Volume 1 Bronze Mask Chapter 8 Material Transfer Station
After a lot of delay in the secret realm, there was no material left when he went out, and there was still some distance from Heishui Town, so Chen Yu had no choice but to go to a material transfer station close to him in his memory to replenish it.
After about two hours of driving, the motorcycle finally arrived at a humble base made up of a dozen discarded shipping containers, and a flag with a white "R" pattern printed on a bright yellow background was planted high on the roof, and it was hunting and floating in the wind. This is a sign that some big forces have hired local displaced people to take care of the material transfer station in order to facilitate supply in the wasteland, and it is also a symbol of identity and protection.
No one wants to risk offending these powerful forces by attacking a place where valuables are not stored, unless absolutely necessary.
Chen Yu shook off the dust on his body, and as soon as he parked the car, a young man with a thin figure and dark skin had already come over.
"Friends for supplies, or for fun?"
Chen Yu wondered, "In such a deserted place, there is still a pastime?" ”
The young man was only wearing a sweatshirt and shorts, and when he heard this, he patted his not very strong chest, and pointed to a container converted room in the distance, a woman with a fairly delicate appearance, snow-white skin, and a long floral dress was standing there, but she was not too young, and she looked thirty-four or five years old.
"New, good and obedient, come and have a taste?"
Chen Yu glanced at it and didn't speak, but he understood the meaning of "pastime" in his heart.
The young man continued: "In this kind of desolate ghost place, it is difficult to find a female rabbit, and we also bought it from the slave hunting team because of a relationship, it is absolutely clean!" Once...... Three hundred! ”
"No!" Chen Yu shook his head, took out a military kettle from his backpack and handed it to the young man, "Purified water, fill it up!" 2 more vacuum-packed compressed biscuits. ”
Before the big business was negotiated, the young man immediately changed his face, his enthusiasm quickly faded, and he said without being salty, "Wait!" ”
After speaking, he walked into the courtyard by himself and left Chen Yu aside.
A few minutes later, the woman who had been standing by the container came out and whispered:
"What you want, a total of 60 yuan."
Chen Yu took the compressed biscuit and gently pinched it with his hand, and the quality was acceptable. He was about to pay, when he suddenly noticed that the woman's expression was nervous, and her gaze was a little evasive.
Chen Yu suddenly understood something, and lowered his head and unscrewed the cap of the kettle. Half a bottle of cloudy water swayed slightly in the bottle.
Chen Yu pushed the kettle back into the woman's hand, and looked straight into her eyes with a sharp and firm gaze, "It's not what I want, re-hit the kettle, immediately." ”
The woman was pushed unexpectedly, her expression was even more panicked, and she was frightened by Chen Yu's momentum, so she didn't dare to say anything, so she hurriedly ran back to the base.
Soon, three young men with submachine guns in their hands gathered around with swearing. At first, the swarthy and thin young man aimed his gun at Chen Yu's eyebrows and scolded loudly:
"Find fault, aren't you, aren't you afraid of pricking your hands?"
Chen Yu didn't seem to understand his threat, and said lightly, "A pot of purified water, you only give half a pot, or polluted raw water!" ”
The young man laughed angrily, "It's still a stubborn donkey who can't understand human words, so I can't complain about others." Brothers, slaughter him and beat him to the tooth sacrifice! ”
The other two men had a fierce look on their faces, but their eyes showed greed and longing, and they pulled the trigger without any hesitation.
"Da Da Da-"
"Ahh
When she suppressed her horror and opened her eyes again, the expected horror scene did not happen, and suddenly a shadow hung in front of her, obscuring her vision.
"You've eaten people too?" A cold voice whispered.
The woman was stunned at first, and then shook her head vigorously.
"It's just you and the three of them here?" Chen Yu asked again.
Only then did the woman come back to her senses and saw that behind Chen Yu, the three men who had just shot had fallen to the ground silently. Her body trembled again, and she was silent for a moment before she suppressed her fear and replied, "I was robbed by them a month ago, and I am not in the same group as them, and I have never eaten anyone...... It's just the four of us here, don't kill me, I didn't hurt anyone! ”
Chen Yu nodded, took out 60 yuan from his pocket and put it in the woman's hand, and said, "Purified water, fill it up." ”
……
Chen Yu raised his head and drank nearly half a pot of water in one go, and suddenly felt refreshed, and the feeling of weakness caused by the overdraft of his ability in the secret realm dissipated most of it. I was about to leave, but I felt a corner of my shirt gently pulled. He turned back in astonishment, and saw the woman looking at him, half fearful, half begging, and pleading:
"You're a transcendent, I'd like to ask you for a favor!"
“……”
Seeing that Chen Yu didn't respond, the woman hurriedly said, "I'll pay you ......."
As she spoke, one of her hands had already unzipped behind her, and the long skirt slowly fell, leaking a large piece of snow-white skin on her chest.
“……”
Chen Yu was about to stop it, when he was suddenly attracted by something on the woman's chest - a dark and translucent stone. It shimmered like jade, the size of a fingernail, and was tethered to a red rope and hung from her chest.
The woman took off the black stone she was wearing around her neck and handed it to Chen Yu, and asked worriedly:
"A black crystal, can you please shoot it once!"
"Do you know what it's worth?" Chen Yu did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically.
Black Crystal is the only source of power to date for the Angel Wings device. As the name suggests, Angel Wings is known as the greatest technological creation of the Old Earth Era. It is capable of forming a special energy field within a certain range, and the radiation is completely shielded from the field. On the other hand, the special energy fluctuations of the "Angel Wings" are like a special stealth coating, which can isolate the perception of mutated creatures in the field.
Angel wings are a necessity for almost every settlement in the wasteland, as most outcasts don't have the resources or ability to build walls like a safe city to defend against the invasion of mutated creatures and the invisible and ubiquitous radiation.
The market price of this small black crystal is about 50,000 in official channels, and if you get it on the black market, the price will rise by at least three to fifty percent.
A woman who looks so ordinary can take out a black crystal casually, her life experience must not be so ordinary.
"Is that okay?" The woman looked at Chen Yu with hope.
"Where are you escorted safely?" Chen Yu finally relented and asked tentatively.
The woman shook her head, her eyes suddenly filled with strong hatred, and she replied in a hoarse voice:
"I want you to help me kill a mutated creature. It killed my husband and children, and I was taken here by these three brutes and turned into a tool for venting/lust...... It was the source of all my misfortunes, and it completely destroyed my life! ”
Saying this, the woman was already full of tears, and she could no longer suppress the grief in her heart, so she hid her face and cried bitterly.
……
In the evening, the woman used the materials in the base to make a table of delicious dishes in the simple kitchen. Chen Yu just picked up the chopsticks and took a bite, and completely fell into her cooking skills. It can be seen that she was once a gentle and virtuous wife and mother.
"Sister Zhao, don't be busy, you can come and eat too."
Chen Yu stuffed rice into his mouth while beckoning Zhao Fang, who was busy in the kitchen, to sit down and eat. After a short conversation, Chen Yu already knew the woman's name and listened to her tell her about her unfortunate experience. Of course, he also accepted the valuable black crystal.
"Here we go!" Zhao Fang took off her apron and wiped the water on her hands with a towel, and then sat down, "The taste is still delicious!" ”
Chen Yu gave a thumbs up and praised sincerely, "It can't be more delicious!" ”
"Eat more meat, it's time to grow your body."
Zhao Fang raised her hand and wiped off the rice grains that stuck to Chen Yu's chin.
This action was too intimate, she suddenly noticed that something was wrong, her arm stiffened, and apologized again and again:
"Don't mind, I didn't mean to offend!"
"You look so much like my son, and he often says things that are deliberately pleasing to people during meals, just like you...... Me, I...... He's a few years younger than you. ”
Saying this, Zhao Fang suddenly stopped, and there was a gloom again.
Chen Yu was also stunned, and suddenly felt that if his mother was still around, he would probably be like her! Shh
Chen Yu pressed the sourness in his heart and said softly with relief, "When you get rid of the mutant creature wandering around, you can go to live in Blackwater Town with me." I also have a nine-year-old sister at home who needs to be taken care of, and I am often away on assignments...... It's really unskilled! You can relate to this feeling! ”
Zhao Fang wiped her tears and said in surprise, "What about your parents?" ”
"It's gone!"
"Poor child, how old are you, you are still a child, and you have to take care of your sister alone. Children need to be accompanied by adults all the time...... The way of this world, alas! Zhao Fang seemed to forget her sadness and comforted Chen Yu, "But girls mature early, and they are sensible at the age of eleven or twelve, and you can be easier if you work hard for two more years!" ”
"But she's so naughty!" Chen Yu feigned anger, and then learned Zhao Fang's tone, "Can you please do me a favor, when I'm not at home, help take care of my sister!" ”
Zhao Fang didn't understand that Chen Yu was using a decent way to find a way out for herself, her heart warmed, and she smiled:
"Absolutely! You're doing me a favor! ”
After dinner, Zhao Fang pulled Chen Yu to describe in detail the characteristics of the mutant creature that killed her family several times, and confirmed that Chen Yu remembered it clearly, so she took Chen Yu to a spare room to rest.
As soon as he lay down on the soft bed, the tiredness accumulated for days hit, and Chen Yu quickly fell asleep.
Not long after, Zhao Fang went and returned, first helped Chen Yu tuck the quilt, stared at Chen Yu's sleeping face for a long time, and suddenly leaned over and kissed Chen Yu lightly on the forehead, before gently closing the door and leaving the room.