I start a company in the last days

Chapter 6 A trace of hesitation

The beauty fell into silence. After paying half the price, she sighed, put the dagger back and pinned it to her calf.

"Well, I did go a little too far."

As he spoke, he helped Chen Cheng up, but he didn't untie the rope on Chen Cheng's body.

"Trust me, I mean it well."

Chen Cheng saw that the beauty relaxed a little, and he started talking nonsense.

"kindness?"

"Yes, it's as if I saved you who were about to starve to death. If I say something I shouldn't say today, I'm afraid you and I will have a miserable life in the future."

Chen Cheng said in a mysterious tone, his words had a lot of room for imagination.

"Really!"

Although the beauty's tone was somewhat disdainful, there was a trace of hesitation in her eyes.

"Maybe we can work together, I just got here.

Well, how should I put it, it's hard to say anyway.

Let's just say I need a guide, for which I can hire you and pay you handsomely. "

Chen Cheng said in an unhurried tone, and dropped a piece of carrot.

"Oh! That's right, it seems that your background strength is very strong."

The beauty raised her eyebrows, seeming to be deep in thought.

The last days are full of dangers, slavery, exploitation, melee, zombies, mutant creatures, etc. It can be said that there is no order at all, unless you have absolute strength, if you have a backer, she will not end up like this.

"The strength is the same, as long as you can help me collect some useful things, and help me sell some goods that are relatively redundant to us, such as the food you have eaten."

Chen Cheng didn't dare to say anything nonsense, for fear of showing his feet, so it's best to keep it mysterious, and he can say whatever he wants.

Hearing the food, the beauty's stomach seemed to growl again.

Seemingly aware of the embarrassment of the voice, the beauty's face blushed immediately.

Chen Cheng smiled and said nothing, but he knew in his heart that he had passed this level.

"There is nothing in this area that you can plan for. The nearby Qingquan Town is a bit more decent, but there is nothing special about it."

"Miss, may I ask your name?"

Chen Cheng asked with a smile.

"Zhou Xuqing."

Zhou Xuqing raised his eyebrows, and said with a meaningful smile on the corner of his mouth, "What do you want? Slavery? But let me state in advance, if you dare to lie to me, my gun will be on your head."

"Hahaha! Miss Zhou Xuqing, you are overthinking.

I can save you with this food, do you think I will lie to you?But don't think too much, I will tell you what I need when I see it. "

"Very good, as long as it doesn't violate my bottom line, I accept your employment."

Zhou Xuqing looked at Chen Cheng suspiciously.

"So happy to cooperate..."

"Wait, should we talk about my compensation?"

Zhou Xuqing interrupted Chen Cheng.

"Okay, but before that, you shouldn't untie the rope on me and throw it away to cooperate. Anyway, I have saved your life. Shouldn't you also show your sincerity?"

You must know that the rope is tied so tightly that the limbs are almost numb.

"Uh, sorry."

Zhou Xuqing scratched his head in embarrassment.

But then he showed a vicious expression, untied the rope and leaned in front of Chen Cheng and said in a serious tone: "I don't want batteries, nutrient mixtures, crystal nuclei, etc., 5 cans a month, and you have to pay for all my consumption. "

"make a deal."

Seeing Chen Cheng being so straightforward, Zhou Xuqing, who was aggressive, felt unnatural.

Although she is not a good girl, she always feels a little obedient when facing this person in front of her.

"Very good, I will be responsible for your safety from today on, and you can order what you need to do at any time, as long as it doesn't touch my bottom line."

Zhou Xuqing said with a little embarrassment.

"Thank you, then take me to the Qingquan Town you mentioned."

Chen Cheng stretched his muscles and began to pack his luggage.

"Okay, but there is a little way, do you have a car?"

"No."

Chen Cheng shrugged, looking helpless.

"Okay, then sit on mine! But the battery loss will be on your head."

"No problem, by the way, did you kill those people outside?"

Chen Cheng asked casually.

"Hmph! Of course, these traffickers are the ones I hate the most."

As he spoke, he sat aside and wiped the sniper rifle.

"This girl looks very strong! So many people died at his hands."

Chen Cheng had lingering fears, if she said that he wanted to enslave himself, would he be blown out of his head immediately?

The pickup truck was speeding on the road. Looking at the surrounding environment, it became more and more desolate. If it wasn't for knowing that the environment in the end of the world is very harsh and the land is seriously desertified, Chen Chengcheng began to suspect that Zhou Xuqing was taking himself to the desert.

"Passing through the ruins, we will arrive at Qingquan Town soon."

Zhou Xuqing pointed to the ruins that were about to appear not far away.

Immediately after Chen Cheng looked around, there were several protruding and dilapidated buildings, which could be vaguely seen to be city walls.

As it gets closer and closer, you can see the traces of potholes on the city wall, and even the top of the city is dark red, which shows how fierce the battle was suffered here.

"Don't look, this place used to be a gathering place for human beings. Unfortunately, it was unlucky to be besieged by corpses and mutated creatures. I heard from the older generation that this place used to be a yellow area."

Seeing that Chen Cheng was curious, Zhou Xuqing began to explain.

After roughly listening to the introduction, I realized that some of the forces in Qingquan Town are survivors of this gathering place.

"Then why not rebuild it!"

Through the collapsed city wall, there are still many buildings inside, but most of them are buried in the yellow sand.

"Rebuild, hehe!"

Zhou Xuqing cast a glance at Chen Cheng and continued: "Do you know how much manpower and material resources are needed for the reconstruction? It is said that this place was occupied by mutant creatures at the beginning; with the construction of Qingquan Town, this place has long been abandoned.

And since the mutant creatures disappeared, all the valuable things here have been moved to Qingquan Town. "

Chen Cheng watched silently without speaking.

The pickup truck didn't enter, but passed quickly around the city wall.

three hours later.

Chen Cheng noticed that there were some weird buildings in front of him. Some men, women and children in shabby clothes shuttled through these buildings, looking quite popular. This place gave Chen Cheng the feeling of a slum.

After all, human beings are group creatures. Seeing the increasing popularity around him, Chen Cheng couldn't help but get excited, and there were even many convoys heading in the same direction.

Zhou Xuqing didn't mean to stop, but continued along the road.

On both sides of the road, some people were selling the goods in their hands, and countless hungry people looked at the passing cars pitifully.

Some women are even flirtatious, trying to attract the attention of the people in the car. In the last days, anyone who can drive a car is a rich person. Of course, this is limited to these poor people who have no ability. They hope to meet good people and be able to Pray for some food.

At this moment, Chen Cheng was attracted by a roar.

I saw a lifeless and thin woman shouting loudly: "Give me something to eat, I'm going to die."

As she spoke, she rushed towards an off-road vehicle.

But the off-road vehicle has no intention of stopping, "bang"

With a loud noise, the woman was knocked out, and then the off-road vehicle ran over her body, and pieces of flesh mixed with blood splashed all over the ground.

And all these names did not cause any waves, as if it seemed very normal.

When Chen Cheng's pickup truck passed the corpse, he could find that the bloody corpse had been mixed with the sand on the ground, like a dog that had been hit to death in this world.

"Treat people like grass. In this last days, is human life really so worthless? It seems that there is no theory of morality and law in the last days. Even if there is an estimate, it is based on strength. The law of the jungle is the ultimate goal of this last days. Law!"

The surrounding pictures are constantly refreshing Chen Cheng's perception of the world.

After all, he is a modern person. Although Chen Cheng is not the kind of person with noble thoughts and good morals, he still couldn't bear to see this scene.

After passing through the slums, a towering city wall came into view.

After paying the city entry tax, you can see that behind the wall are some buildings of different heights, which together form the central part of the entire human settlement.

"The city entry tax is also on your head, remember to pay it back to me when the time comes."

Zhou Xuqing glanced at Chen Cheng and parked the car in a parking lot.

As soon as the two got out of the car, a group of children rushed up and shouted: "Choose me, I only want 100 points,"

"Choose me, I only need 98 points."

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"This is our territory, get out of here, or I will make you look good."

A slightly taller child in the crowd yelled at these people.

The child immediately dispersed.

"Old rules."

Zhou Xuqing seemed to know the child.

"My sister has asked for a price increase. From today, it will be 150 points, but my sister will only charge you 130 points."

The child seemed to respect Zhou Xuqing very much.

"Forget 150 points, 150 points, what do you eat if you lose 20 points, damn nobleman."

Zhou Xuqing cursed towards the center of the town.

"Thank you ma'am."

The boy was very excited.

Chen Cheng didn't say much, this scene is a bit like a parking fee.

Human beings live in groups. Over time, society emerges, and society is the embodiment of civilization.

It's just that this society is very deformed.

If one word were used to describe Qingquan Town, it would be dysplasia.

You can see mercenaries with rifles on their waists in a daze with cigarettes in their mouths at the task distribution point, and you can also see vendors yelling hard.

Skinny men and women are everywhere, all running for a living.

As for the women, most of them are wearing revealing clothes, constantly looking at the passing crowd trying to find customers.

Soldiers with mechanical prosthetics patrol the road in groups of five.

"The rules in Qingquan Town are very simple. Anyone who kills or steals will be shot, if he fails to pay taxes, he will be expelled, and if he hurts maliciously, he will be punished."

Zhou Xuqing explained.

Chen Cheng nodded silently.

(End of this chapter)