Chapter 103: A Share of the Pie
It was called a temporary nest, but it was just a piece of black cloth taken out from the backpack behind him.
The area of the black cloth spread out on the ground is about one square meter, which is not enough for sleeping, but it is fine to use as a cushion to sit on.
In such an unfamiliar environment, Jiang Rong couldn't sleep peacefully here at night. It was enough for him to sit on the black cloth and take a nap with his back against the glass partition.
After that, Jiang Rong sat down on the spot and took out a small alcohol pot, a lighter, a 550ml bottle of mineral water, a pack of spicy instant noodles and a bottle of canned yellow peaches from his backpack.
Jiang Rong put a 20-gram white solid alcohol block into the groove under the alcohol pot, ignited it with a lighter, then poured about half of the mineral water into the small alcohol pot, covered it with a lid, and waited quietly.
Before the water boiled, Jiang Rong ate the canned yellow peaches that were placed aside.
She rarely eats while driving, so she was already hungry by now.
Jiang Rong silently ate the yellow peaches in the can. She bought this can at the fruit and vegetable wholesale market in Province Y before the natural disaster. After the natural disaster, the temperature dropped to a low point. Jiang Rong had hardly touched such cold things. But now it tasted very comfortable to eat.
The things in her space were basically stockpiled between December and January last year. The temperature was low at that time, and after being stored in the space, these things would maintain their original state and properties unchanged. So now after this can was taken out of the space, a lot of water vapor condensed on the outside of the bottle after a while.
In addition to the batch of supplies before the apocalypse, there were even more stored after the apocalypse. If Jiang Rong took it out now, he could probably thaw it for a while and drink it directly as an iced drink.
Because Jiang Rong was some distance away from other people in the mall, basically no one noticed the abnormality of the can at this moment.
Except for a few people with excellent eyesight.
But they just thought it might be related to her special abilities.
After Jiang Rong arrived here, she did not deliberately conceal her identity as a psychic, but she suppressed it a little when releasing the energy around her body, so the other psychics present now thought that she was just a first-level advanced psychic.
However, although the first-level advanced level is no longer considered a very powerful level, it can still be ranked in the upper-middle position among the psychics in this shopping mall. It is neither high nor low, and others dare not underestimate it.
In addition, when two psychics first meet, if they are not deliberately hiding their abilities, they can roughly judge each other's strength. However, no one knows what the other's abilities are until the psychic actively uses them.
Jiang Rong lowered his head and silently chewed the cool yellow peaches in the can, and he felt much more comfortable.
Two days have passed, and now the temperature outside has risen from 30 degrees Celsius two days ago to 39 degrees Celsius.
According to this trend, it won’t be long before the temperature outside breaks through 40 degrees Celsius and moves towards 50 degrees.
At this time, Jiang Rong was once again glad that he had saved Qi Hao.
His talent in cultivating supernatural powers is almost comparable to Cai'er and Xin Jue. After so much time, they may have surpassed himself and broken through to the third level, catching up with those two.
And Qi Hao's ability happens to be ice-related.
In high temperatures, it can be considered a small human-sized air conditioner.
Thinking of this, Jiang Rong felt a little relieved.
Halfway through eating the canned food, the water in the pot began to boil and the small pot lid made a ping-pong sound.
Jiang Rong opened the lid of the pot, put the noodles from the instant noodle bag in, then added seasoning and continued cooking.
After about five minutes, the solid alcohol block in the groove below the alcohol pot was completely burned out.
At this time, the instant noodles are also cooked.
The aroma of instant noodles swirled in the air and then drifted away.
Other people in the mall didn't pay much attention to the instant noodles. Instant noodles were the thing they ate the most since the end of the world. They would starve to death if they didn't eat them. They almost vomited when they smelled the smell.
They were obviously more concerned about the can in Jiang Rong's hand at this moment.
This thing is considered a rare item now. Ordinary people generally can't eat it. If a psychic wants it, he has to be lucky enough to find it, or spend some time to exchange it with a nearby psychic base.
There are only two large-scale human bases around Yongle City, one mainly inhabited by people with special abilities, and the other mainly inhabited by ordinary people.
The people in this market didn't want to join either side, so they set up their own business. As a result, they were not well received by either side, and it was generally difficult for them to exchange things from the base.
Jiang Rong didn't take out the bowl again, but directly picked up the handle next to the small alcohol pot and started eating.
Jiang Rong just glanced at the watch on his wrist and the time was five fifty in the afternoon.
There is still about an hour until dark.
Since the past two days, the time it gets dark outside has been delayed from around five in the afternoon to around seven.
After finishing her dinner, Jiang Rong carried her backpack and went to the nearest toilet.
The toilet is not far from the short corridor.
She happened to see it when she followed Luo Xing up here just now.
Jiang Rong had already put all the other things back into her backpack, except for the mineral water and the alcohol pot. The alcohol pot had to be washed somewhere, otherwise it would be covered in oil, and there was obviously no place for her to deal with these things on the short corridor with white floors.
Jiang Rong walked into the bathroom with the remaining half bottle of water and the alcohol pot full of oil and seasoning residue. The smell inside was a bit hard to describe, but overall it was clean and not as bad as Jiang Rong had imagined.
Jiang Rong quickly cleaned the alcohol pot, tidied up and prepared to go out.
When she finished washing and walked out of the bathroom, as expected, the door was blocked by someone.
Three boys and two girls.
Among them, three are people with special abilities and two are ordinary people.
At this time, the youngest girl inside said angrily: "Take out all the canned food and milk in your bag! We will follow you, you switch!"
Jiang Rong looked at the five people outside without any surprise. She also knew that even if these people didn't come to find her now, they would find other opportunities to block her in the next three days. And the people who might come to block her would not be just these few.
But she was still a little surprised when the girl mentioned the change.
The longer the apocalypse lasts, the more people respect strength.
There are not many people like them who would like to exchange instead of snatching.
At least according to Jiang Rong's experience of traveling these days, ten out of ten people came directly to rob.
Why change when you can just grab it?
Is your brain going crazy?
This is the end of the world, a time when no one cares about robbery and murder. Those who say they would change are idiots, right?
This idea is probably the general consensus of mankind today.
To put it bluntly, it’s still a question of strength.
A strong person can say anything, because the one being robbed can’t beat him anyway.
If you are lucky, you can just consider yourself unlucky. If you are unlucky, not only will your things be stolen, but you will also lose your life.
Jiang Rong was not unfamiliar with these things at all, and he quickly adapted after coming out.
However, this time, she was the butcher at the mercy of others.
"No need to exchange, I can give you the things directly, but there is a condition." Jiang Rong replied.
"What, what?" the stutterer on the opposite side asked haltingly. He looked to be a minor, small in stature, and looked fairly neat. He was one of the three psychics, with the strength of an advanced first-level.
"For the next three days, you will protect my safety. As a reward, I will give you two bottles of high-calcium milk, two bottles of canned fruit and a 500-gram bag of milk powder. Consider it?"
As Jiang Rong spoke, he felt like a nouveau riche looking for a bodyguard...
However, if the two sides can reach an agreement, it will be a one-time deal.
She could stay here safely for the next three days without having to be on guard against sneak attacks and other people's covetousness.
Moreover, the stutterer on the other side said that he had switched places with her, so he must not be a vicious person.
However, in order to increase his own deterrent power and ensure the smooth conduct of the transaction, Jiang Rong silently took out a silver revolver from his "backpack".
Firstly, she wanted to let them know that she was not someone to be trifled with. Even if she said she would not change, they could not have the idea of snatching it away if they could not get it.
Secondly, her supernatural powers at this moment have basically no offensive power except for utilizing those polluted energies, so if she wants to protect herself along the way, she can only rely on these external objects.
Fortunately, the defense of those psychics has generally not reached the level where they can ignore bullet attacks, otherwise she would have to use that trick.
Jiang Rong personally finds that trick a bit disgusting, and generally she would avoid using it if possible.
The people on the opposite side watched Jiang Rong slowly take out the silver pistol...
It’s true that you can’t judge a book by its cover.
Even now, anyone who can get such contraband in their country is not a good person.
Either they have outstanding abilities or they have some background.
Jiang Rong knew very well that she definitely belonged to the latter.
And she still doesn't know how Xin Jue got these things.
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After a while, six people walked out of the toilet corridor.
Jiang Rong was surrounded by several people at this time.
The transaction went smoothly.
The people outside who had been secretly watching what was happening here couldn't help but frown when they saw this scene.
I originally thought that Xiao Jieba and his group were the first to go, but how come they became a group just after a short while? ? ?
"Yes, by the way, what's your name?" The little stutterer walked on the right side of Jiang Rong. She looked like a very cute girl, but like everyone else, there were ulcers on some parts of her face.
In this weather, the rate of decay has accelerated.
Jiang Rong exchanged glances with her, then calmly cleared away the polluted energy that was attached to her body. At the same time, he also cleared away the polluted energy for the other four people around him.
So far, she thinks these people are pretty good.
"Jiang Li." Jiang Rong casually gave a pseudonym.
"Which one, Li?"
"Snowy's pear."
"Oh~, Jiang Li. My name is Bailimo. They all call me Xiao, Xiaoer. You can call me that, too." Bailimo tried to speak as slowly as possible, but still stuttered.
"Little Stutterer, we usually call you Little Stutterer. Little Stutterer sounds cute, but little ears are cute too." The boy walking on the right side of Jiang Rong joked.
"Zhang, Zhang Jin, you, you don't speak, no, no one will think you are dumb!!!" Baili Mo was angry at his companion's sabotage, but if you look closely at his expression, he was not angry.
In response, Jiang Rong just walked in the middle and listened silently.
However, the next second, the two people leading the way in front suddenly stopped.
Seeing this, Jiang Rong had no choice but to stop.
Then a sharp voice sounded in front of them.
"Li Jianye, you guys are being unkind, aren't you? You want to take all of this newcomer's stuff?"
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