a price.
"Okay," he said, "It's worth five hundred yuan. Pick whatever you want up to five hundred yuan. I don't have change."
The currencies of the two worlds might be different.
"Five hundred... What can I get?" Bai Yuanyuan asked cautiously.
After the apocalypse, paper money had long been obsolete. Moreover, the prices of items had skyrocketed.
"The prices for the snacks are labeled below, and aren't the prices listed next to the Oden?" Su Yinhe noticed their wolfish gazes and was almost startled.
"Are these the prices?" Bai Yuanyuan was shocked. It was so cheap?
Bai Yuanyuan looked at the prices on the Oden price list—one yuan, two yuan, three yuan... she couldn't believe it.
Her necklace wasn't worth much at all?!
And now it could be exchanged for so much?!
"Yes, go ahead and take some."
"Captain?" Bai Yuanyuan looked at Xu Jiaoqin.
"Go ahead and grab," Xu Jiaoqin was the first to grab a paper cup next to the Oden and started loading up.
The shopkeeper had agreed, so they'd better hurry before he changed his mind.
"Oh, oh, oh." Bai Yuanyuan nodded and rushed over.
As for the others...
They also wanted to grab some, but there was no room left; they could only stand with their cups in line, looking on eagerly.
After Xu Jiaoqin filled her cup with Oden, she took it over to the Monkey lying on the ground.
Someone had been carrying the Monkey on their back, but after Xu Jiaoqin ordered, the carrier set him down on the ground and rushed to grab Oden.
Brothers could be carried later, but Oden must be eaten now.
"Thank you, Sister, you're so kind," the Monkey said, eating the Oden and crying with gratitude.
Xu Jiaoqin didn't respond but ran back to join the scramble for Oden.
There were thirteen people, and only one pot of Oden; it was uncertain if there would be enough left.
The others had already filled their cups and began eating.
When Xu Jiaoqin went back to get more Oden, she noticed the quantity in the pot was the same as before; not a single skewer less.
Xu Jiaoqin was startled for a moment and looked at Su Yinhe, who was still playing with his tablet.
Looking at Su Yinhe's smooth, fair face, a chill shot from her feet to the top of her head.
After Xu Jiaoqin finished getting her share of Oden, smelling its aroma, she steeled her heart: Eat, no matter what demons or ghosts there might be, it was worth dying full.
"Wuuu, it's delicious. The radishes are so sweet, the meatballs so fragrant, the tofu so tender, and the soup tastes so good..." Bai Yuanyuan ate and cried tears of emotion.
It had been so long since she had eaten something this delicious.
When had she last eaten Oden? Before the apocalypse, she was a picky little girl who disliked home-cooked meals and sneaked out for midnight snacks...
"Yuanyuan, thank you. We used your money, so when we return to the base, I'll give you a gold bar," Xu Jiaoqin, while eating, saw Bai Yuanyuan and remembered they were all freeloading off of Bai Yuanyuan's necklace.
Bai Yuanyuan, absorbed in her eating, didn't look up. "That's nothing; everyone has helped me so much before. Besides, it's five hundred yuan, and I can't finish it all myself."
She was very weak before, always bullied, and almost starved to death, but the Cheetah Team had rescued her and taken her in, allowing her to survive.
If today there had been only one bowl of Oden, she would've eaten it herself and not offered it to them.
But here, the Oden was only a few yuan per skewer, and she had five hundred yuan, too much to spend. Of course, she would share it with her teammates.
"It's not just Oden that we can buy; there are also snacks inside."
"No worries, I'm happy," Bai Yuanyuan said, looking at the other team members who were eating joyfully, tears glistening in her eyes.
Everyone hadn't had a good meal in a very long time.
Even though they were Superpower Users and ate better than ordinary people, they would not starve, but their diet was limited to Mutated Plants and Mutant Animals. The meat of the Mutant Animals was sour and tough, horribly unpleasant to chew. But given the circumstances, they couldn't be picky.
All fifteen of them were Superpower Users, who typically have larger appetites, and their food consumption when eating freely was monstrous.
In no time, they had completely devoured the five hundred yuan worth of food Bai Yuanyuan had provided.
And they were still not satisfied.
Fifteen people held their spotless paper cups, looking pitifully at the pot containing their stew.
"Quick, check if anyone has anything made of gold on them," Xu Jiaoqin touched her neck, regretting she did not wear necklaces.
"No, Captain," replied the team. After the apocalypse, even basic sustenance was hard to come by, let alone luxuries like necklaces.
"I have a necklace, but it's not gold," Liu Wutong, another female member, mentioned while touching the Jade Pendant on her neck.
"Miss, would jade work?" fifteen pairs of hopeful eyes turned to Su Galaxy.
Su Galaxy, who had just been watching an Erha video, paused: "..."
It seemed like it might.
"Bring it here."
Su Galaxy looked at the Jade Pendant in her hands, a depiction of Guanyin in alternating shades of white and green… indiscernible.
Forgive her previous poverty; she wasn't skilled in appraising jade's quality.
"Five hundred."
"Yay!"
"I suggest you buy some medicine," Su Galaxy stopped Cheetah Team as they reached for more stew, pointing at the pitiful Monkey lying on the ground.
Its leg was covered in blood, staining her floor!
"Right, the Monkey too," Cheetah Team then noticed the Monkey lying on the ground.
Monkey: "..."
They cared about their teammate, but just slightly.
"Wutong, it's your item, you decide," Xu Jiaoqin was the leader, but she wouldn't force her member to use their own belongings to save another member.
"Let's buy the medicine," Liu Wutong reluctantly looked at the stew, having not had her fill yet.
But compared to food, the life of a teammate was also very important.
"But, does the supermarket also sell medicine?"
"They have medicine," Su Galaxy opened a cupboard behind her, taking out some Hemostatic Medicine and two bottles of alcohol.
There were medicines and medical equipment on the fourth floor, but Su Galaxy wasn't ready to take them there.
She dreaded the hassle and didn't want them to directly go and take things; the medical room was set up by the system, and she hadn't checked it herself, afraid to let them go up there.
Luckily, she had purchased some medicine to store here beforehand.
Cold medicine, Hemostatic Medicine, painkillers… various common medications and a lot of alcohol.
These were also unlimited; taking them would automatically replenish them, thanks to the system. Otherwise, she wouldn't sell these medicines.
If once used they were gone, she would be too reluctant to sell them, what if she got sick later?
After a thought, Su Galaxy took some more painkillers.
"Thank you so much, how much for these?" Liu Wutong looked at Su Galaxy gratefully yet worriedly. After the apocalypse, medical supplies were even scarcer than tobacco and alcohol.
Could this five hundred yuan cover so much?
"Um… I'll charge you one hundred and fifty," she recalled when she bought them, weren't the two bottles of alcohol only 29.9?