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

Gu Tongwan put a leash and a dog chain on Aoao before going out. Although Aoao was extremely reluctant to wear this thing, he was also very clear that he would not be able to go out without it, so he could only squat on the ground and let Gu Tongwan put it on him.

A man and a dog were driving a van through the countryside. The wheels made a dull sound as they rolled over the snow. Compared with the spacious roads in the base, there were many small roads in the camp, especially those with ridges on both sides, which were so narrow that only two cars could drive at the same time. These small roads basically occupied most of the camp.

Fortunately, the car was equipped with anti-skid chains, and the driving speed was not too fast, so there was no need to worry about the car slipping.

Aoao kept leaning on the window to look out, his entire head almost filling up the window. However, during the New Year holidays, it was rare to see people walking outside in the camp. It was probably due to the weather. After all, the outdoor temperature was still around minus 40 or 50 degrees Celsius, and no one would go out for no reason.

The Guild Center is located in the center of the camp. It can be considered as the administrative center. So when we drove to the vicinity, we found that the scenery here was completely different from the country road in front. At least here we can see some three- or four-story buildings, including a five-story building that looks like a self-built villa. This is probably a building that survived before the end of the world. Now it is used as a hotel by the people in the camp. There are even prices for standard rooms outside. Single standard rooms cost 65 points per day, and double bed standard rooms cost 90 points per day. This price is slightly lower than the accommodation hostel in the base. However, I heard that the accommodation conditions are not good. There are no other items in the room except the bed board and a thin quilt. Even hot water needs to be fetched in the public bathroom. Therefore, Cai Min tried his best to persuade several people to live in Cai's house. The main reason was that the hotel conditions here were too poor, and some hotels even overcharged customers.

Because there are few people on the road and even fewer cars, although cars were almost the most common means of transportation for people before the end of the world, they have become rare things after the end of the world. It can even be said that they have become a symbol of status, wealth, and power. In particular, people who can afford to drive a good-quality car must be either rich or noble, and therefore are more likely to attract the attention of others.

The guild center was much simpler than she had imagined. It was just a three-story building, but it covered a large area. The first floor was nearly a thousand square meters, and there were two security guards outside.

There is no need to check anything to enter the guild center. You just need to register your name at the door. For convenience, Gu Tongwan used a pseudonym.

The homeless base has documents similar to ID cards, but they are not connected to the Internet, so information processing is often delayed, and it is difficult to track clues once a crime occurs.

Fortunately, I was able to enter smoothly after registering here. The guild hall was very much like the trading center of the base, with several simple glass windows. The clerks inside even had their own work clothes, which looked quite professional.

There aren't many people in the guild center right now, but you can see three windows with words like [Hunter Registration Office], [Information Update Office], and [Item Inventory Area] written on them. There's also a [Service, Complaint] window on the far left, but the window is not open to the public at the moment, and there's even a layer of anti-peep film on it.

It seems that this [Service and Complaint] window is temporarily not open to the public.

Everyone in the guild center seemed to have a nonchalant attitude, as if they were not here to work but to clock in for tasks. The staff at the Hunter Registration Office was dozing off with their heads on their pillows, the people at the Inventory Area were keeping their heads down and swiping their phones, laughing as if they saw something funny, and the people at the Information Office were turning their heads to chat with the clerical staff behind the counter. Everyone looked as if they were used to it.

In fact, not only the staff came, but also the people who came here to handle things looked casual. Judging from their clothes, these people should be hunters, because almost everyone wore sports shoes or short boots suitable for outdoor activities, and some of them even had weapons such as long knives or short blades hanging around their waists.

There were only about a dozen people in the entire hall, and the originally quiet atmosphere suddenly changed because of her appearance.

The main reason was that Aoao, who was following him, was too eye-catching, with a huge body comparable to that of a Siberian tiger and beautiful fur. Although they had leashes around their necks, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that these two dogs were definitely not ordinary pets, but should be a rare mutant dog.

Perhaps because they saw that she was alone and although she was wearing a mask, it was not difficult to see that the dog owner was a beautiful young woman, some people present inevitably began to have other ideas.

Before Gu Tongwan could figure out which window to go to to inquire about the news next, a tall young man walked towards her. The man had regular features, and although he had a smile on his face, there was a sense of hostility in his eyes. In addition, when he approached her, Ao Ao hunched his body in obvious impatience, and even the blood vines on his body began to get excited.

I'm afraid this person is a person with superpowers, and it's very likely that he just killed someone, because the blood vines will only be so excited and restless when there is a smell of blood on his body.

"Beauty, this dog is a mutant, right? Is it yours?" The man stopped about half a meter away, and when he looked at Aoao, his eyes seemed to be measuring the value of a commodity.

Gu Tongwan couldn't help but tighten the leash in his hand, then nodded.

The man probably sensed the aloof aura she deliberately released, and just smiled and said, "From your looks, this should be your first time at the Guild Center, so you probably don't know much about the situation here."

"What do you mean?" Gu Tongwan's tone remained calm, but he felt that Aoao had relaxed his body, which meant that he did not feel any threat from the man for the time being.

The man glanced at the curious, playful, or malicious eyes around him, but he just continued to smile and said, "Because there are very few girls coming into the guild center, even female hunters are rare."

Gu Tongwan also noticed the eyes that were staring at her nearby. She was afraid that they were all trying to guess her origins and background, and there was even a possibility that she had already been targeted.

"You probably don't know that some of the people here are not pure hunters. Although it may make you unhappy, there are very few female hunters in the hunter circle, and very few female hunters act alone. You should be careful when you leave later."

Just after the man finished speaking, someone shouted in this direction: "Zhang Beiran, what the hell are you doing? Come over here and count the supplies!"

"Sorry, I have something to do here, so I'll leave first. Please take care of yourself." The man scratched his head and showed a slightly apologetic smile on his face before quickly running to his companion's seat.

There were only about three or four people over there, all wearing cotton coats and work pants that were not too thick. One of them had a knife about one meter long on his back, and another had two pistols dangling from his waist. Moreover, the aura and demeanor of these people were different from those of the other people around them. They were more like the hunters she had seen in the base, with a fierce aura around them.

"Where have you been? Flirting with pretty girls?" One of the accomplices couldn't help but complain as soon as he saw the man come back.

Zhang Beiran immediately denied it three times: "Bah, bah, bah, what are you talking about? I was just afraid that the girl didn't understand the ways of the world and would be targeted by someone here, so I kindly reminded her."

"Oh, you really think you are being gentle and considerate to women. Aren't there always many girls courting you when you are drinking in the pub? Why didn't you accept them then?"

"How can they be the same? I see that girl over there has a good figure and everything. Isn't she pretty?" another person asked curiously.

Zhang Beiran frowned, "You guys are such nosy people all day long."

"That's enough for you guys. Let's give away the things we have in our hands to exchange for some nutrient solution. We have to go to the market later to buy some supplies. It's not easy to survive this mission. Now I just want to finish everything quickly and go back to sleep. And Zhang Beiran, don't let me remind you, this beautiful woman can appear here with a giant mutant dog, do you think she can really be an ordinary person? I think you should stop worrying about it and take care of yourself first."

Zhang Beiran felt a little embarrassed by what he said, but he couldn't help turning his head to look in the direction of Gu Tongwan. He saw that she had walked to the [Hunter Registration Center] and seemed to be consulting something. However, the staff at the window seemed to lack interest and yawned from time to time.

Maybe he was just worrying too much. At first, he thought that it would be easy for a girl like her to be targeted when she came to a place like the guild center where all kinds of people gathered. But after his companions explained this to him, he finally came to his senses.

Yes, if she was just an ordinary girl, could she easily make the giant mutant dog behave like a pet dog? Besides, she should know that most of the people who come to the guild center are men. It is impossible for her to deliberately attract attention without knowing anything, unless she doesn't care about these things at all!

Gu Tongwan had just consulted the Hunter Registration Office about the process of applying to become a hunter. The process here was roughly the same as applying for a hunter at the base.

In fact, she had applied for a "free hunter" when she was at the base. Compared to professional hunters with formal professional certificates, the registration process for free hunters is much simpler. Basically, you only need to register your information to get the certificate. But if you are a professional hunter, in addition to filling in basic information, you also need to undergo relevant content assessments, including written and physical fitness assessments. The written test is not too difficult and only accounts for 20% of the level score. The level score mainly comes from the physical fitness assessment.

The physical fitness assessment is divided into the degree of control over superpowers and the amount of superpower energy in the body. If the person does not have superpowers, the three related aspects of [agility], [reaction speed] and [skills] will be considered.

Not all professional hunters need to be psychics. Some people who have special skills, such as accurate shooting and certain combat experience, can also become hunters. However, the hunter rating of such professional hunters will not be too high, and can only reach the C-level hunter level at most.

The clerk at the window was a young girl, who looked to be in her early twenties. She was very casual in her tone when she responded to Gu Tongwan from beginning to end. It was not until the concave claws suddenly scratched the window that she screamed in fear. After seeing clearly that it was a giant black dog, she carefully returned to her seat and looked at Gu Tongwan with surprise and fear in her eyes: "Is this a mutant animal?"

"Yes, that's right." Gu Tongwan raised his hand slightly so that the other person could see the leash in his hand.

The little girl did not feel relieved immediately after seeing this. Instead, she asked awkwardly, "So you want to register as a hunter? You want to see this form? Fill in all the information you can. Oh, by the way, non-residents of this camp cannot register as hunters here."

"Okay, thank you." Feeling that the other party did not welcome him to stay by the window, Gu Tongwan was tactful enough to pull Aoao to sit on the bench opposite.

Just when Gu Tongwan was about to take a closer look at the form, there was suddenly a noise outside the door, and five or six people came in at once. The man surrounded in the middle was Xue Danan, whom he had met on the night of the "pig-killing banquet".

The other two people were holding two bags in their hands respectively. They completely ignored the fact that they were in a public place, and their voices even sounded unusually loud in the empty space.

However, Xue Danan obviously did not recognize Gu Tongwan. In addition, Aoao had been lying on the ground with a huge decorative vase next to her, so the people from the [Against the Wind Guild] did not pay attention to her for a while.

"Brother Xue, it seems that Zhou Yong stayed in the vice president's office for a long time this morning. Is he pestering the vice president to send him more people? During the last expedition, Zhou Shun took away at least five people by himself, three of whom were C-level psychics of the same level as him. This kid is quite capable. He pretends to be a grandson in front of you, but he does some tricks behind your back. Brother Xue, we should be careful of Zhou Yong recently."

As soon as the people on the same team finished speaking, another person said "Huh", and then pointed at the people in front: "Brother Xue, isn't that Zhang Beiran from Xiaohe Guild? It seems that Xiaohe Guild's subjugation mission this time was quite successful. It is said that they hunted down an A-level mutant beast, but it has not been announced yet. I guess they are eyeing the Guild Rating Competition to be held next month, and want to take the opportunity to get more resources from the Hunter Association."

"Let's go to the supplies window first." Xue Danan glanced at Zhang Beiran and his group opposite with a sinister look, then waved his hand, and several people carried bags and walked towards the [Item Inventory Area].

I don’t know if the final price was not suitable, but the people on Xue Danan’s side had a fierce verbal conflict with the window staff. In the end, one of them picked up a long stick and smashed it at the window, scaring the staff inside to scream.

On the other side, Zhang Beiran also took action. Before the glass window was about to be smashed by those people, the people from the [Nifeng Guild] were knocked away more than ten meters by a huge piece of metal. The people who chose to take action were surprisingly members of the [Xiaohe Guild].