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

"Hey!"

Xu Sansan sighed, opened the toilet door, crossed his arms, and stared at Qin Ergou, who had nowhere to hide, with a wooden face.

"When did you hide here?"

Qin Ergou, with his butt sticking out, turned around, with a look of regret on his face, but he couldn't hide his excitement and stammered:

"Just...when I was cleaning this morning..."

"Hey!"

Xu Sansan sighed again, then turned around and shouted to Hu Bayi and the others:

"The cleaner was left in the toilet, what to do?"

Hu Ba quickly operated the sensor screen while shaking his octagonal beard under his nostrils:

"It's okay. Today's mission may not be easy, so just take him with you. It will provide more labor."

Yu Ge also nodded and added:

"Hmm! He seems to be dancing the plunger pretty well!"

The Marshal blinked his bright eyes and echoed:

"Yeah! He's not a slow runner. At the critical moment, he should be able to escape on his own..."

Xu Sansan and Little Stutter: ...feeling inexplicably targeted...

The little stutterer coughed lightly and finally emphasized:

"But... no... you can't... participate... in... the... distribution... of... the... reward."

Qin Ergou was overjoyed, and immediately stuck his head out of the toilet door and said loudly:

"No problem! No problem! I can run fast, I have my own weapons, and I don't need to participate in the distribution of mission rewards!"

Xu Sansan twitched his lips:

So what exactly are you trying to achieve?

Xu Sansan, who is in the advanced stage of straight female cancer, certainly cannot understand the persistence of Qin Ergou, who is a severe "Chuunibyou" patient. If you ask him why, his eyes will light up, his left hand on his waist, his right hand pointing to the sky, and he will show you a mysterious smile:

"For this dream!"

……

At the same time, the Demon Wolf Team, who had been waiting in the private barracks for most of the night but didn't see anyone, was so sleepy that they overslept this morning and missed the check-in time of the four members of the Quartet Team.

Xipi looked at the little balance left in the computer, his face gloomy, gritted his teeth, and transferred another 1000 contribution points to the aunt in the task office.

While knitting, the old lady glanced at the specific information behind the task bar and replied softly:

"They went to the primitive wilderness of No. 1-016 today..."

After Xipi left, he twisted his neck which was stiff due to the snake venom, his eyes flashed with ferocity, and he quickly summoned the members of the Demon Wolf Squad to prepare for departure. He must completely overthrow this quartet team today and trample them under his feet!

45 minutes later, with a loud bang, the aircraft landed in the pristine wilderness No. 1-016.

After tinkering with the computer for a while, Hu Ba sent 12 coordinates to everyone, including Qin Ergou.

Qin Ergou could not hide his excitement. He followed Xu Sansan's example and connected the 12 coordinates into a dodecagon on the optical computer. He did not disdain the low-end and poor temperament that the Quartet team exuded from all dimensions.

He rubbed the matchmaker mole on his left cheek, picked up the plunger in the corner, and integrated perfectly into this big group.

Well, although we cannot say that they are a natural "team" with the Quartet Team, it can definitely be said that they are a perfect match.

Xu Sansan was standing closer to the front this time, and he finally saw clearly the black box that Hu Ba was holding in his hand. There was a circle of strong white light around the box, which blended into the surrounding air and quickly spread in all directions.

Could it be...is this the legendary temporary protective shield?

Xu Sansan opened his eyes wide and saw Hu Ba put the "black box" in the cabinet of the aircraft cockpit.

Hu Ba suddenly felt something, and turned his head to meet Xu Sansan's inquiring eyes. He shook his eight-cornered beard under his nose and asked kindly:

"This cabinet is very solid. It is the place with the highest protection factor on the aircraft. I usually don't wear temporary protective shields with me, because it will prevent the tragedy of one person having an accident and the whole team being buried with him..."

Xu Sansan nodded. So that's it.

After everyone got off the aircraft, what they saw was a large area of ​​thatched grass.

Little Stutter quickly instructed everyone to pull up the straw poles around and stack them on the outside and top of the aircraft.

There is strength in numbers. In less than 10 minutes, the six people upgraded this "metal egg" into a "grass egg".

Xu Sansan looked at the loose and soft thatched cloak Qin Ergou was wearing, and was surprised:

This hands-on ability is too fast!

But I still asked with some concern:

"Are you wearing soft armor?"

Qin Ergou moved the straw stick that was sticking up to his mouth and answered seriously:

"After wearing it, the frog skin was not enough, but the master took off the hat and widened the pattern. Although it is still a bit tight, it does not affect the movement."

Xu Sansan nodded, and quickly followed the pace of Hu Ba and the other three, feeling relieved:

The tailor that was hired must have been contacted through Lao Qin. I believe he should also know the purpose of Ergou wearing this soft armor.

Anyway, he didn't join the private army, so... I guess this isn't a slip of the tongue...

Xu Sansan quickly deduced a self-consistent logical system, and touched the cart on his left arm. It was indeed made of Lao Qin's "coffin board" and was quite practical.

The six people quickly passed through the thatched grass. Their mission today was to pick the mutant chestnuts within the coordinate range. However, due to the wide range of the mutant chestnut forest and the extremely low historical opening rate of this forest, this mission, to be honest, although it has been hanging on the task bar of the dark web, the reward is considered to be quite satisfactory, and the mission target is still starchy food, but no private army team is willing to accept this mission.

The reason is that the delivery rate is too low, and everyone feels that the cost-effectiveness of this task is really not high.

Simply put, it's not worth it.

Then why is the Quartet team willing to take on this task? The reason is very simple. As a bottom-ranked E-level team, they simply cannot compete with other big guys, and they really can't get any other better tasks.

So after much thought, I decided to give it a try on this mission.

After all, everyone enjoyed the taste buds shock brought by the mutant sweet potatoes yesterday. What if we can successfully find mutant chestnuts today?

Ahem... I can’t think about it anymore. If I think about it anymore I’ll feel dizzy.

Everyone followed Hu Ba, advancing left and right, and finally arrived at the coordinate range - the mutant chestnut forest after 20 minutes.

"Wow! What a huge patch of mutant chestnut trees!"

The ignorant Qin Ergou took the lead in snatching away the sigh that Xu Sansan wanted to express.

“It’s really a lot of work!”

Xu Sansan had to express his feelings from a different angle.

Hu Ba shook his eight-cornered beard under his nostrils and gestured to Yu Ge and the Marshal:

"As usual, the three of us will lead the way, with Xiao Jieba, Xiao Xu, and Er Gou following closely behind."

As soon as he finished speaking, Hu Ba, Yu Ge and Dashuai drew out the machetes behind them and ran quickly towards the mutant chestnut forest.

The three men were seen stomping on the muddy ground, making "crackling" sounds on purpose. The machetes in their hands were waving in the air, and the sound of "whirring" of the blades breaking through the wind was immediately heard from the woods.

They made the noise deliberately in order to lure out the strange beasts hiding in the dark to attack, so that the three of them could harvest a wave of them first and clear out a safe zone for Xiao Jieba, Xu Sansan and Qin Ergou.

However, the three men advanced continuously from the left, middle and right directions for nearly 3 minutes, but the mutant chestnut forest was still silent, with no movement of any strange beasts.

So Hu Ba decisively waved his hand to stop Yu Ge and the Marshal:

"Okay, let's start with this area. The three of us will be responsible for the outer perimeter security, and Xiao Jieba, Xiao Xu and Er Gou will be responsible for detection."

After saying that, he swung the handle of the machete and quickly smashed it at the mutated chestnut trees around him.

Suddenly, the trunk of the mutant chestnut tree made a rustling sound, and the dark green leaves swayed. Then, there were continuous "pop" sounds, and brown mutant chestnuts that were bigger than a human head fell to the ground one after another.

Yu Ge and Dashuai did the same thing, and all of a sudden, a mutant chestnut rain began to fall in the forest.

After 2-3 minutes, almost all the mutant chestnuts on the tree have fallen.

Xiao Jieba, Xu Sansan and Qin Ergou immediately went deep into the mutant chestnut forest and began their testing work.

"Ding! Severe pollution!"

"Ding! Severe pollution!"

"Ding! Severe pollution!"

……

Two hours later, all I heard were warnings of severe pollution, not even a single warning of moderate pollution.

Hey! Sure enough, everyone is equal before historical data, it is worthy of being a mutant chestnut forest with a very low shipment rate!

Although the members of the Quartet team were a little discouraged, they continued to move towards the depths of the mutant chestnut forest.

After all, what we just tested was only a small part of the forest, and the forest is so big, so there is still a chance!

So another 5 hours passed with great enthusiasm, but the warning tone of "Ding! Severe pollution!" was still heard.

It is indeed a task with extremely low cost-performance ratio, and no one is willing to take it!

This is really a rip-off!

Xu Sansan looked at the sun which had risen to the middle of the west, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and drank a sip of the pollution-free, high-purity salt mineral crystal water in the plastic bottle. Her overdrawn physical strength was immediately restored. She, who had been listless just now, was instantly revived with full blood.

It seems we still have to rely on feudal superstition!

Before the song "The Most Dazzling Wasteland Style" that was stuck in his throat could be sung, Xu Sansan narrowed his eyes:

"what?"

Looking at the deep and shallow pits in the mud in the distance, I frowned slightly. Why do they look like the footprints of some animal?