In the Apocalypse, Hoarding Supplies with the System's Hundredfold Critical Hits

Soon, Li Ming and Manager Zhang discussed the time for their next meeting and the materials to be traded.

Li Ming wanted a large quantity of antiques and cultural relics, while Manager Zhang needed well-made weapons and equipment. Although primarily cold weapons, high-quality cold weapons could still greatly enhance combat effectiveness.

Especially in the末世 (Mòshì, end-of-the-world era), the value of weapons was no less than that of medicine, food, and basic survival supplies like water. With sufficiently good weapons and equipment, it was entirely possible to obtain more resources.

Violence was the only order in the末世 (Mòshì, end-of-the-world era)!

Li Ming gave them a high-power walkie-talkie to facilitate communication. For Li Ming, since he was looking for partners, he naturally preferred people he was familiar with.

As for whether he would be scammed, that depended on the strength of both parties and had nothing to do with whether they were acquaintances.

Of course, the specific situation depended on the value of the materials traded by both parties. For Li Ming, he certainly wouldn't suffer a loss.

Manager Zhang also knew that Li Ming certainly wouldn't lack survival supplies, so this transaction was essentially mutually beneficial.

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After a busy day, Manager Zhang and several community residents returned to the community in a speedboat. He immediately found Captain Wu, the leader elected by everyone in the community.

Captain Wu was quite surprised to see Manager Zhang.

This Captain Wu was a technical director in a company. He was able to become the captain because he was the first to propose that everyone band together to survive.

Over this period, Captain Wu's abilities had indeed proven to be quite good, and everyone recognized his capabilities.

"Old Zhang, what brings you here?" Captain Wu asked, puzzled.

"Captain Wu, today I met my former boss in the market, the owner of Li's Fresh, Li Ming. He's currently doing quite well and seems to have his own armed forces," Manager Zhang said.

"Old Zhang, are you going to join him?"

"Captain, you misunderstand.

I'm not going to join him, but I learned a lot of information while talking with him. The most important piece of news is that the Empire's government has completely collapsed. In other words, our country has entered a state of anarchy!" Manager Zhang said slowly.

After hearing Manager Zhang's words, Captain Wu immediately stood up. "Old Zhang, is this true?"

"Captain, you actually know better than I do. According to past practice, the Empire's army would have entered the city long ago to maintain order. But now, a large-scale natural disaster has been going on for more than half a month, so why haven't we seen the Empire's army?" Old Zhang said, word by word.

Captain Wu slumped back into his chair. In fact, he had been mentally prepared for this, but when the truth was actually spoken, it was still difficult to accept.

He knew exactly how cruel this fact was!

It could be said that the hope of receiving official rescue had been completely cut off, and the loss of control of the Empire's army would also lead to many uncontrollable factors, which would undoubtedly greatly increase the difficulty of survival for ordinary people.

"Old Zhang, just say what you want to say. As the vice-captain, you've made no small contribution to everyone. If it weren't for your news, I don't know how short of supplies everyone would be now!"

The contribution Captain Wu mentioned was Old Zhang's hoarding of a large amount of supplies after returning home from Li Ming's place. It could be said that Old Zhang indirectly saved the entire community. A very important factor in everyone being able to band together to survive was that everyone had followed suit and hoarded a lot of supplies.

People are not concerned about scarcity but about inequality. Now everyone in the community has supplies, and without the pressure of survival, everyone can naturally be harmonious and united.

"Captain, today my former boss said that they want to trade with us. They need a large number of antiques and cultural relics, and of course, the supplies they're offering are weapons!" Old Zhang stated his purpose.

Captain Wu asked, "Are they cold weapons or firearms?"

"Mainly cold weapons, but they're all very sophisticated weapons, as well as stab-resistant clothing, riot helmets, riot shields, bulletproof shields, and crossbows!"

Captain Wu was stunned for a moment after hearing this. Compound bows were fine, as they were sporting goods and not difficult to obtain.

But crossbows were controlled items within the Empire. How could they get them?

Moreover, they also had other protective gear. It could be said that as long as they had these protective equipment, the combat effectiveness of their community would definitely increase in the future.

Although he had no intention of doing evil, he had to protect himself.

Old Zhang then added, "Captain, my former boss seems to have armed troops. When I was talking to him today, I saw several soldiers wearing camouflage raincoats following him. Obviously, either he or the organization behind him has armed forces!"

"The world is already in chaos. We also need to find a backer, otherwise there will be more and more thugs outside, and it will be difficult for us to protect our supplies with our own strength!"

Captain Wu pondered. He was thinking about the pros and cons of Old Zhang's words. Although relying on others could provide protection, it would also mean losing autonomy.

Old Zhang added, "Captain, that President Li said that he's not in a hurry about whether we join them or not. What we need to do now is trade. Should we trade with them?"

"Yes, why not? Since you have such a good connection to get weapons, why not trade? I'll immediately order the subordinates to buy more antiques. In this day and age, antiques can't be eaten or drunk. Exchanging them for supplies is the most practical thing to do."

"And in this world, it's good enough to be alive. Seeking protection by relying on others isn't a bad thing. Although we've blocked two attacks from thugs, they didn't have guns. It'll be different once they have guns!"

"No matter what, this transaction must be done as soon as possible. We must arm ourselves as soon as possible!" Captain Wu decided decisively.

In the following days, Manager Zhang and a group of secondary dealers began to buy a large number of antiques and cultural relics on the market with dog food. Now these antiques are far less valuable than dog food.

So they bought a lot of antiques and agreed with Li Ming to start trading in two days using the walkie-talkie.

Li Ming was also busy these two days. He sent troops to constantly search for various supplies, even those underwater. After all, it was good to get whatever they could. Of course, he didn't go too far and left a lot of survival supplies behind.

After all, he couldn't watch a lot of supplies sink to the bottom of the water. Li Ming sent out a lot of troops. He collected basic survival supplies whenever he encountered them, and if he didn't encounter them, he collected other supplies. He even took away the doors of the office buildings, determined not to let go of any usable supplies.

Every bit of supplies now may contribute to the reconstruction of civilization in the future......