In the end, Xu Lina still reached a deal with Gong Yong.
Xu Lina didn’t have a ton of supplies either.
She could only hand over about three catties’ worth in advance.
Gong Yong took the three catties of food, a flicker of joy crossing his face, didn’t even say goodbye to Xu Lina, and turned around to head back to his own room.
“Cousin…”
Lai Baiwei was indignant.
Those few catties of food didn’t seem like much, but they were still part of her cousin’s and her own private stash.
Clearly, this woman was treating her cousin’s belongings as her own.
“Remember, equal exchange is the basic survival rule of the Fair Convoy!”
Xu Lina said coldly.
Lai Baiwei shut her mouth, still seething.
She thought those few catties of food were far more valuable than those bullets.
Xu Lina’s gaze followed Gong Yong’s movements.
As she watched him disappear from sight, the tail at the back of her head started moving again.
Sure, that tail’s combat effectiveness was nothing special.
But as a surveillance camera, it worked pretty well.
Her eyes, each originally with three pupils, now had only two left in the left one.
The missing pupil had appeared at the tip of the tail behind her head, just like before.
Xu Lina really wanted to know what Gong Yong planned to do with all that food.
Gong Yong hugged the food to his chest, his face still beaming with happiness.
Even though the food wasn’t much, he was already satisfied.
If this were before the apocalypse, someone like Gong Yong would definitely be financially free in no time.
But now it was the apocalypse, and Gong Yong could trade for very little.
He had upgraded every vehicle in the convoy except for the Monster Pickup Truck.
Even Chu Che and Sun Xixi’s two heavily modified off-road vehicles had been upgraded and fine-tuned by him.
So, logically, the convoy should have given him plenty of material rewards.
But according to Chu Che’s reasoning, the convoy providing him with a safe life was itself a trade for his work.
That deal was fair.
And Gong Yong, after thinking it over, had accepted it.
That was how he ended up making Ward-Bane Blast Rounds and trading with Xu Lina.
Just as he got the food, Gong Yong couldn’t hide the delighted expression on his face.
He walked down the external iron-frame stairs to the first floor of Bus Number Six.
Seeing him arrive, some people eagerly crowded around.
Others watched coldly from the sidelines.
Gong Yong glanced at those cold onlookers, a flicker of guilt crossing his face.
Under Xu Lina’s surveillance.
Gong Yong slowly walked up to a middle-aged man and shoved a small pack of wafer cookies into his hand.
The man stayed silent, saying nothing, just staring blankly at the cookies in his hand.
Gong Yong then moved to a young woman.
He shoved a pack of cookies into her hand.
The young woman didn’t speak either, just lowered her head and tucked the cookies into her arms, unable to hold back a sob.
Third, fourth…
In just a few moments, Gong Yong had given away everything he had just gotten from Xu Lina.
Then the guy went back up to the second floor, to his combined workshop and bedroom.
Xu Lina frowned. She didn’t quite understand why Gong Yong was doing this.
He trades with her for supplies, just to give them to others?
Wasn’t that just stupid?
After all, Bus Number Five and Bus Number Six managed supplies collectively.
Sure, they couldn’t let everyone eat their fill, but at least no one was starving.
Why was Gong Yong doing this?
And besides, that was food—so much food…
“Weiwei, come here…”
Xu Lina recounted what she had just seen.
Lai Baiwei’s expression instantly turned incredibly complicated.
“That fool…”
“What do you mean…”
“Cousin, back in the Sea of Chaotic Graves, didn’t that fool take out his lamp for everyone to use?”
“Then later, he forgot to remind Squad Leader Chu and the others, so the lamp went out.”
“In just a few seconds, almost twenty people went missing.”
“Even though you guys saved a few, Cousin.”
“Still, more than a dozen people couldn’t be found!”
“And that fool feels like it’s all his fault!”
“In the past few days, he’s given away all his own food to the friends and families of those people!”
“That fool…”
“And this is the apocalypse, the apocalypse!”
“Without him, who knows if we’d have even made it out of the Sea of Chaotic Graves?”
“Actually, we’re the ones still alive who should be thanking him!”
“But there he goes…”
“That fool…”
As Xu Lina listened, she was a bit stunned too.
Gong Yong’s actions weren’t just stupid in her cousin Lai Baiwei’s eyes.
Even Xu Lina thought it was stupid.
This was the apocalypse—when didn’t people die?
And besides, because of him, more people had survived.
She hadn’t expected that guy with the full beard to have such a soft side.
Before, she had questioned what Superhumans really were.
Now, Xu Lina had her answer.
We’re still human.
There are good people, and there are bad people.
People are complicated.
Take Mr. Chen, for example. When danger struck, he could abandon those who needed abandoning without hesitation to protect himself.
But at other times, he could also save a pregnant woman without a second thought!
Sister Fang’s child was probably born in Divine Elephant Village by now.
Good deeds, Mr. Chen had done them!
Bad deeds, Mr. Chen had done them too!
But he was still who he was.
And then there was Squad Leader Chu Che.
When danger came, he could give up on some people without a blink.
But at other times, he could also risk everything to save others.
Xu Lina even believed that if saving enough people required it, Squad Leader Chu might even sacrifice his own life.
And that bearded guy…
“Zzzz… Hello? Hello?…”
Just as Xu Lina was lost in thought.
The radio at her hand crackled to life.
“Everyone, everyone, attention, attention!!”
“There’s a village up ahead. The convoy is stopping to scavenge some supplies!”
“Everyone, pay attention!…”
Squad Leader Chu’s voice was calm, with no waves.
Clearly, the small village ahead wasn’t too troublesome.
The convoy was driving on a National Highway.
And you know, National Highways passed by plenty of villages.
Some of them even cut right through.
Hearing this news, many people perked up.
Scavenging supplies.
They hadn’t done this activity in a long time.
Xu Lina pulled herself together, turned to Lai Baiwei beside her, and said, “You go handle the arrangements!”
“Okay!”
Lai Baiwei turned and went downstairs.
The convoy soon came to a halt.
At the very front of the convoy, a few scattered houses could be seen dotting the sides of the highway.
From the look of it, this village wasn’t big.
Even if there were supplies, there probably wouldn’t be much.
But the village gave off a very bad vibe.
Of course, that was nothing unusual.
Anywhere people had lived before was now an Uninhabited Forbidden Zone.
This village in front of them was clearly not completely safe either.
