Chapter 17: Chapter 17: Lin Feng Level 5, Car Goods Shop, Guild

Back in the compartment, Lin Feng also felt a noticeable warm current flowing from his stomach to his limbs and entire body.

With the slight breeze from the electric fan, Lin Feng leaned against the iron wall of the lower bunk bed, took out his revolver, and used a cloth dipped in oil to perform maintenance.

The wasteland is full of dust and sand, and precision weapons like pistols need regular maintenance to minimize wear and chances of jamming.

Soon, as his body digested the horse heart meat, energy was absorbed throughout his body, and Lin Feng smoothly broke through the 25-point attribute upper limit of a Level 4 Enhanced Person, becoming a Level 5 Enhanced Person:

「Lin Feng, lv5/9」

「Life Value 29, Physique: 29, Spirit: 28; lv5 attribute upper limit 30」

「Item upgrade limit increased to lv5」

「Can consume 1 Life Value point to upgrade the Level 4 Magazine Pistol」

Without hesitation, he directly initiated the upgrade of the revolver.

He then reviewed this hunting expedition.

Lin Feng gradually realized that the squad’s current greatest need wasn’t offensive weapons, but other auxiliary equipment.

For instance, a set of combat suits that cover the entire body, a good pair of running shoes, and fast energy supplements.

These items and equipment are actually very important when going out hunting, having impacts and effects no less than weapons.

But these are top-quality goods, not something that can be made by hand, and Lin Feng did not see them at the Holy Spring Day market.

These should be items only Evolvers can access.

This trip to the Hunting Wilderness Guild was the perfect opportunity to ask.

After thinking it over, Lin Feng then lay down to rest.

The compartment where the Liu Family siblings resided was right across from the three of them, and according to Boss Huang, the remaining four compartments could be occupied freely.

There was no need for three people to squeeze into one compartment.

It’s easy to get hot, and the smell is unpleasant.

However, sharing a sparrow room gives very little sense of security.

Soon after, the buyers who came to collect horse meat slowly approached the bus in small cars.

Chen Shanshan and Liu Mingfei were responsible for the exchange.

Four hundred kilograms of fresh horse meat were exchanged for one hundred and fifty kilograms of cured dehydrated jerky, one hundred kilograms of offal could only be exchanged for thirty kilograms of jerky, and the remaining skeleton was even less valuable, equivalent to twenty kilograms.

The only valuable items were those sharp horse horns, each one meter on the left and right, which could be made into various elastic tools, including horn bows and combs, signposts, or used as medicinal materials for anti-inflammation, swelling reduction, and pain relief.

But the horns of female Rock-Horned Horses are relatively small, so they could be exchanged for fifty kilograms of jerky.

Finally, the total was converted to two hundred and fifty kilograms, divided equally per head at fifty kilograms each.

This distribution method was fairly reasonable; in fact, if the three participants in the hunt were to split it, the Liu Family siblings could only get eighty-five kilograms of jerky.

Therefore, they had no objections to this distribution method.

After receiving the heavy jerky, some cars did not leave immediately.

The buyers opened the backseat and trunk, displaying a plethora of goods inside.

Some of which were rarely seen even in the market.

After all, among the Deserters coming to the grand market, more than half were poor wretches, and the best-selling items weren’t whole pieces of jerky, but fresh water and offal, and unknown mixed meats.

Like Scavenger Vulture meat paste, lizard jerky, and insect eggs.

Whereas the goods in these cars were more advanced items, including daily necessities like mirrors, towels, toothbrushes, scissors, etc., specifically catering to villagers with a stable residency.

This time, having struck it rich, Lin Feng and the others naturally became target customers for upgrades.

The Liu Family siblings bought a couple of good cloth shoes, as well as a clean set of clothes.

Sister Liu Qian even bought a few sour candy pills.

Seeing this, Lin Feng also changed into a new set of clothes for himself.

Things weren’t the same as before; having fifty kilograms of jerky, plus twenty kilograms of wolf meat left in the team, and the unsold photovoltaic rock armor, at this moment, they were no longer at the bottom level, living a hand-to-mouth existence as refugee Deserters.

They should start living like proper people.

As for the cloth shoes, Lin Feng and Ding Yi didn’t buy any.

Those things were just thin layers of cloth pads, not as comfortable as wolf-hide soles.

Meanwhile, Chen Shanshan also bought two extremely expensive mechanical watches, ensuring that future missions wouldn’t be missed due to timing issues.

A single mechanical watch surprisingly cost ten kilograms of jerky, and though finally bargained down to seven kilograms, it was still exorbitantly priced.

Seven kilograms of dehydrated jerky, equivalent to twenty kilograms of fresh meat, was enough for a Deserter to stretch and eat for two months!

So, the stronger and more evolved you become, the more you consume, and after resolving food issues, many other headaches emerge.

Lin Feng also saw inside the car’s store, further in, canned fresh meat only seen in the civilized world, as well as semi-dehydrated dried fruits.

All priced highly.

These were considered luxury goods in the eyes of mid to lower-class villagers.

After all, dehydrated jerky doesn’t taste good.

Fresh meats are hard to come by.

Even Boss Huang, with a bus hotel, was excited to bring out rare cumin seasoning to celebrate with everyone when eating fresh Desert Wolf meat.

Lin Feng merely looked on, understanding that his current primary task was to keep getting stronger, while accumulating enough resources, just like Boss Huang, to exchange for a camper of his own, solving safety and shelter issues.

In fact, even the most basic car requires an ordinary Late-stage Enhanced Person to work hard for several years to accumulate enough.

And Boss Huang’s small bus, though under ten meters long after modification, requires a top Deserter squad to strive for it for a decade.

So Old Huang is considered upper-middle class in the Fifth Village.

Forty-something.

This bus-hotel is what he’s worked hard for most of his life, and finally exchanged for his retirement money.

And successful “Deserters” like him actually don’t even account for 1%.

Among the hundred thousand Deserters, only those less than a thousand permanent residents with cars in Fifth Village can stand out.

So Lin Feng mustn’t be extravagant.

All resources must be used wisely.

Beside him, Ding Yi didn’t give it much thought, simply haunted by hunger, scared of poverty, only bought a set of clothes, didn’t touch anything else, and happily went back hugging beef jerky.

Chen Shanshan, on the other hand, was more optimistic. Besides a mechanical watch, she exchanged for some daily necessities, towels, and soap.

This fellow had a master who was an Evolver back then, so her living standard shouldn’t be too bad. At least it was top-level in Fifth Village.

Now she has some prospects, wanting to live comfortably again is reasonable.

After completing the transactions, they returned to the cabin, where Chen Shanshan lay on the upper bunk, suddenly speaking:

“After we’re done with business at the Hunting Wilderness Guild, let’s all go take a bath. It’s been months since our last wash…”

Ding Yi was somewhat hesitant, unsure of what to do.

Lin Feng, however, was somewhat tempted, after all, he hadn’t taken a wash during these days in the Wasteland. His scalp was so greasy it had become crusted, and even under his armpits appeared white salt crystals from dried sweat.

Already marinated with flavor.

It somewhat affected his hunting condition.

“No problem, I’ll go to Old Huang later and get some cheap internal tickets. I reckon a pound of wolf meat can be exchanged for three tickets, and I specifically bought a bar of soap for us to use together.”

Seeing the two didn’t give opinions, Chen Shanshan added that, as the team leader, she hoped the team members could act together and try not to make exceptions.

Lin Feng puckered his lips, even though he rinses when drinking water, there’s still some bad breath, can’t do without brushing teeth:

“Alright, let’s go together then!”

Ding Yi, seeing Lin Feng agrees, nodded along.

Her gaze unwittingly filled with anticipation.

She actually wanted to go too.

Having spent over a month in the Wasteland, as a woman, she found it harder to endure the sour stench of her body than men, even if she used a damp cloth to wipe private areas, but it could only provide temporary relief.

However, her role in the team was limited, she didn’t dare to actively express her opinion on such matters.

To avoid deepening the rift within the squad.

Seeing the two both agreed, the opinions were unified, Chen Shanshan revealed a knowing smile, stretched lazily against the iron sheets of the car roof, and then fell into a deep slumber.

Four hours later, there was a knock on the sliding door of the cabin.

They gradually woke up, and Chen Shanshan glanced at the time. It was time for the agreed departure.

Getting out of bed and opening the door, Liu Mingfei had already woken up early, a bit excited, obviously still immersed in the bountiful harvest and joy of soon heading to the Hunting Wilderness Guild.

Though exhausted, he couldn’t sleep at all.

In fact, Ding Yi was like him, the huge harvest left her no mind for rest.

Even when she slept, she would suddenly wake up laughing, or feel it’s unreal, fearfully waking to repeatedly check that the beef jerky and supplies were there, then reassuringly close her eyes.

Chen Shanshan yawned, shook her neck, then gathered her energy in her dantian, feeling the power within her body, confirming it was stronger than before, she decided to set off.

Eating the heart of a Level 9 Rock-Horned Horse allowed the five people to complete an enhancement.

The overall team strength took another step forward.

Lin Feng wiped his face with a damp towel, lifting nearly a hundred kilograms heavy of five Photovoltaic Rock Armors from the foot of the bed.

After wrapping them in burlap, following the two to the tail of the bus, sitting in the cargo bed of the tricycle.

Chen Shanshan unlocked the chain under the handlebars, rode the tricycle towards the front of the convoy.

When unloaded, the tricycle speed can easily break through twenty kilometers per hour, as long as pedaling hard, it’s no different from riding a bicycle.

But this causes serious wear, requiring frequent maintenance, otherwise, the accident rate is extremely high.

Therefore, Chen Shanshan maintained a speed below ten kilometers per hour.

Two meters per second is enough, six times faster than the main convoy’s snail pace.

Soon passing through one car after another, arriving at the very front of Fifth Village.

Location of three large trucks!

And on top of one of them, hung the big sign with the words Hunting Wilderness Guild.

Also the destination of this trip for everyone.

The Hunting Wilderness Guild is a heavy truck about thirty meters long, modified so the width changes from the original four meters to six meters, height divided into upper and lower levels, over five meters high.

Photovoltaic panels on the roof extend two meters to both sides, more than three hundred square meters.

Supporting this structure, continuing its march.

At the lower sides of the heavy truck, there are hooks and parking spaces for small vehicles to park.

After Chen Shanshan fixed the tricycle, she led the two people on board, lifted the entrance curtain and entered.

What surprised Lin Feng was that the temperature inside the Hunting Wilderness Guild was actually several degrees lower than that of the bus-hotel!

Before observing the interior layout, a breeze cooler than thirty degrees blew directly in their faces…

Inside the guild…

Air conditioning was actually on!?

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