Old Fox Quark sat behind the counter in his shop, holding half a cigarette in his mouth, his expression was leisurely, but there was a hint of satisfaction in his eyes.

The settlement is not very good, compared to Safe Zone 17, it is like a garbage dump, the environment that does not see the light of day all year round, the foul smell, and those who are disgusting, most of them are greedy but timid as rats, no wonder they can only live underground.

Even so, Quark was reluctant to leave the settlement, even though he was already qualified to live in Safe Zone 17.

Because he's going to make money, make a lot of money, and then find a few reliable guys to get him out of this hellish place.

What is Safe Zone 17? The world is big and interesting, Quark has seen the world, and he has his own ambitions and pursuits.

Spit out a puff of cigarette, Quark felt a little bored, although the tobacco left by the previous civilization was good, but it could not relieve the irritability of sitting for a long time, the 'rats' in these settlements had not had a good harvest when they went out in recent days, and if this continued, he had to consider leaving earlier.

At this moment, there was a knock on the iron door, a little hurried.

Quark's eyes lit up, thinking about business, and he came to the door.

He didn't hire anyone, so he went to open the door himself, and when he saw Tang Ling standing in front of the door, Quark had a smile on his face.

Most of the people in the colony are rats, but there are always exceptions, such as the kid in front of him, who always brings him some surprises.

Of course, Quark has been secretly investigating Tang Ling, wanting to know why this kid always surprises him, and now this investigation can't be said to be clueless, but the result is not certain.

But overall, the kid is a lucky guy.

And the lucky guy won't be annoying anywhere.

"Let me guess, what did you accidentally find this time? Is it some 'stone' that I need, or some miscellaneous items that I specify. Quark couldn't wait to ask Tang Ling.

Tang Ling didn't answer, but quickly squeezed into Quark's store and walked straight to the counter.

Quark understood, slammed the iron door shut, and came to the back of the counter.

Before Quark could speak, Tang Ling took down the thick trunk from behind him, which looked like his weapon.

"You just want to trade this?" Quark's face became a little ugly, this kid was mysterious, and he took out an ordinary tree trunk, he didn't remember what the value of this thing was.

Tang Ling didn't speak, he untied the rope tied to the trunk, and the trunk became two, one of which was obviously empty, Tang Ling took out a bottle from it and put it on Quark's counter.

"Tertiary drinking water." Tang Ling said lightly.

Quark's eyes lit up, this area has been dry for too long, and water has obviously become the most precious material, not to mention the third-level drinking water, even if it is the lowest, the fifth-level drinking water that can barely be imported has become a scarce resource.

Ordinary people may not dare to drink such water, but the pampered adults in the safe zone need it.

Thinking of this, Quark unscrewed the cap of the bottle, dipped his fingers in a little water with his fingers, and put it in his mouth.

There is no smell of pollution, it is very clean, and it can meet the tertiary drinking water standard of the pre-civilization ordinary water.

"For what?" Quark no nonsense.

"The old rules, food, meat!"

"The pollution-free kind? You must know that although water is precious these days, unpolluted meat has always been hard currency. This bottle of third-grade drinking water can only be changed, well, at most five catties. Quark blinked.

Tang Ling lowered his head and was silent, in fact, this bottle of third-level drinking water could be exchanged for at least ten catties of unpolluted meat, or even twelve catties.

But Tang Ling didn't have a choice, the entire settlement was only the safest place to trade with Quark, he would not forcibly trade or rob, and the most important thing was that his mouth was very tight.

He seems to have a strong background, no one in the entire settlement dares to fight his ideas, and no one dares to touch what is exchanged for him, and everyone who has fought bad ideas has died without exception.

"No, it's good to be low-polluted." Tang Ling was only silent for two seconds before he made up his mind, the feeling coming from his chest became stronger and stronger, and he couldn't delay any longer.

"Huh?" Quark raised his eyebrows, but he didn't ask much, and the next moment he said cheerfully: "If you eat low-pollution meat, you can exchange it for twenty catties." ”

"Hmm."

Seeing that Tang Ling agreed, Quark readily took the bottle of third-level drinking water and entered the secret door behind the counter, and after a while, three air-dried black-toothed rats were thrown onto the counter.

Tang Ling just wanted to take the meat, hesitated again, pushed one of the air-dried black-toothed rats, and said, "This is for two catties of unpolluted meat." ”

"I'm losing a little." Quark shook his head.

Tang Ling looked at Quark stubbornly, and the cold sweat on his forehead had gathered into sweat droplets and dripped from his face.

"That's it, for you." Quark finally compromised, looking at this kid's appearance, in order to get third-level drinking water, I am afraid that he will be injured, give him some clean meat to make up for it, so as not to have no life to trade with him next time.

Soon, Quark had everything ready, Tang Ling stuffed the clean meat into the empty tree trunk, and carried two air-dried black-toothed rats out of one of the secret doors on the other side of Quark's shop.

"This kid, will you be alive next time?" There was a hint of sympathy in Quark's eyes, but he quickly calmed down, continued to pick up the cigarette he had just smoked and lit it, and sat leisurely behind the counter.

**

The secret door in the quark shop is connected to an underground waterway that is completely safe.

In general, no one will show up here except traders.

There were three such passages, and Tang Ling was not worried that he would meet someone else in the passage he chose at random.

Squatting in a dark and secluded corner, Tang Ling was dripping in a cold sweat, trembling his hands, grabbing the air-dried black-toothed rat, and gnawing on it.

The meat of the black-toothed rat is not delicious, except for the special smell of pollution, there is also a smell of underground water, which cannot be removed.

In addition, it is also dry and hard, even if it is stewed, it will have to be boiled for a long time, not to mention air-dried.

But Tang Ling gnawed so 'greedily', even if there was a trace of blood oozing from his teeth, he refused to slow down the slightest speed, and even swallowed the bones with chewing and biting.

Not enough, meat is also needed.

Tang Ling, who had eaten most of the black-toothed rats in the blink of an eye, was still very hungry.

He kept eating, and a black-toothed rat that weighed six or seven pounds after drying was eaten by him in less than ten minutes.

The corners of his mouth were bloodshot, but the next second he continued to eat without hesitation, and the hunger from his chest was like a whirlpool spinning wildly.

made Tang Ling feel that if he stopped, he was afraid that in the next second, he would be eaten by himself.

A few more minutes passed, and there was no sound in the quiet passage except for the sound of Tang Ling gnawing.

It wasn't until there were still half a small number of the two air-dried black-toothed rats that they finally stopped.

After eating, Tang Ling stood up, but there was no satisfaction in his eyes, only lingering doubts and fears.