Chapter 378 - Chapter 378: Old City! (2)
Chapter 378: Old City! (2)
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Monopolize, even if it could only be circulated within a city, was enough for the ruler to control well.
Therefore, the foundation of Black Rock City was actually hegemony. They relied on force to provide security within Black Rock City, and then used high prices to harvest the wealth of ordinary people.
Correspondingly, Black Rock City could dominate the place, but it wouldn’t work on outsiders. Even if they were merchants, foreign chambers of commerce wouldn’t buy black rock coins. Even if they did, they would exchange them for goods before leaving.
However, this did not affect the enjoyment of the upper echelons of Black Rock City. To them, it was something that could allow them to enjoy glory and wealth for generations.
Now that they had everything they needed, they would naturally look for something that was scarce in Black Rock City to differentiate themselves from ordinary people and obtain a greater sense of superiority and satisfaction.
Thus, the teams heading to the old city aren’t just pragmatically looking for useful items like oil and car parts.
They also search for objects that could bring a sense of spiritual climax to the rulers of the city, like ancient paintings and antiques from the old era.
‘Additionally, once in the old city, it’s best not to fire a gun unless absolutely necessary…’
Although unaware of Zhao Yu’s purpose in the old city, Eagle was still bound to him and didn’t want Zhao Yu to run into trouble.
‘It’s a pity that Sister Meng is not here; otherwise, with her leading, whatever you do in the old city would be easier…’
‘But no worries, there’s a large Peace Town on the south side of the old city. With many strong individuals from the three cities and the wilderness…’
‘If you’re going to enter the old city, you can consider hiring some enhancers from Peace Town…’
‘Hiring?!’
He could hired an enhancers for mission?
Yes!’
Eagle smiled, ‘The wilderness teams going to the old city are usually after natural resources like oil that are easy to sell…’”
“Other things like car parts, without a specific channel, it’s very difficult to sell them at a high price, and they’re easy to be ripped off…”
“Therefore, these items are usually obtained by the shops in the city who hire teams to help them obtain them…”
“These teams rarely make trips to the old city, so they usually take on some other missions along the way to make some extra money…”
“If you’re planning to go deep into the old city, my advice is to first visit Peace Town. It’s relatively safe there as far as we know, and its reputation is assured…”
Through his understanding, Zhao Yu gained a deeper insight into the old city and the scavengers.
Indeed, there’s a method to the madness. Peace Town was established based on the old city to serve the three cities.
For outsiders, the most valuable thing is their cars, which can’t be driven into the old city and are prone to theft if left outside.
Therefore, Peace Town emerged in response to this need, surviving on parking fees.
This is a long-term business. Unless the profit is so tempting that Peace Town is willing to risk their reputation, they usually won’t take any rash actions.
“Although Peace Town is a town, it can be called a small city. It has a permanent population of over thirty thousand people, and with transient populations, it always has around fifty thousand people…”
“If I want to hire a team and if I want to park my vehicles in Peace Town, what should I use for payment?”
“Neither Black Rock currency, Jaoyue currency, nor Nanguo currency will do…”
Eagle casually threw a handful of bullets and smiled, “Under normal circumstances, weapons, ammunition, and food are solid currencies. Of course, if you’re willing, oil is even more valuable…”
Considering the price per weight, oil is indeed easy to carry and valuable. But Zhao Yu himself needed it, so how could he sell it?!
“Got it, thanks!”
“No problem…”
“If you really plan to go deep into the old city, I advise against firing your guns recklessly…”
“What happens if we fire a gun?!”
“Thousands of mutants will surround you and it will also attract radiation beasts…”
“If you see a radiation beast, run if you can. If you can’t, just hurt it enough to make it flee. But never kill a radiation beast…”
Don’t kill radiation beasts!
Zhao Yu was well aware of this. He had seen firsthand at the farm how everything turned into mutants after killing a radiation beast.
If they hadn’t been far enough away, they might have mutated too.
Zhao Yu didn’t linger any longer. He left two rifles as payment and hurried back to the base.
“Really generous…”
Eagle picked up the two rifles. He too wished he could be as bold as Zhao Yu, casually giving away two weapons as payment.
“Damn, I’m not jealous of him. Anyway, we now have ten vehicles and ten machine guns. Sister Meng will probably be overjoyed when she returns…”
After returning to the base, Zhao Yu started preparing for the trip to the old city.
He didn’t plan to bring many people, 20 elite soldiers would suffice.
As for vehicles, Zhao Yu took six standard seven-seat electric off-road vehicles, and one pickup truck with a bed.
The munitions factory had various models of trucks with carrying capacities ranging from several tons to several hundred tons. But each was a gas guzzler, which Zhao Yu couldn’t afford to maintain now.
On this trip, Zhao Yu didn’t bring many weapons. He only took two rocket launchers and five machine guns, all mounted on the roofs of the off-road vehicles..