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

At 1:30 in the morning on the day of the incident, several furtive figures were lingering outside the door of Gu Tongwan's shop.

Although the shop is located near a relatively prosperous and upscale residential area in the inner circle, it is impossible to set up Sky Eye surveillance equipment in the apocalypse, so thefts, robberies and other incidents often occur in the city.

The temperature at night dropped to only two or three degrees, and a layer of cold had even formed on the plastic fences of shops along the street. I'm afraid the temperature will drop below zero within two days.

The three men outside had their hands in their trouser pockets. All three of them deliberately covered their faces tightly with masks or thick scarves. Another man pulled his scarf down slightly, took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, squinting at the shop about 20 meters away.

"Brother, it seems to be right here in front. Xiaojuan said there are two flower beds next to it and a stone lion statue on the left. The store has no sign, so it should be right." One of the masked men came forward and whispered.

Another man, whose hair was blown into a mess (referred to as the Chicken Coop Man), was shaking from the cold all over, stamping his feet constantly, with puffs of white air coming out of his nostrils. His tone became hurried, "Now that we've confirmed it, let's get started. It's unbearable to stay outside in this weather. I'm freezing like a dog."

The smoking man frowned, a hint of impatience flashing across his face, "Shut the fuck up, can't you stand it now? Why didn't you say you were going to die of stuffing when you were eating? You're such a loser!"

After being scolded, the chicken coop man could only hang his head and remain silent, but his body was still shaking violently. He was only wearing a thin cotton coat, and his jeans underneath looked dirty. It was obvious that he was not very clean in his daily life.

The masked man quickly tried to smooth things over and ease the atmosphere: "Brother, Huazi just wants to work faster. Besides, the weather is really cold. I don't think there will be any Self-Defense Force members nearby for a while. Think about it, if even we can't stand this kind of weather, those Self-Defense Force members will definitely find a way to reduce the frequency of patrols."

The smoking man actually felt cold. He had heard that the Hunter's Association was within 500 meters, and there were offices of several medium to large guilds just around the corner. If what they did tonight was exposed, would the nearby hunters show up and catch them all in one fell swoop?

"Wait a little longer. Let's take action after the Self-Defense Forces finish patrolling this area." The man decided to wait patiently. After all, this was no joke. If someone committed a house robbery or theft in the base, he would either be thrown to the prison in the south of the city or expelled from the city. He had narrowly avoided the Self-Defense Forces several times before, and this time he couldn't let himself be caught in the trap because of a slight underestimate.

Seeing his firm attitude, the masked man didn't know what to say, so the three of them could only huddle in the nearby bushes.

The vegetation in the inner circle is normal and has not mutated, but there are mosquitoes in winter. In particular, places with plants are often accompanied by insects, ants, snakes, and rats. Although the size of the mosquitoes has not mutated too exaggeratedly, their toxicity is several times higher than before. It often takes at least half a month for the swelling to go down after being bitten. When it was extremely hot, a large-scale sanitation campaign to eliminate the four pests was launched in the base.

At present, four people are huddled under the shade of a tree. Because the weather has been cold recently, no one has repaired the vegetation that was replanted after the acid rain period. It has been growing wildly during this period, and is densely covered with a layer of ants. There are also mosquitoes in the cold and humid place. Waves of itching come over them, so after a while the chicken coop man can't stand it anymore and starts scratching his neck constantly.

"Fuck, it's just a poisonous mosquito?" After slapping a mosquito to death, the masked man stared in astonishment at the big mosquito, which was about two centimeters long, in his palm. In the faint moonlight, he could see that the mosquito's beak was very sharp, just like the needle of a syringe.

The guy with the chicken coop hair was also bitten. He originally wanted to endure it, but later he really couldn't bear it anymore. He had to keep twisting while squatting, which immediately caused dissatisfaction among the two people around him.

"What are you doing? Be quiet. If someone finds out, I'll beat you to death!" The smoking man glared at the masked man and warned him fiercely.

"I, I..." The masked man was too embarrassed to say that he had a bite on his butt, and it was painful and itchy.

Just when the three people could no longer bear the mosquito bites, they heard footsteps not far away, so they immediately held their breath. In the darkness, they only stared with burning eyes at a self-defense force consisting of five or six psychics that appeared in front of them.

Although the level of the Self-Defense Forces' psychics is not very high, they are all equipped with thermal weapons. Even if they do not have psychics, a bullet is enough to scare most people.

Due to the recent sharp drop in temperature, the base has increased the frequency of patrols in various districts and streets, and has begun recruiting volunteers. However, the volunteers are free and do not receive any salary. They only work from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., and include a lunch, so not many people have signed up at the moment. The Self-Defense Forces have increased the number of teams per street from one to two, apparently to take precautions against various emergencies caused by the arrival of extreme cold.

The smoking man had calculated the approximate time of the Self-Defense Forces' patrols, and he also knew that the interval between their patrols on each street was at least two hours, and these two hours were enough for them to take action.

Just as the smoking man had calculated, the Self-Defense Forces were just on routine patrol and would not stay in one place for too long unless there were any unusual circumstances around.

Five minutes later...

The chicken coop head seemed to have its butt on fire, slapping various parts of its body as it rushed out of the bushes.

The masked man and the smoking man following behind were not much better. When they came out, they either stomped their feet or slapped their hands hard.

After the three of them had slapped almost all the insects and ants on their bodies, they saw that each of them had one or two red marks on their faces left by poisonous mosquito bites.

"Damn it, it's almost winter, why are there still so many mosquitoes?" The chicken coop man couldn't help but curse.

The smoking man ignored the two people behind him and walked towards the store.

They have professional equipment and tools in their hands, but simple rolling doors and U-shaped locks are no match for professional thieves.

Within a few minutes, accompanied by a crisp sound, the outermost rolling door was easily cracked, and the same was true for the glass door afterwards.

As soon as he entered, he smelled the fragrance of vegetables and fruits. Jiwotou couldn't help but say, "Oh my god, it smells so good. It makes me hungry."

"Eat, eat, eat. You just eat all day long. Do you remember why we are here?" The masked man turned on the flashlight on his phone and shone the light directly into the eyes of the chicken coop man, causing him to cover his face and scream.

"Shut up! Are you guys dissatisfied with the fact that the Self-Defense Forces didn't go far enough? Or are you disappointed that no one noticed what you did? You two have brains filled with water. Pay attention!"

"Brother, we got it. We will definitely be careful." The masked man pulled the chicken coop man with an embarrassed smile on his face.

The chicken coop man let out a sigh and muttered, "Xiaojuan asked us to destroy things in the store, but I think the fruit here is pretty good, and the cucumbers look good too." He didn't hesitate to pick up a cucumber and started to eat it. He originally thought that the taste would be not much different from what he usually ate, but he didn't expect that the cucumber was sweet and crisp, and more importantly, it didn't feel astringent at all.

The masked man next to him heard the "crunching" sounds one after another, and out of curiosity he picked up the apples that were emitting fragrance on the shelf on the side.

Although I tried my best to hold back the smell when I first came in, the shelf where the apples are placed is right next to me, and the fragrance keeps entering my nose from time to time, which makes my stomach start to shake.

After taking a bite of the apple, I discovered that it was not only juicy and sweet, but most importantly, it had the unique aroma of the apples I had eaten many years ago, and not the apples with strange flavors that were sold at the base now.

Seeing his two younger brothers eating without any scruples, the smoking man became furious. Just as he was about to curse them, he was attracted by the smell of fruits next to them.

"It seems like this fruit and vegetable shop gets its supplies from somewhere. Why do the fruits here smell so good?" The smoking man became suspicious and thought about the situation when Zhou Xiaojuan found him this afternoon.

In fact, Zhou Xiaojuan and the smoker are in an ambiguous relationship without dating yet. To be precise, Zhou Xiaojuan has been keeping the smoker hanging, and even though the smoker knows this, he is still happy to enjoy such a relationship. After all, Zhou Xiaojuan is good-looking, knows how to dress up, and has many suitors around her. More importantly, her family background is not bad. Her parents have decent jobs and live in an inner circle. If he really dates Zhou Xiaojuan, would he be afraid that his future father-in-law and mother-in-law would not care about his future? After the two of them really get married, he can move to the Zhou family with a legitimate reason, or let the Zhou family pay for the couple to rent a house outside, and he is afraid that the Zhou family will also ask him to solve any work problems.

Even though Zhou Xiaojuan is not as good as the others and cannot be compared with the daughters of really wealthy families, she is from a well-off family. Her family environment is already higher than that of 70 to 80 percent of ordinary people in the base, which is more than enough to compare with the others.

Although Zhou Xiaojuan usually has a bad temper, this is the first time she can find him to vent her anger. If this matter is handled well, Zhou Xiaojuan might agree to date him.

Zhou Xiaojuan's meaning was very simple, which was to smash all the things in the store without leaving a single thing behind. Not only would this cause the proprietress to suffer a huge loss, but the store would also be unable to continue doing business for at least ten days to half a month.

After briefly asking the reason, I found out that Zhou Xiaojuan was fired by the boss of the store in the morning. She also said that the boss was very difficult to get along with and even found fault with her during work.

Which man could bear to see his beloved being wronged and even crying in front of him? So he decided to vent his anger for Zhou Xiaojuan and came here with his two friends.

The masked man ate the whole apple almost without hesitation, and then he remembered the purpose of their visit tonight. However, he was reluctant to smash all the fruits here, so he spoke carefully: "Brother, I think these fruits are really delicious. It would be a waste if they were smashed. Why don't we take them away and smash the remaining ones that can't be taken away."

"Take it away? How?" There are so many things in the store, even if you take a little of each, the total amount will fill a large sack.

After hearing the conversation between the two, the chicken coop man quickly came over and whispered, "We came here on motorcycles, so let's find a bag and tie it on both sides of the motorcycle, and we should be able to transport some of it."

The smoking man pointed his finger at the shelf and said, "That broken motorcycle was already overloaded when it arrived. How can you still hang things on it?"

"Let's try it first. If it doesn't work, at worst one of us will stay here and drive it back after delivering the things." In short, there are so many good things that you can't leave them all behind. The chicken coop man was afraid that the smoking man would not agree, so he was rubbing his hands anxiously.

The smoking man glanced at the masked man and saw that he was nodding his head desperately. He then thought about how their food during this period was indeed too bad. Although they were not so hungry that they had to go without meals, they could only eat corn porridge with potatoes every day. Occasionally, when the food was better, it was just some smelly minced meat fried with sour tomatoes, and most of the time it was just noodles with pickles.

There are so many delicious fruits and vegetables in front of me, and there are even seven or eight glass cans of what look like braised meat on the shelf next to me.

After making up his mind, the smoking man nodded and said, "You two, find a bag and take the canned food here first, and then take some fruits and vegetables. Our motorcycle can't carry much. If we carry too much, it will be troublesome if we meet the Self-Defense Force on the road. Just fill three bags. If they are full, we will start smashing them. Remember, don't crush even a single vegetable seedling!"

As soon as the smoking man delivered the goods, the man in the chicken coop and the man in the mask showed happy and triumphant smiles on their faces, and they became even more excited after finding a few snakeskin bags on the cardboard box on the shelf next to them.

In less than ten minutes, the three snakeskin bags were filled. One bag was full of fruits, another bag contained canned braised meat and some canned fruits, and another bag contained fresh cucumbers and tomatoes.

These can stay fresh for at least three to five days at room temperature in the winter without going bad. Even if they can't finish eating them themselves, they can resell them, which will be an extra income.

The smashing and beating action that followed was also very quick. They swept all the remaining fruits on the shelves to the ground, and then stepped on them with their feet, making the shelves a mess.

Because it was late at night and there were no residential houses outside the store, the noise here did not attract the attention of outsiders for the time being.

The man in the chicken coop had his feet on sweet potato leaves but a arrogant smile on his face. He thought to himself that the owner of this store was indeed unlucky. Who made him offend Zhou Xiaojuan, the one their boss loved?

In the darkness, an object about ten centimeters long was wriggling rapidly on the ground, and soon it drilled into the man's trouser leg.