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

Ten minutes later, the old lady of the Qin family left the alley near the block with a satisfied look on her face. This time, she had a red cloth bag in her hand, which contained two tubes of liquid and some D-level crystal cores.

As soon as she walked to the front desk, she saw Xiaoli sitting there, eating melon seeds and watching short videos on her mobile phone. The old lady immediately sneered and threw a crystal core in the red cloth bag in her hand heavily onto the stage.

"Use this crystal core to pay our rent first. Don't always think that we are deliberately staying here. Your guesthouse is so shabby and old. Do you really think you are reluctant to leave it?" The old lady was obviously the one who owed rent, but her attitude at this moment was as if she was giving alms to Xiaoli.

Xiaoli remembered what the boss's wife said and had to endure it. After all, it was really not easy to get the rent from this old lady.

"It's a D-grade crystal core, and its quality doesn't seem to be particularly good. According to the market price, it's worth at most 400 points. But the rent you owe is a total of 1,750 points, and there are still nearly 1,300 points left to pay." Xiaoli didn't take the crystal core immediately, but just reminded the old lady in a lukewarm manner not to be too self-righteous.

"I got it. Hurry up, hurry up. Don't talk about money all the time at such a young age. You're like a money-grubber. I'll make up the rest later." Old Mrs. Qin muttered to herself as she walked upstairs in small steps.

As soon as she returned to the room, the old lady saw that her husband had come back a long time ago. Grandpa Ye was leaning on the bed reading a book. He was an old cadre who had retired from the unit before the end of the world. He had certain insights and cultivation. He was usually kind to others and had a gentle personality. This was why the landlady did not mention the rent for the sake of Grandpa Ye.

When Old Lady Qin thought about how her husband could still read a book here leisurely after being humiliated by several maids today, she immediately felt angry and her blood pressure rose as well.

"Look, you're still in the mood to read? You're such a heartless person, I think you're just a nerd. You don't care about your wife being wronged at this time, but you're actually reading a book here. I'm really pissed off by you!"

Grandpa Ye and Grandma Qin have been married for more than 40 years. Although he has long been accustomed to his wife's noisy and hot temper, for some reason she has become more and more unorthodox in the past six months. Not to mention that she still likes to stir up trouble at her old age, she even gets involved with "those people".

"What's wrong with reading? Reading can help you learn knowledge and calm your mind. But you are the one who talks nonsense every day. Can you be a little quieter?"

"Let me ask you, when the landlady asked you to pay the rent, did you agree immediately?" Old Mrs. Qin was panting, her chest heaving up and down, and her already ferocious face now looked even more vicious.

Grandpa Ye put the book in his hand on the table next to him and responded quickly: "Yes, I agreed. We have been in arrears of rent for three months. You are thick-skinned and can continue to pretend, but I still have to save face here. Besides, they are very tolerant of us. Not only did they give us a discount on rent and meals, but they also gave us a portion of bread and meat that we couldn't finish. What else do you want? Besides, we still have some money. We exchanged a lot of points for those gold bars."

"What are you talking about? Keep your voice down. Are you afraid that others don't know our family background? I'm telling you, you are not allowed to spend a single cent of the points you exchanged for the gold bars. They are for buying nutrient solution in the future!"

"Nutrient solution, nutrient solution, I think you are crazy, do you really believe that you can become a superpower by drinking those things? Besides, even if you really have superpowers, we are both old, how many years do we have to wait?" Grandpa Ye got furious when he thought of this.

Ever since my wife met the people from the so-called "Immortal Life Organization" half a year ago, her personality has changed drastically. She has fallen into a mental state of pursuing superpowers and youth, and firmly believes that the strange organization can give humans immortality and superpowers.

Grandpa Ye is an educated man, so he naturally does not believe in these shortcuts that seem to provide eternal life at no cost, so he has been trying every possible way to prevent his wife from meeting those people over the past six months. However, Grandma Qin is like she has taken a drug, and she is still trying every possible way to meet with them secretly. She even brainwashes him as soon as she returns home, wanting him to pursue the so-called "eternal life" together.

At the beginning, these people really didn't seem to require you to pay any price. On the contrary, every time you contacted Old Lady Qin privately, you would always send her rice, flour, grain and oil. When they were in trouble, they would also provide some supplies. It seemed like a free relief organization, so Uncle Ye gradually relaxed his vigilance.

Until one day, Grandpa Ye discovered that there was an extra notebook in the backpack that Grandma Qin usually carried with her. The notebook was filled with the names and information of some unfamiliar girls. Most of these girls lived alone or in "quarantine hospitals". Most of them were struggling to survive in the end times. The content on the notebook was detailed to the girls' age, appearance, work address, places they often went to, and even their daily routines. This information seemed like something Grandma Qin had seen in person or had obtained after a period of investigation.

Grandpa Ye was shocked at the time. The contents of the notebook were too weird. Not to mention why Grandma Qin recorded the information of a strange girl in the notebook, the contents were full of ominous atmosphere. However, Grandpa Ye did not confront Grandma Qin immediately at the time. Instead, he secretly followed Grandma Qin for a while. As a result, he found that Grandma Qin always went to a small square nearby after going out. At around seven o'clock in the morning, she would dance square dance with other people of similar age in the square. After finishing the exercise, she would find a stone bench to sit down, and then take out the compressed biscuits she brought from home and slowly eat them.

At about 8:15, a strange man would approach her, and she would then hand the notebook in her bag to him, and only return it after he had carefully examined it.

After the man left, Old Lady Qin would continue to stay in the square until ten o'clock, during which time she would chat with other people in the square. Everything seemed normal. When it was almost eleven o'clock in the morning, Old Lady Qin would order a bun from a nearby bun shop, drink a cup of three-cent soy milk, and then slowly walk towards the nearby commercial street.

The square is only about fifteen minutes away from the commercial street. At around 11:30, there were already many people who had just got off work and came to the restaurant to eat. However, Mrs. Qin did not seem to have any plans to shop. She just kept paying attention to the people around her, as if she was looking for a target. During this time, she seemed to have found the target. She walked straight towards a girl and talked to her as if seeking help. She had a kind and harmonious smile on her face, which was completely different from her sharp look in the guesthouse on weekdays.

I don’t know what they talked about, but she always got the girl’s phone number, or took the girl to a drink shop and ordered a glass of juice for the girl, just like a kind and amiable old grandmother.

If the truth was as simple as it seemed, Grandpa Ye would not have worried. However, after thinking about the contents of the notebook, Grandpa Ye felt inexplicably frightened, and a terrible idea suddenly emerged in his mind.

Uncle Ye is not a conspiracy theorist, but what Old Lady Qin did was definitely not a coincidence. There must be a reason for her being with that man in the square.

That is, the man needs Old Lady Qin to get close to these strange girls, or the organization behind the man needs a large number of young girls, and has always targeted young girls who live alone or have no background in the base.

Some time ago, the neighborhood posted several missing persons notices, all of which were women in their early twenties, but there were also some younger girls, probably only fifteen or sixteen years old. These girls had no relatives, so the contact information after finding the clues was often left with the street office in the neighborhood.

These girls disappeared at very similar times, within the same month, and all belonged to the same community, only about five kilometers away from the guesthouse.

However, because the number of missing persons in the base is increasing every year, most people choose to leave the base because they can no longer afford the high consumption level of the base or cannot pay the annual base management fees.

Of course, there are also a small number of people whose disappearances may not be related to the above. They may be killed in revenge, or they may have left the base after committing suicide. In short, there are basically more than a dozen people reported missing in the community every day. However, most of them will reappear after a period of time, and the community is unable to thoroughly investigate the situation due to lack of manpower. Therefore, unless it is a terrorist attack similar to the previous period or an incident with major casualties, the disappearance of a few girls will not attract much attention.

Thinking about how her husband, although not well educated, was at least hardworking and cheerful, a person who loved life and was healthy and positive, if it weren't for the death of her son in the apocalypse that dealt a great blow to her, she might not have fallen to this point.

About five or six young girls have disappeared in this area in the past six months. However, because these girls are all single people with no background and no relatives, their disappearance is like a small stone thrown into a lake, which only causes slight ripples but will eventually return to calm.

Although Grandpa Ye did not want to accuse his wife of conspiracy, the contents of the notebook and the actions taken by Grandma Qin so far confirmed his suspicions.

Because of this, Uncle Ye had quarreled with Old Lady Qin many times in the past six months. He even caught Old Lady Qin meeting with another strange man in person once.

The information he got shocked Grandpa Ye even more. Grandma Qin was indeed involved in a certain organization. To put it nicely, this organization was for the coexistence and development of mankind and the core idea of ​​striving for equality of superpowers, but in fact, in Grandpa Ye's opinion, it was more like a cult brainwashing organization.

Even though Grandpa Ye tried his best to persuade his wife, Grandma Qin had already been deeply involved in it by then, and began to pursue the so-called eternal life. She even became an "informant" of the organization, secretly observing suitable girls in the jurisdiction who were suitable for "transformation" by the organization.

The so-called "transformation", according to Old Lady Qin, is to give these girls a chance to be reborn. The organization will develop the girls' potential physical abilities. As for why Old Lady Qin can only rely on nutrient solution and special drugs to maintain immortality, it is because women over the age of 28 are no longer suitable for the organization's transformation.

Grandpa Ye had a fierce quarrel with Grandma Qin over this and even found people from the organization. Unfortunately, neither Grandma Qin nor the people from the organization admitted that they had any connection with the missing girl. Grandma Qin even threatened Grandpa Ye with her life many times, saying that if Grandpa Ye really intended to make a big deal out of this or report it to the Security Bureau, then Grandma Qin would just crash to death outside. She even cried while making a fuss and mentioned that the reason their son was frozen to death was entirely because Grandpa Ye gave the only charcoal in his home to the neighbor's widow and orphan.

Because of this incident, Grandpa Ye has always felt guilty, so he tried his best to accommodate Grandma Qin. Now, he was stimulated by Grandma Qin's words and felt even more guilty about what happened that year. Besides, the two of them have had feelings for each other for decades. Even if Grandpa Ye knows that what Grandma Qin is doing now is against the will of heaven, he can't kill her for the sake of justice.

As for those strangers who have been frequently coming in and out of the guesthouse and their room, their real identities are actually members of this organization. The main purpose of their coming here is to inject Old Lady Qin with a liquid similar to nutrient solution every once in a while. Every time after the injection, Old Lady Qin becomes dizzy and her consciousness gradually becomes hazy, but once the body completely absorbs the liquid, the whole person becomes extremely excited again, her appetite is several times better than usual, and even her strength is much greater, which is completely different from the person who used to be out of breath after walking two steps.

Grandpa Ye knew that even if he had not joined that ominous organization, he had become a pusher who condoned the crime because of the sudden death of Old Lady Qin.

Just this morning when Grandpa Ye came back, he passed by the neighborhood bulletin board, which showed that another 17-year-old girl had disappeared in her rental house last week. However, because the girl had intellectual disabilities and her guardian happened to be busy with work at that time and neglected to take care of her, it was three days later when she was discovered missing.

Seeing that he remained silent as usual, Old Lady Qin became increasingly angry, and her tone became sarcastic: "What's wrong with pursuing eternal life? Are you really willing to die in the end times like this? I tell you, all this I did was not all for myself, but for you. As long as we can do this well, the organization will definitely cultivate us. I don't have back pain anymore, and I even have fewer wrinkles on my face, and even my blood pressure has dropped. Can you still deny it?"

"They are also a cult, an organization that harms people. You, you really don't know what's good for you. What if people find out that the disappearance of those girls is related to you, do you think the base will let you go? You old fool!" Uncle Ye rarely gets really angry, but at this moment, the corners of his eyes were slightly red, and he looked like he was very disappointed in his friend.

Old Lady Qin was about to retort, but as if she had thought of something, she suddenly laughed in a sinister tone: "Oh, no matter what, if you have the guts, go and report me, otherwise I will definitely teach those girls a lesson!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door. The sound was rapid and intense, which immediately scared the two of them.