Chapter 4 Camping at the Silversmith's Village
The car traveled on Xingfu Road for more than half an hour and turned onto the road to the east. On both sides of the road, the view is very wide, full of barrenness and bleakness, there are fields, there are also empty fields, sparsely scattered all over the houses at the end of the ridges, nine out of ten are collapsed, like horse manure heaps on the past driveway, a lump of lumps is uncomfortable to look at.
Most of these houses are not destroyed by monsters, and the houses used to look at the fields in summer and autumn are poorly repaired, and when the door of the abyss was opened, the earthquake that spread all over the world was enough to make these houses a typical dilapidated house, and after two years of no one to repair and take care of it, it is normal for them to collapse.
Song Yizhou discerned the direction, "Our destination won't be the airport, right?" β
Lei Huo's people don't squeak, this is discipline, even if you want to reveal some information to Song Yizhou and Luo Ling, it will be Han Xiaolu, and the others, I don't know when I ask.
"It's the airport, but we have to choose a place to rest and reorganize first, Lu Fei, you can be sure." Han Xiaolu sat up with her body propped up.
"Captain, you'd better lie down!" Xing Juan advised.
"Let me sit for a while, it's not comfortable to lie down all the time!"
Luo Ling silently sensed Han Xiaolu's state, he was indeed very weak, and he felt sorry in his heart. After a battle, he has an estimate of the combat power of the elites among these so-called elites. Disappointed!
At this level, the survivors can only survive underground, and at the very least, there is no hope of regaining the surface in 50-70 years. As for what happens after that, it depends on how quickly magic technology progresses. In all aspects, the study of magic has broken through the first bottleneck and brought about a revolution just like the birth of the steam engine.
That is to say, magic technology will be in a state of rapid development for a long time, advancing rapidly, expanding in an all-round way, and affecting all fields. Then, just like the aerodynamics of the early 21st century, the technology that can be extracted is almost exhausted, and human beings have almost used the efficiency of this project research to the extreme, just take the new generation of fighters, it is difficult to make a major breakthrough in flight, and can only work hard in other fields such as electronic countermeasures, this is the new bottleneck, once a major breakthrough occurs in a cutting-edge field, what will follow is another rapid development.
Perhaps the most proud thing of human beings is creativity. Given some time, it is not impossible to develop a powerful weapon against demons. Time, at present, it seems that this is what humanity lacks.
The Abyss Gate is not a gate for demons to enter and exit, at least for the vast majority of demons, they don't need such glamorous props. The Abyss Gate is more like a hook lock made of energy, and it is this hook lock that continuously pulls the distance between the two planes in, and makes the connection between the two planes more frequent and stable. The Abyssal Gate constantly releases dark energy, which is purer and more harmful than the dark energy that wanders around the world, and this dark energy is constantly corroding and changing the environment around it, thus making the 'hook lock' more powerful.
Theoretically, the two planes will not be infinitely close, just as a pirate ship will not be squeezed into a merchant ship, and the result of forcible integration can only mean the destruction of both sides, and the demons only want to plunder, destroy, or, if possible, turn this world into a second 'pirate ship'.
The Abyssal Gate continues to open, and the space-time rift that the demons now use to parachute will slowly evolve into a more stable space-time channel. When this plane is corrupted enough by dark energy, the main force of the demons can set foot on the land of this world. The simple understanding is that God descended, immediate, and total destruction will be unstoppable.
According to Luo Ling's judgment, if the survivors don't do something, there is a good chance that the demon king will come before they can research a powerful weapon. But the question is, what to do? The way to destroy the Abyss Gate has not yet been found, and even if it is found, is it possible to win a large-scale offensive and defensive battle on the surface with the survivor's current situation of being newly defeated? It seems that this is another five-year plan, a ten-year plan, or the Marshall Plan!
Whenever he thought that after he died of old age, mankind was likely to usher in the extinction of the race, Luo Ling felt a little 'only the present is left, only the present is remembered'. He also fantasized about becoming a savior, but he lacked a reason to throw his head, shed blood, be indomitable, and desperate.
Why? Why save? Don't talk big or empty words, just tell the truth. When he Luo Ling, the failed object of the experiment, was hunted down and killed, where was the help? Where is the love? Now, is it his turn to repay grievances with virtue and convince people with virtue? Grandmother! There are no doors!
Time slipped away in crankiness, creaked, the car stopped, and the shaking of inertia brought Luo Ling back to reality from the imaginary world.
I pushed open the door and jumped down, and I saw a small village. A small oil road that is not wide enough runs through the north and south, and on both sides of the road are shops with a little more faΓ§ade. Three or two restaurants, a commissary, a bathhouse, a car repair shop, a clinic, a hotel, ...... This type of village is common, with all the facilities related to trading on both sides of the best road, and then there are unplanned houses built by families like makeshift stalls in the morning market.
"It's no wonder that our people don't want to be city people in the later period, just look at the house, a tile house, sitting north and facing south, independent courtyard, the car in the courtyard can pick the head, and also plant some flowers and plants, melons, fruits and vegetables. Look at the city again, live in such a birdcage-like air unit, and have to use half a lifetime of salary to pay off the house, noisy all day long, smoky miasma, eat Chen Mi Chen noodles, drink too much bleaching powder biochemical water, meet bad character, and then meet the upstairs residents who like to step on the floor in the middle of the night to play, those days are disgusting! β
Li Xiao, who jumped out of the car, patted the shoulder of Song Yizhou, who was stepping on the back wheel and was in high spirits, and said angrily: "You were a storyteller in your previous life, right?" What so many whining! Now that this piece is yours, do you live there? Let's go! β
"You don't count what you said, and I don't have a land certificate or anything...... Isn't it good to take a long-term view? Our Long March is over, can't we still fight back......" Song Yizhou muttered and followed Li Xiao step by step.
I chose a house in the corner of the village to settle down, and the car was parked in the alley next to the house, and the front of the car was against the oil road, which was convenient to use and relatively hidden.
I chose a home that was connected to the left and right to set up two tents, so that it was spacious enough, and the beds, chairs and bedding in the room were all there, and what was lacking was cleaning. People have dust removal devices in their hands, and everyone does it, and cleaning the house is not a problem. What is even more satisfying to everyone is that there is a well in the courtyard, and there is water in the well, although this place has long been a place where water and electricity are in the household, but the 'reserved program' of the well is now a great help to people.
Luo Ling stood in a certain room, using a portable pressure water gun to clean his armor, the blood of the monster stained his armor on the upper half of his body dark red, he didn't like this feeling, like a mad butcher, although the truth was not far off.
The current Demon Hunter armor has good sealing performance, and it has caught up with the spacesuits of the past, so you don't have to worry about getting wet inside. Such a sealed armor has extremely high requirements for the combat suit with the inner layer of the armor, such as elasticity, toughness, breathability, and filterability.
Filtration refers to the concentrated extraction index of clothing on human sweating. Demon hunters in this era no longer have to pour half a liter of water from their rubber clothes and pants after finishing their work, as they did in the past when they studied nuclear weapons and biological weapons. The results of magic technology are also reflected in the combat uniform, no matter how intense the exercise, most of the body can also maintain a considerable degree of dryness, a small container is responsible for collecting the sweat collected from all parts of the body, and it can be released at the right time. Why at the right time? Because sweat is too 'human', it's the same as urine, if a demon hunter can't handle it properly, just wait for the monster to come to the door!
There is still a lot to do to remove the heavy armor, recharge the energy knots of the armor's magic shield, repair broken combat clothes with patches, repair gaps in armor parts with welders, and treat wounds on the body. In the battle of breaking through the encirclement of monsters, almost everyone in the thunder fire hung up their colors, as if they were bitten by the Lost Soul Demon, scratched or slashed by the monster's claws or weapons, although they were not particularly serious, but if they were not dealt with, they would definitely affect their combat effectiveness. Fortunately, Han Xiaolu's purification skills are widely used, and at the same time, like most teams, the auxiliary professions engaged in by scientific and technological engineers are not only mechanics, but also medical officers, repairing armor, doing some simple minor surgeries, suturing wounds, injections, and bandaging, these are Ren Zheng's strengths, and if he doesn't hang up, the team's repair and recovery will be guaranteed.
It's good that Lu Fei didn't hang up, not only because he is the eye of the team, but also because the radio is in his hands and can keep in touch with the organization, which is equivalent to retaining a hope for the team to live.
Xing Juan, who had heavy firepower, didn't hang up, which ensured that the team had enough attack power, but in the early battle, the overload of magic power made her not in a good state, and after camping, she almost simply cleaned up and entered a meditative state, it seems that there is no need to call her before dinner.
Han Xiaolu, who played a big role in the breakout battle, was not in good shape, even a few points more serious than Xing Juan, before meditating, she seemed to solve the serious discomfort of her body, so she dealt with the result in advance - recuperation.
Li Xiao is sharpening his knives and in good spirits. However, there are many wounds on his body, not to mention the impact of the wounds on his combat effectiveness, even the blood lost is enough to make his body weak, and the result of treatment is also recuperation.
There is only one Song Yizhou left, and he still has back pain and muscle pain, adrenal hormones are not injected in vain, and overloaded exercise is not without a price, although it did not rupture his muscle groups in a large area, but there are still a lot of strains, coupled with limited physical fitness, it looks like the most seriously injured one, humming chirp there as a Tang monk to divert attention and alleviate pain, after some medical treatment, it is also a rest and rest.
A room full of sick numbers, in comparison, the best state is Luo Ling, who kills the most enemies.
"I'll go out for a walk!" Leaving a sentence, Luo Ling asked Song Yizhou for his space ring, and went out with a gun. Now people don't have to avoid suspicion, if they really want to harm Han Xiaolu and them, they just need to leave when they are in the city, and these individuals are estimated to have become morning tea in the belly of the monster now.
Luo Ling's first stop was to sweep the shops on both sides of the oil road, which was far away from the various survivor bases, and he could still scrape some oil and water if he wanted to.
In the store, most of the food is inedible, but the vacuum packaging of luncheon meat and other products with a shelf life of three years is still good. Toothpaste, toothbrush, laundry detergent, stationery, pens, expired toiletries, alcohol...... These are all good things, they are all consumables, and they are consumables with extremely scarce production, and these are all money when they return to the base.
In the bathhouse, the children of the bathhouse buy some toiletries, which is normal, the most important thing is towels, unused bedding covers and other textiles, cotton products, no cotton fields, there is no cotton, of course, these textile products are used less, and those who open the bathhouse do not prepare some of this kind of things in the library or open a bathhouse? When you run for your life, you can't carry a big bag or a small bag! So, now these are also cheaper Luo Ling.
In the same way, those who open hotels can't afford to have these products, and Luo Ling can take a handful of them.
Auto repair store, Luo Ling came here not for those tools, but to find some oil, he didn't see the gas station on this street, so the auto repair store to prepare some oil, isn't it normal? There is a car as a means of transportation, and it is a fool to walk with his legs.
Restaurants, the value of dishes and chopsticks is not very large, the value of spices, rice and noodles in the warehouse is not small, go back to the magic energy radiation dissociation, these are all in demand.
There was no grain store in the village, which was completely understandable, and the rice and noodles were all in his own home, so Luo Ling began to search from house to house......
Through the surveillance devices placed under the four sides, the people in the tent can still see Luo Ling's majestic figure of leaving the east house and entering the west house, priing open the door and priing the door of the house, Li Xiaoba sighed and said: "I really envy the unorganized free demon hunters now!" This bandit-style sweeping and looting is enjoyable! β
Ren Zhengzhi, who was repairing his armor, wiped the sweat from his forehead, "I envy his physical strength." β
"I envy his ability to survive and mentality!" Lu Fei said: "This is what the immortal Xiaoqiang looks like!" β
"I'm still heartbroken because I killed so many monsters and didn't get any materials! With such a play, I finally balanced a little, this trip, it didn't come out in vain! Song Yizhou laughed.
Lu Fei glanced at him, "You have to pick out the food in the mouth of a dead man, why didn't you study finance or be a cashier or accountant who counts money every day?" β
"And the money isn't your own? If I were to be a cashier, would I not be angry? What if you can't control it and make a mistake? β
"It's a bit self-aware!" Li Xiao hummed.
After searching the silversmith village one by one, Luo Ling was satisfied and got down to business.
When the car was still on the road, there was a small group of Tooth Splitter Demons who followed the vehicle far away, Luo Ling didn't shoot at that time, dealing with this kind of monster, it was pointless to kill one or two, what was needed was a nest of ends, otherwise, with the cunning of the Tooth Splitter Demon and the heart of retribution, he would definitely gather and contact other Tooth Splitter Demons or monsters to come to hate. Of course, ignoring it is not a solution, the Split Tooth Demon is like a pack of wolves, it is a hunter who knows how to cooperate very well, they will carefully tempt, and then swallow it if they can, swallow it, call friends, and stand shoulder to shoulder, in short, it is a trouble to let these guys target, and if it is not solved well, sooner or later there will be a tough battle to fight.
Who is the hunter and who is the prey is never an absolute matter. In the duel between Luo Ling and more than a dozen Tooth Splitting Demons, the Tooth Splitting Demons first acted as hunters in ecstasy, and they encountered a prey that dared to be left alone, and did not seem to be a big threat, and panicked. Later, the situation flips around, and the Toothbreakers discover that what they encounter is not a weak prey at all, but a nemesis with a butcher's knife held high. Luo Ling sprinkled all the embarrassing resentment of being beaten in the city because he didn't want to expose his true strength on these poor Cracked Tooth Demons, that scene was simply a tiger into the flock, torn alive, and none of the eleven Cracked Tooth Demons ran away, all of them broke their bones and tendons under the 'massage' of Luo Ling's pair of ghost claws, and died with hatred.
Boom! A calf-sized Toothbreaker was thrown to the ground.
"You're hunting the Toothbreaker?" Ren Zhengcheng asked in surprise.
"Hmmm! There are always our groups on the road, and I will take them in a nest, otherwise a large group of the same kind will be called tonight, and don't think about living in peace. β
Swallowing his saliva, Lu Fei's eyes widened and asked, "How did you do it, these guys are faster than leopards, more agile than antelopes, more cunning than foxes, more cruel than wolves, and more ferocious than sharks......"
"I'm a good hunter!" Luo Ling said confidently: "At first, I made them think that I was the prey, and by the time they found out that they were the prey, it was too late!" β
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"What are you doing here?" Song Yizhou asked.
"Eat meat! Although these guys look like athlons, the meat is more delicate and refreshing than crab meat. β
"Isn't it? Although some of the meat products of animal monsters are bought on the street, it seems that there are no cracked tooth demons! It is said that this guy's meat is sour and hard, and it tastes like dry firewood! "Song Yizhou is obviously very interested in this kind of special food, and it is the kind of tough human who dares to eat anything.
"That's because the method of dealing with it is wrong, this cracked tooth demon meat needs to be boiled with its blood water first, so that there is no problem of sourness and hardness. Again, if you want to eat fragrantly, a magic plant is indispensable. Luo Ling said and took out a castor-like dark green plant, "I used to call it wild fennel, and then I checked the relevant information, the scientific name is magic castor, this grass will grow particularly vigorously in places with cracked tooth magic feces, and the grass seeds produced are seasonings." β
As he spoke, Luo Ling had already moved his hands, and the blood had been spared, peeling, deboning, and cutting the meat...... The knife Luo Ling used was a typical scimitar, and the slaughtering action was wide open and closed, which was quite rough, but it was a pity that this person's face was not rough enough, and his figure was not burly enough, so it felt like Xiucai was crazy......
The blood of the Cracked Tooth Demon smells very strong, the magic caster seeds look like mouse feces, and there is such a strange taste, to be honest, everyone is not very optimistic about Luo Ling's boasted fragrant meat, a wild man, the standard of food is several grades lower, this is understandable.
And the facts have proved for the first time that Roche dishes must be delicacies! Luo Ling said: "If you want to eat this cracked tooth fragrant meat, if you want to eat it happily, eat heartily, and eat deliciously, you have to eat it hot and hot." So, everyone gathered around the stew pot, one person had a temporary fork in his hand, the meat was too tender and slippery, and the chopsticks couldn't hold it. It's like eating hot pot, eating hot with a fork, inhaling and sticking out your tongue while exhaling and delicious! Even Xing Juan, who was meditating, was hooked by gluttony, and finally joined the ranks of everyone, one pot was not enough, another pot was stewed, and then half a pot was stewed.
"It's so good!" Lu Fei patted his stomach and admired.
"Hmmm! Lips and teeth! Xing Juan also praised it.
"I almost swallowed my tongue!" Li Xiao burped.
"In the future, this kind of activity will be carried out for a long time, and the cracked tooth fragrant meat will be eaten often!"
"Honest words make sense! Seriously agree! Lu Fei said.
Song Yizhou was still there scooping up the meat at the bottom of the pot, chewing a piece in his mouth, "You just said that you brought a nest of Cracked Tooth Demons, and you won't have the luxury of bringing back only one, right?" β
"It's all in your spatial ring, as well as the blood and magic grass that have been released." Luo Ling replied.
"Why are you so reassuring?" Song Yizhou sighed.
"I've got my share!" Li Xiaodao.
"And mine!" Lu Fei is not far behind.
"Don't worry, everyone has a share!" Song Yizhou replied, "However, I have a small request, this recipe can't be said!" When I go back, I will invest in opening a restaurant, and I will buy this kind of fragrant meat hot pot, and I will not die of fire!? Okay, this idea is also mine, you are not allowed to rob it, it's a big deal to wait for the stall to get bigger, and I'll give you shares to finish. β
"It's still people's brains, after all, they are engaged in learning! It's just fast! Ren Zhengzhi sighed.
"Hey, this food is actually good for mana recovery?" Xing Juan suddenly said in surprise.
Han Xiaolu followed and said, "Well, I feel a lot more comfortable!" β
"It can't be psychological, right?" Lu Fei asked.
"It's not! It really helps! Li Xiao also deliberately moved his body, "My body is much more comfortable." β
βOKοΌ Another major discovery is not only fragrant, but also nourishing qi, nourishing blood, nourishing yin and yang, strengthening the kidneys...... This is medicinal food! Song Yizhou said with a foaming mouth.
Ren Zhengzhi joked: "Why does it sound like I am buying fake aphrodisiacs?" β
"I told you you don't understand!" Song Yizhou didn't mind, a bun of bun folds appeared on his face, and asked Luo Ling: "This monster is delicious, won't there be only one kind of cracked tooth fragrant meat?" β
"Well, there are a few more."
Song Yizhou's eyes suddenly lit up with the light of gold coins, "I now officially announce that after the end of this operation, I will officially wash my hands of gold, and in the future, I will dedicate my life to improving the quality of food among the people!" β
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