Apocalypse: Infinite Supplies System - Chapter 43

Chapter 43: Threaten with video
Although the samurai sword blueprint was decent, it definitely wasn’t worth that price.

After all, there were still significant material costs involved.

If the crafted samurai sword didn’t sell for a sky-high price, it would be a loss-making deal.

So, Alex wanted to play hardball with Emma, trying to lower the price as much as possible.

“Hehe, you can go and plunder. There are plenty of supplies in the zombie hordes. I can’t afford this blueprint; go find someone else to buy it from.”

Emma was truly anxious.

If even Alex didn’t buy it, then it would truly be worthless, or she would have to sell it at a lower price.

“10086, we’re old acquaintances, so I’ll give you a discount!”

Seeing Emma’s message, Alex felt a bit annoyed.

He replied slowly, “Old acquaintance, as in roasted acquaintance? Indeed!”

“We don’t have that great of a relationship. It’s just that you failed to scam me last time, and now you’re trying to cozy up to me again.”

Emma felt a bit embarrassed.

It was true that she had failed to scam Alex last time.

If it were someone else, they probably would have blacklisted her or hunted her down by now.

The fact that Alex was still willing to chat with her was already quite accommodating.

“10086, I admit I was wrong last time, but you almost burned me alive! If I hadn’t been lucky enough to dig myself out and survive, you wouldn’t even be seeing me now. So, I’d say we’re even.”

“As for this deal, it’s an online transaction, so you don’t have to worry about me scamming you!”

It seemed like she was in a hurry to make the trade and exchange for daily life supplies.

Perhaps she was running out of resources and was desperate?

Alex couldn’t help but chuckle at Emma’s string of attempts to appease him.

Of course, he wanted the samurai sword.

It seemed like it was time to negotiate.

“Heh, make it cheaper. Fifty bottles of water, twenty kilograms of rice. This price is fair. As long as you agree, I’ll forgive our past, and we can continue to discuss future cooperation.”

Emma saw this price and immediately disagreed, sending a message in rebuttal: “That price is absolutely impossible, it’s too low.”

Alex didn’t waste any more words.

“Then keep it for yourself. I’m not interested, and I can’t afford a higher price.”

However, Emma suddenly sent a threatening message: “10086, then I want you to offer the same items as before in exchange for a short video of you. What do you think?”

Following that, Emma sent a short video of Alex driving away from zombies in a car.

It was unclear how Emma had obtained it, but Alex’s face was clearly visible in the video.

Alex’s expression darkened.

If his identity were exposed, it wouldn’t be good news.

Too many people coveted 10086’s resources.

Even though many survivors had moved into the villa area where Alex now resided and knew that 10086 was located within the barrier walls, they didn’t know what 10086 looked like.

Alex had hidden himself well.

Whenever he and Mia went out to gather supplies, they wore hats or masks while sitting in the car.

And within the villa, the towering barrier walls perfectly concealed their internal situation.

As for the survivors who infiltrated the villa, Alex never left them alive.

So, what 10086 looked like was unknown to the vast majority of people.

If Emma were to release this video, Alex would truly be in a state of being universally despised afterward.

Even when going out to hunt zombies, one must be wary of other survivors.

It’s really inconvenient.

It’s imperative to quickly locate Emma and retrieve the video from her!

Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Immediately, Alex purchased an unmanned camera without a charger on the trading platform and began to charge it.

Nowadays, there are many appliances available on trading platforms, such as rice cookers, washing machines, and drones.

However, many people lack electricity rather than these items.

After charging, Alex deployed the drone to search for Emma’s whereabouts.

Coincidentally, Emma wasn’t far away.

Or perhaps, she deliberately came near the residential area where Alex was located.

The intent was unknown.

But precisely because of the proximity, the drone dispatched by Alex quickly discovered her trail.

Alex immediately set out for the forest where Emma was located.

It must be said that Emma’s choice to lurk in this forest was a very wise one.

Many survivors are very wary of forests, fearing that there are many zombies inside.

But in reality, the zombies in the park’s forest have long been mostly eradicated.

Only a few stragglers remain, or even none at all.

Because zombies are a collective species, if the number of zombies in an area begins to decrease, they will spontaneously gather together again and form a new group of zombies.

This is also the root cause of why zombie hordes are never completely wiped out and quickly reappear after being killed off.

Alex was very familiar with the surroundings of the residential area, and he knew that there were no zombies in this forest.

However, many people still thought this forest was dangerous.

It seems that Emma had indeed done a good job gathering intelligence in this aspect.

Alex’s speed was impressive.

Running at full speed, he was as swift as a cheetah.

However, like a cheetah, he couldn’t maintain such an extreme speed indefinitely.

Before long, Alex had run into the forest.

The drone in the sky continued to provide him with Emma’s location.

Emma remained in place.

At this moment, she frowned deeply, looking very puzzled.

Why hadn’t she received a reply from 10086 after sending out the message for so long?

Little did she know, at this very moment, someone was slowly approaching her from behind.

Emma seemed to sense something and suddenly turned her head to look behind her.

But there was no one there.

She dismissed it as her being overly paranoid, muttering to herself, “Is it because I haven’t been sleeping well lately? My mental state must be really bad, always so suspicious.”

Snap!

There was suddenly the sound of a branch snapping behind her.

Emma drew out her crossbow and turned to look behind her.

Behind her was still the dense forest.

Emma furrowed her brow.

She clearly heard the sound of the branch snapping, which couldn’t have been a natural breakage; it must have been caused by something heavy pressing down.

But why, when she turned around, could she see nothing?

If there was someone or something there, how could they hide so quickly?

Just as Emma was puzzled, she felt a sharp pain in the back of her neck.

Before she could react, she instantly lost her ability to resist and collapsed to the ground.

At the same time, Alex deactivated his invisibility and appeared in front of her.