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

The accident at the high-level meeting seemed to be just a small episode. As for how the discussion would proceed next, both Zhang Zhijun and Yu Hui needed to pay attention to the problems at hand.

However, two days later, the number of patrol personnel in the base did increase by about twice as much as before.

It was thought that the most serious terrorist attack and massacre occurred in the civil servant community where Liao Yunyun lived. However, unexpectedly, a huge explosion occurred in a shantytown in the outer circle on the afternoon of the next day. It seemed that a group of people committed a malicious crime, causing at least 80 people to be injured and a total of hundreds of shantytown residents were affected.

After this incident, the proposal to send additional personnel put forward by Chen Yanxi at the meeting was immediately passed. Those powerful people also realized that once a large-scale unrest broke out in the base, their personal interests would be affected in the end.

During the acid rain period, all members of the Self-Defense Force wore raincoats made of special acid-resistant materials developed by the research institute, and patrolled the main streets of each city in groups of six. At night, they changed to groups of four. Due to lack of manpower, the base even worked out a "volunteer" plan with the Hunter Association, whereby hunters above level D could voluntarily sign up for patrol operations, and the base would subsidize a daily reward of 200 points, and the Hunter Association would subsidize an additional 50 points.

Although two hundred and fifty points are not a lot of money for these hunters, it is still quite tempting for D-level and C-level hunters who have been unable to hunt for a long time due to the extreme heat. After all, they can easily earn fifteen hundred points in a week. In less than two days, more than a hundred hunters have signed up for the volunteer activity.

At the guesthouse, after the last malicious attack, the proprietress installed the few remaining steel plates in the warehouse on the main entrance and several windows on the first floor the next day. Several windows on the second and third floors facing the street were also renovated and reinforced from the inside.

However, in the first few days, Lan Qin and Xiao Li were still very frightened, fearing that another accident might happen in the guesthouse.

However, with the occurrence of terrorist attacks, acid rain continued to fall, and the latest water restriction regulations in the base also caused an uproar. Although there were complaints in the base, the base's decision could not be resisted, and everyone rushed to store water one day before the water restriction period.

Because there have been water restrictions during extremely hot weather, every household has buckets and basins of water. Even so, some people are still posting help messages on the forum asking to buy buckets.

Occasionally there are successful transactions under the posts, but they are only limited to neighbors on the same floor of a community or in the same block. However, the probability of such a coincidence is very small, and the price of a bucket can now be driven up to three hundred points or ten kilograms of rice.

Gu Tongwan stayed on the second floor for the past two days, while Yan Fan continued to train with Aoao and Tutu on the first floor. As for food, Yan Fan planned to pay Gu Tongwan a certain number of points as accommodation and food expenses, but was rejected by Gu Tongwan.

"If you really want to repay me, please accompany me to the northern forest after the acid rain period is over. I need to collect some medicinal herbs and some special plants, but it will be dangerous. You can consider it. If you don't want to, you can deliver some goods for me later."

Unexpectedly, Yan Fan did not hesitate at all and answered directly: "I will go to the big forest in the north with you."

Gu Tongwan crossed his arms over his chest and asked with a smile, "Aren't you worried about the danger?"

"If I was worried about the danger, I wouldn't have agreed to the deal from the beginning. Besides, I also want to try my skills and test the results of my training during this period."

Ever since the fight with the people from the "Illuminati" a few days ago, Yan Fan found that his current strength was still too weak. Not to mention the poisonous fog mutant, if he were to face a mutant beast of Aoao's level alone, he would not even have a chance to escape.

Yan Fan urgently needs training and experience. If he encounters a similar situation in the future, he can at least buy time for Sister Wanwan to escape, or even hope to protect those who have done him a favor.

Seeing the determined look on Yan Fan's face, Gu Tongwan didn't say anything, but only asked again: "Can you dissect animals?"

Yan Fan was startled, and immediately revealed a puzzled look, then she explained: "Well, my friend is a pig farmer, and because there is a batch of live pigs that need to be processed during the acid rain period, she said she would sell some to me at a low price, and asked me to pick up the goods after the acid rain period is over. When I get them back, I need to disassemble the pork, so I asked you if you can do it."

After understanding, Yan Fan nodded and said, "I learned a little bit when I was working in the outer circle before, so I guess I know it."

Gu Tongwan smiled and thought to herself that after the acid rain ended, it would be time to drag out the dead pigs in the space and deal with them. After all, this was hard work, and if she gave it to others, she was afraid that someone would covet the pork. It would be better for her and Yan Fan to deal with it together. With two people, it would take at least a few days to finish it. Then they could make some braised meat, some of which could be preserved and some could be put on the forum for sale, which would kill two birds with one stone.

The reason why she was in such a hurry to make money was mainly because she wanted to upgrade the system space as soon as possible. Secondly, there was less than a month left before the dungeon opened. At this juncture, she had to seize any opportunity to make money.

The [Exchange Market] on the forum is still very popular. After all, the acid rain almost cut off people's contact with the outside world. Even if daily life resumes afterwards, the base will still maintain a state of inflation in a short period of time. During the period of rising prices, everyone just wants to ensure that they have sufficient supplies as much as possible. Therefore, the exchange market is divided into regions to facilitate everyone to click to enter the same block. For example, the atmosphere is currently divided into "Outer Circle" and "Inner Circle", and the Outer Circle is divided into "South City District, North City District, East Gate, West Gate" and various street names. The Inner Circle is divided by more famous landmark buildings or slightly well-known communities and hospitals.

The "Long-Range Hunter Association" that had previously exchanged crystal cores with Gu Tongwan could only preliminarily finalize the exchange of crystal cores online because of the increasing acid rain.

It seemed that Xu Hang's stockpiled food could only last about three days, and he was worrying about how to exchange supplies with the "Boss Gu" on the Internet. Moreover, the buyer seemed to be offline in the past few days. Just when Xu Hang thought that the other party had gone back on his word, he unexpectedly received a message from the other party on the forum backend.

Gu [Sorry, I was busy the past few days, so I wasn't online much. 】

Xu Hang: [Ah, it's okay, it's okay, but do you want to continue the exchange you mentioned? ]

Gu [Yes, I will come to find you when the rain is a little lighter. ]

Xu Hang [? Do you live near me?]

Gu [It’s not too far, let’s see how the rain is first? ]

Although Xu Hang wanted to reply that he was almost out of food, he couldn't wait any longer. Besides, there was a group of brothers in the guild who were eagerly waiting for supplies. In order to save food, everyone could only change three meals a day to two meals a day, and the portion was one-third less than before. In addition, they used sleep to replenish the lost energy, just as a way to lose weight.

But everyone knows that even though everyone has made efforts and adjustments for this, the food rations in the kitchen are actually decreasing day by day. Yesterday when he went to cook, he found that the rice in the rice jar was almost empty.

Although he was anxious, Xu Hang couldn't urge people to go out during the acid rain season. After all, they could survive on an empty stomach for a while, but going out during the acid rain season could be fatal.

The acid rain continued for almost a week. There was no big problem with electricity, but water was very tight. One day when I went downstairs to the kitchen to get something, I saw Yan Fan using the water that seemed to have been used for bathing last night to wash clothes. Gu Tongwan immediately frowned, mainly because the water looked too turbid. How could the clothes washed in it be clean?

Although Gu Tongwan was not a germaphobe, she still felt that she did not need to be extremely frugal when there was no shortage of water resources. Besides, she remembered that there was still more than half of the water left in the water barrel in the yard, and that was a barrel of several hundred liters.

Even if Yan Fan uses 10 liters of water a day, it can last for two months. Besides, she usually uses the water in the space for cooking and taking a bath, and the water bucket in the yard is always sufficient.

"Yan Fan, isn't there still a lot of water in the yard? There's no need to save water too much. The acid rain season is almost over, and the water restriction period shouldn't last too long."

Yan Fan stopped scrubbing and said with lowered eyes: "The groundwater may be affected after the acid rain period, and the water supply system cannot be restored in a short time."

"It's okay. There are water barrels in the yard and on the second floor. We also stored some water in the house. We usually buy bottled water for drinking. There's no need to worry for now. Also, your water is too dirty. If you don't wash your clothes properly, you'll get sick easily."

Although he was still struggling, fortunately Yan Fan listened to him and finally used the basin of water to flush the toilet.

This time the Meteorological Bureau was unexpectedly accurate. The acid rain gradually subsided after a week of construction. However, all the buildings in the base, except for some buildings that were built to take acid rain corrosion into consideration, did not change much. All the buildings, such as self-built houses, shanty towns and individual blocks, looked like they had been burned by fire. All the walls were corroded by the acidic liquid and turned into a burnt brown. The smell of acidic gas was spreading throughout the base. The windows were only opened occasionally for ventilation, and the pungent smell spread into the room, making people miserable.

Some residents of the shantytowns on the outer circle have been relocated by the Self-Defense Forces to several large stadiums and training grounds within the base in accordance with instructions from their superiors.

It is said that there is a large shelter inside, which is somewhat similar to the original rescue center. There are nearly 5,000 people crowded in an area of ​​several thousand square meters. Most of these people live in low-lying areas or shanty towns. They had to be transferred to centralized resettlement sites because their homes were corroded by acid rain.

Although the air is stuffy inside, at least I don't have to worry about acid rain corrosion every night when I go to bed.

During this period, the "Illuminati" has been carrying out various terrorist attacks in secret. The Self-Defense Forces have arrested hundreds of people in total, of which only seven are core members. Most of the rest have become believers after being "brainwashed". They believe that the "Illuminati" will bring them wealth and freedom, so they blindly follow the core members of the church and obey their orders to disrupt the internal order of the base, attempting to turn the base into another lawless place.

The Illuminati probably didn't expect that the base would act so swiftly. After all, the power of the Illuminati has actually infiltrated the top levels of the base. It's just that this "big tiger" has not shown any clues yet, and it is not clear whether the spy is from the powerful or the practical faction. But since the third day of the arrest operation, the people of the Illuminati acted as if they had heard the news a long time ago. Every time the Self-Defense Forces followed the clues of the informant and arrived at the arrest site, the people over there managed to escape at the right time.

It was the twenty-ninth day of acid rain. The acid rain on this day was only a drizzle, and occasionally cars equipped with anti-corrosion materials could be seen driving on the road.

Starting last week, the base announced on the forum and radio that it has developed the latest anti-corrosion rain gear, car rain shields and rainproof cloth. However, they are expensive. The price of a set of raincoats and rain boots is more than 1,500 points, and the price of rainproof cloth is as high as 300 points per meter. A car needs at least 7 or 8 meters of rainproof cloth, which is a considerable expense.

However, even if the price is high, wealthy people are still willing to buy it because this expense is necessary for them. Things that are initially purchased with the mentality of giving it a try soon become popular in the upper circles.

Gu Tongwan originally wanted to buy it, but considering that the acid rain season would end in about a week, he thought it would be a bit of a waste to spend 3,000 points on it. After much deliberation, he finally decided not to buy it for the time being.

After the acid rain period is over, I'm afraid the price of this thing will drop, and you can buy it then to prevent acid rain from happening again in the future.

Around 1 p.m., Gu Tongwan put on her rain gear and went out with only Tutu and the dog. It was drizzling outside, so she planned to drive back halfway.

She was driving a pickup truck, so the body of the truck might be slightly corroded, but she had considered that if the damage was not too serious, she would use the [Repair Robot] to repair it.

Yan Fan saw her going out alone and didn't ask too many questions. Now, unless she asked him to do so, Yan Fan would not ask too much about her affairs.

Driving a pickup truck on the road, I could see much less waterlogging and accumulation on the road. It should be that the base sent someone to clear the sewers, and occasionally I could see Self-Defense Force members on patrol.

The "Long-Range Hunter Guild" is located in a block about three kilometers from the inner business circle. There are a lot of office buildings here, most of which are small and medium-sized companies and medium-sized hunter guilds.

The pickup truck was parked in a covered area in front of the community gate. When I got out of the car, I found that the body of the pickup truck was slightly corroded, with black spots on it.

The meeting arrived about five minutes earlier than the agreed time, and at this moment a slightly plump young man walked out from an office building in front of the community.