Chapter 74
Hearing that familiar voice, Wei Cheng scooped Guanguan up in one motion and eagerly headed toward their little wooden cabin.
The other children had just started to follow when Uncle Shen said, “Kids, come on, let Uncle Yi teach you how to weave grasshoppers.”
As he spoke, he also shot Yi Qi a look.
Yi Qi got the hint and immediately called out with a laugh, “Who wants to learn how to weave grasshoppers from Uncle?”
Wang Xiaotiao raised his hand at once. “Me, me, me!”
Mingming nodded excitedly too.
Sun Xiaoyue was no longer as timid and afraid of people as when she had first arrived. Tugging at her little braid, she asked shyly, “Uncle Yi, I’m a girl. I don’t like black grasshoppers. I want to learn how to weave little butterflies, okay?”
Yi Qi raised a brow. “Of course! Forget butterflies. Anything that flies in the sky, runs on the ground, or crawls in the river, I can weave it!”
“Uncle, you’re amazing!” The children’s faces were full of admiration as they happily trailed after Uncle Yi.
The grass near the outer wall was left less tended, so it grew longer and lusher than the grass in the core area, making it more suitable for weaving little toys.
Left behind, Shen Zheng glanced at Director Wang and the others talking around the watchtower, then turned his gaze toward the little wooden cabin not far away.
Chengcheng had rushed off with Guanguan in such a hurry—there had to be good news!
He only hoped that this time, they would get the kind of heavyweight weapon that could withstand an invasion from Guardwatch Community.
Something that could protect their home.
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Congratulations!
The little house owner has a sharp eye for people and found a group of hardworking, kind survivors. Through helping one another, you have successfully completed the farm defense mission!
You have successfully unlocked 50% of the firearms section! To unlock the remaining 50%, keep working hard!
Notice: The more powerful the weapon, the more expensive it is. The little house owner’s twist coins are limited. Please have the bound companion purchase only as needed. Once bought, items cannot be returned.
The little house owner performed excellently in completing the base-building mission, and also accepted survivors without causing unrest or panic. Reward: two surprise prize-wheel draws!
Wei Cheng’s eyes widened slightly. “Two reward draws?”
A lottery prompt popped up on the system screen:
Would you like to spin the Lucky Prize Wheel now?
Guanguan recognized the sparkling wheel at once and reached out a little paw, trying to scratch at it. Wei Cheng quickly caught his hand. “Guanguan, wait. Let’s go see what’s in the firearms section first, okay?”
Guanguan said excitedly, “Okay!”
The brothers entered Cloud Mall. Wei Cheng set Guanguan into a large shopping cart and pushed him straight toward the firearms section.
Guanguan threw a little fist forward. “Charge!”
When they arrived at the firearms section, Wei Cheng was so shocked by what he saw that he was speechless.
The old “firearms section” had looked like some underground discount clothing market.
The “clothes” were hung on one plain wall, and there had only been three or four styles over and over again.
But now, the “firearms section” was sealed off from the surrounding areas by a transparent glass wall.
Inside, the lights were bright. Each weapon was displayed in a glass case like a luxury item. In this setting, the cold metal muzzles actually looked dazzling—eerily beautiful.
Several tall gun barrels also stood on the floor.
So after the machinery section had opened 50%, the A-K-47 they had treasured like some holy relic only deserved to sit in an ordinary gun barrel.
There were all kinds of compact pistols, standard rifles, and sniper rifles, so many different types and models that Wei Cheng’s head spun.
Beneath every gun was its corresponding name and description, along with notes on what important historical battle it had played a role in.
Then Wei Cheng’s pupils contracted. His attention was completely seized by the item in the farthest display case.
It was an M2 Browning heavy machine gun.
Even though he had already guessed that this heavy machine gun might appear, now that it was really here, he still had to marvel at the system’s careful planning.
This heavy machine gun was immensely powerful!
In his previous life, Guardwatch Community had paid a painful price in order to seize one of these from another base.
That had been in the fifth year of the apocalypse. But right now, they didn’t yet have a weapon like this.
The ideal place to set up a heavy machine gun was on the wall or the watchtower. Its advantage was that it could easily smash through waves of zombies or repel hunter charges, and it could even destroy enemy camps and vehicles. Its feed system was belt-fed, and it had a firing rate of around 500 rounds per minute, with an effective range within 2,000 meters.
Just as Wei Cheng was about to check the price on the heavy machine gun, he noticed something in the lowest display window—a flamethrower.
The flamethrower looked a little like the pesticide sprayers farmers used in the fields.
A pesticide sprayer carried a plastic tank on the back, but the flamethrower carried fuel canisters full of gasoline and diesel plus a gas bottle. And where pesticide sprayers had a spray nozzle, the flamethrower had an ignition system and a projection gun.
Once the nozzle was lit, it could unleash a torrent of fire and would definitely be enough to drive back both hunters and zombies.
No one was unafraid of fire.
When he saw the price, Wei Cheng’s whole mood lifted.
One flamethrower only cost 200 twist coins—cheaper than even a sniper rifle.
“Brother.”
Guanguan pointed at the numbers under the heavy machine gun and covered his mouth as he giggled. “That gun of yours is being naughty! It has so, so many duck eggs!”
A bad feeling struck Wei Cheng, and he hurried over to look.
He saw a “1” followed by—
15,000 twist coins!
Their balance was only 27,980!
This single heavy machine gun would eat up half of his child-raising money!
“Brother, why are your eyes so round?”
Guanguan propped open his eyelids with his little hands, his dark eyes widening too. “Like this!”
Wei Cheng took a deep breath and rubbed Guanguan’s head. “Brother just feels bad for our money.”
If he spent that half, they’d only have 12,980 left.
Straight back to square one.
Still, it would be money well spent. As long as it could protect the base, it would be worth more than anything else.
Guanguan lowered his hands and blinked. “Where did Guanguan’s money go?”
Wei Cheng sighed and patted the display case. “It’s going to buy this heavy machine gun that costs as much as a whole pile of roasted duck eggs.”
Guanguan struck an Ultraman attack pose, his chubby little face full of courage. “Brother, don’t be scared. Guanguan will smash its duck eggs!”
Smash its duck eggs?
Wei Cheng thought of the two prize-wheel draws and smiled. “Can Guanguan help Brother bring the price of this gun down?”
Guanguan didn’t really understand, but he nodded anyway. “Baby can!”
Wei Cheng said, “Then let’s spin the prize wheel now.”
After seeing those two weapons, Wei Cheng knew the system wasn’t suddenly going to hand them a tank.
He was starting to feel that the system could predict the future.
Perhaps it had foreseen that one day they would be besieged by a large number of hunters, which was why on their very first day at the farm it had assigned them the mission to build the watchtower and walls.
And the heaviest weapons in the 50% of the firearms section that had opened were only the heavy machine gun and the flamethrower. Those two would be enough to fend off the not-yet-fully-grown Guardwatch Community, which still didn’t have a vast arsenal of major weapons.
As for a tank, maybe now simply wasn’t its time to appear.
Guanguan rubbed his little hands together and muttered a spell that only he himself could understand, then gently placed his chubby paw on the black-and-silver prize wheel.
As it spun, silver light spilled from it. Then the pointer stopped.
Congratulations!
The little house owner is truly a “streamer” who knows how to bring benefits to the family. All purchases made today will enjoy a 30% discount!
Wei Cheng raised a brow. “That much?”
Guanguan bounced excitedly. “Brother, say another number! Baby will beat it again!”
