Equipment and Props Area, where the goods were arranged into different sections.
"This is the props area, inside we have... um." Wang Zhou scratched his head, not knowing what was inside.
The layout of the props area was not smaller than the firearms area, yet most of the shelves here were mostly empty.
Captain Chen couldn't figure it out, what exactly were the props, and what were they used for?
He scrutinized the area and occasionally saw one or two items, such as a crystal named Source Power Crystal and a spherical object named Source Material Bomb. However, these items, without exception, could only be acquired with Contribution Degrees.
He was a bit puzzled and asked Wang Zhou next to him, who also seemed unclear.
Shaking his head, he turned the corner to the cold weapons section, where he saw several people standing beside the shelves, closely examining the wares.
At this moment, it was the busiest time for the survivors, most of whom were attending to their respective duties. Just now, in the convenience goods area, besides the staff, Captain Chen had only seen one or two survivors. He had thought there would be even fewer people in the Equipment and Props Area. Could these be the real Awakeners coming to buy?
Wang Zhou suddenly recognized the people opposite, "Li Tao, It's Li Tao! Did you bring a team over for trading again?"
Li Tao, having bonded with this interesting chubby man last time, smiled and said, "It's not me leading the team this time. Look, this is our Creekwood Sanctuary's Director, Brother Yang Yuanping."
Yang Yuanping was in his early thirties, with a crew cut and a neat appearance.
Last time, Li Tao bought a basic longsword from Green Shadow and had talked in detail about what he saw there, which had astounded Yang Yuanping.
During this time, although Green Shadow had drastically lost survivors due to the Demon Tide, its strength had significantly increased. Originally, the two sanctuaries exchanged materials, but now it had become one-sided purchasing from Green Shadow.
Green Shadow had completely lost interest in their sanctuary's goods... except for Source Crystals.
Nevertheless, Yang Yuanping wasn't discouraged. From the testing results, that type of longsword was worth more than its cost. With that longsword in hand, Li Tao, at the time of Awakening second layer, even had the capability to fight against third-layer Demonized Beasts.
A mere few dozen Source Crystals seemed cheap to Yang Yuanping.
He had long wanted to come here in person, but thinking of that matter, a hint of worry flashed across his face.
This time, he had seized the opportunity to come out, hoping to purchase some weapons to enhance Creekwood Sanctuary's strength.
Having come here personally and witnessed the scene at Green Shadow Sanctuary, Yang Yuanping was even more astounded, "The development of Green Shadow Sanctuary is just too rapid. Li Tao had already told quite a lot about Green Shadow, but in just a few days, the entire sanctuary has undergone earth-shaking changes. Now they have even built a commercial area; who knows what Green Shadow Sanctuary will look like in another month or two."
He steadied himself and put down a 22-inch travel suitcase he was carrying.
Yang Yuanping opened the suitcase, which was full to the brim with Source Crystals shining with dazzling brilliance.
"Inside here, there are four thousand units of Source Crystals. This time we want to purchase twenty standard longswords, thirty standard battle sabers, and fifty standard combat uniforms. You can check the quantity of the Source Crystals."
The person in charge of the Equipment and Props Area was a girl with a spotted face, who was also a veteran of the sanctuary and now a junior manager in the Logistics Department, in charge of selling goods in the Equipment and Props Area.
She nodded and instructed a staff member to bring over a scanner.
This device was similar to the barcode scanners used in supermarkets, but it could scan the energy contained in nearby Source Crystals, a gadget Kevin had made a few days earlier.
The staff member held the scanner, aiming the muzzle from the left to the right side of the suitcase, scanning around it once.
Accompanied by beeping sounds.
The scanner displayed the number "4008.35."
Yang Yuanping's mouth fell open as if he had swallowed a whale.
Was that already counted?
Heaven knows how long they had spent counting that one suitcase of Source Crystals!
After Yang Yuanping took out a suitcase of Source Crystals, Captain Chen, who had by now completely turned into a bystander, was no longer surprised... It was just a Source Crystal scanner, after all. Their Lindong Sanctuary had one too! It just maybe wasn't as efficient, didn't have as wide a range, or wasn't as precise.
It was no big deal after all. What was there to be surprised about!
"These equipment total three thousand Source Crystals. With the remaining thousand Source Crystals, do you need to purchase anything else?" asked the spotted girl.
Yang Yuanping glanced around the shelves nearby, "I don't know... do you have any long pole weapons here?"
The girl shook her head, "Aside from the equipment displayed on the counter, all other types of weapons need to be specially customized."
"Then... I wonder if I could have a batch of long pole weapons customized, just use the remaining Source Crystals, however many that can get."
She looked troubled, "The customized weapon service is currently open only to members of the Patrol Team..."
Yang Yuanping felt a bit disappointed, "Isn't there any other way?"
"This..." The spotted girl paused, thinking for a moment—after all, the visitors now were the biggest clients since the sanctuary's establishment, "I'll ask my superior."
The others could only gaze at each other, ultimately deciding to browse around the cold weapons section again.
Yang Yuanping's gaze drifted over each weapon in turn.
In the cold weapons section, there were actually not few pieces of equipment. Apart from longswords and sabers, he saw other types of equipment, many of which could be directly purchased with Source Crystals.
Such as Standard Daggers… These weapons were not adequate for fighting Demonized Beasts but were still considered normal.
However, those labeled Standard Magic Wand, Standard Holy Hammer, what were those bizarre items?!
The Magic Wand looked just like a fancier tree branch; could it really kill a Demonized Beast?
As for the Holy Hammer, it indeed was a hammer, but it was short and small, nowhere near the kind of large hammer used in battle; what use could it have?
His lips twitched, "You have all these... weapons, why don't you have long pole weapons."
The staff member considered for a moment and could only shrug helplessly, indicating his own cluelessness.
Yang Yuanping continued to look, "Standard Firearms, Swift Revolvers... shouldn't these be placed in the firearms section? Why are they in the cold weapons area?"
The staff member thought, and thought again, eventually looking nearly teary-eyed, finally concluding, "I... really don't know."
His job was just to run errands and count equipment; those questions were for the salespeople to answer!