Chapter 52: Gu Ling'er
If you have to look for it outside the City of Hope, it's not impossible to find it.
But does it take less time?
Don't you need to improve your strength?
Don't you have to complete your own tasks?
For now, the only way to do this is to find a suitable locomotive, which is not comparable to the beast, but the speed is far exceeded.
Although the four cars in front of him have undergone some modifications and their performance is not bad, they are far from meeting Gu Fan's requirements.
Gu Fan took advantage of the darkness to hide his figure and walked out of this road.
Soon he finally found himself in the slums, where the streets were chaotic but not dirty.
Found a small shop with a grocery store written on it, and Gu Fan walked in.
In front of a long counter, there were some sparse groceries, including antique porcelain, pocket watches and even some electrical appliances from decades ago, which looked even older and messier than the grocery store in his original world.
There was no one in the shop, but there was an open door behind the counter that led to the small warehouse, and the sound of goods colliding could be heard from time to time.
"Uncle Chen, I want an L-26 potion and a pound of jerky."
L-26 is the name of the virus infected by the original owner's sister, which is not uncommon in the slums, so the corresponding medicine is not hard to come by.
A dark, thin, bald old man walked out of the small warehouse behind the grocery store in a hurry.
The old man's face was covered with large and small scars, and he looked extremely fierce and terrifying.
"It's Xiaofan, you should have a good harvest today, right?"
When the vicious old man saw Gu Fan, a smile appeared on his stiff face, which made him even more terrifying.
Gu Fan nodded naturally, and said to the old man with a smile: "Good luck, I picked up a hope card with some credits in it." ”
The only thing that the original owner and Gu Fan have in common, I'm afraid is that they have the same name and surname.
The old man with a fierce face in front of him was Uncle Chen, the owner of the grocery store, and his relationship with Gu Fan's original owner was not bad.
Compared with other shops, Uncle Chen's shop in front of him rarely deducts catties or slaughters people, and he also takes good care of orphans like Gu Fan.
Don't look at him as thin and old, it is said that he used to be a special soldier of a certain country before the end of the world, even if he has not conducted military training for a long time now, but in the case of a gun, there will not be any thugs who will not run over and rob him.
Of course, most people were probably scared off by his vicious face.
Uncle Chen took out a pound of jerky and a blue potion from the back of the warehouse, and put them in a burlap backpack.
After handing over the backpack to Gu Fan, he said: "A total of 422 hope points, even if you have 400 hope points, seeing that you don't even have a backpack with this kid, this burlap backpack will be given to you." ”
"Thank you, Uncle Chen."
Gu Fan knew that Uncle Chen gave him a backpack because he cared about him, after all, the medicine was okay and it was easy to hide on his body, but a pound of jerky was not easy.
In this kind of area where there is no order and morality, it is easy to be remembered, which can lead to incidents.
Gu Fan took out a white card with 400 hope points that he had prepared, and handed it directly to Uncle Chen without swiping the card to transfer.
Uncle Chen didn't look at it after taking the hope card, he casually stuffed it into the drawer next to him, and said to Gu Fan with concern: "Don't worry, that girl from Ling'er will be fine, after drinking this potion, it is estimated that it will be fine in less than a day." ”
"Well, thank you, Uncle Chen."
After saying goodbye, Gu Fan said goodbye to Uncle Chen, and then walked home quickly.
Came to a low house.
Gu Fanqian didn't pass the paper next to the door that he missed marking, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Gu Fan knocked lightly on the door, three long and one short, this is a secret code between the original owner and his sister.
Soon, there was a sound of chattering from inside the door.
Squeak.
The door was opened with a special alloy.
A stunted and thin delicate face appeared in front of Gu Fan, she was wearing a wide dress and pants, although shabby, she was also extremely clean.
As ordinary orphans, even if they make any money, they basically go to buy food, and most of the clothes are second-hand, so they basically don't fit.
When she saw Gu Fan, she immediately pounced on Gu Fan's body and soon began to cry.
With a crying voice, he said in Gu Fan's ear: "Brother, why did you only come back now, I'm so scared." ”
For a moment, Gu Fan was a little overwhelmed.
If he hadn't possessed this body, I'm afraid that this sister Gu Ling'er in front of him wouldn't have lived long.
"I'm sorry."
It seemed that there were a thousand words in Gu Fan's heart, but in the end he only confided one.
He didn't know if it was an apology for coming back late, or an apology for his possession of this body.
Soon, Gu Ling'er seemed to feel a little embarrassed, let go of the hands holding Gu Fan, quietly put their hands behind her back, lowered her head with a slightly red face and said, "Brother, it's me who should say I'm sorry, it's all because I was infected with the virus that you can only go out to pick up waste alone." ”
Gu Fan smiled and took down the sackcloth backpack behind him.
"Let's go, go in first, and see what good things my brother has brought you."
Hearing this, Gu Ling'er raised her head and noticed the sackcloth backpack in Gu Fan's hand, looking at the obviously bulging backpack, she was also curious.
But he obediently entered the room.
She knew that although there were not many people in this area, after all, the slums were too big, and although there were many civilians, they were scattered, and everyone had a lot of places.
But if there is something good in the backpack, it is easy to be seen outside the door, and it will inevitably be remembered and cause unnecessary trouble.
Entering the room, Gu Ling'er directly pressed Gu Fan on a chair, and did not eagerly check the contents of the backpack, but first went to the water purifier to get a glass of water.
came to Gu Fan and said gently: "Brother, you must be very tired after going out for so long, let's drink saliva first." ”
After Gu Fan took the water glass, he ran behind Gu Fan diligently, put his hand on his shoulder, and pressed it.
Judging from the appearance alone, Gu Ling'er was only a little thin and malnourished, and there were no symptoms of being infected with the virus.
But the virus is nearly deadly to people in the slums.
In the early stage of infection, it will gradually consume your physical strength, so that you have no energy to go outside to find food or make money, and gradually it will drag on for a long time, and finally you will have no strength to move when you lie on the bed, and you can only wait for death.
And Gu Ling'er is now in the early stage, and the symptom is that her physical strength can't withstand too much consumption, but she can still easily do it by taking a glass of water and pressing it.