That night, they stayed on the first floor of the mall. For safety reasons, Tang Wenjie and Qu Weiwei reinforced the main door and the staircase and steps leading to the second floor. Perhaps because metal was not breathable, the zombies gradually stopped smashing the walls crazily. The building became much quieter, and only the bored roars of the zombies upstairs could be heard occasionally.
This time, they didn't plan to continue exploring upstairs. Shen Qing's space was already full of goods on the first floor. Qu Weiwei rested for more than an hour, and finally recovered her energy after taking a lot of drinks and snacks. She also ran out to walk around and help Shen Qing decide what to take and what not to take.
She has a much better vision and is more knowledgeable:
"Don't even look at this acrylic diamond, it's worthless. Take this, this zircon one is beautiful and so shiny!"
"Hua Zi, take Hua Zi!"
"This is a fake pearl. Look, the pearl has peeled off if you scratch it hard. This is the worst among fake pearls... This is the real one, although it is small and of average quality... Look at the growth lines on it..."
"Take this! Tahitian! Australian White!"
"This is real crystal, but it's not worth much... If you hold it up to the light, there are black spots inside. The flaws are too serious. If you like, just pick up two strings to play with."
"Don't take this hairpin, it's ugly... It's black and used to be sold in two-dollar stores. Okay, okay, it doesn't take up much space, take this one, it looks better."
Qu Weiwei just looked around at first, but gradually she found the feeling of shopping before the end of the world and fell into the excitement of buying for free. Girls know more about these small accessories than boys. Qu Weiwei quickly pushed Song Kaiji aside. Song Kaiji couldn't get a word in and could only carry the bag behind.
There were some things that Shen Qing really liked but there were too many of them to take with him, so they were all piled in an empty room. When he left, he asked Lu Yao to seal them up, planning to come back and get them next time.
From time to time, Song Kaiji also took some things they needed now: it was getting dark, and they were staying here tonight. The whole building had been out of power for a long time, so Song Kaiji found some flashlights, emergency lights, candles and other things to bring back to the room.
And batteries, which are really useful and useful things! And it is highly likely that production will not resume in the next one or two years.
Seeing how enthusiastically they were choosing, the other people gradually joined in. After going out, why not bring some souvenirs for the family? Shen Yan and the others looked at the small accessories in their hands, and they felt that joining this team was not a life of hard work, but an outing and a life of enjoyment.
And such an excellent team actually only let one ordinary person come out to recruit, and she was a young girl who had just reached adulthood. At the beginning, many middle and high-level psychics looked at Yu Le's appearance and chose other teams without asking any questions, so they, who had poor psychics and were disliked by other teams, got the chance to take advantage of the opportunity. Now they are probably living a better life than those middle and high-level psychics.
While they couldn't quite understand it, they also felt deeply grateful to Shen Qing.
For safety reasons, the eight of them squeezed into a shop tonight so that they could take care of each other in case of any emergency.
Shen Qing contentedly counted the treasures that filled the entire space. With these things, he could also open a Cuihua shop in the county town. These goods would be enough to sell for several years. Even the alloy hairpins from the two-yuan store that Qu Weiwei looked down upon were enough for him to make a fortune!
Qu Weiwei was also very happy. She got a few bottles of nail polish from somewhere and was painting her nails beautifully. Her head, neck, and ears were also covered with hairpins, necklaces, and earrings. She was radiant and had long forgotten the hard work of coming here. "Boss, let's come again in a few days, and bring Sister Bingbing and Lele with us."
Shen Qing had the same idea and nodded repeatedly: "Next week, let's go back as soon as the sun rises tomorrow and solve the seed problem. I will rent a warehouse after returning to the base..." He also had to go back to Lantang Village. These things would not rot, so he could pick some cheap ones and store them in his house in the county town. If there was no space, he would buy another house!
Originally, they had planned to leave the small commodity wholesale market and go to the clothing wholesale market next door to take a look. However, after clearing out only one floor, they ran out of space and had to give up.
There are so many good things here. Shen Qing even wanted the candles lit in the house: candles are also precious things in their place, usually large wax made of sheep fat. Even ordinary people in the city use oil lamps, who would be willing to light candles!
Oil lamps smell bad and burn the eyes, but they are much cheaper than candles. As for the villagers, they go to bed when it gets dark and are reluctant to light candles.
The candles here can be made into many shapes and can even emit fragrance. Shen Qing touched and fiddled with his space, and stuffed two rose-shaped candles into it.
However, the next morning, Shen Qing and his group, who were planning to return to the base quickly, found that someone was already waiting for them.
There were several military jeeps parked not far from the gate. When Shen Qing and his friends came out of the mall, they honked their horns at them frantically, taking advantage of the fact that the zombies couldn't hear any sound.
The leaders were a middle-aged man and a young man, both wearing army green clothes. There were about 20 to 30 people following them, wearing all kinds of clothes. Song Kaiji looked at them for a while, but couldn't tell who they were. But they honked their horns as soon as they came up, which seemed quite friendly, at least they were aboveboard.
However, there are too many people on the other side, and their strength is unknown, so it is better not to engage them rashly. Song Kaiji thought about it, and asked Tang Wenjie to put the cage down on the ground and be ready for defense mode at any time. He then took out an electronic loudspeaker that he had just picked up from the small commodity wholesale market. After a familiar startup melody sounded, Song Kaiji shouted to the other party: "What's the matter? Tell me first!"
other side:"……"
Qu Weiwei looked at Song Kaiji in shock. What hobbies do these two have? It's okay if Shen Qing took those little junks, at least one of them looks good, but what is this thing that Song Kaiji took?
"It's fun." Song Kaiji smiled awkwardly, "Zombies can't hear any sound anyway. I also took a small flag. In the future, we can go out on missions like a tour group. We don't have to worry about getting lost with these things."
Others: “…” This is becoming more and more like an outing!
However, the other party did not have such advanced equipment. After a few minutes, they opened the car window. Several people were responsible for quickly eliminating the zombies that were rushing up. One person half leaned out of the car window and shouted at them: "We are the official search team of Hongcheng Base, and we are out on a mission. How did you make that metal cage? Can you help us? We have a problem!"
Fortunately, the distance was not too far, and the man shouted two or three times, and Shen Qing and the others understood his purpose.
"Official people?" This is really a pillow for someone who is sleeping. They are thinking about how to get in touch with the official people so that they can donate seeds. They don't know if this group has any connection with the research institute, but they might as well give it a try.
Besides, I just wanted to ask about the metal cage method, which would not harm their interests.
Shen Qing's team had never concealed the metal cage tactics from the outside world. After returning from Zizhou, their team frequently went outside the safe zone to do missions, and often ran into other teams of superpowers. As long as they asked in good faith, they would tell the other party how to make the cage and the principle of use.
Shen Qing and his team were even willing to promote this method. If humans could skillfully use metal cage tactics to kill zombies safely and effectively, it would not only contribute to the end of the apocalypse, but at least the zombie crystal cores would not be lost, thus producing mutant zombies.
And this world can also reduce the number of deaths. It's a pity that not everyone is as talented and powerful as Tang Wenjie. There are many people who ask, but not many who have the patience to learn. As for those who have learned and can use it, there is still no one.
Thinking of this, Song Kaiji turned on the loudspeaker again: "Okay, send a few people over, no more than six!"
Even though the other party said that he was an official, just in case it was fake, we still couldn't let twenty or thirty people approach rashly.
Fortunately, it was probably true. The other party got a reply and quickly retreated into the car. Then a car slowly drove towards them, and the other cars stayed where they were.
Actually, this tactic is not very difficult, it is easy to think of. The difficult part is that you can think of it but cannot do it.
Tang Wenjie's ability itself was stronger because Qi Zhan helped him sort it out when he awakened, unlike other gold-type ability users. Manipulating countless metals at the same time also required long-term training. Even if ordinary gold-type ability users got the method, they really couldn't replicate it in a short period of time.
This is also the reason why this group of people went directly to Shen Qing and others.
Shao Nan was a deputy battalion commander of the Hongcheng Garrison before the apocalypse, and he has been working in the military since the apocalypse. Because of the apocalypse, the military personnel have been reduced to a certain extent, and he, a small deputy battalion commander who survived, can now barely be counted as a member of the Hongcheng base and has been promoted to the head of the regiment.
Originally, the military and government of Hongcheng Base had always had some conflicts, mainly due to different concepts of refugee resettlement, and the top leaders were somewhat at odds with each other. But since Hongcheng Base obtained a stable supply of carrot, cabbage, and celery seeds, coupled with optimistic expectations for the future of the Institute's Agricultural Department, in addition to starting to recycle gold, it also slightly reduced the entrance fee and slightly improved the treatment of refugees.
To be honest, the government and the military just had different ideas and positions. After the supplies were sufficient, the government did not want to be the bad guy, so the relationship between the two sides eased, which led to this action.
This operation is also an optimistic outlook of the Hongcheng Base officials: after the food is slightly more abundant, the officials decided to reorganize the Hongcheng Base Hospital. Currently, the Hongcheng Hospital mainly relies on healing people with special abilities. In addition to the high fees, many chronic diseases are not well treated. As mentioned before, many scarce drugs are hard to find and cannot be bought even with money.
Now that the pressure on Hongcheng Base has been reduced, they have some free time, so they plan to split Hongcheng Hospital into two parts. One half will maintain the status quo, led by healing psychics, mainly treating trauma. The other part will be restored to the state of the hospital before the end of the world. Doctors, nurses and medical students have been recruited in the refugee camp. Those who are selected can bring one family member to Hongcheng Base for free, and the admission fee for two family members will be halved.
On the other hand, search teams were sent to hospitals to search for medical equipment and drugs.
The military, whose relationship with the government had eased somewhat, also sent some people to participate. The young man Shao Nan was the military representative, while the middle-aged man Hou Weimin was a mid-level official leader and the leader of this operation.
There is a hospital two kilometers away from the small commodity wholesale market. They tried to enter it two days ago, but this hospital is closer to the high-speed rail station. There are too many zombies, like a dense human wall, and it is difficult for only twenty or thirty psychics to defeat them.
After a fierce battle, they couldn't even get into the building and two team members were injured, so they withdrew and rested here temporarily.
When they were observing the hospital through binoculars, they accidentally discovered Shen Qing and his group. The metal cage tactics made Shao Nan and Hou Weimin's eyes red with envy.
There were also several gold-type psychics in their team, and they immediately decided to copy Shen Qing's tactics. However, ideals are full of hope, and reality is very skinny. It looked like a bird cage that was enlarged dozens of times. I thought it would not be difficult, but who knew that I failed after trying all night. I had no choice but to wait outside the mall and wait for Shen Qing to come out.
As the car drove over, Qu Weiwei immediately surrounded them with metal vines to isolate the zombies outside. Shao Nan and Hou Weimin were even more surprised when they saw the metal vines wrapped around them. After killing all the zombies in the encirclement, Tang Wenjie opened a hole in the metal cage. Shen Yan and the others went to dig the crystal core, while Shen Qing and Song Kaiji approached the jeep and knocked on the door.
"You said you are official people, do you have any evidence?"
Hou Weimin and Shao Nan quickly took out the documents, and Song Kaiji looked at them carefully, then he felt relieved: "Thank you for your hard work. It's the end of the world, and we have to be cautious." There were not only official people, but also military people, which was more to their liking. When Song Kaiji looked up again, the smile on his face became more enthusiastic.
"Understand, understand!" In the end times, people's hearts are unpredictable. Only by being cautious can one live longer. They would not mind Shen Qing's attitude. Shao Nan briefly explained the purpose of their mission this time, and then talked about the situation encountered in the hospital over there: "Fortunately, we met you. I beg you to help us teach our gold-type mutants how to deal with this cage? Our goal is not to clear all the zombies in the hospital, but to take back the medical equipment and medicines needed on the list."
As he spoke, Shao Nan looked at the metal vines that wrapped around them again: "This... was also done by a gold-type mutant?"
Song Kaiji glanced at him and said, "No, this is the cooperation between the Wood and Gold Psychics. A single Wood Psychic can also do it, but the vines are weaker and can only hold on for a shorter time."
They currently don’t know whether Qu Weiwei is the only mutant with special abilities. Also, given the character of the research institute, who knows whether they will capture Qu Weiwei for research. It’s better to keep it a secret for now.
Tang Wenjie, on the other hand, could indeed coat the vines with metal, but it was not as easy and convenient as Qu Weiwei to do it directly. In comparison, Tang Wenjie was just a smarter gold-type psychic: just like a class of students, most of the gold-type psychics scored 60 or 70 points, so we couldn't capture Tang Wenjie and study him just because he scored 100 points, right?
Tang Wenjie's ability is not extraordinary, he is just stronger and smarter than other gold-type ability users.
Shen Qing and his colleagues originally wanted to make friends with the government and the military, so they enthusiastically agreed and taught their people how to make metal cages.
Just after coming out of the mall, Shen Qing and his team went back again, and Shao Nan and his entire team went back with them.
The military and officials, including Shao Nan and Hou Weimin, total thirty-six people, each of them is a psychic of a high level. Except for four space psychics and one water psychic, the others are high-attack psychics such as fire, thunder, gold, and earth. There are no wood psychics.
"That's not a problem." Tang Wenjie said. He and Qu Weiwei had planned before that when their abilities were improved, they could take turns doing it. As long as he could control two metal cages, one large and one small, Qu Weiwei could create two vine nets, one large and one small, with her hands.
And since there are four gold-type psychics in this team, there is no need to worry about this problem.
However, when he actually started teaching, Tang Wenjie felt the difficulty. He had been operating the cage for a long time and was very skilled. He had long forgotten the headache he felt when operating multiple metal spikes at the same time.
It took him several days to practice making metal blocks into bracelets with exquisite patterns. How could these gold-type psychics learn and master it all at once?
Of the four official gold-type psychics, two of them had higher psychic levels than Tang Wenjie. However, they were used to the feeling of throwing metal spikes like darts, and it was difficult for them to achieve fine control, let alone control multiple spurs at the same time.
Two hours later, the four gold-type mutants who had accomplished nothing and Tang Wenjie looked at each other.
Tang Wenjie: “…”
So, is this so difficult? Tang Wenjie touched the back of his head and thought again of the day when Shen Qing asked him to make the silver bar into the shape of a gold ingot.
His boss is truly wise and appears foolish, and as spiritual as a grandmaster!
"What should we do?" Seeing with their own eyes that their gold-type psychics could not be taught no matter what, Shao Nan and Hou Weimin were both a little frustrated. How come those metals were like plasticine in Tang Wenjie's hands, and could be kneaded and molded at will, but in their people's hands they were like wooden stakes and could not move at all?
One of the gold-type psychics said somewhat embarrassedly: "It's not that we can't learn it at all...it's just that this is a delicate job, and it's very different from what we are used to. We need to practice for a while." He actually understood what Tang Wenjie meant, but understanding and being able to do it are two different things.
However, he had to admit that Tang Wenjie was much better than him in terms of supernatural talent and comprehension. After studying with Tang Wenjie for two hours today, he felt that he had benefited a lot, and his supernatural power, which had been stagnant for a long time, was about to break through.
Time? Although the base did not give them a death order to get it before a certain date, seeing Shen Qing and his men easily going in and out of the small commodity wholesale market, Shao Nan had no patience to wait for his men to practice slowly! He hesitated for a moment, looked at Tang Wenjie very embarrassedly, and then looked at Shen Qing and Song Kaiji: "It will take them who knows how long to practice, and the base is still waiting... Can I trouble you, Mr. Tang and Miss Qu, to take us to the hospital?"
Shen Qing and Song Kaiji had actually intended to do so. They hoped that through this mission, they could get some distance between themselves and the government and military, and take the opportunity to tell the story of the seeds, and then use them as a backer. Song Kaiji swore that he would never fail to teach Tang Wenjie well, but seeing that the four gold-type superpowers did not learn, he was really happy to see!
The group looked at each other, and Song Kaiji said with a smile: "Of course, we are also here to carry out a mission from Hongcheng Base, and Wen Jie is a native of Hongcheng. It is our duty to make some contribution to our base. It just so happens that we have completed our mission and are planning to go back. We will take you to the hospital, and we can go back to the base together after we come out."
Hou Weimin looked at Song Kaiji twice more and thought he was a really smart young man. Shao Nan, on the other hand, excitedly held Song Kaiji's hand and was so moved that he didn't know what to say.
There are still many good people in this world!
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