Chapter 578: Is the Chance to Fish in Troubled Waters Here?

In the past few days at the base, other convoys had been arriving every day. This also made people realize that the Silent Council's influence was immense, perhaps far exceeding many people's expectations.

Being able to find so many convoys in this kind of apocalypse was enough to prove the Silent Council's power.

One had to remember, this wasn't the pre-apocalypse world, where a phone call, an email, or a text message could find whoever you were looking for.

This was the apocalypse. Being able to evade countless Anomalies and find the people you needed to find?

It was practically a fantasy.

But the Silent Council had done it.

Of course, the promotion of the Silent Gold Coin was still not going smoothly.

It was clear that the Silent Council was very enthusiastic about the Silent Gold Coin.

This kind of good thing, which could replace currency and also aid cultivation, was still not being widely accepted.

This was understandable, after all, new things were always hard for people to accept at first.

The Silent Gold Coin was like a tiny reservoir, with the reservoir storing Supernatural Power.

As long as you absorbed the Supernatural Power inside, you could increase your own Supernatural Power.

Although the increase wasn't substantial, it was still faster than cultivating on your own.

Moreover, once you had a large number of Silent Gold Coins, your cultivation speed would increase.

Even after you had absorbed all the Supernatural Power from a Silent Gold Coin, it wouldn't be long before it filled up again.

It was reusable.

It was just that the recovery time each time was a bit longer.

According to the Silent Council, they had arranged a small magic formation inside the Silent Gold Coin.

This magic formation operated non-stop for twenty-four hours, continuously absorbing free-floating Supernatural Power.

But Chen Ye did not use Silent Gold Coins to assist his cultivation.

He couldn't sense whether the Supernatural Power inside the Silent Gold Coin had any traps.

He simply didn't trust the Silent Council.

Chen Ye had once thought about having the System appraise the Silent Gold Coin.

Unfortunately, the Slaughter Points required were far too high, so Chen Ye abandoned that idea.

Even if the System said there was nothing wrong with the Supernatural Power inside the Silent Gold Coin,

Chen Ye still wouldn't use the Supernatural Power from the Silent Gold Coin for cultivation.

The old man printed on the Silent Gold Coin, raising his index finger in a shushing gesture, always gave Chen Ye a feeling of creeping dread.

Captain Chu, on the other hand, had been very happy these past two days.

Because there were many more targets for him to eavesdrop on.

Of course, there were also some things he wasn't happy about.

For example, some convoys had Sequence 4 Superhumans.

The ability of the Eavesdropping Radio was easily detected.

Especially those Superhumans with exceptional intuition.

Anyway, for the past two days, Captain Chu's eavesdropping had caused chaos all over the base.

Who would have thought that this guy, who acted so righteous by day and even planned to root out the eavesdropper, was the eavesdropper himself?

Playing the thief crying "stop thief" to this extent, Captain Chu was truly one of a kind.

Chen Ye also had his own business to take care of these past two days.

During the day, Chen Ye racked his brains to earn some Silent Gold Coins.

After all, in the Silent Council's shop, that Wonder's Heart cost eight thousand gold coins. The price was really too high.

Chen Ye did think about making a move under the cover of darkness.

But he hadn't been able to prepare himself yet.

Mainly, every time he had this thought, he got a feeling of his heart pounding with alarm.

This feeling had kept the cautious Chen Ye from acting on his greed.

Tonight was the fourth night since arriving at the camp.

Chen Hao and Lin Shu Tong still hadn't arrived at the base.

But Chen Ye and the others had gotten pretty familiar with the two neighboring convoys.

The Post-Apocalyptic Opera Troupe was a pretty strong convoy.

At the very least, that guy named Wu Zehui was very strong!

And his personality was also good. He had gotten quite close with Chen Ye and the others.

As for Chu Che, everyone's impression of him wasn't great.

What could they do? It wasn't Captain Chu's fault for scamming them before.

As for the Skeleton Convoy side.

This convoy had many Superhumans, a total of six.

They used numbers as names.

Number One was the punk, rebellious girl with the short, ear-length bob from before, said to be Sequence 3.

She was also the highest Sequence in their entire convoy.

As for what Sequence it was, they hadn't revealed it yet.

These kids were treating this like a secret.

As for the others, from Number Two to Number Six, they were all uniformly Sequence 1.

Number Two was a Pathfinder Sequence, but he was also Sequence 1.

Therefore, the strength of this convoy was very weak.

And everyone in the whole convoy was very young.

It was said that the oldest was only seventeen.

The reason they dressed so unconventionally was, first, because they were young and thought this was the right "apocalypse style."

Second, they thought this kind of dress would make them look like they weren't to be messed with.

This included naming their convoy "Skeleton," thinking it would scare people off.

Knowing this reason, Chen Ye didn't know what to say.

However, precisely because this convoy only had one Sequence 3, its strength was very weak.

They basically had no supplies.

Their daily morning and evening meals were basically a bowl of watery gruel so thin you could see your reflection in it.

Sometimes, they just had a single biscuit.

Many people in the convoy were terribly emaciated.

However, this convoy had also found its own way to survive at the base.

With so many young people, they had sharp minds.

Every day, they would squat at the base's entrance.

Whenever a new convoy arrived, they would go up and offer to be guides.

In this way, they could earn some supplies.

Moreover, this convoy also ran a side business gathering information.

They were even planning to go into the Silent Gold Coin business.

For example, at the Silent Council, ten jin of grain could be exchanged for one Silent Gold Coin.

With them, nine jin of grain could get you one.

I don't know how these kids negotiated that.

Not only that, but Revitalization Talismans could also be exchanged through them.

If you just wanted one or two, the price was the same as in the shop.

But if you bought in bulk, the price was negotiable.

Many convoys had expired or spoiled food. Knowing about Revitalization Talismans, who could resist?

Every convoy would trade for a few dozen to have on hand.

The smallest amount was fifty talismans.

This had significantly improved the lives of these kids from the Skeleton Convoy.

Not only that, but the Skeleton Convoy had even made a deal with the Fair Convoy.

They helped the Fair Convoy sell the "Revitalization Stove."

They earned a commission.

Gong Yong was very happy with this deal.

It was also a new thing, and many convoys were still a bit skeptical, so so far, only one had been sold.

That was to the neighboring Post-Apocalyptic Opera Troupe.

The Skeleton Convoy wanted one for themselves.

Unfortunately, they didn't have that much money.

The saying "Life finds a way" was perfectly embodied by the Skeleton Convoy.

Time slipped away, and it was night again.

Little Fish, who hadn't seen Tang Le Le, was feeling a bit down.

She sat on the roof of the vehicle, her little short legs dangling and swaying.

Chen Ye found a quiet place and continued to cultivate the "Blood Moon First Set of Broadcast Calisthenics."

After finishing two rounds, Chen Ye felt the Supernatural Power surging violently within him.

During the third round, he could already feel the barrier between Sequence 3 and Sequence 4.

But just as he was about to break through, the Supernatural Power calmed down again.

The red light in his left hand, however, had grown a bit stronger.

Originally, the red light started from the palm and spread up his arm.

With every inch it spread, the red light grew a bit more intense.

Now it had reached above the elbow, still at least four or five centimeters from reaching the shoulder.

Chen Ye let out a soft sigh.

It seemed the time wasn't right yet.

Just then.

Suddenly, a violent explosion was heard.

Chen Ye looked up and saw that a fire had broken out in the direction of the base's shop.

That was the place the Silent Council valued the most!

And an explosion!

This was... someone had done what he himself had been putting off.

Someone had attacked the Silent Council's shop.

Chen Ye's entire body trembled.

Could it be... the chance to fish in troubled waters had arrived?