Flowers Blooming in the Wasteland

"I see." Fu Yunlan said.

"So, what are you going to do?"

"Do nothing, I don't have time to argue with these boring rumors. Compared with this, you can ask Kailin how the investigation of the rumor of drinking 'holy water' to cure radiation is going."

Because of the Merced nuclear explosion, the concentration of nuclear radiation in Hummingbird Town and the surrounding areas has increased. According to the doctor, this level of enhancement has little effect on the human body, just like a person smoking ten cigarettes a day and smoking a day. Eleven cigarettes have little effect on the chance of getting lung cancer.But this news still ignited people's panic, and some rumors also took the opportunity to spread. Fu Yunlan heard the news that someone in Hummingbird Town was selling high-priced "Holy Water" in private, claiming to be able to treat nuclear radiation. The premise is to join a religious sect .

Fu Yunlan said that this is the real business that requires energy, as for those idle and boring people how to dictate his private life, let them go.

There is a saying in the Black Tower that is true. In the wasteland, survival is always the top priority. As long as there is land, an army, and hard power, and don’t squeeze the people in the territory too harshly, no one will really care Whether the ruler is a villain or a whore in private, but gossip about the private lives of leaders and celebrities has always been human nature. Now that Fu Yunlan has taken over this burden, she is ready to be pointed at by others.

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Celeste walked home with newly bought clothes and food for two days. The alleys of Hummingbird Town were as dilapidated and deserted as ever today. Jobs that fell from the sky meant they got precious food and a chance to survive.

The city walls of Hummingbird Town can provide them with shelter, but these people who do not have regular jobs are always facing the threat of hunger. The long-term hunger makes them weaker and weaker. When someone finally needs to hire handymen, people who are too thin Will not get the chance to work, can only hopelessly wait for death.

Celeste also noticed that most of these starving people on the roadside were men, because women were less likely to survive in this barren and chaotic post-war world, but in Hummingbird Town, at least desperate women can go to Black Bottle Alley To make a living by selling their bodies—although hunger and disease have made many of them so thin that they can hardly see their feminine features, there are still some people who are willing to use a little food to satisfy their primitive biological needs.

Because of the lack of necessary sanitary products, every woman in Black Bottle Alley suffers from various venereal diseases. Only those who completely give up on themselves will go to that kind of place to have fun, but in a place where drugs are sold better than cigarettes, there is no self There are indeed not many people who give up.

After all, people are all feeling the changes in this world firsthand—there are fewer and fewer usable things left before the war, and even the trees for growing mushrooms have been cut down, and the living environment is getting worse every year. It's been a bad year, and there is no sign of change at all. In such a world, it is indeed difficult for people to maintain optimism and hope for the future. Many people hold the mentality of living one day at a time, and do not believe that everything can change Chances of getting better.

When Celeste was in a trance, a skinny man suddenly appeared in front of him, holding a murder weapon and threatening viciously: "Stop, leave your food, or I will kill you and eat your meat!"

Celeste looked at the desperate robber speechlessly. The murder weapon in his hand wasn't even a murder weapon, it was just a sharpened piece of iron wrapped around a handle with rags.

Celeste, who was robbed, didn't feel scared. Several simple and quick ways to subdue the opponent quickly appeared in his mind-although he was sure that he had never learned these fighting knowledge, but he somehow Just knowing what to do.

He even began to estimate the strength gap between the two sides. Although he had never experienced physical training and was a few streets behind a professional mercenary like Fu Yunlan, it was more than enough to deal with a thug who was already crumbling from hunger.

From the thug's point of view, Celeste was obviously petrified, and the thug shouted even more fiercely: "Hurry up! Or I'll do it!"

Before Celeste could react, Fu Yunlan suddenly appeared from around the corner, and punched the thug to the side. Such a heavy blow was obviously not something a man who was too thin to stand on his feet could bear Yes, he immediately fainted to the ground.

Celeste stared blankly at Fu Yunlan's back.

Fu Yunlan turned around and looked at him: "Are you all right?"

Celeste nodded.

"Don't walk out alone with food, you can't predict what these people will do for a bite."

Celeste lowered his head and said softly, "...I'm sorry."

"...I don't want to blame you." Fu Yunlan took the things in his hand, "Anyway, be more careful next time."

"Um……"

The two members of the Self-Defense Force were attracted by the movement here, and they looked at the fainted robber and Fu Yunlan in surprise: "Commander, what happened?"

"Throw this man out, the charge is robbery." Fu Yunlan explained briefly, and then said to Celeste, "Let's go home."

There is no prison in Hummingbird Town, and there are no extravagant configurations of prison guards and judges. Criminals will not be treated like prison meals. Except for a few crimes that are executed immediately, most crimes are dealt with simply and rudely. -The difference between that and the death penalty may be only that the death is slower and more painful.

Celeste walked a long way, and could still hear the heart-piercing begging of the robber who woke up: "Please! I'm just too hungry. I know I was wrong. I won't dare to do it again next time." I beg you, don't drive me out, I will die outside! I will definitely die!"

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Fu Yunlan just met Celeste by chance, and after helping him solve his troubles, he sent him home uneasy, and then went out to the Crimson Bar again.

As soon as Miriam saw him, she greeted him with a smile on her face: "Lan, you haven't been here for a long time, do you want something to drink?"

"No, thank you." Fu Yunlan rejected Miriam's enthusiasm as always, "Is your father there?"

"He's upstairs," said Miriam. "I'll fetch him."

"No need, I'll go up and find him myself." Fu Yunlan went up the stairs familiarly.

The one-eyed Tuke, who is now in his 50s, was once a warrior who could fight his way out of zombies. When the Hurricane Mercenary Corps was first formed, Fu Yuanshan had always wanted to recruit him, but Tuke had a wife. Son, chose to do a small business to live a stable life. After his wife passed away, he actually supported five children on his own in the post-war wasteland. Not to mention, at least in Hummingbird Town, he is A uniquely successful father.

One-eyed Tuke was not surprised by Fu Yunlan's visit. He had a premonition that the situation in Hummingbird Town suddenly became like a boat in a storm, and a warehouse was hoarded. Of course, it is impossible for the Crimson Bar of various materials to stay out of the matter, but after all, those belongings are all earned by themselves, and One-Eyed Tuke has no intention of giving up his own interests at all.

Miriam specially opened a bottle of expensive drink and served it. One-eyed Tuke rolled his eyes at her unhappily, but Miriam smiled at Yunlan as if he hadn't seen anything and said, "You guys slow down!" Let's talk, I'll go down first."

One-eyed Tuke watched Miriam go out helplessly, then turned to Yun Lan and said, "Is there something for the leader to come to me in his busy schedule?"

"I'll just say it straight." Fu Yunlan said, "The mercenary group needs to requisition your pickup truck."

One-eyed Tuke thought to himself, "Sure enough, it's here", and his face immediately turned down: "What does this mean? Could it be that the first job of the new mercenary group is to rob the merchants in your own town?"

"Don't worry, I won't take your car for myself." Fu Yunlan said, "When the mercenary group doesn't need the car, you can still drive it to fetch goods."

"It's like saying that my car is still owned by the mercenary group, but when the mercenary group doesn't need it, I can temporarily 'borrow' it to use it. How is this different from robbery?" One-eyed Tuke was originally placed on the table. The upper hand has been silently received behind the desk.

Fu Yunlan knew that the opponent's hand should have secretly held the gun in a place where he could not see, but his tone was still calm: "If I really plan to rob, I won't be sitting here alone. You should It's very clear that if the mercenary group can't survive, Hummingbird Town will be finished sooner or later. If Hummingbird Town becomes a deserted ruin, where will you make a profit? For your business, you should also support us unconditionally."

"Even if Hummingbird Town is over, I can go to other cities." One-eyed Tuke was unmoved, "A businessman with a lot of goods will be welcomed anywhere, Hummingbird Town is not my only choice .”

"Yes, you can take a carload of your most valuable goods and leave most of the rest, your house, your hard-earned counter furniture, and that impenetrable bank warehouse, none of which will Follow you." Fu Yunlan said, "The leaders of other forces may welcome more merchants, but other merchants will not be happy to see one more person to share their profits. You want to bring your sons Go to war with those merchants who hired dozens of guards?"