Sun Muchen, who was standing to the side, saw Wang Lan's wary expression and quickly said, "Brother, olive branches symbolize peace and friendship. He probably just wanted to express that he meant no harm."
Upon hearing this, Old Zhang immediately nodded vigorously and cast a grateful glance at Sun Muchen.
After listening to Sun Muchen's explanation, Wang Lan put down the Vajra Umbrella, looked at the bag, and asked, "What's inside?"
Old Zhang breathed a sigh of relief and took the cloth bag off the fat man. As soon as the bag was opened, a pungent stench wafted out, causing Wang Lan and Sun Muchen to frown and quickly ask, "What's that smell?"
Upon hearing this, Old Zhang chuckled sheepishly and said, "It smells like gunpowder."
Wang Lan was taken aback. He had only heard of gunpowder before, but never heard of it. It was said to be an extremely powerful substance, and many super weapons required gunpowder as a basis, including the weapons in the final fortress.
Old Zhang then took out several palm-sized iron lumps from the bag. Each iron lump had a thick red line at the top. He handed the iron lumps to Wang Lan and said, "These are weapons that I learned to make myself by searching through ancient books. They are filled with gunpowder. The books call them hand grenades, but mine are a bit crude, so I changed the name to Thunderclap."
Wang Lan took the bomb, feeling its cool, heavy weight. Intrigued, she asked, "How do you use this?"
Upon hearing Wang Lan's words, Old Zhang's face immediately lit up with joy, and he said, "Come on, I'll go outside and demonstrate for you."
The group then left the house.
Wang Lan and Sun Muchen stood at the door, Fatty stood to one side, and Old Zhang stood next to the crooked tree, holding a bomb in his hand, and smiled slightly at the group.
It's like they're about to put on a show.
He struck a match, lit the red wire at the top, and as the flame flickered, Old Zhang threw the bomb twenty meters away. A few seconds later, the bomb exploded with a loud "boom," blasting a crater in the ground.
Wang Lan was immediately startled.
He noticed that when the thunder exploded, the outer sheet metal was also blown to pieces and flew out in all directions at an extremely fast speed.
Putting aside the explosive power itself, this fragment alone would absolutely pierce through a person's body if they got too close.
I never imagined that this person with no job, no legal status, and no legal expertise could create something like this!
Wang Lan couldn't help but say, "This thunderous explosion truly lives up to its name; the sound of the explosion is just like thunder."
Sun Muchen also said, "Yes, it's like firecrackers!"
Wang Lan was taken aback and asked, "Firecrackers? What are those?"
Sun Muchen replied, "It's something people used to set off during celebrations before the mutation; it looks a lot like this!"
Wang Lan's expression showed even greater surprise, and she became even more curious about the world before the anomaly.
At this moment, Old Zhang ran over and said, "Wang Lan, do you think I can form an alliance with you based on my thunderclap?"
Wang Lan shook her head decisively, "No."
"Hahaha, I knew you and...what?"
Old Zhang was stunned for a moment, thinking he had misheard.
Before Wang Lan, he had approached several hunters to propose an alliance, but they either politely declined or coveted the power of the thunderbolt and wanted to possess it for themselves.
But no one else could refuse as decisively and thoroughly as Wang Lan.
Old Zhang still wanted to persuade him, saying, "You...you won't you reconsider?"
Why should I consider it?
Wang Lan looked bewildered and said, "Your thunderbolt is powerful, but the wind-up time is too long, and there's a time to ignite it. Any hunter with a bit of skill would never give you that chance."
Old Zhang, still unwilling to give up, said, "Do you know about a contagious disease that's recently started circulating? It can turn people into something that's neither human nor ghost..."
“I agree to the alliance!” Wang Lan said solemnly.
Old Zhang: "???"
The fat man next to him laughed and said, "Great! Comrade Wang Lan, from now on we're on the same side, comrades-in-arms. Don't worry, I, Fatty, am someone you can absolutely trust with my back!"
Wang Lan looked the fat man up and down, nodded and said, "Yes, don't worry about entrusting your back to me."
Wang Lan thought to herself, "That way, if an infected person comes, I can kick you out."
The infectious virus is spreading rapidly, which has inadvertently exacerbated the dangers of the Eternal Night, and may even lead to more infected people in the Eternal Night.
If Wang Lan has two trustworthy allies, she can push them out to hold off the infected if they are in dire straits, thus giving herself a chance to survive.
“But I have one more condition,” Wang Lan said.
Old Zhang and Fatty exchanged a glance. After all, this alliance was essentially dependent on Wang Lan Hunter's strength, so the other party's demands weren't unreasonable. "Go ahead and say it!"
"Find me a biology book! Preferably one about humans!"
Old Zhang, "???"
Fatty, "???"
Sun Muchen immediately realized what was happening, looked at Wang Lan, his face full of reluctance.
After thinking for a moment, Wang Lan said, "It would be best if we could get our hands on it tomorrow."
"Okay...okay."
They didn't know why Wang Lan wanted the biology book, but since they had climbed up to the Hunters, it meant that their chances of surviving the Eternal Night would be greatly increased. If they were lucky, they might even be selected to live in the final fortress after the Eternal Night through the bombing technology.
After reaffirming their alliance with Wang Lan, the two quickly left to find the biology book.
Of course, to show their sincerity, they also left two bombshells for Wang Lan.
Watching the two figures leave, Sun Muchen leaned closer and said, "Brother, are you thinking of something bad again?"
Wang Lan glanced at him and said, "What bad things am I thinking?"
Sun Muchen, hands on his hips, said, "I don't believe it. Just like that day at the market, didn't you just agree to their request on the surface, but in reality, you still didn't care whether they lived or died?"
"How is that possible!"
Wang Lan said in a serious tone, "Those two are good. Putting aside everything else, at least in terms of forming an alliance, I am sincere this time, and I am even willing to sacrifice for my allies!"
"Pooh!"
Sun Muchen rolled his eyes. "I don't believe it!"
Wang Lan nodded and said, "You don't need to believe, you just need to learn!"
Sun Muchen: "..."
According to Wang Lan's deduction, the eternal night is probably just around the corner. Sun Muchen must cherish this last bit of study time and make sure to hone his skills even if it's not quick.
So Wang Lan devised a series of study plans for Sun Muchen.
This caused Sun Muchen to complain bitterly.
Wang Lan wasn't idle either. After carefully storing the two bombs, he began his training program.
The appearance of Lao Zhang and Fatty was, in a way, a reminder to him that infected people could become the biggest crisis in the Eternal Night, and he needed to have sufficient means to deal with it.
This requires not only external weapons, but also one's own strength.
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