I Am Cultivating in the Apocalypse

Chapter 837 - 927: Spoils That Make Your Mouth Water

Moreover, they sent a stealthy elite expert to follow behind, holding a phone to live stream the event on-site!

If anything happens, the command team here, sitting in rows with little stools, can offer some advice, right? Well, actually everyone is just curious and wants to see what’s happening live. So just watch.

Even Jing Shu sat in the corner watching the broadcast on the big screen, chewing on the hard-to-find bubblegum that Zhang Lang gave her, occasionally blowing a bubble, squinting at the screen, but in reality, her mind was elsewhere, lost in thought.

Naturally, there’s no signal at sea, but the ships have their own satellite signal transmission frequencies, so when the two teams arrived on the scene with their fleet, the elite team members watched intently as well.

In fact, the screen footage was about 30 seconds delayed. Do you ask how Jing Shu knew that?

That’s because, although Jing Shu claimed to have no interest in these small boats, in reality, she secretly deployed some rotten mermaids to follow behind. She didn’t intend to steal their spoils, she just wanted to see if she could pick up any leftovers they discarded.

It’s like going to a supermarket just to look without buying, similar to when your boyfriend says, "No kiss, just hold hands."

So in that hall, there was only one view from the screen, while Jing Shu had an all-around view. At this moment, members of the second and third teams had already boarded the opposing ship.

Yang Yang shook his head as he observed: "Judging by the ship’s appearance, it’s a merchant ship, likely from the US. Pirates wouldn’t bother outfitting a ship so luxuriously, and their two armed artillery ships had professional modifications. Pirates usually use standard products, so let’s see what the next move is."

The elite guards were a bit disappointed; the first people they encountered weren’t pirates, which was a letdown.

The screen view remained on five large ships not far from the two small ships, as everyone waited for the result from the negotiation on the opposing ship. Just when they thought they might have to return empty-handed, they heard three thunderous booms.

The two warships directly fired cannons at the two ordinary ships of the elite team. With just one round of artillery fire, the expensive ships the elite team had acquired were reduced to tatters.

The opposing side had already prepared and sailed their large ship straight at them, and the purpose was obvious!

The large ship naturally wasn’t interested in these two small wrecks; if they got damaged, so be it.

But the captain of the large ship noticed the vessel had no armed forces, and the crew who had sought help were each clean and innocent-looking, claiming they were out of fuel and even offering large amounts of food in exchange for fuel.

Wow, exchanging food?

After all, in this apocalypse, food is so scarce; how could they have so much to offer? Don’t they know they shouldn’t show off wealth at sea?

Alright, clearly they are just fat lambs ready to be slaughtered. Let’s teach them a lesson today, so they learn to be more cautious in their lifetime.

So the captain entertained them with drinks laced with drugs, while sending people to raid their home. These fat lambs might not have impressive ships, but they sure brought plenty of food!

Oh, right, give them some face, fire a couple of shots, but don’t sink the ship. Although they don’t need the ship, soaked food doesn’t taste good.

While contemplating this, the fat lambs displayed sinister grins instead.

The captain looked puzzled and asked, "What?"

"Eagle, Eagle, you got it all recorded, right? They made the first move."

A voice came over the radio: "Everything is recorded; they made the first move indeed, even damaged both your ships. Settle it quickly, or the ship will sink."

"No worries, if the ship sinks, we’ll just take theirs."

"But if the ship sinks, we won’t have bait next time."

Upon hearing this, the elite teams no longer held back.

"Meng Yao, activate the Illusion Realm. Finish them with one move. Zhang Lan, go outside to prevent them from boarding and escaping. Ga Zi, you and Da Gang lead people to inventory the supplies!"

So, while the captain was still puzzled, the seemingly innocent girl in a black robe transformed before his eyes, bursting out of her clothes to reveal four massive retractable joints from her back.

She then released a hallucinogenic gas.

The people inside reacted but were dazed for a second, so they didn’t even have time to fire their guns before they were lulled into unconsciousness.

The piercing alarm was sounded, but it didn’t matter.

The battle was one-sided. Though the five ships’ crew used to work as part-time pirates and were quite skilled, the disparity in power was too great, leaving them no chance to even shoot.

The two well-armed elite teams were like using a dragon-slaying saber to kill a chicken.

The scattered battles outside and capturing those trying to escape, taking over the five large ships, only took about 30 minutes.

The remaining time was spent by the elite teams organizing their personnel to inventory the goods, distribute the spoils, and take over the new five large ships.

Wow, it was the first time doing this kind of thing, and it thrilled the members of the two teams, while the other teams watching the goods being cleared on the screen nearly drooled in regret.

Even though the strategic resources inside had to be handed over, other living supplies and various resources were incredibly precious!

The main resources on these merchant ships were electronics, clothes, living supplies, etc.

Such as discontinued electronic products like phones, rice cookers stripped from the dead bodies, stainless steel pots, iron-based strategic resources, and all food and fuel that had to be handed over.

Regarding a whole ship full of clothes scavenged from the dead and various living goods from their houses — aside from iron bowls and pots — these could all be divided. Single items might not be worth much, maybe just a few Virtual Coins if sold, but collectively from a whole ship, that’s quite a bit.

Some might ask, all this miscellaneous stuff shipped from afar, can it actually be sold?

Does the fuel cost cover it?

Of course, you see, with people dying overseas in droves, these things essentially come at no cost, all picked up. Once enough was gathered to fill a few ships, they were shipped over.

In other countries with fewer people, demand isn’t high, so they can’t command good prices.

In Huaxia, with its large population base, and production of things like phones already ceased long ago, what can you do if they break?