The scent of strawberries between his lips reminded Ethan Harris once again of the blissful life before the disaster. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

When Ethan lifted his head and saw Zachary quickly finishing the strawberries in his hand, although he also wanted to do the same, he couldn’t help but carefully wrap the remaining strawberries, planning to bring them home for his family to taste.

After Ethan carefully packaged the strawberries and hid them on his person, he showed a sheepish expression and said to Zachary, "You’ll have to excuse me, I’m just... "

Before Ethan could finish, Zachary interrupted with a smile, "What I’ve given you is yours now. Your action doesn’t make me disrespect you. On the contrary, it makes me see you as a family man."

At that moment, Zachary didn’t offer Ethan any more strawberries, after all, the price of strawberries was well known.

Simply because if Zachary had offered, whether Ethan accepted or not, some rift might have appeared between them.

Perhaps because he had eaten too little, Ethan didn’t feel the benefits of the fruit for cultivation that Zachary mentioned, but judging purely by taste...

Whether it was because he hadn’t eaten fruit in a long time or because the fruit Zachary brought out was genuinely delicious, the small bite of strawberry he had just eaten was indeed tastier than all the strawberries he remembered from before.

But in this current period, compared to meat, ordinary fruit had already become a high-end luxury, and the items Zachary brought out were even more luxurious within the luxury goods.

In Ethan’s view, the price of these fruits had reached an absurd level. Even if they were as effective as Zachary said, initially opening the market would likely be very difficult.

Moreover, fruits weren’t easy to store and couldn’t be sold as quickly as meat, so Ethan ultimately gave up on the fruit with regret.

Evelyn Harris had originally planned to take all the meat from Zachary’s hands, but after hearing the number of Mysterious Cores she had, Zachary directly refused her offer, which made her guess that Zachary had a considerable amount of meat on hand.

Since a deal had to be made with the Officials eventually, there was no need for her to gather others to buy in advance. After all, although buying privately from individuals was an open secret everyone knew, it was still better not to be blatant about it.

"Bro, I can provide a hundred low-level Mysterious Cores in one go, what kinds of meat can you offer?"

"Beef, pork, lamb, ancient creature meat, and fish, but they’re all frozen."

Ethan didn’t care that Zachary mentioned frozen meat, because at this time, if Zachary had said it was all freshly slaughtered, Ethan would have been suspicious instead.

"Bro, the current purchase price of these meats at the trading center, when converted to Mysterious Cores, is basically one core for one hundred and fifty jin. The selling price is one core for about one hundred and twenty jin. Of course, if you want to buy meat, you’ll need to use the vouchers issued by the Officials. I won’t let you lose out. Apart from the fish, let’s do a one hundred to one exchange rate for the other meats. Give me a hundred Mysterious Cores, and I’ll give you ten thousand jin of meat. "

Hearing Evelyn ask for a hundred Mysterious Cores outright, Zachary felt surprised. According to her, she was just a frontline buyer for her unit; he hadn’t expected such a lavish profit margin in this line of work.

"When do you need these meats?"

"The sooner the better."

"Alright, let’s go."

Hearing Zachary’s words, Ethan was puzzled, unsure where Zachary was proposing to go.

Seeing the confusion on Evelyn’s face, Zachary also asked in bewilderment, "Aren’t you ready to buy ten thousand jin of meat? Where are you planning to store it? Let’s head there and do the trade directly."

After hearing Zachary’s words, Ethan was stunned and a bit flustered at first, but soon he realized what was happening, guessing that Zachary might have Storage Equipment, and that the meat was likely on him.

After figuring this out, a wicked idea flashed across Ethan’s mind, but as soon as it appeared, the clear-headed Evelyn immediately banished it from her thoughts.

She wasn’t foolish. If Zachary dared to come out alone and openly indicate that he had large-capacity Storage Equipment, then he must be very confident in his own strength.

Being a frontline buyer, she might not excel in other areas, but her ability to judge people was absolutely sound. From Zachary’s relaxed demeanor, his Cultivation Level must be quite high.

Furthermore, at this time, if anyone committed a crime and got caught, escaping would almost be impossible, given that the Water Base ensured their safety but also essentially imprisoned them.

After calming his emotions, Ethan left the marketplace with Zachary and took him to a warehouse level specifically used for storing goods, where Ethan had rented a storage unit.

Once inside the warehouse, Ethan carefully closed the door before saying to Zachary, "Bro, bring out the meat."

Hearing this, Zachary didn’t dilly-dally and directly took out about five tons of frozen meat from the Storage space.

Ethan looked at the slabs of meat appearing on the ground; without inspecting, he knew the quality of the meat must be good.