"What do you need a map for? I am a living map. Every street in Moscow, and even every inch of soil for a hundred kilometers around, has my footprints." Old Paul patted his chest and recommended himself to Tang Zheng.
"This is not a boast. Go and find out how many places I have traveled with my excellent hearing ears?"
"Come on, as long as you are an adventurer over thirty years old, you are familiar with every terrain of more than a hundred miles around." A wasteland resident carrying a tattered AM47 approached Tang Zheng and pushed against Old Paul.
After saying this, he said with a smile, "There is no way. The food in the city and suburbs has been removed long ago, so we can only go to further places to scavenge."
"Get lost." When little Paul saw someone trying to steal his business, he immediately became angry and pulled out his pistol to threaten him.
"Ha, you are getting braver. Are you willing to take that bullet? Shoot it here if you can!" The adventurer smiled playfully and pointed at his forehead, not caring about little Paul's threat at all.
"Don't talk nonsense, I just want the map!" Tang Zheng's tone was very cold, which made the adventurer who was approaching him suddenly freeze.
"That piece of tattered paper is very expensive, but I happen to have one for military use, ten bottle caps, or three hundred rounds of 7.62mm bullets." The guy frowned, looked very reluctant, and took out the paper.
A dark map.
Without Tang Zheng having to do anything, Ying Shangwu had already taken it, glanced at it for a few times, and then threw it in his face.
"Take civilian maps to top up your numbers. Do you want to die?"
Lu Fan pulled out the revolver from his waist and aimed it at him, "Get out of here, or I'll make a hole for you!"
"Civilian maps are hard to come by." Before the liar could finish speaking, a bullet pierced his forehead. He didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, grabbed the map that fell on the ground, and left quickly.
After this episode, those who wanted to deceive and abduct me immediately restrained themselves a lot.
"I need a guide, but I trust my eyes more, and some plans also require military maps, so Old Paul, go find me a seller." A sneer appeared at the corner of Tang Zheng's mouth, "Don't say there isn't one."
"Captain, this is very difficult. Even before the war, there were very few military maps, let alone more than a hundred years later, and no one has made them. Every one is broken, and the ones that are there are treated as treasures.
Hidden." Old Paul looked embarrassed.
"Isn't there the Iron Council? Isn't it on the black market?" Qin Yan looked at the streets and noticed that the entertainment venues were still very lively.
Those single adventurers don't know if they can make a living the next time they go out scavenging, so in addition to buying weapons, they just go to the bar to enjoy life.
"Yes, but it's not only expensive, but it's also missing corners." Sholokhov was not optimistic about Tang Zheng's idea, "Just give up, even those large armed forces make do with civilian maps."
"It's usually found in military camps, right? Just look for it yourself." Pang Meiqin tried to show her value, but was rebutted as soon as she opened her mouth.
"All the military camps near Moscow have been searched countless times. They are the favorite places for scavengers. Who doesn't want to find weapons depots?" Little Paul felt that this woman had no brains. "If looking for maps is for this purpose.
,give up."
"Here we are, this is my home."
This is already the west area on the second floor. What appears in front of everyone is a cave dwelling. After opening the wooden door and entering, a feeling of narrowness and crampedness immediately hits the face, making people feel depressed.
This should be the living room, utility room and kitchen, filled with all kinds of messy items, and even a toilet.
"Only thirty square meters!" Lu Fan wrinkled her nose. A smell was wafting in the air. She stood on tiptoes and looked into the inner room. The area was even smaller. There was no room for a bed.
A woman was sitting on the ground making crossbows. Next to her was a little girl of eleven or twelve years old. She was sharpening a rusty saber on the whetstone. She probably heard the movement outside the house and raised her head secretly.
He looked around, but didn't dare to come out.
"Hey, this is a house worth a thousand bottle caps. Building a cave dwelling in the West District is our greatest ideal." Old Paul didn't notice the contempt and disgust in the eyes of the female models at all, and looked proud.
Showing off, "My dad and I have saved more than 20 years of bottle caps."
"More than twenty years?" The female models were like cats whose tails were stepped on, and they cried out in surprise. They were self-aware, but they did not think that they had better living abilities than Old Paul.
"Then it will take 150 years to save ten thousand?" Several female models turned pale.
"Ten thousand? Stop dreaming, wait for your grandson to realize this dream!" Little Paul put down his weapon and went to find his sister. He had no idea how much impact his unintentional words had on the newlyweds.
"Then where did you live before?" Pang Meiqin would rather live in a tent than stay here.
"North District, if you pay five bottle caps a month, you can buy five square meters, and you can build tents and other things as you please." Old Paul rubbed his hands and cursed, "Damn you, you have guests here, why don't you still do it?"
Make a fire, it's freezing."
Ever since he entered the house, Old Paul had a happy smile on his face. Even if he cursed, he didn't have much anger. He wanted to show his hospitality and respect for Tang Zheng and others.
"I didn't expect that in the world after nuclear war, housing prices would not only be higher, but also worse, making it impossible for people to live!" Gao Yu, an ordinary worker, couldn't help but sigh after hearing this, and Tang Zheng's mouth also twitched, asking
If he didn't have diamonds, he would still be a hard worker who had to exchange points for RMB.
"It's too crowded here, can I rent a house?" Pang Meiqin's words were echoed by the female models.
"Go to the North District or stay in a hotel, but you guys will definitely have to spend five bottle caps, and I only need two." Old Paul didn't think about environmental issues at all. When he saw Ying Shang Wu, Qin Yan and others taking off three bottles
After the mask revealed their beautiful faces, they were immediately amazed. Only then did they understand what they hated, and their expressions couldn't help but become a little embarrassed.
"My house is clean enough, unless you stay on the third floor." Old Paul was still making his final persuasion to keep these guests.
"It doesn't matter, just find a house on the second floor." Tang Zheng had many things that were not convenient for outsiders to know, so he had to find a place to live.
"Okay, you send someone, and I will take him to the police station to go through the leasing procedures." Old Paul sighed and gave up the struggle.
"Tantai, Gao Yu, you go ahead, be careful on the road." Tang Zheng threw the five bottle caps that he had just warmed over. The two of them did not refuse. They followed Old Paul onto the street with rifles in their arms.
Twenty minutes later, Tang Zheng and his party moved into a house with a similar layout to Old Paul's. There was no furniture, and there was a rotten and damp smell. After stepping on it a few times, an inch of dust immediately flew all over the sky.
"Don't be stunned and start cleaning." Lu Fan quickly took out his gloves and mask. After putting them on, he took out other tools and handed them to the female models to supervise their work. "If you don't do it well, you won't get food."
"There should be someone here recruiting group members, right?" Tang Zheng stood on the street, took out a cigarette and handed it to Old Paul, "Don't worry, I will continue to ask you to be my guide."
"Cigarettes?" Old Paul was immediately flattered and almost stared out of his eyes. This was a luxury accessory, a pack of ten bottle caps. After catching the cigarette, his hands could not help but tremble. In this life, he would
I only smoked one cigarette butt.
"No, I won't light it." When Old Paul saw Tang Zheng handing over the lighter, he quickly refused, and then carefully stuffed the cigarette into his clothes. He wanted to enjoy it slowly when he went home.
Gao Yu smiled and then choked on a puff of cigarette, but Old Paul didn't care. He quickly took a deep breath and smelled the smell of second-hand smoke in the air, and then his face showed an expression as if he had ascended to heaven.
“Beautiful, so delicious.”
"It's so miserable." Lu Fan couldn't help but shuddered when he saw Old Paul's intoxicated appearance.
"Generally, groups are organized in bars. I know a few group leaders with pretty good character." Old Paul frowned and said, "You want to join a group? That's right. If you want to stay there permanently, you'd better get familiar with the terrain first.
Go it alone.”
"Tang Zheng, how can we cook without water and firewood?" Qin Yan was like a housewife worrying about her livelihood, "Can't we always use our reserves?"
"Local residents have water stamps, and they can fetch a limited amount of water every day. You homeless people have to buy it." Old Paul took a step forward and said quickly, "But I still have some water at home, you can use it first."
"No." Lu Fan refused, pulled Qin Yan to the corner, and whispered, the little lolita's Alice apron came in handy again, she brought thousands of gallons of pure water, everyone took a shower
It's not a problem. Of course, it will only take two or three months at most. There is no way, because no one thought that this mission would be so long.
"Let's go, take us to the bar." Tang Zheng told Qin Yan a few words, then took Old Paul and left.
"Hey, what are they spraying into the house again? It smells so good." Old Paul was reluctant to leave. He suddenly found that these people took out various items from their backpacks.
"Air freshener." As soon as Gao Yu finished speaking, he woke up and closed his mouth.
"What is that?" Old Paul was puzzled, and then he looked at the little loli eating havoc, swallowed his saliva, and asked, "The red one is ***, but what is the black one?
?The plastic packaging is beautiful.”
"Chocolate, please help me, and I'll give little Mollie a few pieces." Tang Zheng looked at Tantai and said with a smile, "Don't you have anything to ask?"
"Even if the conditions are difficult, after more than a hundred years, you should be able to grow some crops and develop agriculture, right?" Tantai looked at the dilapidated and dirty streets and the lifeless and hopeless faces, and was surprised, "No
Is that how it should be?"
"Hey, it's not like we don't have a good political power. An organization like the Steel Council doesn't care about the lives of ordinary people." Old Paul looked lonely. "Seeds are easy to find. In the past, some people took risks to go to those radioactive plants."
I have planted in small places, but as soon as the harvest is harvested, others come to harvest it. Not only can I not save the crops, but I may even risk my life. As time goes by, no one will do such a thankless task anymore.
