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

Following the crowd, Xu Sansan pulled the small cart with his left hand and held a small hoe in his right hand, and finally stood on the ruins.

The tilted buildings blocked the streets in the distance. Broken glass pieces were mixed in with the piles of cement and stones, revealing sharp edges that flashed a dazzling and fierce light under the high morning sun.

There were broken walls and ruins everywhere, with the occasional metal plate sticking out in the air and the pits and marks, witnessing the fierce gun battle that had taken place here. The air was filled with the smell of dust. If Xu Sansan didn't know for sure that there were countless infected bodies and strange beasts hiding in here, he would have thought that this was an empty city that had been uninhabited for a long time.

Looking at other scavengers, some of whom were driving armored vehicles slowly forward in the uneven construction debris, and some had already driven professional climbing mechanical spiders into the depths of the ruins. Xu Sansan picked up his beloved small cart with his right hand, and silently followed a group of people holding steel shovels and sleds, step by step, struggling to move forward.

Alas, I really suffered from my lack of knowledge.

I didn't expect this ruin to be so difficult to walk through. Why isn't there a slightly flat road?

There is no room left for the small cart to be used!

Gradually, people began to stop and start digging with shovels in their hands.

Xu Sansan looked at the concrete blocks in front of her that seemed taller than her, and clenched the hoe in her hand that was not even as long as her forearm.

"Hey! There are supplies all over the floor, but my tools are not powerful enough!"

Sigh and move on.

Not long after walking, a little girl of about twelve or thirteen suddenly appeared beside me. The little girl was carrying a backpack and asked timidly:

"Miss, how about we work together..."

Xu Sansan turned his head and looked at the girl who was much shorter than him, frowning:

"How can we cooperate?" You don't even have any tools in your hand...

The little girl curled her lips, turned sideways and pointed at the basket on her back and said,

"I have a backpack, you have a hoe..."

Xu Sansan turned around and saw that the man had taken a fancy to his hoe. He touched the cart again.

Oh well, she does need a porter.

"How do we divide what we find?"

The little girl smiled even more.

"No one should take advantage. How about 50-50?"

Xu Sansan thought about it.

"Okay, let's divide it up before we get on board... It still doesn't work... After you dig up something, I'll carry the backpack and put the stuff in it, just in case you run away!"

The little girl pouted.

"What if you run away?"

Xu Sansan thought, yes.

"Then let's take turns carrying it..."

The little girl thought about it and agreed reluctantly.

Xu Sansan still felt that it was not safe enough, so he took another photo of her and added: "If you run away halfway, I will send your photo to the patrol team. I know Captain Wang of the patrol team!"

Well, I guess he won't mind if I borrow the reputation of Captain Wang from District 9.

The little girl stared with her eyes wide open. She had probably never met such a person with connections before. She was obviously shocked by this half-true lie and kept nodding.

snort!

Trying to trick me? No way!

So the two of them began to walk and stop, mainly to find a place where the building was most completely destroyed, so that she might be able to pry it open with her small hoe.

At 11:47 in the morning, the two had been digging in the rubble for nearly an hour. The concrete blocks on the surface were piled very thickly. Xu Sansan was swinging the hoe with great effort. The little girl next to him was not idle either. She was digging them out bit by bit with her bare hands.

This made her look sideways. It was true that survival was not easy and there was no place for idlers in the last days.

The two dug for a while and finally saw a bright color.

It was a small red plastic basin. Although its color had faded a little, it was still intact.

He quickly picked it up and put it in the little girl's backpack.

Not long after, the two found a plastic cup near the small basin. The cup looked like an acrylic product. Although the surface was cracked due to being pressed, the inside was still smooth, which meant it had no effect on its use!

"It seems that we have reached the supply layer!"

The little girl put away the cup, very excited.

During this period, they could hear continuous gunshots from the distance from time to time. Once gunshots were heard, the two of them immediately stopped what they were doing, alerted their surroundings, and were ready to escape at any time.

While digging, Xu Sansan also kept an eye on her surroundings. Fortunately, although the two of them stopped six times this morning, they were all safe.

Seeing that it was already noon and the sun was at its hottest, Xu Sansan drank a sip of water, took out a tube of nutrient solution and drank it, wiped the sweat from his head, and quickly wrapped the towel around his head and face, suggesting: "Now is the time when the sun is at its hottest. Although it is the hottest, it is also the time when the infected bodies are least active. Since we have already dug up supplies, why don't we just make a concerted effort to dig up enough and then go back early? "

The little girl nodded and agreed with the idea, but her eyes would occasionally glance at the nutrient solution in her hand.

Xu Sansan did not have the good intention to offer to share the nutrient solution with her. It was the end of the world and food was so precious, of course she had to keep it for herself.

Obviously, this is also the consistent principle of the end of the world, so the little girl just looked at it, said nothing, and continued to dig the ruins with her bare hands.

Next, the two dug out an unopened set of toothbrushes, three tubes of toothpaste, two plastic cups with handles, a rusty razor, a broken hair dryer, several badly weathered towels, a mirror broken into three large pieces, a ceramic washbasin with a missing corner, a toilet that had long been unshaped, a shower room that was broken into glass slag, a rusty shower head, a faucet, a water pipe, and three plastic basins that were stacked on top of each other from small to large...

A set of toothbrushes contains 12 pieces, which can be used directly after being sterilized in boiling water.

Although the toothpaste has long been hardened into lumps, the toothpaste tube is made of metal and can still be recycled.

Plastic water cups are the easiest to preserve and can be used directly after washing.

Razors are badly corroded, but they are worth recycling.

The outer shell of the hair dryer was completely shattered, but the parts inside looked intact.

Weathered towels have fibers and holes everywhere, and they also require professional skills to be reused...

……

Because the backpack had limited load capacity, the two finally decided to forgo the heavy washbasin, toilet, shower room, shower head and water pipes, and put small items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, faucets, etc. directly into the backpack. The "nesting doll" basin that was finally found was held directly in the hands of the little girl.

It was already 16:12:29 in the afternoon and the backpack was already full. Judging from the girl's expression, the two of them must have made a great harvest today.

"Miss, we can't waste the remaining things here. When we go back, we can sell the coordinates of this place to those who have cars. We can split the contribution points equally between us. How about that?"

Xu Sansan raised his eyebrows. Is it possible to play like this?

So Dian Dian expressed his deep agreement, then bent down, picked up a few large concrete bricks and filled it in.

Since you're going to sell it for money, it's better to hide it.

After everything was ready, the two of them headed back.

Xu Sansan put the small hoe on his waistband and freed his right hand to hold the backpack on the little girl's back. On the one hand, he wanted to reduce the weight of the backpack, and on the other hand, of course, he wanted to hold on to his own spoils.

The little girl carried the first half, and it was Xu Sansan's turn in the second half.

As they walked, Xu Sansan had a feeling that something was wrong, as if she was being watched, so she pulled the little girl and changed the route, but the weird feeling still existed.

Suddenly, several figures flashed quickly among the fragments of the mirror sticking out from the backpack, and they were extremely dazzling under the reflection of the sunlight!

Oops!

Being followed!

Xu Sansan hugged the cart tightly, whispered a few words in the girl's ear, and took out the mirror from the backpack. Then the two of them immediately separated and ran in different directions.

"Hoo~ho~ho!"

Along the way, there were protruding and concave rocks everywhere. Xu Sansan was panting heavily, paying full attention to his feet, and running for his life.

She glanced at the lens in her hand and saw two tall, ferocious monsters running towards her.

Could this be the legendary infected body? !

Isn't it said that under the scorching sun, the speed will slow down?

Looking at the monster in the lens, which is getting bigger and bigger,

Xu Sansan felt like crying but had no tears, and complained in his heart:

This...how is this slow!

This guy is running so fast!

I can't go on like this. How can I, a weakling, escape the clutches of the infected, not to mention two of them?

No, no, I have to calm down, I have to calm down, I have to think of a way, I have to think of a way...

At this time, Xu Sansan came to a fork in the road and turned into it without hesitation. Then he ran another 50 meters and came to the next intersection.

Seeing that the infected body had not caught up yet, he immediately pulled out the small hoe from his waist, threw it onto the road on the left, and then turned to the ruins on the right without looking back.

At this moment, the optical brain suddenly issued a warning:

"Ding! We are about to go beyond the range of the protective shield, please be careful!"

Damn it! At the critical moment, the protective shield goes against me!

Xu Sansan didn't dare to go any further, so he had to use local materials. Relying on his small stature, he quickly climbed up the rubble on the right and hid in a raised concrete gap. Then he turned the cart over, held the wheels, and hid his entire body behind it.

"Hoo~ho~ho~"

Xu Sansan curled up his body, held his breath, and looked around alertly, not daring to make a sound.

The sweat on his forehead formed lines and slid down his cheeks into his collar. The towel around his head and face was already soaked.

Because I was extremely scared, my legs couldn't stop shaking.

Time passed by, and suddenly,

"what!"

A woman's scream was heard in the distance.

This was followed by another series of gunshots.

Xu Sansan didn't even bother to judge whether the scream came from the little girl, because at this moment she heard the sound of "click, click, click" footsteps outside the ruins.