Chapter 13
After the first batch of smoke guns were produced, the safe city became bustling.
Although people won’t starve to death now, most residents had to eat meat sparingly because they couldn’t hunt some time ago. But now with the smoke gun, they can go out hunting!
Finally I can eat fresh meat!
The command center has not yet spread the news of the formation, but has only posted a notice to inform residents that now not only golden elixirs are recycled, but black elixirs can also be recycled. Although the price is not as high as that of golden elixirs, the black elixirs that you will definitely get after killing monsters are like giving away money!
Everyone on the street was smiling, and the haze brought by the men in black last time had finally dissipated completely.
Qin Zunyue and several others walked on the street together, preparing to apply for a smoke gun.
Qiao Lang asked, "What did that man in black come here for last time? He brought a few monsters with him. Did he want to occupy the safe city?"
Qin Zunyue said: "We talked about it in the previous meeting. Liu Huaizhao said that the man in black didn't fight him seriously at all. It seemed that he knew he was awake and came to test his current strength."
"It's terrifying," Qiao Lang said. "I thought I was just dealing with mindless monsters, but who knew there was a mastermind behind the scenes? And this mastermind also knows some magic. Tsk, tsk, tsk."
Zheng Shu was just about to console him by saying we have people who can perform magic here, when he heard him continue, "After we kill that heavy, turbid air, I'm going to write a book about how we saved the world."
"You're the only one writing a book." Tong Le mocked, "You don't even know as many characters as Liu Huaizhao, what kind of book are you writing?"
Qiao Lang made a face at her.
There were a lot of people queuing up to apply for smoke guns, but in order to appease the people, most of the first batch of smoke guns were provided to the people so that they could go out hunting. So they were not afraid of not getting them and followed the team slowly forward.
Liu Huaizhao has been in seclusion for half a month.
Since Liu Huaizhao specifically told them not to enter the house and disturb him before he went into seclusion, Qin Zunyue hasn't seen him for half a month. During this half month, he has been struggling repeatedly but still has not made a decision.
It's not that he's not sure whether he likes Liu Huaizhao or not. After all, he's 28 years old, so he shouldn't be so confused as to not even know whether he likes someone or not. It's just that Liu Huaizhao is too special. If he hates this kind of thing, I'm afraid they won't even be able to be friends after he exposes it.
So he decided to let nature take its course.
Thinking of what Liu Huaizhao told him at his door that matters between friends should be communicated in a timely manner, he sighed and thought, it's not that I don't want to communicate, I'm just afraid that after I tell you, we will no longer be friends.
I kept thinking as I walked, and soon I reached the front.
They only applied for one, after all, there was also a humanoid smoke gun Liu Huaizhao, so applying for one would be enough for them to use when they split into two teams.
"Ah..." Tong Le stretched and said, "I've been so comfortable lately. I have to move around today, otherwise I won't have enough energy to walk tomorrow."
"Let's rent two cars tomorrow and go somewhere farther away." Qin Zunyue said, "There will definitely be a lot of people near the safe city tomorrow."
They had almost used up the supplies they had saved up earlier, and renting two cars would allow them to hunt more prey.
After completing the car rental procedures, they went home to pack their things. Since they were going somewhere far away, they would probably have to stay outside for a while.
Qin Zunyue was just about to write a note to Liu Huaizhao and leave it for him when he left tomorrow when he heard footsteps coming from the stairs - Liu Huaizhao came out.
"Why did you come out? It's only been half a month. How come it's so fast?" Tong Le asked.
"I didn't expect it to be so fast." Liu Huaizhao walked over slowly and put his own clothes back on. "I don't know why, but my cultivation speed is much faster now than before."
"How is your hand?" Qin Zunyue asked.
Liu Huaizhao stretched out his wrist to show them. His wrist was thin and white, and the scar that had once been close to breaking was no longer visible. Tong Le exclaimed, held out his hand to him, and asked him, "Can you help me remove the scar on my hand?"
Liu Huaizhao reached out and held her wrist. With a flash of golden light, the original scar disappeared immediately.
"That's amazing!" Tong Le stretched out his wrist in front of Yan Liao, "Look, look."
Yan Liao took a look, grabbed her wrist and put it down.
"We are going out hunting tomorrow. Do you want to join us?" Qin Zunyue put down what he was holding and asked him.
Liu Huaizhao walked to the refrigerator and took out the small cookies Qin Zunyue had made for him and nibbled on them. He glanced at him, nodded, and said, "Together."
So the next day, the two cars set off from the safe city again.
Qin Zunyue was driving Liu Huaizhao and Tong Le Yanliao in his car. Liu Huaizhao was sitting in the passenger seat, and Tong Le was leaning on the seat and chatting with him.
Qin Zunyue finally knew what they were whispering about all day long. They talked about everything in the world, ancient and modern times.
He listened for a while, couldn't help yawning, then looked at Liu Huaizhao who was smiling happily, and felt a little sour in his heart.
Why aren’t you this happy when you’re with me?
For the first time, Qin Zunyue began to wonder if he was really boring.
After driving for a while, they found a sparsely populated place and prepared to set up camp and have an afternoon meal.
He was lucky enough to encounter a few wandering monsters as soon as he got off the car. Qin Zunyue tried the smoke gun. After firing it, the smoke spread and dispelled all the foul air from the monsters.
"That's pretty good." Qin Zunyue walked forward and pried open the monsters' heads, watching them transform into black beads. "One bullet can have such a good effect. If we can drive all the monsters together, it will save more resources."
After putting away the black pill, the few of them had a simple meal and prepared to go hunting and kill monsters.
After splitting into two teams, Qin Zunyue took Liu Huaizhao and Tong Le and gave the smoke gun to Zheng Shu.
Liu Huaizhao followed behind Qin Zunyue, glancing at him from time to time. Qin Zunyue felt his gaze and asked him when Tong Le was climbing up the tree to look for prey again, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing." Liu Huaizhao said in a calm tone.
Qin Zunyue said "oh", not knowing what to do next.
"My spiritual power has been fully restored. Will you still wash my hair?" Liu Huaizhao asked.
"Of course." Qin Zunyue smiled at him and was about to say something when he was interrupted by Tong Le's shout.
"Brother! There's a big wild boar at nine o'clock!"
Qin Zunyue quickly fired his shot upon hearing the sound. His shooting skill was very accurate. The hunting rifle fired once, and the next second, the wild boar was knocked to the ground. After Qin Zunyue fired another shot, the wild boar twitched twice and died completely.
Tong Le jumped down from the tree and tried to drag the wild boar towards them.
Qin Zunyue stopped her and said, "Let's deal with it here."
Now they were eager to attract all the monsters, so there was no need to cover up the bloody smell. Qin Zunyue took out a machete, glanced at Liu Huaizhao, and said, "Why don't you turn your back? It's a bit bloody."
"Okay." Liu Huaizhao turned his back obediently and stared into the distance.
The smell of blood was so strong that it attracted several monsters. Liu Huaizhao waved his hand lightly, and the monsters disappeared instantly.
"It feels so good." Tong Le clapped his hands and went to collect the golden pills.
Liu Huaizhao's guess at Songshan was indeed correct. There were not so many golden elixirs in places far away from Songshan.
However, for them now, both the golden elixir and the black elixir are useful. They can't help but get excited when they think that in the future, the safe city will really be away from monsters and they can live a peaceful life.
It was a fruitful afternoon. Qin Zunyue carried the bled wild boar, Tong Le carried a few smaller prey, and only Liu Huaizhao was relaxed, his white clothes not stained with a trace of dust.
He felt a little guilty and said, "Why don't you give me some?"
"Don't." Tong Le avoided his outstretched hand: "It's bloody, you'd better not touch it."
Zheng Shu also got a lot of things. They cut off some of them for dinner and put the rest away to take back to the safe city.
The night wind had gradually become a little chilly, but it was warm and comfortable for a few people to sit around the campfire and chat together.
Qin Zunyue was roasting a rabbit. The conditions in the wild were not good enough, so he could only sprinkle some seasonings on it. However, Tong Le still ate it happily. Liu Huaizhao didn't want to eat much, but fortunately Qin Zunyue had prepared it and brought him a few packets of biscuits so that he wouldn't have to just watch them eat.
"There are so many stars—" Tong Le leaned on Yan Liao and sighed while looking at the sky.
"Tsk." Zheng Shu pulled her up, "Be careful, don't get the oil on Xiao Liao."
Qin Zunyue was still busy roasting something, and because he was too close to the fire, he was sweating all over.
Liu Huaizhao watched and whispered a spell. Qin Zunyue immediately felt much cooler. He looked at Liu Huaizhao and said, "Thank you. I feel much cooler."
"It's just a piece of cake."
Qin Zunyue smiled and continued Tong Le's words, "I remember when I was little, I couldn't see so many stars."
When the apocalypse began, Tong Le was only six or seven years old, and the others were not much older either. Only Qin Zunyue and Zheng Shu were already in their teens at that time and could barely remember their past lives.
So Tong Le began to ask him what his previous world was like, and Liu Huaizhao also looked at him curiously.
"Back then, there were so many factories and cars, and the pollution was so severe that you couldn't even see the stars in the sky." Qin Zunyue sprinkled the barbecue with seasoning and handed it to Wei Zhirong, then began to recall the past. "Everyone had a cell phone back then, and making calls was very convenient. We could check our phones for any government announcements, without having to look at the bulletin boards."
In fact, the current technical capabilities of Safe City are not weaker than those in the end of the world. It is just that the place is too small and the staff is too few. Many things that require space and manpower have become a luxury for them.
Qin Zunyue was reminiscing and telling them about it. The more Liu Huaizhao listened, the more surprised he became. Everything in the safe city was already new to him, but from what Qin Zunyue said, the world in the past was even more exciting.
So while keeping watch, Liu Huaizhao kept pestering Qin Zunyue to tell him about the past world.
In fact, he had read many things in the books his teacher lent him, but they were not as attractive as what Qin Zunyue said.
The awkward atmosphere between the two of them finally disappeared. Qin Zunyue was happy and spoke more eloquently.
Liu Huaizhao was also happy to hear what he said. The two of them talked until the middle of the night when Wei Zhirong and Qiao Lang got up to take over. Only then did they go into the tent to sleep with a reluctant heart.
It was Liu Huaizhao's first time sleeping in a tent, and he was curious about everything. He took off his loose robe, revealing the long-sleeved T-shirt and loose trousers that Qin Zunyue had bought for him before, which could be used as pajamas.
As for Qin Zunyue, Liu Huaizhao watched him take off his black short-sleeved shirt, revealing a body of muscular muscles that were not exaggerated, and then he took out a black vest.
"Why do you always wear this?"
Liu Huaizhao has long since adapted to the "immoral" dress style of modern people, even though he himself doesn't know how to wear it.
But he had hardly ever seen Qin Zunyue wearing any other clothes except a black vest or a black T-shirt. He had heard from Qiao Lang that Qin Zunyue's entire wardrobe was filled with this kind of clothes.
"It's comfortable." Qin Zunyue said as a matter of course: "Besides, black clothes are more resistant to stains."
Liu Huaizhao nodded and crawled into the sleeping bag.
"Why do you always wear white clothes? Do you like white so much?"
"It's actually not that bad." Liu Huaizhao thought about it and told him honestly: "White looks more like a fairy. Mortals tend to trust people who look like fairies more."
Qin Zunyue was amused by him, as if he saw Liu Huaizhao from thousands of years ago, who had a stern face at such a young age and followed his master and senior brothers with an unfathomable look.
Seeing him laughing non-stop, Liu Huaizhao couldn't help but feel a little strange, "What are you laughing at?"
"Nothing, I just thought you must have been very cute before." Qin Zunyue blurted out without thinking.
He regretted it as soon as he said it, it was too frivolous.
Unexpectedly, Liu Huaizhao nodded: "It is very cute."
Qin Zunyue was speechless for a moment and asked, "Do you know what cute means?"
Liu Huaizhao said: "I know, the teacher said I was cute before, and Tong Le said it was a compliment to me. Aren't you complimenting me?"
“…I’m praising you.”
The two of them fell asleep while chatting about meaningless topics. When Liu Huaizhao woke up the next day, Qin Zunyue was no longer in the tent.
People who practice Taoism don’t need to sleep. Although he would close his eyes to rest before, he would not sleep very deeply. But for some reason, he slept so soundly last night.
A few monsters appeared in the second half of yesterday night. There were not many of them, and they were easily killed with the smoke gun. They killed a lot of prey and monsters yesterday. After discussing it, they decided to go somewhere else.
So after finishing their meal and packing up their things, the two off-road vehicles drove away again.
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