Desperate Night

"Picking up corpses. Good luck, and I have good craftsmanship." Yu Hong answered simply.

"By the way, let me ask a question." He looked at the people around him. "Do you know where the lizard jerky we eat comes from? Can we raise it ourselves?"

"You should find Old Yu for this. We bought the mushrooms, cockroaches and lizards we eat from him." Doctor Xu pointed to a bald old man standing on the periphery not far away.

The old man was wearing a brown short-sleeved shirt, a little hunchbacked, with dull eyes, and he lowered his head and coughed from time to time, seeming to be a little short of breath.

"We usually call him Yu Toad, because he has a big belly and likes to lower his head and breathe heavily, and he looks like a toad. If you want to ask, go over and talk to him." Doctor Xu whispered. "And I advise you to hurry up, several people have already asked him about this."

Yu Hong nodded and wanted to ask again.

Suddenly, there was a sound of opening the door from the stone house.

The heavy wooden door was pushed open, and a middle-aged man with a crew cut walked out. The camouflage uniform he was wearing had a big "Post" printed on the chest, and the red handwriting was eye-catching and clear.

"Those who want to go together, come and register!" The man shouted loudly.

The crowd immediately moved forward.

Yu Hong stepped back and waited for everyone to register.

There were a few more people who acted like him, but most of them squeezed forward.

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In the cave safe house.

Two strong figures in camouflage uniforms and helmets and masks quickly emerged from the woods, approached, and walked towards the cave.

"It's here."

One of them walked to the stone steps at the entrance of the cave and looked up at the wooden door.

"It's quite strong. It depends on you." He looked at the other person.

The other person took off his backpack, opened it, and took out a few slender metal tools from it.

"I've opened too many locks, this is a piece of cake." He smiled, "Let's empty the things first, and then wait for someone."

"Okay, everything else is fine, the main thing is the big pyroxene."

"The trouble we encountered this time, only the big pyroxene is somewhat useful, the higher-ups are now anxious. So this time."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense, open the door first."

The two chatted, while vigilantly looking around, and climbed in front of the heavy wooden door.

The man with the tool looked down at the keyhole.

"Such a neat door lock? I don't know how long it has been since it was opened." He sighed.

Since the outbreak of the black disaster, people like him who were originally petty thieves have almost joined the coalition army.

There is no way, if you don't join, you will have no pyroxene, and if you encounter a ghost without pyroxene, you will die.

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up." Another person urged behind him.

"I know, don't urge me." The door opener took out the tool and carefully poked it into the keyhole.

With a click.

The door opener listened carefully to the sound, felt the feedback from the tool, and explored the structure of the door lock.

One minute passed.

Two minutes passed

Ten minutes passed

The door opener's forehead was sweating more and more, and the tool in his hand was shaking more and more.

"No! This door lock is different from all the locks on the market!" His voice was shaking a little.

Captain Zhao asked him to come here to open doors and locks. If he couldn't even do his old job well, he would want to enjoy privileges in the team in the future. I'm afraid it's not possible.

"Can you do it?!" The other person had been waiting for a long time and was already impatient.

"I, I." The door opener hesitated. This lock is different from all the ones he had opened before, and its structure seems to be different from even the most basic principles.

If he doesn't disassemble one for research, he won't be able to open the door in a short time.

"This lock is different!" The door opener said awkwardly. He took out the tool and wanted to try again.

"Forget it!" The person behind him grabbed him, "I just checked, there's no one inside, let's hide around for a while, wait for Yu Hong to come back, and then rush up to catch him."

"Then are we still going to open it?"

"Open it for nothing! Find a place to hide when we leave!" another person said unhappily.

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In front of the stone house of the post office.

All the registered people went back to their homes to pack up and prepare to leave.

After Yu Hong and Dr. Xu Jenny chatted for a while, he saw that the postman was free, so he took the initiative to step forward.

He came here to buy food, and if he could get good things from the postman, it would be worth it.

Especially the solar generator that Jenny mentioned last time, if he could get it, he could strengthen it himself.

Yu Hong's heart was hot, once there was electricity, many things would be much more convenient.

The postman had a cold face, looking at the list he had just recorded in his hand, with a piece of food in his mouth, which looked like chocolate.

Seeing Yu Hong coming up, he looked up.

"Do you need to register? Name?"

"Not registering, I want to buy something, do you have any food?" Yu Hong got straight to the point.

"Not registering?" The postman was a little surprised, but he quickly calmed down. There are many people who don't want to move and are self-righteous these days. These people are full of confidence before they see danger. He has seen a lot of them.

So after hearing that it's not a registration, he was only slightly stunned and then calmed down.

"There are food, not much. Dried lizards, dried cockroaches, dried mushrooms, what do you want?"

"Take a look at my exchange first." Yu Hong took out the exchange items he had stored.

The water filter cup and the pyroxene were all placed together in a bag.

"Did you make the water filter cup? And the pyroxene?" The postman took a look and immediately became interested.

The water filter cup is okay, but the workmanship is a bit fine. He also has the good products distributed by the above, so there is no shortage.

But the big pyroxene is different, especially since the evil shadow has appeared recently. It is said that only the newly discovered big pyroxene can be effective.

He had heard of magnolite, but this was the first time he saw it with his own eyes. The rune pattern is much more complex than ordinary pyroxene.

"Where did you get this big pyroxene?" He couldn't help but stretched out his hand to grab a piece to look at. But Yu Hong stepped back to avoid it.

"I made it myself." Yu Hong replied. "Can I change it?"

"Wait for me to check one or two." the postman replied, and quickly took out a black box the size of an egg from his back pocket.

There is a small gray LCD screen in the middle of the box, and a round button under the screen. Quite crude.

"This is a red value detector, a tool that can detect the quality of pyroxene. It can also detect the concentration of blood tide flowing in the surrounding environment." The postman explained.

"Can this be detected?" Yu Hong was surprised when he heard this. Can pyroxene be detected with instruments? There is also a blood tide.

He had never been clear about the results of the official research on black disasters here before, but now it seems that they are not bad.

"Yinta's research products are quite good to use." The postman smiled and pressed the button.

Suddenly there was two beeps and the LCD screen lit up red.

He moved the machine close to the pyroxene and stopped just a few centimeters away from the pyroxene.

Beep! !

Suddenly, the instrument made a long, thin chirp, and rapidly changing numbers flashed on the screen.

Yu Hong can also get a glimpse of some numerical values.

I saw that the number suddenly changed from 0 to negative 78, and then from -78, it quickly changed several times, and finally stabilized at -81.

"Tsk, tsk. -81! Amazing!" The postman exclaimed, "The previous pyroxene was only about -20 at most. Your big pyroxene is of good quality!"

"Make a price." Yu Hong said directly without any nonsense.

"Two pounds of lizards for one piece." The postman thought for a moment and replied. "I want all four of your dollars."

He has no shortage of food, but getting the Great Pyroxene can save your life at critical moments, so no one can have too much.

"I'm not going to replace all the dried meat. I heard that you have a solar generator that's about to be scrapped?" Yu Hong asked in a low voice.

"That thing can also generate electricity. How do you say that? What do you mean it's about to be scrapped?" The postman frowned and immediately retorted. "If you want that, two large pyroxenes will be exchanged."

"Is the solar storage battery going to die soon? Two pieces are too expensive. One piece." Yu Hong counter-offered.

The two started going back and forth over the price.

After discussing for several minutes, the postman finally relented due to limited time.

The last two large pyroxenes were replaced with solar generators and a set of broken air purification boxes were added.

All the remaining large pyroxenes were replaced with dried meat, and a small atomic lamp was added.

The small atomic lamp was obtained by Yu Hong's hard bargaining.

This thing is made of radioactive elements and is a cold light lamp that can last for more than ten years without using any energy.

Of course, its brightness will continue to weaken over time.

But it is still very good as an auxiliary light source in the cave.

Soon after the transaction was completed, Yu Hong was in a good mood and packed everything together. The solar generator actually folded up and was only the size of a medium handbag. With other things included, it only weighed a dozen kilograms when packed together.

Yu Hong weighed it and felt that after exercising for more than half a month, his body was much stronger than before. The more than ten kilograms did not feel heavy in his hands.

After changing things, the postman hid the large pyroxene and looked at Yu Hong with his eyes.

"Brother, I'd like to advise you to evacuate together. The bunker can't stop us this time. The evil shadow is not a big guy."

"What do you mean, brother?" Yu Hong asked with a frown.

It seemed that he was in a good mood after getting so many large pyroxenes at once. The postman chewed the chocolate bar in his mouth, looked around to make sure there was no one, and then said in a low voice.

"The evil shadow is different from the evil shadow. The evil shadow generally moves in a fixed area and mainly carries out disguised sneak attacks. But the evil shadow does not distinguish its location. No one knows how it moves. It is here for a while and there for a while."

He paused.

"I heard inside information. It's not considered inside information now. Everyone is leaving soon. Of course, just listen to it and don't spread it everywhere."

"Thank you for your advice, brother! I won't say anything nonsense." Yu Hong immediately nodded in a low voice with interest.

"Let me tell you, this time the evil shadows in town have killed a whole street of people, ordinary people and coalition forces, not a single one is left! They are all dead! There are too many dead people to count! There are too many." The postman's tone was solemn, and he even trembled imperceptibly.

"The coalition forces in the town didn't ask for help!?" Yu Hong's heart trembled and he asked quickly.

"Yinta specializes in dealing with Shadows, but the reply it gave was to isolate and give up." The postman sighed. "Brother, it is said that Yinta's reply is that each evil shadow is different and has different abilities, so Yinta gave them different code names. The evil shadow in our town is codenamed Kunu. Specific abilities It’s unknown, and it’s still being explored and researched, so we have no choice but to withdraw.”

"What about us survivors around us?" Yu Hong couldn't help but ask.

"Fend for yourself." The postman said in a low voice, "That's why I advise you to leave quickly. When the town is empty and the evil shadow comes out, it will definitely find a place with people around. We are a bit close to the town."

Yu Hong was silent.

He was also thinking and measuring rapidly in his mind.

Soon, he asked another question.

"Even if we retreat together, there will be no evil shadows in other places?"