Reborn in the end of the world, I scavenged in the empty city and bought for free

At around 6:30 in the afternoon, Gu Tongwan paid Liu Jinde and others the day's wages. Although everyone said that they could be paid in one lump sum after the project was completed, Gu Tongwan believed that life was not easy for everyone now, and payment on the same day would also alleviate everyone's current difficulties.

Not only that, she even went to the guesthouse at noon and ordered fast food for five people from the proprietress, with a portion of fast food costing ten points.

After she left, Liu Jinde was responsible for closing the yard for her. On the first day of work, several people repaired the wall, raised the original two-meter-high wall to two and a half meters, and installed a large iron gate in the yard. The key was temporarily given to Liu Jinde, and he would return it after the project was completed.

There were still more than 200 points left in the card. People only started to come to the black market after 8 o'clock in the evening. She went home and took a quick shower, chose a black sportswear, and then the same three-piece suit that she always wore, a black hat, black-framed glasses, and a black mask.

The proprietress also came out after washing up. Like Gu Tongwan, she knew that she would go to the black market tonight, so she didn't wear brightly colored clothes like she usually did. Instead, she wore a long-sleeved T-shirt that was a little faded from washing, a pair of stained casual pants, and a denim fisherman's hat. She didn't look overly ostentatious, but she didn't look too sloppy either, otherwise she would be disliked when doing business.

The two people were sitting in another Wuling van in the proprietress's yard. There was a big dent on the left side of the car body. Also accompanying them was the chef from the guesthouse's kitchen, who was the one who helped to block the gangsters when they were causing trouble that day. The rest were two acquaintances of the proprietress, who were in their thirties and were said to be folk hunters. The two big brothers were very friendly and said with a smile that their level was just to make a living in the union. They could not compare with those hunters who were ranked high in the union.

The black market is an open trading point three kilometers outside the base. There is only endless sand during the day, and at night all kinds of street vendors come out to sell goods.

There are not many street lamps on both sides of the street in the outer circle, about one every hundred meters, and the light is not sufficient. The area around the street lamps is still dim and unclear.

According to the proprietress, it takes about 40 minutes to drive from the guesthouse.

Tonight is Gu Tongwan's first day visiting the black market, so he has not prepared anything to sell. After determining the location of the black market and the specific transaction situation, he will have two days tomorrow and the day after tomorrow to prepare the goods to be traded in the black market.

When the car passed the sentry post outside the base, there were several cars following behind. The proprietress glanced at the rearview mirror and curled her lips. "The black market is closed at the beginning of the month because of the Beast Tide. It seems that there will be a lot of people in the black market at the end of the month. I wonder if the union and the Self-Defense Forces have sent enough people. Otherwise, the order will be chaotic by then, and petty theft and robbery will become more and more rampant."

"At around four o'clock in the afternoon, I saw about three or four small pickup trucks driving out of the base. They all came from the Self-Defense Force training base. Besides, the black market auction house has been restarted this time, and the valuable items are all there. It's impossible not to send people." The hearty laughter of the driver sounded in the front.

The driver is Brother Qing from the union. Although he has no special powers, he was a Sanda athlete in the early days of the apocalypse, so he can occasionally take on some D-level missions to hunt mutant rabbits or mutant rats.

He was quite a chatterbox and even planned to introduce Gu Tongwan to the front desk job of the trade union.

"I'm one generation older than you, so I'll call you Xiao Wan. Although our union is not large, we were able to offer a salary of 400 points a month, and it also includes food and accommodation. I don't know how many young girls have come here for interviews these days..."

Seeing that he was about to go on and on, the lady boss interrupted him and said, "Lao Qing, Xiao Wan doesn't need the job in your union, so please don't try to recruit pretty girls to your union when you see them, okay?"

Brother Chao, who was sitting next to him, also interrupted with a smile: "That's right, your shabby guild has less than 20 people in total, and the highest missions you can take are C-level or below. I think Xiao Wan is quite suitable to join our guild. Our guild is big, but we have one A-level hunter and three B-level hunters."

Brother Qing was immediately shocked, his pupils trembling, "What, your Deputy Captain Jiang has been promoted to A-level?"

Brother Chao smiled proudly and nodded, "That's right, he's only twenty-one or twenty-two this year, and he's already an A-level hunter at such a young age. It is said that those people in the base..." He made a gesture pointing upwards to the sky and lowered his voice a few degrees.

"The two captains of the guard team are real S-level, but they were just promoted this year and are older than our deputy captain. Generally speaking, our deputy captain Jiang has more potential. Besides, he is so handsome. Wow, no wonder he has that fan club."

Gu Tongwan sneered, "Fan club? Is this popular in the base now?"

The proprietress was looking down at a list in her hand, which was the details of the goods to be traded tonight. She looked up when she heard the conversation between the two.

"The more difficult the environment, the more people need spiritual support. Sometimes the idol effect can also inspire people appropriately."

For example, Xiaoli’s latest new fan is a rookie hunter named Yin Zhe, who appeared once on TV. He has a baby face and two dimples when he smiles.

A few people chatted and laughed as they drove to the parking lot near the black market.

Gu Tongwan opened the window and found that there were a few fishing lights dimly lit near the parking lot, illuminating the entire parking lot of more than a thousand square meters.

Unlike the road we drove on, which was completely dark and could only be illuminated by car lights, the power supply here is sufficient as soon as we enter the parking lot.

On the way here before, we could only maintain a speed of about 40 miles per hour, but tonight, as the proprietress said, due to the influence of the beast tide at the beginning of the month, there were many vehicles going in the same direction both in front and behind us.

At this time, there were about dozens of cars parked in the parking lot, most of which were small pickup trucks and vans, and occasionally there were ordinary business cars. There were also more than a dozen people patrolling and guarding nearby. It was said that the people in the parking lot were transferred from the trade union, and some of them were even acquaintances of Brother Qing.

It takes about seven or eight minutes to walk up the slope from the parking lot. There are bright street lights on both sides, casting people's shadows into blocks.

There were many people behind carrying large and small bags of items. Some of them came down from the parking lot together and were busy directing the people in their hands to carry the goods. Others came up from another path. Compared with the people in the base, these people were dressed in shabby and ragged clothes. These people were the "wanderers" wandering outside the base. Some of them came up as a family carrying large and small bags, and some were alone, walking slowly on the long path with hunched backs.

In the doomsday, there is no joy on the wanderers' faces, and the light in their eyes gradually dims, but the only remaining glimmer of hope for life allows them to continue to survive in this world.

In his previous life, Gu Tongwan was also one of them, walking on an endless road in ragged clothes and with hopeless steps, struggling to resist famine, beast tides and the darkness of human nature.

The uphill road was about a few hundred meters long. Gu Tongwan was holding a bag of small accessories made by the proprietress. The proprietress had experience in a COS clothing store before the end of the world. When the guesthouse was not busy, she liked to stay at the cashier counter and make some small accessories. She had previously considered finding a small shop on the pedestrian street of the base to sell, but the rent of shops on the inner pedestrian street was too expensive, and the flow of people coming to the guesthouse was limited. Rich people did not care about these little things, but they were very popular among some female members of the Wanderer Organization and the Hunter Organization.

In addition, the proprietress also took out some compressed dry food and canned meat that were about to expire in the store. These were distributed by her husband's unit. Usually, there were not many people to entertain, and people didn't like to eat these hard compressed dry food, so there were a lot of them left. She planned to sell them at half-price points tonight.

After going up the slope, I saw a circle of barriers in front. On the left stood members of the Self-Defense Forces, and on the right stood members of the Hunter's Guild. The two forces were clearly separated, and basically every ten meters or so there were people with guns responsible for security.

To enter the black market, each person needs to pay 15 entry points. After Gu Tongwan and his group paid the fee and passed through a special security checkpoint, they finally entered the black market.

As soon as I stepped inside, I was dazzled by the two super-powerful LED tower chandeliers in front of me.

This place is a completely different world from the base, it is bustling and noisy, like a splendid spectacle.