81 Days of Scavenging

The little robot's shop is very close to the mission hall, so even if he doesn't pay special attention to it, he'll know some things about the mission hall.

So when Hope Base needed to gather people to go to the grain depot for a cleanup mission, the little robot naturally knew about this place.

However, he wasn't actually going to accept this mission. After all, the mission description stated that the food and other supplies obtained after clearing the grain depot belonged to the Hope Base government. The person who accepted the mission would receive a portion based on their contribution.

For the little robot, firstly, it did not intend to take away the resources that humans already had in short supply, and secondly, what it received was not enough for it.

The little robot's target is the agricultural product processing plant area next to the grain depot.

News about this place isn't exactly a secret; the little robot can find out with a little inquiry.

The agricultural product processing area is much larger than a grain depot, and it has a much wider variety of goods, including not only grains but also various canned and dried goods. Because this area has even developed into a residential area, it also has small-scale daily necessities shops, and the hospital has been equipped with two large facilities.

In addition, there are several agricultural machinery manufacturing plants here, and many of the machines are even brand new.

It's fair to say that the resources here are incredibly abundant.

However, although everyone knows that this place has abundant resources, very few people actually dare to target it and make a move against it.

Those who dared to come to this processing plant area were all wiped out, and there has been no news of them since.

As for the reason, the survivors all know it.

In this processing plant area, at the very beginning of the apocalypse, a patch of ivy mutated, and it was an exceptionally vigorous one at that. Within days, this ivy had taken over the entire area, its roots spreading across the ground, firmly occupying the land, and no living thing could escape the fate of being drained dry by it.

Later on, only lifeless zombies could roam this area.

That alone is not enough to deter even the authorities from taking any action against Hope Base.

After all, even powerful mutant plants have weaknesses.

However, just as Hope Base was planning to attack the ivy, a new change occurred in the processing plant area.

A high-level zombie, whose origins are unknown, has merged with a climbing ivy.

The commotion that day was so great that even humans far away at Hope Base felt a tremor, and could even see a thick black and green fog enveloping the area in the direction of the processing plant!

More than half a month later, the thick smoke finally began to dissipate.

The humans boldly sent drones to check the situation, and although they were attacked and destroyed almost as soon as they entered the processing area, they still managed to transmit a few frames back.

It was these few frames that led Hope Base to classify the processing plant area as an extremely dangerous zone, and they would never again consider entering this area to search for supplies.

In that image, you can vaguely see that the ivy and the advanced zombie have merged into one, becoming a mobile mutant!

They couldn't handle either individual ivy or advanced zombies alone, so how could the combined power of these two not terrify everyone?

This information was not kept secret, and all the survivors in the vicinity knew about it, so even those with superpowers would not be so reckless as to venture into this deadly processing plant area.

However, just like the widely acknowledged "certain death," the fact that the processing plant area had abundant supplies was also widely acknowledged.

The little robot chose this location precisely because of this.

Since humans can't access the resources here, we can take them ourselves to prevent them from being wasted by sitting for too long.

Of course, the little robot knew the humans' assessment of the brutality of this area, so it naturally wouldn't let the humans know its purpose.

On the day of departure, the little robot closed the shop early, and the notice on the door was changed to "The shop owner went out to buy goods, and will be open for business tomorrow".

He then left through the base's entrance/exit.

Since the place he went to wasn't part of a specific mission, the little robot didn't need to register.

After leaving the base, he turned in a different direction.

This is certainly not the road to the processing plant, but that area is still far from the base. If we were to walk there like this, it would probably take a whole day on the road.

So naturally, the little robot also needs a means of transportation.

He had naturally planned for this long ago.

The little robot's warehouse is full of various metals, and it has no shortage of fuel. It even has its own energy to power itself.

So the little robot had already built a car on its own.

At this moment, after reaching a secluded spot, the little robot released the vehicle from the recycling bin.

The driving system and power structure inside this car are obviously different from vehicles in this world, but if a human from this world saw its appearance, he would definitely feel very familiar with it.

This is a multi-functional commercial vehicle.

Its exterior is brightly colored, and apart from the front, the other three sides are decorated with pictures of food, clothing, and daily necessities, so that you can tell what the vehicle is for at a glance.

All three doors of the carriage can be opened. It doesn't look very big from the outside, but once opened, it becomes surprisingly spacious. The interior is also fully equipped, with food, household items, clothes racks, and a wide variety of other items.

Upon closer inspection, traces of decorative colored lights can be seen on the edges, making it easy to imagine how dazzling and eye-catching it must have been when turned on.

Yes, this little robot was specifically designed based on the mobile vending vehicles of this world.

He was very satisfied with this.

However, it wasn't time for the car to be in operation, so he got into the driver's seat, entered his destination, and activated the intelligent autonomous driving mode.

Soon, the vehicle started up with a gurgling sound.

The little robot itself went to the carriage and began arranging supplies on the shelves.

If we encounter humans on the road, we can easily make a trade. How convenient!

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The little robot was happily driving its sales vehicle towards the agricultural product processing plant area. Near the closed Naji shop in the base, several superhumans with fierce expressions arrived.

Xiong Feng walked in front and could see the note posted on the shop door from afar.

He turned to the man beside him and said, "Boss, our men have been keeping an eye on things nearby. That white-haired kid closed up shop early this morning and left empty-handed. He didn't take anything with him. We don't know where he went, but he's on his way now and won't be back anytime soon."

"There was only that kid in the shop, and there were people watching all the doors and windows. There was no other movement."

Behind him, Bei Xiangming, whom he called Boss, waved his hand: "Let's go."

At his command, several ordinary people who were prepared beforehand rushed out from the corner, covered in grime, and scrambled towards the entrance of Naji's shop. They hadn't gone far before they fell to the ground and began to groan and shout loudly.

Immediately afterwards, two more people from JSG, who were clearly superhumans, swaggered over and began punching and kicking the ordinary people with menacing expressions. They would occasionally throw a wind blade or fireball, but they didn't actually hit the people. They just stood by and watched, completely playing around.

He was laughing and saying things like, "Hey, run another one and see," or "Beg for mercy? Take off your clothes and dance for me, and I'll let you off the hook."

This scene clearly attracted many passersby. Then, several younger superhumans rushed out, stopped the two people from before, stood up for the ordinary people on the ground, and accused the two superhumans of bullying people by taking advantage of their abilities.

The two groups of superhumans clashed, and the scene immediately became lively.

Gradually, passersby were also drawn in. Apart from those who were indifferent to the commotion and those who were in a hurry to get to their own business, everyone else's attention was drawn to the excitement.

Under the cover of the crowd, Bei Xiangming and Xiong Feng easily approached the door of Naji's shop.

They discreetly pried open the lock.

Even a tiny gap, no bigger than a finger, was enough for Bei Xiangming, who possessed the ability to transform into shadows, to slip into the house with several of his men.

Immediately afterwards, the door was quietly closed right under everyone's noses.

"Ha, boss, you're really capable! We're going to reap another huge harvest this time!"

"Stop talking nonsense, spread out and search carefully, find everything and take it with you."

As he spoke, Bei Xiangming was the first to walk towards the cardboard boxes on the shelf. There should be a small door behind the shelf.

He had already observed that the white-haired boy often came here to restock.

Sure enough, Bei Xiangming did see a small door there.

He walked over smugly and found that the door was not locked; he could open it with a gentle twist.

Bei Xiangming was already prepared to see a huge pile of supplies. He even started fantasizing about how he would distribute all of these things, how he would expand the organization, and how those guys who always looked down on him would eventually be begging him for help once he used these supplies to gain more benefits!

Bei Xiangming, increasingly delighted, took a deep breath and opened the door—

"Holy crap!!! What the hell is going on?!"

The empty area, only one square meter in size, left Bei Xiangming completely dumbfounded.

Following his scream, his men, who were searching elsewhere, began to mutter curses in unison.

"Damn, all these boxes are empty!"

There's nothing to eat in the cupboard!

"We couldn't find a single piece of clothing or medicine!"

"Didn't you say there were still bicycles?! I haven't seen a single one!"

"This is even cleaner than my basket?!"

Everyone couldn't help but look at the eldest brother, Bei Xiangming.

"Boss, what do we do? There's nothing in the house, it's completely empty!"

"Could it be that the guy knew someone was going to steal it and hid it beforehand?"

Bei Xiangming's face darkened, looking extremely ugly: "If you keep looking, I don't believe he can clean it up so thoroughly!"

The group then became even more erratic, ransacking and searching indiscriminately. However, no matter how meticulously they searched, even prying up floorboards and wall tiles, they found nothing.

Bei Xiangming even used his supernatural ability, turning himself into a shadow and deliberately squeezing into various corners and crevices, trying to see if there were any secret spaces.

Even when his superpower was almost exhausted and he was stuck in a crack in the wall, he still couldn't find anywhere to hide anything.

The group was furious.

Meanwhile, the noise outside the door had subsided at some point.

"Damn it, boss, the patrol is here!"

It turned out they had been delayed for too long, and the commotion was greater than originally planned, so someone noticed something was wrong and called the patrol team.

"Run!"

However, Bei Xiangming's superpowers had not yet recovered, so the group could only climb out of the window. As soon as they got out, the patrol team blocked their view.

—The area around the shop has been surrounded by patrol teams at some point.

"Arrest the man." The patrol team waved their hand. "Take inventory of everything missing from the store, and remember how much compensation is owed. We'll deal with it when the owner returns."

As for Bei Xiangming and his companions' claims that "I didn't take anything" and "it's all empty inside, there was never anything there to begin with," the patrol team didn't believe them at all.

What a joke! This shop has only been open for a few days, but it's already famous throughout the base for its abundant supplies. How could it possibly be empty? These thieves must have hidden it.

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The little robot was unaware of the new excitement happening at his shop. He was driving his mobile sales van, heading straight for the processing plant without any hindrance. The few zombies and mutated plants and animals he encountered along the way showed no interest in attacking this moving machine.

On the contrary, the little robot took notice of them and stopped to observe and record them.

Fortunately, these guys weren't put into the recycling bin.

However, the little robot collected quite a few things from the storage bin along the way.