Chapter 318: Everyone Wants To Pull Off A Big Score
One thousand pounds of scrap metal, Yu Jiang redeemed 6 bags of snail noodles, 6 bags of hot and sour noodles, two hot pot bases, one bottle of chili sauce, and a few bags of retro cakes.
The rest was divided into three parts: dry ingredients, fresh ingredients, canned food and self-heating rice.
With the water collector, there was no need to redeem mineral water, saving quite a bit.
Yu Jiang’s Team acted swiftly, and by sunrise, everyone had completed their redemptions and packed away their supplies.
Players trickled in one after another; there was an iron gate outside the scrap yard, allowing only team members to enter together.
Those behind could only queue up and wait; disrupting order in the service area also carried the risk of being kicked out.
Yu Jiang had already locked onto Fried Potato with Fish Mint; when their team arrived, there weren’t many vehicles in the service area, making it easy to identify.
Not far from the Fried Potato with Fish Mint team, two vehicles were parked; the windows used tinted glass, obscuring the inside, and those two stood by the vehicles—one with a face full of savage flesh, the other dressed in a street thug style.
They smoked, puffing clouds while watching the teams entering the service area, but most of the time staring at the Fried Potato with Fish Mint side, their eyes filled with malice.
“Don’t know what things they redeemed.” Small Fish spoke up, “Three or four trucks.”
Zheng Tianlang, the one with the face full of savage flesh, sneered, “Rushing into the service area right after safe time ends, pretty bold.”
Didn’t dare sleep too deeply on the road; finally got to rest in the service area, no way the team led by that Fish Mint would dare head out in the middle of the night.
He was sleeping soundly when headlights shone over, followed by the sound of wheels rolling.
He thought he was dreaming too.
“Those people aren’t leaving after redeeming stuff, waiting for companions or some other goal.” Small Fish pretended to just chat idly with his companion, eyes’ peripheral vision fixed dead on Yu Jiang’s Team’s vehicle.
“Don’t care what they’re up to.” Zheng Tianlang instructed, “Send a message to the guys outside, be detailed.”
Outside was hot and stinky; they’d been staking out since yesterday afternoon till now, not just to block a few people.
How much scrap could a few players scavenge, how much supplies could they redeem?
Of course they wanted a big score, not just ordinary supplies, but also limited rare supplies.
Professional exclusive armor was too hard to get; seemed like the scrap yard could drop it, plus supermarket shopping vouchers, weapon upgrade stones.
This group had scavenged scrap for two or three days, probably didn’t have much energy left today.
As for the Fried Potato with Fish Mint team, they had to die; liked sharing info to earn reputation rewards?
They just couldn’t stand that kind of scum.
Players coming out after redeeming supplies didn’t choose to leave immediately; many wanted to rest in the safe zone, trade supplies with others, gather intel.
They all grumbled regretfully about scavenging too little scrap, not redeeming much supplies, limited items too expensive to afford.
Whether it was true or fake, only they themselves knew.
Not all players were willing to spend too much on parking fees to stay in the service area.
Level 3 and below vehicles cost 100 crystal coins per day, 5 crystal coins per hour.
Levels 4 and 5 were 200 crystal coins per day, 10 crystal coins per hour.
Yu Jiang’s level 6 vehicle cost even more, 250 crystal coins per day, 12 crystal coins per hour.
Level 3 vehicle players celebrated on public screen that they hadn’t upgraded, saving quite a bit on parking fees, could relax and sleep in the service area.
In Yu Jiang’s RV, the air conditioning was on; she put all 2 attribute points into agility, and sorted through the supplies once.
She sat at the dining table with great conviction, using the armor redemption coupon.
[Congratulations player, you have obtained Poison Master exclusive armor ‘Hood’ *1 (Gold Quality)
After equipping, Agility +10, skill weapon debuff effect probability +5%]
!!! Yu Jiang happily looked at the equipment just obtained; no wonder it was gold quality core gear.
Even worn alone, it provided debuff effect buff.
The hood was lightweight, felt very comfortable to touch, and could cover the face too, blocking sun and obscuring toxic dust in the air, much better than the heavy, non-breathable filter mask.
But the set was still missing a pair of long pants, which was quite uncomfortable.
Having drawn the hood, Yu Jiang first lent the bandit face mask to Kuang Kuang Kuang; she’d need stealth buff when fighting later.
The other three teams had arrived; everyone only greeted in the team chat, didn’t get out to meet.
Yu Jiang was really worried; afraid nearby ambushing robber teams would see they had many people and abandon this goal.
Thinking of the parking fee made her heart ache; had to earn it back.
Over the morning, Yu Jiang also wore a mask, dressed in ragged clothes, wandered around the service area once, looking for ways to improve affection, see if there were hidden quests.
Unfortunately, hot half dead, nothing gained.
Pollutant concentration inside the service area was lower; ordinary mask was fine, outside required anti-pollution mask or fully sealed filter mask.
Otherwise after about 25 minutes, health value would drop below 50 points, then lose health.
Anti-pollution mask counted as an item, very expensive.
It showed how important the scrap yard supplies were; with enough supplies, could avoid fighting monsters, just endure for a while.
Quite a few players in the service area, smell couldn’t be good, but right now it was completely unnoticeable, because the air smelled worse, all mixed together.
Yu Jiang was walking back when the system prompt popped up.
[The service area has collected 10 tons of scrap today, what a shocking quantity!
The road scrap yard has also randomly distributed small ad clues on the road before, but it’s the scrap yard’s first time with such great performance. Snow Ferret Boss’s affection for you +10]
Affection reached 70 points!
So that’s how it is. The hardest NPC affection to grind—previously the max was only 60 points. The rest requires scrap collection quantity.
It’s only 12 PM now. The remaining 10 points are no problem.
Yu Jiang returned to the RV with peace of mind and quietly waited. The service area looked very harmonious, but careful observation revealed the hidden killing intent within.
Fried Potato with Oxalis and her teammate wandered around the exit and parking lot for a while, looking for a suitable opportunity to leave, and also checking if Yu Jiang had come.
There were a few more hours before their team would be removed from the service area.
Earlier, the man with a face full of ferocity had made a throat-slitting gesture at them.
At 3 PM, more players came to sell scrap. Yu Jiang finally received the affection +10 reminder.
She could finally fight the team battle with peace of mind.
“Fried Potato with Oxalis, one more hour until the deadline. That group is about to make their move. Everyone, get ready.”
Several captains responded in acknowledgment. Sad Pig Intestine, who was hiding in the RV making cool jelly, also got nervous.
He’d heard there were many robbers. It was his first time in a team battle with so many people. He was a bit scared, worried about dragging the team down, but he couldn’t hide in the back forever and avoid battle—he had to try his best.
At 3:40 PM, someone was removed from the service area because their parking time was up and they didn’t have enough crystal coins to deduct.
Those people had been borrowing crystal coins earlier. In the apocalypse, who would easily lend out things? They weren’t willing to trade supplies for them, wanting something for nothing. No one fell for it. In the blink of an eye, both people and vehicle appeared outside.
However, at this time, there were also teams preparing to leave, thinking it would be safer to go with so many people together.
The accident happened as the convoy started leaving one after another.
Boom!
Not far ahead, the impact sound echoed through the sky, with thick black smoke rising straight into the air.
Hand Holding Cleaver Chopping Wire steadied his body to avoid hitting the steering wheel. He looked up and saw people everywhere around.
They were the team Captain Jiang mentioned, who had been lying in wait outside since yesterday—clearly desperate outlaws.
The appearing robbers were full of hostility, as if they might explode any second. And indeed, in this hellish environment and weather, they had been waiting for over 20 hours.
Outside the service area, Life is Like a Play and Yu Jiang—previously robbing weapons, now robbing black eat black supplies.
Golden Skin Tree, Furious Blueberry, Pyrethrum, Four-leaf Clover: QAQ leveled up, leveled up!!!
