Love and passion, cutting up the wasteland

"How much does this kettle cost?"

"Two hundred Kai coins," the merchant introduced enthusiastically, "It can hold two kilograms of water. It is practical and beautiful, and it can also keep heat."

Lu Meng opened the lid of the pot and smelled inside. The smell of rubber hit his nostrils.

"Forget it, no more."

Lu Meng left the grocery store.

Unexpectedly, it is not easy to buy several sets of portable water sets on the black market. They are either chemical products that have long aged and easily leak out toxins, or they are fragile clay pots or heavy metal products.

After shopping around, Lu Meng only bought a relatively suitable leather water bag.

But thinking about it, ordinary residents in the hub station only need to prepare some sealed pottery to store water; a business association like Hongfang can prepare a metal kettle for people who go out to explore. Although it is more expensive and bulky, it is It's enough.

Merchants who need to travel between the hub station and other places will prepare several beasts of burden to transport water tanks, which is obviously not something that individuals can afford.

As for the scavengers at the bottom, it would be nice to have water to drink, and there is no spare part left.

This makes Lu Meng's needs that happen to be sandwiched in the middle seem a bit awkward.

"The best thing is a water bladder made of animal skin. It won't be easily scratched. It's also lighter than metal and can hold more water."

Lu Meng remembered that it was recorded in the martial arts summary of his previous life that a whole piece of skin from cattle, horses and other livestock could be peeled off to make a water bag. This world also has a similar process. Animal hides treated with oil and salt can be waterproofed.

The inner bladder of the water bladder is also very particular, and the best one is of course the stomach bladder that Lu Meng took out from Jiatu's body before.

and bladder.

For example, Lu Meng already has two large-capacity water bags at home.

Camel skin has been used to make leather clothes and leather shoes. The area of ​​rat and rabbit skin is too small, so the skin of medium-sized animals such as goats is more suitable.

"Would you like to go to Zhang Ying's place to see if there are any extra animal skins?"

Lu Meng suddenly remembered that the old hunter could hunt medium-sized animals such as wild roe deer.

Even though Lu Meng is now a warrior, his hunting experience and skills alone are still far behind such an old hunter.

Lu Meng's impression of Zhang Ying was actually not bad.

Although at first some people who were jealous of Lu Meng would use Zhang Ying's butcher shop to spite him.

They didn't come to buy meat themselves, but came to pretend to chat with Lu Meng while he was setting up his stall, intentionally or unintentionally.

What do you say, "It's still rats and rabbits today, Zhang Ying's butcher shop is better, and it catches more prey", or "Are your animal meats guaranteed? You don't have the reputation of an old hunter for so many years. I can't believe you. ".

Trying to provoke conflict between them.

But Lu Meng recalled the first time he and Zhang Ying met in the wilderness, and knew that these people could not have been ordered by Zhang Ying to run against him.

At that time, Lu Meng was just a newcomer. After Zhang Ying saw that he was also hunting, he turned around and left, giving up this hunting area that he might have been familiar with first to Lu Meng, and went to a new hunting area by himself, which was regarded as acquiescence.

You must know that peers are naked enemies.

Not to mention in a small place like a hub station where resources are scarce.

From this, we can guess that although Zhang Ying may be alienated and difficult to get close to people, she has her own principles.

Behind the previous phenomenon, at most, it was the play of some people. This is often the case. Sometimes the rightful owner doesn't say anything, and someone has already used his banner to wave the flag and lead the charge. Anyway, once a conflict breaks out, they will not be injured.

In the past, Lu Meng just laughed it off. With his goals and knowledge, he would not bark at the frog in the well or the dog on the street, let alone his attitude towards Zhang Ying.

But now that Lu Meng's strength has been exposed, these people don't even dare to look him in the eyes, they don't even have time to hide, and they will naturally not appear again in the future.

But when Lu Meng decided to stop by to say hello to Zhang Ying, he found that the door of Zhang Ying's butcher shop was locked.

——Unlike Lu Meng’s mobile stall, the old hunter has been operating for many years and already has his own fixed shop.

After asking people around him, he realized that this was Zhang Ying's normal behavior. Whether the butcher shop opened or not depended on his mood, and there was no fixed pattern.

Sometimes the doors may not open for weeks.

Lu Meng also smiled.

It seems that after all, he is not as diligent as a young man like himself.

He wasn't disappointed either. He came here impromptu and now he left with no joy.

As for the water bag problem, it can be solved slowly before setting off for a long journey.

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Finally, Lu Meng bought a large backpack in a leather goods store.

This is a serious heavy-duty backpack style, not the cloth bags and backpacks commonly used by scavengers.

[Item name: Large backpack.

Weight: 8kg

Weight loss: 50%

Actual combat level adjustment: minus 10

Stealth skill adjustment: reduced by 75%

Introduction: This backpack is huge, don’t even think about carrying it into battle; besides, do you really think you can pick it up after filling it with iron or other things? Go get a smaller one. 】

The actual situation is as explained. Carrying this kind of backpack is not only not conducive to concealment, but also has a great negative effect on combat, even if Lu Meng is already a warrior.

In short, it's a hindrance.

But this is actually not a big problem in actual combat, because he can drop the bag and start fighting again at any time.

Elementary school students know this when fighting: put down your schoolbag and come back to make a fight.

After Lu Meng put on this backpack, the attribute panel immediately changed:

[Name: Lu Beiyou (Lu Meng)

Actual combat level: (16) 26...

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Effective module (1/1): experience bonus (3 times)]

The words "(16) 26" appear in his [Actual Combat Level] column, which means that his current actual combat ability can only reach level 16.

——It’s not that Lu Meng’s state has regressed, it’s just that his performance is limited.

If the opponent really only has actual combat ability of about level 16, then Lu Meng can completely suppress him by relying on the gap in experience and realm thinking.

"And this is actually a good thing." Lu Meng knew that he had another cool trick to use.

Putting aside the disadvantages for the moment, we must also consider the function of the backpack. This backpack has 70 to 80 liters of space, which can hold a lot of supplies.

Coupled with the ergonomic design of shoulder straps and waist belt, it can help Lumeng reduce a lot of burden when carrying heavy loads.

Overall it's more convenient.

Just this backpack alone cost him 4,000 coins.

In this day and age, anything with even the slightest hint of industry and technology is outrageously expensive.

But it is indeed more practical.

Including the previous expenses such as clothing and daily necessities, this trip to the black market cost 8,000 coins.

This is equivalent to one-fifth of Lu Meng’s current savings.

And this is only the first stage of preparing supplies.

"It seems the money is still not enough."

Lu Meng thought about it and found that there were still many places where money needed to be spent.

When Lu Meng returned to his stall, Huo Buyang had already packed up in advance and was waiting for him to come back.

Camel meat has always been a popular dish.

In addition to classmate Xiao Huo, there is another expected person waiting.

It seemed that this man had been waiting here for a long time. He was smiling at Huo Buyang, but he did not dare to get close. He could only pace around the stall and look around, looking embarrassed.

It wasn't until Lu Meng appeared that he felt relieved and hurriedly greeted him.

This person was Lu Yong who showed up at the Xing family's residence last night.

He also held an object wrapped in cloth in his hand, with some vague outlines revealed. Only through careful identification at a close distance could some traces of structure be seen.

"Well," Lu Meng nodded to him, "Let me see something."

Of course he was talking about the crossbow they had agreed upon.