Surviving the Apocalypse with my Multiplier System - Chapter 104

Chapter 104: Selling Food
Rayne finished packing up the box and got ready to head over to the market. “I’m going to head over to the market now. I’ll be right back.”

As she walked over to unlock the door to leave, she noticed that the lock felt a little tight. Something was telling her that there was something off about it.

“Hey, Julian, can you come over here and check out the door lock? It seems a little off to me,” she called out.

Julian walked over and tested locking and unlocking the door. “Hmm, you’re right. It feels different than before,” he said.

Rayne placed the box of items on the floor and walked over to the tablet that was connected to a small camera outside. She slowly began rewinding the footage until she spotted their overly friendly neighbors trying to pick their door lock last night.

“Haha! Julian, come take a look at this. Looks like our neighbors are so friendly and caring they were trying to break in last night,” laughed Rayne. She was so glad that they had installed the new door and lock, or else they would have had to deal with some pests last night.

Julian walked over and saw the camera feed. “I think we have to return the favor. I knew something was off when they were waiting for us yesterday. Don’t worry about these petty thieves. Go to the market and do your thing,” he said.

Rayne smiled and went over to pick up the box of items. “Okay, I’ll be back soon. See ya.”

Rayne quickly made it over to the second floor of the main lobby, which had been transformed into a small market area. The design was very different from a typical store with items sitting on shelves.

This market was fully enclosed with chain-link fence walls, with space for a few small counters where the market staff stood behind. All of the items were locked up inside with the staff, and it seemed that people who wanted to buy an item would need to ask a staff member to retrieve it for them.

Rayne walked over to the counter that had a sign that said “Sell Items Here” written over it and was greeted by a middle-aged woman.

“Hello, are you here to sell some supplies?” she asked, noticing the box that Rayne was carrying.

“Yes, I am. Here is a box of a few extra supplies my family managed to find on our way over. We’re hoping to get some contribution points to buy items we don’t have in the future,” explained Rayne.

The woman nodded, accepting the box. When she opened it, her eyes couldn’t believe what she saw! There were rows upon rows of shiny silver cans filled with chicken and tuna.

Rayne chose these two food items because she felt that the most difficult things to find currently were meat and protein. She noticed that most people were eating stale bread, biscuits, or crackers.

“Oh wow, these items will surely be top sellers. Thank you for deciding to sell them,” she said happily. She treated Rayne with even more respect because she knew that the average person would not have given up this many high-quality food items, instead keeping them all for themselves.

She also pulled out a few small bags of rice that Rayne had managed to stuff into the box, weighing them on a small scale.

“Is there anything else you’d like to sell before I begin calculating the points for you?” she asked politely.

Rayne was just about to say yes when another idea popped into her mind. “Ah, just one more thing,” she said, taking off her backpack and pulling out a small sack of potatoes.

“Here, I’d like to sell these as well,” she said, handing the sack over to the shopkeeper.

“Oh, how wonderful! Fresh potatoes. The base will most likely use these to cultivate in the farm area it’s planning on opening up soon,” the lady said.

Rayne smiled, happy to hear that upper management had begun to make plans to grow food. With production chains stopped, it’s only a matter of time before everything gets looted and people begin to starve.

The shopkeeper quickly calculated the points for Rayne’s items. “You will receive 575 points for these items today! Since the items were in pristine condition, their value was a little higher than normal.”

Rayne smiled, trying to appear excited. In reality, she didn’t really care how many points she would be given, since her real desire was to help the base.

“Please give me your resident card, and I’ll add the points for you,” smiled the shopkeeper.

Rayne pretended to fish out the card from her pocket, taking it out of her system, and handed it over to the woman.

The shopkeeper swiped the card through a card reader and handed it back to Rayne. “Please feel free to look around before you leave,” said the shopkeeper, motioning to the items behind her.

Rayne walked around the market, looking at the available ‘for sale’ items behind the chain-link fence. There weren’t many items available—mostly a few buckets of mixed rice and a good amount of dried biscuits.

There were also a few clothing items on display near a small stack of towels and bedding.

“Do you have any hygiene items, like soap?” asked Rayne curiously. If there were no hygiene items available for a long time, disease might start to spread.

The shopkeeper shook her head. “No, all hygiene items have been sent to the medical ward. We don’t have enough supply yet to be able to sell them to the general public.”

Rayne was sad to hear that and made plans to sell hygiene items in her next sale.

After walking around some more, she made her way back home, curious about what Julian had been up to.

The air outside had gotten even colder than the previous day. Rayne warmed her fingers with her breath as she walked.

When she finally made it back home, she saw Julian sleeping on the couch. The temperature inside was much better than outside, but it was still chilly.

Rayne walked over to the couch, took a baby pink fuzzy blanket from her system, and covered Julian with it.

She giggled to herself seeing him sleeping with the pink blanket. His sexy, manly physique clashed with the fuzzy pink blanket, creating an image of mismatched harmony.