I hacked through the chaotic world with my blade
Chapter 141 - 083: Big Brother, I’m Especially Useful, Can You Use Me_6

Chapter 141: Chapter 083: Big Brother, I’m Especially Useful, Can You Use Me_6

Gu Hang didn’t say much, picked up a long steel reinforcement rod, its point sharpened to a fine tip, over two meters in length, and quickly climbed to the roof of the security room.

The zombie spotted Gu Hang and changed direction, standing beneath him with outstretched arms, reaching up as if to drag him down.

Gu Hang held the steel rod with both hands, aimed for the zombie’s head, and with a piercing sound, stabbed directly through its brain.

With tools at hand.

He was able to deal with zombies as well.

"All set," Gu Hang said, placing the steel rod to one side and patting Wang Kai on the shoulder, "It’ll be hard work, but we need to add some iron spikes to the surrounding walls."

"No problem."

Wang Kai was very interested in this kind of work.

He was exceptionally efficient at it.

Take the iron gate they had modified earlier, for example, its hinges, where it connected to the wall, had been reinforced by them, greatly improving its stability.

At the same time, they replaced the original wooden planks with steel ones, creating holes wide enough for two thumbs. If a zombie attacked, they could hold a steel rod and pierce through the zombies.

Though such small measures were not very useful against a horde of zombies.

They could play a key role when faced with smaller numbers.

In the fields.

Lin Fan squatted down, looking at the loosened soil, a sign that something was sprouting and pushing the dirt aside.

"Sister Li, when will the chives be ready?"

He felt that chives and the bok choy Sister Li mentioned were growing the fastest here.

Li Mei looked at the chives that had grown to half the height of a palm and smiled, "Soon, just a little longer, and we’ll have fresh chives."

"I’m really looking forward to it." Lin Fan was very happy, and they had already cleared another piece of land for planting other vegetables like chili peppers and tomatoes, which he liked a lot.

"Should we buy other supplies anytime soon? If there’s anything we’re short of, I can go get it." Lin Fan was the Sunshine District’s errand boy, earning a bit of hard-working money. These days, he had worked every day and had made quite a sum, at least two thousand.

The only regret was that he had not found any survivors willing to rent out houses yet.

Li Mei said, "Xiao Fan, have you been to the seafood market? Perhaps we should buy some seafood. Oh, and get whatever you can, it’s good to buy more."

The seafood market?

"Okay." Lin Fan knew seafood was expensive, but since Sister Li was paying, it was fine to go and buy some.

Li Mei believed that with the apocalypse at hand, aquatic products could last longer. Buying them to nourish properly and keep for times of need was crucial, and she couldn’t believe she hadn’t thought of it earlier—such a silly oversight.

...

The seafood market was adjacent and very close to the vegetable market.

"It stinks so bad."

Passing by the vegetable market and smelling the odors inside, he could hardly stand it.

It was truly disgusting, so disgusting.

The smell made him feel nauseous.

"Ah, it’s been so long, everything inside has rotted terribly, and the mixture of different smells has a horrifyingly destructive power. Even if I was offered more money, I wouldn’t risk my life to clean up the market," Lin Fan mused to himself.

He then headed towards the seafood market without giving the vegetable market a second look.

Back when he used to do his own grocery shopping, he rarely came here. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to; it’s just that everything here was too expensive. With his salary at the time, any kind of seafood was a luxury.

Some people had asked him, like Feifei, who questioned why he still needed to pay for things in an apocalyptic world. He had seriously and sternly told her that payment was necessary.

So, he couldn’t afford to make such a mistake.

Being in debt to someone was better than taking things without paying.

As for whether people were willing to be in debt.

That could only be known by asking the shop owners themselves.

Upon arriving at the seafood market.

"The smell here is... ah."

It’s a long story.

The smell of seafood is indeed unpleasant, and now he’s smelling a putrid, fishy odor.

Entering the market, it’s eerily quiet, with every storefront open but some signs already hanging crookedly.

In the middle of the road are various types of seafood, dead shrimp, dead fish, all sorts of smells mingled together, truly hard to bear.

He arrives at the first storefront.

"Is the boss here?"

He asks softly.

Silence prevails.

It seems the boss isn’t in the shop, he looks down at the buckets, the water inside is murky and black, you can’t even see what’s in there.

"Such a waste."

Many seafood products die from environmental pollution.

Xinfeng Seafood.

He walks into the store, this one specializes in abalone, Australian lobster, and other seafood products, standing in front of the tanks, looking at the seafood inside, one of the emperor crabs is already dead.

Someone had told him before, "Lin Fan, if you want to eat emperor crabs and also save some money, go talk to the boss and tell him to sell you the ones that just died at a cheaper price."

These recently deceased emperor crabs, Australian lobsters are all sent to restaurants, to be served at wedding banquets.

He continues searching.

Arriving at a shop.

This one sells crabs.

He sees a figure inside the shop standing there, back towards him, swaying.

"Boss, I’d like to buy some crabs," Lin Fan asks in a friendly manner.

Unexpectedly, the boss of this shop is still around; this shows how much he values the shop, that even as a zombie, he’s still guarding his store.

But... wait, something isn’t quite right.

He notices that the zombie in front of him is a woman wearing a short skirt, carrying a lady’s purse, and even though it’s dirty, it’s still somewhat recognizable.

That doesn’t seem to be the boss.

"Hehe..."

The zombie, hearing Lin Fan’s voice, spins around abruptly; half of her face is missing, dripping with thick fluid, she lunges at Lin Fan ferociously, her skirt swinging with her run, barely revealing black underwear...

Thwack!

His sword pierces through the zombie’s head; he doesn’t pull it out but drags it outside before withdrawing the sword, he doesn’t want the body in the shop.

"There are very few seafood that are still alive; these crabs seem quite happy though."

Male and female crabs.

Clearly classified.

They usually weigh about three to six ounces each.

Remembering Li Mei’s words to buy as much as he can, he picks out the live crabs, preparing his own bag to put them in; after all, with the boss absent, what more can be done? He has to rely on himself.

He weighs the bagged crabs.

"Sss, so expensive."

Looking at the price, considering the quantity, that’s like a hundred yuan for three to four crabs.

He leaves the money in the shop.

Carrying the heavy bags, he heads toward Sunshine District.

Happy.

Another shopping trip, buying a lot.