Chapter 8: Make a Deal
It was already dark, Lu Buping woke up from this strange room, began to organize his backpack, and prepared to start work.
Having a safe house to live in is a luxury for most waste pickers. Lu Buping relied on the skills that his father handed over to him at the beginning, and gave full play to the skill of picking the lock of the sliding door. Although this is an unpopular skill in the eyes of the old craftsman, Lu Buping relied on it to live quite nourishingly in the last days.
Just as Lu Buping walked briskly to the door of the corridor, a noisy sound came from a distance. Lu Buping instinctively sneaked up and crouched, listened carefully, and secretly observed the movement ahead.
"It's a human voice!" Lu Buping was slightly taken aback after identifying the source of the sound, listening to the footsteps of at least four or five people, mixed with the sound of talking to each other. It's a bit strange that it's located in a bustling neighborhood and residential building before the end of the day, which means that there are far more living corpses than elsewhere. At the same time, most of the available supplies in the surrounding area have either been emptied long ago or are difficult to access.
This kind of dangerous location with little harvest is really a chicken rib for the survivors. It's been a long time since anyone has come here to search on a large scale, and Lu Buping also valued this point so he chose a small shop nearby as a place for revenge, who would have thought that so many people would appear at this time.
The crowd gradually approached, and Lu Buping also heard what they said clearly, and couldn't help but sigh that a hundred causes must have results......
I heard these people arguing non-stop with each other.
"Did you hear from this side last night, it couldn't be a mistake?"
"Probably not, we all heard it yesterday, and the sound was crackling here."
"I see that there is still a fire coming from here, could it be that the army has come back to save us?"
"The army of bullshit, do you think it was four years ago? I think 80% of them found a grenade and ran to the end of it. ”
"Yes, I listened to it last night, and I'm afraid there must be thousands of the living corpses calling."
"Thousands? I heard that it would be tens of thousands. ”
The group of people was still arguing endlessly, and a sturdy man in his early forties in the lead spoke: "Shut up Lao Tzu, no matter what, it's quite abnormal." Lao Tzu has been traveling north and south for so many years, and he has never seen such a strange thing. I haven't encountered many living corpses along the way, so I am afraid that there was something unusual last night. Let's look for it carefully, maybe there is something good, and our hammer gang will be developed. ”
Hearing this, Lu Buping was a little crying and laughing, it turned out that this group of people was attracted by the sound of Li Temple exterminating the living corpse last night. Yesterday's battle took place in the evening, and no one dared to go out in a state of rage, so this so-called "hammer gang" rushed over at dawn to find something good.
It doesn't look like they're survivors of a nearby colony, and they don't look like they're a group of marauders, but they're just as a bunch of scavengers. I guess I was resting nearby yesterday, and I happened to meet it.
Thinking of this, Lu Buping put his mind at ease, as long as they don't go to the amorous shop to ruin their plans, Lu Buping doesn't plan to show up, to avoid any misunderstandings, more is better than less. None of the people who have survived so far are kind, and what about the scavengers who "dig treasures" from under the noses of living corpses, Lu Buping, who is a scavenger, obviously classifies himself into this class.
In this way, Lu Buping watched them rummage back and forth for nearly half an hour, but still found nothing.
The sturdy man at the head scolded and scolded: "Damn, I haven't even had a hair here for a long time." Thanks to the fact that there are no living corpses nearby, otherwise you would not have died. It's all to blame you, and thousands of living corpses, why don't you eat you raw. ”
A few junior brothers didn't dare to speak, and it seemed that this sturdy man had some authority in the small team. Just as he was furious, a younger brother raised his hand and pointed in a direction: "Don't be angry, boss, or let's look for any good goods in the nearby store, you see that the store door is still open." He gestured to a building on the corner.
Looking in the direction of his finger, the strong man gave the little brother a slap on the back of the head. "Lao Tzu still needs you to teach, if you can't find something good today, you don't have to eat." Having said that, I walked down the shop.
It won't be so unlucky, Lu Buping broke out in a cold sweat...... Just now, I was thinking that more things are better than less, and now the places where these guys are walking are the dynamite-covered shops, which are the core of the revenge plan. Yesterday I was in such a hurry to deal with the living corpses that I didn't have time to close the door of the shop, and no one could have imagined that someone would appear nearby. The explosives hidden in the shop were enough to raze the entire building, and if they triggered it, their plans would be ruined.
At this moment, Lu Buping, who was hiding in the shadows, had to think of a way immediately, once they destroyed the plan, things would be in trouble. But four or five people on the opposite side are not so easy to deal with, there is only one person on their own, and even if they sneak attack, it is difficult to solve them all. Besides, making enemies for no reason is not his style of acting, once he makes a move, unless he can kill all the opponents, there will be endless troubles.
Although he thought a lot in his heart, he didn't stop, three steps and two steps, Lu Buping had already changed several locations in the dark in a row, and at the same time had been paying close attention to the movements of this group. Seeing that this group of people was about to enter the store, Lu Buping had a flash of inspiration in his mind and came up with an idea, this group of people could make good use of it and help him complete his revenge plan.
As he thought, he drew his dagger and retreated into the shadows.
The group of scavengers came to the door of the store, and the sturdy man led by him stared at the ground with a frown: "You see, the traces of the fight on the ground indicate that there are people nearby. All wiped their eyes on Lao Tzu. ”
"Don't worry, big brother." "Boss, let's go in." Everyone agreed.
"You go in first and take a look, call us if there is a situation." The sturdy man pointed to a younger brother and said.
"Yes." When the younger brother heard the task, he pushed the door tremblingly and entered the store. After a while, the little brother's excited voice came out of the door: "Boss, come in, boss, we are really developed, all good things!" ”
The sturdy man was also happy after hearing this, for the waste pickers, even a pair of underwear and toilet paper have its effect, not to mention the "good things" in the store. Even if you don't need it yourself, you can take it to other survivors' camps in exchange for supplies.
The big man was about to step into the door, when suddenly, a cold and sharp piece of iron pressed against his throat, and at the same time, a voice sounded in his ears: "If you don't want to die, don't move." Hearing this, the man's body stiffened, and he really didn't move. At this time, the younger brothers around Dahan also found that the situation was not good, and his boss was restrained, which was worth it. So he took out all the iron and steel pipes he had brought with him, and carefully surrounded them.
"Don't come closer, or he'll die." Looking at the people who were gradually approaching, Lu Buping shouted loudly. At the same time, the strength in his hand increased a little, and it seemed that if he used more force, the leading man would be splattered with blood on the spot.
"Don't move! Do you want Lao Tzu to die?" At this moment, it was the big man who opened his mouth to scold, and after the initial panic, the big man forced himself to calm down and said to Lu Buping: "This ...... Friend, the voice is quite strange, we shouldn't have met before, there is no need to fight each other without grievances. ”
After a pause, seeing that there was no reaction behind him, the man continued: "Presumably you are also here to ask for money, even if you kill me here, and my brothers, it will not be good for anyone to lose at that time." Father...... No, my strongholds around here are all famous, and I have always been a mouthful of foam and a nail. In this way, I Zhao Langtou vouched for my reputation, this shop belongs to you, let's leave now, how about it? ”
is the leader of the scavenging team, this Zhao Lang still has a bit of a sense of inwardness from the beginning, but when it comes to the future, he has the chance to win. Thinking of his name and a few capable subordinates, as if he had mastered some winning chips, his body also relaxed.
Zhao Lang head...... Lu Buping thought carefully in his mind, and he did have the impression that there was indeed such a number one person. It is said that after the outbreak of the apocalypse, he relied on an iron hammer to kill a hundred and ten times in the group of living corpses, and later collected hundreds of scavengers as his subordinates.
However, looking at his current tattered scavenger suit, and the few subordinates on his side looked like they hadn't eaten for several days, most of these deeds were probably boasted by himself. Except for a lone ranger like Lu Buping, if there are some small forces, if you want not to be robbed by others these days, you must always pretend to be fierce, after all, respecting the old and loving the young can not fill your stomach. No one has long remembered what Zhao Hammer's real name is, but with this hammer and the cannon-known kung fu, he has indeed made some fame in the surrounding human strongholds.
At this moment, Lu Buping was close behind Zhao Langtou, holding a dagger against the latter's neck. It seemed that the atmosphere was tense, but in fact, his mind was in a hurry, and he slowly said in his ear: "I've admired the name for a long time, so are you interested in making a deal?" ”