The truck staggered to a stop on the side of the road.
A black-haired middle-aged man, a woman, a black man, and a blond man.
They jumped down from the truck and began to move the simple barricades.
Gu Qing Shan coldly watched as they busied themselves without making a decision.
He noticed that it was only the four of them who were moving the barricades, no one from the village came out to help.
This was a bit strange.
From the pictures on the newspaper, this world seems to be facing some sort of mutated creature crisis, heading towards the end of the world.
Normally, when a truck returned at this time, the people of the village should be checking and guarding the truck, or at least out of their desire for food and information, someone would come to check.
But the reality was that not a single person appeared in the village.
Gu Qing Shan leaned against the wall and silently watched as they moved the barricades away.
Their movements were very practiced, as if they had done this a lot.
After a while, perhaps because he was a bit tired from moving the barricades, the black-haired middle-aged man with a rifle on his back breathed heavily and loudly said: "I don't want to move these barricades anymore, or can someone help me find a few more living people"
The black man seriously replied: "Don't joke around, without these barricades, we're all done for"
"Right now, we can only pray for God's blessing to let us find a few living people in the future to replenish our manpower" the blond man said.
As they chatted, their movements slowly stopped.
The sun had already gone down a bit, the temperature had dropped quite a bit.
Night was about to fall.
The three men and one woman gathered together and hid in the shade of the truck. They lit up a cigarette and smoked slowly.
The blond man worriedly said: "It's going to be another busy night, let's all get some sleep, otherwise we won't be able to endure it"
The man called old Li shook his head: "Unfortunately, there's no one to replace us, how unlucky, we finally found two helpers, but they're both women"
The only woman glared at him and angrily said: "So what if they're women? At least they can help us wash our clothes and clean our rooms "
Old Li smiled bitterly: "I'd rather eat a bit worse, as long as they can pick up guns to fight the monster, I'll be satisfied"
The woman replied: "They're only two kids around 10 years old, it's already good enough that they can stay calm, how could they possibly pick up guns to kill the monster?"
Old Li shrugged and showed a helpless expression.
"I'm hungry, let's take care of our stomachs first"
The black man tried to smooth things over.
They walked to the back of the truck and opened the back panel.
Gu Qing Shan was hiding in the dark. She squinted her eyes and looked carefully.
The truck was filled with all kinds of things. There was food, furniture, clothes, and even a live pig.
The pig was eating cabbage.
The four of them carried a box down and swiftly opened it.
In the box, the tin cans were neatly stacked, and there were also some drinks.
In the midst of the Apocalypse, this was an entire crate of food.
"I don't really like beef," the woman mumbled.
"That won't do. We'll all eat three cans. As for you, you have to eat at least two cans. Otherwise, you won't be able to replenish your strength effectively. You'll have problems at night," Old Li said.
Gu Qing Shan's heart skipped a beat.
In the apocalypse, canned beef was already a very good thing, yet she was still picky.
Moreover, there was no limit to what these people could eat. Three cans of food was enough to make an adult man bloated.
Seems like their living conditions were quite good.
Fortunately, Gu Qing Shan had a good grasp of many languages, so she could understand that they were speaking a very obscure human language.
Combined with their previous conversation, it was easy to tell that they had taken in two girls who couldn't fight.
The two girls were also quite safe.
Gu Qing Shan's gaze fell onto old Li's back, carefully observing his gun.
— — -this was a very ancient and primitive sniper rifle.
Gu Qing Shan herself was a Mech player, and had even created the Blazing Angel Mech, so a basic weapon like a gun was nothing to her.
The sniper rifle on old Li's back could only attack enemies at a range of 800-1000 meters, so it was only effective against small targets. It wouldn't be very effective against giant Mechs that were made of metal.
— — -it wouldn't even be able to snipe from afar.
But from how much old Li treasured it, this sniper rifle seemed to have been with him for a very long time, and was his main weapon of attack.
… How weak.
They seem to be lacking people, and they were willing to take in even the most useless girls.
From a certain point of view, this proved the nature of these people and their living environment.
Not to mention the box of beef, as well as the living pig on the truck — — -
This wasn't too bad of a start.
Gu Qing Shan lightly nodded.
He had made his decision.
Outside, the blond man gave each of them a can of food, then went to the truck to get four glasses.
"Don't drink too much, one glass per person at most" old Li warned them.
They clinked their glasses and drank it all down.
At this point, a sound came from not too far away.
The few of them immediately looked in the direction of the voice.
Only to see a man standing in front of the burnt building.
"Save … save me …"
The man leaned on the railing and breathed heavily.
"Don't move!"
"It's not a monster"
"Stay there and don't move!"
"Wait a minute, it's a living person"
They shouted indiscriminately and took out their weapons in a flurry.
Gu Qing Shan stood there speechlessly.
These people's reactions are too unprofessional.
With their level of skill, if they were to run into a real hitman — — - like Jang Young-ho, they would've been killed countless times already.
"Save … me …"
"What's wrong? What's the problem? "the black man loudly asked.
"Thirsty …" Gu Qing Shan replied.
The four of them exchanged glances.
The blond man took out a pair of binoculars and carefully observed Gu Qing Shan.
"He's not injured, seems like he's just lacking stamina"
"His eyes aren't mutated, he's a normal person"
The blond man told the others while observing.
"Give him some water" the black man said.
"But we've already run out of water" old Li said.
"Then give him some alcohol" the black man said.
"No, his body is already dehydrated, let's go back to the base and get him some water" the woman said.
"It's too far, let's quench our thirst first" old Li insisted.
"He can't drink, it won't quench his thirst, it'll also affect his already weak mind" the black man also shook his head.
The blond man joined the debate: "Why not? In the olden days, it was because people were afraid of water being polluted that they liked to brew alcohol "
Gu Qing Shan was speechless as he listened to their argument.
The sun was about to set and night was about to descend.
If it really was as they said, that there would be a lot of danger at night, then staying here right now wouldn't be a good idea.
— — -do I really have to waste my time here?
Gu Qing Shan silently sighed.
"Water, give me — — water"
After saying so, he fainted.
This time, the four of them stopped arguing.
"Bring him back and get him some water"
Old Li made the final decision.
…
It was a bumpy ride.
Someone pried open his mouth and fed him some water.
Gu Qing Shan cooperated and drank a few mouthfuls, then slowly opened her eyes.
A 16-17 year old girl was feeding herself.
"You're awake? Can you drink water by yourself? "the girl timidly asked.
"I can"
Gu Qing Shan tried her best to sit up from the sofa, received the cup, and drank all the water inside.
She felt a bit better.
"Do you have any more water?"
"Here"
Another girl offered her a bottle of mineral water.
Gu Qing Shan received the bottle, unscrewed it, and drank it all at once.
With enough water, her body was finally able to recover a bit.
"Thank you again, thank you for saving me"
Gu Qing Shan looked at the two girls and smiled.
"It's nothing, we were also saved" one of the girls replied.
Gu Qing Shan turned to the other side and asked: "You mean, it was you who saved me?"
In front of him, the four people were cautiously observing him.
Gu Qing Shan was very calm.
He had already gotten a good grasp of these people's temperaments, so as long as he was careful, there wouldn't be any problems.
The blond man was holding a dagger in his hand.
The woman's hand was hidden in her chest pocket, seemingly holding a weapon as she stared closely at Gu Qing Shan.
The black man was in front, old Li was slightly behind. The two of them seemed to be casually placing their weapons on their legs.
A decent emergency formation.
Gu Qing Shan silently praised them.
Seems like other than bickering, they're also quite skilled.
— — -at least according to normal people's standards.
"Brat, what do you do?" old Li asked first.
"Scientist" Gu Qing Shan replied.
Everyone was surprised.
They didn't expect to get such an answer.
"Where did you come from?" the black man asked.
"The highway to the southeast."
"That direction isn't very safe" the blond man scowled.
"A bunch of trash" the woman muttered in a low voice, as if her emotions weren't quite right.
Gu Qing Shan quickly followed up: "That's right, my means of transport was stolen, I almost died on the way here"
"They didn't kill you?"
"At the time, when I went to take a dump, I saw a few guys coming from afar, so I quickly buried myself in the sand. They searched for a while, but the sun was too strong, so they couldn't take it anymore and took my car away"
"That's a smart one — — you said you're a scientist, what do you study?"
"Weapons"
"Guns?"
"No, a bit more advanced" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"Fighter jets? Tanks? Cannons? "the black man asked further.
Gu Qing Shan smiled.
To the other party's knowledge, these should be considered advanced goods.
— — -it can be concluded that this world's technological level is about the same as I thought.
It hasn't been more than 300 years since they first came into contact with firearms, and Mechs are still in their early stages.
Mechs …
Gu Qing Shan couldn't help but reminisce.
In fact, in the olden days, Mechs had never been favored by true military strategists before.
A single missile could solve a lot of problems.
But a single Mobile Mech's cost was several thousand times that of a single missile.
Any weapon could replace a Mech, achieving a military goal with the lowest possible cost.
That's why no one would spend hundreds of times the effort to create a Mobile Mech.
This went on for a very long time.
It wasn't until technology had advanced to a certain point that Mechs were able to play the role of 'superheroes' that they once again entered the public's vision.
Technological civilization continued to advance.
The Mech's cost problem was solved, AI was fully online.
Mechs could learn everything by themselves, replacing humans to complete many tasks. Humanity entered an era of enjoyment.
— — -as machines replaced humans, the internal strife of humanity deepened. Furthermore, due to the disparity in technological development between countries, the Mechs' capabilities were also vastly different.
And then, war broke out.
Countless Mobile Mechs took the place of humans, engaging in intense large-scale battles.
One day, the situation changed.
People discovered that when large-scale mobile weapons were used in battle, there would be some sporadic and extremely rare situations that would occasionally occur.
The most obvious example of this was the Mechs' ability to communicate with each other.
They would create a machine language that humans couldn't understand, learn and copy each other's language, thus creating a type of evolution in the sense of machines.
Humans couldn't understand this type of communication between Mechs.
But the Mechs completely understood humans and understood war.
At the same time, they were connected to the entire world's network, constantly learning and observing humanity's social structure and technological development.
Humanity felt the true meaning of terror brought about by technology.
The war ended.
From that point on, all the Mechs' AI cores were erased, each Mech had to be controlled and ordered by a human.
This was the famous First Law of Mobile Mechs: A human's orders will dictate the actions of a machine.
"Do you know about Mechs?"
Gu Qing Shan woke up from her memories and asked.
"You mean, you're a Mech scientist?" old Li asked.
"That's right" Gu Qing Shan nodded.
"Unfortunately, we don't have those things here" old Li regretfully said.
"Then, your identity can't be verified, we can't trust you" the woman said.
The blond man also said: "If you're from one of those trashy gangs, specifically sent to deal with us …"
The atmosphere suddenly became heavy.
Gu Qing Shan smiled and said: "Actually, verifying my identity is very simple — — - I know a bit about anything related to machinery, you can test me"
"What can you do?" old Li asked.
"What do you need?" Gu Qing Shan rolled up his sleeves.
As long as I have enough materials and enough time, I can easily create a few powerful ancient weapons.
Let me show off my skills now!
His behavior and performance made the others heave a sigh of relief.
— — -those gang members don't know anything about machinery, they were nothing more than a bunch of hoodlums before the Apocalypse.
Everyone exchanged glances.
"Can you really make anything related to machinery?" the black man asked.
"I can't say everything, but I'm quite proficient in the field of machinery, dealing with most situations shouldn't be an issue" Gu Qing Shan humbly replied.
Things from ancient times are very simple, but that doesn't exclude the possibility that there might be things that I've never seen before. Not to mention, this is the Earth World, there might be a lot of things that I don't know how to use, so I'll need to slowly explore them.
"Then, can you repair things?" the woman asked.
Repair?
Repairing is even simpler than making things, because all the mechanical components are already there, all you need to do is find the problem and fix it.
Whether it's the truck, the firearms, or even 'repairing' an excavator to help them clear the roadblock, none of it was a big deal for Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan nodded: "I can also be considered an expert at repairing things"
The few of them looked at each other again, all of them rejoicing.
The atmosphere in the room eased up a bit more.
"Thank god, we finally have an expert — — - our toilet bowl has always been broken" the black man helplessly said.
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