Chapter 149: Chapter 149: The Last Day Tycoon (14)
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Thud.

The crystal core collided with the tabletop, emitting a crisp sound.

Registration Staff: “…” Crystal, crystal core!!!

The registration area was partitioned into cubicles with curtains, but the staff still feared being seen by others.

“Do you have one?”

“Yes… yes, there is one.” The registration employee squeezed out a smile, stood up, and gestured to Chuzheng to come aside: “Please follow me.”

Lu Ran: “…”

Where on earth did she get that crystal core from.

There was no sign of her killing zombies on the road, was there?

The registration staff took them to a small room next door. She rifled through some papers on the table and, after glancing at them, said: “We only have one villa left. It’s a bit small, but it will be sufficient for the two of you. Electricity and water are supplied, safety guaranteed.”

“Hm.”

The registration staff tentatively said: “This villa requires ten crystal cores a month.”

Now a single crystal core could feed one person for a month, so this villa costing ten crystal cores a month made it clear that it wasn’t something everyone could afford.

Chuzheng handed over all the remaining crystal cores to her.

As the registration staff looked at the bag full of crystal cores, her eyes started to sparkle.

“You have a total of one hundred and ninety cores, which is enough for a year and seven months.” The registration staff turned to look for the keys: “Please wait a moment, I’ll get the keys for you and then take you there.”

“Zhou Jing, are you there?” Suddenly, a man entered: “I remember we still had one villa left, right?”

“Ah?” Zhou Jing, looking for the keys, lifted her head: “Not anymore, this young lady just took it.”

The man frowned, glanced at Chuzheng and Lu Ran, and perhaps because of her young age, didn’t take her seriously: “Arrange another place for her to stay and give me the keys to that villa.”

“But, she… gave a year and seven months’ worth of crystal cores.”

The man was surprised.

How could these two young people have so many crystal cores?

Zhou Jing showed the crystal cores to him.

Although the abundance of crystal cores was tempting, the man thought for a moment before turning back to Chuzheng and said: “I will arrange another set of accommodations for you. The environment is just as good, and no one will disturb you.”

Zhou Jing somehow felt it wasn’t right.

But since the man was the head of the settlement’s housing management, she could only watch, hoping no issues would arise.

“The deal is already done.” Chuzheng remained calm: “Are you breaking the agreement?”

Although she was acting out of impulse, she wouldn’t be pushed around!

The head laughed: “Young lady, we’re in charge of the housing, you either take my suggestion and I’ll make the arrangement immediately, or if you don’t, you’ll have to leave.”

“Mr. Yang, is it settled?”

Ning You’s face appeared at the door, locking eyes with Chuzheng. Her expression stiffened for a second, before reverting back to normal.

Yet inside, her world flipped upside down. How did she encounter her here!

And why did Chuzheng look so clean, as if she hadn’t been surviving in this apocalypse…

Does she not recognize me?

Is she pretending not to know me, or has some accident happened, and she truly doesn’t remember me?

Of course, Ning You hoped more for an accident, that she genuinely didn’t remember her.

Chuzheng was also somewhat taken aback.

Ning You looked a bit miserable; if it weren’t for her fair and beautiful face, she wouldn’t look much different from the people outside.

So, her journey hadn’t been easy.

She was quite pretty, just a bit malicious.

To think she even pulled my hair!

“Miss Ning, it will be ready soon.” The head said to Ning You with a pleasant smile.

Ning You avoided Chuzheng’s gaze as much as possible, speaking to the head with composure: “Is there a problem?”

“The villa has already been taken…” Zhou Jing’s eyes flicked towards Chuzheng.

Ning You understood immediately.

She looked at Chuzheng and quickly said: “Since it’s taken, then it should go to the highest bidder, right?”

Zhou Jing: “…” That person just paid one hundred and ninety crystal cores!

Even if you auction it off for a month, no ordinary person could compete with her!

[Main quest: Secure the villa with the highest bid!] Go, sis! We’re the richest!

Chuzheng: “…”

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I just wanted to find a place to live!

Ning You said that, and the director’s gaze flickered, smiling as he said, “Miss Ning is truly generous. What does the young lady think?”

“Sure.” What a hassle! Just finish it off!

The director said the highest bidder gets to renegotiate the bid.

On a monthly basis.

Chuzheng slapped one hundred ninety Crystal Cores onto the table with a flair, oozing extravagance: “One month.”

Director: “…”

Zhou Jing: “…”

Backdrop Lu Ran: “…”

Chuzheng’s brows and eyes were stern, making her appear somewhat sharply handsome, as she slightly parted her lips: “Your turn.”

The shock in Ning You’s eyes hadn’t had the time to subside; the number of Crystal Cores was unclear, but it was apparent they were plentiful.

How did she have so many Crystal Cores?

“Miss Ning?”

Ning You also had quite a few on her. Coming over from Z Province, where there were many zombies, she had acquired many Crystal Cores.

But…

To use them to rent a living space was too wasteful.

Yet, faced with Chuzheng, Ning You felt an inexplicable reluctance to lose.

Biting her lip, she said, “Two hundred.”

Chuzheng glanced at her: “Four hundred.”

Ning You felt like coughing up blood.

Was she just shouting out any number?

Special Ability Users needed to enhance their abilities, so Crystal Cores were actually consumed very quickly; the circulating amount of Crystal Cores could be said to be not very abundant.

And she doubled the bid just like that.

Did she think she was a Crystal Core manufacturer?

“Do you have that many?” Ning You voiced her doubt.

Chuzheng took out two hundred and tossed them over.

The room suddenly fell into a peculiar atmosphere, Ning You clutching her palm, as if she had dug a hole for herself and jumped in.

She had thought she had more Crystal Cores than anyone else, but this was the result.

In her eyes, these Crystal Cores seemed to be no big deal?

What on earth had she been through?!

“You have Space Ability?” The director’s surprise wasn’t about the Crystal Cores.

The one hundred ninety Crystal Cores were ones that Chuzheng had been holding the entire time; nobody saw where she took them out from.

But now, Chuzheng had seemingly pulled them out of thin air.

Two hundred Crystal Cores have no small volume…

“Is that any of your business?”

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“Are you adding more?” Chuzheng asked Ning You.

Ning You’s cheeks flushed red, her beautiful eyes glaring at Chuzheng.

Add more? For what?

She only had just over four hundred in total on her, which weren’t all hers; how could she dare to continue raising the bid?

Ning You felt nothing but humiliation inside, her face burning with the sensation.

Biting her lower lip, she stamped her foot and turned to leave, signaling with her actions that she would not raise the bid.

If she didn’t leave now, was she going to wait for these people to laugh at her?

[Congratulations, Miss, for completing the mission—the six hundred Crystal Cores have been delivered.]

A burst of exhilaration surged through Chuzheng’s heart, but her expression became even more piercingly cold: “Can you take me there now?”

The oppressively hot weather made everyone feel chilly, goosebumps forming all over their bodies; Zhou Jing shivered: “Sure… sure.”

“Hey, where did you get so many Crystal Cores?” Lu Ran asked her in a lowered voice.

“Wholesale.”

“…” Where can you even buy wholesale? The zombie market!?