309: On board a pirate ship

Su Liuyuan handed the backpack to Jiang Fei.

Jiang Fei unzipped the bag.

Inside, it was filled with gold ornaments, gold bars, and gold nuggets, all already cleaned.

Lu Yu and Ling Zhaorui also gave their respective backpacks to Jiang Fei.

The bags were similarly heavy with gold.

Su Liuyuan shared the news with Jiang Fei: "There's a lot of gold outside Mos City."

"Other survivors said that this is the city with the highest gold production in F Country, possessing over a hundred gold veins, but unfortunately, after the apocalypse descended, more than half were destroyed."

"They also told us that the reason there's so much gold outside now is because the recent tsunami washed the gold nuggets out from the bottom of the mines."

Ling Zhaorui: "Sister Jiang, quickly put the gold into the Supermarket and let's see how many jin we picked up today."

Jiang Fei did so impatiently.

System: [Ding—Detected gold: 51000 grams]

"Over 100 jin, hundreds of times more than what I earned selling goods today."

Su Liuyuan did a quick calculation and was stunned: "You only earned over 100 grams of gold today?"

"Not only did we earn little, but we also ran into a big idiot from Japan."

Xiao Chuxia told the three about the bald man.

After listening, Ling Zhaorui said indignantly: "It was too easy to just blow them up."

"If you ask me, we should have captured the Japanese person and used him for Chu Xia's research."

"After torturing him enough, then kill him, and let him taste what it's like to be a guinea pig!"

Xiao Chuxia slapped her forehead: "Why didn't I think of that!"

"Next time I encounter a Japanese person looking for trouble, I'll do just that!"

Lu Yu looked at Jiang Fei: "Liu Yuan, Zhao Rui, and I have good news to tell you."

"We discovered a small open-pit gold mine at the foot of the mountain north of Mos City."

"Only half of it has been mined, it's not severely damaged, and no one is guarding it."

"I took a look, and there are many gold ores."

Jiang Fei was tempted: "We'll go right after dinner."

Knock knock knock—

A sudden knocking sound rang out.

"I'm Zhao Jinbao from room 303 next door, I have something to discuss with you."

Ling Zhaorui, who was closest to the door, opened it.

Zhao Jinbao immediately revealed a smiling face.

"I just saw you come back with three large backpacks, you must have scavenged a lot of supplies. I want to talk business with you."

"You give me the supplies, and I'll help you find people to trade them for, then you just give me one-fifth."

Afraid that Jiang Fei and the others would misunderstand, Zhao Jinbao explained: "I'm missing an arm, and I'm thin, so I'm easily bullied and can't do scavenging work. That's why I can only resell supplies, acting as a middleman."

"If you think one-fifth is too much, just letting me have a full meal will do."

"One-fifth of the supplies is acceptable," Jiang Fei walked over and stated her condition:

"But I only want gold."

"And you also need to help me inquire about the whereabouts of a few people."

"If you find them, I'll reward you handsomely."

Zhao Jinbao: "No problem, I have the most friends in Mos City."

"Wait a moment."

Closing the door, Jiang Fei took out a sack of expired supplies from the Supermarket warehouse.

They were all foods and daily necessities that could be found outside.

Plus photos of Jiang Zhengkang, Cao Xiuhong, Jiang Xiaoshi, Han Yang, Yao Jin, Niu Er, and Mother Xiao.

Fortunately, when Lu Yu had his birthday last year, Xiao Hua Lao took many photos of their friends, otherwise she wouldn't know how to describe everyone's features.

Taking out a pen, Jiang Fei wrote her friends' names on the back of each photo.

To prevent Zhao Jinbao from not recognizing them if they changed.

Opening the door, Jiang Fei handed the sack and photos to Zhao Jinbao, raised a mini pistol, and warned coldly.

"If you don't want your head to explode, don't try any tricks."

"Don't worry, in our line of work, it's all about credibility," Zhao Jinbao cautiously asked:

"Um, how should the price of the supplies be set?"

Jiang Fei: "You set it. If I suffer a loss, I'll come find you."

Seeing the door close, Zhao Jinbao was dumbfounded.

How was he supposed to set the price?

Whether she suffered a loss or not, wasn't it all up to her?

He didn't know why, but Zhao Jinbao felt like he had boarded a pirate ship.

Inside the room.

Jiang Fei took Lu Yu and the other three into the Supermarket for dinner.

After dinner, Xiao Chuxia, Ling Zhaorui, and Su Liuyuan wanted to stay in the Supermarket to feed the poultry and livestock and farm the land. Jiang Fei didn't refuse.

Once her teammates finished helping her, she wouldn't have to work.

She only brought Lu Yu out of the Supermarket.

With Lu Yu driving, the two went to the open-pit gold mine on the northern mountain.

The evening wind was biting.

Fortunately, Jiang Fei and Lu Yu wore thermostatic clothes, and there was air conditioning in the car, so it wasn't too cold.

The open-pit gold mine was deserted.

The extent of the gold mine's excavation had already exceeded three hundred meters.

Taking a long detour to descend the mine was troublesome, so Jiang Fei simply took out climbing gear and went down with Lu Yu.

Upon reaching the bottom of the mine, Jiang Fei took out a metal detector and swept the area with Lu Yu.

It was mainly for detecting ore.

As soon as the detector sounded, Jiang Fei put the ore into the Supermarket.

[Ding—Detected gold: 20 grams]

[Detected gold: 40 grams]

The gram weight was light, but the quantity was large.

Jiang Fei stood still and collected over several thousand grams of gold.

As for gold nuggets and lumps exposed on the outside, Jiang Fei directly collected them.

Five hours passed in a flash.

Jiang Fei and Lu Yu finished collecting all the gold here.

The total was 23,700,010 grams.

[Current unlock progress: 99%]

Jiang Fei: "..."

System, shut up.

Just then, Lu Yu asked: "How much more to unlock the next area?"

Jiang Fei replied sullenly: "One percent, I don't know the exact amount."

"Liu Yuan, Zhao Rui, and I will look around again these few days, maybe we'll find another gold mine."

"Worst case, we can still pick up a lot by scavenging every day."

Saying that, Lu Yu climbed up with Jiang Fei.

A hoarse voice suddenly came.

"What are you doing at the gold mine?!"

Jiang Fei subconsciously pulled out her gun, and suddenly felt that this voice sounded a little familiar.

She looked up.

The middle-aged man standing a few steps away was holding a rusty iron pitchfork.

He was wearing a faded black tracksuit and was covered in dust.

Uneven red spots were scattered across his sallow skin.

"Old Mr. Mo?"

Father Mo took two steps forward, squinted for a while, and then recognized the person in front of him.

He dropped the iron pitchfork with a clatter and excitedly hugged Jiang Fei.

"Miss Jiang!"

"This is great! I finally met someone I know!"

Jiang Fei was forcibly lifted and spun a few times by Father Mo.

Just as she was about to faint, Lu Yu intervened to separate them, and then supported the dizzy Jiang Fei.

"Old Mr. Mo, your eyes..."

"I drifted at sea for too long before, and my eyesight was damaged," Father Mo said in a relaxed tone:

"Now I'm like I'm nearsighted, everything looks blurry unless I get closer."

"My eyes also hurt occasionally, as if a needle is pricking me."

Their hearts sank.

Eye damage caused by ultraviolet rays, if the symptoms are mild, can generally heal on their own. For severe cases like Father Mo's, it's probably irreversible.

Lu Yu: "Old Mr. Mo, how did you end up here?"

"I came to the gold mine during the day once, and I didn't see you."

Father Mo recounted his experiences.

Only then did Jiang Fei and Lu Yu know.

Many people in the capital city survived thanks to the survival supplies Cheng Pingwei had prepared.

Most of them drifted to Mos City.

Father Mo was one of them.

He was old and had poor eyesight, so he couldn't do much. Fortunately, he met a fellow villager from the capital city.

The other person helped him find a job guarding the gold mine, which included two meals a day.

And this open-pit gold mine belonged to the Black Night Gang.

Those gang members were afraid that the apocalypse might suddenly end one day and they would be without money, so they had people guard the gold mine.

It was also a way for them to mark their territory.

Patrolling every day was too tiring, and no one would come to steal useless gold, so Father Mo was too lazy to come over, only checking once every night before going to bed.

Who would have thought that he just discovered Jiang Fei's car and mistakenly thought they were bad people, so he took the iron pitchfork as a weapon.

Father Mo curiously asked the two: "Why are you at the open-pit gold mine?"

"You're not here to steal gold, are you?"