novelraw Chapter 105: Gathering Supplies, Carmen's Night Talk
Chapter 105: Gathering Supplies, Carmen's Night Talk
Black Shield Police Department.
Carmen sat in the vehicle, preparing to start today's patrol.
His gaze kept subtly glancing toward the area behind the main station until a figure appeared and quickly approached, at which point he slightly straightened his posture.
Bang...
The car door closed.
"Boss..." the newcomer was about to say something, but Carmen stopped him.
Then three wasteland combat vehicles roared to life, like steel behemoths awakening, and drove away from the Black Shield Police Department, entering the streets.
Only after leaving District 1 did Carmen finally speak.
"How did it go!"
"Hehe! Boss, you can count on me when I'm on the job."The thug sitting in the passenger seat immediately handed the backpack behind him to Carmen.
"M320 grenade launcher with combination accessories, and I grabbed three rifle grenades too. Nobody noticed when I made the swap."
Carmen took the backpack, pulled out the grenade launcher, and began inspecting it.
He examined it meticulously, checking every component carefully, only nodding slightly after confirming there were no issues.
Looking back in the backpack, besides the three rifle grenades, there were also 5 training rounds.
Noticing Carmen's expression, the thug chuckled.
"Boss, don't worry! Because of Commander Loris being attacked, all enforcer squads are scrambling to apply for RPG launchers. While some people applied for rifle grenades too, the control isn't as strict, and these training rounds are practically free for the taking!"
Hearing this, Carmen put everything back into the backpack and secured it.
"What about the high explosive?"
"Relax, that's the easy part. We looted plenty from the anti-explosion supplies warehouse back in the day, and we still have lots left. I directly took 10 kilograms! The stuff is in the backpack in the back of the vehicle."
Hearing that everything was ready, Carmen quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Alright, continue patrol, tell the brothers to be careful. The Thug Prison is probably against us now, everyone needs to stay sharp."
"Hehe, don't worry boss! The brothers are all sharp as tacks!"
As the vehicle passed by Helen Commerce, Carmen's gaze turned toward the residential building beside the road, his eyes profound.
7 PM.
Yu Yuan put down the "Low-Altitude Parachuting Operation Guide" in his hands and rubbed his somewhat sore eyes.
He stood up and placed both the "Sniper Training Notes" and the "Low-Altitude Parachuting Operation Guide" back on the magazine display stand.
Reading these two books had officially been added to his daily schedule, unwavering.
Although the probability of comprehending skills was pitifully small, he still learned a fair amount of shooting knowledge and parachuting techniques, even if it was all just theory for now.
But doesn't practice always start with theory!
He lazily stretched.
He glanced at the safe in the corner and sighed.
"This safe is just like Pinduoduo - every time it feels like you're just one piece away, just one piece, but you can never complete that final part of the puzzle."
Shaking his head slightly, he put out fresh green grass for Mie Mie, then went to the kitchen to heat up tonight's food.
After eliminating the Bronze-level Luxury Card, Yu Yuan planned to take a one-day break before drawing cards again.
He had been constantly running around completing Fate Card tasks before, and the construction and upgrading of shelter facilities had fallen behind somewhat.
He intended to focus fully on gathering supplies, aiming to upgrade the level 3 [Walls], level 4 [Kitchen], level 4 [Bathroom], and level 3 [Workbench].
Additionally, he needed to start collecting materials for building the cultivation tanks for the Nizi Water Arrow Turtle and Green-haired Seaweed.
They both had that active shelf life limitation - better early than late.
He went to the whiteboard on the wall and listed out all the tasks he needed to complete one by one.
Looking at the densely packed items he'd written on the whiteboard, Yu Yuan only felt that shelter construction was a long and arduous road.
When the kitchen food finished heating, Yu Yuan quickly ate it, then entered the Starry Sky Observatory through the escape door.
First he checked today's sun exposure status of the humus soil, turned the soil over several times, then grabbed the bedsheet and dragged everything back into the Starry Sky Observatory.
"Two more days of sun exposure should be about right!"
Coming to the edge of the platform, he crouched down, concealing his figure.
Yu Yuan took out his binoculars and looked toward the residential building where he'd arranged signals with Carmen.
Originally he hadn't held much expectation, since he'd only met Carmen two days ago.
But under the glow of the setting sun, he could still clearly see a white bedsheet fluttering slightly in the wind on the roof of that residential building.
The corners of his mouth curved upward.
"Pretty quick action!"
However, his smile soon faded as he began carefully observing all potential ambush areas around that residential building.
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At a construction site in District 15.
Yu Yuan listed the last hollow brick on Taotao Hole and began returning to the shelter.
Besides the hollow bricks, he had also found several bags of cement, steel reinforcement bars, and some construction tools (welding machine, cutting machine, iron buckets...).
Some were materials needed for optimizing level 3 [Fireproof Walls], some weren't, but Yu Yuan brought them all back as supply reserves anyway - the civil defense shelter level was so spacious, there was plenty of room to store things.
If he didn't have other tasks, just collecting steel reinforcement bars here would be quite profitable.
Returning to the shelter, he placed all the hollow bricks, cement, steel reinforcement bars, and tools in the civil defense shelter level.
After clearing listing space, he went through the escape door to the Financial Center Tower, descending to the 12th floor's Solunmei Three-Star Restaurant.
When it came to refrigerators and stove components, the kitchen was quite authoritative.
As long as he closed the door connecting to the restaurant, which also blocked the light source inside, he could freely disassemble components here.
Removing the components wasn't difficult, at least for the current Yu Yuan, who was already quite skilled at it.
The various components he needed were quickly collected, then listed on Taotao Hole.
Then he left the restaurant and went to other floors to search for materials needed for upgrading other facilities.
It wasn't until 12:30 AM that Yu Yuan left the Financial Center Tower and hurried toward that residential building.
When he arrived, he could already see a figure huddled in the shadows. If not for Yu Yuan's dim light vision effect, he would never have noticed.
And Carmen clearly noticed Yu Yuan's arrival too.
"I thought you weren't coming tonight!"
Yu Yuan's gaze turned to Carmen, who was now wearing the [Combat Detector] on his face.
He saw streams of data flashing over Carmen's body, and in less than a second.
Information appeared beside Carmen.
— Target Level: Rock.
"Character levels are classified with rocks too!"
After verifying the [Combat Detector]'s effect, Yu Yuan's gaze shifted to the two backpacks behind Carmen and at his feet.
"How could I not come! If anything, your efficiency surprises me a bit!" Yu Yuan laughed.
Carmen nodded slightly and directly placed the two backpacks in front of him.
"M320 grenade launcher, plus 3 rifle grenades and 5 training rounds, and then 10 kilograms of high explosive - it's all here."
He slowly stepped back, looking at Yu Yuan.
"I've brought you what you asked for. But I want to know, why did you ask about the Aurora Animal Assistance Association last time? What's their connection to Loris?"