Scavenging Notes: I am the Lucky Star of the End Times

On the way back, in the storage room of the dilapidated aircraft, the four members of the Quartet team opened their eyes one after another. The four of them moved in unison, frowning first, then immediately stretched out their hands to touch their square faces and exhaled:

Fortunately, it's still there.

Then he raised his index finger and touched the eight-pointed beard under his nostrils, and breathed a sigh of relief again:

Fortunately, it’s still here.

Of course not, otherwise it would be another expense!

Although the team has a slight surplus now, it is still poor considering the various expenses that will be faced soon!

Then, Yu Ge shrugged his nose and muttered to himself:

"Why, I always feel there is a strange smell? Just like last time..."

The Marshal also opened his bright eyes and nodded blankly in agreement:

"Hmm? It seems so..."

Hu Ba immediately shook his eight-cornered beard under his nostrils, sniffed, then frowned and raised his arm, sniffing it with a guilty conscience. Could it be that my body odor was coming out?

The little stutterer who thought he knew all the truth carefully retracted his legs:

Damn!

Remember to wash your feet tonight!

When the four of them looked at the "bowl" and jade Buddha fragments placed in the corner of the storage room at the same time, their vague memories began to gradually return.

Several people frowned, and pieced together the incomplete story line one after another, until the aircraft landed with a "bang".

Only then did he react,

Where is Xiao Xu? !

wrong!

Since Xiao Xu is not here, who is driving this manual transmission aircraft?

After Xu Sansan said goodbye to Jin Guifeng, who was still upset, he left a message:

"Just send the things to the old place!" He immediately walked out of the hatch of the high-end aircraft.

The journey there takes 20 minutes and the return journey takes two hours!

Jin Guifeng glanced at the time on her laptop speechlessly. She cursed as she piloted the aircraft back into the air, while she lovingly stroked the kickback in her pocket - 1/8 of a slightly contaminated high-purity salt crystal.

He really couldn't help it and accidentally revealed a smile with eight teeth showing. This time, it was finally no longer a professional fake smile, but a happiness from the bottom of his heart!

As for Xu Sansan, the moment she walked out of the cabin, she was completely stunned.

I quickly retrieved the coordinates of the aircraft storage point shared by Hu Ba in the optical computer and checked them again on the map.

That’s right!

Is it here?

But why...

Then he looked at the mountain-like pile of discarded metal not far away and murmured:

"Isn't this another garbage dump..."

At this time, a one-eyed old man who was lame and leaning on a metal stick came over limping, walked around the dilapidated aircraft, and then said indifferently:

"Here he comes..."

I don't know if it's a question or a statement.

When Xu Sansan was puzzled and didn't know how to answer, the manual door of the aircraft made a long and distant "creaky" sound, and Hu Ba and his four companions walked down.

"Finally woke up!"

Xu Sansan's eyes lit up and he hurried forward.

"What the hell does this happen?"

"In the end what happened?"

"How did you get here early?"

"When was the aircraft upgraded to autopilot mode..."

When the four of them saw her, they seemed to have endless things to say and endless questions to ask.

Xu Sansan sighed and pointed at the one-eyed old man beside him:

"This is a long story. Let's deal with the current situation first before we go back."

At this time, Hu Ba turned his head and looked at the old man who had been waiting for a long time. He laughed and stepped forward to pat the other man on the shoulder:

"Hahaha! Master Zhang! Long time no see! How are you doing lately?"

The one-eyed old man, whose surname is Zhang, was known as One-eyed Zhang in the underworld. When he was young, he used to be a high-tech mechanical maintenance technician. However, due to a mechanical accident a few years ago, he injured his legs and right eye, so he was kicked out by the factory in the name of buying out his years of service.

Then, One-eyed Zhang used the contribution points he had accumulated in his youth and the buyout money paid by the factory to purchase a metal waste recycling station in the area between the South Gate and the East Gate.

Because the location is at the intersection of two fan-shaped areas centered on the city gate in the east and south, and is close to the base wall, the public security is relatively poor and life is very inconvenient, so the housing prices are cheaper. It happened that the original owner of the recycling station owed a large gambling debt to the underground casino and was in urgent need of money, so he transferred it to One-Eyed Zhang at a package price of 45.

Even if the package price was 45, it would have consumed 90% of One-Eyed Zhang's savings. Fortunately, when he was young, he had superb skills and obtained a senior professional title very early, so he could get 1 to 2 more professional title subsidies every year than ordinary technicians. Otherwise, he would not have been able to come up with so many contribution points at once.

One-eyed Zhang looked like a tech geek who wasn't very good at socializing. After listening to Hu Ba's greetings, he just nodded slightly and got straight to the point:

"Is this the big guy you were talking about last night?"

Hu Ba shook his eight-cornered beard under his nostrils and said affirmatively:

"Yes! That's it. You check it first, and then we can discuss the cost of the inspection and the downtime fee for the next 30 days. How do you think?"

One-eyed Zhang said "hmm" indifferently, took the key from Hu Ba's hand, limped into the metal house in the corner of the recycling station, and went to get the toolbox that he had used in the factory before.

Xu Sansan was once again stunned by the simple and unpretentious operation of the Sifang team:

Could this be the legendary professional and safe aircraft storage place? !

And this one-eyed old man is the senior technician they mentioned, who is a little older but very capable? !

Before Xu Sansan finished complaining, Yu Ge beside him took the initiative to introduce:

"Don't be fooled by Lao Zhang's age. He used to be a senior engineer in the factory! His skills are amazing!!"

"You didn't expect that he is very proficient in the ancient technology of hand-sensing driving screen! Isn't it amazing?"

The Marshal blinked his round eyes, prostrating himself in admiration, and at the same time did not forget to give Xu Sansan additional explanations.

"Could this aircraft be produced by their factory?"

Xu Sansan finally couldn't help but raised his doubts.

Hu Ba paused, then began to boast proudly:

"That's not the case. Their factory actually produces drones. But don't underestimate this drone, as it is small in size. The key technical features are that it can be fully interoperable with the aircraft in our team!"

Xu Sansan frowned, expressing his confusion. How could the drone technology be aligned with the granularity of an aircraft?

Hu Ba smacked his lips:

"Look, this drone is the same as our aircraft, and must be driven by manual touch screen operation?

Isn’t the principle the same? !”

Xu Sansan opened his eyes wide, completely stunned.

I go!

Can this be the same?

One is a manual remote control outside the machine, and the other is a manual operation inside the machine. Are you sure you are not kidding?!

But the other three members of the Quartet team nodded in agreement, as if it was natural. She really couldn't beat eight eyes with just one mouth...

My words don’t count!

Then, One-Eyed Zhang slowly walked out from behind the metal door carrying a large toolbox.

There is a very design-conscious logo printed on the toolbox.

Xu Sansan glanced at it casually and saw two big words written on the logo:

Taijiang.

What? !

She blinked hard to confirm that it was the word "太" instead of "大". Suddenly, ten thousand alpaca horses galloped past her eyes...

The maintenance of the aircraft really takes a lot of time. When the sun had completely set, One-Eyed Zhang finally got off the aircraft and said lightly:

"The balancer has been tampered with and needs to be repaired..."

"what?!"

Everyone in the quartet team was shocked!

Then the five of them immediately exchanged glances. Although they did not start a discussion on the matter on the spot, their frowned brows and pursed lips silently conveyed the seriousness of the matter!

Hu Ba shook his head slightly, indicating that the matter would be discussed in detail after returning to the private barracks.

Soon, the voice of the one-eyed Zhang Banzheng came to my ears again: "Well... although the other parts are a bit old, this machine was the first batch of small aircraft produced by the base that year. It is of excellent quality. I will maintain it and it should be able to last for a few more years."

Hu Ba discussed the storage price of the aircraft with One-Eyed Zhang again.

One price, 500 a day, all repairs included, plus one free maintenance and three comprehensive cleanings.

Hu Ba wanted to bargain some more, but One-Eyed Zhang knew his weakness very well and said lightly, "If it doesn't work, forget it," which directly responded to Hu Ba's prepared tug-of-war plan.

Well, it’s good enough to find someone who knows about maintenance. At 500 a day, and with so many free services, it’s indeed much cheaper than the official 1200 a day for the dedicated helipad!

The discussion was almost over when Qin Ergou, panting, suddenly appeared at the gate of the recycling station pushing his old toilet sweeper:

"Third sister! I'm not late, am I?"

Xu Sansan smiled awkwardly at everyone and hurriedly introduced:

"Hehe... This is Ergou who helps me... His main skill is..."

Before Xu Sansan could tell everyone about his heroic act of saving people with a plunger, Qin Ergou quickly stepped forward to advertise himself:

"Ah! What I am best at is daily cleaning, especially the routine cleaning of aircraft, which mainly includes cleaning the entire cabin, deep cleaning of the toilet, and deodorization and sterilization of the storage room..."

For some reason, when the four team members heard the word "deodorization", their eyes lit up immediately, and they nodded frequently, casting approving glances at Qin Ergou...

Qin Ergou's smile was almost reaching the back of his head:

Is this... is this finally going to be a qualitative leap? !

………………

At the same time, in a room in the inner city of the base, a respectful voice sounded:

"The blood test results of all the guards have come out, and nothing was found..."

Time paused for a long time. After about a full minute, a majestic voice came from the room, but the tone was obviously unhappy:

"Go on!"

"Report, the teams heading to City 505 have all returned to the city... but, no target has been found."

With a loud bang, a glass filled with pale yellow simulated beer was crushed by a big hand:

it is good!

very good!

Neither the body nor the infected body was found...

Xie Yuan...Are you really not dead yet?