Survival [End Times]

"Do you collect crystal cores? How much food can a level 4 crystal core sell for?" From what the safe zone did on the house, it can be seen that they are collecting crystal cores and are in a hurry. Come to think of it, with so many people moving in, the authorities must quickly improve their strength to be able to manage such a large rack.

The inspector smiled and said, "Of course, Mr. Zhang, one of your two crystal cores actually has a little less energy than the level 4 classification standard, but I can count it as level 4 for you. One level 4 crystal core can be exchanged for 100 kilograms of food, and two is 200 kilograms. Do you want to sell it?"

You have to sell it even if you don't want to, it's better than being forced to buy it at a low price by others.

"Five hundred kilograms."

"This... at most two hundred and fifty kilograms." Yu Heng heard that this exchange has a lot of flexibility, so he bargained again.

"300 kilograms, 250 is too bad. If you want it, I will sell it immediately."

"Okay then."

"But only 100 kilograms of rice, and the remaining 200 kilograms for other things."

The inspector was stunned for a moment: "Okay, please wait." She called someone over, took Yu Heng to sit in a small compartment, and went to the back.

The others saw that there was no hope, so they didn't dare to make trouble here. There were still a few soldiers with guns standing at the door and the counter.

They could only glare at Yu Heng with an indifferent look, continue to test their crystal cores, and then leave. They knew that the price of the fourth-level crystal core was more than this, but they just wanted to put pressure on that ordinary person. Unexpectedly, the boy was smart and clung to the thigh of the military.

The inspector brought a young woman and said, "Where do you live? Let her go with you. She is a space power user."

Yu Heng shook his head: "No, I can put it away myself."

The inspector was stunned for a moment: "So you are also a space power user? But why can't I sense your power fluctuations?"

Power users can sense each other's power users.

Yu Heng did not answer him. This is someone else's private matter. The inspector smiled and didn't ask much. He said to the woman: "Put it out."

Five bags of 20 kilograms of rice were put out first. Yu Heng bought two more rings while waiting. He sighed in his heart. There were already eight rings in the storage compartment of the exchange system. Now two more were added. I still have to sort them out and label them later, otherwise it will be too troublesome to find things.

Thinking in his heart, he squatted down to touch the rice and put it away. Next is other things. From the surface, there are canned fruits, grains and beans.

"Because you said you only wanted 100 kilograms of rice, I picked out four boxes of canned fruit for you, totaling 200 kilograms, followed by 50 kilograms of peanuts, 50 kilograms of mung beans, and two boxes of mineral water, totaling 100 kilograms. Please order."

Yu Heng probably scanned and knew the number, and said, "No, thank you." He pointed to the cans and said, "Canned fruit should be more valuable, right?"

The inspector smiled and said, "There are many orchards in Lutong. It used to be a big fruit export market, and there are many canned fruit processing factories, so this kind of thing..."

Tomorrow, when spring comes and flowers bloom, there will be another large area. For the military district stationed here all year round, their mountains are also full of fruits. They have also applied for self-generated income and built a small processing factory on top.

Self-production has low costs, Yu Heng thanked again and walked out leisurely.

He walked around the market here according to his memory, and when he squeezed out of a crowded place, he had changed his face and clothes, with his neck shrunk and his shoulders drooped.

He was a little wary at the beginning, and was still worried before leaving. He found a [Thousand Change Mask] in the sub-exchange system. The price was affordable, 50 Xinhuo points. It was genuine and every time you put it on, you would have a new face. It didn't matter if you were a man or a woman, and there would be no repeats.

He walked to a stall and pretended to pick a pot of succulents. It was quite cute and he would take it back for Zhang Henghui to raise. The price was also cheap. He took out a sausage from his backpack, picked up the potted plant and left.

Yu Heng touched the succulents and continued to stroll back home like a dandy.

"Hengyuan, how was the crystal core test?"

"Very good." He told the general situation, "Sister, come and have a try. This is a local canned fruit!"

Zhang Henghui was stuffed with a pot of succulents in one hand and an opened can of fruit in the other. She smiled and said, "Take it with the rice."

She had already prepared the rice.

Finally, she could eat in a safe house without worrying about anything else. She cooked a hearty meal.

She opened a can of luncheon meat, cut it into slices and piled it on a plate. She kept the remaining gravy and waited for the mushrooms and black fungus to soak before cutting it into small pieces. She cut two hams and a sausage and stir-fried them together, then poured the gravy in. This was another meat dish.

She opened two more bags of vacuum-packed chicken feet and placed them neatly on a plate. Finally, she made a seaweed and shrimp soup, and placed several dishes on the tablecloth on the ground, like a picnic.

Zhang Henghui went to get a bowl to hold the canned fruit. The flesh poured out was transparent, the juice was clear and sticky, and a sweet fragrance came to her face.

"It's canned peaches." She put the bowl down and sat down. "We need to get some furniture. It's not good to sit on the ground like this. It's very cold in winter."

"Well, I'll go to the market to look for it later. If there's nothing, I'll look outside." Yu Heng ate quickly: "It's delicious. You should eat quickly too."

"I know. Have some soup."

Yu Heng was so happy with this meal that he held his stomach and couldn't move. Zhang Henghui also stuffed him with a small bowl of canned peach meat and asked him to eat it slowly.

He noticed that Zhang Henghui's tidied back slowly faded into a shorter, fatter woman with long braids. The woman was wiping the chair and suddenly turned around and said, "Bao'er, after you finish eating the apples, go downstairs and buy a bottle of Coke. I'll make Coke chicken wings for you at noon."

"Hey." There was a lump in his throat.

Zhang Henghui said: "Then I'm going out, you watch the door."

He was stunned for a moment before realizing that it was Zhang Henghui who said she was going downstairs to fetch water. He rubbed his eyes with his sleeves, then went out, stood on the road and looked down, and soon saw Zhang Henghui's figure. She turned to the back of the house and returned half an hour later with a bucket of water in hand.

"I asked next door. There is a person with super powers selling water in the back, and there are also buckets. This bucket of water plus the bucket only costs five or two meters. By the way, they only accept rice and don't want anything else."

Zhang Henghui said while washing the dishes, "From now on, we only need to fetch water, and two or two meters is enough."

"Are there many people?"

"There are a lot of them. When I went there, there were about ten people in line."

Yu Heng was curious: "Is there just a water superpower releasing water?"

"There are two of them, one with a larger water column, and the other with a much thinner and slower water column."

After sitting for a while, Yu Heng drove out. He went to the market first and bought only a table and three chairs.

"It's not complete without one."

The boss gave Yu Heng a small wooden bench, "I only accept food, I don't want those zombie heads."

Yu Heng checked the set of tables and chairs, which was missing only one chair. The quality was still good, so he asked him: "How much food do you want?"

The boss raised a finger.

"Ten pounds?"

"It's not enough! This is good wood! One hundred pounds!"

Yu Heng said seriously: "Ten pounds, if you want it, I'll take it. If you don't want it, forget it."

"This, this is really good wood. Look at it, there isn't even a moth on it. It can be used for another ten years!"

Yu Heng looked left and right, and saw that there was another stall in front of him, which seemed to have a bed, so he turned around and left.

"Hey, young man, don't leave. I'll give it to you. Then I won't give you this bench."

"Okay, then how do you sell this bench?"

"Just give me anything, just food."

Yu Heng took out a bag of rice from the car and scooped it out. As the boss said, he scooped up to eleven kilograms, then put the stool into the car, and tied the table and chairs to the roof of the car.

The boss called his grandson beside him: "Go and call your dad over!" Then he smiled and said to Yu Heng: "Young man, do you need anything else?"

"Is there a bed?"

"There is a bed! How many do you want?"

"Just two, single beds."

"Then wait a moment, my son is coming soon."

Yu Heng took the bench out of the car and sat down. After waiting for about five minutes, the little boy led a man over.

"Come on, boss, take it home first." The boss gave the rice to his son, and then said to his grandson: "Go to your second uncle's house up front and see if they still have beds. I want a single bed or two. ”

"Hey, I know, grandpa!"

Yu Heng just sat there waiting and chatting with the boss.

"This safe zone is so lively. Are you a local?"

"Yeah, you're from out of town, right? Did you see a place called Anle Town on the way to the safe zone? That's my home."

Yu Heng thought for a while and had some impressions. He had gone there to take a look. Everything in the house had been ransacked, and there were really no door panels left. Only locals can buy and sell furniture. After all, people who have fled from other places want to fill their bodies with food, and furniture is heavy and takes up space.

"Does the boss recognize the man registered at the door? His surname is Huang. He is tall and thin, with a mole at the corner of his mouth."

"Oh, Huang Zhongliang, right? Why are you looking for him?"

"I want to do something with him."

The boss nodded understandingly and whispered to him: "I heard that he has a tough backend, but he won't refuse to pay after accepting your things. If you want to find him, go to the door of the office building and ask, he lives right next to it."

The little boy and his father came back just in time. The boy said eloquently: "My second uncle said that there is no single bed anymore, but there is an iron frame duck bunk with bunk beds and a camp bed. Ask Which one do you want? If you don’t want it, you’ll have to wait a few days for something else.”

Yu Heng shook his head: "If you don't want a duck shop, you just need two camp beds. How to sell them?"

It is too inconvenient to sleep in the same room as Zhang Henghui. The camp bed is good. After folding, it can be put into the storage ring and taken away.

The boy said to his grandfather: "My second uncle said that you would give him twenty kilograms of rice later and sell it however you want."

The boss scratched his head in embarrassment: "Hahaha, little brother, look at this..." He didn't even know how to set a price. How could this deceitful kid reveal the lowest price?

Yu Heng said: "How about twenty kilograms of rice and two bags of candy?"

"What candy?" The little boy looked at him eagerly.

"Coconut sugar."

The boss said yes: "It's just the Chinese New Year! Okay, just wait, boss, keep an eye on me, I'll take this guest to your second uncle's place."

"I know dad."

The boss led Yu Heng to drive to his brother's shop, which was not far away and arrived quickly. We agreed on the price and agreed to deliver it together with the purchased tables and chairs.

Yu Heng also saw a bunch of iron racks there, which were obviously disassembled from many things. He thought it would be good to use them to build a quadripod or tripod to hang mosquito nets, as there are still many mosquitoes here.

He asked the boss, who said that the things were not expensive, and asked if he could help him install two fixed racks. He did not have the right materials, such as hammers, wires and nails, and could not install them himself.

"Sure, don't worry, I will install them for you. They will definitely be solid."

Yu Heng looked for those with more uniform lengths, picked up sixteen, and paid for them together with the camp bed. He asked again: "Do you have mosquito nets?"

"I have to look for them. Do you want new or second-hand ones?"

"It's all right. I will only accept second-hand ones that have been washed and are not damaged."

"Of course, I won't cheat you."

So they agreed to help him send these goods back first, and then send him mosquito nets when there are goods.

Later, he really helped him install the racks, and Yu Heng paid the balance of a bag of rice and two bags of candy.

The two old brothers who came downstairs said, "You just took two bags of candy. I'll give you some rice later."

"No, candy is good. You have to eat candy during the Chinese New Year. Here's a bag for you, otherwise your sweetheart will cry for you."

"Okay, I received a few bottles of Nutri-Express today. Let your sweetheart come to my house to get them later."

"Hey~"

Zhang Henghui said, "This bed is pretty good. Take out the quilt."

Yu Heng took out the thick quilt in the space. Zhang Henghui took it and made the bed in a few seconds. Half of the quilt was used as a cushion and the other half was used as a cover: "Just make do with it for now. Be careful not to lift the quilt at night or fall off."

This camp bed is quite elastic and soft to sleep on, but it's narrow.

"Yeah."

There were a lot of mosquitoes at night, and there was no mosquito net. Yu Heng buried himself in the quilt, wrapped up like a cocoon.

The next evening, the family from yesterday delivered the cushion and mosquito net.

"The mosquito net is second-hand, there are no holes. I washed it last night and it's dry after a day of drying. These two mats are new, so they're more expensive."

Yu Heng simply paid for the food and slept better that night. The mosquitoes at the foot of the mountain are really fierce, and their bites are itchy and painful.

In this way, Yu Heng and Zhang Henghui began to live here.

Finally settled down, the first thing Yu Heng did was to give Zhang Henghui the gene-modifying liquid.

Zhang Henghui thought she was sick, and in pain she held his hand and cried: "If I leave, take care of yourself, don't always eat instant noodles, make porridge to eat..."

Yu Heng just nodded repeatedly, and when she fainted from the pain, he took his hand out of her hand and took a towel to wipe her face.

Zhang Henghui was in a coma for seven days, and when she woke up, the first thing she said was that she was hungry.

After a big meal, she touched her stomach and sighed: "This disease is too torturous. I haven't worked these days and lost a lot of crystal cores." She thought she was sick and was still thinking about killing zombies.

She said to Yu Heng: "I'm sorry to make you worry, I'm fine." Seeing her brother looking at her nervously, she smiled slightly: "Don't worry." Then a bunch of crystal cores were stuffed into her hand.

"What's the matter?"

Yu Heng didn't dare to talk about the superpower directly, otherwise Zhang Henghui would be very sad if he didn't have it. So she found an excuse: "You have been unconscious for so long, count the crystal cores to wake up, and take a look at our family's wealth by the way, don't worry about our family being poor."

Zhang Henghui smiled lightly and counted them seriously: "... Twenty-seven. Here, you quickly put them away, don't lose them."

Yu Heng put them away with a heavy heart.

The next day, at Zhang Henghui's request, they went out for the first time.

After learning that her brother's superpowers were still at level three these days, she was very anxious and felt that she still needed to save more crystal cores.

So Yu Heng was very disappointed to find that Zhang Henghui probably really didn't awaken any superpowers. But fortunately, she didn't reveal any of it, so Zhang Henghui didn't expect it without knowing it, and she wasn't disappointed.

But she was in a very good mood!

"Hengyuan, I think my physical condition has improved a lot after I recovered from the illness. Do you think the mud on my body when I was unconscious before is the dirt in my body? When those dirt is discharged, my body will become stronger?"

Yu Heng nodded seriously: "It's possible."

"Lutong is really a good place!" Isn't it? I got such a big benefit just after I came here. Zhang Henghui was very happy. Killing zombies became more and more handy-after her physique improved, her reaction ability, physical fitness, etc. became better, and she almost hit the target within the range.

They went out hunting mainly to kill zombies, and secondly, they collected supplies when they had the conditions, and they didn't force those supermarkets and shopping malls where zombies were densely populated.

Slowly, the two siblings had some reputation in the eyes of others.

While queuing to enter the safe zone, Yu Heng heard someone next to him say:

"Look at that man, the one with the most stinky body..."

"He doesn't stink now."

"That's because he's not using his superpowers now."

"Oh, there really is a superpower that stinks, hahaha!"

Someone else whispered: "They all have guns, I don't know where they came from..."

Yu Heng sent away several waves of people who came to secretly inquire about the source of the guns, and only said that there were not many, only enough for his family.

Some of them were tougher and threatened Yu Heng. If he refused to leave, he would use his superpowers to disgust them - to be honest, the smell would occasionally make even himself faint.

Watching the man cover his nose and run out of the room in a hurry, Zhang Henghui closed the door, turned around and covered his mouth and laughed: "Hengyuan, why does your ability get worse as the level increases?"

Yu Heng shrugged. After the ability reached level 4, it did get worse.

In addition to those who asked about weapons, there were also those who were interested in their abilities. The first person to come to ask for cooperation was Cheng Na, who had met him once before at the farmhouse.

She was as generous as ever: "We plan to attack the xx industrial zone 200 miles away. The batch of production equipment inside is urgently needed by the safe zone. If we can pull it back, we can sell it for a high price. If you are willing to help, you can name the price. If it is within my tolerance, I will give you a price."

Yu Heng said: "We want crystal cores, at least level 4 crystal cores."

"Then level 4, how many do you want?"

"Twenty."

"You are robbing money!" Cheng Ying jumped up and pointed at Yu Heng and shouted. "It only takes two level 4 crystal cores to buy a room!"

By the way, the price of buying a room has recently changed to two level 4 crystal cores.

"Deal. Set off the day after tomorrow and gather at the gate of the safe zone. I will give you half as a deposit before you set off, and I will give you the other half when I come back."

Cheng Na said in a hurry, pulling her crying brother away.

"Hengyuan, twenty, will it be too..."

"No, it's not that we can't kill level 4 zombies now, but level 4 zombies are less common than level 3." For ordinary people, level 4 crystal cores are out of reach, but for a group like Cheng Na, it is not a difficult task.

And he couldn't detect Cheng Na's ability level, it must be level 5 or above.

She waited until now when he just promoted to level 4 to come to him for cooperation, and she must have been mentally prepared. It's just a level 4 crystal core, which is not a difficult thing for her.

So the two stopped going out and rested at home for a day.

Yu Heng replenished all the guns and ammunition for this outing, and Zhang Henghui never paid attention to the origin of the guns and ammunition. Before she had any doubts, she began to control her thoughts and mouth, and did not ask a single question.

In her opinion, the less she knew, the safer her brother's secret would be. Just think of it as the blessing of the spirits of their parents in heaven, giving them the confidence and hope to survive.

On this day, Yu Heng absorbed five fourth-level crystal cores and ten third-level crystal cores, and felt that his superpowers were more consolidated.

So it is said that cultivating superpowers is a very crystal-burning thing. In order to reach the fourth level, he used a lot of crystal cores.

He kept the remaining fourth-level and several fifth-level crystal cores for emergency use. When the superpowers are exhausted, a high-level crystal core can save lives.

Soon, the agreed time arrived.

Yu Heng and his friends did not drive their own car, but took Cheng Na's car to save fuel.

It was a dangerous journey, and Yu Heng's superpowers were very outstanding. He was arranged to be the vanguard, following a group of defensive psychics. He used his psychic powers to entangle everyone around him, thereby isolating the attacks of zombies of level 4 and below, and quickly pulled up a protective net. Then, the follow-up personnel attacked fiercely under the protection of the protective net.

After several times, they arrived at their destination. After a fierce battle in the industrial zone, they lost one-third of their manpower when they finally escaped.

After returning to the safe zone, Cheng Na paid the remaining reward as agreed, and gave one more. If it weren't for Yu Heng's psychic power, they would definitely be hindered by low-level zombies and lose more manpower.

After this cooperation, they had two more cooperations, but Yu Heng refused to cooperate again.

On the way out three times, he and Zhang Henghui obtained a large number of crystal cores. After the third cooperation, Yu Heng stopped going out with them after finding out that Cheng Na's team's behavior was more radical and adventurous, and each time they went to a more dangerous place.

Cheng Na used crystal cores to persuade him many times, but he was unmoved.

He and Zhang Henghui resumed their hunting days near the safe zone, but soon after they started, they often went out, but soon Yu Heng felt that he was unable to cope with it.

First, the zombies became more and more active, and the number of zombies encountered increased. There were many level three zombies, and level four zombies became more common.

Secondly, his odor ability was not omnipotent. After testing, it was found that it was just a disguise to release the message of "same kind" to the zombies. But if the "meat" was at their mouths, the zombies would still bite instinctively.

The more zombies there were, the less safe it was to be in them. After being trapped in the zombie group many times and being almost bitten by zombies twice, Yu Heng and Zhang Henghui agreed to suspend the plan to go out.

Since you don't go out, you can't be idle.

Yu Heng planned to find a job in the safe zone.

There was a lot of work to do in the safe zone every day. Yu Heng brought cigarettes and alcohol to find Huang Zhongliang, but he didn't expect that the other party still remembered him.

"You're actually back, hahaha, you're lucky." Yes, it's a blessing to be able to come back alive.

Yu Heng didn't say that he had been back for a long time, he just smiled and said his request.

He listened to Yu Heng's request and thought about it: "This job is indeed quite a lot. Apart from other things, the wall is being expanded every day. The higher-ups have just issued a new order to expand another wall outside the gate. Because it's cold in winter, the salary will definitely increase, but the increase will only be two meals a day, and you are not someone who lacks a few bites of food."

Finally, Yu Heng chose a patrol job.

Because there are not many people willing to do patrol work, the soldiers of the military district have been working hard since the end of the world, and they are exhausted. In addition, they have suffered heavy losses, and are now recruiting new soldiers. Therefore, it is necessary to recruit the masses to help with patrol affairs.

This is not good, because patrolling outside is dangerous, and now it is cold, and it is hard to bear.

However, he did not think about enjoying himself. Although the supplies on him could comfortably live with Zhang Henghui for two years, comfort would kill people.

This is still an era full of zombies.

He has been running around outside, and he does not want to go out in the short term. Patroling can also kill some zombies to save crystal cores, which is not bad.

When the superpowers are strengthened a little bit, he will make plans to enter the city to find books again.