Scavenging Notes: I am the Lucky Star of the End Times

To the northwest of Base City 103, there is a towering Black Stone Mountain.

The Black Stone Mountain is mainly composed of a mixture of sandstone and black granite. Over hundreds and thousands of years, it has been continuously eroded by northwest hurricanes during the windy season. The sandstone has gradually been lost and the black granite has gradually been reshaped, forming countless natural caves in the mountain.

Therefore, gradually, the residents of Base City No. 103 nicknamed Blackrock Mountain the "Wanku Mountain".

Since Wangu Mountain is located to the north of Base City No. 103, it is right in the middle of the road between Base City No. 103 and the northern mine.

Hundreds of years passed, and the caves here were gradually occupied by miners who frequently traveled between the base and the mines in the north.

Faced with the extremely tempting and scarce material of ore every day, these miners inevitably began to have ideas and began to secretly smuggle some slag for resale on the way back to the base.

Over time, Wanku Mountain, relying on its advantageous geographical location, has been gradually chosen by more and more traders as a physical delivery location.

After hundreds of years of gradual development and improvement, a smuggling industry chain specializing in the reselling of minerals has gradually formed here.

In order to keep their ore reselling business from being discovered, countless interested miners gradually united together and secretly dug countless caves in the Wanku Mountain. They then connected these artificial caves with the naturally formed caves, forming a well-connected cave network.

These caves are large or small, deep or shallow, and the connecting passages are real or fake. Some can successfully lead to the next cave, while some are dead ends designed to conceal the truth, and even contain traps.

Therefore, if an uninformed person accidentally enters the cave network, he or she may get lost or fall directly into a deadly trap.

Since all smuggling businesses are required by convention to conduct secret transactions in caves, the caves here are also called smuggling caves.

"Are these ores full of nuclear crystals?"

After listening to Xie Yuan's introduction, Xu Sansan stared at the mountain standing in the distance in the dark, whose outline was not very clear, and raised his own questions.

Xie Yuan glanced at the coordinates on the map, turned the steering wheel, and explained:

"The reason why Base 103 has been able to remain unconquered for hundreds of years is because the base successfully occupied a nuclear crystal mine a long time ago. This nuclear crystal mine is not too far from the base city, just to the northeast. It takes about half an hour for the spacecraft to reach it."

"Nuclear crystal mine? A mine that can produce various types of nuclear crystals?"

The more Xu Sansan listened, the more magical it seemed to him.

Xie Yuan smiled:

"How is that possible? Most of them are energy-related nuclear crystals. Only occasionally can some rare nuclear crystals be found."

So... in the end times there is no coal, oil or natural gas, and the energy source has turned into nuclear crystal ore?

Xu Sansan frowned slightly, trying to figure out the hidden context in this information:

But...how are these nuclear crystals formed?

The Earth in my memory doesn't have these so-called superpowers?

Did anything special happen?

After all, the things she had dug out from the ruins of various cities were still the items she remembered from her previous life...

So what will the world look like hundreds of years from now in 2023?

Or is it a parallel world that split off from a certain year in the previous life?

Xu Sansan leaned back in his chair, his thoughts racing, and he felt that everything in this end of the world was becoming increasingly unpredictable.

Xie Yuan glanced at Xu Sansan who was lost in thought:

It seems that she doesn't know the concept of nuclear crystal ore.

But...why do I sometimes feel that she is not completely ignorant of this world, and is even very proficient in certain areas?

The delicious food recipes, the unfamiliar words she had never heard of, her habit of wearing a seat belt, and other subconscious behaviors...

Did she...really just lose her memory?

Xie Yuan stared at the road ahead and quickly suppressed the doubts in his heart. In fact, he had such doubts a long time ago, but... so what?

She is so kind, brave, smart, and so special...

He just needs to do his best to protect her and help her, so...

This probably won't be enough to repay the life-saving grace...

What's more, he didn't just want to repay her kindness, he wanted to be with her forever...

Hey……

Xie Yuan sighed softly, and immediately recovered. He looked at the high mountain not far ahead and reminded softly:

"Coming."

Xu Sansan came back to his senses, blinked his eyes, and looked out the window at the pitch-black darkness outside:

Well, as a night-blind player, she is only fit to follow the big guy.

In order to save energy and avoid attracting unnecessary attention, Xie Yuan did not turn on any lighting equipment.

After all, as an advanced genetic warrior, this night vision ability is no problem for him.

One minute later, "Dahei" stopped in a pitch-black crevice. The crevice was not big, and there were towering dark black rocks on both sides. "Dahei" stopped in it, and it seemed to blend in perfectly.

The gap in the mountain was narrow, and Xu Sansan's car door could only be opened halfway before it hit the mountain wall on the right. She shrank her body very skillfully, just like when she parked in a basement in her previous life and parked too close to the car next to her. She had to endure it and squeeze out from the small gap in the door.

Fortunately, her figure in both her previous life and this life was petite, so this test was a piece of cake for her.

Xie Yuan glanced at the left door that was pressed against the mountain wall. It seemed that he couldn't open it, so he opened the sunroof of "Big Black", pushed hard with both hands, and flipped out from the sunroof easily.

Xu Sansan blinked his eyes. Well, this guy, ever since he recovered, has been showing off his skills all the time.

Well...she has to get used to it...to be calm...to be calm...

Xie Yuan locked the car and walked quickly out of the crevice. Then he turned back immediately, took Xu Sansan's left hand, and explained with a light cough as he walked:

"It's too dark. It's best not to turn on the lighting. Follow me closely and don't walk too fast..."

Xu Sansan looked at the sleeve held in Xie Yuan's hand and sighed secretly.

Damn, I shouldn’t have worn this jacket. Why are the sleeves so long? She couldn’t even stretch out her hands!

Xie Yuan tightly grasped Xu Sansan's sleeve in his palm, sweating a little, but in his mind he kept reminding himself:

She will be 16 in Feng Ji, just wait two more years... just wait two more years...

The two quickly walked out of the crevice, and under the guidance of Xie Yuan, who led them left and right, 5 minutes later, Xu Sansan was led to the entrance of a dark cave.

Xie Yuan gently tapped a series of rhythmic drum beats on the wall at the entrance of the cave. Ten seconds later, a simulated voice that could not be distinguished as male or female was heard:

“Five on the left, three on the right, nine on top, ten on bottom, only tonight.

Don’t light the lamp.”

Xie Yuan tapped twice on the cliff wall as a response.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Sansan followed Xie Yuan and walked quickly to the left for a distance. It seemed that they passed several caves, but she could not see clearly because it was too dark.

After arriving at a fork in the road and turning right for a few steps, Xie Yuan stopped in front of a mountain wall and reminded softly:

"We are going up the mountain, watch your step."

Xu Sansan nodded, and followed the commands that kept coming out of Xie Yuan's mouth: "Lift your feet, walk, lift your feet, walk." Finally, after 10 minutes, he passed 9 caves and came to a platform. The platform was not big, and seemed to have been deliberately carved out by someone.

Xie Yuan pulled her across the platform, and then his deep voice rang out again:

"We are going down the mountain, is that okay? If you are worried about the difficulty in walking, I can..."

Xu Sansan thought to himself: What can you do? Carry me down?

However, Xie Yuan stopped talking at the right time. Xu Sansan touched his nose and thought, well, she is still too young in her current body, so let’s forget about physical contact. He quickly regained his senses and nodded:

"Okay, just walk slower."

The two walked slowly along the narrow stone stairs. Xie Yuan paid attention to the caves passing by. Finally, after 8 minutes, they stopped in front of the 10th cave.

Just listen to him whisper:

"We're here, let's go in."

At the same time, in the inner city of the base, in the discipline room of the guard post, the discipline officer looked at the four members of the Gale Guard who were beaten and bruised all over, sighed, and turned his head to look at the culprits of the beating - Tiechui, Alang and Maji of the Dawn Guard, and said in a cold voice:

"You'd better give me a reasonable explanation!"

Tiechui was indignant and asked directly:

"What right do they have to discredit the captain?!"

The discipline officer looked at the four members of the Gale Guard with pig-like faces and asked in confusion:

"When Wu Feng was the captain of Jifeng, he had a good relationship with you. What did you say about him?"

One of the pig-faced people spat and sneered with gritted teeth:

"We are on good terms with Wu Feng! We just chatted a little about Xie Yuan..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Tiechui's angry rebuke:

"You better keep your mouth shut!"

The Disciplinary Officer understood, turned his head and looked at the three men, and sighed helplessly:

"What's wrong with you? I've told you so many times that Xie Yuan is no longer the captain of Liming! Your new captain is Wu Feng! Why don't you want to accept the reality?!"

Tiechui wanted to refute, but his sleeve was pulled by Maji.

At this time, Ah Lang beside him gritted his teeth, suppressed his inner dissatisfaction, and said in a calm tone as possible:

"Then they can't spread rumors that Brother Yuan is a traitor to the base. Even if Brother Yuan is dead, he can't bear this stigma for no reason!"

At this time, another pig-headed member of the Wind Guard laughed contemptuously, with a hint of sarcasm in his tone:

"Oh! Do you really think he's a hero? If he really sacrificed his life for the base, why did he ask everyone to be prepared and conduct a carpet search for him? Isn't it obvious that he has either committed a crime or is not dead yet, and is probably on the run now!"

"you!"

Tiechui raised his fist high again, and was about to hit the opponent's face, but was forced back by the stun gun in the hands of the discipline officer:

"All seven of you shut up! I don't think you'll have to run through the training ground tonight. If you can't remember the Guard's rules, then don't stay in the Guard. From now on, you'll be demoted to the patrol team and reflect on your actions. When you can recite every word of the Guard's rules by heart, then you can consider whether to come back or not!"

Tiechui gritted his teeth as he touched his right arm which had been electrocuted and lost consciousness. He did not raise any objection to the disciplinarian's execution, but his angry eyes still stared at the four pig-headed faces of the Wind Guard.