"The food blind box has been drawn out. You drew the crystal core blind box." Jiang Han explained, looking at the things in the girl's hand, a little curious, "Look what you got?"
"Crystal Core Blind Box? What's the use of this thing? Can it heal injuries?" The girl's name is Wei Xuan. She was holding up the small orange object and was in despair. "My friend was seriously injured. I heard there was food here, so I brought her here."
When there is no source of medicine, most people here think of eating something to get better if they are injured.
Gradually, eating when injured became common sense.
Someone in Jiang Han's team noticed that Wei Xuan had many scars on her arms, some deep and some shallow, some new and some old. They came up to Jiang Han and whispered, "She looks like a blood sheep."
Mutated animals and plants are attracted by the smell of blood. In order to hunt high-level mutant beasts, some special ability teams spend a small amount of resources and specifically adopt some ordinary people who have no ability to live to attract monsters.
Later, ordinary people who used their blood to lure higher-level mutant animals and plants for survival were called blood sheep.
Soon after the Day of Impermanence arrived, people with special abilities began to awaken among humans.
The physical fitness, adaptability and immunity of people with special abilities are stronger than those of ordinary people. With the help of special abilities, they are also more capable of collecting supplies and protecting the team.
Soon, someone discovered that there was a higher probability of newborns having special abilities.
In the first four or five years, even though there were constant natural disasters, many newborns were still born.
However, children who have not awakened their superpowers after the age of seven are judged to be a minority who cannot evolve.
As the days of uncertainty continued, resources became scarce, raising children became increasingly difficult, and some people began to secretly abandon children who were judged to be minorities.
The girl looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old. She was so thin that she was almost skin and bones, and had so many scars on her body. She was probably one of the few in the new generation who failed to awaken her superpowers and became a blood sheep in order to survive.
Jiang Han was stunned for a moment, looking at the small object lying in the girl's palm. It was orange-yellow in color, less than 15 centimeters long and about two fingers wide.
It’s hard to tell what it is from its appearance, nor does it seem to be related to the crystal core, but it’s definitely not edible.
He fished out a 15-yuan blind box coin from his pocket and said to Wei Xuan, "This is not food. If you don't want it, I'll give you 15 yuan and the item will be mine. The blind box store should have new food blind boxes tomorrow, and you can come and redeem them then."
The ground suddenly shook and a sharp hissing sound came from outside the door.
Wei Xuan's face changed and she turned and ran out.
Jiang Han and a few others followed him out. A girl about the same age as Wei Xuan was lying at the door with blood all over her arm.
On the bridge across the street, a huge mutant rat almost half the height of a building was moving towards the blind box shop, obviously attracted by the smell of blood.
Wei Xuan tried hard to help the unconscious Nie Yu up, but she had no strength and was anxious, so she couldn't do anything.
The members of Jiang Han's team were stunned.
"Shit! The mutant rats are about to be lured into the store!"
"There's something wrong with this rat's eyes. Could it be a high-level mutant?"
Jiang Han's expression was serious: "It's too big. This mutant rat seems to be about to advance. Let's get ready."
The teammates retreated one after another: "Brother Han, we really can't beat this one!"
Jiang Han: "It's okay, Brother Chi is here."
He thought Chi Jin was behind him, so he turned his head to look.
Except for a few teammates who were about to retreat into the door, the young man in the white coat who had a morbid dependence on sunglasses was not there at all.
Jiang Han: “…”
Lu Yao saw the ** outside the door through the surveillance, got up and came out, looked up and saw the young man wearing sunglasses still standing next to the blind box machine, nodded slightly, and walked out quickly.
The young man's thin lips curled up slightly, his hands in his pockets, and he followed slowly.
Outside the door, the mutant rat moved clumsily due to its huge size, but it was approaching at a fast speed.
Jiang Han stood stiffly for two seconds, then walked over to help Wei Xuan support the person.
If you can't beat them, you can only run away.
Lu Yao came out and looked at the mutant rat approaching in a straight line, and his spine felt slightly tingling.
As the transition period approaches, many huge carnivorous plants and some strange animals emerge around the Fairy Tale Square.
She had seen quite a few of them and knew that they were mutated animals and plants, and were also the source of crystal cores.
But this mutant mouse was too fat, with its black hair standing up like hard steel needles, its two big eyes were red like cloth lanterns, and its claws were long and sharp. When it ran, it shook the earth, which was really creepy.
However, this is also an opportunity.
Lu Yao endured the numbness in his back and walked to Wei Xuan, "Lend me your knife."
Wei Xuan was stunned: "What?"
Lu Yao raised his wrist, "The little thing you pulled out of the blind box."
Wei Xuan didn't understand what she meant.
"Hurry up." Lu Yao urged.
"Here." Wei Xuan fumbled out of his pocket and handed it over.
Lu Yao took it in his hand and casually pressed the tab on the handle. The golden blade popped out like a ball of flowing flame.
She twirled the golden knife in her hand and slowly walked towards the center of the square, heading towards the mutant rats.
The members of Jiang Han's team were surprised and scared.
"That's the owner, right? She's not going to use that knife to fight the perverted rat, is she?"
"Brother Han, quickly pull the store owner back. That knife can't even pierce the rat's skin. She's going to die!"
"By the way, the store owner should be a superpower, right? Does she have any plans?"
"We are also psychics. We can tell at a glance that this rat is definitely not ordinary. It looks like a rat that is about to turn black. Even ten top psychics can't beat it."
Jiang Han noticed Chi Jin coming out and immediately asked for help: "Brother Chi, go and save the owner."
Unfortunately it's a bit late.
The huge mutant rat suddenly accelerated, leaped up, and landed directly in the center of the Fairy Tale Square, leaving spider web cracks on the ground.
The mouse had already discovered Lu Yao, and before it could even stand firm, its sharp claws flew over, aiming at the human's fragile neck.
If it strikes down with its claws, not only will it cut her neck, but it will also chop her head into pieces.
The mutant rat seemed to have foreseen the scene that was about to happen. Its eyes glowed red and it screamed excitedly.
“Click—”
The mutant rat was stunned. Its claws stopped at the edge of the human's ear, blocked by a narrow and thin golden blade, unable to move forward any further.
Lu Yao gently exerted force on his hands and pushed outwards, and with a "swish", he easily cut off the entire claw of the mouse.
With a "bang", the piece of meat fell heavily to the ground, and the mutant rat raised its head and roared.
Lu Yao slashed with his sword, moving upwards along the cross-section of the severed limb, and cut off one of Shuzi's arms.
The team members at the door of the blind box store stared with their eyes wide open.
"Fuck! Is the owner so powerful?"
"That knife, isn't that knife a little too powerful?"
"What the hell! Can I be that powerful with that knife?"
"The rats are almost gone!!!"
The mutant mice are very large, have hard skin, and their fur has turned into hard thorns.
Logically speaking, it is difficult to give it a fatal blow.
But the shop owner was standing in the middle of the square. He raised his hand and threw the golden knife, hitting Shuzi directly between the eyebrows, as easily as cutting tofu.
The giant mutant rat fell to the ground with a bang, its body turned to ashes, and only a huge gray crystal core remained.
Lu Yao bent down, picked up the crystal core, picked up the knife, turned around and walked towards the blind box shop.
The members of Jiang Han's team huddled together, looking at Lu Yao with sparkling eyes... the crystal core and the bladed knife in their hands.
"It is indeed a gray crystal core. If it is any later, it will turn black."
Lu Yao stopped and asked: "What's the difference between the gray crystal core?"
Jiang Han: "The crystal cores of high-level mutant beasts are usually red, but there are black crystal cores that are higher than red ones. There are very few such mutant animals and plants, but the appearance of one will bring about a huge disaster. It will command other mutant animals and plants to besiege the base. If the rat just now eats one or two more high-level mutant animals or plants, it will turn black. Fortunately, you dealt with it."
"So that's how it is." Lu Yao nodded to show that he understood, turned around and walked to Wei Xuan, and handed over the knife: "If you don't want this, I can take it back and exchange it for a 15-yuan food blind box for you."
The members of Jiang Han's team gathered around Lu Yao, curiously wanting to touch the knife in her hand.
"Shopkeeper, what's wrong with this knife? Why is it so sharp?"
"Is it because the shop owner has a very powerful ability and is very good at using small weapons like this?"
Lu Yao thought to himself, "I've been waiting for you to ask." He remained calm and shook his head, "No, you misunderstood. I don't have any special abilities. I'm just an ordinary person."
Team members: "... Shopkeeper, are you kidding?"
Lu Yao opened the switchblade again and introduced: "The name of this item is the **Crystal Core Knife, and the blade is filled with high-purity crystal core energy. Look carefully, there is flowing golden ** in the blade. The purified crystal core energy has huge energy. When it is arranged in a thin layer like this, it is sharper than any weapon made of any material. It is not picky about the user. Ordinary people and people with special abilities can use it to easily kill mutant animals and plants."
Wei Xuan's expression changed. If they had this knife, she and Nie Yu would no longer have to be blood sheep. They could go out hunting and collect crystal cores even without special powers.
When she was abandoned by her parents, she was still very young and she didn't even remember how she became a blood sheep.
From a few years old to teenagers, they are constantly bleeding as bait, getting a little bit of food to fill their stomachs, as long as they don't die.
Later, there were almost no cuts on her body, and even if she managed to cut a wound, she could no longer attract mutant beasts, so she was abandoned by the team. It was Nie Yu, who was also a blood sheep, who took her in.
If Nie Yu didn't have to support two people, he wouldn't work so hard and serve two teams at the same time.
Her physical condition was so exhausted that she made mistakes during the mission and failed to escape in time. She was seriously injured and no one from either team cared about her.
If they exchanged for food and Nie Yu survived, they would still have no means of survival, and Nie Yu would have to go back to being a blood sheep...
If she took the knife, she could go hunting in the future.
But if he doesn't change the food this time, Nie Yu will probably die.
Without Nie Yu, what's the point of her struggling alone in this world
Lu Yao looked at the struggle in Wei Xuan's eyes and whispered, "If you want this knife, I can give you a blind box of food and a dose of medicine on credit. Let's sign a receipt, and you can return it when you have the crystal core."
Wei Xuan's eyes lit up and she immediately said, "I want this knife. Thank you, owner."
The tables and chairs customized from the Alexandria Continent have been placed in the lobby of the blind box store. Jiang Han’s team helped move the unconscious Nie Yu to the store to rest.
Lu Yao took a clean basin and towel, asked Wei Xuan to get hot water to clean her wound, and then went back to the nail salon to get the medicine.
Nie Yu's condition is not only injury, but also long-term malnutrition and excessive blood loss. Without medicine, he may not wake up.
But the medicine could not take effect too quickly, so Lu Yao diluted the medicine a hundred times, squeezed it into capsules, and wrapped it with paper.
Jiang Han's team was very interested in the **Crystal Core Knife, and also became interested in the Crystal Core Blind Box.
Unable to resist their curiosity, each of them drew a crystal core blind box and sat around the table to open the boxes.
Wei Xuan found Jiang Han and whispered, "My name is Wei Xuan, and I live in the Tingcheng base. What's your name, and which base do you live in? I will definitely pay you back the money from the blind box when I earn enough."
Jiang Han blinked and said directly: "My name is Jiang Han, I live in Changming Base. You don't look like you are doing well in Tingcheng, do you want to come to Changming?"
Wei Xuan was stunned: "Why?"
Jiang Han stared at the **Crystal Core Knife in her hand, "This knife is very interesting. We didn't get it just now."
Wei Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, but was actually thinking seriously about it.
Changming Base is not a big base, but the person in front of her is more reasonable than many people she has met in Tingcheng. Does this also mean that the living environment in Changming Base is better than that in Tingcheng
She and Nie Yu were not going to be blood sheep anymore, and it was indeed not a good idea to continue staying in Tingcheng.
"I'll discuss it with my companion after she wakes up." Wei Xuan did not make a decision immediately.
Jiang Han nodded, and when he saw Lu Yao coming back, he immediately called out, "Shopkeeper, come quickly. We drew the crystal core blind box, but why are all the things in it something we haven't seen before?"
Lu Yao handed the small medicine bag and a blind box of instant noodles to Wei Xuan, explained how to take the medicine, and then walked over to sit opposite Jiang Han, "Let me see who is the winner."
Jiang Han's team originally consisted of four people, plus the new young man in a white coat, a total of five people.
The four members of the team had opened their blind boxes, but the young man was still holding his in his hand, unopened.
There were four items in front of Lu Yao. He picked up the solid fuel block condensed from the crystal core liquid and asked, "Who smoked this?"
Li Jing raised her hand. "I. This thing comes in pieces. There are six pieces in a box. They are very small. What's the use?"
"Have you seen the design pictures?" Lu Yao asked.
Li Jing nodded, "This looks like a solid fuel block."
Lu Yao: "Yes, this is solid fuel solidified from high-purity crystal core liquid, and each piece is vacuum packed. Because it will spontaneously ignite when it comes into contact with air, one piece can continue to burn for twelve hours."
Li Jing: "!!! How can such a small piece burn for so long?"
They usually use crystal cores as fuel, and a red crystal core can only burn for two hours.
Lu Yao: "If you don't believe me, go home and try it."
Chen Feng immediately handed over his blind box and said, "Shopkeeper, what on earth is this thing with the words 'warm baby' written on it?"
Li Cheng also said: "Mine is also a warm baby."
Lu Yao: "This is a heating patch used to keep warm during cold waves. It is filled with crystal core energy and is attached to the back through underwear. One patch can generate heat for 24 hours."
There are also hot packs in Lu Yao’s world, and they are very cheap.
But the Crystal Core Energy Edition is an enhanced version, a heat patch specially designed for cold waves, which can warm the whole body with one application.
In order to feel the intensity of minus thirty to fifty degrees Celsius, Lu Yao asked Harold to take her to fly around the glacier and test the effect of the heating pad.
Chen Feng & Li Cheng: “!!!”
How can such a thin piece of paper generate heat? I have no idea.
Again, if you don’t believe it, take it home and try it, or you can tear it off on the spot to test the effect.
There were only two or three days left in the transition period, and a cold wave might come soon. After thinking about it, Chen Feng and Li Cheng decided not to demolish it immediately.
There are only five stickers in a blind box. If you want them to be really useful, use one less and don’t waste them.
Jiang Han quickly handed over his blind box, "Shopkeeper, this is a small flashlight. It's very bright when it's turned on. What does this have to do with crystal core energy?"
Lu Yao: "This battery is a high-purity crystal core energy with super long battery life. It is more efficient and brighter than using crystal cores directly for lighting. It can also be recharged."
Jiang Han: "Charge?"
Lu Yao pointed to the extra crystal core liquid charging station next to the water heater, "It's right there. You can charge your small flashlight for 20 yuan. It can last for seven days. By the way, the **crystal core knife will become blunt after being used for a long time, and you can also charge it there. It's a little more expensive, 100 yuan per charge, but it can be used for a long time after a charge."
It turns out that this knife can be used continuously, Wei Xuan was delighted.
Jiang Han was playing with the small flashlight, a little shocked. They had never thought that the crystal core could have so many convenient little uses.
Chen Feng took a look at the blind box that Chi Jin hadn't opened yet, "Brother Chi, aren't you going to open it? How about I help you open it, maybe I can get a crystal core ** knife?"
Chi Jin, who was sitting on Lu Yao's left, flexibly avoided Chen Feng's hand and pushed the blind box in front of Lu Yao, "I'm very dissatisfied. Can the owner help me open it?"
Lu Yao was stunned for a moment, then looked over. The other person was wearing sunglasses, so he couldn't see his expression at all. He declined politely, "How about letting Jiang Han try? I'm usually pretty nonchalant."
"… "
Chi Jin pursed his lips and was silent for a while. He silently took back the blind box, opened the box casually, and pushed it in front of Lu Yao, "Help me take a look."
Lu Yao couldn't refuse anymore, he looked down and smiled: "Why are you so stubborn? You have already drawn the hidden one."