Peng Mao is from Jiang City, and he is only 26 years old this year. Although he does not look tall, he is a fitness instructor.
Recently, their company opened a new gym opposite the county government. As he couldn't attract anyone to buy a class, he was arranged to come here.
He had been busy for several days here for the business of opening a business and attracting members to buy classes. When he came back to his senses, he saw a large number of people pouring into the township. And because someone made trouble in front of the county government, he was worried that it would affect himself, so he hid in the gym and did not come out.
Later, his younger brother came to look for him, and he learned that an unknown virus is breaking out everywhere now, and the infected people will be like zombies, and their father has also been bitten to death.
The two brothers lost their mother when they were young, and their father brought them up with hard work. He also stayed in his hometown to work in order to fulfill his filial piety, but his father just disappeared
He was sad for a while, and then they had to flee when they saw the danger approaching the gym.
On the way they met a group of people, headed by a man named Ding Gu Nian. Their group is not as confused and afraid as others, but they are brave enough to fight when they see zombies.
Peng Mao and his younger brother Peng Sheng felt very safe following them, so they followed them until they came to this village and were attacked by a large number of zombies...
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"So they don't think you have any fighting power, and following them is just a burden, so they just left you here?" Hao Jian understood.
Peng Mao complained aggrievedly: "I'm just a fitness coach, not a terminator!"
Hao Jian twitched the corners of his mouth: "What about your brother?"
Mentioning Peng Sheng, his eyes were red, and he said, "He thinks I'm useless and can't protect him, so he left with that group of people! The reason why he went to the country to find me was not to worry about me at all, but to Because he thinks the country can take refuge!"
Xin Ting frowned: "Aren't you brothers?"
"Yes, but I'd rather we weren't brothers!" Peng Mao was very disappointed, "He would rather be a younger brother to that group of people than go with me, it's too dignified!"
"In the face of desperation, do you want dignity or death? Most people will choose the latter!" Lian Runing walked over.
When Peng Mao told what happened to him, Hao Jian and the others took turns to follow around the temple. Otherwise, if everyone stayed in the temple, it might happen that Peng Mao was besieged.
"How's it going outside?" Hao Jian was no longer interested in Peng Mao's affairs, so she was going to keep an eye on her and take a rest.
"No zombies."
"Then it seems that Ding Gu Nian's group's fighting power is good. Although they can't completely eliminate the huge group of zombies, at least there are many fewer zombies in that village and the surrounding area."
Peng Mao said: "I think you are also quite powerful, and you know how to equip yourself!"
Hao Jian's figure had already left, Lian Runing smiled and didn't answer, only Xin Ting said in agreement, "Hao Jian is really brave and powerful..."
She selectively told Peng Mao some of the things that had happened along the way. He heard Peng Mao's admiration, and his favorability for Xin Ting soared: "Actually, your companions are very good. Awesome, but you are also very brave, with your cooperation, they can kill so many zombies, right?"
Xin Ting said shyly, "Thank you."
Their heated chat couldn't continue, because several people's stomachs were beating out of time.
Lian Runing and Xin Ting only ate one Snickers bar, but Peng Mao hadn't eaten since last night. After being abandoned, he planned to find a place to stay for one night, but he encountered a zombie, and was chased here by the zombie in order to survive. He was exhausted, and there was only one place to stay around, so he hid in it.
If it wasn't for the excitement in his heart when he saw a living person supporting him, he would have fainted from hunger long ago.
Lian Ru Ning thought for a while: "I'll go to the field to see if there are any vegetables or fruits that I can eat."
"Don't look for it, the mango trees around this place have been visited by Ding Gunian and the others. They said that the vegetables in the vegetable field do not know whether there is a virus infection and cannot be eaten." Peng Mao said.
Lian Runing frowned, and she turned her eyes to Hao Jian who was wandering outside, and quickly closed her eyes again, and carried out a deep self-reflection: Why do I want to find her solution when I encounter difficulties? I can't rely on and trouble her so much anymore!
Hao Jian seemed to feel something, and turned his head to look over. After a while, she walked straight back and asked, "Do you have any cash on you?"
"Ah?" The three of them were dumbfounded by her question.
"If you have cash, go to the village to find someone to buy some food for me."
Having said that, only Hao Jian knew that this was just what she said to fool them. Just now, the system seemed to calm down and told her the purpose of "exchange authority".
The so-called "exchange authority" actually means that cash can be exchanged for points at a ratio of 10:1. That is, ten dollars in cash can be exchanged for 1 point, but it can only be used in real cash, such as money stored in the bank and cannot be used for exchange.
After learning about this ratio, Hao Jian couldn't find any words to express his feelings for a while, and it took a long time to say, "It takes fifty yuan for a pack of compressed biscuits, a hundred yuan for a rice ball, and two pieces of jerky for a pound of meat. Hundred dollars?"
"It's not surprising that the scarcity of survival materials has caused supply to exceed demand, leading to price increases, isn't it?"
"Then you must not know about market regulation."
"Our central system stipulates that prices will not fall but will not rise again. Isn't this market regulation?"
This system made a lot of sense, but Hao Jian couldn't refute it.
Although she has accumulated 165 points now, which is enough for her to buy a dozen rice balls, but she doesn't want to raise a group of people for nothing, so she went to them to ask for cash.
Originally, she had a lot of cash on her body, but the backpack was taken away by Li Chang and the others in the car, and she didn't have a penny all over her body. She asked if the system could exchange valuables such as gold and silver, and the system also gave the exchange ratio:
100 grams of silver can be exchanged for 3 points, and 1 gram of gold can be exchanged for 3 points.
All in all, gold and silver can be exchanged, but compared to the exchange rate of cash, the exchange rate of gold and silver is simply appallingly low:
Originally, one gram of silver cost two or three yuan, and 100 grams of silver was more than three hundred yuan. When converted into points, how could there be thirty points, but there were only three points.
The conversion ratio of gold is not much better than that of silver. The original price of one gram of pure gold was more than 330 yuan, but now the depreciation is more severe than that of silver.
Having lived for so many years, she knew that gold could keep its value, but she had never heard of such a sharp depreciation.
Hao Jian summed up another rule of the system: it is better to fight monsters and upgrade instead of living with kryptonite.
If such a system comes from a game company, it must be very popular with non-RMB players.
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Peng Mao took out the only 80 yuan he had, and Hao Jian said, "Why don't you go out without cash?"
Peng Mao was also very aggrieved: "Now that I pay with my mobile phone, who still brings cash! This 80 yuan is what I'm going to use to buy vegetables at the market!"
Hao Jian glanced at the food list on the shelf, and even a pack of spicy sticks required five points, so she decided to sell him the pack of spicy sticks given by the level reward, with a 40% discount. For the remaining fifty dollars, give him another pack of compressed biscuits.
Xin Ting took out two hundred dollars from her body. Although it was not much, Hao Jian decided to buy her some more medicine because of her efforts to help deal with the zombies.
She can now buy three over-the-counter medicines a day, and the prices are basically between twenty and thirty points. Xin Ting's arm injury is not serious, so it is best to take some medicine for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.
Lian Runing also took out five hundred yuan. She thought about it and walked to Hao Jian: "I'll go with you, it's too dangerous for you to go alone."
Hao Jian didn't object, but said to Xin Ting and Peng Mao, "Are you coming together?"
"I'll be with you and help you follow!" Xin Ting said quickly. Although she felt that Peng Mao was not a bad person, she had already suffered a loss, and she no longer dared to easily judge a person's character from the first impression. She was afraid of being alone with men.
Peng Mao didn't know what she was thinking, so he hurriedly got up: "I, I don't have any weapons in my hands. It's dangerous to stay here alone. I'm just like Miss Xin, let's follow you outside!"
In fact, when he saw the two weapons on Hao Jian's body, he really wanted to ask her for one, but he thought that Hao Jian also thought that he had no fighting ability, and holding a weapon would be a waste, so he didn't speak.
However, Xin Ting gave him the fruit knife, and she used the knife left by Li Ge. She felt that the injured herself could not use the power of the fruit knife at all, and it was enough for her to keep a knife to protect her body.
Hao Jian no longer delays: "Let's go then!"
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This season is the ripening period of mango, lychee and other fruits, and there are many small orchards in this village, which are full of mango and lychee trees. It's just that the fruit trees that were full of fruits, as if they had been crossed by locusts, the trunks were bare, the branches were broken, and the fruit naturally disappeared.
"They thought it was too troublesome to pick them one by one, so they chopped off the whole section," explained Peng Mao.
"Why didn't they pull up the roots of the tree and take them away? It's too much. If you just pick the fruit, it will grow again in the next year. If they do this, they will be the only way for future generations!" Xin Ting said angrily.
"They are thinking about the end of the world. It is not certain whether there is a future for human beings. Why should they think about future generations?"
Xin Ting could not refute.
Hao Jian and Lian Runing walked ahead, communicating in a voice that only they could hear.
"Are you still on guard against Peng Mao?" Lian Runing understood her heart from Hao Jian's refusal to give the crowbar to Peng Mao.
"His words are only one-sided. Who knows if it is because he betrayed the team, so there is no one around? People are sinister. In this world, I don't believe anyone."
Lian Runing wondered what kind of environment would she grow up in to be as insecure as Hao Jian, she looked at her: "What about me?"
"..." Hao Jian glanced back at her - if it wasn't for the system asking me to bind you, maybe I wouldn't have the slightest mood swing if you died in front of me.
Of course, it was impossible for her to say these words, and after getting along for the past few days, she was not as indifferent as she imagined.
"Except you."
Lian Runing smiled brightly: "Why?"
"Because you are not someone else, you are mine—" Hao Jian paused.