Chapter 16 The Devil's Cave
The next day, Bao Taozi went out with a bun stuffed in his mouth.
This time we are heading towards the official base, which is the base on the coast.
Bao Taozi was not prepared to meet the leader right away. She planned to proceed step by step, spreading from the surrounding areas first, letting the officials know that she had a lot of supplies and then contacting her proactively.
The car headed east and passed the former WD shopping mall. Someone had set up a tent at the entrance and roadblocks had been set up around it. It was a relatively complete small base.
I was planning to leave directly, but two figures ran towards the car quickly. They didn't look like zombies, so I had no choice but to brake quickly!
"Everyone in the car! Get out!"
Looking closely, I saw a thin man with inverted triangle eyes and a pretty girl in a white dress blocking the road. It was really unusual that there were still people wearing skirts in the apocalypse.
"Didn't you see the sign up ahead? The toll is five level one crystal cores per person! Why are you rushing? If you hit someone, you'll have to pay for it!"
I never expected that after the apocalypse, within just two months, civilization would regress to the time when I opened this mountain.
"Since when have there been bandits?" Bao Taozi sneered.
It's really unscrupulous to forcibly collect tolls on the way to the official base.
The girl in the white dress spoke up: "Sister, my friend has a bad temper, but you can't just call us bandits! We're not asking for a toll, and even if you pay, we'll escort you to the official base!"
It's so funny. This place is only 1 kilometer away from the official base. If Bao Taozi hadn't cleared this 1 kilometer, he would have taken off his head and let the two people on the opposite side kick it for fun.
[Trigger mission: Take away 50 customers from this shelter!
Mission Rewards: Unlock rooms 107, 108, 203, and 204; 10,000 points; 1 Luxury Hotel Building Fragment; Unlock the Red Panda Technology Clothing Store in 102.
clothing store!
"System, does the clothing store only sell ordinary clothes? Or are there some high-tech ones?" Bao Taozi asked hurriedly. He wore the heat-insulating clothes he bought before the apocalypse just to avoid getting burned.
The round and plump girl raised her head proudly and said, "This system's product! There are no ordinary ones!"
Bao Taozi knew that this task had to be done, and it had to be done as soon as possible.
"What if I can't hand it in?" Bao Taozi turned and asked the girl in the white dress.
"Well...it's not that you can't pay. Either you turn back, or you can stay here with us and go again when you have enough money for the toll. We are still very humane."
Human nature? Haha.
After agreeing to it, the expressions of the woman in white and the man with inverted triangle eyes became visibly friendly.
"Come on! I'll lead the way for you. Drive the car this way. After we park the car, I'll take you to register and then arrange a tent for you to stay in!"
After parking the car and using a backpack as cover, Bao Taozi got out and followed the man with inverted triangle eyes into a tent.
"There's a newcomer! You're a little girl! Come here, uncle, let me register you!" A fat man who looked to be in his forties was smiling so much that his eyes were just slits, and he waved to Bao Taozi.
Take the form, which only requires filling in name, age and ability.
Bao Taozi wrote a pseudonym, Tao Bao, and filled in "no" for the special ability.
The man took it and looked at it without much surprise. He waved and called the man with inverted triangle eyes over.
"Shunzi, take this lady to find a tent to stay in."
"Okay!"
It turned out his name was Shunzi. I secretly took note of it and followed Shunzi to the tent area.
Along the way, I saw that everyone was smiling, but there were basically no women or children, which was very strange.
When they arrived at the door, Shunzi opened the tent door and smiled and made a gesture of invitation.
As soon as the people entered, Shunzi outside immediately zipped up the tent.
Knowing there was a problem, Bao Taozi was mentally prepared, but when he looked up and saw the scene in the tent, his pupils still dilated with surprise.
There were only a dozen people crowded in the small tent, mostly women and children!
Bao Taozi became serious. The people here looked like they hadn't eaten for a long time, and two or three of them were not sure whether they were fainted or dead.
"Little girl, you are so silly! Hey..."
An old lady sighed.
"Grandma, what's going on in this shelter? What's wrong with you?"
"What a bullshit shelter! This is a devil's den! A bunch of inhumane beasts! Ahem..."
The old man was so excited that he couldn't help coughing.
"Did you see a girl in a white dress when you came here?"
"Yes, she was the one who led me in."
The old man's eyes widened as he spoke, "That's the worst kind of beast! It looks like something human, but it's not human! This Liu Yueyue, relying on her brother-in-law being the commander of Longxiang Base, brought a team of psychics here to collect tolls! I think they want those of us who can't pay the toll to either go to Longxiang Base and work for them, or stay here and work for the supplies in the mall behind!"
The head of Longxiang Base?! Isn't that the original male lead?! That proves the female lead is still with him. Sure enough, the female lead's aura is powerful.
This Liu Yueyue must be the original heroine's cousin or something like that, that is, her own cousin.
Don’t ask why Liu Yueyue doesn’t recognize me. The reason is that the original owner’s father was a son-in-law, and the original owner was a real rich lady. She had never seen me during the New Year or other festivals.
"Grandma, what do you mean by working for the mall out back?"
When the old man heard this, he couldn't stop crying.
"This shelter is a man-eating den! To get the supplies from the WD mall out back, Liu Yueyue sends ordinary people like us in every day as the vanguard! If one out of ten comes back, it's considered lucky! We're just bait they've raised! We can't leave even if we want to, and once we're in, we can never get out! There are psychics guarding the door, killing anyone who escapes! If I hadn't been worried about my son at the official base, I would have given up my life long ago!"
Bao Taozi's eyes widened in anger! Great! So the prosperity of the male protagonist's base is so dirty and disgusting! This person chosen by heaven is really great!
Tiandao, who was resting lazily, sneezed violently!
After asking all this, I figured it out. The hero had the heroine's cousin set up a roadblock on the way to the official base, demanding a toll. But most people couldn't afford the toll, so those desperate to settle down had to go to either Longxiang Base or the Feifan Base, built by veterans. But they were probably using the same tactics there! They'd trick people into staying, and those who stayed would become bait! They'd help them take supplies from the mall out back and transport them back to Longxiang Base!
These were not originally written in the book. Either they were derivative contents of the novel, or it was because Liu Bingxin had no space left!
A feeling of powerlessness washed over me. Had I harmed so many people with just one thought? Should I have given the space to the heroine? The protagonist's aura was truly powerful. If there was anything missing, there was always room for improvement. Did I really do the right thing?
He closed his eyes and pondered for half an hour. When he opened them again, the dejection in his eyes had completely disappeared! He couldn't turn back time. In the original book, the heroine took the space and killed many people. He just grabbed something that belonged to the original owner! Even if there was a mistake, it was because the hero and heroine had bad thoughts and actions! It was unfair! He shouldn't collapse because of guilt now. He must save the remaining people even if it wasn't a mission!
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