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

The official has given a corresponding explanation for the previous "human self-immolation" phenomenon. Generally, the self-immolation phenomenon of people with special powers is higher than that of ordinary people, and the people with special powers that usually cause self-immolation are mostly fire-type and wood-type people. This is because the core of the power of fire-type people is unstable, and the high temperature weather affects the energy source in the body. The same is true for wood-type people. You must know that wood is also prone to spontaneous combustion when it is dry.

There are currently two types of abilities: wood-type and plant-type. The wood-type can manipulate a limited number of plants, but the plant-type is targeted at all plant families.

The most recent cases of self-immolation reported in the news happened last night. One of them was a family surnamed Zhou in the outer circle. When the male owner got up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet, he heard a man groaning in pain downstairs. So he went to the balcony and looked down. He discovered that his downstairs neighbor was engulfed in flames, and there were countless wooden branches extending into the upper floor, as if trying to climb up.

The male owner was so frightened that he called the police on the spot. However, when the police arrived, they found that the entire community was engulfed in flames from the fifth floor to the eighth floor where the incident occurred. It took two A-level water-based psychics to bring the fire under control.

The Zhou family of three who had reported the case and the five members of the D-level wood-type mutant downstairs who had set himself on fire were all burned to death. The residents on the seventh and eighth floors had discovered the fire in time and escaped, but still suffered minor injuries to varying degrees.

Gu Tongwan took his tablet and began to search for posts related to the self-immolation phenomenon on the base forum, including many posts from people who had witnessed the self-immolation phenomenon.

Gu Tongwan noticed a common point in the content of these posts. Everyone said that the self-immolators would first cough weakly, and then become unconscious. Moreover, the first thing they did not do was to get close to water or shade, but instead ran to crowded places, such as residential areas, commercial areas, and some company buildings, as if they were being manipulated by something to destroy the world.

Gu Tongwan also noticed that someone mentioned that after the self-immolation, before the people from the health center took the person away, someone would immediately peel open the self-immolator's chest and take out something like a small stone.

Gu Tongwan suddenly remembered that in the seventh year of the apocalypse, she had heard a saying in the Wanderers Organization that the reason why people with special abilities were able to evolve, in addition to the fact that some people developed fever after the apocalypse, was most likely because something different from ordinary people appeared in their heart.

There was also a saying that since some high-level mutant animals have crystal cores, then whether crystal cores also exist in the bodies of people with special abilities.

This statement seems to be groundless. After all, no one can confirm its truth or falsehood. It's just that the Wanderers Organization at that time did take a group of C-level psychics to somewhere under the name of recruiting high-level psychics. As for where they went, no one knows, but at the same time, many people did report that those psychics seemed to have died while performing a mission. It was not until half a year later that dozens of skeletons were found in an abandoned unfinished building. These skeletons had a huge hole on the right atrium.

At that time, some people speculated that something might have been dug out here, but the right atrium is not the location of the human heart, unless there was something growing there originally.

The supernatural crystal core...

A terrifying thought suddenly emerged in Gu Tongwan's mind. If this was true, then were those psychics who self-immolated controlled by someone before they lost consciousness? Did those people in the health center peel off the bodies of the self-immolators just to find the so-called "psychic crystal cores"?

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The continued high temperature plunged the entire base into a dead silence, and even during the day, it was rare to see living creatures appearing in the streets.

At present, people in the base are in a panic. The hotter the weather is, the more angry people feel. Their tempers are more irritable than usual. Even the crime frequency in the outer circle continues to increase, and there have been many cases of arson or injury.

Gu Tongwan simply closed the private message function of the forum temporarily and neatly paid off the remaining remuneration of the internet trolls that had placed advertisements previously.

After knowing that she had temporarily closed the shop for personal reasons, Yu Liang generously negotiated with the company to refund 30% of the rent to her, which could somewhat alleviate Gu Tongwan's losses. However, part of Yu Liang's bonus for that month would inevitably be deducted as well. Gu Tongwan did not hesitate and directly transferred 300 points to Yu Liang's card. Although the amount was not much, it was a token of her appreciation. After all, Yu Liang was one of the few good friends she had met since entering the base.

Because of the hot weather, there are basically no green plants to be seen in the inner circle now. Although workers still frequently water the green belts every day, in less than half an hour, the plants that cannot tolerate the heat are the first to turn into a pile of black ashes. The latest batch of heat-resistant plants previously developed from the Institute of Gardening and Greening have also begun to turn yellow and wither due to the gradual increase in temperature.

Near the commercial district that was once full of lush greenery, only bare tree trunks remain, and you can even occasionally see dead branches that have been ignited by the hot weather.

In the morning, Gu Tongwan drove to the meat processing plant while there was still plenty of time.

When she went to the backyard to get the car, she was almost burned by the scorching surface of the car. After she came back to the backyard, she found a plastic awning in the space when she was scavenging before. It was the kind of bicycle shed that many units or enterprises often saw before the end of the world. The thickness of the plastic was good, which was enough to provide sun protection and rain protection.

Although it was a little difficult for a girl to do all this, she had done everything over the years, so she quickly got the cement and sand ready. She made four places about half a meter deep on the open space where the steel pipes could be inserted, and then poured cement on them. After the cement dried, it could fix the four steel pipes of the awning.

It took two nights to complete all of this. Normally, the car can be placed here to avoid being exposed to direct sunlight, and a heat insulation cover should be placed on the outside of the car.

Although I had been well prepared, I still underestimated the temperature during the day. As soon as I lifted the heat shield and touched the door handle, I got burned.

Gu Tongwan was so frightened that he immediately pulled his hand back, and his originally listless spirit suddenly became clear.

That's right, the car is just a square piece of iron. Even with an awning, the temperature will always burn the surrounding objects. Plus, the windows are closed, so it's more appropriate to say that it's a small heated sauna.

After a long sigh, Gu Tongwan scooped out a bucket of ice from the space. After placing it on the ground for more than ten minutes, it turned into ice water. She threw down a rag, wet it slightly, opened the car door, wiped the steering wheel and the seat where she was going to sit, and turned on the air conditioner. It took about fifteen minutes for the temperature in the car to drop from fifty degrees to about thirty degrees. After all, the space in the car is small. Once the air conditioner is turned on, the cold air can be quickly transmitted to every corner until it fills the entire space.

After the temperature inside the car cooled down completely, it finally remained at around 26 degrees. Compared to the scorching sun of 56 or 57 degrees outside, this temperature was like heaven.

Driving outside, we found that all the shops along the street were closed and almost no household dared to open the windows. Although they knew that ventilation was needed in this weather, they were also worried that the scorching sun would shine into their homes, so they could only leave the windows ajar.

Before leaving, I contacted Xiaoli and told her that the guesthouse had been closed for almost a month. I had to go to bed before 9pm every night for the past month. I had to force myself to sleep. Otherwise, I couldn't sleep because the temperature was too high. I could only lie down after 9pm when it was a little windy and get up at 6am. I had nothing to do and had been cleaning the guesthouse recently. I started cleaning from the restaurant on the first floor, wiping all the things that were not needed temporarily and covering them with plastic film. The tableware had to be arranged neatly.

Maybe it was because the daytime was too boring, so she and Lan Cen worked very hard.

In the afternoon, the two of them would stay in the room and use their mobile phones to surf the Internet. She had previously used the more than 3,000 points she had saved to buy an unknown number of tablet computers from an acquaintance. Except for the small memory and some lag in use, it could be used to surf the Internet and chat normally, so sometimes she would just watch some live videos with Lan Cen.

Although the weather continues to warm up during this period, more and more people have been doing live broadcasts. They are all low-level psychics or hunters in the outer circle.

In the absence of TV dramas and various film resources at the base, and the absence of so-called film and television stars, the Internet celebrities who do live broadcasts outdoors have become big stars that everyone is chasing after. In particular, some people who are good at making challenge videos have made full use of their special abilities, such as deliberately going to the northern Dasanlin to hunt in scorching weather despite the opposition of the city gate self-defense team members.

Unlike the scorching hot weather, the hosts of the outdoor challenge videos claimed that the closer to the northern forest, the cooler it was. However, the beast tide had just ended, and the northern forest was more like a desolate and dead place. The hosts only dared to circle around the periphery but did not dare to challenge the restricted area easily. After all, that was a place where even S-level psychics might not be able to return. Making money was important, but it would not be worth it to sacrifice their lives for it.

So these anchors simply moved the location and changed the challenge location to an abandoned town about thirty kilometers away from the base.

I have to say that the live broadcast at night was quite exciting to watch. The road surface in the dark abandoned town was cracked into several places due to the previous major earthquake. You could still vaguely see some small shops on both sides. When you shine a flashlight through the broken glass doors, you could only see a concentrated light spot.

Although the host was sweating, he still looked very excited.

Lan Cen found these things inexplicably creepy. He didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but watching the replay during the day even had a cooling effect.

Xiaoli took a shriveled fruit and ate it on the sofa. Now her room was equipped with air conditioning. Her aunt and uncle decided to buy a second-hand one at a high price. This way, she could sleep better at night.

So during this period of time, the little girl Lan Cen almost stayed in Xiaoli's room to use the air conditioning every day. However, it was too hot for the two of them to sleep next to each other at night. Finally, the proprietress found a folding bed from the warehouse. Lan Cen was small, so it was a little more comfortable for her to sleep on it.

"What's so good about this? It's just some grandstanding tricks." Xiaoli rolled her eyes. This kind of live video is quite fresh at first, but after watching it too much, you will know that it is all the same routine. It's always the same few superpowers jumping around like clowns, and people even want to transfer points to his card as a reward. How can he just have good thoughts?"

"Sister Xiaoli, I think..." Lan Cen looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

"What do you think? If you have something to say, can you please say it all at once?"

Xiaoli continued to gnaw on the sour and astringent fruit in her hand. It tasted similar to an apple, but the texture was far worse. This thing cost almost ten points each, but it was said to be a heat-resistant plant. After the extremely hot weather, there were even fewer varieties of other fruits on the market. Currently, only this kind of fruit called sand apple and another kind called sour jujube are sold normally on the market, but the price is 20% more expensive than before.

"I think you're getting more and more eloquent. I really miss the way you talked to customers when the store was open normally." Lan Cen said this before lowering his head and sticking out his tongue.

Xiaoli sneered, "Okay, you little bitch, you have entered a rebellious phase recently, and you are still complaining about me in a roundabout way? If you hadn't just taken a shower, I would definitely give you a good beating."

The two of them teased each other for a while, and Xiaoli said, "Wanwan will come to the store to borrow some tools later. Can you ask Auntie if there is any iced sugar water in the refrigerator?"

"Is Sister Wanwan coming over? That's great. It feels like I haven't seen her for a long time." Lan Cen was immediately very happy. It had been almost two weeks since Gu Tongwan moved to the small building. They hadn't seen her for half a month, and everyone in the guesthouse missed her a lot.

After being happy, Lan Cen asked again: "What did Sister Wanwan come to borrow?"

"It looks like a plastic windshield. There are all kinds of weird things in my aunt's warehouse. There used to be a sunshade enclosure for motorcycles and electric vehicles, and an abandoned chainsaw. Your sister Wanwan said she wanted to take it back and try to find someone to repair it." In fact, those things have been piled up in the warehouse for a long time. Even if she didn't lend them, they would just continue to gather dust in the warehouse. But repairing these things is not easy. I remember that the chainsaw seemed to be bought by my aunt on the black market for less than 300 points. It had some minor problems when I got it back, and it broke down after less than three uses. My aunt was so angry that she kept cursing that cheap goods are not good.

While the two were chatting, Gu Tongwan's car was speeding on the road. Since there were not many cars in the base, there were no traffic lights. There was no one around during the day, so she could drive as fast as she wanted in the neighborhood.