In Mining Town, the cold wind came in through the gaps in the doors and windows, making a faint sound.

Beside the stove, Lin Tuo looked helpless at the girl who was biting her lip and not saying a word.

Torture to extract confessions?

He is not a villain.

I came here just by chance and wanted to find someone to understand the situation in this wasteland without going to jail, but the other party was unwilling to communicate, so it was difficult to start a conversation.

"It seems you are unwilling to cooperate." Lin Tuo sighed, his voice a little disappointed, and raised the steel pipe in his hand.

on the floor.

Huaxi immediately became nervous and stared at him warily, thinking: He's here, he's here, so he still has to be tortured, right?

what to do?

Say? Or hold on?

Confusing thoughts surged in her heart, but the next second, Lin Tuo's movements made her stunned for a moment.

Lin Tuo turned his chair, stopped looking at her, and poked the ground with a steel pipe. The huge backpack was hard and rattling.

Lin Tuo's eyes suddenly became curious.

You know, when the little girl escaped just now, she didn't forget to take this thing with her. It was because of this that she slowed down a bit, otherwise, she might have really escaped.

"Stab..." He stretched out his hand, pinched the slightly rusty metal zipper on the backpack, opened it, and then revealed the contents inside.

Lin Tuo's eyes narrowed, a little surprised.

This backpack is filled with brand new weapons and ammunition!

To be precise, most of them are groups of bullets of the same model. They are cold to the touch and emit a yellowish luster under the firelight.

Most of the backpack is filled, and a rough estimate is that it is probably at least several thousand pieces.

In addition, there are a small number of disassembled firearm parts, dozens of grenades, scopes and other items in the backpack.

They are all brand new, there is still unvolatile grease on the barrel, it seems like a new gun.

This little girl was actually carrying a large bag of arms!

Lin Tuo gave her a strange look and said, "Those soldiers are chasing you, aren't they just for these things? You stole their weapons arsenal?"

"I didn't! This was originally ownerless! And I discovered it first!"

Hearing this, the fierce little girl seemed to be very angry and argued.

"It's not stolen? I can't see it..." Lin Tuo threw back the bullet in his hand, pointed at the food dug out by Huaxi under the bed, and said, "Aren't you just here to steal other people's food?"

Huaxi was speechless and couldn't speak.

After a long while, he said dullly: "They exploited them all. I am robbing the rich and giving to the poor!"

As she spoke, the cramping pain caused by hunger in her belly made her frown and close her mouth.

Lin Tuo didn't continue to ask, but just looked at the food curiously.

Most of them were pickled dried meat, as well as some weird-looking vegetables and roots that he had never seen before.

Thinking about it, they are all plants that mutated and survived in the wasteland.

In contrast, some foods with an obvious "old-era" flavor are more eye-catching.

For example, honey sealed in glass bottles, and liquor that has long lost its label...and...

"can?"

Lin Tuo curiously picked up a well-sealed tin can and wiped the surface. The trademark on it was still vaguely legible.

After looking for the production date and comparing it with the "destruction" time marked in the operation log, it turned out that this can was produced before the "destruction".

In other words, these are indeed foods that have been preserved from a long time ago.

It’s just unclear how long it has been since the mad emperor caused destruction in this era.

"Gulu~Gulu~"

Just when Lin Tuo's thoughts were drifting away, the sound beside him drew his attention back.

Turning to look at the little girl named Hua Xi, Lin Tuo had a smile in his eyes and said:

"It seems you are indeed hungry."

"I'm not hungry!" Huaxi tilted his head with dignity, and then his stomach continued to growl unsatisfactorily.

As a result, the serious atmosphere in the room suddenly became weird.

"Want to eat? Answer my question and I'll give it to you." The smile in Lin Tuo's eyes grew stronger.

When Huaxi didn't answer, he didn't touch the can. After all, it might have been there for a long time, and who knew whether it could still be eaten.

Then he opened the jar of honey, took an iron basin from the table, and put it on the fire to melt.

I deliberately took a bite and was amazed. Then I used the iron drill next to the stove to pierce some dried meat and plant roots that looked like potatoes, and stuffed them into the furnace for roasting.

Soon, the not strong aroma of food will dissipate.

Frankly speaking, Lin Tuo has no appetite for these foods.

Especially after having just eaten a hot pot meal not long ago, it is obvious that these foods are already considered precious delicacies in this wasteland.

This can be judged by looking at the skinny refugees in the town square who clearly don't have enough to eat.

And in this silent contest, after a while, Huaxi finally couldn't hold it back and said through gritted teeth: "I promise you!"

"What?"

"I said you can just ask and give me something to eat!" the little girl gritted her teeth and said unwillingly.

Lin Tuo smiled.

"Well, I am a very fair person. If you answer a question for me, I will let you take a bite. Isn't it fair?"

"Well, then my first question is, what year is it now? In other words, how many years have it been since the disaster that destroyed the world?"

Lin Tuo sat in the chair again and asked seriously.

??

On the floor, Huaxi's expression became increasingly weird.

In her opinion, this question is too weird, but it is true that not everyone can answer this question.

For example, those alienated people and refugees at the bottom of the wasteland may not be able to answer.

"It is now the thirty-first year since the disaster. At least, that's what everyone agrees. Therefore, it should be thirty-one years since the old era." Hua Xi said.

"Are you not sure?" Lin Tuo asked.

Huaxi endured the cramps in her stomach and felt like she was starving to death. She could only say honestly:

"I haven't experienced the old times, so how can I say it accurately?"

Well, yes, judging from her appearance, she is only about ten years old. If thirty years have really passed, she should belong to the aborigines of the Wasteland Era.

Well, or according to these people, it is called the age of catastrophe.

Lin Tuo nodded secretly. Thirty years... was not too surprising. He had already guessed it from seeing the dilapidation of the buildings in the town.

"I answered, it's time for you to give me something to eat." Seeing that he was deep in thought, Huaxi couldn't help but remind him.

Only then did Lin Tuo come to his senses and handed over the iron drill in his hand.

Huaxi didn't care about being burned. The body's repair ability was activated and the last bit of food in her stomach was digested. She really couldn't hold on any longer.

He opened his mouth, took a sip, and swallowed a whole half-cooked mutated potato.

After chewing a few hastily, I tried to swallow it, but I choked and rolled my eyes.

"As for...how long have you not eaten..."

Lin Tuo's eyelids jumped at the sight. He hesitated and poured a glass of water for her to drink.

This water has been boiled, but it still looks very turbid and not very clean.

"Cough...cough..." Seeing that Huaxi had no problem, Lin Tuo continued to ask:

"Second question, what is human society like on this continent today? I mean, how many people are there, who rules them, and how many industrial facilities are still running? Or are there none?..."

This question was much more complicated, and Huaxi didn't understand it all at once.

Lin Tuo explained for a while before she gave out the information she knew intermittently.

After Lin Tuo put it together and restored it, the situation was roughly figured out.

To put it simply, the situation in the wasteland was indeed slightly better than he expected, but it was also limited.

According to Hua Xi.

After the "Great Cataclysm", the environment of the entire "world" deteriorated, everything withered, many people died, and the "cities" of the old era were almost completely shut down.

Many cities near the west collapsed, and those far away from the "center of the earthquake" were slightly better, but the human industrial structure was also completely and irreversibly damaged.
To be continued...