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

"Drip drip!"

Star calendar year 336, hot season day 71, 05:30:00,

Xu Sansan was awakened by the computer on time. It was another day of hard work in collecting supplies!

It’s still the familiar process of getting up – going to the toilet – washing up…

Before leaving, Xu Sansan opened the medical box and found three bottles of nutrient solution inside. It was obvious that Xie Yuan did not drink any yesterday.

Thinking about my contribution point balance of 76 and nuclear crystals worth 500, I can be considered a person with some savings. At least I can exchange them for more than 50 bottles of nutrient solution!

Then occupational diseases started to take effect. I had to eat regularly, otherwise I would not be bitten by the infected body before being killed by stomach problems.

Then he took out a tube of nutrient solution, opened it, poured half of it into his mouth, and handed it to Xie Yuan:

"I declare that from today on, we will eat at least two meals a day, breakfast and dinner, and lunch if necessary."

After saying that, he signaled Xie Yuan to drink quickly.

Xie Yuan felt dizzy. After drinking the nutrient solution, his brain became a mess again:

She, she, why is she sharing a tube of nutrient solution with me again... and two meals a day, how can I survive this...

"Remember to keep the supplies safe at home!" Xu Sansan lifted the plastic sheet and went out.

……

Sitting on the spaceship, Xu Sansan looked at the small cart with a large dent in the middle and felt very distressed.

I didn't have time to fix it yesterday...

I thought of the little hoe that I threw away before it was even warm enough.

Alas, as expected, things that come for free cannot be kept!

Soon, a familiar broadcast sounded:

The spacecraft has arrived at Wasteland No. 13, and the protective shield has begun to be deployed, preparing for landing...

……

The hatch is about to open, please be careful and do not leave the protective cover...

Looking at the dense forest in front of her and breathing the air from the plant world, she felt that the wilderness still had great advantages over the city, especially for someone like her who had few weapons and mechanical assistance.

Because the cart's deck was severely dented, with the deepest part exceeding the plane of the wheels, the cart did not move smoothly on the ground, bumping and knocking, making "thump thump thump" noises. If it weren't for the soft soil and grass in the dense forest, Xu Sansan would really be reluctant to use it.

But it is just a cart after all, and its mission of transporting goods cannot be changed!

Because of the drag of the small cart, Xu Sansan failed to catch up with the main group today.

She is no longer a complete novice. She is not as aimless and disorganized as she was the first time she scavenged. She feels that through her last experience in the wilderness, she may have learned some special tricks.

So Xu Sansan had a very clear purpose this time. He went straight to the big tree with vines, and then picked up the vines one by one to test them.

Why vines?

Because the last time she went scavenging, her goddess of luck descended on the vines first. Since the wasteland relies on metaphysics, she is prepared to be superstitious to the end.

Unfortunately, her goddess of luck had not yet woken up today. More than four hours had passed, and she had visited all the big trees around her, but she couldn't find a useful vine.

Hey! It's indeed a mystery, it's really confusing...

Today's special mission at the base is walnuts. How about joining in the fun?

Xu Sansan looked around. Well, she had fallen behind again today and now she didn’t know where the walnut tree was…

It seems that we have no choice but to implement option 2 - the indiscriminate detection method.

So she started again, walking and testing as she went, testing whatever she saw, without any target and without making any distinction.

It must be said that this comprehensive strategy of "never abandon, never give up" is more effective. Although I didn't encounter anything edible, I still picked up a lot of dead branches that were moderately polluted and usable.

It was already 12 noon and the sun was at its hottest. Xu Sansan found a shade under a tree and sat down to rest, drinking some water while watching a string of ants crawling past his feet.

The ants in the wasteland have also obviously mutated, each one is as big as a finger, but fortunately they pose no threat to humans, they are neither afraid nor aggressive.

Xu Sansan observed them for a long time, and finally couldn't help but test them.

This ant meat is also meat!

The ideal is beautiful, but the reality is very skinny:

"Ding! Severe pollution!"

"Ding! Severe pollution!"

"Ding! Severe pollution!"

……

Unfortunately, no miracle happened except for the continuous "severe pollution".

At 13:05:29 in the afternoon, Xu Sansan was so discouraged that he decided to just throw the jar into the wind. He simply pulled his cart and followed the long line of ants into the depths of the jungle.

Of course, it is indeed out of curiosity. This group of ants keeps crawling in one direction endlessly, and no one knows why. Are they moving?

But her intuition told her that this group of ants must have discovered something...

Of course, while following the ants, we also remember to test them.

Passing through the dense forest before, I heard:

"Ding! Moderate pollution, can be used!"

Xu Sansan looked at the tree trunk lying across in front of him and was extremely surprised.

The trunk was very long, perhaps 8-9 meters, and although its diameter was only about 20 centimeters, it seemed to be very hard. I used a scalpel to cut it back and forth for a long time but was unable to make any scratches.

It seems I have to take the whole thing away.

Xu Sansan moved the tree trunk slowly onto the cart with great effort, then tied it up with ropes along with the dead branches he had picked up and secured it.

Because the trunk is too long and the cart is too "petite", the trunk extends more than 4 meters beyond the cart in the front and more than 4 meters in the back. Although it looks out of place, the center of gravity of the entire trunk is in the center of the cart, so it still maintains balance and does not affect forward movement too much.

Well, for the sake of supplies, as long as the cart can be pulled, Xu Sansan doesn’t actually care about these details.

In the past two days, she also found that her physical fitness seemed to have improved, especially her physical strength and power. Otherwise, based on her condition when she first came here, she would not have been able to escape the pursuit of the infected body yesterday, and would not have been able to move the long wood today.

It must be because of that giant egg. The healing power is really amazing. It can not only cure all kinds of diseases, but also strengthen the body!

The line of ants was very long, but the more we followed, the more we discovered that the forest became gradually sparser and the trees became shorter, until a large bush appeared in front of us. It’s not quite accurate to call it a bush, it looked more like a large field of vines.

The vines were very thick, intertwined and swirling, growing in all directions. There were countless leaves hanging on the vines. The leaves were large and dense, blocking the sunlight and also blocking Xu Sansan's view of exploring inside.

There was no time to be shocked. After entering the vine area, the ant team gradually dispersed.

Looks like we've arrived!

Xu Sansan placed the cart, randomly chose a direction, and went deeper.

Not long after walking, we saw many spherical objects that were twice as big as yoga balls hidden under the vines.

"Green skin, dark green lines... this, this, this...

Could it be a watermelon? "

No wonder the ants crawl here, they must be attracted by the smell, this watermelon must be sweet!

I started saliva uncontrollably and the image of eating watermelon while enjoying the air-conditioning appeared in my mind.

The YY lasted less than a second before quickly returning to reality.

It doesn’t matter how much it is, the key is to be able to eat it!

Then I saw a figure starting from the periphery of the melon field, moving in circles, and from time to time I could hear voices coming from the melon field:

"Ding! Severe pollution!"

"Ding! Severe pollution!"

"Ding! Severe pollution!"

"Ding! Severe pollution!"

……

Soon more than an hour passed, and Xu Sansan had already measured the location of the near center from the periphery.

Disappointment is certain, but I am unwilling to leave like this.

So she wiped the sweat from her forehead, wrapped the towel around her neck again, bent down, and continued to inspect inside.

"Ding! Slightly contaminated, edible!"

Sure enough, her efforts paid off and her goddess of luck came!

Xu Sansan looked at the mutant watermelon in front of him, which was about the size of a washing machine, with his eyes shining.

Testing again and again on my hands:

"Ding! Slightly contaminated, edible!"

"Ding! Slightly contaminated, edible!"

"Ding! Slightly contaminated, edible!"

These mechanical sounds seem like the most beautiful melody of the end of the world, bringing endless beauty to the world.

No matter how intoxicated you are, you can't delay your work.

Xu Sansan grunted and rolled the watermelon out of the watermelon field. He planned to inspect the central area and then come back to figure out how to load it onto the truck and take it away.

Excited, Xu Sansan returned to the place he had just been at and tested even the watermelon vines and leaves. As expected, the watermelon vines that could grow low-pollution fruits were definitely not ordinary products!

After another sound of "Ding! Slightly contaminated, edible!", Xu Sansan's mind was completely opened!

Since this watermelon vine is also slightly contaminated, can we understand that slightly contaminated roots can produce slightly contaminated fruits?

So if you dig some soil yourself, take it home and plant it, then you can grow melons and harvest melons every year in the future!

They worked immediately and soon the watermelon vine was carefully dug out. Unfortunately, the soil around the vine was heavily polluted.

It's really strange that heavily polluted soil can grow slightly polluted watermelons...

Xu Sansan was puzzled, but time waited for no one, so she had no choice but to continue working hard and checking towards the center.

As the measurements were being taken, a signal of "moderate pollution" suddenly appeared among the "severe pollution" signals.

Xu Sansan stopped and didn't dislike the moderately contaminated watermelon at all. Although it was inedible, what if it could have other uses?

So I touched the green watermelon in front of me again. Hmm, it felt cool and smooth, but a little sticky...

Hmm? Sticky?

Why is it sticky?

Xu Sansan frowned, feeling that something was wrong.

Looking closely, the watermelon was huge, bigger than any I had seen before.

It doesn’t matter if it’s big, the bigger the better, as it means more parts can be used!

But why does it feel a little different from the previous watermelons?

As I lowered my eyes, I suddenly saw a large leaf next to me that looked like a webbed foot.

Xu Sansan was puzzled and habitually measured the leaves again. With a sound of "Ding! Moderately contaminated, can be used!", he finally saw clearly what was in front of him!

This is not a leaf that looks like a webbed foot, it is clearly a big webbed foot!

Looking more closely, there was no big watermelon at all. What she had just touched was actually the big butt of a strange beast!

Xu Sansan was quick-witted and immediately stopped the detection action. He bent down, held his breath, tried to reduce his presence as much as possible, and slowly retreated step by step, for fear of making any noise and disturbing the strange beast in front of him.

Relax, relax, back off slowly, back off slowly...

I was sweating coldly again. More than 10 minutes passed before I finally left the central area of ​​the melon field. My speed was too slow and I was worried that something might happen.

Xu Sansan observed again and saw that everything was the same as before, with nothing unusual, so he turned around little by little and ran back!

Just as she turned around, a huge monster with the same patterns as watermelon rind slowly stood up and turned its head.