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

"To save everyone's time, please read the price list for identity authentication carefully and prepare in advance."

A guard member in a light gold uniform pointed at the holographic image projected at the door of the metal house and reminded impatiently.

A middle-aged man laboriously moved a large sack onto the scanner in the metal room and asked anxiously:

"Is it the identity of the base city?"

The guard member sitting next to the scanner looked at the detected data, recorded it quickly, and explained to his colleague next to him in a formal way:

"Starchy food, sufficient weight, prepare light brains, three."

After explaining the work, he looked at the middle-aged man indifferently:

"They all have the same basic identity - scavengers. Between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., they can move freely outside the base. For other specific matters, please go back and read the base rules."

"Next!"

After explaining in a few words, he no longer paid attention to the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man looked at his wife, shook his head, and motioned for her to hold the child tightly and finish the computer work before making any further plans.

"Sir, look, I only have enough nuclear crystals for one person, but there are two of us. Can you make it easier for me?"

A young man pleaded humbly to the guard member sitting next to the detector.

"Rules are rules! Next one!"

The guards were impartial and didn't want to waste any more time on such matters.

……

Two hours later, the team finally reached the end. Xie Yuan came to the door of the metal house with a sack in his hand. He looked at the requirements on the price list and quickly calculated:

The price of each basic identity is 100 kilograms of slightly contaminated starchy food, or an energy-type nuclear crystal with a total energy value of 35,000, or a medium- or low-level rare nuclear crystal.

After Xie Yuan scanned the price list, he took out two small plastic packages from the sack. Each package contained 100 low-level energy-type nuclear crystals with an energy value of around 200.

The nuclear crystals in these two bags came from his accumulation over the past years. During all these years in the Dawn Guard, he had killed tens of thousands of infected alien beasts. Most of the nuclear crystals he obtained were either handed over to the base or used to subsidize the guard's expenses. Only less than 10% were retained by him.

The remaining nuclear crystals were divided into three parts. One part was kept by Lao Qin, who had put all the nuclear crystals in the metal box. Xu Sansan returned them all to him. The other two parts were kept in the locker of the guardhouse and the locker of the single dormitory respectively.

Now it seems that there is no possibility of getting the last two nuclear crystals back...

At this time, only the mechanical sound of the detector can be heard:

"Ding! The total value of the Energy Core Crystal is 39,980 points."

Xie Yuan was quick-eyed and quick-handed. Before the guards could take the sack away, he quickly and accurately grabbed 20 more pale yellow nuclear crystals from it.

At this time, the mechanical sound of the detector came out again:

"Ding! The total value of the Energy Core Crystal is 34,980 points."

Then, under the contemptuous gazes of the guards, Xie Yuan slowly put the 20 energy-type nuclear crystals back into the plastic bag, and then took out a small cloth bag from the sack. He fumbled around in the bag, weighed it for a long time, and after 10 seconds, he finally took out a light yellow nuclear crystal the size of a little fingernail and placed it on the detector.

This time, the mechanical sound of the detector finally gave the correct answer: "Ding! The total value of the energy-related core crystals is 35,000 points."

The guards' eyes darkened and they cursed inwardly:

unlucky!

His hand speed was not even faster than that of a refugee!

While Xie Yuan was quickly packing up the nuclear crystals in the sack, he sneered in his heart:

Humph! These little tricks to make money really don’t make any progress at all!

You still want to play tricks on me, you little bastard!

After sneering, he couldn't help but roll his eyes...

I don't know who he learned this from to be so stingy and money-loving!

After packing up the sack and holding a metal plate given by the guard, Xie Yuan came to the second metal house.

A young man in a white coat glanced at Xie Yuan's figure, his pupils suddenly shrank, and then he quickly calmed down.

This young man is a medical staff member of the base's medical department and has provided paid medical services to the Dawn Guard many times.

The young man in the white coat held up a metal needle, suppressed the turmoil in his heart, and spoke as calmly as possible:

"The index finger of my right hand..."

Xie Yuan stretched out his index finger, and the metal needle quickly pierced the tip of his finger, and a drop of bright red blood was drawn by the needle.

The young man in the white coat dropped blood on the detector at hand, then quickly called up the gene library of the Dawn Guard in the background of the detector and quietly started the gene matching program.

After 5 seconds, the mechanical sound of the detector sounded:

"Genetically modified, adult male, 21 years old."

The young man in the white coat looked at the gene comparison results on the backend of the detector and couldn't help but frowned slightly:

The comparison failed, isn't it...

Xie Yuan listened to the results reported by the detector, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and silently put away the dagger hidden in his sleeve.

Although he could clearly feel that after eating the double-yolk egg, his gene chain had indeed been greatly changed and his physical fitness had been comprehensively improved, he was still not 100% sure until the last moment.

It’s just…how come my age has also regressed by 5 years while my gene chain has been strengthened?

He should be 26 this year...

Xie Yuan didn't have time to wonder more. The guard who was in charge of the optical computer had already entered his genetic information into the system and quickly created a personal profile:

"Name?"

Xie Yuan came back to his senses and blurted out:

"Xi Ye Yu'an."

This name was originally chosen by Xu Sansan as a joke, but he didn't expect Xie Yuan to use it directly for identity authentication...

After putting on his laptop, Xie Yuan picked up the sack, stood up and left the metal house. As soon as he reached the door, he was stopped by a guard member wearing a light gold uniform.

"Wait a moment!"

This person is the captain of the Golden Scale Guard, Qi Xiu.

Qi Xiu frowned slightly, and stared at Xie Yuan's eyes that were exposed outside the small towel:

"Brother, you look familiar, what's your name?"

Xie Yuan lowered his voice and replied calmly:

"Yuan."

Qi Xiu tasted it and didn't find anything special, but his eyes were still full of inquiry and suspicion, so he kept asking:

"Take off your headscarf. It's not polite to introduce yourself to the officer like this."

Xie Yuan paused with his fingers hanging by his thighs, and cursed in his heart:

In broad daylight, instead of going on mission, he comes here to slack off and act arrogantly and show off his power!

Free!

He took off the small towel on his face slowly and leisurely.

Qi Xiu looked at the upturned nose, sausage-shaped mouth, and thick beard in front of him, and suddenly felt that he must have been thinking too much just now.

This... this doesn't make sense at all!

Even if he had a facial disguise, his aesthetic was completely different from the person he remembered!

Oh shit!

What a hell!

He couldn't help but shudder, coughed dryly, and took the initiative to help Xie Yuan put the headscarf back on, thinking:

It’s better to cover it up quickly and stop scaring people.

Then he looked at Xie Yuan's tall and straight figure. His figure was indeed very similar, but he seemed to be two centimeters taller than he remembered...

Hmm... this physique is really good!

Qi Xiu looked at Xie Yuan's broad shoulders, narrow waist, and long legs, and secretly envied him. Then he looked up, patted his shoulder, and introduced him in a familiar manner:

"Brother, I see you have a good figure. Are you interested in coming to the guard for an interview? We have very good treatment in the guard!"

Xie Yuan sighed inwardly:

With your Jinlin company not being able to pay wages for hundreds of years and your performance always being at the bottom of the East City Gate, you still dare to say that you are treated well?

Go and cool down quickly!

So he shook his head mercilessly, quickly walked around Qi Xiu, and entered the third metal hut.

At the same time, in the underground secret room of the Brotherhood at the East Gate Black Market, a hoarse voice sounded:

"This is the last bottle of holy water. Use it sparingly. This experiment must succeed, not fail!"

Jack Su looked at the glass bottle on the metal table, which was filled with dark turbid mucus. He clenched his right fist and hit his left chest violently, assuring:

"Yes!"