Chapter 6 We are all scavengers
The gods and demons in ancient Chinese mythology, they use those energies called divine power, true yuan power, magic power, and demon power to call for wind and rain, thunder and fire, change forms, and be omnipotent in heaven and earth. In Norse mythology, the gods of the heavens, with their divine powers, do similar things. And today, after the end of the day, you will find that these myths and legends are very similar to what is happening in the world today!
Perhaps, divine power, true element power, magic power, and demonic power are actually the same thing. Perhaps, in the distant past, there really existed those gods and legends on the earth, those demons and monsters, and they were essentially the same evolutionaries as now, or some very powerful evolutionaries. Later, for some reason, these guys with 'supernatural powers' in the eyes of ordinary people gradually disappeared into the torrent of history, and the descendants who forgot their true colors because of time, only remembered their powerful strength and extraordinary abilities, so as to deify those powerful evolutionaries, and after thousands or even tens of thousands of years of circulation, they have become the gods of today's myths and legends! Become a legendary demon! With today's myths!
The dividing line between gods and demons and evolutionaries
Stepping on the morning sun, a group of six people walked out of the camp located on the outskirts of the city, and the road was smooth. There was a division of troops stationed outside the camp, mainly to prevent the direction of the city, but the management of people entering and leaving the camp was not strict, and they basically entered and exited at will. Why, now the camp supplies are so tight, wouldn't it be better if the people in the camp could get something by themselves and come back to reduce the pressure on the managers, and if they die, they will be given one less food, after all, the danger outside has been broadcast every day, if you restrict access, some people will not only not be grateful, but will also fight for the right to freedom to make trouble, after all, there are always so many brains that let the donkey kick. Therefore, the upper echelons have made this very free decision, hello and me, hello everyone, it is really good!
It didn't take long for Li Gang to see the ruined city in the distance. Why is it dilapidated? Because of the original towering buildings, one by one is crooked, this is still of good quality, and it has almost become a pile of concrete garbage on the ground.
Watching the mountains exhaust the horses, let alone the two-legged people. Now Li Gang understands why Sun Ying asked everyone to go early and return early, so far, it takes half a day just to walk, but it only took dozens of minutes to take a car before!
In the impression that the vehicles that should be all over the ground in the last days Li Gang is Mao didn't see it, if the things on the side of the road that were demolished and only one site were left were also considered cars, then it would be a different matter. Even if there are not a few catties of iron left in this kind of scrap, there are few on the road. For this incomprehensible situation, Chen Hongli gave an explanation.
Due to the advent of the end times, there is a shortage of materials, and what is lacking is not only food, but also fuel, steel, and a moving engine is naturally a good thing, because the automobile factory has long ceased production. Steel is also an excellent material for building strong fortifications and houses. There is no steel mill, but there are evolutionaries, not to mention those who have the ability to control metal, but the cooperation of a flame evolver and a manipulating ability like Sun Ying can also make steel what it wants. This steel is not only used to make houses, but also to make weapons! So steel or something is very valuable, and it can be exchanged for food. Why don't you drive back because the camp doesn't allow cars to go in, and how can you drive without gas? The oil has long been pumped clean, and you are the government's porter on your shoulders? Tank cars do not use oil?
So, if the idle team that goes to the periphery to pick up waste, if they don't find something decent, they will come back and unload something from the roadside car and go to the camp's market to exchange. Li Gang This is the first time I've heard that there is a trading market in the camp, so I'll take a look when I come back.
After more than three hours of trekking, the group finally entered the urban area of T City, as far as the eye could see, there were broken buildings and bridges, and a lot of the ground and walls were stained with dry blood, and human broken bones could be seen everywhere, fortunately, the temperature was low now, and there was no excessive disgusting smell. The first time I saw this kind of scene, Li Gang was nauseous, but there was really nothing to vomit in his stomach except for sour water. On the other hand, Xiao Wei, Sun Ying and others looked as usual, although their faces were a little unnatural, they were much stronger than Li Gang. It seems that they are not coming for the first time.
"We're going a little bit further in this time, there's nothing to use here." Sun Ying said. The last time they came around here, they were tired for a long time and didn't find anything, it seems that this place has been turned over n times a long time ago.
The crowd had no opinions, and headed along the road full of ruined buildings and broken walls in the direction of the city center.
"Sister Xiaoying, wouldn't it be safe for us to be too close to the inside, the last time I heard Zhao Feng and their people say that they were greedy to go a little bit closer to the inside, and as a result, they ran into mutant dogs, if it wasn't for the flame evolvers among them who tried their best to set fire to the wall to block it, they would have confessed." Chen Hongli said with some worry, especially seeing the broken bones, which made him a little frightened.
Without waiting for Sun Ying to speak, Guo Furen patted Chen Hongli on the shoulder and said first: "An, we won't go very deep, the city is not the countryside, where are so many dogs, let them run into them and count them unlucky, you have to worry about how to deal with the living dead, that thing is more practical." How can a timid man become a great man! Then he put it next to his ear and said in a voice that only they could hear, "Xiaowei won't like timid men." You see, Xiaowei and his brother don't seem to have a good relationship, it probably has something to do with his brother's weak and unmanly appearance! If Li Gang heard the last sentence of their conversation, he would definitely burst into tears, "Although I am not a tall and burly man, I still have manhood, the reason why I am weak like this is not that I have been lying down for a month, and now I definitely don't have the original 135 pounds, maybe not even 100, right?" β
Li Gang walked behind the team and once again took a closer look at the city where he had lived for more than ten years. The former prosperity is gone, leaving only endless ruins and desolation. The road that used to be smooth and wide was either buried in rubble or full of cracks, and the thick roots crisscrossed the ground like a century-old ruin, when in fact it became like this in only a month. The green belts on both sides of the road are no longer neat and delicate at this moment, but have grown into big trees, the branches are crawling all over the ruins that have fallen on the road, and the big leaves of the pot lid make Li Gang not recognize what kind of plant this used to be, why do you feel so incongruous? It's only mid-March, and it's still cold, wouldn't it be too unusual for you to grow so lush?
Li Gang pointed to the strange trees on the side of the road and asked, "What are these plants on the side of the road?" It doesn't look like a plum blossom anyway. β
Sun Ying walked and glanced at what Li Gang was pointing at, and said: "That used to be some ordinary ornamental plants, you don't have to pursue the previous name, now it's called 'Arrow Tree', you pay attention to his leaves, there are two spikes hidden under each leaf, once someone or animal walks under him, it will immediately be shot into a hedgehog, and then become its nourishment." β
So wicked? Li Gang hurriedly took a closer look at those large leaves, and sure enough, two spikes of more than 20 centimeters were found under the leaves, and the spikes protruded from the two tubular structures at the base of the leaves. In addition to some white bones on the ground, there are also a few thorns pierced there.
"Also, these spikes are about as powerful as a small-caliber pistol, and they can't even shoot through even the most ordinary body armor, but their attacks are all-round and the spines are highly poisonous, and these poisons can not only kill the target they stab, but also promote the decomposition of organic matter. Let the corpse that has been shot melt into a sap that can be easily absorbed by the roots. Basically, let him scratch a little skin and die! So stay away. It's not just them, all plants are far away, and any seemingly harmless plant can also be the most terrible killer, which is the conclusion that many scavengers have come to with their lives. β
"It's so dangerous, don't worry, I won't get close even if there are a bunch of beauties hanging on the plants,,," Li Gang said firmly: "Just look at it from afar!" β
"Die, you'll know the woman, you pervert!" Xiao Wei was ashamed of this perverted brother, so he was angry and released 100,000 volts to kill him.
Walking unhurriedly for half an hour, in front of a dilapidated shopping mall, the group stopped, this shopping mall did not collapse in the earthquake, indicating that the quality is not bad, but it is also broken enough, as if it will collapse at any time.
"Today's mall is our goal, although it is unlikely that we can find something, but if we go further on, we will enter the activity area of the living dead, and our team can deal with a dozen or so living dead at once, if dozens or even hundreds of them pounce together, we can only add food to the living dead. So you can only get here, whether you can find food or use, don't be emotional, originally our small team is by luck, everyone will follow closely when you go in, don't act alone, understand? Sun Ying made a plan that could not be considered a plan before entering the mall, and after everyone agreed, the group swaggered into the mall through the broken gate.
The mall was quiet, and the squeaky creaks of people's feet on the glass shards made the atmosphere particularly eerie.
There is a large and eye-catching sign hanging in front of the gate of the mall, which indicates daily necessities and food area on the first floor, clothing area on the second floor, toy monopoly on the third floor, cosmetics and jewelry on the fourth floor, and game hall on the fifth floor.
Xiaowei's eyes lit up when she saw the logo of the four layers of cosmetics and jewelry, since Destruction Day, she hadn't even wiped skin care products for more than a month, and her skin always felt dry, let alone makeup. And jewelry is every woman's dream, and now there is also the opportunity to grasp a lot of them, how can you not be tempted? So the thief smiled and said to Sun Ying, "Sister Xiaoying, let's go to the fourth floor and have a look." β
Sun Ying looked up at the big sign, knocked Xiaowei's forehead with a smile and said, "Dead girl, you have a lot of thoughts." Seeing that Sun Ying didn't directly oppose it, there was a play, so Xiaowei launched a cute offensive: "Okay, Sister Xiaoying, as a super universe invincible thunderbolt girl, how can you not wear makeup?" As the saying goes, women can't go without makeup for a day! As a beautiful girl of all kinds, can you face the sky? Right......" "Stop. Sun Ying interrupted Xiaowei without waiting for her to continue: "As long as you can be poor, if you continue to talk about it, you should raise your makeup to the height of the universe." The fourth floor is to go, after all, there is still a market for precious metals, and if you can find some jewelry, it will not be in vain. "That's it!" Xiao Wei hurriedly responded.
"But we'll have to wait until we've finished searching the first floor, so there's no hurry." Sun Ying's sentence made Xiaowei a little disappointed, but it wasn't bad for a while, she seemed to see the diamond orb on the fourth floor beckoning to her! "What are you waiting for, let's search quickly and find out all the food!" With the temptation of jewelry, Xiaowei pretended to roll up his sleeves and was full of enthusiasm and ready to do a big job.
Looking at Xiaowei's cute appearance, Li Gang said sadly: "Old sister, I am your brother, why don't you cute me, you are closer to your sister Xiaoying than to my brother, how can I feel embarrassed!" β
Xiao Wei glared at Li Gang, remembering his obscene expression in the morning, and said with contempt: "You pervert, how far your thoughts are, how far do you get out of me!" Then he shook his head and walked in front of Sun Ying, ready to start searching, and ignored him.
Everyone first showed a surprised expression, and then turned into the same, and said that they underestimated you, it seems that this guy must have done something to his cute sister. At the same time, in my heart, two new labels of 'sister control' and 'perverted' were added next to Li Gang's label of 'show teasing'.
Facing everyone's perverted gaze, Li Gang had an urge to explain, but he remembered the famous saying 'Explanation is a cover-up', so he honestly shut his mouth. But he forgot that there is also the famous saying 'If you don't speak, you acquiesce'.
As a handsome and rich man, Feng Tianliang doesn't understand how a "lewd man" like Li Gang can make his lovely sister so disgusted, if he has a sister, he will definitely let his sister revolve around him every day, and his brother and brother will not stop shouting. Whether it was or is still popular among thousands of girls, he thinks so.
Guo Furen thought, buddy, you are really my idol, even your own sister's. If it were me, at most, I would peek at my sister taking a shower, steal a panty or something, and eat some tofu at the convenience of my brother, what step have you achieved? Can make my sister so angry?
Chen Hongli said, I don't understand, I don't understand, I don't understand what my sister controls! Is it the same principle as the younger brother?
Sun Ying directly defined Li Gang as a scumbag, a harmful substance, and should be kept away, and let Xiao Wei stay away from him in the future.
Li Gang didn't know what others thought, he only knew that his glorious and majestic image had collapsed, and there was no scum left. The image is gone, it's gone, the most important thing now is to find food, and the hunger in the stomach is always urging you to eat quickly! Therefore, Li Gang also worked very hard, hoping to find something to eat quickly to cushion his stomach. The large shelves weighing hundreds of pounds were easily overturned by Li Gang, trying to find some fish that slipped through the net from the hidden corners under the shelves. To tell the truth, Li Gang also let his strange power jump, the first shelf he worked hard to lift a shelf that looked very heavy, but as a result, he felt that his subordinates were not as heavy as expected, just like you went to carry a bucket that you thought was full of water, but only to find that it was empty. As a result, the big shelf flew out in a circle, almost smashing Chen Hongli in front of him. Only then did Li Gang have an intuitive understanding of his strength, which was about 10 times that of an ordinary adult, of course, this ordinary adult was measured by the standard before the Day of Destruction. At that time, an average adult man could probably lift 100 kilograms, while a weightlifting champion could lift 200-300 kilograms. This weightlifting is divided into classes, and the 70kg class is equivalent to the weight of an average adult man, who can lift 200 kg. That's right, it's kilograms, not kilograms. If Li Gang can master the balance and so on, there is no problem in lifting a ton, let alone lifting a shelf weighing several hundred kilograms. What's more, Li Gang is still in a period of hunger and weakness!
After rummaging for a while, everyone found that they were too naΓ―ve, and the huge first floor, in addition to the empty shelves, was empty and crooked, and the shelves with iron brackets removed. This is cleaner than the locust crossing, not even half a piece of chewing gum remained!
"Ying, it seems that this place has been searched several times, I don't think there is any need to continue looking for it, it is better to change places." Feng Tianliang said. He is pursuing Sun Ying, although there are many women who stick to him, but ordinary girls can no longer arouse his interest, and an intellectual and capable beauty like Sun Ying is the woman he wants now. However, Sun Ying is not very interested in this handsome guy, and he neither rejects nor treats him, which is also one of the things he has been upset about recently.
Although I don't like Feng Tianliang's intimate title of feeling good about himself, Sun Ying can't care about his mouth, and she doesn't want the relationship to be stiff, after all, it is a team organized by herself, and sometimes unity is very important. Sun Ying looked around the messy hall, Li Gang was still rummaging hard, and he couldn't see it in his heart, he looked malnourished, and he was so powerful, he was really a power-type evolutionary! Throwing out these thoughts, Sun Ying said solemnly: "I can't go in any further, look for it again, go to the upper floors to take a look, there is really nothing to pick up, just go back." Although our team is relatively powerful, there is still a big gap between it and the real exploration team, and it is not necessarily possible to escape from the powerful living dead or mutant beasts if we really encounter them. "Sun Ying is a cautious person, she never does anything she is not sure of, this may be a woman's nature.
"Be careful!" Suddenly, Chen Hongli shouted: "Something is close to us again!" β
Hearing Chen Hongli's warning, several people immediately stood together, facing in different directions, their movements were smooth, as if they had practiced many times. After Xiaowei stood still, he saw that the perverted brother was still rummaging there, and shouted urgently: "Stupid brother, come here!" β
Li was rummaging things just now, and the noise was too loud to hear Chen Hongli's warning, but his sister's voice was heard, this is more magical, could it be said that he is more sensitive to female voices? Well, now is not the time to study this, looking at my sister, Sun Ying and the others were already standing in a circle, back to back, and their expressions were so nervous, the idiot also saw that something was wrong, and rushed over without saying a word.
Li Gang rushed to the front of a few people, looking at the neat back-to-back formation and was stunned, "This, where should I stand?" Standing in the middle as a sea god needle? Doesn't seem right,,,,,,,"