The Guide to the End of the World: Four Sentinels Compete for Favor

The next day, when Ai Wanxin went out, she saw Shi Bin and Huang Xiaochi waiting downstairs with their people.

There were not many people who came in the morning. There were only two idiots, Curly and the tall one, carrying shovels that they found from somewhere.

A chubby-faced man in his forties. Ai Wanxin also had an impression of him. They had met in the elevator. He was a neighbor in Building A.

There were also a few strangers holding kitchen knives, axes, and crowbars in their hands. When they saw her walking out of the corridor, they all looked at her anxiously.

She glanced around and met Shi Bin's eyes. Seeing him wanting to say something but stopping himself, she could tell that he was conflicted without Yin Yanhan reading his mind.

How annoying! There is a conflict between world views and survival.

Fortunately, I don’t have any values, she thought to herself.

Huang Xiaochi took two steps forward and called out "Sister Ai".

When the others heard this, they all shouted, "Sister Ai."

"Sister Ai."

......

Ai Wanxin slowly looked at the neighbors in Building A.

It’s okay for other people, but is it appropriate for a man in his forties like you to call me Sister Ai?

It's really like a monkey playing with cotton and a dog pulling a cart - it's a complete mess.

Curly seemed to have forgotten that he had scolded Ai Wanxin for being unethical. He smiled flatteringly and said, "Good morning, Sister Ai. You look very healthy today. Did you have a good rest yesterday?"

The tall man beside her said in a slick tone, "Sister Ai is naturally beautiful. Look at her skin, which is white with a hint of rosy red. Her lips are crimson without any makeup. Her eyebrows are dark without any embellishment. Her hair is as black as a waterfall."

Ai Wanxin felt the hairs all over her body stand up. She looked at Huang Xiaochi and said, "Get them away."

Huang Xiaochi hurriedly stepped forward and pulled the two aside, saying, "Sister Ai, Lao Shi and I have trained them, so they can be of some use. How do you think we can kill this zombie?"

"You don't need to watch it, just throw it out and you will learn it. Those who don't know how to do it will die."

After saying this casually, Ai Wanxin went straight to the gate.

She jumped over the iron gate in two steps, drew the long knife from behind, joined Yin Yanhan and Pei Junlin, and rushed into the zombie group.

Shi Bin and Huang Xiaochi led everyone, found a ladder, and climbed over the iron gate with difficulty.

This was the first time they had stepped out of the community gate in more than a month.

The familiar road has changed beyond all recognition, covered with dried yellow mud, damaged vehicles, and garbage that cannot be recognized from its original form.

The windows of the shops facing the street were almost all shattered, and the walls were splattered with blood.

The mutilated corpse fell to the ground, with milky white maggots burrowing in and out of the rotten flesh.

Someone immediately couldn't help but turned around and vomited.

Shi Bin looked at the zombies staggering towards them, took a deep breath, and said, "If you want to live, don't be timid, go ahead!"

Because Ai Wanxin and others were in the front, the number of zombies that were released was limited.

They gathered together and came over with all kinds of guys to attack the zombies' heads.

I hacked and killed a few of them, and when I got angry, I actually killed some of them.

After sunset, everyone returned to the community. Huang Xiaochi wanted to collect the crystal cores from everyone to exchange for supplies, but he didn't expect that no one was willing to give them to him.

"What do you mean? Would I steal these things?" he asked with a frown.

A few people turned their heads away and said nothing. After a while, Curly came forward with a smile and said, "Comrade police, we have other uses for this crystal core. It's not what you think."

"What's the use?" Huang Xiaochi wondered, "If you want to change it yourself, it's fine with me, but I'm afraid Sister Ai will be impatient."

Curly Hair chuckled and said, "Don't worry, we won't bother Sister Ai."

Huang Xiaochi wanted to ask more, but Shi Bin stopped him: "If they have other ideas, let them go."

After the two men left, Curly and the tall man took paper, pen and cloth bag, and the others handed the crystal cores in their hands to them in exchange for a receipt.

The uncle asked worriedly: "This is what everyone worked so hard to get, don't cheat."

Curly sneered and said, "We are all neighbors. Am I that kind of person?"

Another person asked: "Really 20 for a gold bar and 2 packs of instant noodles?"

Curly rolled his eyes at him and said, "If you're worried, just give it to the policeman and ask him to change it for you."

The man curled his lips and said, "He can only exchange it for food, it's not worth it."

"A gold bar costs more than 10,000 yuan. How much can you buy with it? It doesn't matter who you exchange it for food."

"That's right. We don't know what this crystal core is used for, but since so many people want it, it must be very useful. If we exchange it for some food, isn't this just taking advantage of our ignorance to cheat people?"

When the others heard this, the little bit of uneasiness they had left disappeared.

Compared with food and gold bars, gold bars are more tempting. As for food, can those two policemen just watch them starve to death?

After sending everyone away, Curly and the tall man were about to go to Building D with a bag of crystal cores when they saw Lu Bufan appear from the shadows.

There was a small box of instant noodles at his feet and a leather handbag in his hand. He waved at the two of them.

The two of them hurried forward. Curly-haired stared at the bag in his hand and said, "Boss Lu, why bother you to come down in person? We can just move it up."

Lu Bufan snorted coldly. Only a fool would let others into his home.

He asked, "Where is the crystal core?"

Curly opened his pocket and showed him the crystal cores inside.

Lu Bufan looked around and saw that there were only about fifty or sixty of them. He immediately said in displeasure, "There are only a few of them. Are you kidding me?"

Curly-haired chuckled and said, "Boss Lu, those are zombies. It's our first day killing them, so we're not very experienced. Tomorrow, tomorrow we will definitely be able to gather a hundred."

Lu Bufan sighed, a hundred wouldn’t be enough, if we delay for two more days, the flowers would be cold.

He pulled the cloth bag over unhappily, counted the pieces, and kicked the instant noodle box at his feet: "60 pieces, 6 packs of instant noodles."

Curly's smile became smaller: "Boss Lu, didn't you say 10 crystal cores and 2 packs of instant noodles?"

Lu Bufan snorted and laughed, "Why did I hear you tell them that it was 20 in 2 packs, 60, not 6 packs, how much is it?"

Curly endured it. Instant noodles were secondary. The key was the gold bars.

"Boss Lu, the gold bars must be kept as originally agreed, 10 in each."

Lu Bufan weighed the cloth bag and said, "I used to think that killing zombies was difficult, but now it doesn't seem that difficult. I dare to give you 10 crystal cores and a gold bar. Do you dare to take it?"

Curly Hair's face immediately fell when he heard this: "Boss Lu, this is what we agreed on. If you say so, we won't exchange this crystal core."

Lu Bufan took out a gold bar from his handbag and placed it in Juanmao's hand. He looked into his shining eyes and said slowly, "I have a lot of gold bars. Whether I give them to you or not depends on whether you are worth the price."

"Don't say Brother Fan doesn't support you. In a few days, my family will send a helicopter to pick me up and take me to the military shelter."

"I'll take one, or two. If anyone can bring 200 crystal cores tomorrow, Brother Fan will promise to take him on the helicopter."

After Lu Bufan left, Curly put the gold bar in his mouth, bit it, spat on the ground, and said to the tall guy, "Can you believe what that guy said? The army has come by helicopter, how can they leave us behind?"

The tall guy took the gold bar and took a bite: "Da Mao, do you think we lost money on this exchange?"

"Sister Ai and the others seem to have mutated. They might want to use this crystal core for something. It makes sense that she can go out to find supplies. But Lu Bufan is such a wimp. What does he want the crystal core for?"

"Do they have any information channels that tell them how valuable this crystal core is?"

Curly Hair also began to feel a little regretful: "Sister Ai and the others did nothing these past two days except killing zombies. This crystal core must be something special."

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. He said, "I won't give them the exchange tomorrow. Besides, I don't think these zombies are that hard to kill. Let's go by ourselves tomorrow and pick up the ones that others have left. They won't even be enough to fill the gaps in our teeth!"