The market in Rongcheng is not far from the apartment they rented. There are vendors in robes sitting on both sides of the street. Most of them sell the leather bones of some mutant beasts, and some special metal materials, suitable for inlays. Add special effects to weapons.
If you go deeper, there will be some shops that are open, selling some non-essential necessities in life, such as some tobacco and alcohol left before the end of the world. Ordinary people who are troubled by their livelihood will not come here. Yes, the ones who can afford it are evolutionary people with Ningshi in their pockets.
Yin Yiliu and Jin Yang were walking around the market in this small base at this time, feeling the long-lost noise and market spirit.
There are also prostitutes and men and women in the market who took advantage of the evening time to attract the last wave of customers. Pairs of eyes passed over the two of them, and swept over the armor, clothing and appearance they were wearing without concealment, as if to measure them. How many stones are in the pocket.
Obviously, Yin Yiliu and Jin Yang, who were not poor at first glance, immediately attracted the attention of these people, their eyes lit up as if they had found prey, but seeing the atmosphere between them was obviously different from ordinary people, Suddenly he looked away in disappointment.
This is obviously a "couple" of evolutionary people, and it seems that the relationship is quite good.
Yin Yiliu's face is beautiful and beautiful, and his body is tall, slender, and his muscles are smooth and graceful. Although Jin Yang only shows a pair of eyebrows, he is tall and full of cold energy. If either of the two is single, they will be pounced on by these men and women.
After looking at it for a long time, the men and women who were eager in their hearts still did not go forward, and were slightly disappointed to find the next prey in the crowd.
When he walked into the market, Yin Yiliu's eyes fell on a shop with a small courtyard. From the outside, he could see the inside of the shop from the glass window that was half broken and repaired with wood.
There is a huge bone hanging on the wall facing the street. The head is long and sharp like a sword. The skull is very long connected to the neck. It does not seem to be the bones of common beasts. Connect a string of short spines.
Just one skull took up almost the length of a wall. It is conceivable how huge this mutant beast's real body is.
However, what attracted Yin Yiliu more were the two pairs of armors displayed next to the skull, one was pure dark silver, forged from an unknown material, and the metal and cortex at the junction were radiantly illuminated by the light through the glass; The other one should be relatively unassuming, the crimson carapace skin is forged from the bones of some mutant beast, and the top hat is still standing with red tassel.
After the wasteland era, the leather and bones of mutant beasts have been developed for various purposes. The more armor and weapons made of advanced mutant beasts, the higher the price.
The armor on Yin Yiliu was the one she had followed her when she was in the Tibetan area. It was forged by an old local craftsman, and the material was the strongest bone of a level five mutant beast.
At that time, her evolutionary ability was not as good as it is now, and it was already very difficult to hunt down the fifth-level mutant beasts. Later, after wandering for more than a year, the armor on her body gradually lost its effect in the tempering again and again.
Just like when she and Jin Yang fought against the seventh-level darker last time, the darker kicked her in the abdomen, causing a burst of blood in her stomach. dull pain.
The bones of the fifth-level mutant beasts were difficult to withstand higher-level attacks, and the soft armor gradually changed from bright and smooth to some cracks. It was time to change the outfit.
In addition, Jin Yang has never used any defensive equipment since the beginning of the apocalypse. When he met again in Liuzhou that day, the thin shirt in his cloak had long been torn open, and the weapons of the fallen were easily can hurt his body.
Yin Yiliu guessed that Jin Yang would also get a set of equipment. Although his evolutionary ability is already at the top of human beings, and there are very few mutant creatures that can hurt him, Yin Yiliu just can't stand him for not treating himself The way the body is serious.
She turned her head to look at the people around her and said, "Let's go in and have a look."
Jin Yang responded and followed Yin Yiliu to push the door into the store.
In the shop is a small storefront. In addition to the two sets of armors that can be seen from the glass, there are two other sets placed in the corners, obviously not in the center.
In addition to the most conspicuous four sets of armor, the others are weapons forged with partial bones, as well as knee pads to cover the face, etc. From the distinctive design, it can be seen that this is forged by real skilled craftsmen. appliance.
Seeing the two push the door and enter, an old man sitting in the shop suddenly raised his head. He was holding an old smoking gun in his mouth. The stock had a pungent smell of low-quality tobacco.
He looked over half a hundred years old, full of gray hair, wrinkles and a long scar on his face that made his whole face look like dehydrated skin, and his white eyes stared vigilantly at the two in front of him. young people.
After a long pause, he asked in a hoarse voice, "What are you doing here?"
Yin Yiliu didn't feel uncomfortable because of the aggressive eyes of the old man, she looked as usual, looked around and said, "We want to buy some things, and look outside to see how well your defense equipment is doing, I don't know if you can do it. Can't make armor that suits us?"
The old man stared at the beautiful woman and the air-conditioned man in front of him. He didn't know whether what they said was true or not, but after suffering several losses, he doesn't believe it anymore.
What's more, the dog thieves in Rongcheng clearly ordered to target their young and old, how could someone come to his small shop without fear of the lord's order at this time, no matter how you look at it, there is a problem.
The old man took a deep breath, his drooping eyelids covering his cloudy eyes, his tone became more indifferent, and at the same time extremely unfriendly, "I'm afraid our small shop can't provide this kind of service, so you should find another place."
Yin Yiliu heard the impatience and vigilance in the old man's tone, and was a little puzzled for a while. They were obviously seeing this old man for the first time, why he was so hostile.
Jin Yang was also slightly frowned by the old man's attitude. He shook Yin Yiliu's wrist and said in a low voice, "In this case, let's change houses."
At this moment, a small hand suddenly opened a corner of a door that had been covered with a thick curtain. It turned out that there was a cave behind the shop on the bright side. The owner of the small hand pushed back the curtain, revealing With a timid face, round eyes looked at Yin Yiliu and Jin Yang, and then looked at the old man who was sitting on the stool, suffocating.
"Grandpa, I'm so hungry..."
The little girl's voice was sweet and glutinous. At this time, Yin Yiliu realized that the skinny little guy was not a boy, but a girl, but her exposed head was trimmed with extremely short and messy hair. Like a tomboy.
The old man stood up abruptly, glanced at Yin Yiliu very vigilantly, then put the smoking gun in his hand on the table, walked quickly to the door, and pressed the little girl's head with his big cracked hand. push.
"Don't come out, hurry in!"
The little girl hadn't eaten for a day and a half, and she ate the last little cookie at noon. She was really hungry at this time. She heard the voice of a sweet sister talking to her grandpa outside, and she couldn't bear the hunger. , so he completely forgot the exhortation that he was not allowed to go out and not to show his head.
At this time, the grandfather who had been loving him in every possible way suddenly became so angry that the little girl was already hungry, but now she was frightened and scared, so she burst into tears, and her dirty little hands kept wiping her tears.
"I'm hungry! I'm so hungry!"
Yin Yiliu was a little embarrassed standing outside, she and Jin Yang looked at each other, but neither of them spoke. She originally wanted to leave this small shop silently. After all, the owner was not welcome, but when she heard the child crying and crying, she couldn't bear it.
She took out a piece of bread from the space, pretended to take it out from under her cloak, approached the grandfather and grandson who were still in a stalemate and said, "Since the child is hungry, give her something to eat..."
As she got closer, she saw the little girl's wrinkled face crying. Two slightly curled horns on her head were protruding from her unkempt hair. With most of her body covered, she could still see her lower body. lower limbs of beasts.
When the old man turned his head, he saw Yin Yiliu approaching his granddaughter. He looked like an old lion woken up from a slumber, staring at Yin Yiliu with turbid eyes.
He stepped forward abruptly, slapped Yin Yiliu's hand away with a slap, and knocked the bread she was holding onto the ground, "Go away! You don't need to be fake here!"
Yin Yiliu was unguarded, and the back of her hand, which was suddenly slapped vigorously, turned red, and Jin Yang, who was behind her, suddenly turned cold, and she was about to step forward, but she grabbed her wrist.
She smiled at Jin Yang and shook her head, and then looked at the old man who was hiding in front of the curtain to protect the calf. His eyes seemed to be looking at two criminals who kidnapped and sold children.
She didn't say more and walked out holding Jin Yang's wrist.
At this time, the sunset was almost over, and the last corner of the light used all his strength to sprinkle on the bustling street. Yin Yiliu's hand that was hanging beside him was suddenly grasped by a warm big palm.
She looked to the side with a stunned expression, Jin Yang's face was cold since he left the store, as if he had been bullied so much, he frowned and rubbed the blush on the back of his hand for himself. .
But in fact, it doesn't hurt at all, and there's nothing to be angry about. Everyone has their own inverse scales, just like she and Jin Yang care about each other, that half-human, half-beast girl must be the same as the boss just now. .
Thinking of the girl's appearance, Yin Yiliu was a little puzzled. It stands to reason that half-humans and half-beasts are the signs of fallen people, and a crying little girl is obviously not a fallen person.
She thought for a moment, then shook her head and left it behind. The only regret was that the shop's workmanship was really good. She also wondered if she could change her outfits and take care of Chitu.
I don't know if I can still find such a craftsman.
Since there was a river nearby, Yin Yiliu saw an evolutionary man at the market on the way back. He was wearing a wearer's armor and placed a basin the size of a bathtub on the side of the road.
When I took a closer look, there were three large swimming fish inside, each of which was at least half a meter to one meter long.
There was only one person selling aquatic products along the way, Yin Yiliu wanted to taste the delicious aroma of braised fish, and stopped beside the shop owner's pot.
The three fish in the tank were more or less injured when they were caught. One of the three fish had two deep holes in its back that gurgled blood, which seemed to be wounds that the evolutionary people used a harpoon when catching them. The water in the tank turned a little crimson.
The other two were slightly injured. At this time, they were alive and well, and they even chased the injured one to bite the wounds of their companions with their jagged teeth, causing confusion in the small tank.
Yin Yiliu stepped forward to ask the price, only then did she know that a fish requires a second-level condensed stone, she raised her eyebrows slightly: "Boss, these three in your pot are all first-level mutant beasts, and one requires a second-level beast. Isn't it a bit inappropriate for the Ningshi?"
It should be known that the exchange ratio of high-level condensed stones and low-level condensed stones is 1:10, and one second-level condensed stone is completely worth ten first-level condensed stones.
The people who set up the stalls were bored at first, but now they finally came to visit, they looked at Yin Yiliu and Jin Yang, looked at the two people's eyes, he said: "I just came to Rongcheng, our most expensive thing is this. Aquatic products, the dangers in the river outside are not a joke, these three are lucky for our team, and we happened to catch them.
The stall owner explained and said that if Yin Yiliu felt that he was at a loss, he could ask around for the price.
After some discussion, a big fish was put on a sturdy thread. The evolutionary man who set up the stall directly used his evolutionary ability, and slapped the fish that were bumping and jumping unconscious with a slap.
Jin Yang took the big fish, and Yin Yiliu also put a second-level Ningshi in the hands of this evolutionary man.
She looked at the big fish that was almost half a person's length and licked her lips, her eyebrows curved: "We can make something delicious tonight."
There is a pub at the head of the market, and it starts to get lively at this time in the evening. Those with some spare money in their pockets will sit in the bar and hug men and women, while bragging about the mountains and bragging with their neighbors they don’t know.
When passing by the entrance of the tavern, a middle-aged man with some tattered clothes was kicked out from the inside, and his body rolled on the ground twice, obviously not lightly.
He was not annoyed either, his face was blue and purple, still with a flattering smile and the person in front of him nodded and bowed down, "Brother Cheng, do your best, I am willing to give half of my filial piety to you, and leave a little for my brother. ."
The man called Brother Cheng drank some wine and blushed from neck to face. At this time, he looked at the man like a bedbug on the ground with contempt and patted his sleeve.
He is a high-level evolutionary person, and an ordinary person still demands from himself, which is simply a joke.
The man known as Brother Cheng took out a first-class stone from his arms and threw it in front of the middle-aged man's feet, as if he was begging for alms, and then he went to the tavern.
The middle-aged man was in a hurry. After he got a high-grade stone, he was ecstatic. He was afraid of being stolen and robbed. It's been a long time.
Who knew that it was clearly the points office set up above, but in the end, no points and stones were fed back to him. He went to inquire and was kicked out again and again. After inquiring, he found out that the point hall was on duty yesterday. It was the lord's hall. Brother, I have been using the name of the lord to force it everywhere, but ordinary people like them have been bullied and taken advantage of, and no one cares at all.
In the building where he lived, there was a young woman who was forced to have sex, and she could only grit her teeth as if she was bitten by a dog.
Those who knew him advised him to forget it, don't provoke the relatives and subordinates of the lords and the like, after all, they still have to eat in Rongcheng.
But the middle-aged man was not reconciled. He finally got better, so he pointed to the high-grade stone to change to a better residence, and then thought of a small business.
He was unwilling to see that his life that was about to be improved just came to nothing.
So he inquired about where Brother Cheng often went, found Brother Cheng who was looking for fun in a bar, and begged him to return his stone to him, even if he took half of it as filial piety, he would recognize it.
But he never imagined that this person wanted to send himself away with a first-class stone.
The newly added wound on the man's face was still hot and painful, his eyes that had always been timid and timid were a little fierce, and his eyes were red as he looked at Brother Cheng, who was about to enter, "Brother Cheng, you are trying to force me to death. ."
Brother Cheng turned around with a snort, and stretched out his head with a smile, "I just don't give you what to do, you come to snatch it, you go to sue. I just said that this stone is my thing, you are a stinker. Ya Sannai, what am I, don't be shameless."
Brother Cheng rolled his eyes, and suddenly said again: "Or like this, you tell me who gave you this condensed stone, and I can consider giving you some information fees."
Although this straw bag has evolved abilities after the end of the world, but every day feels that he is superior to others, and the current lord is even more powerful after he ascends the throne, and the actual evolutionary ability is only level 2.
He doesn't have much capital in his pocket, and he doesn't dare to go out to hunt. He can't go to places where many capable evolutionary people go. Usually, he can only act as a boss to the ordinary people in the base.
Like this third-grade Ningshi, he could squander it for a while. At this time, he hit the source of the Ningshi again, and the people behind it were just rewarding the third-grade Ningshi. There must be more good things in his hand, and then he will use his cousin's name to scare him, and there will not be a steady stream of stones.
It's a pity that he has a good abacus, and the middle-aged man in front of him is quite strong.
Brother Cheng sneered, "Yo, you've set a score with me, I still have to ask you to give it to me today..."
As he spoke, his evolutionary ability was running on his hands, and he was about to beat the middle-aged man. No matter how weak an evolutionary person's ability was, he would be much stronger than an ordinary person. He could even hit a heavier one with a few fists.
There were secretly onlookers who knew the middle-aged man who was about to be beaten, but no one dared to speak, and they all shrank their necks silently.
At this moment, a foot suddenly kicked on the back of Brother Cheng, who had a ferocious face, and he kicked him forward for several meters. His nose rubbed against the ground and almost broke the bridge of his nose, and the turbulent blood flowed out. When he came out, his lower back and face were numb with pain, and he let out a howling like killing a pig.
"Who the fuck dares to kick me?!"
As soon as he turned his head, he saw a man with a big fish on his shoulders standing not far from him, his face covered with a pair of golden eyes staring at him coldly, and his heart suddenly tightened.
After seeing the middle-aged man, Yin Yiliu suddenly remembered that this is the one who brought them into Rongcheng. Originally, the two of them didn't want to meddle in their own business, but they just passed by and listened to each other. It was caused by the condensed stone thrown by Jin Yang.
This man is pitiful to meet such a robber.
The two listened more and heard the arrogant bastard asking them about their identities, and the middle-aged man also saw their figures in the crowd, but still held his head high and didn't say a word.
Before Yin Yiliu could react, Jin Yang kicked up.
Brother Cheng's voice was obviously a little weaker, because he knew that this person in front of him must be a high-level evolutionary person, and he couldn't afford to offend him, "You, why are you hitting me?!"
Jin Yang looked at the man in front of him coldly, "I gave the Ningshi in his hand."
Brother Cheng was a little bit more cowardly, but the eyes of the people around him slammed into his face, which made him a little annoyed, his nose was still bleeding, and his voice was arrogant: "Do you know who my brother is? my brother… "
Jin Yang gave another cold look, and suddenly, Brother Cheng didn't dare to speak.
In the sparsely populated alley, a middle-aged man in a torn jacket folded his hands and followed behind a pair of young men and women resentfully, holding a lost and found pebble in his hand. at the back.
Suddenly, a man and a woman walking in front stopped, and the tall man turned his head, even if his cheeks were covered, he could see his impatient face.
And the middle-aged man behind him stopped immediately.
The corners of Jin Yang's brows twitched slightly, a little irritated, "What are you doing with us, you didn't get it back."
The middle-aged man immediately waved his hands and shook his head, and smiled embarrassingly, "You misunderstood, I want to thank you and say thank you."
Hearing this kind of thanks, Jin Yang felt a little uncomfortable subconsciously, he frowned and said, "I'm not helping you, it's just because this matter is up to me."
Yin Yiliu on the side held back her laughter, looking at Jin Yang, whose body was full of rejections, and felt that this scene was really funny, but she also felt sour in her heart.
Although Jin Tau has always wanted to show that he is very ruthless, but many times, he is really much gentler than some kind-hearted people.
It was this kind of silent tenderness that made her feel that the man in front of her was cute and handsome.
One of the two wanted to talk but didn't know what to say, and the other was full of impatience. She thought about it, but she still said something.
"Since you feel grateful, why don't you tell us if there is a better armor shop in Rongcheng or the surrounding town bases. We want to buy a better armor."
Hearing where he was able to contribute, the middle-aged man's face suddenly lit up. He walked a little ahead, carefully recalling the armor shops in and around the base in Rongcheng.
The face of an old man flashed in his mind first. He shook his head and thought about it a lot, but everything was normal except for the shop he couldn't go to.
It's okay for ordinary evolutionary people in these bases, but the two in front of them are obviously good blacksmiths.
The middle-aged man said: "Actually, we have a well-known blacksmith in Rongcheng, but the lord has clearly forbidden anyone to do business with him, and other forging shops are not very good, but there is a good one in the base next door. …”
Yin Yiliu heard what he said, and immediately understood who the blacksmith he was talking about was, "Is that the one in the innermost part of the market street, an old man with scars on half of his face, with a little girl ."
The middle-aged man was startled, "Have you been there?"
Yin Yiliu was a little curious, "What's the matter, why can't I go? Why doesn't the lord of Rongcheng allow others to do his business?"
The middle-aged man thought for a while, looked at the empty alley, and whispered, "You may not know that the blacksmith's son and daughter-in-law is the previous lord of Rongcheng. My lord, they are good people with good faces. It's a pity that the current lord has plotted against him. It is said that the Ning Shi after the death of the previous lord was also absorbed by him."
Yin Yiliu's eyelids jumped.
In fact, although it is now known that people or creatures with evolutionary ability will reveal condensed stones two or three hours after death, and condensed stones can be used to absorb and enhance the ability of evolutionary people, but the condensed stones of evolutionary people are in most human beings. In his eyes, it is tantamount to cannibalizing his compatriots, which is inhumane.
Even if there are people who don't care, they will take it secretly and will not say it out loud.
And the lord of Rongcheng is known to everyone. I am afraid that he never thought to hide it, but wanted everyone to know that he not only killed the lord, but also absorbed his Ningshi.
The middle-aged man continued: "This blacksmith has a fifth-level evolutionary ability and is a first-class powerhouse. He is an evolutionary person who rarely dares to hunt in the moat. Unfortunately, when he came back, only one subordinate was desperate. He hid the child, his son and daughter-in-law died. He didn't send revenge, and his reputation is great, and the current lord doesn't want to touch him."
Yin Yiliu said, "Because this current lord will block this young man?"
The middle-aged man shook his head and sighed, "That can't be done, our lord is so cruel."
"Perhaps you don't know yet, the moat will be banned every six months. At that time, the surrounding bases will close the city gate and sacrifice a child to the 'River God' of the moat."
As soon as the middle-aged man's voice fell, Yin Yiliu couldn't help but be startled after having many conjectures.
"You mean, the living child went to fill the river?!"