Immortal in The Apocalypse
Chapter 55: Selling Water

Chapter 55: Selling Water

After finishing speaking, Meng Zhelan waited for Zhu Lin to ask about the water price, but Zhu Lin just tilted her head slightly, staring at her silently. With none of them speaking, the two of them just silently stared at each other for a long time.

Thinking that Meng Zhelan deliberately came here to tell her the news, Zhu Lin smiled slightly at her and said, "Thank you for telling me this news, but I don’t want to buy water."

Meng Zhelan smiled and said, "No problem. We live on the same floor and should help each other."

Zhu Lin looked at Meng Zhelan’s smile and felt that this young woman indeed had a kind heart. She nodded and said, "It was very hot outside. You should go back to your home."

Before Meng Zhelan could speak, Zhu Lin nodded to her again, and then closed the door. Meng Zhelan stood outside the closed door, scratching her head in confusion. After a while, she felt her body temperature start to rise, so she hurried home.

After closing the door, Zhu Lin sat on the old sofa, thinking about what Meng Zhelan said to her just now. Just as she was thinking, Tu Tu finally woke up.

The rabbit rubbed its eyes, looked at her and asked, "Master, what are you thinking about?"

Zhu Lin recovered from her contemplation and said, "I’m thinking about the news I just heard."

"News? What kind of news?" Tu Tu asked curiously.

She looked at the rabbit and said, "A young woman came here just now. She said that since this morning, many people have died of heat stroke and the water source in this base has also dried up."

"Then what does this news have to do with us?" Tu Tu asked again.

Hearing the rabbit’s question, Zhu Lin looked at the bright sky outside and said, "Without water, many people will die. Either from heat stroke or dehydration."

Tu Tu looked at her expression and asked, "Master, do you want to help them?"

Zhu Lin nodded and said, "Mhm."

Tu Tu frowned and said, "Master, you–"

She patted the rabbit on the head lightly, interrupted the rabbit, and said, "I know what you are trying to say. But as God, I can’t just let them die when I know I can help them. And what I’m going to do next will be beneficial for us as well."

Tu Tu tilted its head slightly and asked, "Master, what are your plans?"

Zhu Lin smiled and said, "Since they are short of water, we will sell water to them."

Hearing her answer, Tu Tu was confused and asked, "Selling water? What good does it do us?"

She stroked the rabbit’s soft fur and said, "I need to improve my cultivation, and they need water. I can just let them exchange crystal nucleus for water. This way, I can accumulate crystal nucleus faster while helping them. Isn’t this a win-win solution for everyone?"

Tu Tu thought for a while, looked at her and said, "Master, your idea is good! Then when shall we start?"

The corners of Zhu Lin’s mouth rose slightly, as she said, "Tonight."

After deciding to sell water, Zhu Lin waited until sunset before going out. As she expected, due to the hot weather and high temperature during the day, most people decided to hide at home during the day and only come out at night.

Walking on the street tonight, Zhu Lin found that the street was not as crowded as before. Besides the faint rotten flesh stench of the air, she noticed that most people’s expressions were sad and gloomy. Thinking of the news about people dying of heat stroke, she guessed that these people must have lost their relatives today.

While observing the people, she came to the market area. Unlike the last time when she came to the market, there are very few people selling things tonight. Seeing that there were still a lot of empty spots in the central area of ​​the market, Zhu Lin took out a piece of cloth made of thousand-year-old ice silk.

She looked around, found a suitable spot, and spread the cloth on the ground like other merchants. Since she was going to sell water, she took out the jade basin that Tu Tu gave her and put it in front of her and waited for her first customer.

Not long after, a man and a woman came to her stall. The couple looked at the jade basin filled with water with great interest, and the woman asked, "Boss, how much is this jade basin?"

Zhu Lin looked up and said, "It’s not for sale."

Hearing her answer, the woman frowned and asked, "If you don’t sell it, why put it here?"

After speaking, she looked at Zhu Lin’s ancient style dress again. She smiled and asked with a hint of mockery in her voice. "Are you coming here to cosplay?"

Zhu Lin tilted her head slightly and said, "I don’t know what cosplay is, but I sell water."

When the couple heard her words, their eyes lit up. As the temperature rises day by day, the price of water also keeps rising. With their current strength, they can only buy two bottles of water a day after working for the whole day. Besides, they haven’t been out to do missions for a week, and their contribution points are no longer enough to exchange water.

The woman licked her chapped lips and asked, "How much is the water?"

Zhu Lin thought for a while and said, "The price of a liter of water is two ordinary crystal nucleus."

According to this price, she can earn at least one hundred and fifty ordinary crystal nucleus from a low-grade water talisman.

After hearing the price, the couple were very surprised. Seeing their surprised expressions, Zhu Lin thought: ’Is the price too expensive? But I need to earn at least this much. Otherwise, I’m just wasting my time here. Or is it that the human beings in this world are too weak, and they can’t even get a few ordinary crystal nucleus from zombies?’