The old fox Quark was sitting behind the counter in his shop, holding half a cigarette in his mouth, with a leisurely expression, but a trace of satisfaction in his eyes.
The settlement is not that good. Compared to Safe Zone No. 17, it is like a garbage dump. It has an environment that has not been exposed to the sun all year round, a foul smell, and those disgusting residents. Most of them are greedy but as timid as mice. No wonder I can only live here underground.
But even so, Quark was unwilling to leave the settlement, even though he had long been qualified to live in Safe Zone 17.
Because he wants to make money, make a lot of money, and then find a few reliable guys to take him out of this hellish place.
What is Safe Zone No. 17? The world is very big and interesting. Quark has seen the world and has his own ambitions and pursuits.
After blowing out a puff of smoke, Quark felt a little bored. Although the tobacco left by the pre-civilization was good, it could not relieve the irritability of sitting still for a long time. The harvest of these 'rats' in the settlement had not been great in recent days. If this continues, He had to consider leaving earlier.
At this moment, there were three long and one short knocks on the iron door, which were a little urgent.
Quark's eyes lit up and he came to the door thinking about business.
He didn't hire anyone, so he went to open the door himself. When he saw Tang Ling standing in front of the door, Quark had a smile on his face.
Most of the people in the settlement are rats, but there are always exceptions. For example, this kid in front of him can always bring him some surprises.
Of course, Quark has been secretly investigating Tang Ling, wanting to know why this kid always brings surprises to him. Now this investigation cannot be said to be completely clueless, but the result is not yet certain.
But overall, this guy is a lucky guy.
And a lucky guy will never be annoying wherever he goes.
"Let me guess, what did you accidentally discover this time? Is it some 'stones' I need, or some debris I designated?" Quark couldn't wait to ask Tang Ling.
Tang Ling didn't answer, but quickly squeezed into Quark's store and went straight to the counter.
Quark understood, closed the iron door with a bang, and came behind the counter.
Before Quark could speak, Tang Ling took out the thick tree trunk from behind that looked like his weapon.
"You just want to trade this?" Quark's face turned a little ugly. The boy was mysterious and took out an ordinary tree trunk. He didn't remember what the value of this thing was.
Tang Ling said nothing and untied the rope tied to the tree trunk. The tree trunk was divided into two parts, one of which was obviously empty. Tang Ling took out a bottle of something and placed it on Quark's counter.
"Level 3 drinking water." Tang Ling said calmly.
Quark's eyes lit up. This area has been dry for too long. Water has obviously become the most precious commodity. Not to mention the third-level drinking water, even the lowest, barely edible fifth-level drinking water has become a scarce resource.
Ordinary people may not dare to drink such water, but those pampered adults in the safe zone need it.
Thinking of this, Quark unscrewed the bottle cap, dipped his finger in a little bit of the water in the bottle very carefully, and put it into his mouth.
There is no polluted odor, it is very clean, and it can meet the third-level drinking water standard of ordinary water of pre-civilization.
"For what?" Quark didn't talk nonsense.
"Old rules, food, meat!"
"The pollution-free kind? You have to know that although water is very precious nowadays, pollution-free meat has always been hard currency. This bottle of third-grade drinking water can only be exchanged for, well, five kilograms at most." Quark blinked.
Tang Ling lowered his head and said nothing. In fact, this bottle of third-grade drinking water could be exchanged for at least ten kilograms of pollution-free meat, or even twelve kilograms.
But Tang Ling had no choice. It was safest to trade with Quark in the entire settlement. He would not force transactions or rob, and the most important thing was to keep his mouth shut.
He seemed to have a strong background. No one in the entire settlement dared to have any ideas about him, and no one dared to get his hands on the things he exchanged. Anyone who had bad ideas died without exception.
"No, just low-pollution ones." Tang Ling was silent for only two seconds before making up his mind. The feeling coming from his chest became stronger and stronger, and he could no longer delay.
"Huh?" Quark raised his eyebrows, but didn't ask any more questions. The next moment he said cheerfully: "For low-pollution meat, you can exchange it for twenty pounds."
"Um."
Seeing Tang Ling agree, Quark readily took the bottle of third-grade drinking water and entered the secret door behind the counter. After a while, three dried black-toothed rats were thrown on the counter.
Tang Ling was about to take the meat, but hesitated for a moment, pushed past one of the dried black-toothed rats, and said, "Exchange this for two kilograms of pollution-free meat."
"I'm at a bit of a loss." Quark shook his head.
Tang Ling looked at Quark stubbornly, and the cold sweat on his forehead had gathered into sweat droplets at some point, dripping from his face.
"That's all, I'll give it to you." Quark finally compromised. Judging from the appearance of this kid, he might have suffered a hidden injury in order to get the third-level drinking water. Give him some clean meat to replenish his body, so as not to lose his life next time. Traded by myself.
Soon, Quark had everything ready. Tang Ling stuffed the clean meat into the empty tree trunk and quickly walked out of one of the secret doors on the other side of Quark's shop, carrying two dried black-toothed rats.
"Will this kid be alive next time?" There was a trace of sympathy in Quark's eyes, but he quickly calmed down, continued to pick up the unfinished cigarette and lit it, and sat leisurely behind the counter.
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The secret door in Quark's shop is connected to an absolutely safe underground waterway.
Normally, no one is here except traders.
There are three such passages, and Tang Ling is not worried about meeting anyone else in the passage he chooses at random.
Squatting in a dark and secluded corner, Tang Ling was sweating coldly and with trembling hands, he grabbed the dried black-toothed rat and gnawed it with big mouthfuls.
The meat of the black-toothed rat is not delicious. In addition to the special smell of pollution, there is also a smell of underground sewers that cannot be removed no matter what.
In addition, it is dry and hard. Even if it is stewed, it will take a long time to cook, let alone air-drying.
But Tang Ling gnawed so greedily that even though his teeth were bleeding, he refused to slow down even a little bit, and even chewed and chewed the bone whole.
If that's not enough, you still need meat.
Tang Ling, who had eaten most of the black-toothed rat in the blink of an eye, was still very hungry.
He kept eating, and he devoured a black-toothed rat that weighed six to seven pounds after drying in less than ten minutes.
Blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, but he continued to eat without hesitation the next second, and the hunger in his chest was like a whirlpool spinning crazily.
This made Tang Ling feel that if he stopped, he would be eaten by him in the next second.
Several more minutes passed, and there was no other sound in the quiet passage except for the sound of Tang Ling gnawing.
It wasn't until half of the two dried black-toothed rats were left that they finally stopped.
After finishing eating, Tang Ling stood up, but there was no satisfaction in his eyes at all, only lingering doubts and fear.
Not to mention anything else, just vote for recommendation and start collecting! All kinds of tricks require tickets. Also, will there be an alliance leader showing up today? Uneasy!
(End of chapter)