nycdaug Chapter 211: Keep Moving Forward
Chapter 211: Keep Moving Forward
The man with the stick led me to a bearded man who was also sitting in the room and looked nonchalant.
The man sitting there glanced at me arrogantly and asked, "Where are you going?"
I glanced at him and cursed in my heart, damn! I really didn't want to hit him. Seeing his smug look was disgusting, but I calmly answered him: "I'm going to visit a relative at Katsuhama Base." The route we took was the direction of Katsuhama Base, and there was no way to hide it.
He looked me up and down for a while and said with a sigh, "I can see that you're living a pretty carefree life after the apocalypse. You're still fat and strong. It's not too much to ask you to pay ten kilograms of food as toll, right?" After saying that, he had a mocking and amusing expression on his face.
I thought to myself that this bastard was really good at extorting money, so I quickly asked, "Just now this big brother said that I can pass through if I hand over five kilograms of food."
The man holding the stick immediately scolded: "What I say doesn't count. Listen to our boss. Just pay him whatever he wants. Don't bargain!" After saying that, he hit me with the stick.
I really wanted to turn around and kill this bastard, but I could feel that both of them had superpowers, and I was not sure if I could easily control their abilities. At this time, I suddenly remembered how good Lin Lin was. When Lin Lin was around, he could tell me very accurately what level the enemy was and what superpowers he had, so I would have a certain degree of prediction. But now it's like a blind man touching an elephant, and suddenly I thought that it would be a good thing if I ate Lin Lin's crystal core and got his superpowers.
Thinking of this, I suddenly felt guilty. I was really too proud. Why did I always want to kill people and take over their bodies? Was it really because of this end of the world that forced me to do this? I used to be a person who didn't even dare to kill a chicken, but now I want to kill people and eat their brains! Killing bad guys is fine, but I actually want to kill my own friends. It's really a sin.
I silently chanted "Amitabha" in my heart.
I don't want to waste time here, so I asked them if any kind of food would be fine.
The man said yes, but they didn’t want the ones that had been soaked in water.
Don’t buy those that have been soaked in water. I thought to myself that you are really picky. Most of the food has been soaked in water after the flood.
I pretended to go back to the car to get food, but I made a low-level mistake. I didn't expect what ten kilograms of food meant now! Half a year has passed since the end of the world, and during this period, we experienced floods and ice. The drought in the early stage did not have a big impact on everyone. Food was scarce, but many people died, so the remaining people could survive. After the flood, almost all the food was submerged by 90%! In fact, in the current ice period, there are very few people who can take out food, especially in the cold winter, many people have frozen to death. So the ten kilograms of food he asked for, although it doesn't seem much to me, can actually satisfy the family's thrifty food for a week!
I didn't know that people nowadays live in such dire straits, because all I saw and interacted with were rich people, and I myself owned too many things, so I casually took out ten kilograms of rice from the space, and when I turned around and handed it to the Korean man, he was obviously stunned for a moment.
Are you surprised why I took it so happily?
In fact, the quantity they mentioned was negotiable, and the fact that I took things out without hesitation proved that I had much more than that.
He pointed the stick at me and asked me to open the trunk. Fortunately, I was careful at the time and there was only a box of instant noodles in the trunk.
When he saw the things, he grabbed them and was about to take them away. I instantly realized my mistake and quickly pretended to be wronged and pulled him to beg: "Brother, brother, you took all the food away from me. What are we going to eat? There are only these few things left."
The thug who took the things laughed and scolded: "What does that have to do with us? Stop talking nonsense and get out of here!"
Suddenly, the bearded man who was sitting in the room came over. Seeing that the Korean man had already received ten kilograms of food in one hand and was fighting with me for the instant noodles with the other hand, he said sternly, "Old Qiu, give the instant noodles back to them. I said that the toll is food. He can pass as long as he pays the food!"
The man named Lao Qiu then shook his hand, stopped fighting with me for the instant noodles, and walked away unconvinced.
Suddenly I felt that this bearded man was a man of his words, and I suddenly looked at him differently. Suddenly, an idea came to my mind, so I approached him and mentioned to him, "I know a high-level psychic in your Fugui country, his name is Daliangzi. We had a good relationship before the end of the world. Can you tell me where he is now?"
The bearded man glanced at me and snorted coldly, "There are so many people who claim to know our Fuguibang leader every day. They all want to gain connections and use the back door. Even if you know Leader Liang, you still have to pay a toll. Don't even think about getting involved."
It seems that he doesn't believe that I know Liang Junliang. I really don't know him, but he is the person I want to kill! I quickly took out half a pack of cigarettes and handed it to him, hoping to get some information from him.
Why half a pack of cigarettes? Because under the current circumstances, even rich people find it difficult to take out a whole pack of cigarettes. If I take out a whole pack of cigarettes, it would be too eye-catching.
Obviously he didn't quite believe it, but he took the half-empty box of cigarettes, his mind quickened, and he looked at my car and then at the people in it. After all, it was already this day and age, and people who could drive a car and dress as decently as we did must be either rich or noble.
He finally said, "It is said that Hall Master Liang left my place a few days ago because of something. He has not returned yet. You should wait a few days to find him."
This Liang Junliang is a fifth-level psychic and is also a hall master in their gang. I asked again if he went there alone?
At this time, the bearded man suddenly became alert and asked, "Why are you asking these questions?"
I sighed and whispered to him, "Look, my boss is in the car. He promised me some benefits and asked me to take him out of our city to visit his relatives. I don't know where I'll be able to make a living after returning from this trip. You guys helped me get to know a big guy. Do you think I can't help but look for him?"
Seeing my honest face, the bearded man believed me to about 70%. He said that I could stay here for a few days after I came back and wait for the hall master to come back. He didn't need my stuttering at the moment.
I thanked him profusely and agreed, then got in the car.
At this time, Song Jue spat in the car and told me that it was Brother Li who stopped him just now, otherwise he would have to get out of the car to help me deal with this bandit!
I said that we should be more cautious now that we are in someone else's territory and not cause trouble. I just sounded out the information and he said that Liang Junliang hasn't come back yet. He might still be on the way or they haven't intercepted the jade yet. So we have to catch up with them as soon as possible. If we meet him halfway, we must kill him!
Brother Li firmly agreed with me, and the stick man opened the wire fence, allowing us to pass the checkpoint smoothly and gradually leave the area with people. Entering the vast wilderness, the former city has been silent in a sea of ice and snow, with a solid layer of ice underneath, and only some tall buildings have revealed a little bit of their head, so we can only rely on the compass and Chu Fangjun's holographic map to grope for the next journey.
It had been snowing heavily all the way, and the snow on the road was piling up higher and higher, covering the previous tire tracks, making it even harder to find the road. While driving this snowmobile, even though it had military-grade anti-snow pulleys, it still fell into snow pits from time to time.
If we got stuck in a snow pit, we would get out of the car. I would put away the snowmobile and a few of us would walk around the snow pit. When we got to the flat ground, we would take out the snowmobile and continue driving. We moved forward with difficulty like this.
Suddenly Song Jue shouted that he was hungry. I looked at the watch and it was two o'clock in the afternoon. It was time to eat. I took a few people into my supermarket lounge and let them order some food to fill their stomachs.
It was the first time for Chu Fangjun to enter my space lounge. After being shocked for a moment, he praised me enviously, "Brother, you are really amazing. You have such great abilities, space and this lounge. You are simply godlike!"
I thought about it carefully, took Chu Fangjun's hand and told him that I have the ability to give others space, but it can only be given to people with a certain level. For a third-level psychic like you, I can give you 10 cubic meters of space.
As I said this, I gave him the space through the contact of my palms.
Chu Fangjun was so impressed with me once again that he wanted to give me his crystal core. I refused his offer, and he said with emotion: "Do you know how useful this 10 cubic meters of space can be? It can be used as a mobile blood pack and weapons depot, filled with food and personal items, and a snowmobile! It will definitely be enough to save your life in the future!"
He began to ask me curiously how much space I had. Suddenly he felt that he had crossed the line a little, and then he said awkwardly that you don't have to answer me about this.
Finally, there came a day when I conquered this arrogant and overbearing president with my ability.