Hearing the content of the broadcast, Ye Fan was taken aback.

"Is the city this chaotic now? Adventurers are actually challenging each other directly on the chat channel?"

Zhuge Yunxue spoke: "Captain, the city is indeed quite chaotic. There are over a thousand adventurer squads, and many profitable businesses and prime locations are monopolized by some of the top-ranked squads. New squads have to fight for territory and resources; gang fights happen all the time."

Ye Fan nodded slightly, not planning to intervene too much in such matters.

In the apocalypse, there are rules. To live well, not striving or competing won't work.

However, he was quite interested in this Jiangnan Female Classmate Squad. If he hadn't come across it, that would be fine, but since he knew about it, he wanted to know the final outcome of the matter.

"Keep an eye on the chat channel to see if the Star Night Wolf Pack really causes trouble for Jiangnan Female Classmate. If they do, I want to know the follow-up progress."

Chen Fei agreed, then continued to look at tasks for a while and said: "Captain, should we take on a task that's a bit more difficult or a bit easier?"

"Are tasks categorized by difficulty?"

"That's right, tasks have five star ratings; Five-Star tasks are the hardest, and One-Star tasks are the simplest, like collecting some ordinary materials, usually categorized as One-Star tasks."

"Tasks involving zombies and mutant beasts are generally Two-Star tasks."

"Above Three-Star, the difficulty increases and involves mutated zombies. The task completed by the Jiangnan Female Classmate of killing the King Kong was a Four-Star task."

Ye Fan became interested: "What do Five-Star tasks include?"

"They usually involve collecting Tyrannosaurus Zombie Crystal Cores, Beast King Crystal Cores, oh, and there's also a task to collect the Antiviral Serum."

"A task for Antiviral Serum? Isn't this something only we possess?"

Currently, Antiviral Serum is indeed only available on Ye Fan's side. After his promotion to Brigade Commander, he has five doses of Antiviral Serum available daily, and now Ye Fan's serum can save people when they are 75% zombified.

However, it is primarily used on personnel within the Dawn Army. As for infected survivors, only those with significant value are allowed to use the Antiviral Serum at the hospital.

Since the establishment of the Dawn Army, the external use of Antiviral Serum has probably only happened about five times.

But despite using it only a few times, rumors outside say there's a high-tech biochemical lab within the Dawn Army dedicated to Antiviral Serum research, and people reportedly saved from zombie bites and scratches, all described very vividly.

Moreover, Ye Fan has never sold the serum externally. In this post-apocalypse, it's more precious than Mutant Beast Meat, Crystal Cores, etc.

Most importantly, the system-issued serum cannot be stockpiled. Today's serum must be used up for a new one to appear the next day. If unused, no new serum will appear, maintaining the count at five doses.

Of Ye Fan's five doses, two are permanently stored at the hospital, and only consumed doses are replenished.

Thus, Ye Fan actually only has three spare doses on hand.

Ye Fan once considered mass-producing the Antiviral Serum but hasn't succeeded yet. Its composition is very complex, and he hasn't succeeded even having the final product on hand.

A few days ago, Xiao Jing from the field hospital reported progress to Ye Fan, but completion is only at 60%; it might take some more time to fully develop.

Unexpectedly, someone has even issued a task for the Antiviral Serum.

Possibly because they know it's a Dawn Army internal item, forbidden from circulation and hard to obtain, it's rated as a Five-Star task.

Chen Fei showed Ye Fan the task.

[Acquire one Antiviral Serum, price five hundred thousand Light Yuan, task difficulty Five-Star.]

Ye Fan pondered briefly. Since he wanted to experience the adventurer's life, he naturally needed to make a name for himself in the adventurer community.

In that case, accepting this task was doable.

Losing one dose of Antiviral Serum isn't significant; even if others use it, it would refresh on his side, and the likelihood of others successfully developing it is non-existent.

"Accept this task."

Beside him, Zhuge Yunxue immediately operated the radio to accept the task.

After accepting the task, the Adventurer's Guild Central quickly contacted Ye Fan.

"Hello, this is the Adventurer's Guild Central. We are sending the buyer's communication frequency to you. You can get in touch."

Ye Fan immediately used the frequency provided by Central to find the buyer and commenced communication.

While dialing, Ye Fan was still grumbling: "Our telephone lines are set up, right? When can we restore landline and mobile phone communication?"

Zhuge Yunxue knew some details: "Captain, landline communication will be established shortly. Many of the mobile signal towers were abandoned, and new base stations need construction; it might take some time."

While they were talking, a voice came from the other end.

"Hello, are you the Rose Thorn Squad?"

"We are. May I ask who you are?" Ye Fan immediately answered.

"We are the Da Wangzhuang Adventurer Squad, leader Chen Hao. Since you're operating in Dawn City, you should know this name, and understand the consequences of deceiving us?"

Ye Fan thought for a moment, then remembered who Chen Hao was.

This was a leader he encountered on his way to the survivor exchange conference after leaving his hometown, the leader of Da Wangzhuang, who had been quite close to him at the time.

Later, when Ye Fan came to Dawn City, this person also came over early and joined Dawn City, and after that, Ye Fan didn't know much.

After all, there aren't many survivor leaders he could remember, Qin Yumo counts as one, Zhao Xiaoman counts as another, both are beauties.

As for those rough fellows, he really didn't have the energy to remember them.

Unexpectedly, it sounds like he's doing quite well now.

Ye Fan chuckled: "Don't say that, I can't present the real thing. If you threaten me again, it's not too late. If I come up with it and still hear your threats, I won't sell it."

Unexpectedly, the other side didn't buy it: "Stop bragging, everyone knows that serum is a precious resource within the Dawn Army. Everyone knows how strict the Dawn Army's system is. Our leader and Ye Fan's leader were brothers who risked their lives together and couldn't get a single one. Where did a newly-formed squad like yours get it from?"

Ye Fan found it amusing himself, when did he ever risk his life with Chen Hao?

Oh, right, during the survivor conference, in the restroom, he set up a heavy machine gun and wiped out most of those adventurer leaders. Chen Hao was dragged by him to a corner, so it did count as risking their lives together.

No need to think about it, this guy must've boasted about this outside.

Ye Fan continued to chuckle: "You don't need to know how I got it. Do you have a way to verify its authenticity?"

"Of course, we have our ways. Where are you now?"

"On the way to Dawn City."

"How long until you get here?"

"About two hours."

"Alright, in two hours, let's meet at the Seven-Star Riverfront Emperor Bar in the Inner City District."

"Okay, I'll be there. Just prepare the money."

Ye Fan hung up the call and sighed: "Fifty thousand Light Yuan for one serum, are these adventurers all this rich now?"

Zhuge Yunxue said: "Captain, it's not easy for anyone in the city to pull out fifty thousand Light Yuan, but that doesn't mean they can't gather it. Having one more serum is equivalent to having one more life. Actually, this task has been up for a long time, but since no one completed it, no one added to the task. Now you completed it, it's likely to cause a stir."

Ye Fan nodded, not taking it too seriously. He just wanted to use this task to break into the adventurer circles and gain fame quickly.

But he didn't expect the uproar would happen this fast.

The completion of the serum task drew even more attention than the completion of the King Kong Zombie task.

Soon, many factions inside the city knew about the news.

But fifty thousand Light Yuan is a huge threshold, and many people simply don't have the means to buy it, only being able to look on helplessly.

Some have the means to buy it but want it cheaper, thinking that if one serum could be gotten, more could as well, so they preferred to wait and see.

Meanwhile, some couldn't hold back any longer and started inquiring about the details of the transaction through various channels. Soon, Ye Fan's Rose Thorn Squad gained fame.

The Adventurer's Guild's main office doesn't have any confidentiality, after all, the people here are just ordinary survivors, with no strong discipline or sense of confidentiality.

When Ye Fan's vehicle arrived at the south gate of Dawn City, he stopped for an inspection.

Some survivor bases have very cumbersome inspection procedures, and body check is unavoidable.

This means letting people entering the city strip to ensure there are no scratches or bites from a zombie on them, ensuring they're not infected before allowing entry.

Dawn City doesn't require this, a military dog comes over for a sniff, and it can immediately tell if there's a bloody smell, or if one's been injured by a zombie.

Ye Fan arrived at the gate and went through a check, a military dog came over to sniff, wagging its tail rapidly.

Ye Fan was in disguise, soldiers didn't recognize him, but the dog did, almost sticking out its tongue to lick him.

Ye Fan hurriedly gave the dog a glare, and it immediately sat obediently without moving.

The Dawn Army's dogs are very clever, knowing when the master doesn't want it to do something, it quietens down immediately.

Ye Fan and his team entered the city smoothly, but once they passed the gate, they were stopped again.

A few people dressed as adventurers, sitting in a rusty jeep, blocked Ye Fan's vehicle.

"Is this the Rose Thorn Squad? Who is Chen Bufan?"

Ye Fan stuck his head out of the car window: "That's me."

"We are from the Star Night Wolf Pack Squad. Our Boss Zhou wants to see you. Come with us for a bit."

The adventurers spoke while fiddling with the AK rifles on their backs, clearly implying a threat.

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