The large shadow cast by the main body of Cinnabar gradually tilted as the sun moved. When the sunlight shone on the crowd, they finally found the camp of Matchstick.

Chen Ci had put on a hat a long time ago and covered himself tightly.

Fu Tianhe gave his hat to Matchstick. Although Matchstick repeatedly said that she was used to the wind and sun all year round, Fu Tianhe still forced the hat on her head.

"I'm a grown man, so there's nothing to worry about."

Fu Tianhe's hat was a bit too big for Matchstick, so he helped to adjust the circumference of his head: "As for you, remember to protect your skin when you go out in the future. Sunburn is very painful."

Matchstick pursed his lips and nodded vigorously.

The camp was ten miles from the coast. Matchstick had walked in the dark last night, going in the completely opposite direction. No wonder she couldn't find her way back no matter how hard she tried.

Strictly speaking, the camp was a collection of low huts and rags, sheltered from the wind and rain by the skeleton of a collapsed building.

Seeing the outline of the camp from afar, Matchstick became obviously excited and his pace quickened. It was surprising that such a weak and thin body could have such outstanding physical fitness.

Even Fu Tianhe said, "That's great."

Compared to the two people's excitement, Chen Ci was frighteningly calm.

He was the first to notice something was wrong with the camp.

The wind blew the brown strips of cloth into the air. It was noon, and it was time to eat. Even if the scavengers would go out together during the day on weekdays, they would not leave no one behind.

But Chen Ci could not find any trace of human presence.

The spiritual power arrived first, explored it, and confirmed his guess.

"Is this your camp?" Chen Ci asked.

Matchstick: “Yeah.”

"There's no one in there."

"Ah?" Matchstick was stunned. "How could that be? Usually, we would leave someone to guard the camp when we go out."

Fu Tianhe also stopped. His eyesight was not as good as Chen Ci's, and he didn't have any mental strength, but since Jiu Yue said it, there must be a problem.

"Shall we go and take a look at the situation first?" Fu Tianhe said.

Chen Ci nodded, and the three of them continued to move forward, but their pace was much slower and more cautious.

They entered the camp, and just as Chen Ci had said, the entire camp was empty and eerily quiet.

"Dum? Water bottle? Bicycle?" Matchstick called out a few names, these should be the scavengers who would stay in the camp on weekdays, but he received no response.

Chen Ci used his mental power to thoroughly explore the camp and found obvious signs of a fight. He called Matchstick and took her there.

The boiler collapsed, low-quality energy stones scattered everywhere, there were spots of blood on the ground, and there were fierce scratches on the wall. Matchstick's face changed just by seeing this scene.

She quickly went to the remains of a central building and after a few seconds she shouted, "The camp has been robbed!"

"Robbery?" Fu Tianhe exclaimed, "Are you saying that someone from another camp came and took everyone away?"

The answer is obvious.

Chen Ci came to where the matchsticks were. There were several large boxes there, all of which were opened at this moment, with only some scattered mechanical garbage left inside.

But judging from the marks on the ground, there were far more boxes than just these.

"What did they steal?" Chen Ci asked.

"Mechanical core." Matchstick panted to calm down. She tried her best to remain calm, but her voice was still choked with sobs. "We have been collecting them for more than a month. We originally planned to sell them in the production workshop next week to save enough money for the second half of the year."

Only large primitive organisms contain mechanical cores. Chen Ci and Fu Tianhe only found five or six of them after three days of exploring the abandoned suburbs.

Scavengers probably don't have the ability to hunt large primitive creatures, so they can only pick up what's left from the remains of corpses. To scavengers, these are extremely precious treasures.

Matchstick looked at the messy warehouse and let out a few suppressed sobs. What scared her the most was that not only were all the properties looted, but even the people in their camp were gone.

It was normal for the camps to fight over property, but what did they want people to do? Even if they tied everyone up, they wouldn't work for them.

Matchstick had been busy all day and was harassed by the big slug at night, which frightened her. Now she finally found the camp, but found that she was the only one left.

It is so touching that it makes anyone who hears it cry and anyone who listens to it feel sad.

Fu Tianhe couldn't bear it any longer, he looked at Chen Ci, the young man's expression was as calm as ever, as if he was not touched at all.

He could feel that September wanted to leave.

But Fu Tianhe just couldn't bring himself to say it. After all, they had spent several hours with Matchstick. Wouldn't it be too cruel to tell the little girl that they were leaving at this critical moment?

Fu Tianhe awkwardly consoled her: "Why don't you wait here for a while, maybe everyone will be back by night."

"They must have been captured. Camp Mom has long disliked us."

Matchstick forced herself to suppress her sobs. It was good that she finally returned to the camp, but if she was alone, it would be impossible for her to survive in this area.

Matchstick looked to Fu Tianhe and Chen Ci for help. Even though she knew it was inappropriate to ask these two saviors for help again, this was the last straw that broke the camel's back.

In fact, Fu Tianhe had softened his heart and looked at Chen Ci quietly. If Jiuyue was willing, he would definitely help.

Chen Ci remained indifferent.

Chen Ci didn't intend to find extra work for himself. They just wanted to deliver the matchsticks to the camp, and now the mission has been accomplished.

His time is valuable, and he has to travel to other places.

Matchstick saw that Fu Tianhe was always watching Chen Ci's reaction, and he knew who had the final say.

She was very smart to have grown up in an abandoned suburb. She knew from their brief interactions that the older Alpha brother was enthusiastic and kind, while the younger Omega brother was always self-centered and rather indifferent.

Matchstick said without hesitation: "If you two are willing to help me again, I am willing to give you half of the mechanical core as a reward."

After hearing this, Chen Ci began to think about the feasibility.

Half of the mechanical core is indeed a big temptation. He can earn a lot of money by selling it. Although now with the transfer of Shaflay, he is no longer short of money.

In addition to selling for money, mechanical cores have other uses.

"How many are there?" Chen Ci asked.

Matchstick: "We have collected 64 this month. I will try my best to persuade the battalion commander to give you half. If you really saved our camp, the battalion commander will definitely reward you voluntarily."

Chen Ci nodded: "Deal."

Fu Tianhe, who was standing by, was stunned.

Although the final result was that he agreed to help Matchstick save the camp, Chen Si earned more than 30 mechanical cores for nothing.

Fu Tianhe felt a bit complicated, not because of Chen Ci's indifference and profit-seeking, but because they had been together for such a long time, how could he not know what kind of person Jiu Yue was?

What's more, September has so many lovely aspects that even its minor shortcomings become advantages.

But Fu Tianhe realized that sometimes one should not be too enthusiastic when doing things.

Things that are easily obtained may make people ungrateful and also cause them to lose some opportunities to make money.

"We have to go back and replenish our supplies first. We don't have enough food anymore. Since we need to contact other camps for people, we also need to get some suitable weapons."

Chen Ci made arrangements in a calm voice: "We will leave all the remaining food in the bag for you. It won't be too late. We will come around this time tomorrow. You stay alone in the camp tonight."

"Okay, okay." Matchstick agreed quickly. She was even more grateful when Chen Ci said he would leave some food for her.

Fu Tianhe took off his backpack, left the remaining food to Matchstick, and found a thicker coat for her: "Stay here today, don't go out, and we will meet tomorrow."

He thought for a moment, then pulled out a small device from his inner pocket: "This is a locator. Keep it with you at all times so we can find you. Otherwise, this camp is too far away and it will take a lot of time to find the way."

Matchstick took the locator, held it tightly in his hand, and nodded: "Okay, I will always carry it with me and wait for you to come."

Chen Ci and Fu Tianhe carefully looked around the camp again and made sure there were no other abnormalities before saying goodbye to Matchstick and leaving.

The two rushed towards the main body of Cinnabar, and after more than four hours, they finally arrived at the public bus stop on the side of the road.

After three days of sleeping in the open air, Chen Ci and Fu Tianhe were both exhausted. They got on a public bus with only a few people on it and drove into the main body of Cinnabar.

The sunlight was blocked and artificial light once again took the supreme position. After several days, they finally returned to the hotel they had booked.

Fu Tianhe felt a little distressed for having to pay two extra days' room fee. He didn't know that this money was nothing to Chen Ci.

After entering their respective rooms, Chen Ci immediately took off all his clothes and went to take a shower. Fu Tianhe did the same. For three days, they could only wipe their bodies briefly. If it weren't for their pheromones as AOs, they would probably have stunk.

It shouldn't take too long to rescue Matchstick's companions. They have a mission to accomplish, so they can travel light, just carrying some food, drinking water, and of course the most important weapons.

Fu Tianhe washed himself thoroughly from head to toe before finally coming out of the bathroom. He wiped his hair and fell on the bed with his arms and legs spread out.

Although he was in great shape, he was still very tired after a few days, especially since he only slept for three or four hours last night.

Fu Tianhe was just about to take a rest when he suddenly heard a knock on the door.

"who?"

"It's me." A familiar, calm voice.

Fu Tianhe quickly climbed out of bed, grabbed the dry clothes beside him and put them on randomly. He hung the wet towel on his head on the clothes hanger and strode over to open the door for Chen Ci.

The door opened and the boy was standing outside.

Chen Ci had just taken a shower. He wiped his hair but did not blow it dry. The wet ends of his hair felt heavy, making it appear even darker and contrasting with his porcelain-white face.

Chen Ci wore a loose T-shirt with the collar loosely draped over his shoulders. His arms, exposed through the short sleeves, were round, revealing the youth's clarity and slenderness.

But Fu Tianhe would not be fooled by this appearance, he knew how strong Chen Ci's physique was.

"What's wrong?"

Chen Ci said nothing. When Fu Tianhe stepped aside, he walked straight into Alpha's room.

In the evening, the Omega, who had just finished taking a shower, walked into the Alpha's room alone. It was too tempting, so Fu Tianhe calmed himself and closed the door.

Chen Cijing sat down beside Fu Tianhe's bed and took out several small balls of various shapes from his trouser pocket.

The three mechanical cores fell quietly on the clean white sheets. Fu Tianhe sat on the other side, with a considerable distance between them.

"These things should be able to be used as power devices."

Chen Ci fiddled with the three mechanical cores with his fingertips. He picked up one from the jellyfish's corpse, and obtained the other two during his travels. As for Fu Tianhe's bag, there were still a few.

Fu Tianhe: "Okay, or we can just say that the matchsticks are all sold to the production workshop."

Chen Ci asked directly: "Can this be used to make a flying machine?"

Fu Tianhe: "Ah...ah???"

Fu Tianhe thought he had misheard at first. What? A flying vehicle?

He could try to use other materials to make some weapons, but it would be too much of a compliment to him to just make an aircraft!

He does have a lot of engineering knowledge, but he was just a mechanic before!

Chen Ci: "Is it not possible?"

A man cannot say that he is incapable, but this time Fu Tianhe really is incapable. No matter how hard he tries to pretend to be fat, he cannot pretend to weigh more than a thousand pounds.

Fu Tianhe laughed awkwardly twice: "It's a little difficult."

Chen Ci nodded and said nothing more.