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Chapter 117: Bargaining
Mutant nuclei were indeed the most suitable hard currency after doomsday. Mutant meat was too large to be carried around. However, everything has its drawback; a mutant nucleus was worth a couple of towns together but couldn't be divided, so it's inconvenient for bargaining.
Lots of teams had to cooperate with each other in order to a kill mutant beast or search for weapons. As a result, it was as difficult as climbing up to heaven for them to get one complete mutant nucleus. It was too hard! For example, now, that room had more than a dozen teams, but most of them had just brought a couple of tons of mutant meat. Only some bosses and the paranormals sitting in the middle table had brought one nucleus or two. Even the beautiful young female sitting beside Jiang Liushi, didn't have a mutant nucleus.
Hearing Jiang Liushi's quoted price, they felt as if a knife was being twisted in their hearts. A light machine gun could be exchanged with five tons of mutant meat and once it was bought back to a base, it would be worshipped as an ancestor. Most people's goal in that black market bargain was to buy an automatic rifle.
"My friend, do you have mutant crystal nucleus? I only have mutant meat. So we can buy two automatic rifles together, and one for each other." Actually, that was indeed the most sensible choice. Seeing others taking action, Yuan's fat face was twitching. He had a complete mutant nucleus, but before he had ranted and raved against Jiang Liushi. So it was degrading for him to buy guns from Jiang Liushi.@@novelbin@@
Although he could find no place to hide himself from shame, he ate the humble pie and asked, "How much does a machine gun cost?" He would like to buy the Type 95 machine gun, which could help his team when they were hunting. While they were hunting for mutant beast, danger was lurking all around.
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"Five tons! I will give you two spare drums, as for bullets you'll have to buy them." Jiang Liushi stretched out five fingers. Five tons! Yuan felt pain in his heart. It was better if the Type 95 machine gun could be used with a Type 95 automatic rifle. At the same time, he had to buy a lot of bullets. The meat and crystal nucleus he had brought were not enough to buy empty guns. If he successfully made a hard bargain, he would still have no money to buy bullets. However, Yuan was an ambitious person. What he could do was to make himself look fat by slapping his own face! He wanted to develop his team, and it really could not be accomplished without a machine gun. Yuan picked up the cigar from the table, and he was about to talk, but at that instant, the white boss took out two mutant nuclei.
"I have two mutant nuclei here, which are equal to eight tons of mutant meat. I'd like to buy a Type 95 automatic rifle and a Type 95 machine gun. For the remaining one ton mutant meat, I want to buy grenades and bullets. But I have a condition; I would like to use my Type 81 gun and exchange a Type 95 automatic rifle with you."
Wearing the large fur coat, the white boss stood up. He was reluctant to make this exchange. Even being the black market's boss, it was still difficult to take out such big wealth…
Jiang Liushi stared at the white boss, who looked a bit emaciated. He was wrapped in fur, wearing military boots, holding the chain of his beautiful 'pet'. He was definitely a person with a black heart, especially after doomsday, so he was hard to deal with.
He was wrapped in fur, wearing military boots, holding the beauty-dog. He was definitely a person with a black heart. Such a person, even in the doomsday, was also a troubled guy!
Jiang Liushi was clear that taking out so many guns was bound to cause some trouble for them. A tall tree catches the wind—a person in a high position is liable to be attacked. But Jiang Liushi was not worried at all because of his MCV. In good times, provision should be made for bad times. So Jiang Liushi decided to take measures according to the actual situation.
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"Good! We have a deal!" Jiang Liushi agreed and pushed out the Type 95 automatic rifle and light machine gun. Two magazines filled with bullets, two grenades and a box of bullets.
The transaction had been completed and Jiang Liushi received the two mutant nuclei. The mutant nuclei's surface was hard and reflected a fantastic colorful light. They were the world's most perfect 'gems'. Not one, but two! It was first time for Jiang Liushi acquiring two so easily. Everything was going according to plan; it was excellent!
Jiang Liushi felt very excited while his right hand was pinching the nucleus, feeling how amazing it was holding the crystal nucleus in his palm. But on the surface, his excitement couldn't be found at all. He always gave others an unpredictable impression.
"Ying, receive them." Jiang Liushi handed the two nuclei directly to Ying. Jiang Liushi's action was simply incomprehensible…
Ying took the two mutant nuclei and then directly went out. Nobody knew what he was doing.
Ying reached the MCV's door and then returned back without going into it. He could send all the things in her hand directly to the MCV's storage space because he was the assistant. He left and returned like a shadow.
The others were at a loss.
"Okay, let's keep trading!" Jiang Liushi was relieved, the MCV was the most secure place in the world.
Chapter 118: Unexpected
Translator: Liu_Kaixuan Editor: Valvrave
"I want to buy the other Type 95 guns, a submachine gun and grenades." Yuan disappointedly said. He was ready to voice a price, but in the end that machine gun was robbed by white boss. Yuan boss had no other ways, so he had to take the second best, Type 95 guns. The change in his behavior was pretty obvious, there was an immeasurably vast difference. Overnight millionaire versus a miser. Everyone, clearly, understood the value of the things that Jiang Liushi had brought.
"I would like to buy that exchanged Type 81 gun, a Type 56 semi-automatic gun, two Type 54 pistols, 300 rounds of ammunition and three grenades." That bald middle-aged man as well as a thin man, offered one mutant nucleus together. There were remaining shares of nucleus, so other guys immediately joined them. They rushed like a swarm of hornets. Jiang Liushis's goods wouldn't last forever.
A submachine gun, three pistols and two grenades were left. But Jiang Liushi got four mutant nuclei in total! Four! They were equal to all the nuclei he had before. After using those mutant nuclei, regardless of Jiang Liushi's personal strength or the car's, their combat effectiveness would have a qualitative leap. Moreover, all the metals needed for upgrading were ready. In the MCV's storage space, a hundred tons of metals were stored. Everything had been arranged.
"Little brother, you are really formidable! I admire your fortune." That thirty year old beautiful young female said in a coaxing voice.@@novelbin@@
Jiang Liushi looked at the young female, he was naturally interacting with people. However, Jiang Liushi was not well disposed towards her. But he still smiled and said, "I got enough mutant nuclei. So the last guns and grenades can be exchanged with mutant meat. For the submachine gun the price will be a ton of mutant meat, and the remaining three pistols cost 500 kg of mutant meat." In that black market, only a few people would buy pistols because a police station was near them. Especially the Type 64, nobody would like to buy it as its power was too weak. On the contrary, Type 54 pistols had the market. Usually, 500 kg mutant meat for one. As for the submachine gun, its power was still worse than a musket, so it could only be used to kill zombies.
That beautiful young female tenderly smiled, "This little brother is poor. I don't have enough mutant meat at this time. I'd like to buy an Type 81 gun and some bullets from white boss. And I also want to buy all your leftover weapons."
Most of Jiang's weapons had been sold out, but the trade fair would continue, others still had something to sell or buy.
Jiang Liushi was no exception, because he also had something to buy. It was related to the evolution of his MCV, but Jiang Liushi believed that he couldn't buy it on that trade fair. There were lots of things to be sold but Jiang Liushi looked down on most of them. The bosses in the middle table were stronger, but the teams on the other four small tables were common. As for sabers, body armor and military gadgets, they were left without anybody to care for. Jiang Liushi saw two tri-edge bayonets, and he bought them without hesitation. One for himself, the other for Ying. As for his little brother Jiang Zhuying, her special longsword was enough and excellent. Jiang Liushi appreciated his new weapon—the tri-edge bayonets. He was so delighted with it that he could hardly bear to put it down.
At that time, Jiang Liushi noticed that in the room almost every team had taken out their goods to be traded except from that beautiful young female. Seeing someone looking at her, the beautiful young female smiled and said, "Hey, I am in lack of money, so I have to sell my goods." While talking, he clapped her hands, then, the door of the trading room opened. Two men pushing a car came, as for the car it was covered with a cloth.
"What's that?" Someone asked.
The two men removed the cloth. It was a half-man high iron cage with a boy imprisoned. He was wearing a white dress, looking weak with a pair of slender eyes, but her pupils were not pure black, but gray, which was very special.
"This boy, he is beautiful, but… do you intended to sell her?" The bald man said in surprise. The others were all unable to make head or tail of what was happening. After doomsday, beauty was worthless…
Before doomsday, many beautiful females were very lofty. However, after doomsday, power had become the only law of the world! As long as a man had power, he could get any female! Most of men were lecher. But after doomsday, a bag of bread could be exchanged for a beauty's one night service, why would they use mutant meat to buy a female? That's not worth it. However, there was some guys who were interested in that boy, such as Yuan boss…
Yuan boss was especially fond of weak boys. He had a maggot in his head, but he was unwilling to become the person deceived on account of his generosity. So he was looking forward more and more eagerly for the price.
Some of the exquisite paranormals, including Jiang Zhuying as well as Jiang Liushi, they could feel a very weak energy fluctuations from the poor boy. Was he a paranormal!?
Chapter 119: Ran Xiyu
Translator: Liu_Kaixuan Editor: Valvrave
In the black market, they all called the young beautiful female 'Hong little brother'. Actually, Hong little brother knew most of the people gathered, except Jiang Liushi's team, and was pretty sure that they would indeed like to buy the boy. However, if they were thinking that they could buy her at a low price, they are all dead wrong.
"This boy is not unusual! I will give you some information about her background. He is called Ran Xiyu and he is Jinling Ran's granddaughter. Do you know him?" Hong little brother paused. However, most of them were hoodlums before doomsday, they had not a moment's leisure to care about the upper class. But some people knew about him.@@novelbin@@
The young college student said lightly, "Ran sir was the Ranke Group's chairman, and later he left everything to the second generation to handle. You should have heard about the Ranke Group."
People looked at each other, the Ranke Group was a very famous manufacturing company in Jinling province. This soft and weak boy was the princess of Ranke Group?
Her identity was incredible. Before doomsday, the gap between them and her couldn't be described. For a moment, those people had a strange excitement, especially Yuan boss. He was eagerly staring at Ran Xiyu, while he was constantly kneaded his female's chest. He felt very painful and frowned, but he did not dare to resist.
Hong little brother slowly walked down the round table, and came to Ran Xiyu's side, carefully looking at this beauty, and then he said, "Ran Xiyu is Ran sir's favorite granddaughter. He is not only beautiful, but also clever. When he was 20 years old, he went to the United States for her MBA studies. He helped Ran sir to deal with all kinds of matters. In fact, he had taken over half of the group."
"You should know that the military has set up a safe island? He as an elite, and born wealthy, naturally had the opportunity to stay on that island, but unfortunately…her father changed into a zombie, and then killed her mother. It was a tragedy…"Hong little brother unhurriedly said.
Jiang Liushi knew about the island. Li Yuxin's family was to it. It was a rare opportunity only for upper-class and the elite. But in front of the virus, everyone was equal. Even for the elite, on the way to the safety island, many turned into zombies and they were all killed! Lots of times, the soldiers would turn too and that led to a tragedy. The whole army would be in danger of collapsing!
"I know about those f*ckers! Throwing us, they escaped, but unfortunately I now have a better life than them. I will find opportunities to catch them. Killing all the men, and the female…hey!" A bearded man with swarthy skin, started cursing out loud.
The government preserved the elite. It was naturally turned into hate from those left behind. But…the government was forced to do so.
Hong little brother smiled, ignoring this bearded man, and then he continued, "Ran Xiyu escaped death in an almost miraculous manner. But in the end, I got her. Fortunately, he became a paranormal." Hearing what he said, the excellent paranormals were not surprised at all. However, other ordinary people were shocked. It was unsuited to common sense.
"Her ability is very strange. He can communicate directly with others through the soul without speaking. In short, her ability is useless. So Ran Xiyu can only be regarded as an ordinary person."
Jiang Liushi was curious about that ability. It was the first time he had heard about that kind of ability. The beautiful young female suddenly gave an evil smile and said, "Ran Xiyu's spirit is extraordinarily strong, so her perception is also far more than ordinary people. If he accompanies you in bed, he will be very sensitive, which will give you extraordinary feelings!"
"And I'm sure that it will really be her first time because he was not in love with anyone or in a relationship, focusing on her career. It's a pity that I am a female." Hong little brother sitting on the cage, wearing two pieces of stockings, watched the others with a vicious smile.
Hearing her introduction, every man would be palpitating with excitement eager to get her. Even that young college student, his mind was also perturbed. Before doomsday, he had just graduated and he participated on the campus recruitment, hoping to enter Ranke Group, but ultimately, his resume did not pass at all.
He didn't intend to enter the Ranke Group anymore, however, Ranke Group's original princess was kept in the cage before his eyes. Moreover, he could control the fate of that boy. What an amazing feeling! He had once seen the picture of Ran Xiyu online. He was right.
In that room, almost all the men were like a group of wolves, and they were ready for action. As an old saying goes, a toad wishing to eat swan meat—ugly men hoped to marry a pretty boy. Of course, Jiang Liushi was out of the ordinary. But he wasn't sympathetic toward anyone, except his family, after doomsday. Under the pressure of circumstances, he had no way to rescue Ran Xiyu from the hell that was awaiting her.
Chapter 120: Leopard House
Translator: Liu_Kaixuan Editor: Valvrave
After doomsday, females, especially ordinary females without power, were always very miserable. Ran Xiyu's fate had been set down, when he was imprisoned by Hong little brother.
Jiang Liushi cast a glance at Hong little brother. In Jiang's mind, Hong little brother had honey on her lips and murder in her heart. He pushed Ran Xiyu to a living hell by himself. He was like those females running a brothel. Although they were honey-mouthed, the fate of all her boys were extremely miserable. The bidding was brisk. Yuan boss was too excited, had taken off his shirt with bared arms, his bidding had already reached 500 kg mutant meat. Jiang Zhuying frowned at him and turned around immediately. Out of sight and out of mind.
Actually, Jiang Zhuying couldn't bear much longer with what was happening. He was willing to help but unable to do anything about it.
[The price is climbing up to 500 kg of mutant meat, if this was Satellite Town, adding 3 or 4 hundred kilograms could buy an automatic rifle. Were they hell-bent on spending so much just for a boy?]
In fact, guns, grenades and tri-edge bayonets all had a standard price, so the float would not be too big. But Ran Xiyu's value came from her identity before doomsday, which was quite difficult to define. Before doomsday, it was said that some rich guys would spend lots of money to buy a famous star's one night. They liked the feeling of conquest. The current situation was probably the same. Jiang Liushi waited for the cat to jump. He observed every act and every move Yuan boss made. It seemed to be Yuan's nature to fight. Jiang Liushi was unable either to laugh or cry.
Jiang Liushi did not bid, but he also did not want to see Ran Xiyu fall in the hands of Yuan boss, which would be too miserable. At that point, the glamorous young female said to Jiang Liushi, "Little brother, are you not interested in her? Or…"He looked at Jiang Zhuying and Ying with a mischievous smile. Actually, he admired at Jiang Liushi's fortune. In Hong little brother's eyes, Jiang Liushi was too lucky having two beauties by his side, one was pure and the other was lovely. However, it didn't matter…Ran Xiyu was different from the rest.
"I wanted to bid but I don't think I have the ability to win…" Jiang Liushi shook his head. When he spoke to Hong little brother, he inadvertently looked at white boss. The white boss was looking at him, and his eyes were like bullets. Jiang Liushi slightly frowned, [This person…]
"Jiang brother, I can feel killing intent from that man, he wants to kill you." Jiang Liushi suddenly got Ying's sound transmission in his mind. As an assistant, Ying could directly communicate, through the Starseed, with Jiang Liushi. Concealed killing intent was hard to be perceived, even an excellent paranormal could not feel it, but Ying was able to see through it.
[Kill me?] Jiang Liushi thought about it quietly. Not surprisingly he had four mutant nuclei. Great winds blow on high hills. Jiang Liushi was as cool as a cucumber.
"I'd like to buy this boy." At that moment, the white boss suddenly stood up. He looked at Jiang Liushi, but he was actually speaking to Hong little brother.
Hong little brother was stunned for a moment. A sense of happiness came unexpectedly, so he had to make sure he had not misheard, "White boss, you mean…" He hesitated to ask.
The white boss turned his gaze toward Hong little brother, he smiled and said, "A ton of mutant meat, and I'll send you 200 rounds of bullets!" He suddenly pulled the dog chain in his hands.
"Ah!" That poor boy screamed under white boss' feet. Her whole body was on the ground, but the chain on her neck was torn off. White boss dragged his chain walking toward Ran Xiyu. The fierce competition suddenly came to a stop. How pathetic! Yuan boss opened his mouth, but he didn't dare say anything.
The 7 God's boss had voiced his decision, so Yuan boss could do nothing but sh*t his fat mouth and grind his teeth. He knew he hadn't the courage to go against him and didn't let his anger get the better of him. White boss made Yuan boss' hair stand on end.
White boss went in front of the cage, throwing the collar into the cage. Ran Xiyu did not respond at all. He looked at the cage with indifferent eyes, making it look like he hadn't noticed white boss' arrival at all.
Seeing Ran Xiyu so indifferent, white boss laughed, "You surely are stubborn, but I do not know for how many days you can keep that facade after you are placed in my Leopard House."
[Leopard House?] Hearing the name uttered by white boss, Jiang Liushi was shocked. The Leopard House was a pleasure chamber built for Zhengde Emperor, during the Ming Dynasty, where he took up residence and handled government affairs.
More importantly, he was fond of beauties, exotic females and raising dogs. It was a place for 'entertainment'. In fact, Zhengde Emperor was addicted to pleasures such as music, females, hunting and racing. He led a befuddled life as if drunk or in a dream.
The Leopard House left endless rumors. Although lots of felt disdain when they heard of it, most of others would love to have a Leopard House. Before doomsday, it was impossible, but after it, it was more than possible. Many people had the dream of becoming an emperor.
White boss had built a Leopard House, following the ancient emperor's footsteps. In his mind there was a clear goal. It was likely that the black market was just the starting point.
White boss looked at Jiang Liushi and said, "This friend, have you come to my black market just to sell guns? Isn't there anything you want to buy?"@@novelbin@@
Chapter 121: Extra-heavy Truck
Translator: Liu_Kaixuan Editor: Valvrave
Before White boss's voice had died away, all eyes had focused on Jiang Liushi. Jiang Liushi was too special in that crowd. His team didn't look very strong, only coming with five people, but it was incredible that they had so many weapons. Everyone was very curious about what Jiang Liushi wanted to buy. In fact, white boss threw a stone to clear the road by asking that question.
However, white boss did not expect Jiang Liushi's answer, "I do want to buy something, but unfortunately…you do not have it." White boss was exasperated with Jiang Liushi. As the owner of the black market, he certainly did not want to hear such words.
All of them slightly frowned, feeling Jiang Liushi's tone was crazy. "What do you possibly want to buy that you don't think we have?" White boss asked staring at Jiang Liushi.
"What I want is kind of a special car, to be exact, I need an extra-heavy truck. Its net tonnage should be more than one hundred and twenty tons. Do you have one like that?" Jiang Liushi answered. Hearing his answer, white boss stunned.
[What the f*ck?] He had thought that Jiang Liushi just needed some weapons.
"Why do you want to buy something like that?"
"It's none of your business!" Jiang Liushi was sitting in his seat, gently playing with a few bullets.@@novelbin@@
A few days ago, the Starseed had completed the second upgrade. In addition to the assistant, his MCV had been upgraded with an important function, which could make a second scan. It could scan a car, getting all the information of that car. Before doomsday, due to conditions coupled with the shortage of time, Jiang Liushi could only choose a minibus to be refitted. But now, he could search for a better one. However, he still needed to look before he could make his decision. After all, once the scan was initiated, it could not be canceled.
If possible, Jiang Liushi would like to choose many things, such as aircraft carriers, a nuclear submarine, fighter, battle tank and so on. But these fighting weapons were completely rejected by Starseed. After beginning the second-level evolution, Jiang Liushi could only choose some common cars. As for other weapons thought by Jiang Liushi, especially the aircraft carrier, in the second stage of evolution it was impossible. It needed to burn heavy oil, which belonged to the country's fuel reserves in the era of peace. So after doomsday, where could he find it? In short, it was just a dream and nothing more.
The road ahead would be long and his climb would be steep. Jiang Liushi placed his hopes in the future. He daydreamed about a wonderful future! Like many paranormals, because they had the power to fight, they had started taking steps to their emperor dream. Jiang Liushi also had his own ambitions, but he was only interested in a dreamed future. Of course, he would like to be down to earth firstly. He wanted to get a steel monster—an extra-heavy truck.
On that point, Ying had also given Jiang Liushi the modified upper limit. Starseed's function of modifying vehicles was relying its own unique energy. So if the tonnage was too large, then the energy would be diluted, and its strength would become weak. Although it made Jiang Liushi feel somewhat unhappy, he smiled after knowing the calculated tonnage. It was 120 tons to 160 tons! Actually, it was amazing! The delivery of this thing needed a specialized transport overweight goods company to deliver it.
That car had to go through special bridges because a general bridge would collapse. Jiang Liushi wanted to find a very large truck to ensure his MCV's second form and improve the impact force! However, where could he find such exaggerated large vehicles?
It was impossible for him to buy one from the black market, but Jiang Liushi thought he could gain some information from there.
"An extra-heavy truck? That is, a big truck? It's an easy thing. I have a Dongfeng heavy truck, its trailer, loaded, can reach a house high. It's enough for you!" Yuan boss disdainfully looked at Jiang Liushi and said.
A Dongfeng heavy truck, for example, reaching its net weight, would be around forty or fifty tons. It was almost the largest truck people could see on the road. Other people didn't speak at all. In the end, nobody really knew where to find such a car.
At that time, the 7 Gods' third boss said, "Friends, what you want is really impossible to find here. Only large scale construction companies would have that kind of car, such as large wheeled cranes, mining trucks and mining excavators. But as far as I know, there are no mines at all around a few hundred kilometers of Jingling. I think you have to forget that dream of yours."
Chapter 122: Asking Jiang Liushi for Help
Translator: Liu_Kaixuan Editor: Valvrave
Generally speaking, the 7 Gods' third boss was experienced and knowledgeable. But what he said, was nonsense to Jiang Liushi. In fact, Jiang Liushi was thoroughly familiar with Jinling City. If there were any mines around there, he could casually inquire about them, why would he ask about something like that at the trade fair?
"So, no one else really knows where I can find a truck like this??" Jiang Liushi glanced at the people around him. Originally, he was prepared to buy detailed information using mutant meat. But now, it seemed like it was impossible.
Only a few people in the hall knew about large-scale construction machinery. Moreover, after doomsday, the government had blocked channels of spreading information. As a result, ordinary people like Yuan boss were quite puzzled.
"It's true that nobody knows," The 7 Gods' third boss shook his head and said. It was quite difficult for them to find an extra-heavy truck. Actually, it was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
"Forget it." Jiang Liushi shook his head. He didn't hold much hope, so there was no disappointment at all. Such information was not in popular demand, so it was understandable that nobody knew. As for Jiang Liushi, he just heard about it.
That kind of car needed tens of millions yuan, and because it was too heavy, it was not allowed to be driven on the road, so it was only driven in the mines. But at that moment, an indifferent voice suddenly sounded in Jiang Liushi's mind, "I know where you can find this kind of car."
[Uh?!] A foreign voice had just transmitted in his mind? Ying had that ability, but her voice was crisper and sweeter, not like that voice, which was soft and indifferent.
[Could it be…?] Jiang Liushi suddenly looked at that cage, in which Ran Xiyu, wearing a white dress, was silently sitting with her arms wrapped around knees.
He had a pair of light gray eyes. Although he was about to face a living hell, that pair of eyes were still calm, like a lake under clouds before the storm…
"Were you the one who talked to me just now?" Jiang Liushi did not know how to communicate with Ran Xiyu, so he tried his best to send his thoughts to Ran Xiyu.@@novelbin@@
[Yes…] Ran Xiyu quietly responded and then he stayed silent.
[Can this kind of car be found near Jinling?] Jiang Liushi took a deep breath, feeling a little excited; there was finally a lead to where he could find the car he wanted.
Ran Xiyu's ability could not be underestimated. After all, he was the Ranke Group's princess. Not to mention, Jiang Liushi recollected that a branch from the Ranke Group was related to heavy machinery industry.
[Not far from it…] Ran Xiyu did not use a positive tone, [I just want to ask you, is this kind of car really important to you?"
Jiang Liushi was slightly shocked, so he did not immediately answer, but Ran Xiyu continued, [If it is not important, then I won't say any more; but if it is important, you have to agree with a condition.]
Ran Xiyu's special ability was a telepathic one. Although he couldn't read others' mind, her psychological perception was better than any psychiatrist, so he could 'read' people much better than other. He had felt that it was quite important for Jiang Liushi to find that kind of heavy truck. That is, it's out of the ordinary.
[What condition do you have?] Jiang Liushi directly asked. In fact, he had already made a rough guess.
[I want you to… take me away!] The black market was just the starting point of the living hell that was awaiting Ran Xiyu. Just glancing at the 'discarded' beautiful slave on the floor, Ran Xiyu could guess her future.
As a person raised in the elite cycle, he had an indifferent and arrogant disposition. After her father killed her mother, he had fallen into despair but he was able to accept her upcoming death peacefully… What he could not accept was her dignity being trampled and humiliated. He was in a perilous position, just like a sheep trapped by a pack of wolves.
[You want me to take you away?] Jiang Liushi blinked, [Aren't you afraid that I'm like the others, wanting to defile and humiliate you?]
[Maybe…] Ran Xiyu bitterly smiled, [But…your spirit fluctuations tell me… you are not the same as the others…maybe in this world, only the soul cannot lie, even if it is so ugly…]
Ran Xiyu stretched out her thin fingertips, gently touching the cold iron bars. Across a few meters away, Ran Xiyu and Jiang Liushi looked at each other, as if they were separated by a layer of distant time and space.
Jiang Liushi slightly closed his eyes, sitting back on the chair. He silently considered the cards he had, and the current situation. About ten seconds later, he slowly opened his eyes, looking at white boss, whose eyes were blooming with luster.
"White boss, I'd like to buy this boy from you. Is it okay?" Jiang Liushi suddenly said. Everyone was shocked and dumbstruck.
"What?" White boss suddenly looked and stared at him, "What did you just say? I did not hear it clearly."
"I want to buy Ran Xiyu, at the price you mention."
Jiang Zhuying, Sun Kun and Zhang Hai were all stunned because they did not know why Jiang Liushi suddenly wanted to buy Ran Xiyu. Once he had said that there were so many people suffering after doomsday, and they could not save them all.
Yuan boss and the others also felt puzzled…
"F*ck, this guy is also a lady-killer. He wants to take away white boss' female. He delivered himself to our hands!" Yuan fat mercilessly ridiculed. He did not even hide his thoughts looking at Jiang Liushi- anyway, he had already bought the guns he wanted.
Yuan boss was probably the other contender who really wanted to get Ran Xiyu. When he was robbed by white boss, he did not dare say anything. But when Jiang Liushi suddenly jumped out, he felt that the situation was very interesting.
As an old saying goes, "The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent." Yuan boss believed that the really interesting part of the show had yet to come.
Chapter 123: Removing Ill Fortune
Translator: Liu_Kaixuan Editor: Valvrave
"What a loser! He doesn't know his place! Crazy! He wants to fight a hopeless battle!" Someone from the crowd disdainfully said. In reality, most of them were quite happy with Jiang Liushi's misfortune.
"Haa-Hahaaaa!" Bai Zhanshan suddenly laughed, "I, Bai Zhanshan, have already set my sights on the boy. You dare having vile ideas for my property? No way! Tell me why? "
"No reason. It's just a trade. I do not think that your ambitions are only limited to the small black market, right? Accumulating wealth and goods must be very important to you. It is not worth it giving up benefits for a female!" Jiang Liushi clearly knew about Bai Zhanshan's character. He was greedy, vicious, and eager for rights and wealth. Actually, he had audacious ambitions.
"Benefits?" Bai Zhanshan smiled, "Oh, I seem to understand…let me think, you did not bid before, but now you want to take this boy away from my hands… Why? Ran Xiyu must have communicated with you, right? He must have said something that picked your interest!" Bai Zhanshan said, and his eyes suddenly shot on Ran Xiyu's body! His eyes were super aggressive, as if they could shoot people. Bai Zhanshan had noticed that Jiang Liushi and Ran Xiyu were staring at each other a few moments ago.
Jiang Liushi had suddenly changed his mind, he was willing to pay a high price and he wasn't afraid at all of offending him. Bai Zhanshan had the nagging feeling that there was something wrong with that sudden change. So how could he let Ran Xiyu fall in Jiang Liushi's hands so easily?
Bai Zhanshan and Jiang Liushi stared at each other for a long time. Then he suddenly stretched out four fingers, "Four mutant nuclei. Didn't you say that you'd agree to every price I gave you? Well, I can give you this boy! But you have to give me four mutant crystal nuclei!" Before he had hardly finished speaking, everyone was shocked.
Four mutant nuclei! Jiang Liushi had just gotten four mutant nuclei from selling so many weapons. Bai Zhanshan demanded an exorbitant price. He would spare no none! Jiang Liushi was about to jump up from rage. He couldn't bear with his actions anymore, "It seems that you aren't willing to cooperate with me at all!" Jiang Liushi said very slowly.
"Haa-Ha, I don't want to cooperate? You have four mutant nuclei, right? But you are the one who's unwilling to part with them! The guilty party files the suit first," Bai Zhanshan said happily.
He was disdainfully looking at Jiang Liushi, he was a boss not someone Jiang Liushi could try to trick. Naturally, he was much more interested for his reputation than benefits. The road of gaining power was paved with blood and bones. Gains and losses couldn't be measured just by benefits. Most importantly, he didn't like people who weren't under his control, especially in his territory.
"You are right. My ambitions are not limited to this black market, but first of all, I'm the king of this land!" Bai Zhanshan said and then he stood up. Although his cheeks were thin, he still gave off an oppressive aura.
Jiang Liushi was still sitting where he was, but the atmosphere was really tense.
Many people looked at Jiang Liushi, revealing a schadenfreude smile. They thought that Jiang Liushi was about to taste the bitter medicine. There were only two options in front of him; giving up or death.
"Haha-, fame portends trouble for men just as fattening does for pigs. I think he has to give the four mutant nuclei to remove ill fortune. Otherwise, he is doomed to die." Someone whispered.
The higher the tree, the stronger the wind. Jiang Liushi had already prepared himself for the worst case scenario. Most of the people there were glad with Jiang Liushi facing difficulties. Yuan boss was the most excited one. In his mind, Jiang Liushi had hit a wall. However, as opinions varied, no unanimous conclusion could be drawn. Most of them kept a wait-and-see attitude.
As people were whispering, Jiang Liushi was still sitting on the steel chair, as if simply he had not realized the grave situation of his actions. Jiang Liushi clearly knew that with or without Ran Xiyu's involvement, there would be a bad ending. The four mutant nuclei were just an excuse for killing him. Even without that excuse, Bai Zhanshan would find other excuses, if he couldn't find other excuses, then he would kill his team members halfway!
Jiang Liushi wasn't fazed by the tense situation and remained calm, but Sun Kun and Zhang Hai were extremely nervous. They were afraid of death. It was Bai Zhanshan's territory!@@novelbin@@
"Good! Very good!" Jiang Liushi suddenly said. At that moment, beside Jiang Liushi, Ying suddenly moved. He was holding her tri-edge bayonet, like a shot of black light, and attacked Bai Zhanshan! The whole process was as fast as lightning!
Chapter 124: Humanoid Tyrannosaurus
Translator: Liu_Kaixuan Editor: Valvrave@@novelbin@@
"Uh!?" Bai Zhanshan was taken completely by surprise at what had just taken place. He was prepared against surprise attacks by his enemy, but Jiang Zhuying had his undivided attention. Because in his mind, Jiang Zhuying was the only strong paranormal in the team. However, he would never have dreamt that the frail looking beauty beside Jiang Liushi would be a fighter.
Originally, he believed that the beauty was used for warming the bed. He rushed toward him with the force of a thunderbolt. Actually, her momentum was irresistible and nothing could stand in her way!
"You are courting death!" Bai Zhanshan shouted loudly, his voice didn't resemble a human being's at all. The sound was issued from his chest, making all the people's eardrums be in extreme pain!
The clothes on his upper body were suddenly torn, and his strong muscles were revealed. Moreover, his whole body, impressively, grew long hair. He instantly resembled a bear! His ability had to do with species, which could be activated through blood.
Blood Wolf was same as him. In the early stages of doomsday, this was definitely a very powerful ability! Although bears were lacking in speed, they had unparalleled strength and super defense! However, it had nothing to do with Ying, he had already jumped a few meters across the metal table. Her tri-edge bayonet was aiming between Bai Zhanshan's eyes!
"Wooo-¡" Bai Zhanshan roared. Suddenly, he grabbed the steel chair behind him and threw it at Ying. A bear guy and a frail looking beauty were about to clash. Everyone thought that Ying would be sent flying by Bai Zhanshan's absolute power. They all believed he was going to die but the unexpected happened!
"Dinggg-¡!" Sounds of the collision between harsh metals sounded. Ying's tri-edge bayonet left a hole on Bai Zhanshan's chair, the layer thin of steel plate had actually been impaled by the tri-edge bayonet!
"What!?"
It was impossible! How much power had he used? Ying grabbed the chair with her hands and suppressed Bai Zhanshan! He was caught off guard, Ying had attacked him with bare hand, without the support of a gun!
After that Ying used the chair to support all of her body, he made a beautiful air rotation and her long legs were launched like a vicious whip aiming at Bai Zhanshan's neck! Bai Zhanshan was panicked, all he could do was raise his arms and try to defend against the attack.
"Dang-¡"
His arm suffered the kick's devastating blow. Across his thick bear skin, people could hear a brittle sound coming from his bone. Ying's specialization was strength, so he naturally was the perfect opponent against him! He had never encountered something like that before, his arm was numb from the impact! The beautiful female standing in front of him was in no way 'frail', he was like a humanoid tyrannosaurus! Her power was unfathomable!
"What are you all waiting for?" The wretched Bai Zhanshan issued a roaring command. In that room, there were a dozen members from 7 Gods' team in charge of maintaining order. They were not paranormals, but everyone was strong enough. They had already taken out their pistols or held rifles, but they were still shocked by what had happened, which was rather hard to swallow.
Now their boss' roar brought them back to reality, so they hurriedly ready aimed at Ying. However, it was too late. Jiang Liushi had already taken preemptive measures with two Type 54 pistols. He attacked first as they were still in a turmoil! Left and right, at the same time! His shooting technique was wonderful!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
In Jiang Liushi's eyes, everything in the room was in slow motion, after a gunshot another one followed. He was continuously changing his targets taking advantage of the smallest distance! When it came to shooting, Jiang Liushi was second to none.
"Jiang brother can use both of his hands at the same time with two pistols even aiming at two places? Unbelievable!"
"Plappp-¡" Blood splashed everywhere. After the massacre, Jiang Liushi would surely be branded as a cold-blooded killer. But no one could really judge him as if you did not kill the others first, only death would await you! In a single moment, six people had died. All the people in the room were shocked. Hong little brother was shocked to death, he had never thought that the 'frail' looking beauty could be so formidable! The trade fair had turned into a death arena…
Not only Hong little brother, many other people had long been lying under the table. Yuan boss had long been scared to death, he was like a trembling sheep awaiting to be slaughtered. Although Yuan boss was quite powerful, he did not have the courage to join in, because it was likely he would accidentally be killed!
There were still six gunmen standing and they had just raised their guns. But a blue and white current flashed in front of them, three of which were shrouded in the current. Their bodies were violently trembling and one of them was almost instantly burned to death! How could their speed be faster than the current? Jiang Zhuying waved her weapon, and the power grid was all over!
The remaining three gunmen had finally got the opportunity to shoot, unfortunately, Ying had leaped to the side of a large steel table. It was a steel plate welded table, weighing more than six or seven hundred kilograms. However, Ying turned it over just like it was made from paper!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Several gunmen were directly hit by the steel table! Such a heavy steel table! They instantly died being crushed under such weight.
"What an f*cking situation!" Some people in the crowd cried.
Some people were lying on the ground with their hands covering their heads, which meant "It's none of my business, please don't kill me!"
Chapter 125: Running Away?
Translator: Liu_Kaixuan Editor: Valvrave
"Daa-Da-Daaa-"Sun Kun and Zhang Hai joined the fray and began shooting, but both of them were not as capable as the others. They tried their best shooting, but only one guy was killed by them. However, the automatic rifle's sound was amazing! More people instantly fell to the ground to avoid the rain of bullets! While the rain of bullets was pouring…
"Bang!"
A part of the trading hall's brick wall was demolished by Bai Zhanshan's punch and, after that, he rushed out of the hole he made!
He escaped! Bai Zhanshan ran away! Originally, his historical tide was surging forward with great momentum. But now, he was unable to fight against the beauty in black. As an old saying goes, "A wise man does not fight when the odds are against him." The situation had dramatically changed as Bai Zhanshan unexpectedly ran away!
That was beyond all expectations!
"Let's leave!" Jiang Liushi immediately gave an order. His team had already accomplished their mission and they even wreaked havoc, making a name for themselves. However, that was their chance to leave as reinforcement would soon arrive. They had just killed some ordinary people, but Bai Zhanshan's power was imponderable
If Bai Zhanshan asked other members from his team for help, it was hard to say who would be the victor. Moreover, the 7 Gods' team had five other powerful members.
Ying was quite silent, but he instantly moved and arrived before Ran Xiyu's cage at once. Hong little brother was shocked to death.
"This…key…" He tremblingly said. As he was about to find the courage to speak and give the cage's key to Ying, Ying just stretched her hands…
He destroyed the cage with her bare hands! Everyone in the room stood aghast and did not dare making the slightest movement.
A 'frail' looking beauty with long legs could cause heavy damage to a guy who had turned into a bear, kick a steel table like it was nothing and tear a cage apart! It was difficult to believe something like that.
[F*ck! Who is he?] Although Ran Xiyu was naturally indifferent, he had also opened her eyes staring at the beauty in black.@@novelbin@@
[This boy is so strong!]
It should be said that in Jiang Liushi's team, there were three powerful people instead of one. Ran Xiyu's spirit was strong enough, so from the beginning, he could clearly tell that Jiang Zhuying was the strongest and her brother was special. Whether it was Ying's terrible speed and power, Jiang Liushi's shooting skills, or Jiang Zhuying's current attacks, Ran Xiyu felt extremely surprised.
Asking Jiang Liushi for help was out of desperation, it was her last resort. Even though he did not expect that Bai Zhanshan would be savage and absurd, he was still wary of him. Also, he never expected that Jiang Liushi would have such a unique skill. When he was implicated because of her, almost falling into a trap, he was regretful. Actually, he never expected what followed!
Three people, in less than a minute, left everyone speechless. It was unheard of!
"Everyone, get on my MCV! As for the Hummer and freezer truck we will temporarily abandon them!" Jiang Liushi quickly said. His MCV was parked at the door!
Ying picked up the weak Ran Xiyu by with one hand, it looked like he was carrying a doll! They directly rushed to the MCV, including Sun Kun and Zhang Hai
Sun Kun and Zhang Hai were extremely tired, although in the battle, they were practically useless. In fact, no one could blame them because their strength was limited and their abilities couldn't be used. In a big stride, Ying rushed to the MCV holding Ran Xiyu.
However, as they were rushing the MCV's door was closed, Ran Xiyu stared at the door with her beautiful eyes, and they were about to crash on it! He was scared to death, but before they crashed the door opened on its own.
Ying went into the MCV and threw Ran Xiyu on the sofa in the living room. Ran Xiyu could not fathom what just happened, it was really weird!
He leaned on the sofa for a while and then he sat straight, only to carefully inspect the MCV's interior. It turned out to be a well-equipped and beautifully decorated car. Although the space was not large, a bedroom, toilet and kitchen were all readily available.
Of course, Ran Xiyu had once lived in a motorhome, but that was in the past before doomsday! In the last days, Ran Xiyu had experienced a lot of suffering, hunger, dirty environments, cold, sleepless nights, fear and hopelessness. He was even imprisoned in a cage for a lot of days.
He was suddenly thrown in such a bright and beautiful fully equipped car, which made her feel like he was in a dream. He suddenly saw Ying sitting on the driving position and launching the engine! The beauty with long legs was actually the driver!
The difficulty of driving a bus was naturally more difficult than driving a car. Moreover, they were currently facing a crisis. There ought to be road fighting in the next moments, so the driver's requirements should be very high.
[This boy dressed in black must be like a Jack of all trades]
After a while Jiang Zhuying and Jiang Liushi and the other two got on the car. Because the black market's road was narrow, only the MCV and SUVs could be driven in, that large freezer was still parked outside.
"What about the freezer? Will we really abandon it?" Sun Kun and Zhang Hai felt distressed because there were materials and tons of mutant meat in it.
"Who said we would abandon it forever?" Jiang Liushi answered with his mouth slightly bent and his eyes lacking in luster. "Since they decided to fight with us, they have to pay a high price!"
"Uh?" As Sun Kun and Zhang Hai were still confused, Ying had already started the car, so the MCV rushed out just like a roaring beast!
Originally, the black market was full of booths, but they had long been scared and scattered. As a result, Ying could drive unimpeded through all the booths. The MCV roared past the black market. Soon, its speed reached 100 km!
Chapter 126: To Pursue, or Not to Pursue?
Translator: Liu_Kaixuan Editor: Valvrave
As an assistant, Ying's driving skills were top-notch. After the MCV finished its second form, it had become a special unmanned MCV. Like a sophisticated machine, although it was capable of many things, it was in lack of adaptability and wisdom. So if Ying drove it, all these shortcomings could be made up. As for Jiang Liushi, his brain had evolved. So his driving skills were equally matched to Ying's. Just in the twinkling of an eye, the minibus had rushed out of the black market.
"Stop! Stop!" The guard before the black market carrying his gun tried to stop them. In fact, they didn't know what had happened in the trading room. They had just heard the gunshots. The MCV was about to drive past them, so they had no choice but to hurriedly escape.
"Whoosh-"Like a jet, the MCV passed through and the wind it produced almost blew them down. They were stunned and looked at the passing MCV. Actually, they were rendered speechless.
"What happened?" There was total chaos in this black market. Only five paranormals among the 7 Gods were staying in the black market, including the first boss—Bai Zhanshan, the fourth Hei Dao, and the third that college student, whose name was Su Yang. The other two were ordinary paranormals. Under Bai Zhanshan's leadership, they directly jumped on their off-road vehicles. Bai Zhanshan was still maintaining his bear state.
"Pursue!" Bai Zhanshan jumped up in a rage. After doomsday, he had never suffered losses, but today, he was thoroughly discredited.
He didn't want to lose face, so he had to try his best to pursue them. They launched their modified SUV, but as they were ready to squeeze through the black market's gate, Jiang Liushi's team was leaving as fast as possible.
"That car…why is it so fast?" Bai Zhanshan's face was ghastly pale. He had lifted his bear form and drove in person. However, it was obvious that he could not catch up.
"It must be a modified car!" Bai Zhanshan violently slammed his hand on the steering wheel. He was infuriated with Jiang Liushi's luck, be it with weapons, females or that car.
In the end, Bai Zhanshan kicked the door, carrying a machine gun, he angrily went back to the trading room. In the trading room, you could hear a pin drop. Everyone could feel Bai Zhanshan's anger, who walked into the trading room with his angry sight sweeping the messy lobby. Tables were turned over, and the room was full of corpses. The survivors were hiding behind tables and chairs stood up. They avoided making eye contact with Bai Zhanshan. His face was burning, and he was filled with fury.
"He shamed me! D*mn! I'll f*cking rip him apart and enjoy his females" Bai Zhanshan severely kicked a chair in front of him; the chair's shape instantly changed.
Everyone stood there, watching Bai Zhanshan releasing some of his anger, but they did not dare to speak.
"Call my little brother back!" He was silent for a while, and then he said. The second boss of the team was his younger brother, called Bai Pinghai, who always stayed at the aristocratic police base of the county.
Bai Pinghai was not an armed police officer, but an ordinary office worker. However, after doomsday, he obtained a special ability, and transformed into an important person living in the aristocratic police base. It was said that officers of the base personally invited him to join.
Bai Pinghai was a mysterious figure, but there was no doubt that his strength was very strong, otherwise he wouldn't be invited by Lan County Armed Police Base. The fact that the 7 Gods' team could sell weapons from time to time was related to Bai Pinghai. The base of the armed police, unlike Jinling's Satellite Town, was a base built by national power. Actually, it was voluntarily built after doomsday. As a result, it was an independent force.
"He called Bai Pinghai back! It seems that Bai Zhanshan is really angry!" Among the crowd, some people whispered.
"If I were him, I would run as far as I possibly could and hide in the deepest parts of Earth. It is impossible to find anyone after doomsday?" Another person disapprovingly said.
"Hey, what you just said is true but isn't that why he called his brother back? It's a quite easy task for Bai Pinghai to follow the vine to get the melon. He will find them based on the clues left behind."
"Yes, you are right! The means of criminal investigation are indeed powerful. Just inspecting the tire marks can give out clues, there are many things we do not understand. I guess it will be quite difficult for them to run away. The really interesting part of the show has yet to come…"@@novelbin@@
In fact, they all knew that Bai Pinghai was extremely cruel and merciless. There were many precedents to go by. A few days ago, a guy that had offended Bai Zhanshan was tortured to death. In order to warn others he executed someone and ordered to put his body on the top gate of the black market. It was too horrible to look at.
In short, the 7 Gods killed people without batting an eye. If Jiang Liushi was caught by them, he wouldn't die peacefully…
… …
Jiang Liushi was sitting on the passenger seat, next to the driver. He touched his pocket and looked at the evolutionary panel.
[Detected four mutant nuclei, which can be used to initiate the evolutionary process.]
Chapter 127: Personalized Refitting
Translator: Liu_Kaixuan Editor: Valvrave
Further evolving the MCV! Finally, Jiang Liushi could achieve his goal! He was really excited, like a little child waiting to open its Christmas presents.
For that evolution, he had spent an immense amount of energy. He had risked his life lots of times since he joined his little brother's team for that purpose. In the end, Jiang Liushi decided to use these four mutant nuclei to finish a long anticipated refitting.
Although the base car could initiate a second scan, which he would use on a mine truck, the original vehicle wouldn't be lost. The new mine truck was just the second vehicle that only he and Ying could use. The first vehicle, the minibus would be the most stable, most flexible, but also the most energy-saving one
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In the future, most of the time, regardless of traveling or residence, Jiang Liushi would use the first vehicle; the mine truck would only be used in critical moments.
Each of the two cars had their own merits. Do not say anything else, the truck couldn't be used on a general bridge or the general asphalt road. As for the fuel consumption, it could reach more than 1000 liters for 100 kilometers. After its transformation, the fuel consumption may be larger. For Jiang Liushi's ten cubic meters of spare fuel tank, even if it was filled with diesel, it could only last for five hundred kilometers. So the first form of the minibus should be used all the time, because it was useful and efficient.
A series of choices appeared before Jiang Liushi's eyes. Strengthen armor, strengthen the tires, strengthen the 'Air Canon', and add mechanical arms and so on!
Jiang Liushi read ten lines with a glance. What he was most concerned about was strengthening the tires. If they reached level 1, the tires could be upgraded from rubber ones into fireproof rubber. In each tire, there were hundreds of bulletproof airbags. It was the pressing matter of the moment because the tire was his MCV's Achilles' heel. However, Jiang Liushi had an axe to grind. He wanted the personalized refitting function, Jiang Liushi had a deep longing for it.
This was a new function obtained after the MCV's second form was completed. Jiang Liushi could refit his own MCV in accordance with his own aspirations. It needed one mutant nucleus, which was didn't sound much, but after that each transformation needed another mutant nucleus. However, Jiang Liushi didn't want to lose this hard-won chance. He would like to build a stronghold for himself. He was simply delighted.@@novelbin@@
[I choose the personalized refitting option!] Jiang Liushi put the first mutant nucleus into the bridge groove. That crystal nucleus was just used to activate the function. He had to put the other mutant nuclei into groove one by one.
[It's really expensive! I can't afford…] Jiang Liushi muttered something to himself. At the same time, the mutant nucleus had been swallowed by his MCV. This scene was blocked by Jiang Liushi's body, so Sun Kun, Zhang Hai and so on could not see what he was doing.
"Diiii-"A light sound occurred in Jiang Liushi's mind, [The function of automatic transformation is available. Needed time: one hour, during which the use of the MCV will not be influenced. All the necessary metals have been detected in the storage space. Will the host continue or cancel?]
[Continue!] Jiang Liushi commanded without a second thought. It was so cool that he had a ten cubic meters storage space.
[The transformation starts, now.] Starseed's transmission came.
The MCV's appearance would remain the same, only Jiang Liushi and Ying would know about the changes that were about to happen. After that, Jiang Liushi had more important things to do.
He began inspecting the "price list" offered by the Starseed. That was, the cost of transformation. Seeing that, Jiang Liushi was left speechless or breathless. Before doomsday, a modified car belonged to the rich. But after doomsday, it was still very expensive owning one. It was a long process, in which the consumption of mutant nuclei was very scary. It was in accordance with two standards. One was the degree of the transformation, which needed special alloys.
The alloy used had a higher strength. Each synthesis of 500 kilograms needed one mutant nucleus to be used in exchange. Adding alloy modification, would increase the MCV's weight.
The other one had to do with the transformation of strength. Special alloys offered by the Starseed were also divided in levels.
In the future, the level 2 alloys could be made by a level 2 mutant nucleus. Of course, the level 2 alloys were much better than level 1 in many aspects. If Jiang Liushi had a level 2 mutant nucleus, he would absolutely use it to make the alloy.
[Expensive!] If he wanted to extant the interior space of his MCV with that special alloy, then it would need almost one mutant nucleus just for every expansion of five square meters.
In the interior space of Jiang Liushi's MCV, the bed in the bedroom could be folded, and its kitchen was connected with the living room without a door in between. After all, it was just a bus. How much space could it have?
Chapter 128: Moving Fortress
Translator: Liu_Kaixuan Editor: Valvrave
However, Jiang Liushi's first choice, the minibus was excellent! Anyway, the energy Starseed had at that time was only that. It could be used to transform a small car for ensuring energy density. If it was used to transform a larger one, the internal space would be big, but the energy density would be insufficient. If Jiang Liushi wanted to use an alloy instead of the original body, the prices would be extremely expensive.
Jiang Liushi thought carefully, he chose two places that he wanted to be transformed. These two transformations were of vital importance to Jiang Liushi. At the first stage, Jiang Liushi had made a working drawing. Later, all the transformation would rely on Jiang Liushi's imagination.
The first one was a gunner room on the roof! This was the most critical transformation! Actually, it was a bunker built in the upper part of the minibus! Jiang Liushi picked up a pen and the Starseed revealed a touch screen in front of him. As long as he drew the outline of the main structure, the details would be filled through his mind. After the evolution of his brain, Jiang Liushi could draw straight lines and perfect circles.@@novelbin@@
For the shape of the gunner room, Jiang Liushi chose a flat round shape. It was probably a meter high gunner room with three square meters internal area. In the middle part of it there was a battle seat, which could make a rapid rotation in accordance with the Jiang Liushi's thoughts. It had a three hundred and sixty degrees observation window, which could shoot at all directions. As long as Jiang Liushi took a gun, he could cover any angle. He finalized the drawings, and a three-dimensional map of the gunner chamber occurred in Jiang Liushi's mind. In the three-dimensional map, the top of the minibus was like a UFO. The gunner room was saucer shaped.
The gunner room would be made with level 1 alloy, which was a very solid material. Naturally, if he did not need to use it, the gunner room could be directly retracted inside the minibus. That is, it couldn't be seen from the outside. Its thick armor was enough to resist sniper guns, and in the armor, there was a layer of soft cushioning material, which could nullify vibrations.
[That's it!] Jiang Liushi finalized his choice. Jiang Liushi had also been longing for another thing for a long time. He finally had the opportunity to add it. That was the ram! In front of ancient warships, long press rams were used to hit the enemy's warships.
After adding the ram, his MCV's power would be far more than before. However, it would confront many difficulties. It was quite difficult for Jiang Liushi to weld a ram, which needed the help of technology. Moreover, it also needed to be supported from the MCV's skeleton. For ancient warships, rams were fixed on the keel, the most robust place. Otherwise, once a collision happened, maybe the enemy's boat would not be the one to break…
So in order to add a collision ram, he needed a strong skeleton to support it, so that once the collision occurred, it could bear the terrorist impact and protect the car's front from caving in. At the same time, in front of the base car he added a "V" shaped steel plate. Using 200 kg of alloy he would make a metal square as its 'spine'! The square spine was not long, but very thick, so that it could withstand the impact.
Next to the main ram there was the auxiliary rams, with a little bit of the metal square 'spine'. There was a row of four, from the middle to both sides, also forming a "V" shape. All those rams together looked very powerful. It used more than three hundred kilograms of alloy, and for the rest nearly two hundred kilograms were used to support the skeleton.
In the transformation of the entire MCV, a mutant nucleus was used to open the transformation, the second one was used for the gunner room, and the third one for the collision ram. At the same time, the metals spent were about four or five tons. He still had more than 100 tons of metal, but after, if he wanted to transform that mining truck, he would have to use an amazing amount of metals.
Thinking about it, Jiang Liushi sighed. The MCV was becoming more and more powerful, but the consumption of resources also became larger and larger.
[The transformation function is available, remaining progress 60%..." Starseed transmitted to Jiang Liushi's mind.
It needed about two hours. Jiang Liushi was not anxious, and he said, "Ying, you don't need to drive so fast. They won't be able to follow us. We will have to go back, so driving faster won't accomplish anything." In fact, his MCV was too fast.
Although they would not catch up, Jiang Liushi was not prepared to give up that easily. Bai Zhanshan wanted to kill him, so how could he let him go so easily? But his MCV was in the transformation process, so he was willing to let Bai Zhanshan live for a little longer.
As Jiang Liushi finished with the drawings, he lazily stretched and stood up. Looking toward the small living room, he saw Zhang Hai and Sun Kun gazing out from the back window in full alert.
Jiang Zhuying was holding her longsword like a female warrior and Ran Xiyu was sitting on the sofa, wearing a white dress, slim, pale, with her hands on her knees. He was still cautious as he was suddenly in a clean, bright, comfortable but somewhat strange environment. Although he was in charge of a business group with two thousand employees, Ran Xiyu didn't have a strong professional temperament.
Chapter 129: Mining Truck's Whereabouts
Translator: Liu_Kaixuan Editor: Valvrave
After all, Ran Xiyu was just on an internship, who held behind-the-scenes power. Usually, he was like the boy living next door. In the company, he was just an ordinary female student far from being a queen of the market.@@novelbin@@
"Do you want something to drink?" Jiang Liushi felt that Ran Xiyu was still feeling desperate. Her eyes looked indifferently calm with a hint of loneliness and despair deep inside.
Now, that pair of gray eyes gradually became brighter, "Thank you…Thank you…" Ran Xiyu automatically grabbed what Jiang Liushi offered her. He felt amazing after feeling its cold and smooth metallic touch.
It was a can of Cola. Ran Xiyu was very clear that in this world a can of Cola was an absolute luxury. In contrast, before doomsday, some luxury drinks, such as red wine costing more than ten millions, were the ones truly appreciated and treated as an absolute luxury. However, after doomsday, a can of Cola was quite different. It was true that someone would kill another person just because of a can of Cola. Even for Ran Xiyu, holding it, he also had a strong desire to drink it. He was really thirsty, adding her long-term malnutrition, so he urgently needed sugar to help her function better.
He carefully opened the can, accompanied by its distinctive sound, taking a sip of Cola. It was quite difficult to describe the feeling of a person who was extremely hungry getting some sweetmeats. He felt comfortable as if treading on air. Her blood flow had already accelerated.
That can of cola was nothing to Jiang Liushi. He had many other valuable materials and food. Jiang Liushi found that Ran Xiyu was hungry, so he took a plate of last night's barbecue and then opened the microwave oven. Hearing the sound of the microwave oven, Ran Xiyu was surprised. He hurriedly looked at that microwave oven.
[A functioning microwave oven?]
The power supply had long been interrupted, but it was normal for the MCV to be charged. Taking a look around, the refrigerator was also working with electricity, while beside the refrigerator was an IPAD charging, on its screen there was a paused animation episode. A modern MCV, with a comfortable sofa, and Cola in her hands, all those things gave Ran Xiyu the illusion that doomsday had never happened.
"Ding-¡" The microwave oven's bell sounded, as the food was ready, and interrupted Ran Xiyu's illusion. The heating was over, so Jiang Liushi took out the plate with barbecue and placed it in front of Ran Xiyu.
"That's some leftover from last night, but the mutant meat is fresh. Even though we made it yesterday, it is still crisp and delicious after heating it in the microwave. Please eat some." Jiang Liushi was sitting opposite of Ran Xiyu in a very comfortable manner.
"Mutant meat?" Ran Xiyu tentatively asked. Although he did not have the chance to eat mutant meat before, he could see the difference between ordinary meat and it.
Jiang Liushi nodded his head. The energy the mutant meat could provide was necessary to any paranormal, as the consumption for using their abilities was very large. It was quite normal for a paranormal to eat a few pounds. During a battle, they had to replenish energy. For most survivor teams, although they had mutant meat, they didn't have enough to give to ordinary people to eat. But it was really nothing to Jiang Liushi. In Ran Xiyu's eyes, the strength of Jiang Liushi's team was abnormal.
Ran Xiyu picked up the chopsticks, caught a piece of meat and put it in her mouth. It just melted in her mouth, although what he ate was fat, it was not greasy. He had been starving for several days, even before doomsday, that was definitely the most delicious thing he ever had. Ran Xiyu ate quietly, which gave kind of a peaceful feeling. Comparing Hong little brother's cage to that MCV, gave of the feeling of transcending from hell to heaven.
"Thank you for saving me." Ran Xiyu looked toward Jiang Liushi. In fact, her spirit was different from ordinary people. Just by staring at a person's eyes, he could feel that person's thoughts. He looked at Jiang Liushi's eyes, and he felt that his eyes were like a deep pool, calm and deep. He could only feel pureness, but couldn't feel anything else.
"You do not need to thank me, because we both need something from each other. If it is convenient, can you tell me about that mining truck?" Jiang Liushi asked, he believed that Ran Xiyu would not lie to him. After doomsday, it was a very stupid thing for the weak to deceive the strong.
"No problem." Ran Xiyu answered looking at him with her gray eyes. He was very calm and started giving information about the mining truck, "As you know, I belonged to the Ranke Group, which was originally a machinery manufacturing company. We had undertaken 12 projects, among which there was a project related to a mine. The Ranke Group was responsible for parts production, after that, through the Yangtze River, we transported them to the mining company. However, in order to cut transportation costs, the mining company purchased a Caterpillar 793 mining truck, which was shipped with our drilling rigs."
"Before the start of doomsday, the cargo ship was in Jinling port delivering the goods to the Ranke Group, but after the start of doomsday I was unable to find information about the current situation on it. If it could be driven normally, it perhaps has been driven away from Jinling's range. That's the reason I couldn't give you an accurate answer earlier"
"So…it seems that there shouldn't be a problem checking." Jiang Liushi nodded. After the outbreak of the virus, most of the world's population either became zombies, or were killed by zombies. A ship was a closed environment, so it was very difficult for the ship's crew to survive.
Although Ran Xiyu had said it was uncertain, Jiang Liushi thought it was possible. He was about to say something, but he was suddenly interrupted, "Jiang brother, in front of us there is a group of zombies."
"Oh?" Jiang Liushi narrowed his eyes and looked in front, there were dozens of zombies that blocked their way. He immediately commanded without any hesitation, "Obliterate them!"
"Good!" Ying stepped on the gas, rushing toward the zombies.
Chapter 130: Going Back?
Translator: Liu_Kaixuan Editor: Valvrave
Jiang Zhuying, Zhang Hai and Sun Kun were all accustomed to head on collisions with incoming zombie hordes. However, the same did not apply for Ran Xiyu, such a bloody scene was hard to accept.@@novelbin@@
As a matter of fact, he was very clear about the zombies' terrible strength. As he was following her father to Safety Island, her father, including many other soldiers all mutated into zombies. After that they began attacking those who were not infected! Later, while he had run away with a military car, they encountered zombie hordes halfway. Even though he witnessed several military vehicles rushing towards those hordes, they never returned…
The minibus' speed was extremely fast. While Ran Xiyu was reminiscing the not so distant past, the minibus was about to collide with some helpless zombies.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" A series of tingling crashing sounds came. The unlucky zombies that were in front were instantly turned into a bloody paste. The rest of them were sent flying, or some of their body parts were. Ran Xiyu personally saw a zombie flying out of her window, leaving blood marks everywhere.
"F*ck, we'll have to wash the car after that!" Zhang Hai jokingly said. After living through so many life or death battles and witnessing similar scenes their mentality was stronger, so they could joke with stuff like that.
"Well, after killing the rest of the zombie horde, we will stop." Jiang Liushi said and stood up from the sofa, picking up a Type 95 Automatic Rifle.
"We won't continue retreating?" Zhang Hai asked in surprise. He thought that Jiang Liushi would like to rush back to Jinling's pier in order to search for the mining truck.
"Well, it is far enough. They should not be able to catch up, but we'd have to go back at some point, so it is meaningless going too far."
"Go back!?" Zhang Hai and Sun Kun were confused. What would they do? Their team consisted of six people – to be more exact they were five, because Ran Xiyu couldn't be included in regards of fighting power. Moreover, Sun Kun and Zhang Hai's combat effectiveness was very limited. It was impossible for them to rush back at the black market! The other side had at least dozens of people guarding it, not to mention the 7 paranormals from 7 Gods' team.
[Is Jiang brother that crazy?]
"Jiang brother, what if the other teams decide to support the 7 Gods and help them by fighting us, what should we do?" Zhang Hai was pretty sure that Jiang Liushi wanted to settle the score with the 7 Gods, but Bai Zhanshan was very powerful, it was quite possible that the other teams would help him in order to gain some benefits.
However, Zhang Hai did not expect the answer Jiang Liushi gave, "Why should we care? If they are tired with their lives they can try. Whoever stands in our way will be killed!"
Jiang Liushi's voice was really calm, but it contained a hint of self-confidence and killing intent. In fact, strong self-confidence was quite appealing, after doomsday only strong people could lead other people. If a weak person had said something like that, they would be ridiculed, but Jiang Liushi was special, even though he seemed ordinary, he gave off a special vibe.
"We shall follow you then!" Zhang Hai and Sun Kun eagerly said, even knowing that their enemies outnumbered them and were really powerful, they could still feel their blood boiling.
Jiang Zhuying just smiled and did not speak, holding her longsword with one hand while the other held a piece of cloth slowly wiping the blade. As long as her brother commanded, he would follow. As for Ying, he was bound to Jiang Liushi, so he was absolutely loyal to him. Seeing all of them following Jiang Liushi, Ran Xiyu sipped her lips having a strange feeling.
He quietly looked at that powerful and confident man. He was in the helm of a company, so he naturally knew the difficulty of being a leader. Not to add that Jiang Liushi was both a leader and a combatant, a really powerful one.
"No one is allowed to get off the minibus. You should rest and replenish your energy." Jiang Liushi ordered and then closed his eyes in order to rest.
What happened next really shocked Ran Xiyu!
Jiang Zhuying took the iPad that was charging and started watching the anime that was paused before. They were about to face a life or death battle but instead of being nervous or on edge, he was actually wholeheartedly watching anime!?
However, Zhang Hai and Sun Kun were more serious about the upcoming battle. They were wiping their guns while waiting for the microwave to finish heating some mutant meat they had placed.
In Jiang Zhuying's team, many ordinary people would process the meat into all kinds of products, like bacon, dried meat, sausages, and so on. A variety of meat products, coupled with dried vegetables from the refrigerator, were like food sent from heaven after doomsday.
Paranormals needed mutant meat in order to evolve and instantly replenish their strength after using their abilities. If a battle was prolonged, they would face similar symptoms to ordinary people's hypoglycemia. Taking Sun Kun and Zhang Hai as an example, they would usually eat four or five pounds of mutant meat, but they needed dozens of pounds for fighting.
Their meal was ready, so they ate till they were full and then waited for the upcoming battle.
"Jiang brother, what are we waiting for?" Sun Kun stored some grenades into his pocket, while asking Jiang Liushi.
"Don't worry, you'll know when it's the time." Jiang Liushi slowly said and looked at the MCV's roof. The place he looked at was where the gunner room was being built; its progress had been completed up to 65%. The finished gunner room as well as the collision ram couldn't be seen from outside. In fact, even if it would be quite unexpected it wouldn't matter because Jiang Liushi had once said that his ability was related to mechanical transformation.
After doomsday, no matter what strange abilities one showed, people would accept it. Moreover, it was not strange that someone could add a gunner room and collision ram… Jiang Liushi had already used three mutant nuclei, as for the fourth one, he would use it to scan that mining truck. In fact, more and more mutant nuclei would be needed in the future and their level would increase.
Jiang Liushi's dream was to refit his MCV into an all-round fighting weapon. So he decided to collect more and more nucleus.
"We still have ten minutes, after that we're leaving"
…
While Jiang Liushi was refitting his MCV, a team of police cars arrived in the black market. Seeing the police cars with "Public Security", "Armed Police" and other words, everyone knew that the second boss of the black market—Bai Pinghai had returned.
Chapter 131: Bai Pinghai
Translator: Liu_Kaixuan Editor: Valvrave
The armed police station was only a few kilometers away from the black market, so Bai Pinghai returned rather fast. After the doomsday, no one would dare to use a police car's horn, as they were afraid of attracting zombies. As soon as they reached the black market, the police cars' intense lights were turned on, naturally whoever was looking at them could feel their eyes hurt. Moreover, the cars were not slowing down, so the people on the roadside rushed to the side in order to avoid them.
"Pa!" The door opened. Bai Pinghai got off the car, he was dressed with leather clothes and wore military boots. Even after doomsday his hair was still shiny. Other people could easily think that he was a gangster. In fact, Lan County's "Armed Police Department" was no different than a criminal syndicate.
…
Before doomsday, the elite policemen had suddenly received orders to be transferred. Obviously, they were needed to deal with important matters. However, after they left only the worst and crooked remained behind. The 'Armed Police Department' was created with them as its core, it was further developed with the help of some beat cops and paranormals. To be frank, their organization was wicked, what else could one expect from the evil members of the herd and bad eggs of the community gathering together?
The rules had lost their meaning, so it was easier for a human's dark side to take over. After losing supervision, they were free to use their guns to their hearts' content. Naturally they did not use them to protect the weak…
They had become tyrants!
Although they claimed being Lan County's 'Armed Police Force', they were just insulting what 'armed police' really stood for. In the hearts of ordinary people, they were oppressive overlords, armed to the teeth.
…
Bai Pinghai was a decision maker in their organization because of his strength. As soon as he heard that his brother was in trouble Bai Pinghai led a team with twelve people to the black market.@@novelbin@@
"Pa-paa-"A group of heavily armed police officers got off their vehicles and walked toward Bai Pinghai. Those people were wearing body armor, bulletproof helmets and half of them were holding bulletproof shields. As for the weapons they carried, they were either submachine guns or automatic rifles.
Witnessing the scene, all the teams were shocked. After all, there was a great disparity in their strength.
"Incredible! Bai Pinghai's team is heavily armed! Adding 7 Gods' members with them, there are thirty people ready to fight. Would they be able to kill everyone in the black market?" A young leader couldn't help but say in a low voice. Without rules everything was possible, once one was more powerful than the other they would take the initiative to attack.
"Take it easy. If they attack us they will suffer too. Moreover, Bai Zhanshan's enemy is Jiang Liushi. It's more beneficial if they ask us to cooperate with them. That guy is scr*wed"
"They won't be able to run away. After doomsday, it's rather difficult running away, there are too many dangers. Those crooked police officers will easily find them… The possibilities of that team's survival are close to none. Just thinking about the pursuit gives me the creeps!"
Some people were secretly talking about it, while peeping at the secretive Bai Pinghai. It was the first time, for most of them, they were seeing him.
Hong little brother subconsciously shrank her body and whispered, "His energy fluctuation is overbearing. He must be the strongest one I have encountered."
A paranormal's level and strength could be felt by each other's energy fluctuations. It was said that Bai Pinghai was indeed stronger than Bai Zhanshan. Only because Bai Pinghai was his brother, Bai Zhanshan became the black market's boss.
At that time, Bai Pinghai had walked to the hall. The other teams were secretly staying vigilant.
"Big brother! What's wrong? What happened here?" Seeing his brother's wound and the half-destroyed room, Bai Pinghai became angry. He never expected anyone being that bold in their territory. That was a clearly a slap to their face.
"Don't worry, the wound is not serious…" Bai Zhanshan shook his head and then described what had taken place.
"Oh, a female that can control electricity, a powerful female assassin, and a man proficient in dual wielding guns?" After listening to his brother's narration, Bai Pinghai was impressed, "Big brother, although their strength is formidable, it's nothing to us."
Bai Pinghai Knew that Jiang Liushi's team could force their way out, even though their numbers were inferior, because they were strong. However, that was not the only reason they could easily escape…
That reason infuriated Bai Pinghai! The reason was that the 7 Gods' third boss, that college student, had not helped at all! He was just observing the situation, not helping his brother!