238: Advanced template for trade protection! Zhang Lin is gone?

"Hmm?" Su Lie looked down and saw that it was actually a talent scroll.

A few words were written on the scroll: "Green Fine Quality, Agility."

"Why don't you use it yourself?" Su Lie looked toward Zhang Lin.

Zhang Lin scratched her head: "I previously opened a Blue Rare Quality Agility Talent book! I can't use this one!"

"I can't use it either! I have a Talent of the same type!" Su Lie shook his head.

Zhang Lin was stunned and lowered her head.

She was pondering a question: "Will Su Lie use the grace of saving my life as leverage to make me serve him?"

"If he makes that request!"

"Should I agree or not agree!"

"If I resist, what is the probability of winning?"

"He is wearing a full set of leather armor, and a cloak that grants Invisibility... He also has a large amount of Exorcism Holy Water, and can easily shatter the Venus sculpture... This shows that his strength is greater than mine!"

"In close quarters Fighting, I am not his match!"

... She thought about many things.

Finally, Zhang Lin secretly sighed, couldn't help but glance up at Su Lie, and murmured internally: "Su Lie doesn't look bad either! As long as he isn't some kind of pervert with special fetishes, I wouldn't be completely unable to accept it!"

Just as she made up her mind, Su Lie suddenly posed a question: "Are you a saint?"

"Big Brother! Do you think any of us who managed to stand out from billions of Survivors would be a saint?" Zhang Lin was taken aback and couldn't help but counter-ask while rubbing her forehead.

Su Lie was stunned, then immediately burst into laughter.

Indeed.

Saints had long since died amid the temptations that appeared in the previous days.

Those who survived until now were all self-serving individuals.

People like Zhang Lin, who understood gratitude, were even rarer.

The two used this topic to converse.

Through the conversation, Su Lie learned that Zhang Lin also read novels in her spare time, and her favorite genre was apocalyptic fiction.

Although she came from a special forces background, she hadn't actually executed many missions and had always been assigned to clerical work.

Speaking of which, Zhang Lin was 3 years older than Su Lie.

She was 21 this year.

Currently, she was only Level 17.

Because there were too many zombies on the first day, she could only fight and flee.

Only after the zombies dispersed on the second day did she begin hunting them to level up.

"The fewer the zombies, the more there are! Since I can't use Skills, and I don't have any powerful Talents, I can only look for small groups of zombies to kill! It's just... too difficult!"

Zhang Lin observed Su Lie while speaking.

She was still waiting for Su Lie's response.

But Su Lie didn't say anything.

She was sensible enough not to ask.

They just chatted about some irrelevant daily matters.

Time passed little by little.

In the blink of an eye, it was midnight.

Su Lie and Zhang Lin walked toward the window together.

However, the view outside the window was different for the two of them.

Soon, the dark mist dissipated, and a seven-colored beam of light appeared simultaneously in both of their views.

This beam of light was over a hundred kilometers away from this area.

Su Lie sensed the energy fluctuation of the seven-colored light column through his sense of smell and made an accurate judgment: "The escape light column is approximately 153 kilometers away from us!"

He immediately smelled an aura different from that of the Puppet Integral Shop.

This aura was not that of a Survivor, nor was it subordinate to the Dark God, nor was it a zombie.

"A new Integral Shop?" Su Lie's eyes flashed.

He turned his head and asked Zhang Lin: "Do you have a trade card?"

"Uh... no!" Zhang Lin was startled and looked at Su Lie confusedly.

Su Lie offered a simple explanation and instructed Zhang Lin: "Wait for me here for a moment! I'll be right back!"

Saying this, he took out a Divine-grade machete and gave it to Zhang Lin.

Clatter!

Su Lie flipped over and leaped out of the window.

Zhang Lin was startled.

She clung to the window and looked outside, but she could no longer find any trace of Su Lie.

This led her into thought: "A trade card? Did he go to an Integral Shop? Can only Survivors who possess a trade card enter?"

She had a certain guess.

When she looked at the machete in her hand, her pupils contracted: "It's not a Common Quality or Green Quality weapon! This weapon..."

Saying this, she swung it twice toward the wall in front of her, wanting to determine its strength.

She only heard a soft hum.

She found that she had left two hair-thin diagonal lines on the wall: "What a fast knife!"

She could clearly see the two intersecting lines because she possessed the Night Vision Talent.

When the knife entered the wall just now, she didn't feel any obstruction whatsoever.

This made a burning light bloom in her eyes: "If I had possessed this weapon just now, that strange sculpture would have died long ago!"

This made her heart feel fervent.

Just then, she leaned toward the windowsill.

Just as she pressed down on the windowsill with a little force, Crash!

The wall beneath her hand suddenly felt light, causing her to almost fall off the building.

Zhang Lin looked down, her face immediately changing drastically: "Holy crap! This knife actually cut down this concrete load-bearing wall!"

This made Zhang Lin, holding the machete, feel her mind become active.

"If I possess this knife, I will definitely be able to obtain more resources in the Mist World!"

"I can also level up quickly in this Dungeon!"

"This knife is vital to me, even more important than a pistol!"

"What should I do?"

"Should I take the knife and run away through the sewer, or stay here and wait for him?"

... At this time, Su Lie arrived at a villa 10 kilometers away.

This villa was located on the shore of a lake.

Creak!

When Su Lie pushed open the door to the villa's basement, a crystal-clear shop, adorned with countless crystal stone props, appeared before his eyes.

There were two crystal stone sculptures on either side of the shop entrance.

When Su Lie entered, they said in unison: "Welcome!"

A thumping sound came from inside the counter.

When Su Lie looked up, he saw a crystal man about 1.7 meters tall slowly standing up from inside the counter.

"Esteemed Guest! May I ask what you need? Crystal Shop is at your service!" The crystal man spoke eagerly.

It picked up an exquisite crystal-carved cup, poured a glass of fragrant juice, and handed it toward Su Lie.

"Thank you! I don't need it!" Su Lie shook his head.

The crystal man shopkeeper nodded.

It picked up the menu and handed it to Su Lie: "Please take a look!"

"Thank you! Just put it on the counter!" Su Lie replied politely.

He was constantly vigilant of his surroundings and kept in mind the rules that Dark God Dick had traded to him.

As well as the information he had obtained from his previous trade experience.

Seeing that Su Lie was an experienced customer, the crystal man shopkeeper stopped talking and offered no recommendations.

Su Lie found that the Crystal Integral Shop's menu only had two types of dishes: cold dishes and specialty dishes.

The specialty dishes were the same as those Su Lie had seen in the Puppet Shop.

The difference was that the longevity pill, Equipment Slot Talent scroll, and Shelter Defense Array on the menu were all marked as sold out.

This made Su Lie's eyelids twitch: "Could the specialty dishes here be the same as the specialty dishes in the Puppet Shop?"

Thinking of this, Su Lie looked at the shopkeeper and asked: "Why are these items gone? Are the specialty dishes here and the specialty dishes in the Puppet Shop from the same menu?"

"Guest! To get these two pieces of information, you need to pay 200,000 Mist Points!" The crystal shopkeeper smiled and quoted the price.

Su Lie shook his head: "No need! I want the Shelter Advancement Template! And also..."

Saying this, he looked toward the cold dish section.

The items here were advanced materials for basic materials.

Among them, the advanced materials for wood included blood-sucking wood, phoenix blood wood, tortoise mountain wood, profound iron wood, and yellow profound wood.

The advanced materials for Stone included holy water stone, flame heart stone, wood knot stone, breath earth stone, and gold ringing stone.

The advanced materials for iron included flying flow iron, blue flame iron, red heart iron, wood crystal iron, and Geng Xin iron.

The quantity of each material was 100 million units.

The exchange rate was 2 Mist Points for 1 unit of advanced material.

"If I want everything, I need 3 billion Mist Points! Plus the Shelter Advancement Template for 1 billion, that makes 4 billion Mist Points!"

Su Lie calculated carefully.

He currently had 4.28 billion Mist Points.

After spending, he would still have over 280 million remaining.

"I want all the materials in the cold dish section!" Su Lie looked up at the crystal man shopkeeper.

Crash!

The crystal man shopkeeper's leg wobbled.

It was so shocked by Su Lie's exorbitant demand that its eyes widened, and it nearly stumbled: "Guest! This is a transaction worth 4 billion Mist Points! You need 16 trade cards! Do you have them?"

"Guest! Can you afford this payment?" The crystal men at the entrance turned their heads to look at Su Lie, their vision glowing with a fervent light.

Su Lie laughed heartily and took out 16 trade cards: "Here you go!"

"It's a pleasure to serve you!" The crystal man shopkeeper's eyes narrowed into crescent moons.

It eagerly took out three rune papers from under the counter: "These are temporary storage rune paper, each storing 5 portions of advanced resources of the same category! Please inspect them!"

As it handed over the rune paper, a transaction prompt appeared in Su Lie's vision.

Su Lie first chose to pay, then took the temporary storage rune paper.

After confirming that the resources inside were what he needed, he placed the rune paper into his ruyi pouch.

As soon as the rune paper was stored in the pouch, it instantly vanished, and the materials accumulated in their respective areas.

Seeing this, Su Lie looked up at the crystal man shopkeeper: "This rune paper?"

"Under normal circumstances, it can store resources for 3 days! If placed in storage equipment, it will instantly dissipate!"

The crystal man shopkeeper smiled and explained, then handed over the Shelter Advancement Template.

Although called a template, this item was actually a token-shaped prop.

After Su Lie took the template, he turned and left the shop.

When he turned his head to look at the basement, the shop had completely disappeared.

Only then did Su Lie return to the building where he had encountered Zhang Lin.

Along the way, he found some road signs.

"Hmm?" Su Lie took out the city map he had searched for in other Shelters.

He saw that his current area was located 100 kilometers to the left of the area where he used Borrowing Strength to Escape.

And the location of the escape passage he had just seen was exactly the Military Base area.

"It seems I was just teleported along a straight line 100 kilometers away!... And after an Integral Shop completes a transaction, it not only changes the shop type but also changes its location!"

Su Lie summarized this transaction as he walked.

Soon, he arrived at the building where Zhang Lin was located.

Su Lie stood downstairs and couldn't help but look up: "What happened? Did Zhang Lin leave? Or did she die?"

He didn't smell Zhang Lin's scent upstairs, nor did he hear any movement from above.

This made Su Lie's heart sink...