Shen Qing was hesitating at the hospital entrance when he saw Song Kaiji walking out. Seeing Shen Qing, Song Kaiji was also startled, and quickly pulled him into the hospital corridor: "Why are you here?"
"I came to see you. They said your friend is in trouble and is in the base hospital." Shen Qing said, "I didn't want to wait there. I always felt like someone was watching me. I felt uncomfortable, so I came here." Seeing that Song Kaiji didn't look very good, Shen Qing asked with concern, "How is your friend? Is he seriously ill?"
When this was mentioned, Song Kaiji's mood became heavy again.
Qu Weiwei is Song Kaiji's senior in college, two years older than him. The two were in the same baseball club. They were not very familiar with each other when they were in school. They chatted in the same group but had never added each other's contact information.
But the end of the world has come, and so many relatives and friends have been separated from each other. It is really not easy to meet people you knew before the end of the world at the Hongcheng base, so you can feel closer to them than when you were in school.
Moreover, Song Kaiji has spatial ability, and Qu Weiwei has wood ability, both of which are low-level abilities that were awakened very late. He has no offensive power at all, and his supernatural powers can only be used to carry some things. And Qu Weiwei's wood-related ability sounds stronger than his. It seems that she can grow some food and vegetables by herself - but the prerequisite is that she must have seeds! Seeds are now the most precious and rare items that are hard to buy even with crystal cores!
Moreover, before level three, wood-based abilities cannot produce thick vines to attack zombies.
Both of them lived better than the average person and could barely make ends meet, so naturally, neither of them could take advantage of the other. Instead, they supported each other and developed a friendship of sharing weal and woe.
However, Qu Weiwei was relatively lucky: when the base was expanded, not only the nearby residential areas were included, but also some farmland was included, and several farms were built. Therefore, a number of wood-type mutants were recruited to use their abilities to ripen the crops every day. The salary was five pancakes or a pound of fresh vegetables per day. This is already a very well-paid job in the base, and the most important thing is stability!
Most of these farms are officially owned by the base, and a small number belong to subordinate research institutes. They are not used to ripen crops, but to assist the research institutes in conducting some mutant plant research or ripening and cultivating medicinal materials.
Qu Weiwei applied for a job at Farm No. 3 under the research institute.
The only person she knew at this base was Song Kaiji, so when the farm required her to fill in an emergency contact person, she filled in Song Kaiji's information. When filling it out, do you still think about what is urgent when working on the farm? Are they afraid that someone with special abilities will steal vegetables from the farm, so they want someone to act as a guarantor? I just found out today that there is such a risk.
"The mutated plants on the farm were rioting. I was transferring my superpowers nearby and ran into them head-on." Song Kaiji brought Shen Qing into Qu Weiwei's ward.
The hospital was formerly a converted four-story guesthouse, where a standard room was used as a ward. At this time, the small room was filled with beds, with seven or eight wounded people lying on them. Some were howling in pain, while others were dying and unconscious. They were all attacked by the mutant plants this time.
Shen Qing looked in the direction Song Kaiji was leading. There was a young girl in her early twenties lying on the hospital bed. If she were in their village, her looks would be considered top-notch. At this time, his eyes were closed and his face was as pale as gold paper. There were large patches of blood on his clothes. His right hand from the elbow was empty and a bloody mess. A young man was sitting beside the bed, with two fingers resting on Qu Weiwei's broken arm, and the place where their fingers touched seemed to glow with a faint white fluorescence.
The man looked up and saw Song Kaiji coming back, so he asked, "Have you decided?"
In the last days, human life is cheaper than grass. Such a large mutant plant riot occurred on the farm, and several people died on the spot. Qu Weiwei was lucky that only her arm was broken. However, the compensation offered by the institute was very little: of course they could not watch the injured die, but they were only willing to pay for the medical expenses to save their lives and then provide a small amount of material compensation to the injured.
In a situation like Qu Weiwei's, a healing psychic can help her regenerate her broken limbs, but the energy required is enormous, and it is probably not something that one healing psychic alone can do. It would take several people working together to do it, and the price would naturally be very high.
"If it's just to save her life, I'll let her limbs heal now. She'll wake up soon, but she won't be able to regenerate her limbs after that." The young man sitting next to the bed said that this operation can only be performed while the joints are fresh: "If you choose to regenerate the limbs, go and pay the fee quickly. I can't do such a big operation alone. I need to find two more people to do it with me. It's really tiring if I keep doing this."
Song Kaiji bit his lower lip, feeling very embarrassed. The psychic had just told him that if he wanted to regenerate his severed limbs, in addition to the fees he had already paid to the research institute, he would need to pay another 1,200 crystal cores or 400 kilograms of food. Qu Weiwei herself did not have so many supplies, so where would he get so many supplies to advance the payment?
As for the relationship between him and Qu Weiwei, although they have helped each other a lot in the past six months at the base and are somewhat dependent on each other, rationally speaking, it is not to the extent that he would spend all his family fortune on Qu Weiwei. But, but... It's already difficult to survive in the apocalypse. It's already hard for ordinary people to stay alive. If you lose an arm, and it's your right arm, what's the difference between that and being sentenced to death?
Song Kaiji sighed. In fact, he went out just now to look for Shen Qing. He had already made up his mind: if he really couldn't come up with the money before he met Shen Qing, there would be nothing to say. But now, maybe just trying could save Qu Weiwei's life?
"Can you... lend me some supplies?"
It was really hard to say this, so he pulled Shen Qing aside and whispered, "I have more than 100 kilograms of crystal cores and food on hand, and I'm still a long way off. Apart from you, I don't know who else can help me now. Don't worry, I will definitely return these supplies, and then I will take on the mission."
He knew that there was a team of superpowers that had been looking for people with space abilities to go on a mission in an industrial park over 70 kilometers away, and they had also looked for Song Kaiji several times. The danger is not too great, and there are banks and gold shops there. The gold has probably been collected by official troops, but some silver may have been missed. However, this mission requires staying there overnight and cannot return to the base on the same day. Song Kaiji had been refusing because he was afraid of missing news from his relatives.
If it really doesn't work, after Qu Weiwei gets better, the two of them will go out to complete the mission and kill zombies. They must return the money to Shen Qing.
Song Kaiji looked at Shen Qing nervously. He knew that they had just met for a short time, and it could be said that Shen Qing had always taken care of him more. He had received so many supplies from Shen Qing, but now he had to borrow money from Shen Qing - for someone else, someone Shen Qing didn't even know. If this happened before the end of the world, Shen Qing would definitely be told to run away.
Hmm...advise to break up?
Song Kaiji threw the strange things out of his mind. But if he was asked to watch Qu Weiwei's hand lose, he couldn't do it. If he asked and Shen Qing didn't agree, he would not blame Shen Qing. But if he didn't ask, it would be hard for him not to blame himself when he saw Qu Weiwei with a broken hand.
Although this incident itself was not his fault, it was that damn research institute that should bear the responsibility.
However, Shen Qing still had a dazed expression.
ah? What? Plant mutation? riot? Regeneration of severed limbs? ? This world once again gave Shen Qing a huge shock, leaving him speechless.
But thinking about the zombies in this world and Song Kaiji's spatial ability, I feel that it is not impossible...
Two or three hundred kilograms of food is nothing to Shen Qing now. Shen Qing also found it understandable that Song Kaiji wanted to save people. He has never lived in the apocalypse, but he can only speak from his own perspective: If someone in Second Aunt Lian or Aunt Guixiang's family encounters such a thing, Shen Qing would be willing to lend a hand! Therefore, although he knew that he should not show off his wealth in public, this was Song Kaiji after all. Shen Qing only hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Okay."
Song Kaiji was extremely surprised, not only because Qu Weiwei was rescued, but also because Shen Qing was willing to lend him so many supplies. How much trust did that show? At this moment, the eyes looking at Shen Qing were bright: "I will never let you down!"
This sounded strange, so Shen Qing didn't say anything and took off the backpack on his back. There were about 100 kilograms of food in it, which was originally intended to be used to exchange for bullets: "But I have a small request."
"What?"
"Can I watch when the severed limbs regenerate? I want to see it!" Shen Qing's face turned red with excitement. What a magical thing! He has always wanted to gain more experience and see more of the world, so he asked, is there anything in the world that can give him more knowledge than seeing the regeneration of severed limbs with his own eyes?
Besides, Shen Qing has his own selfish motives! Miao was in poor health, mainly because she fell when giving birth to her third child, which led to a difficult labor. Not only did she lose the baby in her belly, but Miao's body was also severely damaged.
When Shen Zhang was still alive, Shen Zhigao bought her two doses of medicine, but they were not very effective. Later, Old Lady Shen was reluctant to spend any more money. Besides, Miao's disease was a women's disease, and she felt it was difficult to talk about it, so she was not very proactive in seeing a doctor.
If this healing psychic can even regenerate severed limbs, can Miao's disease be cured as well? Shen Qing's eyes lit up.
He had never thought of bringing Miao into this world before. He lied to Miao and concealed the existence of zombies in this world. What would happen if Miao came here and found out about the zombies?
Therefore, when Miao saw that he was having a hard time carrying food up the mountain, she had offered to share the burden with him. And to be honest, who wouldn't be curious about such a magical cave? Miao also wanted to see it with her own eyes.
But Shen Qing refused with excuses: "Not to mention that the place is deep in the mountains, and the road is difficult to walk on. The entrance to the cave is on the cliff, more than ten feet above the ground, and you have to climb up a tree and crawl through the branches. How can you get up there? And you want to help me carry food? I'm afraid I'll have to carry you halfway."
After hearing what Shen Qing said, Miao gave up the idea. Come to think of it, with my physique, I'm afraid I'll cause trouble to Qing Ge'er.
However, Shen Qing thought at this time, if this healing power is really so magical, he must bring Miao here even if he has to carry it on his back!
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