Chapter 144 Meow Meow
In the black market, when Li Zhou walked to Area F, he saw only an empty scene with no one around.
"Where is he?" He turned around in disbelief, thinking he had seen it wrongly. "He is just a porridge seller in this Eastern Base, and he dared to disobey me——"
Suddenly, he felt a pain on his forehead and was frightened by something flying in the air.
Li Zhou saw stars for a moment.
After a long while, he finally stood up and touched his forehead.
A rotten egg.
I don't know who threw a rotten egg at him. The egg liquid was flowing down his forehead, and he looked very embarrassed.
Faint laughter could be heard all around.
The skinny monkey hid behind Li Zhou in panic and whispered, "Brother Zhou, I feel like there's an ambush here..."
Li Zhou: “?”
Li Zhou rubbed his face and laughed angrily: "Who the hell is so desperate that he dares to hit me? I am an S-level mercenary——"
In the corner, someone shouted, "Li Zhou, I'm going to hit you, you bastard!!!"
...These words were like the clarion call for attack.
The next second, the calm water surface suddenly boiled!
The mercenaries who were lying in ambush in the corner jumped out with their weapons in hand, each of them had a burning rage on his face!
Under the command of the 11th Squadron mercenaries, everyone swarmed over, using spatulas, fire sticks, fly swatters, and all kinds of props to hit Li Zhou and Shou Hou, cursing as they beat them:
"I asked you to collect protection money, I asked you to collect protection money, why don't you collect more funeral expenses for yourself? Anyway, I don't think you will live much longer."
"How dare you slander our Captain Mu, drive away our boss Jian, and make us unable to drink porridge? I will not live today and I will fight to the death to beat you to death!"
"Li Zhou, you will die a miserable death!!!"
"You are a worthless S-rank mercenary, a thief who stole Captain Mu's crystal core. Captain Mu's biggest failure in his life was trusting a thing called you—"
The mercenaries' long-suppressed anger suddenly erupted at this moment!
Although everyone's level is far inferior to Li Zhou's, the power of gathering together is powerful. Moreover, there was an experienced military advisor, Yi Cun Qing, who was commanding calmly at the side: "Miao Miao, lead your men to attack his lower body and kick him in the ass; Wang Li, you and your brothers continue to smash the rotten eggs; Xiao Liang, you and your companions find a chance to block the door——"
Although Li Zhou is S-level, he has just transplanted Mu Dongsheng's crystal core and has not yet been able to skillfully use the super-powerful lightning ability.
He tried to activate the S-level lightning crystal core in his body, but he didn't know if it was because of the rejection reaction or the remaining consciousness of Mu Dongsheng in the crystal core. He tried several times but was completely unable to activate any supernatural power.
Therefore, facing so many attacks, he couldn't resist for a while!
Moreover, not only mercenaries, but also black market vendors soon joined the team beating Li Zhou. The new and old grudges from collecting protection fees and commissions added up, and the vendors' resentment towards Li Zhou was no less than that of the mercenaries.
Soon, Shouhou and Li Zhou's faces and bodies were covered with bruises. Li Zhou squatted in the corner with his head in his hands, crying and shouting, cursing, and frantically pressing the communicator to call for the guards to rescue him.
Li Zhou had just been slapped in the face and kicked twice, and half of his face was swollen and burning. He cried into the communicator in a cowardly manner: "Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up, I, a dignified S-rank mercenary, am about to be beaten to death by this mob..."
When the guards and higher-ups at the base heard that something was wrong, they immediately wanted to send someone over.
However, the experienced 11th team blocked the door of the black market. For a while, the guards and the rioting mercenaries stood on each side and the situation was deadlocked.
The entire black market was bustling with activity.
There were people closing the door to beat the dog, people being beaten, people giving orders, people rescuing, all kinds of shouting and footsteps were extremely noisy, and flames shot up into the sky.
Tonight at the Eastern Base is destined to be a sleepless night.
Outside the base, Jian Yunlan was still unaware of all the turmoil caused by his departure.
Because he... was worrying about how to open his outdoor porridge shop.
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Outside the Eastern Base is the Death Desert that everyone fears.
It was late at night.
——As we all know, the most active time period for pollutants in the desert is after 10 o'clock in the evening and before the sun rises the next day, during the quietest period of the night. Even the most elite mercenaries could not survive in such a dangerous environment.
This is why all mercenaries must return to the Eastern Base before 10 o'clock in the evening. Unless they have no other options and cannot get back to the base, mercenaries generally do not choose to spend the night outside the base.
Jian Yunlan was leading the way, while Taotie was holding a huge porridge bucket. The two of them walked deep into the desert, one step deep and one step shallow, with the wind whistling.
The further we go, the fewer traces of human civilization we find.
The sky was an unnatural gray-purple color, like a corroded canvas, and the lifeless earth was cracked into pieces with sparse vegetation scattered among them. The plants also had strange shapes and glowed fluorescently, and some looked like human skeletons and corpses.
In the silent darkness, from time to time, a huge monster would spy on Jian Yunlan from a distance, ready to make a move.
...However, whenever pollutants approached and they sensed the presence of the Taotie, they immediately fled in panic, as if they had encountered something even more terrifying.
Come to think of it, the apocalypse has only been here for forty years, so the most experienced pollutant is only forty years old. How can a forty-year-old monster compare with a thirty-thousand-year-old?
Jian Yunlan and Taotie were chatting idly.
"Aren't you setting up a stall in the black market? Why did you suddenly want to come out?"
"I was kicked out and not allowed to continue setting up a stall in the base, but today's porridge has not been sold out yet. I thought I would sell another ten bowls before closing the stall."
"Then am I still a mercenary?"
"It's OK to be one or not, it depends on your interest."
"oh……"
After a long silence, Taotie looked at the huge porridge bucket, charcoal fire and casserole in his hands, and asked unhappily: "Human, don't you have a tricycle or something? I am a dignified ancient beast, how can I hold this?"
If you ignore the porridge bucket in his hand, Taotie has silver hair tied into a low ponytail, a headscarf, overalls, and long boots, and he has broad shoulders and long legs. Obviously, it was a very common outfit for mercenaries in this era, but when Taotie wore it, it looked particularly handsome.
But the equipment he carried to sell porridge at the stall added a touch of simplicity to his entire look.
Jian Yunlan was also a little embarrassed: "Originally there was a tricycle, but..."
The tricycle is provided by Kitchen God System.
However, after arriving at the apocalyptic plane, perhaps because he was setting up a stall in the black market, which provided stalls and shops, the system did not issue a tricycle to Jian Yunlan.
But now that he has come to the suburbs to set up a stall, it would be a bit inconvenient if he doesn’t have a tricycle.
…At this moment, the prompt sound of the Kitchen God System suddenly rang in Jian Yunlan's mind:
[Ding Dong!] The Kitchen God System has heard your demands! The Kitchen God System will safeguard your stall business! 】
[Obtained [Excellent stall tricycle] x1]
[Obtained [Warm Cotton Clothes] x2]
[Click on the map below to select the location to place the tricycle. 】
This is really timely relief!
In addition to the tricycle, the system also thoughtfully distributed warm cotton clothes to Jian Yunlan and Taotie. It has to be said that it is quite cold to set up a stall outdoors late at night. Although the thermal cotton coat cannot be said to be good-looking, it is indeed warm and windproof. Once people put it on, they will be warm from head to toe.
...Taotie was a little reluctant at first.
"Down jacket? I'm not afraid of the cold, why should I wear that ugly thing!"
But in the end, Taotie couldn't disobey Jian Yunlan, so he put on the down jacket uncomfortably.
The thick blue down jacket completely covers Taotie's good figure, adding a sense of simplicity to his whole person.
After equipping both of them with cold-resistant tools, Jian Yunlan began to look at the tricycle sent to him by the system. The Kitchen God System marked this tricycle as 'Excellent', which means that this tricycle must have some outstanding features, right?
The most important thing is that with a tricycle, it is much easier to set up a stall.
It just so happened that at this time he and Taotie had completely walked out of the influence of the Eastern Base. If they set up a stall here, even the Jade Emperor could not control them.
Jian Yunlan looked left and right—next to him was a small tree emitting fluorescent light, but other than that, everything he touched was cold darkness.
Although looking left and right, it doesn't look like there will be any customers coming here, but...
"Since I'm here, why not set up a stall here?" Jian Yunlan thought, "It's the same everywhere anyway. The most important thing is to set up the stall first and make the place popular. Customers will come to see it."
Just do it.
Jian Yunlan selected the tricycle in his mind and chose to place it there. The next second, a flash of white light appeared before his eyes.
A familiar tricycle appeared before my eyes.
Unlike the previous tricycle, this one is more exquisite, with glass lamps and Chinese knots hanging on it, and a lucky cat on the table. It is wrapped in warm yellow light and has an antique style.
Not only does it have its own stove and tableware, it even has a small cash register.
The most surprising thing is that this tricycle is also equipped with a small area for guests to dine - an extended table is set up in front of the stove, with two small stools placed on it, a hand warmer and a small table lamp lit, wind chimes swaying in the wind, and a thick wind shield curtain pulled to reveal two narrow but warm-looking dining seats where guests can sit and drink porridge.
Jian Yunlan could already imagine the diners sitting warmly behind the curtain drinking porridge.
This is a significant upgrade!
Before, after buying porridge, customers could only squat on the roadside and drink it pitifully, but now they have a place to sit.
Jian Yunlan walked around the tricycle several times, looking at it again and again, and was extremely satisfied.
Taotie also said with a bit of reserve: "This tricycle is barely worthy of my status."
The two men became busy in front of the tricycle, lighting the charcoal fire, putting a clay pot on to warm the porridge, and lining up small plates of side dishes and pickled vegetables, hanging up the sign of "Simple Porridge Shop", and lighting the lights.
After a while, a simple porridge shop was set up in the cold and dark outdoors.
The charcoal fire on the stove is crackling and the casserole is burning hot.
The aroma of porridge also spreads little by little along with the cold wind...
Now, we just have to wait for the first customer to arrive.
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