The scrawny man immediately noticed a man and a woman on a particular truck, astonishingly possessing three guns.

The situation was critical, and without thinking, he turned and ran towards the truck.

Qu Jianlei and Flower Scorpion actually carried more than three guns.

While walking in the wilderness, each had two long guns and a short one, and among them, two were machine guns.

The vehicle they just bought also had a vehicle-mounted machine gun. The shopkeeper wanted to remove it, but Qu Jianlei thought the structure was good, so he bought it altogether.

Who would've thought that right after buying the car, they'd encounter a Frost Wolf attack.

Moreover, each of their backpacks contained a Gauss Automatic Rifle.

In Qu Jianlei's backpack, there was even a sawed-off Gauss Automatic Rifle and a Shotgun.

When the bald strong man picked a fight, Qu Jianlei himself had six guns, and Flower Scorpion had four.

Even so, they had left some guns in the hills.

The scrawny man rushed over, "You have many guns, and they over there have none, temporarily requisition... What, so many guns?"

Staring at the mix of long and short guns in the truck bed, he was dumbfounded, "How many of you are there?"

Two people with eleven guns, who would believe that?

Upon hearing the word "requisition," Qu Jianlei felt a bit tired. Can just anyone requisition others' things like this?

However, the situation was indeed tense, and he understood the concept of sharing a common fate.

He was too lazy to deal with this person, glancing at Flower Scorpion: You handle it.

Flower Scorpion was accustomed to his manager-style approach— the strong ought to have their pride.

However, she had a good impression of the scrawny man and understood the urgency of the situation.

So she straightforwardly stated, "You can borrow the two machine guns and that short Gauss Gun."

"I want more than just machine guns," the scrawny man said directly.

"You two have too many guns, leaving you with two long guns and the vehicle-mounted machine gun should suffice."

In fact, compared to machine guns, he preferred the Gauss Automatic Rifle, as it efficiently conserved ammunition.

Also, those without guns generally weren't good shots, and couldn't effectively use machine guns.

However, not having machine guns was not an option; in critical moments, they could provide suppressive fire.

He believed leaving the two long guns and one vehicle-mounted machine gun for them was sufficient— many really had none.

Qu Jianlei gave him a look and couldn't be bothered to speak further.

Upon hearing this, Flower Scorpion was also displeased, "We need the Laser Pistols for protection."

The scrawny man waved his hand, "Handguns don't matter, you can keep the Shotgun too."

For close-range desperate battles, it wasn't great for penetration and challenging to shoot beasts, mostly used for internal fights.

"But the two Gauss Automatic Rifles, hand them over."

"That's not possible," Flower Scorpion refused outright, "At most, we can lend you one."

She was basically unlikely to use a Gauss Rifle, so lending one was tolerable.

"Then lend a Laser Gun," the scrawny man frowned, "Can you survive if we all die?"

Judging from the guns they carried, he could tell that this man and woman were definitely not to be trifled with.

So he asked: do you wish for everyone to die together?

"Here!" Qu Jianlei tossed his Laser Rifle over, stating flatly, "We don't have Energy Blocks either!"

Energy Blocks are the core power for firing a Laser Rifle; every beam consumes them.

The rifle he tossed over still had two centimeters of Energy Blocks, enough for over thirty shots.

Qu Jianlei's attitude wasn't great, but his action was supportive, and the scrawny man took the gun and hurried off.

Some noticed this scene and felt Qu Jianlei's response was normal, logical even.

Faced with wolves in the wilderness, should one sacrifice wealth or life... isn't that obvious?

But some were concerned about something else, "Damn, is most of their large backpacks filled with guns and ammo?"

Indeed, Qu Jianlei had a terrible sense of security, so bringing more guns and ammo was quite normal.

However, there were still some jerky and Energy Blocks in their backpacks.

Flower Scorpion was slightly surprised by Qu Jianlei's reaction, "Are you really just using Gauss Guns?"

"If the wolf pack charges, I'll use the machine gun, the Gauss Gun is for you."

Flower Scorpion thought about it carefully and then nodded, "That's better, I prefer Gauss Guns at close range, cost-efficient."

The supply station gradually stabilized, and the wolf pack outside mostly arrived, likely numbering five to six thousand.

After the entire wolf pack arrived, they surprisingly slowed their assault, pacing back and forth seven to eight hundred meters away.

The people in the supply station wore solemn expressions, with the major figures strategizing, while others busily worked.

The woman selling fuel was pouring it into small bottles, saying these fuel-laden vials would be thrown out and ignited in an emergency.

Qu Jianlei and Flower Scorpion were lone wanderers, no one was discussing anything with them.

Qu Jianlei thoughtfully shook his head, "So they didn't sell me fuel to prepare for battle."

Flower Scorpion smiled indifferently, "A small supply station, how much fuel can it have? At least six thousand Frost Wolves outside."

Qu Jianlei answered casually, "Beasts are afraid of fire, and Frost Wolves... fire conquers ice, who can say for sure?"

"Fire conquers ice?" Flower Scorpion was taken aback, "I think I've heard of that. It seems to involve a famous war."

In the Wasteland, there is only slaughter, including conflicts of interest between settlements, which can only be called battles.

Generally speaking of war, it's about things before the apocalypse.

"Don't take it so seriously," Qu Jianlei waved his hand. He just wanted to have a little argument.

"Frost Wolves may not necessarily grow in the ice and snow, and a supply station's fuel can't burn for long."

"That's not it," Flower Scorpion shook her head, thinking, "Fire conquers ice... there's profound knowledge here."

It's important to note that the language of the Wasteland is quite different from Qu Jianlei's native language before crossing over.

Qu Jianlei's native language on Blue Star originated from pictographic characters, which could express both meaning and sound.

On Blue Star, there is another type of language: alphabetic language.

Basically, after the language that commonly expresses meaning was born, alphabets were created to standardize language.

But the alphabet acted upon the language... This situation worsened, to the point where eventually, the language was constrained by the alphabet.

However, in fact, there is a third type of language on Blue Star, which is machine language.

Before Qu Jianlei crossed over, the machine language on Blue Star was binary, 0 and 1.

A string of 0s and 1s represents a letter, and a long string of 0s and 1s represents a word.

And the Wasteland's language is the fourth situation... Well, to avoid being said to be digressing, further explanation will be given later.

At least the word "conquer" in the Wasteland has a touch of mysticism, meaning something predestined.

If put in plain Wasteland language, it should be "ice defeats fire" or "fire melts ice."

Qu Jianlei always paid close attention to collecting such information.

However, at this time, he couldn't bother with these, "I just said it offhandedly, finding out the characteristics of the Frost Wolves is the real business."

This is the greatest pain for outsiders; the two of them even didn't know whether Frost Wolves were mutant beasts.

Someone nearby suggested, "The Frost Wolves want to wear us down, attacking day and night, they'll wear us to death."

Qu Jianlei and Flower Scorpion exchanged glances, feeling there was too much they didn't understand.

Flower Scorpion asked, "Shall I go gather some information and see if there's anything inside?"

Qu Jianlei didn't initially want to speak but eventually couldn't help but say, "Be careful, don't learn from the fool from Rift."

"Gathering information, he's still a bit lacking," Flower Scorpion snorted, "Can I recruit a partner?"

"Recruit a partner... here?" Qu Jianlei was suddenly taken aback, "Is it reliable?"

"Was I reliable to you initially?" Flower Scorpion often hit the nail on the head with her words.

Could there be a chance of forming factions? A thought flashed through Qu Jianlei's mind.

He didn't have the mentality of a superior, but he understood the principle of guarding against being undermined.

However, the next moment, he cast aside this concern: He and Flower Scorpion had entered this unfamiliar land at the same time!

Even if he wasn't good at communicating with people, merely displaying his own strength, newcomers wouldn't dare to mess around in the short term.

Not to mention, wouldn't it take some time for newcomers just to establish trust with Flower Scorpion?

And apart from himself, could Flower Scorpion easily establish mutual trust with others?

There's really no trouble in the world, only fools trouble themselves! Qu Jianlei nodded slightly, "Then I'll trouble you to keep an eye on it."

"The key is, your combat skills being restricted to the position of a driver, will affect our overall strength."

Upon hearing this, Flower Scorpion couldn't help but smile; you finally admitted my marksmanship, it really wasn't easy.

She turned to leave and returned about an hour later, "I've found someone..."

The new partner she recruited was none other than the woman selling fuel.

The woman's name was Cindy, a resident of Zhou Three Settlement, whose spouse was a squad leader in the City Guard, who died in battle.

That battle had heavy losses for the City Guard, and her deceased husband bore some inexplicable faults.

Only a bit of compensation was issued, and the settlement reclaimed the house she lived in.

Some other assets were divided among her husband's brothers.

Cindy could only take her daughter to roam the streets, and the little compensation wouldn't last long.

Fortunately, her husband's colleagues helped her find a job here.

The supply station was state-operated by the settlement, generally survivors were not qualified to work there, the income was relatively stable, but definitely not much.

The mother and daughter could only barely make ends meet.

Cindy worked at the supply station, and her daughter lived in a rented room outside Zhou Three Settlement. She could only see her daughter for two days every half month.

Hearing that these two wanted to recruit a teammate, she only made one request: just take my daughter along.

Flower Scorpion suggested that this could be discussed—Black Heaven could once support little Jing, raising a little girl shouldn't be a problem.

The most crucial point was that Cindy also quietly revealed: I've saved up some fuel while working at the supply station for so long!

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