12: Chapter 12 Mysterious Beast Hide

Chen Ze had a principle when shopping: buy cheap, not necessarily right.

After this operation, a huge pile of daily necessities only cost 200 survival coins, leaving 550 survival coins remaining.

"The body is the capital of the revolution. If you don't eat well, you can't fight zombies!"

Chen Ze muttered to himself while munching on a chicken leg.

Just then, the system page suddenly prompted that someone had added him as a friend.

Chen Ze frowned slightly.

"Nobody should know my ID, how could someone add me?"

He opened the friend system and found it was a request from someone named "Fatty is the Coolest".

""Fatty is the Coolest"? This ID looks familiar."

He suddenly recalled that his Zhonghua cigarettes were exchanged from that person. It seemed like 5 survival coins per pack.

Could it be that he regretted selling them too cheaply?

Chen Ze didn't intend to respond. His top priority was filling his stomach; he had no time for irrelevant people.

But a few seconds later, the person sent another friend request.

"No way, you're not done yet, kid?"

He clicked accept, wanting to see what this Fatty was up to.

Almost the moment the friend request was approved, a message came through.

Fatty is the Coolest: "Big shot, I'm the one who sold you the cigarettes and toilet paper. Do you remember me?"

Chen Ze didn't expect the toilet paper to be from him too. He thought for a moment and replied.

Shanghai Li Yunlong: "What's up? You have more cigarettes to sell? I have enough for now, no need."

Shanghai Li Yunlong was naturally Chen Ze's ID. As for why he chose this name, Chen Ze felt that in this doomsday, one had to be as courageous and resourceful as Li Yunlong to survive.

Fatty is the Coolest: "None left, I sold them all to you. I added you mainly to ask if you have any awesome weapons? Can you sell me one?"

Fatty sent the message, clenching his hands nervously, listening to the zombies scratching outside the door, silently praying.

"Must agree, must agree, otherwise I'm really done for this time!"

Chen Ze looked at the message and sneered inwardly.

In this Fortress survival game, weapons were lifeblood. How could he sell them to others? However, he was curious why the other party was convinced he had "awesome weapons".

Shanghai Li Yunlong: "Why do you think I have awesome weapons? Just because I'm generous with my shopping?"

Fatty is the Coolest: "Ordinary people wouldn't use survival coins to buy cigarettes at a time like this, and so decisively too. I figured you must have some powerful means to get a lot of survival coins, and after thinking about it, it's highly likely you have powerful weapons, so I swallowed my pride and reached out to you."

Chen Ze became guarded, not expecting his shopping behavior to reveal so much information.

Fortunately, the system ID wasn't linked to reality, otherwise, this tiny slip-up could have caused him a lot of trouble.

Shanghai Li Yunlong: "You're overthinking it. I just got lucky and received some survival coin rewards; I don't have any awesome weapons. If there's nothing else, I'm deleting you."

Chen Ze didn't see the point in continuing this nonsense, but once this message was sent, Fatty blew up.

"Holy crap, received system rewards? Did this Li Yunlong guy complete an achievement? He's definitely a big shot, I... I'm saved!"

Fatty was shaking with excitement and hurriedly replied.

Fatty is the Coolest: "Big shot, don't delete me, don't delete me! I have a treasure here, take a look, it will definitely be useful to you!"

Fatty is the Coolest: "[Image]"

Chen Ze zoomed in on the image and found it seemed to be a beast hide.

The hide was mostly blank, with only a few rough sketches of houses in the middle, and there seemed to be small red dots among them.

"Huh? What is this thing?"

Just as Chen Ze was wondering, Fatty sent the system information for the beast hide.

Item Name: mysterious beast hide.

Grade: Special.

Item Description: This is a mysterious beast hide left behind from ancient times. Holding it allows for real-time monitoring of a one-kilometer radius.

"Hiss!"

Seeing the information, Chen Ze couldn't help but gasp.

"Damn! This thing is a treasure!"

It turned out those house shapes were the survivors' Fortresses, and the red dots were the survivors!

With this thing, wouldn't it be like having a god's-eye view?

Just then, Fatty sent another message.

Fatty is the Coolest: "Big shot Li Yunlong, this is something I got from my talent. To be honest, although my talent is A-grade, it can only be used once every 7 days. If it wasn't a last resort, I would never trade it away."

Fatty is the Coolest: "Although this thing can only detect living things, as long as you have it, those survivors with ulterior motives won't be able to do you any harm. It's definitely a divine artifact!"

Shanghai Li Yunlong: "What do you want?"

Fatty is the Coolest: "Weapons, powerful weapons! A katana, a Tang dao, anything! I want one with a system level!"

Holy crap, does this kid think I'm Doraemon?

Chen Ze frowned and continued chatting with him.

Shanghai Li Yunlong: "Are you ordering off a menu? Where am I supposed to get you a leveled Tang dao or katana? Will an F-grade fire axe from the Trading House do?"

Fatty is the Coolest: "Big shot, to tell you the truth, my shelter is a portable toilet. Except for two ventilation gaps at the top and bottom where I can attack zombies, I can't reach anywhere else! The fire axe is too short and clumsy; it won't work. It has to be a long blade!"

Chen Ze laughed out loud when he saw this.

Buddy, I really don't know if you're lucky or not, but then again, if you're ruthless enough, you shouldn't starve to death having randomly gotten this shelter.

Seeing no reply for a long time, Fatty was pacing around in the toilet, anxious.

It wasn't that he hadn't thought of other ways.

But the regional chat had a ten-message limit, which he had already used up bragging during the day. The Trading House had no activity either. Having finally grabbed this straw of hope, Chen Ze, he didn't want to miss it.

Fatty is the Coolest: "Big shot, do you have it or not! My durability is only at 20 something! If you drag this out, I'm dead!"

Chen Ze didn't have any cold weapons, but he had money.

He opened the Trading House and searched for Tang dao and katana, level requirement: none.

The search results appeared instantly, but the results weren't very satisfactory.

"No trade items found matching the current conditions!"

Forget about leveled ones, there weren't even any ordinary ones.

That made sense; if there were any on the Trading House, Fatty would have probably traded with someone else already, instead of waiting for him.

Shanghai Li Yunlong: "I don't have any for now, but I can collect them for you. If you trust me, I'll buy a repair kit and trade it to you first. When I get one, I'll trade the blade to you."

After ten seconds, a reply finally came.

Fatty is the Coolest: "That's the only way for now. Big shot, please don't lie to me. If you lie to me, all that'll be left in my shelter is poop. Even if I don't die today, I'll be eaten by zombies tomorrow!"

"Ding, Fatty is the Coolest sent a trade request!"

Chen Ze was stunned. He clicked accept and immediately saw that the other party had put the mysterious beast hide directly into the trade slot.

"Damn, buddy, you're too impulsive. Are you really not afraid that I'll scam your treasure for a hundred survival coins?"

Chen Ze looked at the mysterious beast hide in the trade slot and was truly surprised by Fatty's courage.

Of course, he wasn't the type to kick someone while they were down.

He exchanged for a repair kit, put it up, and thinking of the other party's trust, he added a chicken leg and a bottle of water to the trade slot.

He clicked confirm.

Hum~

The repair kit and other items in his hand disappeared instantly, replaced by an ancient-looking beast hide scroll.

"Haha, treasure acquired!"