The two caravans were forced to meet on the narrow road, and Yue Zheng had to temporarily stop the car and make way.
The other party didn’t immediately drive past. After stopping alongside, the person in the co-pilot cabin of the first car waved and greeted the people in the RV, “Did you come from the south? Have you seen the people in the cotton field?”
Xu Song glanced at Yue Zheng, who subtly nodded, and replied through the window, “Oh, you mean those people? Yes, we saw them.”
The person smiled and asked, “Are they still over there? Did you come back from the cotton field?”
Xu Song pretended to look helpless and said, “We originally wanted to try our luck over there, but when we saw that there were already many people, we didn’t go to join the crowd.”
The person nodded understandingly, glanced at the window covered with a one-way glass film, bid farewell to Xu Song, and the car continued to drive south.
“They said those people didn’t go to the cotton field?” a voice of doubt came through the intercom.
“They said so… We haven’t received any information either. The leader should still be in a stalemate, right?”
“Possible. I heard that at least ten teams have surrounded the area. With so many people there, those who don’t want to get involved won’t step in.”
“But the base has upgraded the cotton harvesting task…”
“Who knows? We’ll find out when we get there.”
Xu Song closed the car window and asked Yue Zheng, “Are they also going there to participate?”
Yue Zheng shook his head and said, “They should be reinforcements for those who are in a stalemate.” He had good eyesight and had seen the team logos on the cars yesterday. The logos on the cars of this group of people today matched some of the people in the other teams.
“Oh, I see. I wonder how long they’ll hold on?” Xu Song couldn’t help but smile. “Let’s go back early, finish the mission, and rest… We also need to find someone to make cotton products for us or exchange them for other things.”
Yue Zheng tapped his fingers lightly on the steering wheel. “The wind was strong last night, and the frozen meat hasn’t thawed yet. We need to figure out the winter arrangements when we get back.”
The two of them had a lot of things to do, especially after this fruitful trip outside the city. They needed to plan for the future. Since they had the ability to survive in this world, they wouldn’t live day by day like those who had no tomorrow.
The car headed towards Base B, bypassing the direction of the old city area. Along the way, Abu went out twice, bringing back a big rooster the first time and surprisingly, a white fur fox the second time.
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You see, when the teams in the base returned with their harvest, they liked to display the prey in the most prominent place. Even so, the team that brought back three game animals at once was still a minority.
Xu Song silently praised his mother’s foresight in his mind, fortunately, she covered up the smaller prey, so those people thought there were only wolf skins between the two cars. Otherwise… hehe.
The car drove into the G district and went straight to the office at the entrance. After paying with a wolf head, they not only bought the empty space on the left side of the parking spot, but also paid an extra month’s rent for two plots of land.
They also requested assistance from the earth-based esper in the management office to help modify it, connecting the earthen walls between the two plots of land and raising the height of the walls.
Xu Song and the others had too many secrets, especially Mo Tiancheng’s planting ability. So having higher walls would provide more privacy and make their actions more convenient.
“How do we transport the cotton?” After parking the RV and placing the container next to the wall, Abu finally had a spacious area to move around, stretched lazily, shook off his fur, and lay down on the ground.
Yue Zheng stood in front of the container vehicle, instructing Xiao Shu to remove the prey from the car roof, furrowing his brow while contemplating the matter. “If all else fails, we can take the RV over… and leave Abu here to guard?”
“Ah, it’s really inconvenient without a small car.” Xu Song rubbed his chin and pondered for a moment. “There are so many useless cars in the city. Next time we go out, let’s tow a pickup truck back?” If they were planning to live here for a long time, having a car for urban travel would be more convenient.
“Sure, when we go out in a few days, if we see a suitable one, we’ll bring one back.” Yue Zheng agreed. Since they obtained the oil fruit, they no longer had to worry about energy sources. If necessary, they could even convert the car to electric power.
While examining the drying process of the wolf skin, Mother Xu laughed upon hearing their conversation. “There’s a place in the base where you can rent cars. Just go to the management office and ask! Why make it so troublesome? Drive the RV over?”
“They have car rentals?” Xu Song was taken aback.
“Of course! When so many people fled here, many of them brought their own cars. Later, when the base was established and gasoline ran out, and we hadn’t discovered the new energy source yet, the cars became useless. So, they were exchanged for food and money with the base.”
Indeed, after inquiring at the management office, the two quickly rented a small pickup truck that had been converted to use new energy.
They loaded the cotton and fabric onto the truck. As for the prey they had initially planned to contribute, they decided not to touch them for now. They would first observe the weather for the next few days. If they couldn’t leave the city immediately or if the weather suddenly turned cold, it would be better to temporarily leave the meat. Otherwise, if they couldn’t bring Abu out of the city, what would they use to feed him?
Driving the car to the mission hall, they parked directly in front of the task submission hall. Luckily, there weren’t many people inside at the moment. A person with a scanning device aimed it at Xu Song’s wristwatch and asked, “Team 0246, mission – urgent mission to collect various fabrics, cotton, and other textiles. Is that correct?”
“Yes.”
“What kind of resources are you submitting?”
“Fabric and cotton.”
The person paused for a moment. “Cotton? What kind of cotton?”
“Seeded cotton, natural cotton.”
The person paused again. “Seeded cotton?! How many kilograms approximately?!”
“About 500 kilograms of cotton, the rest is fabric.” Due to the limited capacity of the pickup truck, they couldn’t bring all the contents of the container. It would be too extravagant to bring the entire container along.
The staff member trembled and turned around, shouting inside, “Urgent mission only! The one with seeded cotton! Let them in!”
Although the cotton mission is quite urgent, after all, the cotton fields have been discovered, so someone should be able to bring back the cotton, right? Why are they so excited?
The two parked the car in the designated spot, and the staff members started unloading while weighing the items. The seeded cotton on top was tightly compressed by Yue Zheng and the others, making it very heavy. Underneath, there were layers of various rolls of fabric.
One of the staff members took out two cigarettes and handed them to the two men, smiling and asking, “Did you guys run to a fabric store or something?”
Yue Zheng smiled and took the cigarette without responding. Xu Song politely declined the one offered to him.
“A total of 578 catties of cotton and 340 catties of various fabrics,” the accounting staff calculated the total weight and began recording the types of fabrics.
Xu Song asked them, “How do we submit animal leather here?”
The person in charge lit up and said, “For a complete, undamaged piece, we would need two rolls of regular fabric to match.”
“What kind of animal?”
“Of course, it’s mutated rats,” the person smiled and said, “It definitely can’t be chicken skin. Of course, if there are other types of leather, we would calculate their value based on the quality and usefulness.”
“Previously, someone had good luck and brought a mutated goat. Although that little goat was only twice the size of a normal one, its leather was soft, and its fur was more comfortable than that of a rat, so the purchase price for its leather was higher than that of rat leather.”
Xu Song nodded. There were still quite a few animal hides in the car. He would discuss with his mother later and if they were not of much use, they might as well submit them for the mission and exchange them for points.
After each mission, the team would receive certain rewards, mostly in the form of the base’s new currency. If they didn’t want currency, they could directly exchange it for supplies. If they didn’t need any supplies, they could convert it into points.
Points could be used to exchange for special items only available in the base, such as weapons, armor, energy oil, solar panels, or even for housing and paying some living taxes.
In a short while, the results were completely tallied up.
“Team 0248, the resources collected this time are evaluated as grade D. Congratulations, both of you. If you can complete two grade E missions or one grade D mission this month, your team will be promoted to grade D. Since you have completed a grade D mission, your compulsory missions for this month are already completed, and you don’t have to take any more missions.”
“D?” The two glanced at each other. “Are you sure about the rank?”
The staff member suddenly realized and explained, “Well, you see, due to the sudden drop in temperature these days, the mission levels have all been increased by one.”
So, it turned out they got lucky?
After determining their intentions, they converted a portion of the mission rewards into new currency and the rest into points. The two planned to use the points to exchange for some bullets.
After leaving the mission hall, Yue Zheng drove directly to the resource exchange area and exchanged for a hundred bullets for the handgun they had at home, planning to present them to his mother-in-law.
Driving away from there, the two headed towards the G district.
“So, you mean we can submit our belongings again?” Xu Song looked at Yue Zheng excitedly. If they could submit again, they would be able to level up!
Yue Zheng nodded, but furrowed his brow. “I’m afraid submitting too quickly might cause trouble.”
Xu Song also realized it and quickly nodded, “Let’s wait until those people come back before submitting the remaining items.”
Although it might result in reduced mission rewards due to too many items, it would still be better than inviting trouble upon themselves.
Rich in the apocalypse era😁
Trying to go unnoticed with high level superpowers and task abilities…hahahaha! Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🌳🦮🦔🦗