The sun had gradually climbed halfway up the mountain, but the dark clouds and haze in the sky had not dissipated, and still blocked a considerable part of the sun's rays.

In this day and age, even sunny days have become a luxury, and there may not be two months of a year that can bring humanity to the sun.

But even so, the life that should continue to be lived must be continued, and compared to the various fierce beasts in the wasteland, it becomes unimportant whether you can see the sun or not.

However, the biggest effect of the scarcity of sunlight is the slow growth of crops, resulting in very scarce farmland in the town, which is also an important reason for the high price of food.

Settlement town.

"Did you hear about it, yesterday Li Shan's team brought back a two-headed cow, and the people in the shelter were crazy, and a pound of beef was sold for nearly a thousand yuan!"

"So expensive? Didn't Li Shan, they make a profit? ”

"Who's to say it isn't! He also had shit luck and actually met a two-headed cow, which is rare now! ”

"Yes, this two-headed cow is not only delicious, but it is also said that the energy contained in the meat can even promote the cultivation of martial artists! It's a real good thing! ”

At the entrance of the town, several guards were talking with envy, yesterday evening, Li Shan's team returned to the gathering town from the wasteland, but they did not stay in the gathering town for long, but directly entered the No. 93 shelter with their prey!

The Vault is the smallest administrative unit under the control of the Human Alliance, with more than 600 numbered Vaults across the entire land. In each shelter, there is a commander and several deputy commanders. And those who can enter the shelter and live are generally rich and powerful.

Around the various shelters, there are generally one or several settlements in small towns, where a large number of civilians live and rely on the shelters to survive.

Zhao Xiaochuan is one of the only towns that live next to Vault 93.

"It's finally back!"

Seeing that he was about to arrive at the entrance of the town, Zhao Xiaochuan also relaxed a little nervously, even after having Xiao Ash, on the wasteland, he had been carrying ten thousand cautions, after all, no one knew when the accident would come.

After leaving the tree hole, Zhao Xiaochuan first carefully found the water source road sign that had been marked before and erased it. After all, the road sign was just to induce a hunting team to find the two-headed cow, and there was no real water source in the pointing location, so Zhao Xiaochuan didn't want the hunting team behind to see this wrong road sign and cause any accidents.

It's not that Zhao Xiaochuan is kind-hearted, kind-hearted is not a good word in this era, and it is difficult for a kind-hearted person to survive alone in a small town. But Zhao Xiaochuan will not take the initiative to do harmful things, especially the existence of road signs, which can be said to be a very important reliance of human civilization against the wasteland, and it is better to try not to have problems.

"Stop, pay your taxes." Zhao Xiaochuan was just about to walk into the entrance of the town, and a guarded guard was a little lazily blocking in front of him, and then as if he smelled something, he suddenly wrinkled his nose and hurriedly took a few steps back: "What is the smell on your body!?" Why does it stink so much!? ”

The smell of rabbit blood mixed with the unique rancid soil of the wasteland is even more fishy after a night of fermentation, although it can't be smelled from a distance, but once it gets closer, the lethality is comparable to that of a plant called "Durian Tree Monster". It is said that before the cataclysm, this plant was actually a fruit that many girls liked to eat, but after the cataclysm, there was a mutation, and the tree monster would use the durian grown on its body as ammunition to attack the creatures that came close to it!

And once hit by a durian, not to mention the very sharp hard thorns on its case, the foul smell produced after its explosion can even suffocate a sturdy adult on the spot!

It's terrifying!

Of course, the smell on Zhao Xiaochuan's body was not so terrifying, but it also made the guard, who rarely set foot in the wasteland, frown.

"Pay taxes?" Zhao Xiaochuan was slightly stunned, his brows furrowed, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he looked up and down at the guards blocking him: "New here?" ”

The so-called tax payment is actually the unauthorized behavior of these guards when they encounter some people who come back from the wasteland alone and look at the civilians who are easy to bully.

After all, in this day and age, there are really not many ways to fill your stomach, and the largest job in the town is a stone mining area to the east, but this is the best job in the town, and it doesn't matter if you really can't get in. Some civilians really can't find work in the town, so they can only take risks to try their luck in the wasteland. Sometimes, if you are lucky, you can meet one or two lonely gray rabbits, sparrows, or something, and you can change the family's rations for a few weeks.

It's just that this kind of person dies for life, and it is not easy to fight back a little food from the wasteland, and he still needs to be forcibly taxed by the guards at the entrance of the town, which is really miserable. But Zhao Xiaochuan is not the kind of person who honestly pays the taxes that are collected!

Let's not talk about Xiao Ash staying in the [Preparation Zone], even if it is a shovel in Zhao Xiaochuan's hand, it is not something that these guards can provoke!

"Hey! Ogawa is back! Dacheng, this is Zhao Xiaochuan, and he can be regarded as a relatively famous lone hunter in our town. Seeing that the atmosphere was suddenly a little tense, a guard on the side hurriedly stepped forward to mediate: "Xiaochuan, this is Chen Jiuye's nephew Chen Dacheng, I just came to our guard team in the past few days, and it's normal not to know you." ”

The guard who came from behind was named Wang Ming, who was a jack of all trades in the town, he had been a guard in the town since his father's generation, and now he can be regarded as a son inheriting his father's business!

"Chen Jiuye?" Zhao Xiaochuan's eyes also flashed with a hint of jealousy.

Chen Laojiu, in the town, can be called a hand and eye, not only does he run casinos, butcher shops, the most lucrative industries in this era, but it is even said that he has a certain relationship with the people in the shelter, and there are nearly 100 thugs under his hands!

There are even warriors among them!

"Yes, haha, I was talking to Dacheng about you yesterday! Say you've been out for a while and it's almost time to come back! Wang Ming smiled, and his eyes kept looking at the satchel on Zhao Xiaochuan's side: "Presumably this time, Brother Xiaochuan, you have gained a lot!" ”

"It's just barely getting by!" Zhao Xiaochuan nodded lightly, didn't say anything, and walked straight to the town.

In the eyes of the townspeople, he has always been mysterious as a loner, and he is happy to do so. But sometimes, mystery is also a kind of protection for oneself.

"Is he that Zhao Xiaochuan? Doesn't it look like anything special except for the smelly one? Looking at Zhao Xiaochuan's distant back, Chen Dacheng was a little disdainful.

"Dacheng, don't underestimate this Zhao Xiaochuan!" Wang Ming smiled slightly, his eyes flashing with a thoughtful look: "You know, he is one of the few lone hunters who survived the last beast tide!" ”