Hwa Jian had never encountered such normal ingredients before!

The mutagenic virus content level in this cabbage was definitely between 30% to 40%, which means it was Class B ingredients! It might even be a rare Class A ingredient!

Hwa Jian knew that such high-quality ingredients would surely be expensive, and he wasn't even sure if his hundred crystal cores would be enough to buy a single pound. However, he also understood how rare it was for ingredients of this level to appear in the Eastern District. This was an incredible opportunity!

Hwa Jian could resolutely avoid purchasing Class D ingredients, but he found it impossible to resist the allure of Class B or even Class A ingredients.

If he could buy this for his parents to eat just once, even if it was only a little bit, wouldn't it alleviate some of their suffering?

Hwa Jian began to calculate in his mind. Although his combat skills weren't strong, he was still an ability user who could go several days without eating, allowing him to endure this significant expense.

Anxiously awaiting the vendor's price, Hwa Jian worried that he wouldn't look wealthy enough for the vendor to take him seriously.

Fortunately, the vendor responded.

Kim Haru remembered the system's suggestion. When he was asked for a price, he quoted it directly as the system recommended: "Twenty go..crystal cores."

He almost slipped up and said "gold coins" instead.

After stating the price, Kim Haru began to worry about what would happen if this person wanted to bargain; he wasn't good at haggling. He could think of textbook-level dialogues in his mind, going back and forth for ages, but the moment he opened his mouth, he completely transformed into a cold persona, saying not a word beyond the price.

Would this attitude drive the customers away? What if no one wanted to buy his vegetables?

Kim Haru waited for the young man's response.

The young man…

Turned around and ran away.

Kim Haru: "..."

What just happened? If he could have sent an emoji right now, it would have been a screen full of confused black question marks.

Why did this person run away? Was it because his attitude was too cold? Or was the price too high?

It was probably a pricing issue. After all, twenty crystal cores for a pound! He recalled that, on average, he obtained only one crystal core for every two zombies he defeated. He had worked hard to kill twenty zombies just to get ten crystal cores. Even when making the wood ash fertilizer, he was still short five cores, which Shin Woncheon and the others had given him.

Kim Haru remembered that in his previous life, the price of cabbage was only a couple of won per pound. Even in this apocalyptic world, it couldn't possibly be that scarce…could it?

Doubting the pricing, Kim Haru watched as the young man who had rushed away suddenly returned, his mind filled with even more questions.

Didn't he just leave? Why did he come back? Did he drop something?