Reborn in the end of the world, I scavenged in the empty city and bought for free

When Gu Tongwan went to deliver meat to Liao Yunyun, he heard shouting and cursing coming from upstairs from time to time, which seemed to come from the fourth floor.

Liao Yunyun should be home by now.

Sure enough, after waiting for a while, Liao Yunyun came back.

He was surprised to see his good friend Liao Yunyun, and hurried over, then looked down at his watch.

"It's almost half past five. What are you looking for me for?"

The martial law started at six o'clock, so it was inappropriate for her to be here at this time.

"My brother sent you some meat. The price of meat is going to go up recently, so you should stock up more." As he said this, he handed over a black plastic bag.

Only when Liao Yunyun took it did she feel how heavy it was. When she opened it, she saw various packaged meats.

"So many? What about yourself?"

In fact, Liao Yunyun works at a newspaper and has heard some news that the price of meat will increase recently. She also heard that the meat at the supply and marketing cooperative was selling faster than usual today. She wondered if some people had received the news in advance and so rushed over to buy it.

She actually wanted to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some meat to stockpile, but she was too busy in the afternoon. Since the martial law, the newspaper has not arranged overtime, but at the same time, the time for slacking off at work has also been relatively reduced. Basically, she is busy from beginning to end as soon as she gets to work. Even the lunch break has been reduced to 40 minutes, and she has to rush to eat and go to the toilet.

So when I heard my colleagues discussing the possible increase in meat prices, I was thinking that if all else failed, I could just go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some canned meat. At worst, I still had some compressed biscuits at home and a box of compressed biscuits that my company had distributed as welfare for the May Day and Mid-Autumn Festival.

All in all, you won't starve to death, you just need to eat less meat.

"I've stockpiled some myself. Don't worry about me. Put the meat in the refrigerator later. You've already used the refrigerator that Chen Yanxi bought for you last time. Although there is a power limit at night, you should open the refrigerator less often. The meat in it won't go bad." Gu Tongwan said.

Liao Yunyun nodded and pulled her friend towards the door.

"I know you've been good to me, but it's too late. Why don't you stay? Can we chat about family matters tonight?"

"No, have you forgotten there might be an insect plague tomorrow? I have to rush back soon. I'm afraid the guesthouse will need my help. By the way, seal your windows and doors tightly. The scale of this insect plague should be larger than the previous two days, and it's not just a locust plague. There might be mosquitoes and cockroaches. Just in case, drink less water tomorrow. Take the trouble to cover the sewer for the time being."

Gu Tongwan frowned, thinking about what else he had not explained clearly.

Liao Yunyun pushed her out quickly. "Then hurry up and leave now. It will be too late if you don't leave now. If you drive back now, you should be able to reach your place in half an hour. Hey, when you move in, we will live closer. It will only take me half an hour to ride my bike there, and I can often come to your place for free meals."

"Of course, but remember to take good care of yourself. By the way, let's contact online in the evening." Gu Tongwan shook the phone in his hand.

Liao Yunyun smiled knowingly: "Don't worry, my two power banks are fully charged, so we can chat all night long."

Just when Gu Tongwan was about to leave, shouting and cursing was heard again from downstairs, and a woman's voice could be vaguely heard.

Liao Yunyun sneered and said, "You deserve it!"

"What's going on?" Gu Tongwan asked.

"I'll talk to you on the phone later. Don't delay your return. Leave quickly." Liao Yunyun advised.

When Gu Tongwan went downstairs, the shouting and cursing was still audible. Then a woman in a tank top suddenly rushed up from the corner of the fourth floor and almost bumped into Gu Tongwan.

The woman did not apologize and continued walking upstairs in her slippers, while some unbearable curses could be faintly heard on the fourth floor.

I guess there was a conflict between the people downstairs and upstairs, so the two sides started fighting. But the woman who just rushed over, if she was not mistaken, seemed to be Liu Cheng?

But whether it was an orange or not had nothing to do with her. As long as she wasn’t provoked, she was too lazy to worry about other people’s affairs.

On the way back, the usually bustling streets were now all closed, and even some shops that had just closed were busy pulling down their shutters.

When she got back to the guesthouse, she would have almost been unable to get in if she hadn't called Xiaoli in advance on the way to ask her to leave the door open for her.

Now, not only is there an extra roller shutter door outside the main entrance of the guesthouse, but a small iron door is also made with iron sheets at the back door, which can somewhat block some insects and ants from entering.

Xiaoli was wearing long sleeves and long pants. She couldn't sleep last night because of the mosquitoes, so she didn't dare to wear short sleeves at night recently.

"If it's any later, you probably won't even be able to get in through the back door. My aunt said she's going to nail the door shut from the inside and then take it down again after the insect infestation is over tomorrow."

"Everyone should go to bed early tonight. I think the power will be out early tonight." Gu Tongwan chatted with Xiaoli as he went upstairs.

Xiaoli and Lan Qin both live on the third floor. Currently in the entire guesthouse, Uncle Zhang and his nephew live in a small room on the first floor, Gu Tongwan and another young man live on the second floor, Aunt Man, Xiaoli and Lan Qin live on the third floor, and an old couple lives at the end.

After buying the insecticide this morning, Xiaoli sprayed it everywhere in the restaurant on the first floor. However, as there was not much insecticide, she would only go into the other rooms upstairs where people lived and spray a little. The remaining insecticide had to be saved for the next day.

There was no need to worry about Gu Tongwan's room. She didn't even use a mosquito net. Aoao and Tutu were sleeping in the corner, yawning.

She had no appetite in the evening, so she simply ate a bowl of cold noodles and Qingbuliang sugar water. The two dogs had already eaten the mutant meat in the space when they came out, so they didn't make a fuss about asking for food.

At 7:30 in the evening, the lights in the room that were originally on suddenly dimmed.

The power cut time is about half an hour earlier than usual, and the power outage will last until 7 o'clock tomorrow morning. I heard that there may be continued delays because the insect plague may affect the normal operation of the distribution station, and even the network base stations are likely to be more affected. However, the official forum of the base has not yet announced that the network will be shut down.

Gu Tongwan took out the small wall lamp he had prepared in advance and hung it on the head of the bed. The light could probably illuminate the room of more than 20 square meters.

He took another lamp and placed it in the bathroom. He grabbed his clothes, washed his hair and took a shower. When he came out, he found a red vine branch on the table devouring a giant mutant mosquito.

Gu Tongwan turned around and took out the insecticide from the corner. Although he had sprayed the corner once before going out today, the smell of the insecticide would gradually weaken, so it could not completely eliminate the mosquitoes.

Fortunately, she deliberately placed two blood vine branches when she left. These two branches were equivalent to releasing two predators in the room. Whenever they encountered low-level mutant living creatures, the blood vine branches would instinctively hunt in order to obtain fresh blood or energy, thereby allowing themselves to continuously upgrade and mutate.

The blood vines in his body have undergone constant fighting and mutation. Now, in addition to being able to influence the consciousness of its prey, its autonomous consciousness seems to be stronger.

But because of the relationship between host and parasite, the blood vine is destined to be unable to escape her orders. After a long time, it has gradually regarded her as its master, or a life community. No matter what happens, it will never hurt her.

At around nine o'clock in the evening, Gu Tongwan was checking the forum and found that many posts were about the insect plague.

Some people insist that this insect plague is caused by the influence of the beast tide. As long as the beast tide does not end, the insect plague will only become more serious, and they begin to question whether this beast tide suppression operation has failed.

However, some people refuted the post, saying that if the beast tide suppression really failed, then the base would suffer an unprecedented blow, but at present it is just an insect plague and does not mean anything. Moreover, only three days have passed since the suppression operation. According to the base’s previous announcement, the suppression operation will take at least ten days to half a month, and it is just the beginning.

Some people also raised the question of whether the recent gradually hot weather is about to enter an extremely hot period again.

Many people are still frightened by the extremely hot weather before. After all, it has been less than half a year since the last acid rain disaster at the base. If the extremely hot weather returns, who knows how many people will not be able to survive.

[Yuzu Tea] My family had saved up enough money to buy a second-hand refrigerator, and we had even paid the deposit. However, when we went to pick it up the next day, we were told that the price had gone up by 30% due to the recent shortage of refrigerators. My family argued about it for a long time and almost came to a fight. The manager knew he was in the wrong, so he finally agreed to sell it to us at the original price. I’m so angry when I think about it now.

[Watermelon doesn't want to eat watermelon] Come on, at least you can still buy it. I took half a day off yesterday to go to an electrical appliance store, but I couldn't buy anything. Not only refrigerators, but there was no sign of air conditioners. The boss said they were sold out two days ago. Damn, it must be those damn rich people who relied on their background to hear the news in advance, so they bought out the supply directly. When the extreme heat really comes, how are we ordinary people going to survive?

[Robot Unit 3] Just live your life the way you want. Do you think everything will be fine with air conditioning? Can the power distribution station at the base supply electricity for so many people? The No. 2 power station is still under construction. Now there is a beast tide and insect plague. I see that the electricity will only be available for two hours a day. If it gets hotter, even the water supply may be limited.

[Yuzu Tea] Damn, if that's the case, wouldn't it be best to stock up on water in advance? But we don't know when the extreme heat will come, can't the base release the news in advance? Why do we have to cover it up!

[I am the Big Beast] Come on, we can't beat those powerful people anyway. What I am worried about now is that when I wake up tomorrow morning, the house will be full of locusts and cockroaches.

[Robot Unit 3] Fuck! ! I just came back from the toilet, and I saw a cockroach about five centimeters long in the toilet. Can you believe it? I am from the south, and this is the first time I have seen such a big cockroach. It almost killed me! I dare not tell my wife, lest she hold me all night and die of heat!

[Watermelon Doesn’t Want to Eat Watermelon] Can the people upstairs not show off their affection? The more I listen, the more I feel something is definitely wrong. Are you guys feeding us dog food in this upstairs?

[Yuzu Tea] I think you can talk to your wife. Maybe she can get rid of the cockroach with a slipper. If you leave it alone, the cockroach will crawl onto the bed, right?

[Robot Unit-03] You can’t be that unlucky, right? I’ll go take a look?

[What are you laughing at?] Brother, put on the insecticide.

[I am the Big Beast] I didn't buy the insecticide. I went to queue up today, but there were so many scalpers and even an old lady who cut in line. I waited for four hours, and when it was almost my turn, they said they were sold out. Now I only have a few leaves of mugwort-like grass given to me by my neighbor at home, and I don't know if they work?

[Robot No. 3] I sprayed insecticide three times while my wife wasn't paying attention, but the thing was still moving, so I swept it back into the pit with a broom. I decided not to go to the toilet tonight.

【Yuzu Tea】But if it's not dead, it will continue to crawl out, right?

[Robot Unit-3] I blocked it with a piece of cardboard, which should have prevented it from coming out to some extent.

Gu Tongwan hesitated for a moment, then replied to this message.

[There are two dogs at home who have to eat dirt] Have you bought the pesticides?

[What the hell are you laughing at?] I bought it, but it was just one bottle. It was gone after two sprays. I felt like I spent my 100 points in vain.

[Yuzu Tea] My whole family went out and bought five bottles in total, spending most of our family's total income for half a month. I think this insecticide is actually the ordinary insecticide we used before the end of the world. It is fine for dealing with ordinary mosquitoes, but it is not effective for dealing with mutated insects and ants. In the past, I sprayed it two or three times and the cockroaches were basically dead. But this morning when I sprayed the cockroach in the corner, it was the same as [Robot Unit 3]. After spraying, the cockroach was still alive and kicking, and it took at least twenty minutes for it to stop moving and pass out. The effect is really bad!

[I am a big caller] Then am I lucky that I didn't buy it? If I spend 100 points on a useless thing, I might as well kill the insects manually.

【Grapefruit Tea】You can’t kill cockroaches with one slap, the eggs inside will come out…

[There are two dogs at home who have to eat dirt] It's like this, I have some homemade mosquito repellent, which is better than the ones sold at the base. I got it from the black market before, but there is not much, just a bucket, about ten liters. If you are willing to buy it, it's fifty points a bottle, but you have to bring your own spray bottle.

[What are you laughing at?] Is this true? Are you trying to make money by deceiving people?

[There are two dogs at home who need to eat dirt] You can come and try it one by one. The first three people are free. You can buy it from me at XX guesthouse tomorrow morning after the insect plague is over. But I would like to make it clear in advance that no refund will be given once the purchase is made. Just think of it as my advertisement here. It is up to you whether you buy it or not.

【Grapefruit Tea】How much can I buy with 50 points?

[After the two dogs came home, they had to eat dirt] About 200 ml,

[Yuzu Tea] Okay, I’ll go buy some tomorrow after the insect plague is over!