Old Man Li sighed and pulled Ma Laosan away: "Old San, it's okay. This brother must have something to do with me." After saying that, he walked towards the King Kong. When he got there, he asked again: "Little brother, are you looking for me?" What's wrong with me?" He could tell that Shen Cong was not very old.
"Get in the car through the back door." Shen Cong closed the sunroof, walked to the rear compartment, and opened the armor.
When Mr. Li got into the car, he immediately turned off his armor, and then shouted: "Everyone spread out, don't crowd around."
These survivors were somewhat numb and did not persist after hearing the words, and slowly returned to their own lives. Only Ma Laosan was still watching and did not leave.
In the carriage.
Shen Cong was silent for a long time, then suddenly said: "Your name is Old Man Li, right? I have been observing you for a long time."
One sentence made Old Li stunned for a moment.
"Little brother, do you know me?" Old Man Li then looked at Shen Cong's explosive armor, as if he remembered something, "Are you... the evolver that Youhai mentioned?"
Shen Cong answered the question incorrectly: "How many survivors are there here?"
Old Man Li observed the situation and saw that Shen Cong had no explanation, so he replied: "There are about fifty people in Lishuiwan Community. They mainly come here to pick up waste. There is no water here, so you can't live here for a long time."
"You have a scavenging team?"
"Ah, yes, there are seven of us, and we often scavenge together. It's very dangerous outside, so we can't do it without cooperation."
"Tell me about the situation in the south of the city."
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In the compartment at the rear of the carriage, Old Man Li explained the situation in the south of the city in detail. Basically, it was no different from what Zhang Youhai said that day. The only difference was that something happened during this time.
First of all, of course, the occurrence of drought caused water shortage in the south of the city. Many survivors even had to buy fresh water from Wang Gen, who occupied the Yuxi River section. The drought also caused fewer orcs, evolved beasts, and evolved fish, and many survivors People began to scavenge in places they had not dared to go before.
In the past few days, Old Man Li and the others have been raiding Sansheng Village. Sansheng Village used to be home to a lot of orcs, all of whom were driven out of the south of the city. Now that group of orcs has left, and may have gone further. A place with fresh water.
Due to the drought problem, many survivors died in the south of the city. The high temperature and heat are a huge crisis for the survivors who have no mutations and are malnourished.
The second was that the Dragon Slaying Group launched another attack on Wang Gen. Both sides killed many of their men. Even Wu Wenjun, the second-in-command of the Dragon Slaying Group, was shot, but he did not die, but was only injured.
After learning that Wu Wenjun was injured, the secret force leader led a surprise attack on the dragon-slaying group, and both sides handed over many of their subordinates.
Basically, it can be said that the three groups of evolvers in the south of the city have barely reached the so-called tripartite confrontation. Of course, there are constant frictions. The dragon-slaying group wants to capture the south of the city where Wang Gen is, while the ANBU wants to kill the dragon-slaying group and Wang Gen. They just want to dominate the south of the city and Yuxi River.
"My arrival seems to have broken the order in the south of the city..." Shen Cong's mind wandered, trying his best to imagine as many possibilities as possible and who would hurt him.
Shen Cong is self-aware, and he is not the kind of person who can handle complex situations with ease, take one step at a time, and play with others at his fingertips.
All his considerations were based on ensuring his own safety. He would rather wander alone in the wild than quarrel with others in the city.
But for supplies, he had to go to the city and was never able to isolate himself from the world.
After a while, Shen Cong asked again: "Old man Li, do you scavengers have a hard life?"
"It's no longer hard to make a living by picking up rags. Sometimes I have to risk my life to fight for it. I don't know when this world will end." Old Man Li sighed.
"Do you think the dragon-slaying crew has diesel or gasoline under their belts?"
"Huh?" Old Man Li couldn't keep up with Shen Cong's leaping thinking. He was stunned for a moment before replying, "There should be. We have searched many basements before. Although the cars are rusty, the engines and fuel tanks are not. It was broken, but it was well preserved, and there was gasoline in it, so we made a lot of fires at that time."
"Do you still have any?"
"No, it's all been paid as taxes."
"You just said the car was rusty?"
Old Man Li nodded: "Yes, it stands to reason that the basement was not affected by the storm of the cataclysm, but when we first searched the basement, it was true that all the cars were rusty as if they had been there for several years. Not only the cars, but also many metals seemed to be rusty. Very serious."
"Why do Wang Dong and the others have three motorcycles? They are not iron men."
"They must have assembled that one themselves. When I first came to the south of the city, I saw their motorcycles, which were also rusty and obviously not matching. They were later painted with camouflage, so they were hard to tell."
Shen Cong was doubtful. It was reasonable to say that the cars and other equipment on the ground were rusted. But the basement was also rusted, which was unreasonable. The doomsday storm only lasted a month. Among the supplies Shen Cong brought with him There are also metal equipment and no rust.
"Why are the metal parts of cars rusting so badly?"
"I don't know, if the cars weren't all embroidered, we could have driven away from here to Hefei. When the people from the military region took away the Evolver, it was because there were not enough cars... By the way, little brother, you should be an iron man too, this big car , is it yours..." Old Man Li asked curiously.
However, the frequency of Shen Cong's thinking is not on the same line as the frequency of ordinary people.
He did not explain to Old Man Li, but said directly: "Old Man Li, we can make a deal. You should have guessed it. I am short of diesel, but gasoline is also fine. I plan to buy it from the Dragon Slaying Group, and I would like to ask you to be my agent. , help me transport the diesel back. After that, I can pay you for some food."
"No problem." Old Man Li agreed without thinking.
This made Shen Cong feel abnormal, but then Old Man Li's answer made him relax again.
"Youhai told us after he came back that you are a good person, little brother, and the food and medicine you gave us have helped us a lot. There are not many evolvers who are willing to treat us ordinary people as equals. Oh, don't worry , our team members have kept your information secret and have never told anyone else."
"Since you agreed, go back and wait. When the Dragon Slaying Group shows up, I will discuss the transaction plan with them. When the time comes, I need you... Also, my name is Huang Xiaoming."
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Old Man Li disembarked from the King Kong very reluctantly.
Before he got off the bus, he proposed the idea of hanging out with Shen Cong, but Shen Cong immediately rejected it. He only talked about this business, and after the conversation, they both walked away.
Shen Cong has never thought of taking in a younger brother, because without absolute guarantee of loyalty, it means the possibility of being stabbed in the back.
I had something simple to eat at noon.
Shen Cong sat in the driver's seat, staring at the two computer screens and the radar chart on his notebook. The movement around him was not hidden from his eyes. On his hand was a plastic box containing ant larvae, which he was going to study. Studying my two pet ants.
One of the mature larvae has grown to the thickness of an arowana oil barrel and is still eating and eating, eating a lot of Shen Cong's active cores.
The other mature larvae, although it has grown to the thickness of an arowana oil barrel, has stopped eating and is huddled in the corner of the plastic box. Its body has gradually begun to undergo morphological changes, as if it has turned into gel - - This is the process of pupation. This mature larva is about to pupate into an adult.
"One is still eating, and the other has pupated. Are these two ants, one a worker ant and the other a soldier?"
You can't tell what type of ant they are simply from the larvae, but under Shen Cong's feeding, these two ants have reached the forefront of mutation. The mature larvae that are still eating have reached Lv0. 087, the one that turned into a pupa has also reached Lv0.085, which is higher than the previous short fierce soldier ant.
Evolved beasts are constantly evolving and growing, there is no doubt about it.
Close your eyes and rest your mind.
Shen Cong adjusted his mental state and sorted out the messy thoughts of the past few days.
Solving the siphon phenomenon is a top priority, but the solution has not yet been found. The limits of the King Kong are still being tested, and his own physical fitness is still slowly improving, and there is still some distance to go before reaching Lv1.
Next is diesel.
"Diesel... I hope it can be successfully traded and replenished. I will leave for the main city immediately and transfer to Hefei City."