Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot

Chapter 551: Chapter 234 Encounter with Yang Changhong_3

Wang Tao parked his car next to Yang Changhong’s. Then he registered his name and car.

“Mr. Wang, rest assured, our parking lot is manned, just lock your doors, and we guarantee that nothing will be taken from your car!”

The bald middle-aged man assured, patting his chest.

“Hmm.”

Wang Tao nodded.

He came fully armed this time, unless someone forced their way in, there was no way they could pry the door open.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

He casually threw a white Level 1 Garbage Crystal Core to the man.

“Thanks for the trouble.”

Just like the previous inspector, the bald middle-aged man was taken aback for a moment before subconsciously catching the Crystal Core. Upon realizing he was holding a Level 1 Crystal Core in his hand, he widened his eyes and stammered:

“Wang, Mr. Wang? W-we don’t charge for parking…”

The fact of the matter was, in the beginning, the leader of their base was inclined to charge a fee, since making some money was always good, but it was later rescinded.

The reason was simple—if someone could drive their car here and park it, they were generally second-order superpower owners. And in their base, there was only one second-order superpower owner…

In the absence of legal stipulations, the one with the biggest fist had the final say. You don’t have the strength and still want to charge a fee? That was just asking for death!

As is widely known, many people, especially those who had not fared well before the end of the world, tend to become inflated and even psychologically twisted once they gained strength after the apocalypse.

Even if the fees they charged were not high, it could appear offensive in the eyes of some hot-tempered individuals—it was like looking down on them! If someone got unhappy and confronted the base, that would be a disaster!

Of course, although they didn’t charge a fee, there were a small number of people who would give tips. These tips were a bonus for them. Not much, but better than nothing.

“No charge? Then consider it a tip for you.”

Wang Tao waved his hand dismissively.

“A tip?”

In the post-apocalyptic world, the valuable things pretty much fell into a few categories: food, weapons, vehicles, and the most valuable of all, Crystal Cores.

He never expected Wang Tao would actually give him a Crystal Core as a tip!

Even if it was the lowest-grade Level 1 White Crystal Core, it was still a Crystal Core! This could be exchanged for a lot of food in the trade hall!

After a moment of stunned silence, the man immediately stood at attention.

“Yes! Mr. Wang, rest assured, I will take good care of your car! There won’t be any problems!”

“Hmm.”

Wang Tao nodded, ready to leave.

The man immediately brought out four bulky-looking oil-paper umbrellas from a corner and handed them to Wang Tao.

“Mr. Wang, these are the umbrellas we make here, especially for these acid rains! This umbrella can withstand at least three hours of corrosion!”

“Oh? Interesting.”

Wang Tao took them and handed one to each Xu Xiaojun and the others. Then he headed towards the trade hall.

Once Wang Tao left, the bald middle-aged man immediately called out.

“Guys, get some clean water, let’s give Mr. Wang’s car a good wash!”

…

The trade hall was the largest building in Duzhu Town Base, a three-story structure that seemed to have been converted from a small shopping mall.

The first floor was the trade hall, providing a trading space and a place to post bounty tasks.

The second floor was specially prepared for visitors’ accommodation. Of course, you could stay elsewhere if you didn’t want to stay here; it was quite free.

The third floor was where the leadership of Duzhu Town Base lived and dealt with daily affairs.

The trade hall was located right next to the parking lot, just a few steps away.

Upon arriving at the trade hall, it was busier inside than Wang Tao had imagined, filled with people.

The entrance of Wang Tao and his group immediately drew quite a bit of attention.

It couldn’t be helped, the stature of Xu Xiaojun and Wang Tao was too striking: one was two meters tall, the other was two meters twenty. Both of them standing at the entrance could block out the light.

As for the two beautiful women beside Wang Tao, they didn’t attract as much attention.

After all, Wang Tao and his companions clearly were not ones to be trifled with; for all anyone knew, the beauties might be their forbidden fruit. It wasn’t worth the trouble of looking for trouble.

Among the outsiders there, two of them became somewhat uncertain upon seeing Wang Tao and his group.

“Level 3? Really?”

They could vaguely sense an oppressive aura distinct from Level 1 and Level 2 Ability Users emanating from Xu Xiaojun and Nie Siyan, but it wasn’t as evident as that of a Level 3 zombie…

Wang Tao ignored the gazes of others, scanned the area, and did not spot Zhang Hong.

“Excuse me, sir, my name is Zheng Hai. May I help you with anything?”

At that moment, a short, plump middle-aged man with only a few hundred HP walked over, nodding and bowing to Wang Tao.

“I’m looking for someone. An outsider, a woman who is quite pretty…”

Wang Tao described her simply.

Zheng Hai thought for a moment, then tentatively asked:

“I think I know who you are looking for. May I be so bold as to ask what your relationship with the lady is…”

Their base dreads incidents involving grudges because, if a fight breaks out, they can’t afford to offend either party. However, judging by the look of Wang Tao and his companions, they didn’t seem like they were after revenge, which is why he dared to ask.

Of course, the most important point was that his good brother from the inspection team had just communicated with him using a walkie-talkie, saying that a group of very generous bosses had arrived…

“Good friends.”

Wang Tao replied.

“Alright, please wait a moment, I’ll go notify—”

Zheng Hai hadn’t finished speaking when Wang Tao threw him a white Crystal Core.

“Take me to her.”

Wang Tao said calmly.

Looking at the Crystal Core in his hand, Zheng Hai suppressed his excitement and said:

“Please follow me!”

He led Wang Tao and his group to a room on the second floor and stopped outside the door.

Wang Tao knocked directly.

Knock knock knock—

“Who is it?”

A wary female voice came from inside.

Wang Tao was very familiar with this voice; it was indeed Yang Changhong.

“It’s me.”

Wang Tao spoke deliberately in a lowered voice.

Click—

The door opened a crack, and Yang Changhong’s haggard face appeared.

Upon seeing Wang Tao at the door, she froze. Then she instinctively reached out.

“Am I… dreaming again…”