Compared with the ghostly place in front of me, this place is like another world, with bright lights and people coming and going. This street is not big, but it is the only commercial street for dozens of miles nearby. To the left is the slave area, and to the right is the slum area. Compared with the slaves who have nothing, the purchasing power of the poor is obviously higher.
The formation of shopping streets lies in purchasing power.
Biscuits, cans, steamed buns, steamed buns, ham sausages... these things that were eaten as snacks before the apocalyptic war have now become staple foods, and they are luxury foods. Because of radiation problems, there is almost no place for planting and breeding on Mars. All food today is grown in greenhouses and produced indoors. As long as it is edible, even a peanut has become a rarity today. .
Liu Wei'an has always been below the poverty line. Today he unexpectedly received 255 copper coins, plus the 6 copper coins he had saved, for a total of 261 copper coins. This is the richest he has had in the past three months. However, it is far from To the point where you can splurge.
Liu Wei'an took 10 steamed buns for 10 copper coins each, and 10 compressed biscuits for 8 copper coins each. The remaining money was all energy tubes, and the energy tubes were 5 copper coins each, a total of 16 tubes. When he went back, There was only one copper left in his pocket.
Thanks also to the game 'Plunder', the money in it is the same as in the real world. It is worth mentioning that the credit crisis was also a very important factor in the beginning of the Doomsday War. After the establishment of the three empires, they unified their currencies and canceled banknotes that relied on credibility. The currency in circulation today is basically There are three types, gold coins, silver coins and copper plates. However, copper plates and silver coins are basically the main ones, and gold coins are still relatively rare.
Walking through the dark streets, the environment in the slave quarters is no better than that of the slums. Although after nightfall, most people choose to hibernate due to the cold, but we cannot exclude those who are extremely hungry. In this dark night, there are countless people every night. When crimes happen, people like Liu Wei'an who don't even have an ID card, if an accident happens, no one will even ask.
Although today's society is technologically advanced and civilized, here it is like troubled times. Fortunately, there were no accidents along the way. Liu Wei'an thought it was still early. If there were still people wandering outside after ten o'clock, they would basically encounter something.
Back in the basement, as expected, the lights in the room were turned off. Liu Wei'an turned on the light, and Zhao Xin saw the food in his hand at a glance. The buns were still hot, and his eyes lit up.
"Eat it." Liu Wei'an grabbed a bun and ate it. Although the taste was not as good as the ones on earth, for a person who has been drinking energy tubes for three months, this is the most delicious food. .
Zhao Nannan looked at Liu Wei'an and did not move. How could she not know the difference between steamed buns and energy tubes? However, in the end, the hope in Zhao Xin's eyes could not be matched. She felt sad and silently grabbed a bun. Zhao Xin cheered softly when she saw her mother taking action. She quickly grabbed a bun and ate it with a happy smile on her face.
The energy contained in the energy tube can only guarantee that a person will not die. There are many trace elements that the human body needs that cannot be provided. After all, the price determines the quality. Taking the energy tube for a long time will make the person useless, so food must be supplemented at intervals.
Zhao Nannan stopped after eating one bun, and Zhao Xin stopped eating when she saw her mother. Liu Wei'an had already finished the second one, looked up at Zhao Nannan, and said softly: "Eat, I'm on the right track in the game, there's no need to be hungry."
Zhao Nannan hesitated and grabbed another bun. She knew her daughter very well. If she didn't eat it, she wouldn't eat it either. Feeling moved and sad at the same time, he lowered his head to prevent Liu Wei'an from seeing his red eyes. Zhao Xin smiled happily and quickly grabbed another bun.
After Liu Wei'an ate three buns, he returned to bed, pondered for a while, grabbed his helmet, and entered the 'plunder' game. Zhao Nannan glanced at him in surprise, but said nothing. Normally, Liu Wei'an would have fallen asleep completely exhausted by this point, but today seemed very different.
The bed was an old-fashioned iron bed with two bunks. Liu Wei'an slept on the lower bunk, and Zhao Nannan and her daughter slept on the upper bunk. After Zhao Xin finished eating, Zhao Nannan packed up the remaining food and pulled Zhao Xin onto the bed. The one-meter-two bed was a bit cramped for two people, but Zhao Nannan felt warmer than ever before.
Entering the game, it is also night in the game. The time in World of Warcraft and the human world seem to be synchronized. There is also the sun in the sky during the day, and there are 24 hours in a day. The only difference is that the moon in World of Warcraft is red at night. Looking at Very eerie.
Due to physical problems, Liu Wei'an has always been online during the day and rested at night. His physical strength can only support six hours on average, and seven hours is already the limit. This is the first time he has been online at night.
Stone City was much calmer at night than during the day. The flow of people was reduced by more than half. Some shops were also closed. Many people were leaving or entering the city holding torches. Liu Wei'an did not have much time to pay attention to these and hurriedly left the city. Go, follow the moonlight, although the light is dim, you can barely make out the road. He had been to the direction of the cemetery many times so that he would not get lost.
The further away from the city, the fewer pedestrians there are. After walking for about ten kilometers, there was no one on the road. It was dark in the wild, with only the shadows of trees. Insects made cheerful calls in the grass, and occasionally the screams of birds came out. Pretty scary.
When passing by a forest, Liu Wei'an stopped and started cutting down trees. This forest was made of iron poplars, and there were not many of them, only more than a hundred. Iron poplar wood is tough and elastic, making it an excellent material for making bows.
Ancient books say: Bows are mainly made of stems, horns, tendons, glue, silk, lacquer and other materials, also known as the "six materials". The dry ones are thought to be far away, the horned ones are thought to be diseased, the tendons are thought to be deep, the glue ones are thought to be harmonious, the silk ones are thought to be solid, and the lacquer ones are thought to be exposed to frost and dew.
Stem, including a variety of woods and bamboo; used to make the main body of the bow arm, which is laminated in multiple layers. The properties of dry wood play a decisive role in the performance of the bow. The dry wood is made of eucalyptus at the top, followed by eucalyptus, eucalyptus, etc., and bamboo at the bottom. The horn, that is, the animal horn, is made into a thin sheet and attached to the inside (abdomen) of the bow arm. Cow horns are mainly used to make bows, and the horns are white, medium green, and unfertilized. "The horn is two feet long and five inches (nearly fifty centimeters), and the three colors are reasonable. It is called an ox wearing an ox." This is The best horn materials (the price of one horn is equivalent to that of a cow, so it is called Niu Dai Niu). The sinews, the tendons of animals, are attached to the outside (back) of the bow arm. The function of the tendons and horns is to enhance the elasticity of the bow arms, making the arrows shoot faster and hit deeper. The selected tendons should be small and long, while large ones should be round and moist. Glue, that is, animal glue, is used to bind dry wood and angle tendons. "Kao Gong Ji" recommends six types of glue including deer glue, horse glue, cow glue, rat glue, fish glue, and rhinoceros glue. The preparation method of glue is generally to boil animal skins and other animal tissues (especially muscle cavities) in water, or add a small amount of lime alkali, then filter and steam to thicken it. According to the experience of later bow-making techniques, Isinglass made from fish tissue, especially the inner skin of the palate and fish fat, is the best. Recent Chinese bow makers used isinglass to make the important parts of the bow, that is, the load-bearing parts. And animal skin glue was used in less important places. , such as covering the skin. Silk, that is, silk thread, tightly wrap the bow tube with tendons to make it stronger. The silk must be bright in color, as if in water. Paint, paint the prepared bow arm Paint to prevent corrosion from frost, dew and moisture, and the paint must be clear in color.
To really make a good bow, the process is complicated and time-consuming. Obviously, Liu Wei'an did not have such time, so the bow he made was the simplest kind. He used iron poplar wood chopped with a torch to bake it into a curved shape. Then tie the beef tendons and you're done.
This is the second time I have made a bow. It only took an hour to complete. Unlike the first time, it took two full days to complete the bow. The next step is the arrow, a sharp arrow. Speaking of craftsmanship, The bow does not need to be much simpler, but Liu Wei'an needs disposable arrows, so there is no need to be so strict.
However, even though it is a one-time use, the materials cannot be sloppy. Liu Wei'an knew that bamboo was good, but there was no bamboo in this area, so he had to choose wooden poles.
Iron poplar is hard enough, but its elasticity will affect accuracy. Liu Wei'an walked about three miles northeast on a familiar road. The dense woods looked eerie. If he hadn't been here many times, Liu Wei'an would not have dared to come in alone.
After looking at it carefully for a while, his eyes lit up, he took a few steps forward, drew his knife and chopped. He quickly cut down five or six finger-sized saplings, then picked them up and ran away. This black winter cloth is so scary. The frightened bird's wings fluttered as if it were behind him. Liu Wei'an didn't look back and didn't stop until he ran onto the road. He took a few deep breaths and started making arrows.
These are iron birch trees, as hard as iron and as straight as a spear. They are difficult to grow. If it weren't for a sharp dagger, it would be really difficult to cut them down. A small sapling can be cut into four arrow shafts, which is exactly twenty-four. After peeling and polishing, all unnecessary things are removed, and finally the nail clippers from the hands of the corpse are attached, and one arrow is ready. manufacture complete.
The arrowheads of twenty arrows were carrion nails, the arrowheads of one arrow were animal bones, and there were three arrows that had nothing to mount them on, so Qin Zhou sharpened them, and finished the twenty-four arrows with the pheasant feathers beaten in front. The arrows have just been used up.
After making the bow and arrow, the next step was to kill the monsters. Liu Wei'an hesitated for a moment and then set off towards the cemetery. Going to the cemetery alone in the dark night, to be honest, he was really a little embarrassed.
There were obviously more monsters at night than during the day. They were sneaking around, including civet cats, bobcats, native dogs, and money wolves... Liu Wei'an was not sure he could shoot them, so he carefully avoided them one by one. After almost an hour and forty minutes, he entered. Within the scope of the cemetery, one can clearly see that the moonlight in this area of the world is darker and silent.
It seemed that because of the shroud of corpse energy, almost no living creatures liked to live inside. There were no monsters running around, and there were no sounds of insects. Liu Wei'an was not used to it. There was no one around. He gritted his teeth and strode away. Go in.
