Chapter 257 Xu's Mother
At the same time, in the busy area of the base, Xu Sa was selling seafood with Liu Rui and the two guys who came to help yesterday.
Compared to yesterday when we had to shout hard to promote the stall, people who came today all had a purpose. Most of them heard about the stall from people around them, and many of them came to queue up early in the morning.
When Xu Sa and his companions arrived, quite a few people had already gathered in front of the stall. Four people formed two groups, and they were weighing and collecting crystal cores.
People who come here are all rushing to buy, and very few of them bargain, as if they are afraid that they will not be able to buy it.
Xu Sa was calm at first, but as the crystal cores increased, the smile on his face could no longer be concealed. They even went back to deliver some crystal cores and took out a lot of seafood.
The two of them didn't go home at noon. Xu Sa asked a nearby restaurant to send noodles over. It was a big bowl of hand-rolled noodle soup, enough to fill you up. The four of them were particularly satisfied with the meal.
Until there were only half of the last car left, the flow of people gradually thinned out.
Xu Sa instructed Liu Rui to buy two glasses of ice water to quench their thirst.
A big cup with ice cubes, it's still cool when you open the lid.
"How can this be so embarrassing? It's already very good that you provide lunch at noon. Besides, we're not helping for free. We will receive subsidies from above. How can we let you spend more money?" Ice cubes require electricity to make, which is not cheap at this time. Both of them refused to accept the offer.
"It's just a glass of water. You two brothers have worked hard for two days under the scorching sun. How can you not even drink a glass of water?" Xu Sa said, forcefully stuffing the cup into the hands of the two men.
The two looked at each other a little embarrassed. They came here to help these two days with a personal mission, which was to observe and count the number of seafood they took out, and then estimate the number of crystal cores harvested in a day, and report to their superiors after returning.
After two days, not only did Xu Sa provide meals, but he also gave the two of them a lot of gifts when they left. The crystal cores they obtained from selling the portion they took away would be enough for them to earn more than half a month. It would be a shame to take any more at this time.
But I have to say, in such hot weather, taking a sip of this cool drink makes my whole body feel comfortable.
"Adding so many ice cubes must have cost a lot of crystal cores, right?"
“One… one… one crystal core… a cup,” Liu Rui said in a low voice.
"It's so expensive, almost as much as my day's salary," said the younger one.
"The weather has been hot recently and the prices have gone up again." The older man scooped up a piece of ice and put it in his mouth, letting it melt slowly. "If the temperature keeps rising like this, I'm afraid it won't be long before it's like last year."
"Was it hot in the capital last year?" Xu Sa moved his ears, calculated the current month, and asked.
"It was hot..." the young man interrupted, "There were piles of people dead from the heat at the base. If you dared to leave them alone for a day, they would stink and become infested with bugs the next day."
He looked as if he was still frightened. "There was a water shortage at that time, and many people died of thirst. The people above were pulling out corpses in truckloads all day long."
"I moved it for a while. It felt like it was about to melt, and it felt sticky to the touch..." The man's face turned pale and he shuddered unconsciously as he spoke. "I really don't want to think about it for the rest of my life."
"I hope there won't be a water shortage this year," said the older man, asking Xu Sa about his experience last year.
"We were in Qingyuan City at that time. It's close to the Chang River, so there was no shortage of water, but it was really hot," Xu Sa said. He estimated the location of the current base in his mind and found that if the temperature was the same as last year, the possibility of water shortage here was really high. He became more determined to go back and urge Lu Weiyi to leave.
"Then you are quite lucky," said the older man. A few young people came over to pick shrimps. He quickly went over to help and said, "The collection team that went out will be back in a while, and there may be a lot of people coming to buy at that time. If you still have stock at home, prepare it in advance."
"Okay, then I'll go back and take a look," Xu Sa agreed, and actually went back with Liu Rui.
…
At the same time, someone from opposite side of the villa waved towards this side.
Zhuang Mobai retracted his gaze, lowered his eyes and thought, and after a moment he suddenly asked, "Mingxu, do you want superpowers?"
"Who doesn't want that?" Having superpowers means having more guarantees for survival.
The animals and plants around him were mutating, and he, an ordinary person, couldn't even eat the mutated meat. If Lu Weiyi hadn't stockpiled it in advance and clearly separated the food of people with special abilities and ordinary people, he would probably have had problems with food and clothing until now.
Even Zhuang Mingxu felt that this might be nature's selection of inferior humans. Maybe one day, ordinary people like them would be eliminated.
It’s no wonder that some bases call people with special abilities new humans.
Zhuang Mingxu felt more depressed when he thought of the photo just now.
Zhuang Mobai looked at Zhuang Mingxu in silence. The moment they looked at each other, Zhuang Mingxu felt as if something slipped through his mind, as if it was fiddling with the depths of his consciousness.
Then Zhuang Mobai's voice interrupted the desire to explore. He asked, "I have a way to let ordinary people gain superpowers. Do you want to try it?"
Such big news, Zhuang Mingxu couldn't help but look surprised, "What did you say?"
He suspected he had heard wrongly.
"I said, I can give you superpowers," Zhuang Mobai repeated solemnly.
Zhuang Mingxu felt his heart beating a little faster.
Boom, boom, boom, it seems like it's going to jump out of my chest at any time.
He hadn't felt this kind of excitement for a long time.
"What should we do?" Zhuang Mingxu asked.
"Just a minor operation," said Zhuang Mobai, standing up and approaching Zhuang Mingxu, pressing his cold fingers on his forehead, "You know, right? All superpowers have crystal cores here. As long as the crystal core is transplanted to this position, and with the assistance of some drugs, it is not difficult to have superpowers."
Invisible substance emanated from Zhuang Mobai's body, wrapping Zhuang Mingxu up like a cocoon. His thoughts seemed to have stagnated, and he could only think along the lines of Zhuang Mobai's words.
"As long as you have superpowers, you and Lu Weiyi will have an equal relationship. In the future, you can hunt zombies with him, carry out missions together, and build bases together. You no longer have to wait at home."
"Think about every time he goes out with his teammates, you can only watch him go out, and spend the whole night wondering when he will come back, whether he is safe along the way, and worrying about whether this person who has never seen the world will meet the one he likes without you knowing."
"When your powers are strong enough, you can make him the one waiting at home again. You can be like before, with him staying at your home and you being the only one in the world."
Zhuang Mobai's voice was gentle and coaxing, slowly ringing in his ears.
Unfortunately, Zhuang Mingxu didn't feel it at this time. He was an ordinary person and couldn't feel the effect of superpowers on ordinary people. Especially since Zhuang Mobai claimed to the outside world that he had no superpowers, and he took action when Zhuang Mingxu was in a restless mood, he became even less able to notice it.
He didn't even realize that Zhuang Mobai's words had already confirmed that Lu Weiyi possessed supernatural powers.
Seeing that the struggle between Zhuang Mingxu's brows disappeared, Zhuang Mobai finally asked, "Do you want to go to the laboratory with me? See those ordinary people who already have superpowers."
Zhuang Mingxu licked his lips, as if out of control, nodded and said, "Okay."
…
As the man expected, not long after Xu Sa came back with another carriage of seafood, groups of people began to come this way.
They were covered in dust, and even carried the solemn and murderous aura of having fought with zombies.
The clothes were stained with the familiar stench of decay, specks of lost bodily fluids, and greasy and black.
Compared to hawking on the streets, this is something Xu Sa is even more familiar with.
The group of people came in twos and threes, talking in a heroic manner, asking about the price, and handing over crystal cores that seemed to still carry the residual warmth of zombies with their dirty hands.
The deserted street market gradually became lively again because of the arrival of these people, and his business also returned to its bustling state.
Just as Xu Sa was estimating the crowd and considering whether he needed to go back and get some more, a puzzled question suddenly came from the crowd.
"sough?"
The gentle female voice was not loud among the rough male voices, but Xu Sa heard it immediately.
He froze in place.
Even if he didn't look back, he knew whose voice it was. In his memory for many years, it would appear in his nightmares from time to time, calling so gently and softly.
Xu Sa felt as if he had gone back many years. The day he returned happily with his university admission letter, his life changed forever.
The helplessness that emanated from his bones made him tremble uncontrollably.
The customer in front of him had asked the price twice and got no answer. He looked up at the seller unhappily, and after noticing his condition, his first reaction was to step back and keep some distance.
"Hey, didn't you get bitten by a zombie?" As soon as these words came out, everyone around took two steps back and looked over.
Liu Rui, who was in charge of weighing and packing, turned around and glared at the man, then looked at Xu Sa. After a closer look, he immediately discovered that something was wrong with him.
He grabbed his shoulders with both hands, shook him vigorously, and shouted, "Sa...Brother Sa."
"Sasa, is that you?" the woman's voice sounded again.
Xu Sa took two deep breaths to calm himself down, patted the worried Liu Rui, and said in a hoarse voice, "It's okay."
Turning around again, Xu Sa had smiled again, as if nothing had happened. She apologized to the startled man and said, "I'm sorry, brother. I was distracted. You just said you wanted two pounds of shrimps, right? Miss, please pack two pounds and give you a mutant crab to try."
The man who got the advantage was instantly happy. He didn't even say that he was bitten by a zombie. He happily paid the crystal core and apologized, "Don't think too much. It's mainly because of the zombies outside. Everyone be careful."
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