Get High (v1c14)
Ye Sheng stared closely at the black stone. If it hadn't been so dirty, she would have taken it in her hands and examined it carefully. She had a strong hunch that the black stone was an energy stone, and it was not a wild guess.
She had good reasons to believe it.
Although Zhou Lin knew very little about energy stones, she had mentioned once or twice that they were black in color.
Energy stones were derived from the poisonous mist radiation. They were not only useful for humans, but also coveted by the polluted creatures in the wilderness.
Eating energy stones made them stronger.
It was like a continuous evolution.
Their muscles became tougher, their claws sharper, and so on.
For the polluted creatures, swallowing energy stones had no drawbacks, so it was not uncommon for spiny rats to have them in their stomachs.
They just hadn't digested them properly.
Energy stones were rare and valuable in the wasteland world.
They could be taken to the swap shop and traded for points. One point value of energy was worth three credit points!
That meant a little energy could buy a bottle of nutrient solution!
There were different levels of energy stones, depending on how much energy they contained. Ye Sheng didn't know the exact levels, but she could ask someone when she got back.
But that was not her priority right now. She wanted to test it first!
If it turned out to be something else, her joy would be shattered.
With that thought, Ye Sheng used a branch to pull the black stone aside, away from the pile of bloody guts, and then eagerly picked up the detector and scanned the black stone.
'Beep~ A D-level energy stone detected, the specific energy value is 365! '
Hahaha.
It was an energy stone! ! !
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Ye Sheng didn't know how to describe her feelings. The word "happy" was an understatement.
She felt like dancing on the spot and celebrating~
365 energy points could not only get her an equal amount of nutrient solution, but also 1095 credit points.
That was more than a thousand points!
Ye Sheng's pockets were emptier than her face. She had found the magnetic identity card that every base personnel had, but it was similar to a bank card with no balance.
She didn't know that at first. She was so excited when she found the identity card that she wanted to go to the Swap shop and check the balance.
But Zhou Lin saw her and burst into laughter.
She explained to her that the points earned by each family in the wasteland world were in the hands of the head of the family. Children couldn't have access to them!
Ye Sheng and Zhou Lin were too young, so their identity cards were blank.
The identity cards of Ye Sheng's parents had been lost in the wilderness long ago and never recovered...
So Ye Sheng was very poor and couldn't even afford nutrient solution.
But Ye Sheng was no longer the same as before. She was rich!
Her eyebrows lifted with joy, and her dark eyes sparkled with the corners of her mouth. She rubbed her hands together, ready to put away the energy stone and have some fun when she reached home.
But she felt it was too crude to just stash it away.
She thought for a moment, and then took out a plastic bottle filled with water from her bag. It was warm water she had brought to quench her thirst.
She didn't drink the water herself, but used it to wash away the dirt.
There was a small river nearby, where blue crayfish had emerged. Ye Sheng didn't dare to go near the water.
She feared being dragged in by something, which would be both joyful and tragic.
Luckily, the energy stone was easy to clean. As soon as Ye Sheng poured the water over it, the blood stains on the energy stone were washed away and it regained its original appearance.
But Ye Sheng didn't want to touch it with her hands. She grabbed a large blade of grass from her side, wrapped the energy stone in it, and then carefully put it into a compartment in her bag.
Ye Sheng didn't waste any time when she got this precious treasure.
She quickly put on her old cloak, then picked up the heavy backpack and left the river. At the same time, she grabbed the nylon bag containing rat skin and rat claws with one hand, and then strode back home.
Along the way, as Ye Sheng expected, there were hardly any people.
Even if she met someone, they were in a hurry.
There were one or two skinny people who eyed Ye Sheng and wanted to follow her, but they hadn't eaten for who knows how long. Even though Ye Sheng was carrying a heavy load of rat meat, they couldn't catch up with her.
She easily left them behind.
On the way back, Ye Sheng felt a twinge of regret.
If she had known she could find energy stones, she would have cut the crayfish she threw into the river into eight pieces and searched their stomachs for any energy stones.
But it was too late now. They were all gone and there was no way to get them back.
Ye Sheng learned a lesson. Next time she killed polluted creatures, she would check them carefully even if they were highly radioactive and inedible.
Ye Sheng couldn't help but smile when she thought of the energy stone. Fortunately, she knew she was still outside, so she restrained herself.
Ye Sheng had some guesses about the porcupine rat that had both meat and energy stones.
This porcupine rat with low health was most likely the one Zhou Lin had mentioned that morning...the same porcupine rat that had scratched someone's throat and then escaped during the siege.
That explained why the porcupine rat's fur was damaged and tattered.
And the severed human finger in its stomach were also evidence of its attacks on humans.
Thinking of this, Ye Sheng felt very happy. With her current combat power, if she had encountered a healthy porcupine rat, she might have failed and died in the wilderness on her first trip.
The wilderness was really dangerous!
But the rewards were also great!
That was why countless people came one after another, just to fight for a chance to survive in the wilderness.
Ye Sheng mentally estimated her harvest this time. As long as she brought the energy stones to the swap shop and traded them for points, more than a thousand points could support her and Xiaodongxi for a long time without worrying about life.
No more fighting in the wilderness.
But Ye Sheng also wanted to show off, but unfortunately she couldn't.
The wasteland world had a blizzard period every year. The falling cold and snow made the wilderness desolate. Even the polluted creatures didn't dare to stay outside for long, but instead found places to hide and hibernate.
Not to mention humans.
The blizzard period lasted for three months.
Although spring had just begun and there was still a long time before the blizzard period, Ye Sheng had to seize the time to save food, get warm clothes and heating equipment, and so on.
Well!
She realized that over a thousand points was not that much.
She still had a long way to go.
Before Ye Sheng came to the wasteland world, her original family was not rich, but they had some heating equipment and warm clothes to survive the blizzard period.
But after her parents died horribly in the wilderness, the original person gave away these things as a reward and asked some brave people to bring back part of their bodies and bury them peacefully.
After arranging her parents' funeral, she died of shock.
Then, Ye Sheng arrived.
Even though it was a wasteland world where survival was hard, for Ye Sheng who had been killed by a car, it was a second chance at life.
She was very grateful.
So it didn't matter if the family was in ruins, as long as she was still alive.
With that thought, Ye Sheng walked briskly and reached home soon.
She took out the key hanging around her neck from under her collar, opened the door and didn't linger. She just put the basket of rat meat on the floor, then left again with the nylon bag in her hand.
She wanted to exchange the rat skin and rat claws for points and get some nutrient solution while there were few people around.
She locked the door again, and slapped her satchel.
She couldn't contain herself this time.
She looked up at the direction of the exchange hall with a bright smile.
‘Hahaha, swap shop, here I come!’