Chapter 143 Desert Survival Day 19 (1) A Strong Sixth Sense…
"Meow Meow: Oh, I heard about the serial killer a while ago, and I've been keeping an eye on him, fearing he'd be targeted. I heard he's very cruel. Recently, while searching for recipes to boost my stamina, I found someone named Backhand Six acting strangely. The people he'd replied to in his posts all seemed dead, but I noticed the two people I just asked you about weren't dead. You have a wide network of contacts, so I thought I'd ask you."
This was also discovered when Yu Miaomiao brought in the idea that the backhand is six and the person is a bad guy, and I read the posts he posted.
When she had glanced through it before, she had only noticed that he seldom replied to others. Even if he did, it was not a direct quote reply, but a manual NL reply when submitting a message, so it was difficult to find out who he was replying to.
But after searching and filtering today, she found those two names. Of course, there were actually more than that. She just needed to throw out an introduction.
After Yu Miaomiao replied, she hesitated for a moment and told Api the information she had asked for.
"Is Pipi here? Ah... what should I do? I originally thought it was a good thing that Yang Haotian and the others didn't kidnap Ziren, but now it sounds like something worse."
"Meow Meow is not short of water: At least in that person's eyes, Ziren is very useful. He kills all the useless ones. This is why Ziren doesn't want you to go. Not only is the other party quite strong and has a group of "Deadpools", but also because to that person, if you are useless, you die. Even if you are used up, you will be killed, just like a backhand six."
"Is Pipi here? Sister Miaomiao, are many of the stat increases and crafts in your personal dashboard from the expedition area?"
"Meow Meow is not short of water: Well, the expedition zone does give a lot of good things, but the daily card draw gives very limited things."
"Is Pipi here? Okay, I'll go try it too."
"Meow Meow is not short of water: Do you want me to go with you?"
In fact, anyone who has survived the apocalypse to this day has a certain level of combat capability, and Api is superior to Miaomiao in personal ability.
After all, Api had learned horse riding, archery, etc. when he was in school, but he lacked some experience in adventure. However, Yu Miaomiao had already explained in detail about the adventure, especially the Dark Oasis where Api was going.
Yu Miaomiao made this suggestion not because she felt that Api was incompetent, but because she was afraid that Api's emotions had not calmed down and he might do something impulsive.
At this time, Lulu also woke up and reported safety in the group.
"Chubby: I'm awake, and my injuries are almost healed."
"Is Pipi here? Wow, Lulu is amazing! She took down that bastard so quickly! I can't fall behind."
"Meow Meow is not short of water: Lulu, it's good that your injury has healed. I see you drank two bottles of hemostatic medicine, you must be seriously injured. Do you have enough ammunition?"
"Pangpang: Well, it's enough. We didn't use up too much. When Hua Bie opened fire yesterday, it scared off a lot of people. Ah Pi, I know Ziren was kidnapped. You're anxious, but it's best not to act impulsively. I had Hua Bie, the great god, to back me up this time. Otherwise, I probably wouldn't have made it out alive. Besides, I'm just going to kill someone, I don't need to bring them back."
"Is Pipi here? I know saving people is harder than killing them, so I won't save Ziren without knowing anything. Don't worry. Also, to save him, I definitely need to improve my own abilities first. So, I want to go exploring on my own. It's a complete waste of your time to have Sister Miaomiao accompany you. You can do a lot in a day. You've explained it so clearly. I can do it on my own. I won't act impulsively. Don't worry too much about me. I'll do my best, and if I can't handle it anymore, I'll come back."
From the words sent by Api, Yu Miaomiao could feel her nervousness and urgency.
"Meow Meow: Okay, do what you can. I'll continue to inquire about Ziren's situation. By the way, Lulu, have all the people from Qi Jintao's base escaped? You should be careful of ambushes nearby. Yang Haotian and No matter how old they are, they have accomplices there. It's possible that after they've used us, they'll attack you and Hua Bie."
"Pangpang: There are still people at their base. Even Master Huabie said it's unsafe. It's best to move as soon as I wake up. We're ready to set off to change locations now."
They will not be safe around there, what about here?
Yu Miaomiao felt that she also needed to move, and she couldn't even wait until night, she had to leave now. The sense of urgency brought by this sixth sense became stronger and stronger.
Leave an empty planter box and hang a feeder on it. Although the roasted wolf meat will probably turn into jerky after being left in the sun for a day, it is still better than having nothing to eat when Xiaoguai comes.
Hoping that such a smart little kid could find him again, Yu Miaomiao reluctantly packed all his things into his backpack.
Now survivors basically have refrigeration equipment, and many people will choose to blow cool air indoors to avoid the scorching sun at noon. Therefore, when drawing cards at noon, everyone will stay indoors. Apart from the high temperature, this is the most appropriate time to move the base.
When she was packing, even though she was facing the condensing fan, she felt that the sun above her head would kill the cool air around her in a second.
She went to the system mall and looked around. There was a limited-time item or a grab card, but there was only one, and it showed as sold out.
Anyone else bought it?!
Although she would refresh the mall from time to time, it was impossible for her to keep an eye on it all the time.
Who bought it? It must be the person who ranked second in the internal test server competition on the leaderboard - he is very strong no matter how old he is, or maybe it is Yang Haotian who ranked third?
She bought three cards last time, and he bought one this time. She felt that this card should not be sold next time, otherwise the end of the world would be in chaos.
Since the limited-time purchase items were out of stock, she went to search for other good items.
Today’s shopping malls have many more daily necessities, even bowls and chopsticks can be bought here, they are no longer just basic supplies.
No, judging by the types of items inside, they looked very much like items that appeared in the apocalypse, such as the Miracle Cooling Patch she was about to buy.
She had seen people selling this item before. It was a temporary cooling patch. The available quantity in the mall was 999+. No one should have sold so many in the apocalypse.
Thinking about it this way, it must have appeared in the end times, which is why it was sold in the mall, but the quantity would be much larger. Selling so many of them probably means the system wants to recycle the slime.
30 pieces of slime can be used to buy 100 pieces of miracle cooling patches. I stuck them all over my body, got on the balance bike, and headed towards the next platinum treasure.
She did not plan to build the base next to the platinum treasure, because if the platinum treasure was fixed, then she would be exposing herself to a survivor who was about to get something good, and she would have to explain that she did not want to steal the treasure or harm people.
All she had to do was to move 10 kilometers away from the original base, which was just outside the two sandstorms.
Hot, very hot.
The burning sensation almost swallowed her up, her scalp was so hot that her head felt like it was going to explode.
Enduring it a little longer, Yu Miaomiao took out two new cooling patches and put them on her head, but they were soon blown into hot patches by the sun, so she had to keep putting them on and changing them.
Before setting off, she had checked that the next sandstorm near her base would arrive in 1 hour and 30 minutes, so she had been monitoring the sandstorm conditions during the move.
Until the sandstorm forecaster showed that the next sandstorm would arrive in 3 minutes and a cloud of yellow sand was already filling the distant sky, she knew that she had arrived at the first intersection five kilometers away, so she took out the brick house and hid inside.
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"Brother Qiang, I just checked, and the thermal detector shows that there is no one over there." A tall and strong man walked back to the base and was about to go into the house.
When Yan Weiming said this, he felt very unhappy. It was noon and he was asked to go out. He didn't go out early or late, but just when it was the hottest time of the day. It was obviously targeting him.
Chen Qiang heard him say that and scolded him, "I told you to just go over and take a look, but you were too lazy to use the thermal detector?"
Yan Weiming ignored him and opened the door to go in to get some fresh air to cool off. Suddenly, he felt a chill on the back of his head and there was a gun muzzle on his head.
"I'm talking to you, you can't hear me, right?" Chen Qiang cursed loudly, and then angrily fired a shot at the sand next to him. The gunshot attracted the attention of everyone nearby.
Wang Bingliang, who was watching from a distance, heard the noise and had no choice but to stop what he was doing and walk out of the house. He laughed and said, "Brother Qiang, what's wrong? Why are you so angry in the middle of the day?"
Chen Qiang's expression grew even more displeased when he heard him speak. "That's the lazy bastard you brought up. He's useless. It's fine if he's lazy all the time, but he's also lazy when he's on a sleuthing mission. If I don't shoot him today, he won't even know his name."
"My name is Yan Weiming. I think you are stupid and need Captain Wang to teach you. You have so many weapons in your hands, but you don't dare to attack outsiders and only attack your own people." Yan Weiming turned his head and cursed at the bald man.
"Old Yan!" Wang Bingliang scolded hurriedly, but it was too late.
"Fuck, you're looking for death!"
"ah--"
Chen Qiang shot Yan Weiming in the leg. Although it was only a pistol bullet, it was so close that it directly blew a bloody hole in the thigh of the person in front of him. The blood on Yan Weiming's leg flowed down his trouser legs onto the golden sand, which was very conspicuous. The people around who were originally watching the excitement suddenly fell silent, watching a tall man fall to the ground in an instant.
The scorching ground and the severe pain in his legs made Yan Weiming roll on the ground, uttering all kinds of unpleasant and provocative words.
Seeing that he was still not obedient, Chen Qiang aimed his gun at the head of the man rolling on the ground. He pressed the muzzle of the gun with one hand. The owner of the hand, Wang Bingliang, said coldly, "Chen Qiang, that's enough. We are all brothers."
His voice was not loud, and the curses of the people on the ground drowned it out. Only the two of them could hear what he said. Chen Qiang glanced at them and asked, "You want to control me? Wang Bingliang?"
Wang Bingliang held onto the gun barrel with his hand still on it, and clenched his other hand behind his back. He lowered his posture and whispered, "How dare I, Brother Qiang? With so many brothers watching, I'll just give them a punishment and a reprimand. Don't let them lose their loyalty."
This time, his voice was much louder, and the gathered crowd could hear him. The person at the front of the crowd, mediator Lin Ruofan, immediately said, "Yes, Brother Qiang, Yan Weiming's crime doesn't deserve the death penalty. Shooting him will make him behave himself."
The person who was speaking had already squatted down and whispered a few words into Yan Weiming's ear, and Yan Weiming stopped shouting and cursing.
"Take your hands away." Chen Qiang ordered.
Wang Bingliang immediately withdrew his hand upon hearing this. Just as he breathed a sigh of relief, he heard a gunshot. A bullet hit the man on the ground right between his eyebrows, and blood and brain matter splattered everywhere.
The person who was squatting on the ground trying to persuade others was frightened by the gunshot and sat down limply. The bullet was only a punch away from him. The man who died with his eyes open on the ground had a flower on his head, and his vision was blurred by the blood.
Wang Bingliang suppressed the foul breath in his heart, but before he could exhale, he heard someone beside him say, "Lin Ruofan, go and detect if there is anyone over there, and who it is. Old Wang and I will come into the house."
After saying that, Chen Qiang was about to leave, but he saw different expressions on the faces of the people around him, and some of them seemed to be dissatisfied and wanted to say something.
He looked around and said loudly, "I know some people don't obey me. You can leave. If you want to stay here, you have to listen to my orders. We are brothers, but we can't say one thing and do another. I, Chen Qiang, don't need people like that. Yan Weiming suffered the consequences of disobedience. Do your job well. I won't let you down. As brothers, come and take care of him and bury him properly."
He didn't specify anyone to do it, but walked back to his room.
Wang Bingliang stared at the bald man with a sinister look, gritted his teeth and followed him in.
**
As soon as Yu Miaomiao hid in the house, the central air conditioning started automatically. A cool breeze blew, and she felt alive again.
She took her temperature and luckily, she didn't have a fever. She drank some ice mineral water and watched the wind and sand coming. Soon she received a new reply no matter how old she was.
"No matter how old you are, you're still strong: Are you worried that he'll come knocking on your door?"
A long time ago, Yu Miaomiao had sent a question to this recipe post, but because the original poster (Liu) did not quote her in the reply, she did not notice it at the time. Now when she looked back at the post, she noticed that she had been replied to.
Moreover, he was very careful in replying to the six questions, and each reply was only in a large number of dense discussions, making it difficult to be noticed. It seemed that he did not care at all whether the person who asked the question could see his reply.
"Meow Meow is not short of water: Yes, I am a little worried."
"No matter how old you are, you're still strong: I just checked, and some of my brothers have also received his response. They're all fine. You should have plenty of supplies and weapons. Why are you so afraid of being found by this murderous maniac?"
"Miaomiao is not short of water: The main problem is that I don't know if the other party is a single person or a group. I saw that he replied to quite a few people, but the replies were very scattered. I don't know how many of them are 'slashers' and how many are ordinary survivors."
"No matter how old you are, you're still strong. I've never heard of a murderer targeting other ordinary survivors. Most of those who disappear without a reply but are still alive are members of our gang."
The implication is that you don't need to be so timid.
When Chen Qiang thought about Miaomiao's gender, he knew that she was just a soft persimmon. No wonder he had to rely on others to kill Qi Jintao.
Of course, when he said this, he did not notice Wang Bingliang's contemptuous expression and psychological activities beside him, but instead became more determined that their base would not accept women.
"Meow Meow is not short of water: There are a lot of them, right? If all these missing people became the murderer's subordinates, then he must be very powerful."
"No matter how old you are, you're still strong: with just over thirty people, how big a splash can you make? I say you're already on the leaderboard, so there's no need to be so timid."
When he thought about how Miaomiao agreed to help without any shortage of water and even asked to advance 500 units of mucus, he felt that the other party was a useless person. If he didn't need her, he would not bother to talk to such a weak person and waste his time.
"Meow Meow is not short of water: If there is any new news about the murderer, please tell me."
"No matter how old you are, you're still strong: Good."
After replying this word, Chen Qiang impatiently walked to a grindstone in the house to sharpen his personal scimitar, and said dissatisfiedly, "Old Wang, this Miaomiao is not short of water. She is just a woman who happened to get a few good things. Is it necessary to go to so much trouble to talk to her?"
Wang Bingliang heard the sizzling sound coming from the whetstone, and he became even more annoyed. He could have fixed the knife at the repair station, but Chen Qiang insisted on sharpening it right in front of him. The threat wasn't too obvious, so he had to coax him, "Miaomiao doesn't lack water. His personal stats and exploration progress are increasing rapidly. He's definitely not an ordinary person."
"Tui." Chen Qiang spat on the grindstone, showing his disdain for Miaomiao's lack of water and his contempt for Wang Bingliang's overthinking. "That's because Yang Haotian has been suppressing us from going to the exploration area. If I go a few more times, I will definitely pass it earlier than her. Now Yang Haotian has relaxed a little on these things. I will take my brothers to explore in a few days."
Wang Bingliang thought about it and finally spoke out his doubts. "Miaomiao Buqueshui was very cautious in asking us questions before. But today she seems to be very concerned about that murderous maniac. Could it be that she really discovered something?"
After sharpening the knife, Chen Qiang plopped down on the spacious sofa and replied nonchalantly, "What the hell did you find? You went and searched, and just like she said, it turned out to be someone who had returned six times. It happened to be someone who had disappeared from the Tiandihui. She probably just heard about these things recently. A little girl must have been scared when she heard about such a brutal murder, so she asked a few more questions. Qi Jintao was killed by Hua Bie. What could she find out? If she did find out, it would be Hua Bie who discovered it."
Wang Bingliang didn't reply. He thought, "If you think her theory is right, then why do you think she can't discover anything? That's a paradox in itself." He knew it was useless to say more, so he changed the subject and complimented her, "Yes, Brother Qiang is cautious and didn't tell her the whole truth. The more she knows, the more Hua Bie will know."
Chen Qiang was very pleased and said, "Why should I explain it to her so clearly? What's the difference between 30 missing people and 80 people? If these dozens of people can be abducted, it means they are useless. What can they do? Besides, Hua Bie was originally a strong enemy of the Tiandihui. Last time Qi Jintao provoked him, he held a grudge against the Tiandihui. That bastard is dead, but the grudge is still there. Don't let him know more and it will be disadvantageous to us."
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According to the replies on the sixth floor, there are indeed only more than 30 replies, but Yu Miaomiao feels that there should be more than that.
If there were only 30 missing persons, how could there be more than 10 people who could go out and fight at any time? Adding those who had died before, it means that there were at least 50 people, both living and dead, in that hideout.
Moreover, no matter how old he is, he is very strong and is obviously on guard against her. When she mentioned the recipe post, he reported the number of people in the Tiandihui according to the recipe post. It seems that no useful information can be obtained from him.
The most I can do is ask Yingying to find out more.
Yu Miaomiao glanced at Api's location and didn't expect that he had already appeared in the exploration area of Dark Oasis. The progress was only 3%, which meant that he must have been moving very fast.
She knew that no matter how much she persuaded him, it would be useless. Api would definitely find something to do to soothe Ziren's anxiety about being tied up. He shouldn't lose his life in the early stages of the expedition. If he was injured, he just had to come back in time. She could only hope that Api would not be impulsive.
The wind and sand had not yet passed, and as soon as 12 o'clock arrived, the card drawing appeared in front of me on time.
【System prompt: Please draw your gift pack card】
As the system prompt sounded, three almost dull cards appeared in the house.
It seems that today's supplies should be very ordinary.
First card: "Common Food Resource Card."
The second one: "Ordinary basic resource card."
It really confirmed her guess, it was ordinary among ordinary things.
The third one: "Ordinary Planting Resource Card."
Yu Miaomiao: ...
Well, although the green card basically represents planting, she still wanted to see if there would be any difference, and it turned out to be a planting resource card.
Ordinary food is most likely level four food, and she can cook it now.
Not to mention that she has no shortage of basic resources, even if she does, there are many channels to buy them.
If you have to choose what you need from the most common ones, it would be planting resources.
Although she has used an electric and solar-powered dual-purpose shower atomizer to water the plants, she only needs to connect the water pipe to the pool and it will automatically start spraying water, eliminating the need to water each plant one by one. However, opening, closing, and moving the plants require manual operation. It would be great if she could develop an automatic watering device.
[System Notice: Regular Planting Resource Card Rewards Calculation Begins]
[Successfully trigger the Lucky trait, obtain 5 low-level fertilizers, 5 intermediate-level fertilizers, 5 wheat seeds, and 2 planting robots.]
?
What?
Planting robots???
Yu Miaomiao quickly clicked on the item to check it out.
【Name: Planting Robot (1/1)
Level: 30
Introduction: Free your hands, future technology will help all aspects of human life. Don't worry, this system will not allow robots to participate in human combat.
Attributes: The robot is fully resistant to natural disasters. With sufficient solar energy daily, it can manage the plants in the 12-grid planting column. The harvested items will automatically be placed in the backpack of the player who casts the robot.
So smart and convenient, even better than the automatic watering device she wanted.
Unfortunately, there are only two robots, and among the remaining daily growing plants, there are still 52 plants that need her to operate manually. But at least it gives her hope that with things like planting robots, she will definitely be able to truly free her hands in the future.
After searching around the world, she found that no one had learned how to make this technology. If she hadn't had to continue her journey, she would have used this robot right there.
However, one sentence in the system's introduction to the robot is very intriguing. It means "This system will not allow robots to participate in human battles." The implication is that all battles require players to rely on their physical bodies to fight, and there will be no robots to help.
Whether it is a fight with monsters or a conflict with other survivors, humans need to resolve it themselves.
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Chen Qiang waited for a long time in a somewhat impatient manner, but the people he sent did not come back. He wondered if there really was a survivors base over there, and the people there killed his men?
He still remembered that when he was in a hurry to meet up with this group of brothers, Silence said that he seemed to have spotted someone in the distance, but he didn't take it seriously and just left.
But just two days ago, when he went to look for a golden treasure chest, he seemed to see a campfire in the direction that Silent said.
He was in a hurry to open the treasure chest at that time. When he returned, the flame had disappeared. He was alone outside surrounded by monsters. There was also a ferocious zebra tiger on the outermost circle of three wolves, which looked not to be provoked. He did not have time to investigate it in detail, and only thought of sending someone out to check it out today.
At noon, everyone basically hid in the house, so he sent Yan Weiming out to investigate. When he thought of that person, he was filled with anger.
He said the thermal detector didn't detect anyone. This thing is not accurate to begin with, and he had a piece of clothing on him that could block the detection of the detector. He had to see it with his own eyes to feel at ease.
If there really is a small base nearby, it would be a hidden danger. If he fails to subdue it, he wouldn't mind taking people to destroy it, to add some excitement to his brothers and show off his power.
Just as the sun was setting, Chen Qiang could no longer contain himself and stood up, wanting to send someone to check again. Lin Ruofan, who had gone out at noon, stumbled back and knocked on his door.
Seeing that the person outside the door looked exhausted and had no injuries, Chen Qiang's heart finally settled down.
He sighed in his heart, fortunately there was no one around.
"Boss, there was indeed someone over there. I looked around and only saw a planter box and a feeder. There was no signature, and I didn't know who it belonged to. I was afraid that the person had just gone out and would be back, so I didn't bring the things back for fear of alerting him."
When Lin Ruofan said this, his throat was very dry. He ran a lap under the scorching sun and only got him a bicycle. He cursed a few words in his heart, but still reported carefully.
"Well done. Go check it out again tomorrow." Chen Qiang was very satisfied with the respectful look of the man in front of him. Seeing the sand on his head and the sunburn on his body, he knew that he was an honest and obedient person.
Hearing what Chen Qiang said, Lin Ruofan was about to open his mouth to refuse, but he heard the other party say, "If you do a good job on this matter, I will take you with me on the next expedition and give you a branch treasure chest."
"Thank you, Boss." Lin Ruofan swallowed his unspoken words and said flatteringly, "Boss, can you give me some ice water?"
"Take it, take it." Chen Qiang took out a bottle of ice mineral water from the system backpack and threw it into Lin Ruofan's arms. He pushed the water and the person out of the room with disgust. The sour smell almost stink up his house.
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When Yu Miaomiao set out for the second time, she bought another 50 bags of miracle ice patches before finally reaching a place 10 kilometers away.
Use the balance bike to go uphill, and then use the zorb ball to go downhill, so as to ensure that there is still enough battery left, so that even if an accident occurs, there is still power to run away.
She scanned the area with a thermal detector, confirming that there was no one around before putting the brick house and the wall cloth in place.
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