The basement was stocked with thousands of bottles, plus a few large and small oak barrels, which was a huge fortune, and the small survivor base around it couldn't afford to eat that much.

Fortunately, An Ran still knows a little bit about red wine, and selected some low-value popular brands to trade, and only used a storage box to pack dozens of bottles for the first time, but he exchanged for dozens of shotgun bullets, as well as five 5.8mm rifle magazines, as well as some instant noodles, compressed biscuits, canned food and other foods.

This transaction is enough for Li Mu and An Ran to sit in the villa for a month without going out, and they don't have to worry about eating and drinking.

Next, Li Mu spent another two days to strengthen the villa, removing some furniture from the villa next to it, reinforcing the fence around the villa, sealing the redundant doors and windows, and reinforcing the only main gate. In this way, even if a zombie wanders over, it will not be able to storm the villa at all - unless you encounter a terrifying guy above level 3.

For this reason, Li Mu also hired Yu Zihao and mute to help, at the cost of two packs of instant noodles per person a day, and the two guys were happy to work hard - the two of them belonged to the typical strengthening potion that did not play well, and their physical strength was not much better than that of ordinary people, whether they had the courage to hunt zombies, and the work of scavenging was already no longer guaranteed for income five or six months after the end of the world, and they could do some chores in exchange for a full meal, which was simply a luxury for them.

After two days of contact, Li Mu also knew a little more about these two guys, Yu Zihao was nicknamed Mouse, and he was originally a jobless vagrant before the disaster, sliding the door and picking locks, eating government relief, and occasionally doing some brokerage work to make ends meet. The dumb man is the director of a security company, and he is not afraid of all kinds of security measures, even opening a safe. So after the disaster, these two guys got together and started to pry doors everywhere to search for them, but now there are no police officers who care whether they break the law or not, and they are survivors who specialize in searching all kinds of abandoned places, called waste pickers, and at least it can be regarded as a "legitimate" profession.

This job was really good at the beginning, most of the survivors belonged to the scavengers, but as time went on, there were fewer and fewer items that could be looted and traded, and most of the scavengers switched to hunting zombies, only these two unlucky guys could only continue to maintain the identity of scavengers because of the lack of strength in the strengthening potion, but it was becoming more and more difficult to make a living.

"Would you two like to work for me? Yes, you are employed. Li Mu made a decision, "I can guarantee that you will have a full meal every day!" ”

A full meal?

Yu Zihao and the dumb man's eyes suddenly lit up.

"What are you going to do with us? Is it just to strengthen the defense of the villa? Yu Zihao suppressed his heart and asked.

This question can't be left unasked, it seems that if you agree to Li Mu's employment, it is equivalent to becoming Li Mu's "slave". For example, those large survivor bases often have a group of slaves, who don't need to work at all, and only provide them with a little food every day that they can starve, and once there is a big hunting operation, or when there is a battle with other survivor bases, these slaves will be sent to the front line to act as cannon fodder.

Yu Zihao hasn't lived enough, of course he doesn't want to be cannon fodder.

"Don't worry, the work I give you won't be dangerous." Li Mu said with a smile, "It's better to do your old job, go and help me search the surroundings, find some valuable things, such as gold, jewelry, antiques or something, if the harvest is rich, maybe I will reward you with a little extra food." ”

"Uh...... You don't really believe me, do you? Want to stock up on valuables and sell them when order is restored in the future? ”

Li Mu naturally would not deny the excuse that Yu Zihao helped him find, and laughed: "We now have a car, a gun, the enhancement effect is not bad, and we are fully capable of hunting more zombies, why don't we exchange the rich parasites for gold and store them?" ”

Li Mu's strengthening effect has been completed, and at noon he deliberately tested it in the gym upstairs of the villa, and it was not difficult to do squats with a 200-kilogram barbell. It's a pity that this is already the heaviest barbell in the gym, and although the heaviest result is uncertain, it is estimated that it should be slightly stronger than An Ran, which makes Yu Zihao and dumb people who failed to strengthen envy to death.

So, Yu Zihao and the mute became Li Mu's hired laborers, and began to help Li Mu find those gold, jewelry, and other items that were worthless in the last days.

Li Mu began to pack his bags and prepare to leave for the capital early tomorrow morning.

At this moment, the location of this villa community is in the east of the East Fourth Ring Road, only six or seven kilometers away from the straight line of Jingchengtai, but if you walk along the main road, it is about ten kilometers. Fortunately, there are cars now, even if there are a lot of scrapped vehicles on the road, and the fog blocks the view, it will only be half an hour's journey at most - provided that you don't encounter zombies and insects.

But that's obviously impossible.

When aliens used gamma-ray bombs to attack the city center, almost no one survived in the Third Ring Road, and the dead human corpses became a feast for insects and beasts. The abundance of food, and the relaxed environment from being hunted by the survivors, allowed the insects and beasts that entered the city center to evolve rapidly, and it is said that many of them have evolved to level 4 or even 5.

Now that a few months have passed, the insects and beasts in the city center have consumed all the edible animals and plants in it, and are slowly migrating outside the third ring road, although the number of high-level insects and beasts that have escaped is not very large, but encountering any of them is a disaster for the survivor team. For example, the big zombie that "saved" Li Mu's life was only level three, and ordinary weapons didn't pose much threat to it......

"All I need to do is bring a pack of compressed biscuits and two bottles of water." Li Mu said, "Anyway, I'm only going to go in and find a computer and come back, maybe it will only take half a day." ”

"You want to go alone?" An Ran, who was sorting out his backpack, stopped what he was doing and said.

"Yes," Li Mu said with a smile, "It's close to the city center, it's dangerous, there's no need for you to go on an adventure with me." ”

"No way!" An Ran said, "There is no difference between you going alone and sending you to death!" ”

"Hehe, you forgot, I can travel through different worlds?" Li Mu smiled at An Ran with trust on his face, "If I encounter danger, I can return to my world at any time." If you follow, I can't leave you and get out of danger myself. ”

"You...... Are you really leaving? An Ran looked at Li Mu, his eyes were lonely, and his face was a little stiff.

"Fool, even if I leave, I'll come back." Li Mu smiled, hesitated slightly, gently hugged An Ran's shoulder, and said, "Forgot that I promised you that I would bring you some fresh fruit next time I come back?" ”

The stiff body of the beautiful girl suddenly softened, and she leaned softly on Li Mu's solid chest......