Chapter 312: Everyone Picks Up Scrap
10:30 AM.
The blazing sun hung high, the air seemed to stop flowing, pollution dust concentration increased, and you could feel it when breathing.
Fortunately, it’s not yet at the point where you must wear an air filter mask when getting off the vehicle.
Yu Jiang is also afraid that this situation will occur later, so she wants to quickly gather more supplies.
In over 3 hours, she had already picked up 156 pounds of scrap metal and scrap steel, and sorted them, with 96 pounds of scrap metal and 60 pounds of scrap steel.
The weight from the light screen scan, otherwise it wouldn’t be this precise.
Looking at the other teammates, Purple Butt Can Do It, who never suffered in his life, started suffering the moment he got bare-assed on the road.
He now speaks feebly, his clothes stained with black ash, gloves pitch black, holding two pieces of scrap metal, looking completely drained.
Busy for half a day, he only picked up 45 pounds of iron.
Lightning Mage King and Pure Love Cockroach Spicy Spicy, who were previously full of energy and leading in mental state, now also look like they have it very tough.
Their revenue is decent, each with seventy or eighty pounds, and Strawberry Candy is about the same.
The merchant caravan led by Wholesale Wang Defa sighs while working, all famous players on the wealth ranking, now each looking like a beggar version of the Fight the Landlord farmer sticker pack.
Shi Xu has no crowbar, but his stamina limit is high, as someone who plays outdoor hiking and climbs snow mountains, his physical fitness is better than most from the start.
He can keep up with Yu Jiang’s pace, stubbornly picking up 102 pounds of scrap.
That’s how the King of Competition is, giving everything in whatever they do.
“According to our progress, the fast ones can get 200 pounds by evening today, the slow ones by tomorrow too.”
Pure Love Cockroach Spicy Spicy sits under the merchant caravan’s item sunshade sky curtain, panting.
“Carrying patients before wasn’t this tiring, mainly because it wasn’t this hot.” Lightning Mage King is also wilted.
Three solar camping fans spin fast, the wind they blow is also stuffy and hot.
Just after high-intensity labor, body blood vessels are dilated, best not to blow air conditioning immediately, so everyone takes a breather under the sky curtain first, supplementing some water.
“At Captain Jiang’s speed, we can get 200 pounds today, plus the next few days, total weight to a thousand pounds isn’t impossible.” Yu Zhou slumps in the chair and sighs.
Seeing the scrap weight Yu Jiang picked up, teammates look at her with respect and awe, what kind of scavenging holy body is this.
Picking trash, your body can’t stay very clean and decent, everyone is about the same, but her whole person’s spirit and demeanor is different.
Also tired and hot, but no worry in her eyes about the road ahead, only excitement about picking things.
Seeing useful resources makes her want to pick them, not picking them makes her uncomfortable.
Shi Xu next to her, also wearing sun protection clothing, has good spirits too, and when he turns his head and meets Yu Jiang’s smiling expression, he understands her meaning.
A thousand pounds is nowhere near her goal, too little.
“Daytime efficiency is too low, we can continue at night, just right I also need to grind monsters.”
Saying this he pauses, “However, you’re spending most of your energy on this, the skill upgrade mission side.”
Less than 10 days until the leaderboard refresh.
“No rush, can do both at the same time. Missions aren’t time-limited, scavenging is limited, once this village passes, no more shop.” Yu Jiang relaxes her body and leans back.
Finally got a chance to grind the scrap yard boss’s favor, who knows when the next scrap yard service area encounter will be.
Go out at night to pick scrap, fight monsters when encountered, benefit is no sun exposure, temperature not that high, body feels better.
Downside is poor visibility at night, high danger coefficient leaving the road, who knows when you’d get bitten.
Good armor is precious combat resource, can’t spend it on picking scrap, not sure if you can earn it back.
Teammates nearby listening to their conversation, eyes twitch, didn’t pick enough during day, continue at night, too ruthless.
Afternoon can’t scavenge, sun blazing directly, item sun protection clothing can’t withstand the heat, even if go pick, efficiency poor, possible heatstroke, no need, better rest well, build up spirit.
Everyone has recovered enough, each returns to vehicle to blow air conditioning, Pure Love Cockroach Spicy Spicy with Purple Butt Can Do It’s help, received a set of solar power generation and storage equipment, though efficiency a bit low.
Next step she plans to install a small air conditioner, this way can save some fuel.
Gasoline vehicles in summer, don’t dare look at air conditioning consumption, one look and heart aches.
Now at noon when team stops to rest, can mooch off the air conditioning in Yu Jiang’s RV.
Appliances in the RV now all use electricity from photovoltaic panels, excess electricity can’t be stored if not used. When storage equipment is full, generation automatically stops.
Several people prepare to simply clean up, change into clean clothes before coming.
Yu Jiang’s RV is spotless, they can’t go up with dirty clothes leaving footprints everywhere, know Yu Jiang has automatic cleaning prop, but dirtying others’ vehicle is impolite in itself.
Next to the vehicle’s room door folding steps, there’s a small storage box that can be opened, for outerwear and shoes too dirty but still needed, Yu Jiang puts them there, won’t bring them in herself, except emergencies.
The shoe cabinet at the entrance is storage space, next to it in the real cabinet there’s shoe covers Yu Jiang picked up, keeping the RV clean isn’t hard.
The moment Yu Jiang steps into the RV, she comfortably takes a deep breath, it’s this cool feeling, then another ice cola, refreshing!
She’s just wearing a camisole, thinking no accidents in afternoon won’t get off vehicle, changes into breathable lightweight silk-cotton long pants and short sleeve shirt, prepares to eat something.
Sad Pig Intestine also went out with teammates to pick scrap, no time to cook these past two days.
Everyone more or less stocked some fresh food, Yu Jiang has even more in hand.
Scavenging too stamina-consuming, wants to eat something good at noon today, doesn’t want self-heating rice.
Wild vegetables stir-fried pork over noodles, plus button quail egg mini omelet, a bowl of mung bean soup.
Teammates also brought their own lunches, Lightning Mage King’s cat car can generate power itself, no pressure running air conditioning, but since companions are gathered, he can’t stay alone by himself.
Foul smells on the road are all isolated outside by the air purifier in the RV, blowing air conditioning, eating sumptuous delicious food, feels too comfortable.
Yu Jiang sees in team and friend channels, everyone’s scavenging career is going fairly smoothly, all sharing how to do it more effortlessly, save grid space.
Public screen also all discussing picking scrap, totally different vibe from two days ago, survival channel turned into scrap picking exchange channel.
Taro Boba: 【??? How can you get over 80 pounds of scrap in one morning, including over 20 pounds of scrap steel. Scrap steel is so hard to find.】
28-bar Bicycle: 【No skills, all strength and luck! Just heard big shot say, at current situation, scrap steel acquisition probability small, so exchange ratio or content definitely different then.】
Ice Cream Assassin: 【I f***ing saw a dark gray thing, thought it was steel bar, reached out to grab, guess what? It was a monster ‘smile’, slippery and disgusting, that thing wrapped up immediately, lucky my defense is decent, didn’t get my hand bone twisted off.】
