When Xu Ru and her group arrived at the blind box store, the coldness on their bodies faded away and their frozen hands and feet warmed up.
Before entering the store, they thought they were mentally prepared. On the way in the wind and snow, they kept imagining what the store would look like to encourage themselves.
When I actually entered the store, I still felt that my imagination was too limited.
The store is bright and clean, with shelves filled with goods, giving people the illusion of traveling back in time to 20 years ago.
Seeing them standing at the door motionless, looking a little flustered and confused, Luo Huian took the initiative to walk over and said, "Hello, is this your first time in a blind box store?"
Xu Ru nodded, her voice hoarse: "Well, we came from the neighboring area. We heard that we can exchange food here."
Luo Hui'an guided them to line up to exchange blind box coins, while explaining: "The five blind box machines here can all be exchanged for food, including sweet hot drinks, fragrant instant noodles, crispy and sweet fruits. There are also staple food blind boxes and new blind boxes of ingredients that have just been launched today. In addition, the crystal core blind box is also very practical, and guests can choose according to their needs."
The food blind boxes were just launched today, and the whole series has thirty-six styles.
Sixty blind box coins are drawn at a time. The whole box has not been released yet, so you cannot carry the box.
Xu Ru and her husband exchanged the blind box coins and saw a long line in front of the blind box machine for ingredients, so they decided to queue up first to draw the staple food blind box.
To the left of the staple food blind box machine is the ingredient blind box machine. When someone draws one, they will immediately go to the side to open the box.
“This looks like... a piece of pork? I got the meat!!!” one person shouted, holding up a freshly opened blind box of ingredients.
As animals and plants gradually mutated, there was very little edible fresh meat.
Only in certain special periods can the meat of mutant animals be eaten.
It's just edible, but the taste is not good.
There are so many types in the new series that the style drawings are made into a long instruction manual and stuffed into the box.
After opening the box, the man didn't have time to look at the style before he found a large piece of fresh pork.
On the table next to them, someone took out a bag of salt.
The onlookers were envious, "Is it really salt? The salt is so fine and white, the blind box store is amazing!"
"I drew a bag of sugar. Would you like to exchange half of it with me if you drew salt?" someone asked.
"I'll trade with you. Half a packet of salt and half a packet of sugar, and then draw a blind box of staple food. You can eat it with condiments and it will last you for four or five days." said the tall and thin man.
"I won a box of fresh eggs!"
"I have a bunch of fresh lettuce and I want to trade it for two eggs."
"Come on, fresh vegetables are available for exchange!"
"Hey, I think I won the rice sauce? There's really everything in the blind box of ingredients. I wonder when the owner will release the whole box. I want to get the box!"
"There are thirty-six styles in total, and a box of this is more expensive than buying the winter limited edition series!"
"But it can be eaten for a long time. It won't go bad if it's not opened for several months. It has meat, vegetables and seasonings. I can eat a different flavor every day. Just thinking about it makes me happy!"
Xu Ru was watching with envy from the side. After drawing the blind box of staple food, she immediately moved to queue behind the blind box of ingredients.
There are many choices in the blind box store, and the blind box machine automatically limits purchases, so you can basically redeem it by queuing up.
She and her husband each drew five food blind boxes, and when they saw the medicine blind boxes, they also drew two.
There were still a few blind box coins left, so I put them together and drew a crystal core blind box.
The Zhu Hong family, one of the two neighboring families, originally thought that it was too dangerous to travel far during the cold wave. In addition, the search team could not find any supplies, so it was even more impossible for them to find food.
Xu Ru insisted that there would be safety in numbers, and after much persuasion, the couple finally made up their minds to come out together.
At this time, Mr. and Mrs. Zhu Hong were each holding five food blind boxes, two medicine blind boxes, and two crystal core blind boxes, and their eyes were almost smiling.
Zhu Hong still found it incredible: "Not only is there food, but there are also medicines. It's like a dream. Fortunately, I decided to come out with you guys this morning, otherwise I would regret it to death."
Ruan Xiangying, who was traveling with us, said, "The products are good, but it's too far to come here. It would be great if this store was located in our district."
When drawing the boxes, a store clerk introduced the role of the protection contract. They were worried about being robbed on the way back, so they paid extra money to activate the contract for the important food blind boxes and medicine blind boxes.
The group carefully packed the blind boxes and hurried to the Guangming Base.
It started snowing again halfway through the journey. Xu Ru and her group, carrying wicker bags containing blind boxes, lined up in a row, supporting each other, and moving slowly and steadily.
"There are people ahead," Xu Ru's husband was walking in the front. When he saw a group of people ahead, he was immediately nervous and asked everyone to stop. After observing for a while, he relaxed again. "It looks like a search team!"
Xu Ru: "The search team is back so soon?"
Ruan Xiangying: "They walked very slowly and didn't seem to bring any supplies. Did they find anything?"
"They have stopped. What should we do? Should we go over?" Xu Ru's husband asked.
It’s okay for search teams from the same base to meet each other from time to time.
But today they brought a lot of blind food boxes, and they were still subconsciously on guard.
Xu Ru's thoughts were clearer than her husband's. She had been with the search team last time and pushed him forward. "Let's go and have a look. If we can't find any supplies, we can tell them about the blind box store."
People from the neighboring base are redeeming things at the blind box store, and people from their base can also go.
Besides, the important blind boxes on you have activated the protection contracts, so you don’t have to worry too much about being snatched by people with bad intentions.
Search team member Tong Yu swept away the snow and spread a hay mat on the ground. Xu Sirui and another team member helped Lu Hui sit down.
Fang Yifei stood aside, watching the blood on Lu Hui's arm soaking through her thin cotton coat, her face anxious: "We are at least five kilometers away from the base, and the snow is too thick. We must first find a way to stop the captain's bleeding. If it keeps bleeding all the way, it will be too late when we get back to the base."
Lu Hui leaned on Xu Sirui, her face as white as the snow on the ground. She said with a weak breath, "The wound is too deep, and I have a skin disease, so the bleeding can't be stopped. Going back to the base is just waiting to die, so don't worry about me."
The search team consisted of eight people in total, and they remained silent.
Lu Hui sat on the ground, blood still flowing, soaking her clothes bit by bit.
Gradually, blood began to drip, dyeing the snow on the ground red, which was particularly eye-catching.
"Excuse me, what happened?" Xu Ru pushed her husband aside and walked towards the search team, "It's me, Xu Ru."
Tong Yu remembered her. She left the base with them yesterday and wanted to go to the neighboring base to find someone she knew. "Why are you here? Did you find someone you knew?"
Xu Ru nodded slightly and wanted to talk about the follow-up of yesterday's visit to Hope Base. Suddenly, she noticed that Lu Hui was not in good condition and her face changed. "Captain Lu was injured?"
Tong Yu pursed his lips and explained in a low voice: "When searching for supplies, we encountered mutant animals that were not in hibernation. The captain was scratched and the bleeding could not be stopped."
Lu Hui is not very old, only in his twenties, and has no special powers, but he has always insisted on leading the team out to search for supplies.
Yesterday, Xu Ru wanted to go out with the search team, but the other team members didn’t want to take her with them.
She is an ordinary woman with no special powers. It is very troublesome to take her with you in the thick snow and strong wind outside, which will slow down the team's progress and we also have to take her safety into consideration.
Finally, seeing that she was about to collapse from anxiety, Lu Hui agreed to take her and sent her all the way to the gate of Hope Base.
Xu Ru looked at the pale Lu Hui, and remembered that she had smiled and comforted herself yesterday not to worry. She took off the wicker bag from her back, dug out the medicine blind box, and muttered: "There are hemostatic drugs and bandages in the medicine blind box. Please, let me get them!"
Open the first blind box of medicine and take out a box of antipyretic medicine.
Xu Ru closed her eyes, secretly made a wish, tore open the second blind box, her eyes lit up, and walked quickly towards Lu Hui: "I got the hemostatic medicine!"
The members of the search team didn't know what was going on, but when they heard that there was hemostatic medicine, they became excited.
Tong Yu gently used a knife to cut open the thin cotton coat on Lu Hui's arm, and carefully tore it open, revealing a terrible wound about one palm long and two fingers wide.
Xu Ru followed the instructions and carefully sprinkled the hemostatic powder on the wound.
The powder is light yellow in color, smells bitter, and looks ordinary.
After applying it on the wound, the bleeding wound seemed to be sealed and stopped bleeding after a few seconds.
At this time, Zhu Hong handed over two opened blind boxes, "Sister Ruan and I also opened the medicine blind box and took out a roll of bandages and disinfectant alcohol. Hurry up and disinfect and bandage her."
A few minutes later, Lu Hui's bleeding stopped, the wound was bandaged, and her breathing stabilized.
The members of the search team and Xu Ru and her group all breathed a sigh of relief.
On the way back to the base, Xu Sirui glanced at the rattan bags of several people and asked, "Did you find supplies in the neighboring area?"
Xu Ru and her group still lined up in a row, supporting each other as they walked.
Zhu Hong continued, "It's not supplies. There is a blind box store in the neighboring area. You can use crystal cores to buy food, medicine, and some cold-resistant items."
The members of the search team were a little bit unbelievable. They had walked so far and found no supplies, yet there was a store in the neighboring area where they could exchange food and medicine at any time.
But the medicines Xu Ru took out were genuine and there was no doubt about it.
The search team sent Lu Hui back to the base, reorganized, and set off for the blind box store in the neighboring district.
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Outside the blind box store, the snow on the square was cleared, and Jiang Han led a group of new generations of the base to line up to experience riding a snowmobile.
Lu Yao and Chi Jin stood in a corner of the square and watched them practice.
"Why can't you learn it?" Lu Yao looked at Chi Jin helplessly.
The young man came on time every day to practice, but he had not learned it after several days. On the contrary, the children who came to watch the fun had all learned it.
Chi Jin glanced at her, still looking lazy: "I am a slow learner and cannot compare with young people."
"You look only in your twenties, how can you be considered old? I feel like you just don't want to learn it. What's your reason?" Lu Yao asked.
Chi Jin put his hands in his pockets, leaned back against the lamppost, and said in a low, clear voice: "Your feeling is not right. I have been trying hard to learn, but I just can't learn it."
He was like a pale and delicate flower, lazily stretching out his branches and leaves, pretending to be non-aggressive.
Lu Yao looked into the distance, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said calmly, "Jiang Han and the others have learned it, let them teach you later. The car can also be driven back to the base, it's not a good idea to keep it here. I'll go get busy first, it's cold outside, I'll go back early."
Chi Jin looked at her back, his thin lips curved upward, still so sharp.
If you get a little closer, you will be pushed away.