People who can live in the central area have a certain amount of strength, and naturally they will not be short of supplies. Pei Ran directly set up the stalls in the outer area, spread a plastic sheet on the side of the road, placed food for sale, and two more. A small bench will come alive.
The number of instant noodles is the largest. Pei Ran has piled them up into different categories. They are as tall as half a person. There are also loose snacks next to them. There is a big basket. He and Qu Yan are sitting next to each other. One is in charge of entertaining guests and the other is in charge of collecting crystals. nuclear.
Qu Yan was wearing a baseball cap and a black turtleneck sweater. The upper half of his face was hidden in the shadows, and the lower half of his face was hidden in the collar. Cold strangers should be kept away. When he saw Pei Ran playing games with his head down, he stretched out his hand and pulled His sleeve: "Why sell it?"
Now, apart from the dedicated communicator for the base, the network is basically paralyzed and nothing can be played, but games like Xiaoxiaole are still possible. Hearing that, Pei Ran temporarily stopped the progress of the game, looked away from the screen, and looked at Qu Yan: "Why not sell it?"
Qu Yan did not share this idea, not to mention that in the end times when supplies are scarce, it is best to keep food in our own hands: "We keep it for ourselves."
Pei Ran couldn't help laughing, he put away his phone, lifted Qu Yan's hat, and said very patiently, "But there are so many things, we can't finish them all."
The space is in Pei Ran's hands, and only he knows how huge the materials are stored in it. However, the space does not have the function of keeping fresh, and as time goes by, the food inside will gradually rot.
The limited conditions are to restrain the desires of human beings. If the space can preserve the food and never deteriorate, Pei Ran will only try his best to store things in it instead of taking it out.
Can't finish eating...
Even if Qu Yan couldn't finish eating, it wouldn't be cheap for others to throw it away, but he wouldn't say such things in front of Pei Ran, he just lay on his knees in silence, quietly feeling the cold wind blowing across his skin inch by inch. Cool feeling.
Pei Ran was wearing a loose light-colored sweater with warmth in his palms. He pressed his furry sleeves against Qu Yan's face and said, "Autumn is coming soon."
The top management of the base has opened up a small area in the research room to try to grow food. Maybe in a few years, they will be able to temporarily alleviate the food shortage problem. Humans have survived on this land for thousands of years, and there is no reason to fall down now. .
There are many people watching around the booth, most of them are ordinary people without supernatural powers, all of them are staring at the colorful packaging bags, some of them want to go forward to buy, but they are worried about the high price, and they are too late. Step out.
The location of Pei Ran's stalls is not fixed, and he always counts wherever he goes. The base is as big as a small town. This is the first time he has come to the outer area near the city wall. Play with your phone.
There is a large road in front of the booth, and every now and then, military vehicles gallop out, and then gallop back, carrying a strong wind. The vehicles were all teams that went out to destroy them, but it was obvious that the casualties were heavy.
The phone was out of power. Pei Ran raised his head and saw an old man with gray hair, wearing a white coat and eyes with gold rims, walking slowly on the lawn not far away. He was followed by a few soldiers with guns for protection. The character, but he has no air, is leaning over and talking to the children around him, and from time to time he takes out a handful of candy from his pocket and distributes it to them.
The old man is Professor Bai who developed human serum at the base. He is in his 60s and spends all day and night in the research room. He occasionally goes out for a walk, finds a corner to sit quietly, and distributes some food to the young children. Then go back to work.
Those children were very well behaved, all of them were thin, black, and black. They looked like they had been malnourished for a long time.
For some reason, Pei Ran was fascinated and wondered if Qu Yan was like this when he was a child. He was pitiful, thin and small, but he had big eyes and fair skin, so he would be cute.
Thinking of this, Pei Ran couldn't help lowering his head and kissing him, then smiled and rubbed Qu Yan's face, looking for fun to himself.
He can always be very happy, and his smile makes a corner of the gloomy sky light. Sometimes Qu Yan didn't know what he was happy about, but he felt that the situation was not bad.
It didn't take long for the old man to leave, and the surrounding children swarmed away. One of the children looked at Pei Ran curiously with his eyes open, then trotted over, stopped a few steps away, and again. Evaluate him carefully.
Pei Ran squinted at him for a long time, and felt that the other party was familiar, but his face was dark and he couldn't remember who it was. Qu Yan raised his head from his lap and glanced at him, feeling that there was no threat, and lay down again.
Pei Ran asked, "Do we know him?"
Qu Yan has a good memory. After thinking about it, he only said three words: "Ding Sihao."
It was only then that Pei Ran remembered that this was the child who helped lead the way when they first entered the base. He couldn't help but waved to him with a smile. Ding Sihao hesitated for a moment, then ran up to him. He was much thinner than before, but Also much higher.
Pei Ran asked, "Where's your mother?"
Ding Sihao stood upright in front of him, as if he was standing in a military posture. Hearing this, he shook his head and said, "Mom is not at home, she went to work."
Pei Ran took a bag of bread from the basket and handed it to him: "Are you still leading the way?"
Ding Sihao was a little embarrassed to take it, so he just lowered his head and picked the candy in his palm: "No, no new survivors have come in the base for a long time, those uncles and aunts can only go out to find zombies to dig crystal cores, and my mother won't let me go. ."
Sometimes, after the army has wiped out the zombies, it is too late to dig the crystal nucleus, and the more courageous will swarm in groups to pick up the leak. Although it is dangerous, it is very rewarding. If you are lucky, you can dig a rare crystal nucleus and make a fortune.
Pei Ran stuffed the bread into his arms: "Go play by yourself."
Ding Sihao took the bread, but did not leave immediately. He looked back and forth in front of Pei Ran's booth for a long time, and finally said, "This is very dangerous, and it will be taken away by the bad guys."
There are a few local snakes in the outer area. Relying on their strength, they always steal the food of ordinary people, which is no different from the underworld.
Pei Ran's expression was calm: "Ah, it's okay."
A few days ago, SB, who wanted to grab the supplies, was not recognized by his mother, who fell to the ground twitching hands and feet and foaming at the mouth. In the end, he was dragged away like a dog to death. The other two problems are not big.
After another half an hour, someone finally couldn't help but came up to ask the price. Pei Ran sold it at a very cheap price. After all, it was an expired product: "Two crystal cores are a pack, choose your own taste."
The man's eyes widened when he heard the words: "Two crystal cores in a pack? Is it true or false?!"
His expression is not because it is too expensive, on the contrary, it is too cheap. During this period of time, a wave of zombies broke out outside one after another, and many ability users have returned home, and even the ability hall opened with the base has suspended most of the goods. , and now the five contribution points can only be exchanged for the cheapest and roughest compressed biscuits.
This silent panic spread rapidly among the crowd, but the top management of the base did not reveal any information, but the declining living conditions clearly showed the harsh environment.
Pei Ran said, "It's fake, don't buy it."
"Don't!" The man squatted down quickly, took out ten crystal cores from his pocket, and found two of them of the second rank. He held them tightly in his hands and asked Pei Ran, "How much can these be exchanged for? "
Pei Ran didn't really plan to earn anything, otherwise he wouldn't sell it so cheaply: "Twelve packs for you."
After speaking, he signaled Qu Yan to collect the crystal nucleus, counted twelve buns for the man, and took a small bun from the basket as a gift.
The man wrapped his face in his arms, covered it with a coat, hunched over his waist and ran away without a trace, his cautious appearance was like holding a big gold brick.
With the first person at the head, business gradually improved. The goods in two duffle bags were all sold out within half an hour, but there were some small bread left in the basket, which is not easy to store. When the price is the same, people prefer instant noodles that can be stored.
Qu Yan counted the nuclei, and then packed them in a bag. They were heavy. Unfortunately, most of them were first-class nuclei, which were not very valuable.
Pei Ran pulled out a lollipop from the basket. He didn't know what to think. He shook his head and said, "If this were to change before the end of the world, I would lose my business for doing this."
Qu Yan didn't pay much attention. He glanced into the distance through the thick base city wall, and didn't know what he found. He frowned for a moment, and then slowly stretched out after a long while. He took Pei Ran's hand and said softly. Said: "Let's go, let's go back first."
A gust of cold wind blew past, and the air was filled with a strong stench. Pei Ran moved the tip of his nose and felt bad intuition. He hurriedly packed up his things and walked towards the central area with Qu Yan, asking in a low voice, "What happened? "
Qu Yan closed his eyes to feel it, and said with uncertainty, "There is a wave of zombies coming this way."
Pei Ran paused: "The target is the base? Are there many?"
Qu Yan said: "It seems to be, the distance is a bit far, not sure."
Before he could finish his sentence, a harsh whistle suddenly sounded outside the base, and then three armored vehicles drove in, with carrion and brains hanging from unknown organizations, as if they had just been through a fierce battle, Pei Ran Pulling Qu Yan and taking a step back, seeing several pale-faced officers getting out of the car, they rushed directly to the base leader's office.
This situation was not quite right, and thinking of the abnormality in the recent period, Pei Ran's first thought was to go out and hide.
Forget about the rest, the car key had to be found, Pei Ran searched for a long time, and finally found the car key under the sofa.
He sweats easily when he is in a hurry, Qu Yan wiped his forehead and calmly said, "It doesn't matter."
Even if the zombies really came in, he could protect Pei Ran well.
The sky outside suddenly became gloomy, and the thick clouds rolled, like a precursor to a thunderstorm. I don’t know what happened, the base’s siren suddenly sounded, and the long, harsh sound pierced the eardrum like a needle, and even the heart followed. eight.
"What happened, why did the alarm go off?"
"Eighty percent of the time something happened, could it be the zombies that came in?!"
People who didn't know the situation were so excited by the sound that they couldn't stand still. They looked at each other with a bewildered look.
"Emergency notification! Urgent notification! All power users are requested to gather in the central square within ten minutes."
"Repeat again, the situation is urgent, please gather in the central square within ten minutes! All registered power users must be present, the list is as follows..."
Looking from the high window, the army was almost pouring out. With the sound of neat running and a large number of camouflage figures, soldiers with guns and live ammunition were rushing towards the central square.