Immortal in The Apocalypse
Chapter 242: Token

Chapter 242: Token

When those people fell to the ground, cracks appeared under their bodies. The other teams looked at their miserable situation and did not dare to take action against Zhu Lin rashly. Zhu Lin lowered her sword, looked at them, and asked calmly: "Anyone else wants to try?"

After hearing her calm question, those people cautiously took a few steps back. Seeing that they had no intention of attacking her for the time being, Zhu Lin asked, "Who are you? Where are you all from?"

Knowing that there was zero chance of kidnapping Zhu Lin with their current strength, the captain of the five-man team raised his hand. Seeing his actions, his team members lowered their weapons.

The man took a step forward and said, "My name is Xue Qinghuan, and I am the captain of this team. When we passed through this area, I accepted the mission of kidnapping you from a nearby base. As for why they wanted to kidnap you, I don’t know."

After saying that, his team members also nodded and said, "Yes. We have no personal grudges against you. We took this mission just because the reward is not bad."

Zhu Lin observed them and thought: ’With their strength, it is not difficult for them to find supplies or hunt mutants. It seems that what Ji Yang said before is right. There are no more supplies out there. The situation seemed more dire than I imagined.’

With this in mind, she looked at Xue Qinghuan and asked, "If I gave you a job at our base, would you accept it?"

As soon as she said this, everyone except Xue Qinghuan became excited. He observed Zhu Lin vigilantly and asked, "We are here to kidnap you. Why do you want to help us and even offer us a job?"

Zhu Lin tilted her head slightly and said, "Since you said you came here to kidnap me just because of the high reward from that mission, what’s wrong with me providing you with a better job?"

Hearing what she said, Xue Qinghuan was silent for a while before saying, "Do you think I will believe you? There is no free lunch in this world. What do you want from us in exchange for this job?"

Zhu Lin looked at his guarded expression thoughtfully for a second, and then said, "I don’t want to get anything from you or the others. I don’t care if you believe me or not. But if you change your mind, you can go to the public office and tell the staff that it is me who told you to go there. They will arrange a suitable job for you and your friends."

After Zhu Lin said that, one of Xue Qinghuan’s team members pulled the hem of Xue Qinghuan’s shirt and said, "Brother Xue, since this mission has failed and we have no other option, I think we should try it at the public office. If she lied to us, we can just find another way. But what if she didn’t lie to us? Won’t we lose a good opportunity to survive the third cold wave for nothing? There’s no harm in giving it a try."

Xue Qinghuan pondered on his words for a while, then looked at Zhu Lin and said, "Miss, you asked us to go to the public office to find a job. But what if they ask for evidence to prove that you are the one who recommended us to go there? We don’t have anything that could prove it right now."

Hearing what he said, Zhu Lin nodded and said, "It makes sense. Then I will give you something as a token."

After saying that, she took out a Qi berry from her spiritual palace. Xue Qinghuan looked at the small green berry in her palm and asked, "Do you want to use that unripe berry as a token?"

Zhu Lin nodded and said, "Yes. As long as you bring this Qi berry to the public office, they will know that I am the one who recommended you."

After saying that, she flicked her fingers and threw Qi berry to Xue Qinghuan. After catching the Qi berry, he glanced at the small green berry on his palm, then closed his palm and said, "All right. I will believe you for now. But if you lie to me, I will settle the score even if I risk my life."

Leaving these words, Xue Qinghuan left with the team members. Seeing that one team was defeated by Zhu Lin, while the other team had left, the remaining teams looked at each other in dismay.

Zhu Lin saw that none of them wanted to do anything bad to her, so she asked, "What about the rest of you? Do you want to fight me, or go to the public office to find a job?"

After asking, she waited patiently for them to discuss it with each other. After a few minutes, one of the captains looked at her and said, "Are you sure we can get jobs just by going to public office?"

Zhu Lin nodded and said, "Yes."

Seeing her calm look, the leader looked at his team members again. After seeing everyone nodding in agreement, he turned to look at Zhu Lin and said, "All right. We decided to go to the public office to find a job. Can you give us the berries as a token?"

"Of course." She replied calmly.

After speaking, Zhu Lin took out a Qi berry from her spiritual palace and threw it to the captain. Seeing another team get the Qi berry and leave, the remaining three teams no longer hesitated.

"I want the berry too." Said the only female captain.

After hearing her words, Zhu Lin handed her a Qi berry, and she quickly left with her team members, fearing that if they were too late, the good work would be snatched away by other teams. After that team left, two other teams also chose to go to public office.