Apocalypse Descent: Farming with My Harem

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At the same time.

In another corner of this ice plain.

A middle-aged man with a resolute gaze, eyes sharp as a hawk, stared into the distance.

He clenched his fist slightly, his tone icy, "Cao Xing!"

This man was Fang Long.

Behind him, an elderly couple and a voluptuous woman were huddled in the Lord's Hut, warming themselves by the fire.

It was evident that Fang Long's family was doing fairly well at the moment.

After all, he had amassed quite a bit of supplies through several prior trades.

At this moment, a survivor named Ji Jun contacted Fang Long.

"Boss, that annoying kid actually remembered all of our names."

"When we tried to trade with him just now, not only did he refuse us, but he also cursed at us."

Hearing this, Fang Long's expression turned even grimmer.

Ji Jun continued to ask, "Boss, what should we do now? His Bear Meat increases so many attributes, if we don't have any, we're essentially falling behind, which is detrimental to our development."

Fang Long calmed his inner anger and said, "I know. I'll think of a way regarding the Bear Meat."

After hanging up, Fang Long furrowed his brows.

Although he said he would find a solution, Fang Long had no good ideas at the moment.

Just then, a survivor named Liu Zhenjie requested to add Fang Long as a friend.

Seeing this somewhat familiar name, Fang Long clicked agree.

"Boss Fang Long, I'm Muxue's father, Liu Zhenjie!" Liu Zhenjie sent a message immediately.

Fang Long remembered. He once pursued Liu Muxue for a while but was rejected by her.

"So, it's Muxue's father. Uncle Liu, is there something you need?"

Liu Zhenjie quickly said, "Yes, of course!"

"It's about that boy who offended you in the chat channel."

Hearing this, Fang Long became interested.

"Uncle Liu, please, tell me more!"

Moments later.

After listening to Liu Zhenjie's story, Fang Long had an intrigued expression on his face.

"Interesting, so he's just a lowly driver. I thought this kid was someone important!"

"Does he really think he can turn his fortunes around in this world?"

"I didn't expect Muxue to stay with this guy, though."

Fang Long said to Liu Zhenjie, "Uncle Liu, you've done well. I'll trade this piece of Beast Meat with you first."

Liu Zhenjie was very grateful to Fang Long as soon as he saw the food.

After ending the private chat, Fang Long immediately issued orders to the members of the Three Heroes Association.

That was to locate Cao Xing's camp.

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At this time, Cao Xing was unaware that Fang Long was searching for his camp coordinates,

because he was once again overwhelmed by a flood of trading messages!

[Transaction successful: You received a Skill Book: Ice Cone Skill, you lost Fresh Bear Meat (Blue) *5]

[Transaction successful: You received a Skill Book: Aurora Blessing, you lost Fresh Bear Meat (Blue) *5]

[Transaction successful: You received a Black Iron Plate Armor (Green) *1, you lost Fresh Bear Meat (Blue) *3]

[Transaction successful...]

This time, Cao Xing put out another 500 pieces of Bear Meat, totaling 5000 portions for trade.

When the hour-long trading session ended, all 5000 portions of Bear Meat in Cao Xing's possession were sold out.

The auction information on the market was also withdrawn.

The chat channel, which had been bustling, suddenly noticed the message about Bear Meat being sold out and was momentarily stunned.

Then the survivors exclaimed excitedly, "Whoa... so fast it's sold out? I still didn't manage to grab any!"

"I didn't get any either, what a pity..."

"Ahhh! Cao Xing, please, put up some more Bear Meat!"

"@Cao Xing, be reasonable and put up more Bear Meat, don't make me beg you!"

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Clearly, in the entire trading market, Bear Meat was still in short supply.

After all, there were more than 30,000, nearly 40,000 people in Area 174.

And Cao Xing, fully accounted, had only traded over 7,000 portions of Bear Meat.

In other words, those who successfully traded for Bear Meat were not even a fifth of the total.

Although Cao Xing still had 500 pieces of Bear Meat, which could be divided into 5000 portions for trading,

they were reserved as emergency rations or to exchange for precious items.

Thus, Cao Xing said in the chat channel, "Ladies and gentlemen, I don't have much Bear Meat left to conduct large-scale trades anymore."

"However, if you come across something interesting, feel free to PM me."

"Blueprints, equipment, skill books—I'll take them all."

Cao Xing's words rekindled hope in the hearts of those survivors who hadn't managed to get any.

"So, Cao Xing still has Bear Meat, great!"

"You need skill books, blueprints? I'll head out exploring in the snow now!"

"This time, I must trade for Bear Meat, charge!"

At this time, Cao Xing added a reminder, "Everyone, it's about to get dark, so don't rush out to explore. Wait until tomorrow after surviving tonight."

Following this reminder, the survivors also realized, "Yeah, once it's dark, the temperature drops; we shouldn't be outside."

"Alright then, let's head out tomorrow!"

The survivors were highly enthusiastic.

Because of Cao Xing's Bear Meat, their eagerness for exploration was aroused, which was a good sign.

It meant more survivors would collect supplies in the wild.

At the current stage, aside from Cao Xing, no one else had the capability to deal with level 15 elite monsters, so his Bear Meat remained unique.

After closing the chat channel,

Cao Xing looked at his harvest with satisfaction.

In this trade, he harvested 15,000 Wood, 7,800 Stone, 570 Iron, 62 Basic Elemental Crystals, plus 30 Mithril pieces!

Cao Xing glanced at his territory's resource reserves.

[Food: Bread*45, Snake Meat*10, Wolf Meat*106, Bear Meat*500]

[Wood*20,764, Stone*11,135, Iron*1,022, Coal*137]

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Besides these, his backpack also contained [Basic Elemental Crystal]*113 pieces, Mithril*50!

A green weapon blueprint, plus a piece of green plate armor top, and two skill books!

"What a terrifying quantity!"

"This amount of resources, when I was playing on the tablet, would have taken me about 20 days to amass."

Cao Xing was now roughly twenty days ahead of other survivors!

"With the resources I have, I could even directly upgrade to Level 3 Lord's Hut, which would unlock more constructions."

"However, the Level 3 Lord's Hut requires a Level 15 Big Melting Furnace, so it's still early."

"And it's about to get dark now, so I'd better return to the Lord's Hut for shelter."

Cao Xing returned to the Lord's Hut.

Seeing him enter, Liu Muxue lowered her head shyly.

At this moment, Liu Muxue seemed to recall something and said softly, "Axing, I've interacted with Fang Long before. He's a very insidious person and rather ruthless, so be cautious."

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