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

At the end of October in the third year of the apocalypse, the temperature gradually rose, reaching 49 degrees at the highest at noon. Even indoors the temperature was around 42 degrees, causing the residents to feel like they were living in the Flaming Mountains. In this weather, it was impossible to survive without electric fans and plenty of water.

The place where Gu Tongwan and Liao Yunyun went to buy the battery-powered electric fan was at the farthest purchasing location in the inner circle. Liao Yunyun meant that if they went to a nearby purchasing location, they were worried that there would be too many people lining up there and they wouldn't be able to get in line at all, so they simply went to the farthest electrical appliance store.

Gu Tongwan drove his SUV and took Liao Yunyun to the destination.

It was already 10:30 in the morning when we arrived at the appliance store. The distance from Liao Yunyun's community to the appliance store at Point F was more than 20 kilometers, and driving there required passing through several small neighborhoods, so it took more than 40 minutes on the road.

When we arrived there, there were not many people coming to buy. There were about 20 to 30 people queuing, all of whom were residents living nearby. Some of them came to buy, while others were still waiting and watching. After all, the price of each fan was not low, and most people might not be able to afford a price of nearly 2,000 points.

Liao Yunyun pulled Gu Tongwan to the back of the line. About thirty minutes later, a couple in their early thirties who looked like a couple lined up behind them.

The woman was obviously a little overwhelmed by the heat and kept complaining, "I have to buy an electric fan today. If I don't, I really can't live here anymore."

"Honey, don't we already have one at home? Mom said we can use it together. It would be a waste to buy another one. After all, it costs more than 1,800 yuan."

Who knew that the woman would sneer upon hearing this, "Share it together? You mean we should move into your mother's room? You are embarrassed, but I am not. You are so old, and you still have to share a bed with your mother. If you are not ashamed, I should be ashamed for you. Anyway, I tell you, if you dare to do this, I will go back to my parents tomorrow."

"No, honey, I'm just saying it casually. I'll buy it, I'll buy it, isn't it? It's just an electric fan, it's too expensive."

The man curled his lips in displeasure, mainly because he was worried about the points in the card. These were his recent salary and bonus. If he bought a battery fan, there would be nothing left.

After all, he was the man she had known for five years. The woman could see through the man's little thoughts at a glance. She snorted coldly and her tone became much more harsh.

"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. It's just your own little bonus, isn't it? You've been thinking about using the money in your card to buy an electric motorcycle, right? I'm telling you, don't even think about it. Your workplace is only four kilometers away from home, and it only takes you half an hour to ride a bicycle. I'm telling you, just give up on this idea. If you can't buy an electric fan today, I'll sell your bicycle!"

"Oh, no, that won't work. It will take me an hour to walk that way, and I'll get sunburned in this weather." The man wailed, and his voice immediately attracted the attention of other people in the queue. There were even young girls who covered their mouths and laughed because of the quarrel between the couple.

The woman simply turned her face away and said nothing more. She was now only thinking about her battery-powered electric fan and didn't think about the man's trivial matters at all.

At this moment, the sun in the sky seemed to be infinitely magnified, with the outermost aperture larger than before, and so bright that people could not open their eyes.

Those who were prepared had already opened their parasols, while those who were less prepared had taken out clothes to cover their heads or wore sun hats.

There is not much vegetation here. The two non-mutated mango trees on the street have had their leaves dried up by the sun, the kind of burnt yellow.

Gu Tongwan and Liao Yunyun also held a parasol. Before going out, Gu Tongwan specially took a particularly large black parasol that could accommodate at least three people when opened.

She is in good physical condition now, so it is easy for her to hold up a parasol weighing three or four kilograms with one hand.

There are various ways to escape the heat, and I even saw someone wearing a plastic bag on his head, which looked quite funny at first glance.

There were also people who queued up with their children and kept giving them water. They couldn't stand it anymore and begged everywhere if they could let their children cut in line.

But now everyone knows clearly that each store has a limited number of battery-powered electric fans. If you cut in line, not only you, but the dozen or so people in front of you won't be willing to do so either.

The woman begged several people but to no avail. Some people even advised directly: "The child is still young, don't let him go out and suffer. Take him back quickly. What if he really gets sick? As a parent, you really have the heart to let your child go out in this kind of weather."

Other accusing voices followed, and in the end the woman could only drag her child to the end of the line in shame. But at least she had some conscience and let the child stand under the awning of the store opposite, so that at least he wouldn't have to suffer with her.

It was said that the store would open at around 2pm, but until 2:20pm, the door of the electrical appliance store was still closed. The outdoor temperature was at 46 degrees, and people would quickly become dehydrated if they continued to be exposed to the sun in this environment.

Finally at 2:30, when everyone was complaining, a man in a short-sleeved shirt arrived. This man should be a staff member of an electrical appliance store. He was pushing a broken bicycle and even had the key in his hand as soon as he got off the bike, and was in a hurry to open the door.

A few minutes later, two more female staff members arrived. They were wearing professional suits and skirts and were dressed quite elegantly. It was obvious that they came from well-off families.

In fact, the staff in Shannei Circle, such as electrical appliance stores or stores under directly-operated enterprises, basically all have some family background, otherwise such a good job would not be given to ordinary people.

Liao Yunyun raised her eyebrows and whispered, "Don't underestimate this job as a salesperson. Usually, I just sit at the counter and play with my phone. I have two days off a week, from 9 am to 6 pm every day, and I can rest for an hour and a half in between. I also have paid annual leave, and my monthly salary is 700 to 800 points. I work so hard at the TV station, but I only get 100 points more a month. The difference in treatment is like heaven and earth."

"Didn't Chen Yanxi arrange a job for you here before?"

Liao Yunyun's job at the TV station was introduced by Chen Yanxi, otherwise she would not have had the chance to get the job. Gu Tongwan was also aware of this, so he was curious why she was not allowed to get a better job.

"He asked someone to introduce me, I didn't do it myself, and I don't know how many connections were passed through. In the end, he was lucky to be able to enter the TV station. At least he has a dormitory, meal allowance, and one weekend a week. Although the work is a bit tiring during the weekdays, when I think about the people in the outside circle who are competing for jobs here, I am indeed much luckier."

Hearing her best friend think this way, Gu Tongwan temporarily gave up the idea of ​​mentioning this to Chen Yanxi, and nodded and said, "Indeed, if you get used to your job, it's easy to be dominated by it and can only passively accept the status quo. But it also depends on your ability to accept it. At present, it seems that you have at least digested it well."

Two people were still chatting here when they heard a noisy sound coming from the front. It turned out that everyone had started to scramble for the battery-powered electric fan.

One of them even wanted to reserve five units at one time, but was pointed at and scolded by the people behind him. They even suspected that those who bought in large quantities were so-called scalpers. After all, if they were not scalpers, ordinary people would not need so many electric fans at home. The person who bought the fans did not dress like someone rich and had a sneaky look in his eyes. He looked guilty after being pointed at and scolded.

The electrical appliance store does not have a rule that one person is only allowed to purchase one battery-powered electric fan, but if one is a little bit worldly-wise, one will at least know that one bad apple can spoil the whole barrel. Once a large number of fans are sold to the same person, it will only cause unrest and even public outrage, especially in such hot weather, when it will be more difficult for everyone to control their temper.

Gu Tongwan glanced at the man's work badge and saw "Qin" written on it, not the manager surnamed Huang they were looking for, so she said to Liao Yunyun, "Do you have the phone number of that manager surnamed Huang?"

Liao Yunyun was stunned for a moment before she nodded and said, "Yes, I'll call and ask right away." She reacted quickly and understood Gu Tongwan's thoughts at once.

I called and the call was answered quickly. I found out that Manager Huang would not arrive until four in the afternoon. The batch of air-conditioning fans that their company had ordered were already in the warehouse. If I wanted them, I could go directly to the warehouse to pick them up. There was no need to queue up at the store.

After knowing this, Liao Yunyun and Gu Tongwan immediately planned to go to the electrical appliance warehouse a few kilometers away.

As a result, when the two men were about to go back to get the car, they suddenly heard a scream from the crowd behind them. Then they found a woman standing there in horror, and a man lying next to the woman. The strange thing was that there seemed to be smoke coming out of the man's left hand.

The others didn't dare to get too close, and stayed about three or four meters away, all looking at the man in front of them with curiosity.

The woman probably came with the man, but they had just started dating, so she had no idea why the man had become what he was now in just one hour.

The man is a fire-type mutant, but only at F level, and currently works in a certain unit.

Fire-type psychics are the exact opposite of ice or frost-type psychics, they are naturally afraid of heat.

It should be that the body's own supernatural power is related to fire, and a large amount of heat source can be generated inside the body. As a result, once the temperature rises, the body of the fire-type supernatural power user will also react to it.

In extremely cold weather, fire-type psychics only need to wear a thin sweater and coat, and they will not feel too cold even in an environment of minus twenty degrees Celsius. But on the contrary, once the temperature rises to thirty degrees, the temperature felt by fire-type psychics is twice that of ordinary people. Therefore, they need to drink water constantly or stay in an air-conditioned place to feel a little more comfortable.

The more energy a fire-type mutant has stored in his body, the worse his resistance to high temperatures.

However, high-level fire-type psychics have learned to use mental power to suppress the energy in their bodies. Fire-type psychics of slightly lower levels can also buy "energy stones" that can suppress fire energy. However, this type of energy stone cannot be mass-produced. It is a special product developed by the research institute. One piece is very expensive, so the price for external sales is simply astronomical for ordinary people or low-level psychics. Average quality ones cost four digits, and good quality ones can be sold for tens of thousands of points at one time.

Unfortunately, the man lying on the ground is just a low-level fire-type mutant who can catalyze baseball-sized fireballs in the palm of his hand. In daily life, he can only satisfy the needs of making fire or deterring people with bad intentions, but other than that, he doesn't seem to have any other uses.

Currently, the F-series psychics are in an awkward situation. After all, their psychics are not strong enough to be accepted by the Hunter Guild or join the Self-Defense Forces. However, as psychics, they have high moral standards and are not satisfied with the lives of ordinary people. This has led to some low-level psychics choosing to leave the base and join the Wanderer Organization because they are dissatisfied with the treatment given by the base. At least there will be someone there to trick them into another bigger vortex, which can completely drain their value.

The man lying on the ground was still wailing. He covered his right wrist, and his facial features were distorted and terribly caused by pain.

A closer look revealed that a black smoke was coming out of the man's wrist.

"Damn, did you smell it? It sounds like something burning?" Someone in the crowd suddenly saw it in surprise.

Then someone else pointed at the man on the ground and said, "It looks like him. Damn, what's wrong with this guy?"

"Hey, didn't you come here with him? What happened to him?" someone questioned the woman who was covering her mouth.

The woman was also confused. She just shivered and cried, "I, I don't know either. When we were waiting in line just now, he said it was too hot, but I didn't feel him sweating. I thought he was joking. After a while, he said his stomach felt uncomfortable, and then he said he felt dizzy. Then it turned out like this."

At this time, someone in the crowd suggested that the man be sent to a nearby health hospital as soon as possible, otherwise if it was too late, the man might not be able to be saved.

Some people hurriedly took out their cell phones to make calls, while others called for doctors at the scene.

But there were seventy or eighty people surrounding the scene, but no one was willing to help. Even more people just took out their mobile phones to record and take pictures of the man. It seemed that they still had the indifferent mentality before the end of the world where they would rather be bystanders or even watch the fun when encountering something.

Gu Tongwan noticed something was wrong, so he pulled Liao Yunyun, who was about to get closer, back away.

Liao Yunyun, who was unaware of the situation, turned and looked at her.

"Let's stay away. I think this man is not normal. It might be dangerous if we get too close." The blood vines under the skin on the back of Gu Sheng's hand were surging wildly at this moment. This was the restlessness that occurred when it smelled a threat. Before, whether it was mutant beasts or insect plagues were about to arrive, the blood vines had the same reaction.

"Ah! Help!"

Sure enough, just as the two men had moved back a distance, they heard a sharp cry for help, followed by a loud explosion coming from the crowd of onlookers.

Someone spontaneously combusted