In the town of Mine, the cold wind came in through the cracks in the doors and windows, making a faint sound.

By the stove, Lin Tuo looked at the girl who was biting her lip and didn't say a word, and she was also a little helpless.

Torture?

He's not a villain.

Coming in here is just a coincidence, and I want to find someone to understand the situation in this wasteland, so that I will not be punished, but the other party is unwilling to communicate, and it is difficult to start a conversation.

"Looks like you're not willing to cooperate." Sighing, Lin Tuo's voice was a little disappointed, and he raised the steel pipe in his hand.

on the floor.

Huaxi immediately became nervous, stared at him vigilantly, and thought: It's coming, it's coming, so you still have to torture him, right?

What to do?

Say? Or do you want to hold on any longer?

The chaotic thoughts surged in her heart, but in the next second, Lin Tuo's movements made her stunned.

I saw Lin Tuo turn the chair, no longer look at her, and poke the ground with a steel pipe, the huge backpack, hard, loud.

Lin Tuo's eyes suddenly became curious.

You must know that when this little girl escaped, she didn't forget to take this thing with her, and it was because of this that she slowed down a little, otherwise, maybe she really let her run.

"Thorny ......" reached out and pinched the slightly rusted metal zipper on the backpack, opening it, and the contents were revealed.

Lin Tuo's eyes shrank, a little surprised.

This backpack is full of brand-new weapons and ammunition!

To be precise, most of them are groups of bullets, uniform in type, touched by hand, cold and piercing, and under the firelight, exuding a yellow and clear luster.

It was stuffed with more than half of the backpack, and roughly estimated, I am afraid that it is at least a few thousand.

In addition to this, there are a small number of firearm parts disassembled into parts, dozens of grenades, scopes and other items in the backpack.

It's all brand new, there is still unvolatile grease on the barrel, and it seems to be a new gun.

This little girl is carrying a large bag of munitions on her back!

Lin Tuo glanced at her strangely, and said, "Those soldiers are chasing you, won't it be just for these things, you stole other people's arsenals?" ”

"I didn't! It's ownerless! And I found out first! ”

Hearing this, the fierce little girl seemed to be very angry and retorted.

"Didn't steal? I can't see it......" Lin Tuo threw back the bullet in his hand, pointed to the food under the bed, which was dug out by Huaxi, and said, "Didn't you just come in and steal other people's food?" ”

Huaxi was speechless, choked and speechless.

After a long time, he said sullenly: "This is all exploited by them, I am robbing the rich and helping the poor!" ”

As she spoke, the cramping pain caused by hunger in her stomach made her frown and close her mouth.

Lin Tuo didn't continue to ask, just looked at the food curiously.

Most of them were pickled jerky, as well as some weird-looking vegetables and plant roots that he had never seen before.

Come to think of it, they are all plants that have survived mutations in the wasteland.

In contrast, some of the foods that are clearly "old-time" are more eye-catching.

For example, honey in glass bottles, and liquor that has long since lost its label...... And also......

"Canned?"

Lin Tuo curiously picked up a well-sealed tin can and wiped the lower surface, the trademark on it was still faintly recognizable.

Looking for the production date, and comparing it to the "destruction" time marked in the operation log, this can is impressively produced before the "destruction".

In other words, these are foods that have been preserved from a long time ago.

It's just not clear how long it has been since the Mad Emperor caused the destruction in this era.

"Gollum~Gollum~"

Just when Lin Tuo's thoughts drifted a little away, the sound beside him pulled his attention back.

Turning his head to look at the little girl named Huaxi, a smile appeared in Lin Tuo's eyes, and said:

"Looks like you're starving."

"I'm not hungry!" Huaxi skimmed her head very spinely, and then her stomach continued to scream uncontrollably.

As a result, the serious atmosphere in the room suddenly became strange.

"Want to eat? Answer my questions, and I'll give you something to eat. The smile in Lin Tuo's eyes was even stronger.

Seeing that Huaxi didn't answer, he didn't touch the can, after all, this thing may have been left for a long time, who knows if it can be edible.

Then he opened the honey jar, and brought an iron basin from the table, and put it on the fire to melt it.

I tasted it deliberately and was amazed, and then I used the iron drill next to the stove to pierce some jerky and plant rhizomes that looked like potatoes, and stuffed them into the hearth to roast.

Soon, the aroma of the food will disperse.

Frankly speaking, Lin Tuo has no appetite for these foods.

Especially on the premise of eating a hot pot not long ago, it is obvious that these foods are already precious and delicious in this wasteland.

This can only be judged from the emaciated and obviously underfed homeless people in the town square.

And under this kind of silent competition, after a while, Huaxi finally couldn't hold back, gritted his teeth and said, "I promise you!" ”

"What?"

"I said you just ask, give me something to eat!" The little girl gritted her teeth, unwilling to give up.

Lin Tuo smiled.

"Well, what about me, I'm a very fair person, if you answer me a question, I'll let you take a bite, it's fair, isn't it?"

"Well, then my first question is, what is the chronology now? Or how many years have passed since the catastrophe that destroyed the world? ”

Lin Tuo sat back in his chair and asked seriously.

？？

On the floor, Huaxi's expression became more and more strange.

In her opinion, this question is too weird, but it is true that not everyone can answer this question.

For example, those aliens and outcasts at the bottom of the wasteland may not be able to answer.

"It's thirty-one years of cataclysm, at least, that's what everyone agrees to say, so it should be thirty-one years from the old era." Flower Creek Road.

"You're not sure?" Lin Tuo asked rhetorically.

Huaxi endured the colic in her stomach and felt that she was about to starve to death, so she could only be honest:

"I haven't experienced the old times, how can I say for sure?"

Well, too, looking at her appearance, she is only ten years old, if thirty years have really passed, she should belong to the original people of the wasteland era.

Well, or as these people call it, the Cataclysmic Age.

Lin Tuo nodded secretly, thirty years...... It wasn't too surprising that he had already guessed the extent of the dilapidated buildings in the town.

"I replied, it's time for me to eat." Seeing that he was deep in thought, Huaxi couldn't help but remind.

Lin Tuo came back to his senses and handed over the iron chisel in his hand.

Huaxi didn't care about the heat, and the activation of her body's repair ability made the last bit of food in her stomach bag have been digested, and she really couldn't hold on.

He opened his mouth, whimpered, and swallowed a whole half-cooked mutated potato.

After a few quick chews, I tried to swallow it, but I was choked and rolled my eyes.

"As for it...... How long has it been since you eat......"

Lin Tuo's eyelids jumped, hesitated, poured a glass of water and poured her down.

The water had been boiled, but it still looked muddy and not very clean.

"Ahem...... Ahem...... "Seeing that there was nothing wrong with Huaxi, Lin Tuo continued to ask:

"The second question is, what is the human society on this continent like today? I mean, how many people, by whom, how many industrial facilities are still running? Or is there no more? ……”

This question is much more complicated, and Hua Xi didn't understand it at once.

Lin Tuo explained for a while, and then she gave the information she knew intermittently.

After Lin Tuo's patchwork and restoration, he roughly figured out the situation.

To put it simply, the situation in the wasteland was slightly better than he expected, but it was limited.

According to Huaxi.

After the "cataclysm", the environment of the whole "world" deteriorated, everything withered, many people died, and the "cities" of the old era were almost completely shut down.

Cities close to the west, many of which have collapsed, are slightly better away from the "epicenter", but the human industrial fabric has also been completely and irreversibly damaged.

A large number of human beings died, knowledge was lost, and strong energy interference led to the scrapping of power equipment and the collapse of the entire industrial base...... The entire human civilization, in a very short period of time, has gone back hundreds of years.

In order to survive, people began to rush for storage food, which led to riots and subsequent wars.

It is also by relying on those food reserves that human beings have survived the most difficult time.

But it doesn't come without a price.

The scramble for food has caused humanity to completely miss the opportunity to rebuild the industrial structure.

Later, when the temperature dropped around the world, radiation clouds obscured the entire continent, and the remaining human beings suffered a new round of disasters.

The energy flow caused by the "Annihilation Bomb" killed many normal lifeforms, but some lifeforms survived tenaciously through evolution and mutation.

The animals in the wild were the first to undergo mutations, becoming more ferocious, terrifying, and bloodthirsty...... Compete with humans for precious survival materials.

Then, there was a change in the human community.

Most humans begin to develop strange diseases, mental disorders, or skin ulcers...... And the offspring born by these people are even more deformed, but they still survived.

In a small number of humans, the opposite has changed.

Their physical fitness has improved, their stamina, agility, and strength have improved, and they are less likely to get sick.

Although the appearance of a human is still maintained, in fact, it seems to have evolved in the direction of "superhuman".

And the offspring born by these few people not only inherited this "excellent" mutation, but also had the probability that they were born with some special and extraordinary abilities.

It is precisely because of the presence of these people that humanity has finally managed to gain a foothold in this wasteland.

Some powerful people began to recruit manpower in the form of "companies" of the old era, occupying some well-preserved cities, and driving those who had not "evolved" to collect the artifacts of the old era from the ruins.

Loot as much as you can.

Then try to use those machines that have been preserved for decades and resume production.

However, this is too difficult in the end.

The regression of civilization and the loss of knowledge have made it impossible for people to understand the "principle" at all, and they can only rely on the creations left over from the old era to carry out some simple production activities.

In this pattern, the entire wasteland gradually built a pattern of three major forces standing together.

They are:

"Ignition Company", "Gray Mountain Group", and "Floating Doomsday".

And Huaxi belongs to one of the latter.