Back to the Peak

Chapter 3 Cheng Ran

The entrance square is very large. This rectangular square is made of steel and is about three stories high. Half of it is outside the protective cover of Spark City, and half is inside the protective cover of Spark City. All vehicles and people entering the city need to stay here to get into the city after removing the radioactive material from their bodies. Therefore, it has always been very lively.

Shi Qingyang spent a long time working and exercising here when he was studying at Xinghuo Academy. Later, he spent most of his time hunting and killing foreign animals outside the city. Every time he returned to the city, he would stay for a while. This is full of radiation and The place with the weird taste actually has a kind of intimacy to him.

It is the morning when most people are out of the city, so there are not many people here, only a few people are sparsely moving out of a box-shaped chariot, one by one iron boxes, there are many half-meter-long vegetable aphids inside. beast.

It is said that before 2045, aphids are very small. At that time, insects, which accounted for four-fifths of the total number of animals, were the smallest and most inconspicuous among animals. However, after experiencing radiation and undergoing mutations, mammals in the wild are basically All were extinct. In the end, only these very fast-breeding insects adapted to the harsh environment and survived.

Aphids used to be the fastest breeding and most abundant insects, but now they are the fastest breeding and most abundant alien animals.

When the radiation enveloped the earth, nine out of ten humans died, and the living people were all hungry.

That is, at that time, humans accidentally discovered that although plants containing radioactive substances are no longer edible, strange animals have the ability to filter toxins. They eat plants containing radioactive substances and possess venom, but the meat in their bodies is not. It will contain too much radiation. At that time, human beings survived by hunting and feeding on them.

However, with the passage of time and the increase in population, hunting alone is obviously not enough to meet human food needs, so some people began to breed some herbivorous animals near the city, the cabbage aphid is the most farmed exotic animal one.

Those cabbage beasts were obviously bred, and they were still alive. People who were still wearing radiation-proof clothing soaked the cabbage beasts in a special potion, and then they all put them in the freezer. After leaving here, they will be processed, the good meat will be put on the shelf for sale, and the worst corners and corners will be sent to the factory that makes nutritious meals.

Before Shi Qingyang’s parents were still there, his mother would often buy some exotic animal meat and cook it by herself. Among them, the meat of the vegetable aphid animal was the most bought, but after her death, the taste would be like that. Shi Qingyang couldn’t eat it anymore.

Tao Rubao rented a shop in the south facing area of ​​the entrance square. There is his car wash shop. Although the technology is very advanced nowadays, there may be radioactive substances in the seams of the chariot and in the car. Special potions should not be wasted. Therefore, some things must be done manually.

When Shi Qingyang passed by, Tao Rubao was cleaning a somewhat dilapidated two-wheeled chariot with a decontamination device. Next to the chariot, there was a middle-aged man sitting beside the chariot, washing his radiation suit with potion.

“Boy, are you here?” Tao Rubao greeted Shi Qingyang from a distance.

“Uncle Tao.” Shi Qingyang smiled.

“Where are you uncomfortable?” Tao Rubao kept moving and asked casually. Shi Qingyang has not been late since he came to work here. This is the first time such a thing happened today.

Along the way, even though Shi Qingyang still feels a little skeptical about everything now, he has adjusted his mentality: “Uncle Tao, I’m fine.”

“It’s okay. You can bring the anti-radiation potion inside and brush the car again.” Tao Rubao said and went around in the field. The owner got on and off the car and dealt with alien animals and plants. The car was contaminated with a lot of radioactive substances. Not only should the radiation in the depressions be cleaned out, but also the parts of the car should be maintained. Otherwise, some radiation materials may corrode the car.

“Get me the cheapest, I haven’t made much this month.” The man who was cleaning the radiation suit raised his voice.

“Old Gao, don’t worry, when will I use your expensive pit?” Tao Rubao replied, and asked, “Why did your farm go out early in the morning today?”

“I don’t know. It seems that there is a big person coming, so you have to prepare more food. Those adult raptors are still secondary. The cubs of raptors are the key point. They will all be sent to the Spark Hotel. , Roast and eat the whole thing.” Gao Gao said as he smashed his mouth: “Whenever I am rich, I must go to the Spark Hotel to have a big meal.”

“You are a second-level radiation fighter, can’t you still not afford it?”

“With my income, I can only eat meat cooked by my wife. If I really go to the Spark Hotel, I am afraid I will have a nutritious meal in the next month.” Gao Gao laughed.

Shi Qingyang took the brush and used the potion to brush the two-wheeled chariot carefully, not letting go of any gaps, and at the same time tried to think back, but still did not remember who this man named plateau was, only guessed. He should be an employee of the vegetable aphid breeding farm. He doesn’t need to unload the goods. He is probably still a small boss.

He didn’t pay too much attention to the plateau, but he was very curious about what he said about the plateau-Spark City has been to a big man this time? Why is he not impressed at all?

All the adult beasts that were brought back in the van were frozen, but the cubs were washed and then placed in another cage. After radiation monitoring, these people soon took the beasts through the growth. The long passage left the entrance to the city.

Shi Qingyang cleaned the two-wheeled chariots on the plateau, but those vans were packaged by a larger car washing shop next to him, so he quickly got free and started to feel the radiant energy in the air.

Where there is radiation, there is radiant energy. Shi Qingyang can’t feel anything in the city, but here you can feel some irritable energy in the air. Of course, the energy intensity here is incomparable with that in the wild.

In Tao Rubao’s shop, apart from Shi Qingyang, there is also his sister Tao Ruyu. After looking at it until noon, Tao Ruyu put down the potion that was being prepared: “Big brother, I’m going outside to buy food, what are you eating today?”

“As usual!” Tao Rubao said. The food at the entrance is more expensive than outside. They go out to buy food every day when they arrive at the restaurant. He usually eats a boxed lunch with 40 credits.

“Okay.” Tao Ruyu responded, and was about to go out, but Shi Qingyang stopped her: “Aunt Tao, buy me a nutritious meal.”

Tao Ruyu and Tao Rubao both looked at Shi Qingyang in surprise, especially Tao Rubao, frowning: “Xiao Yang, aren’t you picky eaters? How do you eat nutritious meals?”

These days, the food is really not cheap, but the rough taste of the nutritious meal is also annoying. It is not the lowest level, and it is generally not possible to eat a nutritious meal.

Shi Qingyang has been working with him for more than three months. Because Shi Qingyang is young, he counts money by the hour, ten credits per hour. This salary is not high, but Shi Qingyang used to work all day. Staying with him for more than ten hours a day, he can get more than 3,000 credits a month. Such income is very difficult to support the family, but a child’s pocket money can definitely be used very comfortably.

They used to greet Shi Qingyang when they ate, but Shi Qingyang never ate with them. He went out alone. They thought he was abandoning the box lunch and it was not delicious, and he was spending money on barbecue or something—Tao Rubao’s Son, never eat a box lunch that is mashed, and always eat barbecue sauce.

“Uncle Tao, I haven’t eaten at noon before.” Shi Qingyang smiled. When he used to be this old, his self-esteem was very strong, and he was afraid that others would pity himself, so he never told others about his difficulties, and he didn’t want others to give them to himself. Help, although he didn’t eat anything at noon, he never let others know, Tao Rubao asked, he even deliberately made the other person feel that he is picky eaters and doesn’t like boxed lunches.

“Did not eat?” Tao Rubao looked at Shi Qingyang in surprise.

“Uncle Tao, there is something in my family, I have been short of money…” Shi Qingyang didn’t say much, vaguely, he really didn’t want to mention the death of his parents.

Tao Rubao reacted. In fact, Shi Qingyang was only sixteen years old. If there is nothing wrong with the family, which sixteen-year-old child would come to do such work that is exposed to radiation all day long? And if a child has something to do at home, how can he still have money to eat delicious food?

“You kid… I’m going to treat you today. Don’t eat a nutritious meal. Let me have a meal like mine.” In the following sentence, Tao Rubao said to his sister Tao Ruyu, and suddenly discovered that Shi Qingyang didn’t like to eat boxed lunches. He couldn’t help but feel a little guilty because he couldn’t afford to eat lunch.

Tao Ruyu responded with a smile. Shi Qingyang has always been indifferent. Although she works hard, she rarely speaks. Therefore, she used to be indifferent to Shi Qingyang. Now that she knows this, she can’t help being enthusiastic about Shi Qingyang. Some.

Shi Qingyang thanked him again and again, and his mood was complicated. He was really too young back then, he didn’t even know that he was weak…

Forty credits of a box lunch is mostly mashed meat, and there is also a small piece of potato. Now the plants are all cultivated in the city without soil, and the price is expensive. Just a piece of potato that is not the size of a thumb costs ten. Credit points, as for the ordinary bento with only meat paste, the price is twice that of the nutritious meal, with 30 credits.

Although I had a nutritious meal this morning, when the sixteen-year-old had the best appetite, Shi Qingyang naturally ate a whole meal, and then he put it away. I and Tao Rubao, Tao Ruyu’s lunch boxes, put them in a special collection point-lunch boxes and water bottles are alloys, and they will all be recycled and reused.

In the afternoon, their business changed for the better. Shi Qingyang used to be hungry all day long. Although he was diligent, his spirit was always a little sluggish. This time he worked very swiftly. Not only that, he also took the initiative to greet the guests. .

Tao Rubao looked at Shi Qingyang several times in surprise. Shi Qingyang used to sit alone all day without talking. Today’s changes are not trivial, but when he thinks of asking him to eat, he has to do three or four. He just earned his lunch at a young age, and he felt that he had found the reason.

The most in and out of Spark City are vans and second-wheeled tanks. Second-wheeled tanks are very flexible. Vans can hold a lot of things. People in Spark City generally work together to form a small team. Get on a few two-wheeled chariots and a van, and then go out of the city to hunt foreign animals.

However, at three or four o’clock in the afternoon that day, suddenly six four-wheeled chariots, which are rare in the city of Spark, drove in from the long passage that entered the city.

The black four-wheeled tank has been stained with blood because it has been driving outside for a long time, but it still looks very majestic. An ordinary tank like this requires hundreds of thousands of credit points. …

Shi Qingyang, who has experienced great ups and downs, has good eyesight. He is very certain that these six cars will cost several million, and the middle one has even been modified.

Judging by the blood, mud and sand on these cars, they should have been driving outside the city for several days. So, these people came from other cities?

Just thinking about this, a few cars have already drove to the square, and some people wearing radiation-proof combat uniforms stepped out of the cars one after another. The people who got on and off from the cars next to them all had blood stains on them. The cars in the middle were modified. The few people who came up and down were clean. Among them, there was even an old man and a young man.

The teenager was wearing a thick radiation protection suit, but he still looked slender. He also wore a white radiation protection helmet. Because Xu finally entered the city, he opened his face mask and gasped for breath. A pale and somewhat unnatural face.

“However, Master, you are not in good health. There is radiation here, so let’s wear a mask.” The old man next to him even took off his helmet, but he persuaded the young man to put down his mask.

The boy nodded and put down the mask obediently.

Master Ran, Cheng Ran? Shi Qingyang still remembered this old man, he was clearly the housekeeper who had been with Cheng Ran all day…

However, Cheng Ran in his impression should be chubby, but now Cheng Ran is surprisingly thin.