Chapter 11: Hunters and Scavengers

Yanjing Town.

It is located at the foot of the mountain on the north side of the four mountains, backed by a well salt mine and defended by a simple stone wall.

Because the town produces salt, the surrounding human settlements of all sizes will regularly exchange supplies with Yanjing Town, and the merchants of Colossus City will also come to Yanjing Town every month to buy salt and bring high-grade materials from Colossus City.

Where there is capacity and trade, there is food and armament.

This made the town of Yanjing the largest settlement in the Sishan area, and it was renamed from a small village to a 'town'.

The total population of the town is about 500s, which is quite prosperous.

Moreover, there are quite a few guns, and the marauders will not easily come to Yanjing Town to fight the autumn wind, so it is relatively safe.

Early in the morning, hunters go out with shotguns and trap tools, and their targets are the mutant species on the four mountains.

The dangers of nuclear radiation are felt in all aspects of the world.

There are few normal pre-war animals left, and the rate at which new species emerge is beyond the reach of even mankind's greatest biologists.

Therefore, they are collectively referred to as mutant species.

"Uncle, uncle! Can I really go hunting with you today? ”

"Of course, you are 14 years old this year, you are a young man, it is time to learn the real wasteland survival skills, our old Wang family's species was born to be a good material for dry hunters! Let's go, uncle will take you to hunt a blood deer today, and give you stewed bone broth to drink at night, a big supplement! Hahaha! ”

Two men dressed in animal skins and a boy less than 1.6 meters old sorted out their equipment at the gate of Yanjing Town.

In the town of Yanjing, the 14-year-old should already be on his own.

The boy blinked his eyes that were not deep in the world: "Uncle, can we leave a little meat for the prey we hit today... I want to eat meat. ”

"Don't make a fuss! One pound of meat can be exchanged for 3 pounds of beans, what kind of meat to eat! Put the beans in the bone broth and cook them to make them meaty, and they taste the same. ”

Another man with a national character face said with a frown.

"But the meat tastes so good..."

"Beat you up again!" The face of the national character is pulled.

"Oops! Brother, why are you fierce Xiaohao, the child has eaten beans for a month, what's wrong with wanting to eat meat, uncle is in charge, hit the prey and cut a large piece of meat for Xiaohao to eat! ”

Xiao Hao's eyes showed a look of surprise.

"You... Don't get used to being a child, in the wasteland, careful food is a compulsory course, he eats a bite of meat today, tomorrow he may be hungry for a day, meat is eaten by the mayor and the big men of Colossus, my mother told me since I was a child, children from poor families are in charge of the house......"

But seeing that the brilliance in the child's eyes gradually disappeared, the words behind the face of the national character were stuck, and he turned his head and said angrily: "Only once today, not as an example." ”

"Yay! Long live Daddy! Long live uncle! ”

Xiao Hao jumped up happily.

Looking at the child's carefree face, Wang Qian's deliberately straight face showed a hint of a smile.

In the wasteland... Hope is the most valuable thing.

He believes that in the future, his child will become a better hunter than him, and he will catch so much prey that he will not need to change it all to beans to survive... By the way, maybe you might even go to Colossus City to become a soldier and become a city dweller.

"Dad, isn't the blood deer powerful? What if it attacks me? ”

Wang Qian put the polished shotgun into the card slot behind his back and took out a homemade crossbow from his pocket.

"Hao Hao, the blood deer is a less threatening mutant animal, because the hematopoietic function is very vigorous after the mutation, sometimes the blood will break through the skin and ooze out, so the body is often covered with a layer of red blood scabs, which is called the blood deer, and we hunters can easily track its traces."

"It is a rare pure herbivore among the deviant animals, and we humans have no desire to prey, so it generally does not take the initiative to attack, and will fight back when threatened, its speed is very fast, and the horns are extremely sharp, an adult will lose its combat effectiveness on the spot when hit by it head-on, and even... Death. ”

"So, we're going to hide behind an obstacle and attack it remotely, you take this crossbow and follow the aiming method I taught you earlier......"

Wang Qian patiently explained the knowledge to the little hunters, which were all essential survival lessons for hunters.

After listening, Xiao Hao nodded, and then looked at a young man who walked in outside, his eyes lit up.

"Brother Feng!"

"You're back? That's great! ”

"My uncle said last night that you might have died outside, and I had a fight with him, and I knew you would come back alive!"

Another man, Wang Wan, was slightly embarrassed on his face: "Xiaofeng... It's been a bit long to go out this time, I thought... Harm! It's good to come back alive, and when we catch the prey at night, bring your beans and come to our house to drink bone broth! ”

Wang Qian patted Cheng Xuanfeng's shoulder: "Why is it delayed for so long?" Did you meet that thing? ”

Cheng Whistle shook his head: "No, I ran into a marauder on the way back... Close call. ”

"Marauders... Freaked monsters! It's been rampant again, and last night they came outside our town to shout, and it took a few shots to get rid of them... I really should have asked the mayor to take someone to clear a few of their camps! ”

"Hmm... That's it! Brother Qian, Brother Wan, you took Xiaohao to hunt today? ”

"Yes, he should also learn to survive on his own, otherwise we may be like your Hundred Brother and Ten Brother all of a sudden... Nope. ”

Cheng Whistle nodded: "Understood... By the way, Brother Qian, Brother Wan, you two hit the prey today, don't sell it to the town, I want to buy it, it's useful. ”

"You...? Okay, then I'll come back and pull you into the house. ”

Xiao Hao asked pitifully, "Then my meat ......?"

"I'll leave you a piece, little glutton!"

Wang Qian and Wang Wan took Xiaohao out of the town.

Xiao Hao's voice can still be faintly heard.

"Dad, can I go out with Brother Feng to pick up garbage? He's got a lot of fun toys there..."

"Scavengers... Their work is more dangerous than hunting, if my grandfather's generation was fine a few decades ago, now... The materials on the road from Yanjing Town to Colossus City have been turned over and over again by the scavengers, and there is no hair left, and if you want to scavenge useful things, you can only go to the ruins of Red City, under the noses of that kind of thing......"

"Hunting is what you should learn."

The voices of several people faded in the wind, and still reached Cheng Whistlefeng's ears.

"Scavengers... That's right, I was a waste picker, and the last thing he picked up was a watch......"

The last memories of his predecessor were confusing, and Cheng Xiangfeng vaguely remembered that he had picked up a watch in a city.

And then he fell into the wilderness of the four mountains.

And that table... He looked at his wrist.

'Scourge Nano Base, why... What to say in the first sentence? ’

This question has always been in Cheng Xianfeng's mind, but he was dying yesterday, and he didn't study this problem in detail.

He asked Zero the night when he was lying down, and Zero said that it was preset by the base.

Who presets?

I don't know.

Shaking his head, Cheng Whistle decided to do what he had to do now.

After entering the town of Salt Well, he felt a slight chill in his body, as if he had stepped into the shadows from under the sun.

"This gloomy wind... No wonder there are always ghost stories, but it's still cool in the summer. ”

Cheng said hello to a few people he knew on the road, and then walked into the shed he had built in front of him.

Inside... It's empty.

The mats for sleeping were swept away.

Cheng Whistle has no accident, the current scavengers go out for several days, and the family... Never a place of insurance.

He turned and walked into the shed next to him.

All his supplies are prominently placed in the corner!