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

Xu Sansan watched helplessly as the tester, who was awkward but polite, successfully identified the kimchi jar in her hand as a general jar with a reserve price of 4 contribution points. He twitched his lips in satisfaction:

As expected, the antique business is as deep as water, and it all depends on the appraisal! The value of antiques depends on the people behind the scenes!

Oops, I’m sorry, I don’t know which lucky rich man will come to pay for this priceless “General Jar” today!

Xu Sansan glanced at the spare God of Wealth in the sack again, his eyes fixed on the three large gold ingots stacked together in the God of Wealth's right hand, and his thoughts wandered for a moment -

She could imagine that if this God of Wealth succeeded in getting a higher grade, the master of nonsense from Base City No. 903 would definitely hold a copy of The Investiture of the Gods and shout out with passion and tears in his eyes:

"This is the god of war who was revered and worshipped by all the people back then, and who specialized in fighting against strange beasts and ghosts - Tota Li Tianwang!"

Hahahahahaha!

Just outrageous!

Xu Sansan was speechless at his own brilliant imagination!

Forget it, forget it. We still have to worship the God of Wealth at home and not slander him casually. It would be bad if it affected her fortune.

As for the bottle of Wuliangye, she thought about it for a moment and felt that good wine was hard to find, so it would be better to keep it for herself.

Since I'm not short of money now, I should enjoy the good things myself.

So he took a sip of the iced honey water in the cup, watched the reviewer leave, and then talked to Lao Qin on the computer:

I've been upgraded to an exclusive room. I'll talk to you about something after the auction.

Then she quickly gathered her thoughts that had drifted away a little bit, and began to carefully recall all the information she had just learned from Boss Du and the evaluator.

She felt that there were still many doubts here.

So she clicked on Xie Yuan's communication interface and wanted to ask for advice, but immediately stopped. This information was rather sensitive, and Xie Yuan was too smart. It would be easy to expose her identity as a time traveler, so it was not easy to ask directly.

Or...it would be safer to find someone who is a little dumber and easier to fool.

So she immediately switched to Qin Ergou's interface and sent a message:

"Ergou, have you ever been to school at the base?"

Qin Ergou was dancing with a plunger on the second floor, vowing to create a unique set of skills. When he saw the letter from his third sister in his brain, he immediately put down the plunger in his hand, which he had turned into pieces, and quickly replied:

"Go to school? Do you mean the general education classes at the base?"

Xu Sansan frowned. General education course?

So we went with the flow:

"Ah, yes. Did you go there? What did you learn?"

Ergou thought that his third sister lived in a shantytown and had probably only taken free courses on the computer version. She certainly didn’t learn as much as someone like him who had received on-site guidance. So he explained very considerately:

"Everyone in the base city has gone to the class. I will mainly talk about the following major areas of knowledge:

Star Year History, Base Laws, Wasteland and City, Scavenging Skills, and other special skills, such as Mechanical Engineering, Medical Inspection, Biomanufacturing, etc. However, these skill courses require exams, and I didn’t take them at the time... so..."

Xu Sansan looked at Qin Ergou's reply and keenly caught the four words "stellar year history", so he asked further:

"What is the history of the Star Years mainly about?"

Qin Ergou touched the back of his head in the second-hand shop. This was the worst course he had ever taken. What was it about?

He racked his brains to recall, but his mind was filled with nothing but a plunger flying around, and he was completely unable to mobilize any more thinking ability, so he stumbled and pieced together a vague outline, and answered very hastily:

"Since the establishment of the Base Federation in Star Calendar 001, what major events have occurred in each base..."

Xu Sansan looked at the date on the computer. It was the 336th year in the Star Calendar. Was it only 300 years of history?

"Do you know the history before the Star Calendar?"

Qin Ergou was completely confused by the question. What happened before the star calendar?

He couldn't even tell what happened after the star calendar, let alone what happened before the star calendar!

What’s more, before the Star Calendar, I heard from the elders that it was a very scary and dark time. No one wanted to mention it, and no one knew what exactly happened.

So he smiled bitterly and said frankly, helplessly:

"I don't know... I guess not many people know..."

Xu Sansan looked at the answer and felt it was strange. No one knew?

Are you the only one who doesn't know, or is everyone unaware?

She really didn't dare to have too high expectations for Qin Ergou's knowledge.

So he thought for a moment, carefully considered the wording, and sent a message to Xie Yuan:

"Do you know the world before the establishment of the Base Federation?"

Xie Yuan was studying his parts in the studio. He looked at the message from Xu Sansan, put down his tools, and quickly replied:

"Before the first year of the Star Calendar, the connection between bases was not close. Humans used each base as a center and fought against the dangers of alien beasts and radiation..."

Xu Sansan looked at this series of detailed answers and nodded slightly. As expected, Qin Ergou's world was still too small.

Then he continued to ask:

"What about before that? For example... the old century?"

Xie Yuan looked at the light brain, slightly stunned, old century?

Did she suddenly remember something?

So... is she really from one of those big families with a long history?

Otherwise, how would she know about cable meters, steaks, red wine, food processing, and so many other things that only the upper class would mention?

Xie Yuan quickly calmed down and replied:

"The old century refers to the world more than 500 years ago. Most of us don't know what happened in that era, but... I heard that only some big families still have some historical materials from that time..."

After Xie Yuan sent the message, he clenched his fingers slightly, feeling very nervous. He knew that he was already openly testing her. If, if she was really from a big family, after she recalled her life experience, would she... leave?

Xu Sansan looked at Xie Yuan's answer and immediately fell into thought:

Big family?

Are there any historical materials circulating?

In other words, the general public has no idea about what happened before the end of the world, so underground auctions have the opportunity to fabricate stories and take advantage of loopholes?

Then the question comes-

Since the so-called historical materials from the old century are being passed down in big families, why aren't they made public?

So, that Boss Du, is he really a time traveler?

Or... is he just a descendant of a large family who knows the history of the old century?

If what Qin Ergou and Xie Yuan said were all true, that is to say, before the end of the world, some great changes must have occurred, causing a lot of information to be destroyed, and the so-called big families who knew the truth, for some reason, chose to remain silent.

If this conjecture is true, then... this apocalypse is really not some bizarre parallel world, but... the real world after 2023? !

The more Xu Sansan thought about it, the colder she felt down her spine. If all her previous inferences came true, then what happened in her original world on December 2023, 12, the day she traveled through time?

Could it be that that day was the beginning of the so-called end of the world? !

The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became. At this moment, the screen in the room suddenly changed, and a man in a black suit appeared before her.

The auction has begun!

Xu Sansan shook his head, letting his thoughts return, and quickly calmed down:

No matter what, she is still alive, so she must live well, live a fulfilling and prosperous life, so as to be worthy of the grace of the goddess of luck in giving her a new life!

So she quickly replied to Xie Yuan:

"Okay, I understand. I'll tell you in advance before the auction ends."

Xie Yuan looked at the message in his brain and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. So, she was just asking casually just now and didn't recall any details about her life experience?

He calmed down and replied:

"Okay, I'll pick you up then."

Xie Yuan had just put down his laptop when he heard——

"Boom boom boom!"

There was a sudden knock on the door!

He frowned slightly and looked towards the high metal wall outside the studio:

It's so late, who could it be?

He immediately stood up, walked to the back of the high metal wall in two or three steps, and asked in a deliberately low voice:

"Who?"

"Base check! Open the door!"

A man's voice came from outside the wall.

Base inspection?

While Xie Yuan was opening the side door on the high metal wall, he quickly glanced around.

On this small street, there were 4-5 guards standing scattered around, wearing light gold combat uniforms like the man in front of him.

They are from the Golden Scale Guard at the East Gate.

The member of the Golden Scale Guard, who was wearing a light gold combat uniform, saw Xie Yuan open the door, looked him up and down, and said in a light tone:

"Light brain!"

Xie Yuan methodically displayed his light computer. With a beep, the detector in the guard's hand began to sound mechanically:

"Xi Yeyu'an, refugee from base 307..."

The guard raised an eyebrow, and immediately scolded him harshly:

"The door is open, I need to search the room!"

Xie Yuan frowned slightly, and immediately pricked up his ears to listen to the constant conversation coming from the doors of several other households nearby.

"How many people are in the family?"

"The male's age?"

"Get all the men out!"

"Has anyone moved in recently?"

It seems that the base has begun to check the flow of people in the shantytowns...

Xie Yuan calmly opened the side door on the metal wall while quickly analyzing the situation:

In other words, the base has confirmed that there are doubts about my death.

Then, next, Lao Qin should also take action...

The guards quickly scanned the studio with the detector and found nothing unusual. They glanced at the modified car parked in the corner:

Yo!

This guy has some family background!

I was thinking about some excuse to extort some extra money, when I suddenly heard someone's voice coming from outside:

"Why is there no one here? Aren't you staying home so late?"

Upon hearing this, Xie Yuan knew that the search had extended to the next door, so he hurried to the door and saw an old acquaintance he had met when he was applying for the computer identity, the captain of the Golden Scale Guard - Qi Xiu.

Qi Xiu looked at Xie Yuan's familiar figure and was a little dazed for a moment. He was lost in his memories as usual, but suddenly he noticed the rag wrapped around this person's face, and his thoughts immediately returned -

Damn! It's that upturned nose and sausage mouth!

Does he actually live in a shantytown?

Xie Yuan was also very upset at this moment. He didn't expect to meet an acquaintance at his doorstep!

Fortunately, the "Xie Dalang" next door died in time and died a wonderful death!

Otherwise, he would have to worry about whether using a hand knife would be faster or using a side kick would be more thorough.

"You live here?"

Qi Xiu obviously still remembered the tall Xi Ye Yu'an in front of him, and wanted to try again to lure him to his guards, so he continued to deceive:

"Hey! Living in the shantytown is not as comfortable as living in the base! Just listen to me and join us Jinlin..."

Qi Xiu was chattering at the door, and the member of the Golden Scale Guard, whose eyes were still lingering on the modified car after entering the room to search, suddenly trembled:

Is this tall guy an acquaintance of the captain?

Oh shit!

His extra money just flew away!

Xie Yuan listened to Qi Xiu's chattering in silence. He did not respond, but interrupted him and asked:

"Are you in charge of next door?"

Qi Zhengxing was chattering about the various treatments of the Golden Scale Guards, when he suddenly heard the word "next door" and immediately came back to his senses:

"you know?"

Xie Yuan shook his head and pretended to be indifferent:

"I've only been here for two days, how could I possibly know her? I just happened to run into her yesterday, and it seems her husband is dead..."

Qi Xiu raised his eyebrows:

"The man died? When?"

Xie Yuan scratched his head deliberately and said perfunctorily:

"Yesterday, everyone saw it. If you ask other people, they should all know."

Qi Xiu nodded, hurriedly called the team member next to him who was feeling regretful about losing the extra income, and immediately went to other residents' homes to find out the situation.

At the same time, in the inner city of the base, Xu Sansan returned to the auction scene. She did not forget that she came here today with the mission of bidding for rare nuclear crystals.

It’s a pity that in today’s auction, apart from various rare antiques, there were no rare nuclear crystals.

Maybe it's because the windy season is coming soon. Everyone is holding on to the nuclear crystal resources in their hands tightly, waiting for the price to rise. They want to wait until the resources become more scarce and then sell them at a high price, Xu Sansan thought secretly.

At 22:03 in the evening, the auction ended. Xu Sansan walked out of her exclusive guest room with 13 yuan in auction proceeds, holding in her hand the special invitation gold card that looked like a tycoon from her previous life. There was an exquisite plum blossom stud on one corner of the gold card.

The appraiser specially handed this nail to her before the end of the auction.

It is said that this is an encrypted channel for communicating with City No. 903.