In a gathering place, it is inevitable that some families have insufficient food reserves and are short of food, so they have to go out to look for it.
However, the survivors who fled here from the parking lot formed a force and squatted on the periphery, specifically targeting small groups coming in and out to rob supplies. Small-scale gunfights occurred from time to time, and the number of injured people naturally increased.
The consumption of medicines is increasing day by day.
At the same time, minor chaos began to occur inside the gathering place, and burglaries occurred frequently. It was unknown whether it was external forces who sneaked in at night or whether the crime was committed by acquaintances inside.
The situation is becoming increasingly serious.
Another 8 days passed. After Lin Xiaoman cultivated her blue mint to maturity and ate it for cultivation, Zhang Yashan brought back good news.
It was obvious that there was no supply, and the bullets in the guns were running out one by one. In addition, they were prone to being attacked by strange beasts when staying outside at night. The people in the parking lot also knew that if they did not stick together, they would only die sooner.
The forces at the anchorage sent out a signal for peace, and the leaders of the gathering place, who were troubled by the situation, held a meeting and decided to make peace.
We are all human beings. In harsh environments, we should help each other, win-win and benefit each other, instead of holding each other back.
Therefore, after discussion among the bosses, the parking lot forces joined the gathering place. At the same time, considering the safety and food issues, the two sides came up with a plan to exchange guns and bullets for food after talks.
Both parties accepted it without objection.
In other words, those who have surplus food in the gathering place can now exchange food for weapons.
Zhang Yashan meant to take this opportunity to acquire some firepower for self-defense. Although he had two guns at home, he didn't have many bullets. He didn't know what the future would hold, and without force, he might not be able to protect his food supply.
Only with strong military force can one have the right to speak.
The plan to exchange some food for weapons was quickly approved.
Afterwards, Zhang Yashan talked about the reforms in the settlement system. Due to food shortages, the leaders decided to implement militarized management and compulsorily form hunting teams. All combatants in the settlement must join the hunting teams.
The elderly, the weak, women, and children were also required to participate in training to improve their fighting ability. Although they would not be immediately assigned to hunting teams, they had to obey the organization's arrangements and perform simple sentry, gathering, and production work.
Simply put, the management of the gathering place has become stricter, with unified scheduling and arrangements, while also ensuring unified distribution, trying to ensure that everyone can survive.
If someone doesn't want to participate, that's fine. Those who don't want to can just go it alone and don't expect the large group to take care of them in the future.
Under harsh living conditions, of course, the survival rate is higher if people stick together for warmth, so Zhang Yashan has no objection to this system, and Zhang Peiwen and Lin Xiaoman certainly have no objection either.
It is better to be safe than sorry. Fearing that someone might steal their food, Zhang Yashan took out one-third of his food and exchanged it for two bombs and three boxes of bullets.
Bombs are absolutely powerful deterrents. Zhang Yashan's original intention was to give Lin Xiaoman and Zhang Peiwen one each, to protect themselves and to deter villains. After all, they are not star coins, and it is impossible for everyone to like them. There are always some people who are not on good terms with their Zhang family.
"No, no, Dad, you keep it for yourself in case of emergency." Lin Xiaoman waved his hand to refuse this bomb, and at the same time dropped a bombshell, "I have successfully gathered spirits and am a spiritual master!"
Zhang Yashan and Zhang Peiwen:! !
The two people who were frightened by Lin Xiaoman were immediately ecstatic after being shocked. Spiritual Master! To be promoted to a Spiritual Master, you must be extraordinary and out of this world. From then on, you are no longer an ordinary person!
The two were so excited that they couldn't express it in words.
The golden finger must not be revealed. Lin Xiaoman made up a white lie and briefly described the process of how he successfully gathered spirits after eating the golden fruit. He also carefully explained that he currently had no combat power and could only scare people at most, so this matter had to be kept secret.
At their age, Zhang Yashan and Zhang Peiwen certainly know the saying "A tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind", so they would naturally not be so foolish as to spread it everywhere.
After confessing to the spiritual master, Lin Xiaoman made a fruit paste with the remaining golden fruits, secretly added a drop of spiritual liquid, and guided the two to gather spiritual energy.
Unfortunately, even with the added effect of the spiritual liquid, Zhang Yashan and Zhang Peiwen were completely unable to reach the threshold.
They both agreed that they had no talent, and that she should practice hard on her own, so they wouldn't waste spiritual food. Zhang Yashan even suggested exchanging food for golden fruit.
There must still be some of the golden fruits of other people.
Lin Xiaoman immediately rejected this proposal. While exchanging food for weapons might not raise suspicion, exchanging food for golden fruit would certainly raise suspicion! Furthermore, the effect of golden fruit was far inferior to that of raising herbs, so the gains would outweigh the losses.
After hearing Lin Xiaoman's explanation that "the effect of the golden fruit is not much different from that of his own practice", Zhang Yashan gave up.
Then, about three days later, new regulations were introduced in the gathering place, and a hunting rotation system was promulgated.
Zhang Yashan was no exception as he was a hunter. Since he could form a team freely, he went to find his teammates early in the morning and quickly formed a hunting team with a standard number of people.
Lin Xiaoman and Zhang Peiwen were naturally in charge of logistics and medical work, and their small clinic became one of the officially designated medical points.
Apart from the mandatory daily work of caring for the wounded, Lin Xiaoman's days are still filled with practice, working hard and cheating at the same time.
At first, Lin Xiaoman was quite worried about Zhang Yashan's safety, but after he went with the hunting team a few times under the pretext of "collecting herbs", she felt relieved.
Human intelligence is far superior to that of strange beasts.
There are definitely rich resources in the forest, and there are also many exotic beasts. Just dig a hole and set a trap, and prey will come to your door.
Having made it clear about the purpose of hunting exotic beasts, the hunting team will not go deep into the forest but will use the smell of blood to lure the exotic beasts in the edge areas, lead the exotic beasts out, lead them into the trap area, and then take advantage of the strength in numbers.
The hunting operation was very successful.
Although there were occasional casualties, the mortality rate was very low. With Zhang Yashan's skills and experience, Lin Xiaoman believed that as long as he didn't seek death, he would not die.
However, what made Lin Xiaoman complain was that the meat of the strange beasts in this forest was really unpalatable.
The taste is probably like unprocessed pig intestines, fish that have been dead for a few days, and the sourness is comparable to that of lemon... In short, the taste is very hard to describe, and it is difficult to swallow even if it is boiled in water for several hours.
Alas, survival is not easy.
As a person from the Foodie Empire, Lin Xiaoman is really ashamed. A good cook cannot cook without rice. Without seasoning, she really cannot improve the food.
Just make do with it. As long as I can eat and don't starve to death, that's all.
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