The Great Merchant in the Cataclysm

was a variable in his plan: Yuan Rui.
He could run all day without resting, but Yuan Rui couldn ’t.
She was just a healing-type evolver, and her physique wasn ’t any better than ordinary people.
She would delay his travel speed and the trip to and fro would take around 20 days.
In this case, he would only have ten days of free time left during this period of time.
Now, he was thinking that where he should go within the ten days.

Sigh, since the time wasn ’t sufficient for him to visit other cities, he could only go hunt walking dead and mutated animals.
Walking dead had crystals in their necks and similarly, mutated animals had beast-cores in their bodies.
According to his memory, a beast-core could be exchanged for five crystals, because beast-cores contained two times more energy than crystals.
It was more effective for evolvers.

Zhang Mu also remembered that some era merchants were fond of beast-cores.
If he was lucky enough to meet one of these era merchants, he would earn a lot from selling the beast-cores to them.
In his past life, he accumulated his wealth like this.

Normally, mutated animals lived in suburbs or mountains.
Of course, he could also find them in cities, however, most of the mutated animals in cities were low-level monsters just like the mutated rat swarm he saw before.
It would just be a waste of his time and energy if he went to kill them, and it was also very dangerous.

A plan was gradually forming in Zhang Mu ’s heart.
He was still adjusting his route while counting the dangers he may meet in his heart.

No, not this way.
I remember someone had said that there was a second-ranked mutated wolfhound and its pack of mutated dogs there.
If I encountered them, I won ’t be able to defeat them.

Change the route!

I remember that there was a large wave of walking dead on this street.
Not a good choice.

Change the route!

Zhang Mu cudgelled his brains for ideas and finally, he remembered something.

”Right! This way! ” Zhang Mu shouted excitedly.

”Uncle, you scared me! ” Yuan Rui complained and patted her chest.

Zhang Mu ’s eyes brightened up.
He shouted, ”Let ’s go to the Longmen Grottoes! ”

”The Longmen Grottoes? Aren ’t you a native? Haven ’t you gone there before? There aren ’t many beautiful scenes.
I don ’t suggest you visit there. ” Yuan Rui looked at Zhang Mu in confusion.

”No, we ’re not visiting there.
There is a big surprise waiting for us! You will know it after we reach there. ”

Zhang Mu smiled but refused to tell Yuan Rui more details.
Yuan Rui felt annoyed.
She left Zhang Mu alone and played with Little Black.

Zhang Mu knew what the ”thing ” he just remembered was.
He remembered what a mess it caused in his past life.

If he could find it in advance… it would become one of his strongest weapons!