Act 154 Fungi
Standing on the deck, you can see the golden sand stretching into the distance.
It was a vast sea of sand, dotted with puddles of water.
A number of scrapped cruise ships and cargo ships are docked on the beach, some of which are still intact. It's as if those crazy captains have a hot scalp and sail a thousand-mile-long ship into the beach, and then they just pat their butts and leave.
Other steamers were not so lucky, their husks peeling away and their rusty skeletons exposed.
They are like pieces of fish that have been cut into pieces, and they are laid out there. It's like the god of scavenging descends on these giant ships, wielding the scythe in his hand, this slash, that slash. Slice these huge iron guys into pieces and throw the "corpses" everywhere nonchalantly.
Of course, no matter where these boats are parked, shipbreakers like Neller will come up like flies, skinning them and cramping, and then hauling the scrap up to the beach, weighing it and packing it. Wait for the bright white fleet to capsize quickly and carry these things away.
"That guy is here again, I don't know what good things he brought this time, you see the old guy Babpi, and he had a great time." Neller spoke to Sros, handing the small metal pieces he had collected in the pipe to Sross as he spoke.
"I really don't want to go into the pipeline again. You don't know how scary it is there. Not only are there fine cat bones and bird feathers on the ground, but there is also dust and animal fur floating in the air. I feel like my lungs are going to be blocked right now. ”
Srose didn't follow Nayler's words, she said as she kept one eye on Babpi and Lin in the distance, and the other eye on the overseer's movements.
"Don't complain, I've heard that a lot of kids have been coming to Bapi lately, and they want a job as a shipbreaker. Now the competition is getting fiercer, and if you complain again, Mary won't hear it, and you'll really stop doing it, and you won't even have a place to cry. ”
"Don't do it! Just do it! As long as we can get that treasure, even without the favor of the scavenging gods, we can still live and live better. ”
Even though the two men didn't speak loudly, Nick heard him in the distance on the deck.
He also whispered, "Are you really going to dig a grave?" That's a tomb robbery, and it's disrespectful to the dead. If the scavenger god blames him, what should we really do? ”
"That's not really a tomb robbery." Naylor explained, "It's just digging up the coffin and taking out the silver." The coffin was not opened at all. And bury it again - what's wrong with that? Anyway, burying those silver coffins in the ground is a waste. Let's swap it out for a bottle cap and let us live a good life.
Moreover, do you really believe that there is a god of scavenging in this world? That's just a deception from those gods, and Bappi brought them to preach to the god of scavenging, just so that we could dismantle the ship obediently. ”
The bright setting sun shrouded the three thin bodies, and the wind rich in the smell of sea salt blew slightly.
In the distance, the sound of sledgehammers and iron pieces colliding could be heard, and they were heavy workers. Their job, unlike Neller's entry into the pipes to collect copper wire, was to unload the iron plates from the hull.
The surface of the sea, which had been polluted by oil, turned blue, and pieces of iron floated on the surface of the sea like palm leaves, and with the power of the tide, they landed on the beach.
Nicol was not persuaded by Naylor, he was still a little scared, "How is this not a tomb robbery?" ”
"To be precise, desecration of corpses is tomb robbery. We don't do such things, we don't take rings, we don't warp gold teeth, we don't do things like that. ”
Neller said earnestly. It's as if what he said was the truth, as if he really wouldn't desecrate corpses. In fact, this is just his rhetoric to convince Nicol, and he really acted, but Nicol has the final say.
As the three of them spoke, Joel from a little farther away came over and joined the discussion.
For this plan to get rich, they have been discussing and formulating it for two months. The shovels needed for excavation and the luminescent mushrooms needed for lighting have been prepared.
Everything is ready, all you need to do is act tonight.
"How can you say that there must be silver on the coffin that you have painstakingly dug up?" Nicol asked, looking forward.
"Haven't you heard of the sacrifice of the god of scavenging, the funeral of the old times?" Neller reproached.
"As you said, there is no such thing as a scavenger." Nicol lowered his head and retorted weakly.
Ignoring Nicol's words, Neller continued, "As soon as we get these buried treasures, we can exchange them for bottle caps, and then go all the way to the City of Angels, where we can pursue the happy life we want. ”
Srose wasn't as negative as Nicol, but she thought about it more, and she said, "Really trade what you dig up with that guy, and he won't tell Bappy?" ”
Neller said confidently, "Don't be afraid, that guy is a runner." When the fast sailing boat came last year, I specifically asked their crew. They say that these runners only care about money, and as long as they can make money with bottle caps, they will even put a noose that can hang people around their necks and sell them to you. ”
"But will there really be any silver?" Nicol said weakly.
"How could it not be. Sacrifice Abel has spoken more than once when he says that in the old days, people feared death beyond our imagination. The cost of their grand funeral ceremony, according to the bottle cap, is nearly 10,000 bottle caps. ”
Joel nodded in agreement and said, "Noble Priest himself said that every coffin buried in the coffin was wrapped in a silver shell. ”
Nicol sneered, "He also said that humans have walked on the moon, do we still have to go to the moon to find human footprints?" ”
Neller smiled and said, "It's different, it's a myth that humans go to the moon, and expensive burials are true." If you're afraid, you can not go, and then we will all be rich and set off for the City of Angels. You're the only one who's still alone and toiling to dismantle the ship and pick up the garbage, and maybe you'll be too big to get into the pipes and have no strength to dismantle the deck. You're kicked away by Bappi and left to fend for yourself. ”
Nicol quieted down, he objected because he was afraid of the cemetery. However, compared to the tragic fate of dismantling ships and picking up garbage for a lifetime, and possibly being abandoned, this little fear of the cemetery is nothing.
"I'll go!" He said.
"Leave when it's dark, and remember not to let anyone else know." Seeing that he had convinced Nicol, Neller immediately said that he would start working tonight.
"You see, they're together again, and they don't know what they're planning." After eating Fortining, Bapi, who seemed to be in a lot better, said.
"Maybe nothing." Lin said, "I need 100 liters of grade 7 pure water to take a bath, do you have enough water here?" ”
"Enough! There are 200 bottle caps in total, so it's cheap. Bappi said.
Lin took out two hundred bottle caps from the pocket that Bapi had just given him and said, "It's really cheap." ”
100 liters of grade 7 pure water requires 200 bottle caps. And the money that Bappi hired Lin to protect his four children was only forty-five bottle caps.
The water of the new era is divided into nine grades according to the degree of cleanliness and the amount of radiation.
Tertiary water is collectively referred to as sewage. Ordinary people will get radiation sickness if they drink a sip of first-class sewage. The secondary and tertiary sewage is slightly better, but the degree of good is limited.
Grade 4 to 6 water is called clean water. It is the kind of water that ordinary people drink for a short time and will not have problems.
Water of grades seven to nine is called pure water. That is, water that has been drunk for a long time and has no adverse effects at all.
Even in the City of Angels, high-grade pure water is a relatively precious existence. The ordinary humans who are responsible for farming and carrying can drink the best water, and it is only pure water.
The reason why Bapi can have so much pure water is because he found a complete and usable water purification system from a huge ship.
When he got this water purification system, he was very happy, and even said that it was a gift from the god of scavenging. He even gave all shipbreakers a bottle cap as a reward for this, so that they could also bathe in the blessings of the scavenging god.
Lin closed his eyes and lay down in the bathtub, where he could feel a rare silence. You don't have to be vigilant all the time, it's like being in your mother's arms.
However, he never met his mother. He didn't even know who his mother was. He woke up in a jar filled with green solution. There was no one else there, only himself, and his name was also given by himself by looking at the nameplate on the jar.
Closing your eyes does not mean that the world has gone into darkness. Through the eyelids, you can still feel the light outside. Not only that, but Lin was able to "see" a few red dots near him.
This is the mark he gives to the children, so that he can know where they are and when they are out, and then protect them.
This is the first ability he has, a first-order ability that belongs to the perception domain, and Lin doesn't know what it is specifically called. I haven't heard of anyone with similar abilities.
He gave it the name Tag Prey. This ability has provided great help for him to be able to come out of the jar and live.
It's almost soaked.
Lin came out of the bathtub and put on his tactical black clothes.
If it were to be known to others that he had used so much Grade 7 pure water just to take a bubble bath, I'm afraid those people would go crazy.
In some places where there is a lack of safe and reliable water sources, this 100 liters of water is a great wealth.
Lin also thought about whether he could carry water from the wild coast and sell it elsewhere.
However, after thinking that there were no decent cities for nearly a hundred kilometers around the wild coast, he still gave up.
The night sky was clear, and a silvery-white moon hung high in the sky.
The red dots, which represent a few little ones, after a period of silence, begin to come alive, and it seems that they are about to act.
It shouldn't be difficult to protect these little guys.
Lin followed the group of little guys two hundred meters away, recording the surrounding terrain to see if there were any dangers lurking.
Under his careful observation, except for some mutated small animals that like to be active at night, harmless to humans and animals, and cannot be named, there are no other factors that can be called dangerous.
“…… This is it...... "With the night wind, Lin Yan vaguely recognized the voices ......of the children two hundred meters away.
Lin poked his head out to look over, and his vision switched to grayscale vision that could only see black and white in the dark night.
This is a first-order ability of the public perception domain grayscale vision. Quite a lot of people.
Even though you can no longer see colors with this ability, it is rare to be able to see clearly at night.
Through the redwood forest, Lin saw the little ones digging hard under the moonlight, without the slightest slackness. At the same time, he was also analyzing in his mind what these little guys were digging. And judge whether there is a danger in this, if so, how dangerous it is, whether you can solve it yourself, and whether you need to stop them.
“…… Work harder...... I dug up the ...... right away."
“…… Come on...... Happiness is at your feet......"
Lin heard one encouraging word after another.
“…… Dig up ......"
Thirty minutes later, Lin heard the voice of excitement.
In grayscale vision, Lin saw bright white boxes, which they carried out of the ground.
There was more than one of these boxes, and one after another, they dug ten chests out of the ground.
The boxes are about the size of an adult.
Are they digging a grave?
Lin figured out what they were trying to do.
“…… Is there all this silver outside......
“…… I guess so...... Peel them all off......"
“…… Wrong...... It's not a wrap-up ......."
“…… Is it an all-silver coffin...... Wouldn't we have ...... then?"
“…… Don't get too excited...... Let's open it and see what it's like......"
“…… It's not that ...... Don't you desecrate corpses......"
“…… A sucker...... It's an all-silver coffin...... Let's sell it to that guy...... Can you still sell the corpse with you......"
“…… Oh well......"
The little ones, who had been discussing for a while, began to study how to open these coffins.
“…… The people of the old days were really troublesome......"
A few little guys studied for a long time, but they still couldn't open these coffins. In the end, they decided to use violence and smashed the coffins open.
"Bell...... Bell ......"
After a lot of wasted time, a few little guys finally knocked open these coffins.
“…… This Jack boy looks about the same as the Jack boy in the mining accident......"
“…… This is also ......"
“……”
“…… How does this look like a living person......
The boy's voice said.
“…… How can you be interested in corpses...... Lust - Ghost ......"
The girl's voice scolded.
“…… This one...... How to shine ......"
Said in a somewhat cowardly voice.
“…… You're scared and hallucinating...... How could it be ......"
The boy's voice scoffed.
“…… It's true...... In the glowing ......"
The tone is incredible.
“…… Wait a minute...... They moved......"
“…… Run...... Run......"
One by one, the corpses they thought had been sleeping for a long time crawled out of the metallic coffin. The children fled in all directions in a panic.
Worst!
Lin looked at the corpses chasing the children, and secretly said that he was unlucky.
It is true that these unlucky children dug up the coffin, and it is true that there are indeed corpses inside.
However, these corpses have been parasitized by fungi.
That's all it takes.
Worst of all, one of the living corpses was a glowing seed.
The luminous species carry a lot of radiation, and the light they emit is the radiant light.
Lin got up from the woods, drew his gun, and ran towards the living corpses.
He accepted Bapi's commission to ensure the safety of the children.