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

While having dinner in the evening, she mentioned to Yan Fan that she had already rented a store and shelves. She would have to go to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau in the administrative center tomorrow morning to apply for a business license for opening a store. To apply for the license, she would need to provide a store rental contract and her personal identity information and proof of assets. To open a store, she would need to have at least 100,000 points in her card, otherwise it would be considered a shell store by the base. To a certain extent, the people who open stores are also screened.

It is said that it costs an additional fee of one thousand points to apply for a business license, and the validity period of this certificate is only half a year. After half a year, you need to go back to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau to re-update the original certificate. However, the fee for the second renewal will be less, and only three hundred points are required.

She learned all this on the Internet from Ye Yan, a girl she had met in the dungeon before. Ye Yan was quite excited when she knew she was going to open a store and said she would definitely visit her when the store opened.

At around 7:30 in the evening, an uninvited guest arrived. Liao Yunyun knocked on the door of Gu Tongwan's courtyard, carrying two bags of snacks.

In fact, as soon as Liao Yunyun walked near the courtyard, Aoao and Tutu had already sensed her scent. They barked at Gu Tongwan a few times and then rushed into the yard.

Gu Tongwan and Yan Fan looked at each other, and realized that someone was coming outside, so they left the living room one after another.

Yan Fan walked over and opened the door, and found Liao Yunyun standing at the door with two red bags in her hands.

"I'm almost dying of exhaustion. If I had known earlier, I would have asked them to drop me off at the intersection ahead. There would be no need to walk hundreds of more meters." Liao Yunyun said as she handed the things in her hand to Yan Fan.

"Why didn't you call me before coming? I could have picked you up." Gu Tongwan pulled Liao Yunyun into the house. The temperature had dropped sharply recently, and it was only 20 degrees after 7 o'clock in the evening. But at this time, Liao Yunyun's forehead was covered with a layer of hot sweat, probably because she had been walking fast all the way.

Liao Yunyun wiped the sweat off her face with her sleeve. "I just wanted to come to your house to chat with you and tell you about the latest situation in the dungeon."

"Have you eaten yet?"

Liao Yunyun nodded: "I've eaten in the company cafeteria, but I can have more for supper later. You know how bad the food in our company is. It's potato sauce rolled with scallion pancakes. The most important thing is that I don't know how the pancakes are baked. They almost broke my teeth."

"Okay, I'll make you a sandwich tonight." Gu Tongwan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he said, "Sleep here with me tonight. It's not safe to go back at night."

Liao Yunyun nodded: "I just plan to stay at your place and have a midnight snack."

In fact, how could Gu Tongwan not see through Liao Yunyun's little thoughts? She was probably traumatized by the massacre that happened in the community some time ago. Although Liao Yunyun was bold and cheerful, she lived alone after all. "People had died" in both floors of this building. Every time she thought of the situation that day, she would wake up in her dreams. However, she heard that the vacant houses had been sold recently. After all, in the end times, housing supply was tight, and compared to being homeless outside, this so-called "haunted house" became less important.

Liao Yunyun planned to go back after a few days when the new neighbors next door moved in. Unlike now, when she passed through the corridor after get off work every day, she felt terribly silent, especially since the corridor light was broken last time and no one had come to repair it. Walking through dozens of meters of darkness was like stepping into another world. She really felt uncomfortable in her heart, so she could only find an excuse to stay at her sister's house for two days based on the incident in the underground city.

While Liao Yunyun was washing up, Gu Tongwan opened the two bags she brought. One bag contained salt-baked peanuts, and the other contained a lot of sweet potatoes.

She also has some sweet potatoes in her space. When the apocalypse broke out three years ago, she went to the farmer's market and bought basically all the fruits and vegetables she could see, especially this kind of filling food, and she stocked up a lot of it.

She picked out three larger ones, wrapped them in tin foil and put them in the air fryer. They were cooked in about twenty-five minutes.

Half of the remaining bag of salt-baked peanuts was poured out and placed on the plate. She was not very interested in the salt-baked peanuts because they had no taste except for the salt. Any crops grown in the apocalypse seemed to have no particular taste. Apart from retaining the original taste, they could not be compared with the previous taste at all.

So she simply asked Yan Fan to peel the remaining half. She heated up the oil in a pan, took out some dried chilies, and stir-fried the chilies after the peanuts were put into the pan. She sprinkled some pepper and salt when they were almost out of the pan. She made a dish that was not too authentic, but at least after stir-frying, the spicy flavor and pepper and salt gradually permeated the peanuts, making them more crispy.

After Liao Yunyun came out of the shower, she saw that the peanuts and sweet potatoes she brought had been processed. She wiped her wet hair and sniffed them, her tone full of surprise: "What a nice smell! They weren't that fragrant when I bought them. Wanwan, you really know how to cook."

"It's not that exaggerated, I just stir-fried it. I have a stronger taste, and I don't like your salt-baked peanuts."

Liao Yunyun shrugged. "I'm not picky about food anyway. After all, these are the only snacks I can afford. Other snacks like potato chips are too expensive."

After sitting down, Yan Fan went to get two glasses of juice. Now Gu Tongwan would get some juice from the space every day and put it in the refrigerator. At first, Yan Fan wondered why there was always fresh juice at home, but when she thought about the fresh fruits and vegetables she sold and the business she had done with the Wanderer Base several times, she naturally thought that the Wanderer Base and her friend who lived outside the base were her sources of goods.

Liao Yunyun took a sip of the sour and sweet plum juice, and immediately felt that the blandness in her mouth was relieved. Then she talked about the content of the group meeting at the unit today.

"The demon species brought out from the dungeon was analyzed by the research institute and confirmed to be the latest mutated demon species. Although this demon species has a crystal core in its body, it cannot be used. Once the demon species has been dead for more than four hours, the crystal core in its body will turn into black powder. In addition, they also found that these demon species contain human genes in their blood."

Speaking of this, Liao Yunyun couldn't help but shudder all over. There were actually human genes in the mutant beast's blood. There were only two possibilities. One was that human blood was injected into the mutant beast's body, but this possibility was smaller. After all, the dead demon was just one of them. It was impossible for it to happen to encounter a demon with human genes.

The second possibility is that this demon species may be the product of demon species transformed from humans.

In fact, Liao Yunyun hoped for the first possibility more than the second possibility. After all, the second possibility made her feel sick. Humans gave birth to demons, which meant that these demons were the product of humans.

Although she wanted to deny the second possibility in her heart, it happened that another group in the station had mentioned some human experiments in their investigation of the cult organization "Illuminati" some time ago. Although the station had always kept this information strictly confidential, someone still leaked some of the information in the group. Of course, it was suppressed in the end. After all, this news had not even been reported in the country, and the station did not dare to run into trouble.

Liao Yunyun drank all the sour plum juice in one breath. The slightly cool sour plum juice seemed to reduce her fear a little, so she continued: "The base is currently planning to seal off the underground city. The official statement is that the underground city has sewage spreading and a partial collapse, and all the construction workers have been evacuated. The team in the underground city is basically D-level or above Self-Defense Force members. As for the guard team, they cannot be reinforced because of the problem of power outsourcing, but I think Chen Yanxi should be able to solve this problem."

"Wanwan, demons gather based on that special energy ore. If the energy ore disappears, will the demons leave the dungeon?"

Gu Tongwan frowned upon hearing this: "If the energy ore disappears, the base will probably face an unprecedented disaster."

Liao Yunyun's heart suddenly skipped a beat and there was a look of astonishment in her eyes.

At this time, Yan Fan, who was standing next to him, pursed his lips and said, "If the energy ore in the dungeon disappears, the demons will lose the energy they rely on for survival. At that time, in order to survive, they will need to constantly find substances that can replace the energy ore. Various surviving energy bodies will become their latest targets."

At this point, Yan Fan deliberately slowed down his speech: "All creatures are within their hunting range, including humans."

"W-what? Humans will become a new source of energy for the demons?" Liao Yunyun was so scared that her tongue was tied, and even her hand holding the cup couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Gu Tongwan didn't say anything, but just peeled the peanut shells silently.

If the higher-ups at the base were a little more foolish and really believed that the demons would leave the dungeon after the energy ore disappeared, then the innocent residents of the base would be the ones who would be affected in the end.

"This matter is not something that ordinary people like us can influence. However, since we know about the existence of demon species, we must at least take precautions. The location of the demon species is closest to Exit H, which is on the east side of the outer circle. However, it is also possible that the demon species will come out from another passage. These demon species were not found during the previous clearance operation in the dungeon. In addition, the entrance of each dungeon is strictly guarded by a guard team. The worst case scenario is that these demon species may have other passages leading out of the base."

Liao Yunyun's scalp tingled when she heard this, but she still gritted her teeth and said, "Don't worry, I put the guns you gave me in the cabinet. If anything goes wrong, I still have some ability to protect myself." However, she knew in her heart that if she really met the demon species face to face, she would be dead. Even A-level psychics were unilaterally slaughtered. For ordinary people like her, it was as easy as crushing an ant to the demon species.

Perhaps because the topic was too heavy, Gu Tongwan simply changed the subject and went straight back to the topic of opening a store.

"Has the opening time been set?" Liao Yunyun was in a better mood. After all, she was very concerned about her friend's shop.

Gu Tongwan nodded: "It's scheduled for the 16th of this month. I looked at the almanac and felt that day was a good day to open the store."

"The sixteenth day of the lunar calendar? Let me see what day it is." Liao Yunyun took out her phone and checked it, then said with a smile, "It happens to be Saturday. I normally have a day off that day. I have to prepare a lot of things before opening the store. Do you want me to help you after work on Friday?"

When she opened her own business, she was very busy. At that time, she was the only one who could run around. Even Gu Tongwan, who was still in college, took two days off from school to help. She still remembered that she lost more than ten pounds during that period. It was not until the store opened for business and hired two more employees that she felt a little more relaxed.

During the period, Liao Yunyun also mentioned one thing. She was very excited when she spoke about it, and her expression suddenly became happy.

"Zhang Heng and Liu Cheng broke up recently. It is said that Liu Cheng cheated on Zhang Heng many times. But Zhang Heng is not much better. In order to get more crystal cores and upgrade quickly, he hooked up with many rich women in private. The most important thing is that those rich women are all married. These two people are just biting each other, and the result is just a mouthful of fur."

Liao Yunyun felt so happy when she thought about this. She was unhappy when she saw Zhang Heng's pretentious look. In addition, Wanwan seemed to be a PUA when they were in a relationship. He always denied himself and put himself too low, which made her angry.

"Do you know how these two found out that they were both cuckolding each other? Liu Cheng found out because her backup guys sent her upstairs, and Zhang Heng found out because Liu Cheng found the chat history on his phone. Liu Cheng even took a photo and posted it to the chat group of their Hunter Guild. At that time, the Dawn Red Society was very lively. I know a friend who is in this guild. He showed me all the screenshots. Tsk tsk, you don't know how disgusting the content of Zhang Heng's chats with those rich ladies was. He kept calling them 'baby' and 'darling'. You have to know that some of those rich ladies already have grandchildren. This guy can really lose face just to curry favor with rich ladies."

Listening to Liao Yunyun's words, Gu Tongwan felt calm, with only a faint smile on her face. For her, she had not heard the name Zhang Heng for a long time. If Liao Yunyun hadn't mentioned it today, she would have almost forgotten about this person.

Yan Fan, who was standing beside him, was confused and asked subconsciously, "Who is Zhang Heng?"

"A big idiot." Liao Yunyun answered almost subconsciously, but then she suppressed a smirk and said, "He's also your sister Wanwan's ex-ex-boyfriend who died eight hundred years ago."

Gu Tongwan's calm expression finally showed some cracks at this moment. The chopsticks holding the peanuts shook for a moment, and then he said in a cold voice: "At that time, I was young and ignorant of the world, and I encountered a thief by chance."

Yan Fan coughed lightly and said, "I'd better eat peanuts."

The next morning, Gu Tongwan got up early and said to Yan Fan as soon as he came downstairs, "I'm going out to get the goods and will be back to cut the meat."

Yan Fan, who was practicing his supernatural powers with Aoao in the yard, saw her walking away before he asked what kind of meat she was cutting.