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

Lao Qin thought about it and thought, okay, even though he was just a temporary worker, at least he had gotten into the private army camp, which had more than 50 private army teams. Besides, not becoming a formal member might be a good thing. So he calmed Xu Sansan with his eyes once again, then smiled and said, "Hey! Thank you, Boss Sui!"

When Xu Sansan heard this, he immediately got furious. How did they enter the thank-you process? How could he tolerate this?

Quickly speak:

“No, I don’t agree!!!”

Unexpectedly, just as she opened her mouth, Boss Sui received an important message on his computer. He looked hurried, took the slightly contaminated high-purity salt crystal in one hand, picked up the computer with the other hand and quickly scanned Xu Sansan's right wrist, added her contact, and then left a message:

"As agreed before, I will pay you according to the reserve price. I, Sui, always keep my promises!"

Then he got up and went out.

Before leaving, he turned back and glanced at Xu Sansan:

"Wait for my news about the specific reporting time!", and then he disappeared in a hurry on the main street of the black market.

With a beep, Xu Sansan received a transfer of 50,000 contribution points from Boss Sui on his computer.

my God!

Can this salt ore crystal be sold for such a high price of 50,000 points?

What did he just say?

Is this the reserve price?

Is this just the base price?!

Then what about the huge sum of 3600 contribution points that she received from Lao Qin with a smile on her face before?

Lao Qin's expression suddenly froze.

Depend on!

Great!

Why did Boss Sui transfer the money directly to Xu Sansan? !

It was all my fault for coming up with such a bad idea. I had to pin this last salt crystal on her!

Then wouldn't the amount in the small account book in his drawer have to be readjusted again!

Really... really...

Hey!

Now exposed!

Xu Sansan looked envious and glared at Lao Qin with gnashing teeth:

"Explain what's going on with this 50,000 reserve price?!"

Lao Qin sighed. In order to continue to maintain in-depth cooperation with the cash cow, he had to explain the underground auction. Of course, he also concealed some information, such as the guide principle, the previous transaction price of antique boots, and...

Xu Sansan glared at Lao Qin again, then crossed his arms over his chest and continued to ask:

"Then explain again, how did I go from being a customer who wanted to rent a spaceship and a protective shield to suddenly becoming a worker in a private army team, and a temporary worker at the lowest level...?"

Lao Qin sighed, looking disappointed:

"What a great opportunity! Why did you reject it? He's the boss of a private army team! Do you know how many flying machines and temporary protective shields he has? Do you know how many people want to join them every year but are turned away?"

At this time, Qin Ergou, who was very excited, came down from the second floor in a hurry, looking around and gesticulating:

"Is it Boss Sui who is here? Dad! You actually have a relationship with Boss Sui? Can you ask him to open a backdoor for me? It doesn't have to be a formal one, a temporary job will do!"

Lao Qin looked at Er Gou's silly face as he was demonstrating his previous point. He couldn't bear to watch any more, so he said with disdain:

"Look after the store for a while, I'll catch up with you later."

He habitually glanced at the legs of the counter again, then pulled Xu Sansan upstairs and gestured to her to keep quiet.

Xu Sansan raised his eyebrows. Why are you being so mysterious?

But he still followed quietly, only glancing at the legs of the counter in the direction Lao Qin had just gone...

This was her first time going to the second floor of a second-hand store.

After exiting the stairwell, there is a small living room of about 10 square meters. The small living room is very empty. There is a small metal square table in the middle. There are four small metal stools around the square table. Next to the stools is a small metal cabinet, which looks like a storage cabinet.

There was a door on each of the four walls of the living room. One of the doors was a solid metal door with a scanning device in the middle, which should be an optical computer lock. The other three doors were relatively thin, and Xu Sansan couldn't tell what they were made of...

Lao Qin pulled out a chair and motioned Xu Sansan to sit down. Then he deliberately lowered his voice, as if afraid of being heard by someone, and spoke in a very low voice:

"It's not that easy to rent a spaceship and a protective shield directly. These are scarce equipment in the end times. If you don't have some connections and power, forget it! But..."

He changed the subject, turned on the optical computer, entered the dark web system, clicked on the task module, pointed at the task module, and continued to explain quietly:

"From your expression, I know you don't understand the existence of the private army squad -

This is the task module of the dark web, which publishes all the underground tasks from the city of Base No. 103. Most of these scavenging tasks are uploaded and published by powerful or wealthy employers in the city of the base.

The private army squad can freely choose to take scavenging missions in the squad. After successfully completing the mission, they can get generous rewards. Of course, the rewards are proportional to the difficulty coefficient of the mission.

But these are not the main points I want to talk about. The main point is...

Lao Qin paused and lowered his voice again: "Look carefully at the coordinates or locations marked on these scavenging tasks. Although I don't know what you are up to, since we can't rent a spaceship right away, if we can take on the dark web tasks corresponding to the coordinates you want to go to, can we also achieve our goal indirectly?"

Xu Sansan looked at the densely packed task list on the dark web, as well as the prices clearly stated on it:

3 contribution points

5 contribution points

8 contribution points

10 Contribution Points!!!

Oh my God, poor Xu Sansan suddenly felt as if he had opened the door to a new world, and then quickly searched with his naked eyes for tasks related to City No. 107.

City No. 107 is the city in the small building where the stagnation element is located.

Unfortunately, on the first page of the task list currently displayed, there are no task requests related to City No. 107.

However, in order not to reveal her secret, she did not let Lao Qin turn the page.

So he had to show a reluctant expression on his face, but in fact, his heart was already spinning with excitement:

"Well, in that case, I'll go take a look first..."

huh~~

Old Qin also breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, he was also very hesitant at first, wondering whether he should push Xu Sansan out. But thinking of Xie Yuan's current situation, he felt that if Xu Sansan could establish a sufficiently solid cooperative relationship with Boss Sui, he might be able to help Xie Yuan at a critical moment.

Hey!

As for his adopted son, well, forget it. With his brain, it's good enough that he doesn't get eaten by strange beasts. It's better for him to just help him out in the store.

…………

Everything seemed to be going smoothly, but Xu Sansan suddenly encountered a huge problem.

Her optical computer couldn't even log into the dark web!

Lao Qin slapped his forehead:

"Oh! I forgot about this. The dark web is only open to residents of the base. You live in a shantytown now and don't have a fixed address in the base, so you can't log in to the dark web... And the certification requirements for base residents are that you either own a property in the base city, or have a stable official job in the base city, or rent a house in the base city with a remaining lease period of at least 365 days..."

I go!

Is the dark web openly discriminating? !

But Xu Sansan now has neither a house nor a job. How can she get a "household registration" in this broken base?

Do I have to rent a house first to deal with it?

But in the base city, the leases for the houses currently listed in the housing transaction hall are all signed for 5 days. Where can she find a house that can be signed for 365 days? !

So Lao Qin looked at Xu Sansan's computer, his eyes rolled, and he immediately went out to the official rental center and rented one of the small rooms in his second-hand store on the B2 floor of the black market to Xu Sansan at a price of 50,000 per two years (or 730 days). This not only completed her identity verification as a resident of the base, but also allowed her to maintain this identity for at least 365 days.

Xu Sansan clearly remembered that the original owner's rent was 400 contribution points/5 days, which is 80 points a day. Although Lao Qin's rent is less than 80 points, it is still...

Looking at the contribution points on the computer that were not even warm yet and instantly returned to Lao Qin's hands, he cursed inwardly: "Swindler!"

But there was really no other way, so she had to let Lao Qin take her to visit his newly rented room first, under the euphemism of "house inspection"!

Old Qin paused, his hand stiffened, and hesitantly opened the door on the north side of the living room on the second floor, which was made of the thinnest material.

When Xu Sansan looked at the toilet and sink inside, his breathing stagnated and his face darkened:

"That's it?! 50,000?!"

Lao Qin smiled awkwardly, feeling that he had been seriously exposed today, and explained very carelessly:

"There are only two rooms in our house, one for me and one for Ergou. The only vacant room that can be checked at the rental center is this bathroom...

You don't know that in recent years, many people have been willing to pay any price to rent houses in the base city in order to obtain base resident status. Many unscrupulous landlords have divided a room into 8 small compartments and then rented them to 16 people at the same time. After the base noticed this, it began to ban it and crack down on it regularly.

Every room that is rented out may be randomly checked. How can I put up a room that Ergou and I already live in? If I get caught, I will be sent directly to the exile area!"

Xu Sansan had a wooden face, and the corner of his mouth twitched:

"So if we spot check the toilet, we'll be alright?"

Lao Qin winked and whispered in his ear:

"Haven't you heard? This kind of house, which is over 3 square meters and not occupied by anyone, is called a 'status house'. It is rented to people in the shantytown who have some money but need the base resident status for various reasons... The higher-ups also turn a blind eye..."

As he spoke, Lao Qin raised his eyebrows and pointed his index finger lightly towards the ceiling.

Xu Sansan rolled his eyes: What? Can we buy a school district house in the end times?

The two of them went back and forth several times. Although Xu Sansan failed to get back the 50,000 contribution points, she forced Lao Qin to agree that she, Xu Sansan, would personally go to the auction to select the items!

Anyway, the three low-pollution, high-purity salt crystals had already been sold to Lao Qin, and the contribution points from the resale did not belong to her in the first place. But when she thought of the 3600 points at that time, she still felt a little painful.

But then I thought of the 9 low-pollution and 6 pollution-free high-purity salt crystals lying at home, and I instantly felt a lot more balanced.

Fortunately, I was more careful at the time, otherwise I would have been sold out by a profiteer without even knowing it!

But no matter what, she will have to go to the auction in person next time!

Seeing that they had almost finished talking about the matter, Xu Sansan waved his sleeves and left the second-hand shop at the end of the black market in a cool manner.

As soon as the door of the second-hand shop was closed, Lao Qin habitually looked at the foot of the counter. Without the help of an instrument, it was actually difficult to see with the naked eye that there was a very faint light spot at the foot of the table, flickering regularly...

When Xu Sansan passed by the room next to the elevator, the fat woman behind the cat's eye turned the gold ring on her finger and smiled dangerously:

"Out!"

The man in the rocking chair spoke at the right time:

"Let Lao Jiu take action!"