NOVEL WEB Chapter 24
Chapter 24 [Announcement of entering V]
Peng Mao, a native of Jiangshi, is only 26 years old this year. Although he does not look tall, he is a fitness coach.
Recently, their company opened a new gym opposite the county government. As he couldn’t get anyone to buy classes, he was arranged to come here.
He was busy here for many days with the business of opening the business and buying classes for the members. When he recovered, he saw a large number of people flooding into the township. And because someone made trouble in front of the county government, he was worried that it would affect him, so he hid in the gym and did not come out.
Later, his brother came to look for him, and he knew that unknown viruses broke out everywhere, and the infected people would be like zombies, and their father was also killed.
The brothers lost their mothers since childhood, and their father worked hard to bring them up. He also stayed and worked in his hometown for his filial piety, but his father was gone?
He was sad for a while, and then they saw danger approaching the gym before they had to run away.
On the way they met a group of people, headed by a man named Ding Gu-nian. They are not as confused and scared as others, but when they saw the zombies, they fought bravely.
Peng Mao and his younger brother Peng Sheng felt very safe following them, so they followed them until they came to this village when they were attacked by a large number of zombies…
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“So they don’t think you have much combat power. Following them is purely a burden, so they just threw you here?” Hao Jian understood.
Peng Mao complained aggrievedly: “I’m just a fitness coach, not a terminator!”
Hao Jian twitched his mouth: “What about your brother?”
When talking about Peng Sheng, his eyes were red, and he said, “He thought I was useless and couldn’t shelter him, so he left with the group! The reason why he went to the countryside to look for me was actually not worried about me at all. Because he thinks the country can take refuge!”
Xin Ting frowned: “Aren’t you brothers?”
“Yes, but I would rather we are not brothers!” Peng Mao was very disappointed. “He would rather be the younger brother of those people than go with me. It’s too dignified!”
“In the face of desperation, do you want dignity or death? Most people will choose the latter!” Lian Ru Ning walked over.
When Peng Mao told what happened to him, Hao Jian and the others took turns to watch around the temple. Otherwise, if everyone stayed in the temple, it might happen that Peng Mao was besieged.
“How’s it outside?” Hao Jian is no longer interested in Peng Mao’s affairs. She is going to watch and take a rest.
“There are no zombies.”
“It seems that Ding Gunian’s gang’s combat effectiveness is not bad. Although they can’t completely eliminate the huge group of zombies, at least there are a lot fewer zombies in that village and nearby.”
Peng Mao said, “I think you guys are also quite good, and you know how to equip yourself!”
Hao Jian’s figure has already left, but Lian Ru Ning smiled and did not answer. Only Xin Ting agreed and said: “Hao Jian is really brave and very powerful…”
She selectively told Peng Mao about some of the things that happened along the way. He admired Peng Mao. His favorability for Xin Ting soared: “Actually, your companions are very Great, but you are also very brave. With your cooperation, they can kill so many zombies, right?”
Xin Ting said shyly: “Thank you.”
Their full-blown chatting could not continue, because the stomachs of several of them were dying untimely.
Lian Runing and Xin Ting only ate a Snickers, but Peng Mao hadn’t eaten anything since last night. After he was abandoned, he planned to find a place to stay for one night, but he met a zombie. He was chased by the zombie to survive. He was exhausted, and there was only one place around him, so he hid in.
Had it not been for the excitement in his heart when he saw a living person, he would have fainted because of hunger.
Lian Ru Ning thought for a while: “I went to the ground to see if there are any edible vegetables or fruits.”
“You don’t need to look for it. Ding Gunian and the others patronized the mango trees around here. They said that the vegetables in the vegetable field didn’t know if they were infected with the virus and they could not eat it.” Peng Mao said.
Lian Runing frowned. She turned her gaze to Hao Jian, who was wandering outside. She quickly closed her gaze again and carried out a deep self-reflection: Why do I want to find her to solve the problem when I encounter difficulties? Can’t rely on and trouble her so much anymore!
Hao Jian seemed to feel a little bit, and turned his head and looked over. After a while, she walked straight back and asked, “Do you have cash on you?”
“Huh?” The three of them were all dumbfounded by her question.
“If you have cash, find someone in the village to buy some food for me.”
Having said that, only Hao Jian knew that this was just what she said to fool them. Just now, the system seemed to have died down and told her the purpose of the “exchange authority”.
The so-called “exchange authority” can actually use cash to exchange points at a ratio of 10:1. That is, ten dollars in cash can be exchanged for 1 point, but you can only use real cash, like money in a bank, which cannot be used for exchange.
After learning this ratio, Hao Jian couldn’t find any language to express his feelings for a while, and it took a long time to say: “A pack of compressed biscuits costs 50 yuan, a rice ball costs 100 yuan, and a catty of dried meat is two. Hundred yuan?”
“It’s not surprising that the scarcity of survival materials has caused supply to exceed demand, leading to price increases, isn’t it?”
“Then you must not know market regulation.”
“Our central system stipulates that prices will not fall but they will not rise again. Isn’t this market regulation?”
This system makes sense, and Hao Jian couldn’t refute it.
Although she has accumulated 165 points, enough for her to buy a dozen rice balls, but she didn’t want to raise a group of people for nothing, so she went to them for cash.
Originally, she had a lot of cash on her body, but the backpack was taken away by Chang Li and the others in the car, but she lost a penny all over her body. She asked whether the system can exchange valuables such as gold and silver, and the system also gave the exchange ratio:
100 grams of silver can be exchanged for 3 points, and 1 gram of gold can be exchanged for 3 points.
All in all, gold and silver can be exchanged, but compared to the exchange ratio of cash, the exchange ratio of gold and silver is simply horribly low:
Originally, one gram of silver costs two or three yuan, and one hundred grams of silver is more than three hundred yuan, which can be converted into points. How can you earn 30 points, but there are only three points.
The exchange ratio of gold is not much better than that of silver. Originally, the price of one gram of pure gold was more than three hundred and thirty yuan, but now the depreciation value is more severe than silver.
After living for so many years, she knew that gold could maintain its value, but she had never heard of it depreciating so badly.
Hao Jian summed up another rule of the system: instead of spending time with krypton money, it is better to fight monsters and upgrade.
If such a system comes from a game company, it would be very popular among non-RMB players.
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Peng Mao took out the only 80 yuan he had, and Hao Jian said, “Why do you go out without cash?”
Peng Mao was also very aggrieved: “Now all payments are made with mobile phones, who still brings cash! This 80 yuan is still for me to go to the market to buy vegetables!”
Hao Jian glanced at the food list on the shelf, and even a pack of spicy strips cost five points. She decided to sell him the package of spicy strips that was given as a reward for a 40% discount. For the remaining fifty dollars, give him another pack of compressed biscuits.
Xin Ting took out two pieces of one hundred yuan from her body. Although it was not much, Hao Jian decided to buy her some medicine because of her efforts to help deal with the zombies.
She can now buy three over-the-counter medicines a day, and the price of the medicine is basically between 20 and 30 points. Xin Ting’s arm was injured and she didn’t know if it was serious, so it’s best to take some medicine that promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis.
Lian Runing also took out five hundred yuan. She thought about it and walked to Hao Jian: “I’ll go with you. It’s too dangerous for you to go alone.”
Hao Jian did not object either, but said to Xin Ting and Peng Mao: “Are you here together?”
“I’ll be with you and help you keep track of them!” Xin Ting said hastily. Although she felt that Peng Mao was not a bad person, she had already suffered a loss once, and she did not dare to judge a person’s character easily from her first impression. She was afraid of being alone with men.
Peng Mao didn’t know what she was thinking, and got up quickly: “I, I don’t have any weapons in my hands. It’s dangerous to stay here alone. Just like Miss Xin, let me help you stalking outside!”
In fact, he saw the two weapons on Hao Jian and wanted to ask her for one, but he thought that Hao Jian also thought he had no combat power, and holding the weapon was a waste, so he didn’t speak.
It was Xin Ting who gave him the fruit knife, and she used the knife left by Li Ge. She felt that the injured herself could not exert the power of the fruit knife. She kept a small knife to protect her body.
Hao Jian no longer delays: “Let’s go then!”
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This season is the ripening period of mango, litchi and other fruits, and there are many small orchards in this village, which are full of mango trees and litchi trees. It’s just that the fruit trees that were originally fruitful looked like locusts crossing the border. The trunks were bare, the branches were folded to pieces, and the fruit naturally disappeared.
“They thought it was too troublesome to pick one by one, so they chopped off the whole section.” Peng Mao explained.
“Why didn’t they uproot the tree and take it away together? It’s too much, just picking the fruit, it can grow again in the coming year, they do this, it will be the way for future generations!” Xin Ting said angrily.
“They are thinking about the end. It is not certain whether there is a future for mankind. Why bother to think about future generations?”
Xin Ting could not refute.
Hao Jian and Lian Runing walked ahead, communicating with voices that only they could hear.
“Are you still watching Peng Mao?” Lian Ru Ning understood her heart from Hao Jian’s refusal to give up the crowbar to Peng Mao.
“His words are only one-sided. Who knows if it is because he betrayed the team that there is no one around him? The human heart is sinister. In this world, I don’t believe it.”
Lian Runing was curious about the environment in which she would grow up to be as insecure as Hao Jian. She looked at her: “What about me?”
“…” Hao Jian glanced back at her-if the system hadn’t asked me to bind you, I wouldn’t have the slightest mood swing if you died in front of me.
Of course, she couldn’t say this, and after a few days of getting along, she was not as indifferent as she thought.
“Except you.”
Lian Ru Ning smiled brightly: “Why?”
“Because you are not someone else, you are mine—” Hao Jian paused.