Wu Qi and his group came and left quickly. Wu Qi left without letting anyone in the department store know except He Wen.
When Wu Qi handed He Wen the key to the warehouse downstairs in the department store, everything seemed like a dream to He Wen.
He Wen stared blankly at the keys lying in his palm, then looked up at Guo Baibo and Gao Yuan who were moving supplies into the back of the pickup truck.
Wu Qi and others filled half of the trunk with gasoline and half of the trunk with bottled water, covered the trunk with a piece of gray linen, fixed it with a rope, and were ready to set off immediately.
Before leaving, Wu Qi walked around to He Wen. He didn't say much, but simply said: "He Wen, don't be a mob."
He Wen suddenly knelt on his knees and bowed for a long time: "Yes, Master Wu! Your great kindness and virtue He Wen will always remember in his heart!"
The rough engine sound of the pickup truck sounded, and it drove away into the distance with a long tail of exhaust gas. When Hewen looked up, the pickup truck had turned into a blur.
Wu Qi drove Guo Baibo, Gao Yuan and July on a long journey into the wilderness again in a pickup truck. If it were anyone else, sitting in the wilderness with a treasure trove of supplies that could last for a year without worrying about food and water, they would have been king long ago.
Wu Qi originally wanted to use the department store as a temporary place to live, and then consider his future options; but even if the supplies in the department store were ten or a hundred times richer, what would that have to do with Wu Qi. He will always remember that when he came out of the mountains and entered the world, his goal was to find Ruorong.
If he could stand next to Sister Ruorong again, look at her and act with her like he did before, Wu Qi would be willing to cut through all the thorns in the world and break through all the mountains of swords in the world.
The five-kilometer journey was very short. Wu Qi used his legs to run and could reach it in less than two or three minutes. Compared with this, the old pickup truck was a bit slow, so slow that Wu Qi's calm heart rarely felt a little irritable.
Appearing at the end of the horizon and growing ever larger is a small town. The small town has a large iron gate three meters high. The door is open, and the inside of the small town can be seen from the outside.
Along the way, some people enter small towns, and some people leave small towns. Among the three, Gao Yuan, who has passed through the most safety zones, has never seen such a scene in any safety zone.
The clothes of these people coming in and out are not in tatters. Quite a few of them are neatly dressed and carry large and small packages. From the pedestrians' faces, body muscle condition, and the look of their eyes, Wu Qi could tell that these people were not the lowest refugees in the wilderness. At least they had enough ability to make a living.
It seems that the circulation capacity of money, materials and information in this safe zone will not be low. Wu Qi thought to himself.
The pickup truck slowed down as it approached the large iron gate. Two sentries with shotguns on their backs stood at the gate. A man saw someone in the pickup truck, raised his gun and said sternly: "Stop the truck immediately."
Wu Qi stepped on the brakes, opened the door and got out after the car stopped.
The sentry was a young man, neatly dressed. He glanced at the trunk of the pickup truck and began to ask, "What's in the trunk?"
"This is a wilderness, you want to check our car?" Wu Qi asked calmly.
"Wherever there are rules, who knows if you are a mob!"
After the young sentry finished speaking, he walked straight to the back of the car. Wu Qi lightning stretched out his hand, pinched the young sentry's right wrist and lifted it above his head. Wu Qi's fingers were like iron pliers. The young sentry tried his best but could not move his wrist at all.
"What are you doing! Dare you use force?" the young sentry said angrily.
Another older sentry saw the movement made by Wu Qi and asked, "What happened?"
"This new outsider doesn't understand the rules and uses force. Uncle, why don't you do it!" the young sentry said harshly. If he could lower his right hand now, he would definitely shoot Wu Qi.
Wu Qi was not afraid of the threat from the sentry. It was important to keep his wealth private in the wilderness. He did not want to expose a car full of gasoline and bottled water on a crowded road because of the other party's unreasonable request.
"Let's do this." Wu Qi suddenly let go of the young sentry's wrist and took out four rounds of 7.62mm bullets from his tactical belt. "You accept these as the fee to enter this door."
The eyes of the two sentries suddenly lit up. The 7.62mm bullet is one of the most powerful bullets in the wilderness. It can be used in both pistols and rifles. Compared with the 9mm bullet that cannot hurt mutated animals, the 7.62mm bullet is more versatile. , is a high-value hard currency, and it often takes three bottles of pure water to exchange for one.
The older guard was more clever. He immediately took the bullet from Wu Qi's hand, as if he was afraid that Wu Qi would regret it. Then he pulled the young sentry behind him and said in a friendly manner: "You can go in, the back compartment will not be checked. But if you make trouble, the 'Lord' will not let you go."
Wu Qi said "hmm", then got back into the driver's seat and drove the pickup truck slowly into the small town.
Little by little, the appearance of the small town came into the eyes of Wu Qi and others, and they gradually pieced together a comprehensive picture of the small town.
Most of the houses in the town are made of wood and stone bricks, with tile roofs. The houses have either one or two floors. You can always see slender ropes for drying clothes under the eaves of the second floor. These houses have a very ancient feel. They are not leftover buildings from the civilized era, but were built after the end of the world.
The town uses rugged stone slabs as roads, and the roads extend in all directions. The slopes are sometimes high and sometimes low, and the slopes vary due to the terrain. In the center of the town, there are several tall trees with green crowns, and the northeast corner is connected to a blue and waveless lake. Half of the entire town is built around the large lake, and there are many drifting canoes on the shore.
In the dangerous wilderness, water is the source of life for humans and dangerous creatures. It is common knowledge in the wilderness that wherever there is a large amount of water, there will be powerful mutated creatures. On the one hand, building a town based on a lake can obtain a steady stream of water resources through water purification devices, but on the other hand, it runs the risk of being attacked by aquatic mutant animals.
The residents of these small towns dare to paddle canoes onto the lake. Are they assured that there are no dangerous aquatic mutants in the lake? Wu Qi had a question in his mind.
Wu Qi drove the pickup truck to the center of the town. There was a small square paved with cobblestones and a black banyan tree with a wide shade. There was also a flower bed with a radius of 2 meters in the center of the square. In the square in the center of the town, you can see many residents coming and going, some in shabby clothes and some well-dressed.
Wu Qi discovered that this town was faintly exuding vitality. People and things are like flowing water.
It is also a safe zone, but this town can be managed to such an extent. Perhaps this is inseparable from the "lord" at the sentry post. However, the top priority was to find "Gu Tietan". Wu Qi found a random person on the road and asked, and learned that "Gu Tietan" was in a tavern in the northwest of the town.
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ps: It’s Xishan’s birthday today, so I played very late. One chapter tonight, the missing chapter will be added tomorrow, three chapters tomorrow, sorry~