Survival [End Times]

There are two groups of people sitting in the hall. On the surface, there are sixteen people on the left of the one who borrowed water, and eleven people on the right. They all have a fire and are cooking something to eat.

The room was warm and smoky.

He had been here before and knew that there were rooms to live in. He remembered that it was in the backyard. There were about ten rooms in total, no more than twenty.

"Is there any room available at the back?"

Zhou Mingke frowned and looked at him: "How do you know there is a room behind here?"

Cheng Ying also sipped the porridge and said vaguely: "Yes, brother, you are quite good at this."

With just one word from him, these people suddenly regarded him as a problematic person.

"I have been here before and stayed here for the night. I also know that there is a well over there and three swings over there."

"Oh, I was passing by, then why are you back again?" Zhou Mingke asked.

Yu Heng pointed to Zhang Henghui and said, "Take my sister to Lutong Safe Zone."

"oh."

Cheng Na became interested: "Hey, that means you've been to Lutong Safe Zone? Is there really a safe zone on the mountain over there?"

"It's true."

"How far is that?"

Yu Heng said, "If the road is not blocked, go out from this yard and turn onto the road above. Keep driving along the road and you will arrive in about six hours. Obviously, you can see the safe zone from a distance. contour."

Several exclamations came from the hall, followed by discussions.

"Are you really in the safe zone?"

"Oh, that's safe. I'm running around here and there these days."

"I wonder if it's safe there?"

"Is there electricity and water?"

After the discussion, I came to ask Yu Heng. Yu Heng smiled bitterly and said, "I'll tell you later. I have to go make a fire and cook."

"Hey, little cooking thing, you don't have to cook anymore, come to our place to eat something, don't mind if it's not a good thing." Cheng Na said, instructing her younger brother Cheng Ying to scoop porridge for them, "Bring your and your sister's bowls. ”

"No, that's so embarrassing. Hengyuan, just tell them and I'll cook." Zhang Henghui put down the thermos pot and stood up.

"Isn't this disrespectful and disrespectful of our food?" Zhou Mingke said.

"Yeah." Cheng Na said with a smile: "Forget about my porridge, Brother Zhou's is genuine rice. Don't regret missing it." She winked at Yu Heng.

"How come, sister, please take out the bowl." Yu Heng took the bowl, filled Mingke's side with a bowl of rice, and Cheng Na's side with a bowl of porridge. What he took was the Hai Bowl, not because he was cheap, but because this was what the siblings usually used to eat.

Zhang Henghui wanted to drink porridge and took the porridge over.

The porridge was very similar to what they usually cook. It was a hodgepodge. Zhang Henghui ate dried vegetables, dried shrimps, shredded ham and shredded braised pork. I immediately regretted it. When I saw that my younger brother was already sitting there with a bowl in hand, talking to others about the safe zone, I was embarrassed to ask him to come back in front of so many people, which would make him embarrassed.

"...A month ago, maybe there was no water or electricity when I lived there. I don't know if it is available now. Zombie beads can also buy things, but..."

Yu Heng ate while talking, and he just finished talking. In fact, there wasn't much to talk about. He had only stayed for more than ten days, most of which he was sleeping. Lutong Security is under construction, and various relief measures are still in chaos. It can be seen that the security zone is inadequate in resisting zombies externally and managing refugees internally.

I hope there will be a big improvement there this time I go back.

"Okay, let's pack up and go to bed." Cheng Na stood up and kicked Cheng Ying lightly. "Hurry up and put out your cigarette." She then said to Yu Heng, "Unfortunately, there are no rooms available. You guys want to You can't sleep in the hall here. My people will keep vigil here at night. The fire will not go out and it won't freeze you."

"Well, thank you."

In the backyard, Lian Meizhen slept on the same bed as Cheng Na and asked her softly: "Sister Cheng, why did you help those two people?" Zhou Mingke and Cheng Na knew each other before, and she was a narrow-minded, self-esteemed and sensitive person. He followed. Cheng Na said she wanted to treat, so the other party couldn't refuse, otherwise she would offend him.

Cheng Na yawned: "There's no reason. It's not easy for people. They all come here and go to the safe area. If that kid Zhou Mingke accidentally kills someone in the middle of the night, then he will die unjustly?" Fortunately, that kid can understand my eyes, otherwise I wouldn’t meddle in my own business.”

Lian Meizhen smiled and said, "Sister Cheng is very kind-hearted."

"My mind is dark, so I have to go to sleep. I have to get up early tomorrow."

"Well, good night, Sister Cheng."

Cheng Na rubbed the quilt and muttered in her heart that it smelled good and was soft.

The hall was indeed not cold. There were people keeping vigil at Cheng Na's side, as well as at Zhou Mingke's side, and the two fires never stopped. Before going to bed, Yu Heng checked the doors and windows. The ventilation windows were open, so he let Zhang Henghui go to sleep with peace of mind.

"Replace me when you wake up."

They were used to keeping vigils by now, and tonight was no exception.

"Okay." Zhang Henghui was not polite to him. She drank red date syrup and porridge. Now her stomach felt warm and she felt sleepy. "Just call me when the time is up." "Yeah."

"Brother, isn't he a superpower?" There were two men keeping watch over Cheng Na, and he had a better impression of the people on this side than the one on the other side.

"Yeah, just a little stronger."

"No wonder I can't feel your powers." People with powers can recognize each other, and those with higher levels can also see the strength level of those with lower levels.

The night was quite long. When Zhang Henghui got up to watch the night, Yu Heng went to sleep. The room was warm and he slept soundly without dreaming. When he woke up, Zhang Henghui had already lit a fire and cooked the noodles.

"Go and rinse your mouth quickly. There is water over there. I boiled it with snow."

Yu Heng rinsed his mouth with snow water and ate noodles. When Zhang Henghui was cooking noodles, she looked at those people for reference. She knew that others only cooked white porridge. There is ham in the homemade noodles.

Soon Cheng Na and Zhou Mingke came out in large groups, yawning and holding bowls, and saying hello to others.

After eating and drinking, Zhou Mingke and his party set out on the road first. It was only eight o'clock in the morning.

"We're leaving too, are you leaving?" Cheng Na asked.

"Walk."

So Yu Heng's car followed Cheng Na and others. There was no need for their car to stop on the road, as all the people in front of them were cleared.

Four hours later, they discovered the roadblock. There were two military trucks. Soldiers with guns stood there. After a preliminary inspection, they let them pass: "You can drive directly to the entrance of the security area. Please accept detailed inspection and inspection at the entrance." isolation."

"Thanks."

"Thanks."

Looking back, those soldiers stood upright like tall pine trees in the snow, fearless of the wind and snow.

Yu Heng got out of the car and ran back, stuffing a large handful of chocolates into the soldier closest to him.

When he arrived at the Lutong safety zone, Yu Heng saw that the wall had become taller, at least three meters high. There are still temporary observation tents outside, a few more than before.

The two of them went to line up. Cheng Na and the others were in front of them, and they were soon in line.

This time, a special ability was added when registering. The registrar said that after writing, a specialist would take them to test, and there would be corresponding benefits in the future.

"How to test?"

"Haha, there is an announcement over there, you can take a look first."

Yu Heng went over to take a look. The announcement said that it was a blood draw. The blood of superpowers would change in certain indicators. Note that the ability to separate physical strength, speed, vision, hearing, etc. from superpowers was called physical enhancement. who. There is already a first-generation detector with an accuracy rate of 78%.

Another announcement concerns the formal naming and grading of crystal nuclei. There is also a second-generation detector, which can detect the energy contained in the crystal core with an accuracy of 96%. Details will be informed after moving into the safe area.

The last announcement is about testing whether the zombie virus is carried in the body. Because there is also blood testing equipment, there is no need to observe people outside for 24 hours. As long as you get the blood test report, you can enter the safe immediately. district.

"Have you finished reading? Here, take your watch and go over there to pay. Someone will take you for testing."

Yu Heng had doubts about his own abilities - he suspected that it was because he almost turned into a zombie before, and the zombie virus remaining in his body was stimulated by the genetically modified fluid to mutate into such an indescribable ability.

The superpowers in this apocalyptic world are actually very simple. Metal, wood, water, fire, and earth are the mainstream superpowers. He has never seen other types of superpowers. Of course, this may be the reason why he has less contact with outsiders, but he is still unwilling to make his powers public.

If it is really a special case, it will get too much attention. This is not what he wants.

When he saw the cost of detecting superpowers, he thought of an excuse and said to Zhang Henghui: "Forget it, I won't test this item, it's too expensive."

Zhang Henghui hesitated: "But you won't get benefits."

"If you have benefits, you must have obligations. We are new here, so we should get familiar with the environment first."

"What you said makes sense." Zhang Henghui pondered for a moment, "Then let's go test for the zombie virus. Get the admission ticket and enter the city first, and then watch it."

The female nurse who drew blood and tested it was very unskilled and couldn't get it right after pricking it several times.

"Girl, please be gentle. Look, his hands are swollen." Zhang Henghui looked at the pinholes in Yu Heng's hands and felt terribly distressed.

The female nurse said slowly: "How can I penetrate it more gently?"

What this means is that even if Zhang Henghui is a layman, he still knows that pricking acupuncture does not rely on strength, and it is not like driving nails?

"Then can you be more precise?"

The female nurse was unhappy and said with a dark face: "What's your attitude? I've worked hard and you think I'm not good at it?"

"No, no, you have pricked me five times. My brother's hand has been pricked like this. I didn't say anything. I just asked you to prick him more accurately. What's your work attitude?"

"If you think my work attitude is bad, then go find someone else." The female nurse threw the needle on the table, turned around and walked to the chair, picked up the novel that was covered upside down and continued reading.

Zhang Henghui was so angry that she couldn't speak.

The other nurses in the tent only looked at her a few times and did not dare to come over. Yu Heng knew that this female nurse was a tough one in the background.

He picked up the needle himself, replaced it with a new needle, inserted it quickly and accurately with his right hand, and quickly drew out a tube of blood.

"Sister, bring it here."

He dipped a cotton swab in alcohol and swiped it a few times on Zhang Henghui's hand, and he also drew out a tube of blood at once.

Watching the two people walking to the tent next door with tubes for testing, a female nurse whispered to the person next to her: "Won't Xu Meihan be complained about this?" "You don't know her background? Complaining will be in vain. "

Yu Heng and Zhang Henghui soon received the test reports, proving that both of them were healthy.

Holding the paper in his hand, Zhang Henghui sighed: "Just these two pieces of paper, ten kilograms of supplies were used, and we will have to pay an entry fee of twenty kilograms when we enter the city later."

Even though they collected a lot of supplies along the way with the convenience of Yu Heng's supernatural power, she still felt distressed.

"It doesn't matter, you can earn more after spending."

Zhang Henghui smiled and patted his shoulder. She hadn't touched his hair for a long time. "And my sister, we will work hard together and will definitely get better and better."

Her brother is not married yet!

The two paid the entry fee, got the residence permit, and successfully entered the safe zone.

The safe zone is more dense than before, whether it is buildings or people. Yu Heng did not park the car in the parking lot this time, and planned to find a house with a parking space to buy.

He went to the housing management office to consult information in this regard.

"Look, there are parking spaces under these houses."

Yu Heng took the booklet and looked through it himself. Forget about the big houses and villas. He wanted to buy a house in a residential building with kitchen, bathroom and two bedrooms. He found it. It was not available more than a month ago.

The receptionist said: "These are all new buildings. The military district recruited earth and metal psychics to rush to build them. The speed is amazing. It's no joke to build a building overnight. You can rest assured about the quality. There are experienced workers watching over it. And the earliest earthquake in Lutong was two hundred years ago. This house is absolutely safe to live in."

It seems that psychics not only shine in battle, but also contribute a lot to construction.

It was obvious that Yu Heng liked this type of house. The receptionist said, "The temporary houses that were built before are on the right side of the gate. You can go and have a look. The quality is incomparable to this one. And because they were built in a hurry, the structure and other things were not well done. Now it is difficult to get electricity and water.

This one is different. You can go and see the real thing. Although it does not have water and electricity now, it is really well built. And the boss also said that when water and electricity are available in the future, this batch will definitely be given priority. Do you think it is cost-effective? If you don't buy it now, you won't be able to buy it in the future!"

This person must have been a salesman before. He is very good at talking. Yu Heng was already satisfied. After hearing what he said, he wanted to buy ten or eight sets of it so that he could resell it in the future.

As for the rent, it is fifty first-level crystal cores or five second-level crystal cores per month. You can also use fifty kilograms of food (if you only rent it for one day, you will charge two kilograms or four first-level crystal cores).

Compared with the asking price of the single room that Yu Heng rented before, the rent with food has not changed much, but the crystal core has changed a lot. It seems that the exchange rate of level one and level two is set at 10:1.

I don’t know what the exchange rate of other crystal cores is, and what standards are used to measure them.

He was glad that he didn’t use the red crystal core to rent a house at that time, otherwise he would really lose a lot of money. Thanks to Brother Huang, the cooperation was quite pleasant, but he didn’t see him when he registered today. He thought about going to him to give him gifts and find out some information when he was free.

If you want to buy it, it will be another price.

What is being sold is the right to use, for twenty years, and only level two and above crystal cores are accepted for payment, 500 level two or 25 level three or one level four. Yu Heng didn’t consider exchanging it for food, because it would be a sky-high price.

Ten thousand kilograms of food, let alone whether there is any, who would be willing to take it out to buy a house casually, and it is only the right to use for twenty years, and it is still a one-owner system. When someone dies, the house will be automatically taken back by the safe zone, and there is no inheritance system.

This forces the homeowner to sell the house in advance before going out to do something dangerous, otherwise even making a will is useless, and the relatives and family living at home have nowhere to live.

This is very confusing. Using crystal cores to buy a house is indeed much cheaper than renting a house with crystal cores. But this rule is annoying.

The receptionist should be used to this situation, and said enthusiastically: "You can take the brochure back and read it. When you decide, come back and I will take you to see the real house!"

"Oh."

Yu Heng and Zhang Henghui found a corner at the door to discuss.

"According to this calculation, from level one onwards, the ratio is 10:1 to 20:1 to 30:1... It may be divided according to the energy stored in the crystal core. The error between the same level should be ignored, and specific standards are drawn... After all the calculations, it is still more cost-effective to buy a house with a crystal core. I always feel that the safe zone is using means to collect crystal cores."

"That's right. In this doomsday, who can guarantee that their life is not threatened? When a person dies, the house is taken back, and it can be rented out or sold again for another income. If you don't buy it, the rent is so expensive."

Zhang Henghui smiled and said, "You think wrong."

"Huh?"

Seeing that her brother was a little confused, her heart softened, and she whispered, "If you didn't see the purchase price below, and just looked at the crystal core price for renting a house, would you think it was expensive? Can't the two of us kill fifty zombies in a month?"

She blinked at Yu Heng.

"Don't worry about the problem of rent increases. In the general trend, rents can't just go up at will."

In a word, don't think so far. Instead of spending so many crystal cores, it is better to let my brother improve his ability first.

Yu Heng reacted and couldn't help but laugh: "Sister is still calm, this is really, I was also confused."

He patted the booklet in his hand, and felt that the person who designed the layout was very talented. He used a little price comparison psychology to confuse the buyer.

It is indeed much cheaper to buy, but it is not necessary.

The plan to buy a house was aborted, and Yu Heng humbly asked his sister: "How long will we rent it?"

"At least get through this winter. Wait until spring comes and see what the variables are."

"Then rent for three months."

Yu Heng turned and went in, asking about the crystal core detection.

The receptionist said: "Oh, turn right and walk 50 meters forward. If you want to pay with a first-level crystal core, you can pay directly. All gray, white, etc. are considered first-level and do not need to be tested."

He paid the rent with 150 first-level crystal cores and got the key. He is now a third-level supernatural power, and the use of a first-level crystal core is not very obvious to him.

"Go out and walk 100 meters directly, then turn right and walk 50 meters, you can see the wall, it is inside the wall, and the gate is also easy to find."

"Okay, thank you."

After driving to the place, Yu Heng parked the car and moved things upstairs with Zhang Henghui. The house was on the second floor.

"I'm sorting things out at home. You can go and deal with the crystal core first."

"Yes, sister, please be careful."

"Don't worry."

Yu Heng quickly found the place the receptionist said. The detector was quite large and convenient. He put the crystal core directly into the special basin, put the basin into the detector, closed the lid, and waited for the results.

While waiting, he flipped through the brochure next to him. The brochure said that although the superpowers could sense the level of the crystal core, the general public also needed to use the crystal core for daily transactions. They could not identify the level of the crystal core, which was very inconvenient.

In order to solve this problem and make the crystal core transaction smoother, the safe zone conducted a lot of experiments, and at the same time obtained the support of the majority of superpowers, and used scientific and reliable data to derive the law of the energy contained in the zombie crystal core...I believe that with the joint efforts of the military and civilians, a more convenient and convenient detection instrument can be developed.

This is a more official brochure with less dry goods, but it plays a significant role in encouraging and calming people's hearts.

The results are out. Yu Heng tested a total of fifty crystal cores.

Since he had the ability, he could sense the crystal core and get the amount of energy stored in the crystal core through perception - whether it was level one, level two or level three, he had a rough idea in his mind.

He also studied the crystal core and found that the red threads on the crystal core were still regular. For example, the level two crystal core was milky white as a whole, with a few strands of red threads floating on it. If the energy contained was more, but it was still within the level two range, then there would be more strands of red threads, and there would be no overlapping red threads.

For level three, it was not red threads, but red belts, and level four was several red belts next to each other.

From level two to level four, the range of the red □□ domain continued to expand. For example, the red □□ domain of level four almost occupied half of the volume of the entire bead.

Of course, these were just two of his guesses. This time he carefully picked out fifty crystal cores to verify his judgment.

The results were roughly consistent with his guess. Three of them did not meet his guess because the red threads were at a critical point and were classified as higher-level crystal cores.

Moreover, after the bead came out of the detector, a small mark appeared in the shallow layer, which could not be felt on the surface.

Yu Heng saw that it was a series of shrunken numbers.

The staff said: "This is engraved with special technology, which will not damage the quality of the crystal core. This is a confidential technology and will never be stolen or forged. Please rest assured."

"Thank you."

According to this rule, Yu Heng had a suspected level 5 crystal core in his hand. The bead was very beautiful, with half of the red occupying one side, without a single blank gap. But fortunately, he did not take it out, because there were two level 4 crystal cores among his crystal cores, and they were noticed as soon as they were tested.

"Hey! Do you want to exchange your level 4 crystal core?"

"Yes, if you want to exchange, how about exchanging one for fifty kilograms of food?"

"You exchange it for me, fifty-five kilograms!"

Seeing the people around him so excited, Yu Heng knew that in this safe zone, crystal cores, especially advanced ones, were very popular.

But at the rental house, one level one crystal core is equivalent to one kilogram of food, the exchange ratio between level one and level two is 10:1, and the exchange ratio between level two and level three is 20:1.

He asked the inspector: "What is the exchange ratio between crystal cores?"

The inspector pointed to the notice on the wall: "The crystal cores found so far are level 6, and the exchange ratio is 1:50 for level five, level five for level four is 1:40, and so on, level two for level one is 1:10."

And the exchange ratio between level one crystal core and food at the rental house is 1:1. Of course, this does not mean that this is the official exchange price for food and crystal cores, it should be the high price of the monopoly house. But it also has a certain reference value.

A level four crystal core is at least more than fifty or sixty kilograms of food.