webnovelfull Chapter 209: The Sword-Blocking Beauty in the End Times (8)
Chapter 209: The Sword-Blocking Beauty in the End Times (8)
The man standing in the front had a crew cut and dark skin. Although he was thin, he looked strong. He narrowed his shrewd eyes and looked Duan Yanpu up and down.
"Where are you guys from?"
Duan Yanpu stood in front of Gu Zhen and the others and said politely, "We came from Jiang Province to visit a friend in Tianjin. Please help us."
The crew-haired man smiled roguely: "No problem, as long as you have enough supplies, you can come into our Guangming Base."
As he spoke, he clapped his hands, and a younger brother came from behind and brought a piece of paper with words clearly written in black and white.
Gu Zhen and the others looked on and took a deep breath.
"Fifty kilograms of food per person, and it has to be rice and flour. Is this a ticket? It's robbery!" Ning Ning couldn't believe it. Supplies are in short supply now, and fifty kilograms of rice is enough for Zhuang Heng, who is of a certain physique, to eat for two months!
The five of them weigh 250 kilograms.
The crew-haired man didn't care about their surprise. "Other supplies of equal value are also fine. If you have cigarettes, alcohol, weapons, gasoline, etc., that's fine too."
"Would you like to collect the crystal cores in the zombies' brains?" Jiang Yi asked suddenly.
"Wow, the news spreads fast," the crew-haired man was surprised, "Didn't they just figure it out? People outside know about it already? Crystal cores can be exchanged for points inside, but they are different from tickets."
What this means is that they only recognize real supplies.
Duan Yanpu and Jiang Yi looked at each other. They both knew that this group of people were trying to make money. They were just a group of small fry. If they didn't collect a little more, once the money reached the higher-ups and was exploited at every level, there would be nothing left.
Gu Zhen could get these things, but their team couldn't. Two hundred and fifty kilograms of food was a lot.
It was clearly written on the paper that paying for the ticket was not enough. To enter the base, you had to use your points to exchange for a place to live. You also had to earn your own food, clothing, housing and transportation. If you didn't have any, you could buy one at the base as long as you could afford the high price.
These conditions are really strict.
Gu Zhen guessed that the mastermind behind this so-called Bright Base must have a large number of weapons, otherwise he would not be able to suppress an entire city.
"I see that you guys have good temperaments, so you should all be people with special abilities, right?" The man with a crew cut looked at Gu Zhen's face and felt sorry for him. If they were just a group of ordinary people, he could ask them to use women as compensation.
Jiang Yi blocked Gu Zhen with a cold face, "Will the threshold for people with special abilities to enter the city be low?"
"Of course, of course. The boss of our base has a large army of superpowers under his command. Look how safe this area is. There is no trace of zombies at all. This is the original intention of our Bright Base, to bring light to everyone!"
The man with the crew cut stretched out his hand and made a five sign: "Fifty percent discount, twenty-five kilograms of food per person."
Jiang Yi frowned tightly. In fact, he was the only one who needed to come to Tianjin. If the other teammates wanted to go to Beijing, they could take a detour.
"Let's discuss it." Duan Yanpu stopped Jiang Yi who wanted to speak, and pulled a few people away.
"I know what you want to say. Go in by yourself? Then what's the point of our team," Duan Yanpu shook his head. "They just want more things. We don't have enough food. We can use other things first and find a way later."
Ning Ning and Zhuang Heng thought the same way; they couldn't be separated.
"I have no objection either." Gu Zhen had been protected by everyone along the way, so how could he object at this time?
Jiang Yi didn't say much to thank him, but he kept his teammates' kindness in his heart.
Several people took out some supplies, including a 50-kilogram bag of rice, two bottles of white wine, a box of anti-inflammatory drugs, and a box of painkillers.
Along the way they discovered that none of the wood-attributed mutants they met had healing abilities, so medicines should still be in short supply.
The crew-haired man frowned and took a closer look. There were too few things, but the wine was unopened and the medicine could be used. "Okay, let it go!"
As they spoke, a few people moved the fence away, and the metal roadblocks on the road were also moved aside. Gu Zhen and his companions got in the car and officially drove into Tianjin.
As we drove along, we found that the important roads were full of obstacles. It was obvious that this was the result of the concerted efforts of the psychics. The defenses were tight, and there was a sentry post every few distances.
The person in charge of the Light Base must have formed his own force before the end of the world.
After driving for about half an hour, we entered the outskirts of the city. Circles of electric fences surrounded the outside of the base, covered with sharp metal spikes. Only one opening was left for travel, with two rows of armed guards standing there.
They actually circled out an area in the city of Tianjin, probably setting up defenses at the main entrances and exits, and then gradually clearing out the residents in the city, expanding the circle in circles, and sooner or later they will occupy the entire city of Tianjin.
Gu Zhen did not learn the specific situation in the book and knew nothing about Tianjin City, but Jiang Yi, as the male protagonist, must have been here before in the course of his story, so it must not be too dangerous.
When several people tried to drive into the base, they were stopped again.
The gatekeepers strictly interrogated them, asking them to include their name, age, gender, and corresponding abilities. They also asked them to temporarily store their cars outside and were not allowed to carry any weapons.
Gu Zhen silently put the gun back into the space. When she finished the search, Jiang Yi raised his eyebrows and said nothing.
The psychics have their own living area, and their points can be exchanged for a two-bedroom apartment with a validity period of one month.
"If you don't have points, you can exchange them for food. One kilogram of food can be exchanged for ten points. Other things are also fine." The staff pointed to the price list on the wall without even looking at Gu Zhen and the others.
One pound of vegetables can be exchanged for 15 points, and a pack of cigarettes can be exchanged for 100 points...
The more in demand, the more expensive it is.
"We have crystal cores, how do we exchange them?" Duan Yanpu asked.
The staff member was even more surprised than the buzz-cut man outside: "How did the news spread so quickly?"
The boss of their base has just issued a notice, asking everyone to speed up the clearance of zombies. The crystal cores in their brains can be exchanged for points. It is heard that this kind of thing can awaken ordinary people and make those with special abilities stronger.
It's not difficult for people to discover the effect of this kind of thing, but due to psychological reasons, people are really unwilling to take the initiative to eat the contents of the zombies' brains.
"One to one, how many do you have?" The staff didn't care. The news had just come out, and they knew they couldn't get 10,000 of them.
A zombie crystal core is only one point each. After all, this thing is everywhere outside. In the later stages, zombies and mutants will mutate and evolve. Ordinary crystal cores are worthless, but advanced crystal cores are becoming increasingly difficult to obtain.
Gu Zhen and the others looked at each other. They had a lot of crystal cores in their hands. Fortunately, Jiang Yi did not allow them to use the crystal cores to cheat.
"Count these, this should be enough." Jiang Yi took out a small black bag from his backpack and threw it on the table.
The crystal cores had been cleaned by Zhuang Heng, and were glowing in various colors, piling up there sparkling. It was hard to imagine that these square, crystal-like fragments came from the brains of zombies.