“If we can really find oil here, the recent expansion of supplies at the lighthouse can also be alleviated a bit.”
Zhou Zhe walked behind Qin Chuan, scratching his hair with some discomfort.
Despite being in the dark, Qin Chuan still saw the embarrassment on Zhou Zhe’s face.
“You’re running out of transaction coins?” Qin Chuan asked calmly, his tone devoid of emotion.
It was as if he were asking what you ate today.
This also reduced the embarrassment on Zhou Zhe’s face. He scratched his head, the darkness perfectly concealing the awkwardness on his face.
He said casually, “No, no, I have enough.”
But before he could finish, a card was pressed into his hand.
Zhou Zhe looked at the card in his hand and was stunned for a moment.
“Captain…”
Zhou Zhe had always known Qin Chuan’s character and how much Qin Chuan disliked those who played favorites or received special treatment.
Therefore, working with Qin Chuan was not an easy task.
But Zhou Zhe had never regretted following Qin Chuan.
Logically speaking, Qin Chuan should have been in the place where it was easiest to get benefits.
But no matter what outsiders speculated, their law enforcement team was, conversely, the most incorruptible place on the entire lighthouse.
So, Zhou Zhe looked at the familiar card in his hand, how familiar it was.
“Captain, I can’t accept this card.”
Although the exchange card in Zhou Zhe’s hand was not like the one Qin Chuan gave Xu An before, which could exchange water and electricity infinitely,
the card in Zhou Zhe’s hand could exchange enough basic daily necessities for a full three years.
“Take it if I give it to you. Whether you keep it for yourself or sell it, you decide. Consider it a New Year’s gift.”
After speaking, Qin Chuan continued to follow the tracks on the ground deeper into the cave.
Zhou Zhe only stood stunned behind him for a moment before immediately catching up to Qin Chuan’s footsteps.
Yes, in the blink of an eye, it would be the New Year again.
This was already the second year of the apocalypse.
Zhou Zhe carefully put away the card in his hand, not pushing it away coyly.
His salary in the law enforcement team could only barely support him.
The resource card Qin Chuan gave him perfectly solved his urgent need. No one knew his captain’s background and character better than he did.
He also didn’t feel it was charity, but silently kept this kindness in his heart.
Thinking this, a smile unconsciously bloomed on Zhou Zhe’s face.
“Captain, wait for me!”
Saying that, he hurried towards where Qin Chuan had disappeared.
Qin Chuan, who was in front, heard Zhou Zhe’s voice and his lips curved.
He was never good at expressing himself. Alone, he was powerless to change the lighthouse’s situation, but now he had the ability to make the people around him live a little better, and he was willing to use this insignificant privilege.
It was just that he was always protective of his own, and the exchange cards in his hand were not even enough for those around him, yet others still wanted to get their hands on them.
He definitely couldn’t tolerate that.
Thinking of Xu An’s reaction when he received the card, Qin Chuan’s smile grew wider, and he walked straight ahead.
The two of them carried powerful searchlights. These lights were specifically used by workers who worked underground in mines before the apocalypse. Even in the pitch-black mine tunnels, they could illuminate the way.
However, the light from these lamps only penetrated a faint beam of light into this cave.
“Captain, does this cave absorb light? Why are our flashlights always useless?”
Zhou Zhe fiddled with the flashlight in his hand, but no matter how Zhou Zhe shone it, the light could only illuminate a small area in front of him.
Qin Chuan looked at the walls on both sides of the cave.
“If I’m not mistaken, this place should be coated with a special light-absorbing coating, so even the most powerful flashlights won’t emit much light here.”
Zhou Zhe seemed to understand, following behind Qin Chuan. After a while, he noticed that Qin Chuan, who was walking in front, had stopped.
Seeing Qin Chuan standing still for a long time, Zhou Zhe quietly asked, “Captain, what’s wrong? Is there something in front of us?”
Qin Chuan’s expression was a little solemn, but in the darkness, Zhou Zhe couldn’t perceive Qin Chuan’s emotions.
He could only follow Qin Chuan’s gaze.
In front of them was a giant cocoon.
Within the semi-transparent cocoon, countless dense, worm-like eggs were wrapped.
“Damn, what kind of monster is this?”
Zhou Zhe couldn’t help but exclaim, but before he could finish, Qin Chuan covered his mouth entirely.
Seeing Qin Chuan’s stern gaze, Zhou Zhe realized that the situation was very unusual.
Qin Chuan ignored Zhou Zhe’s look and carefully went up to inspect.
“It looks like some kind of animal’s eggs, but why are they here, and this cocoon is too big.”
Qin Chuan cautiously poked the cocoon in front of him with the dagger in his hand, but after looking for a long time, the thing showed no movement at all.
Qin Chuan instructed Zhou Zhe behind him, “Go find two technical personnel to come down and see what kind of animal these cocoons belong to.”
“Boss, I’m leaving, and you’ll be alone?”
“I’m fine, I’ll be right here, not going anywhere. Hurry up.”
Zhou Zhe hesitated for only a moment before nodding, stepping back, and heading back the way they came.
When Zhou Zhe’s figure disappeared into the cave.
Qin Chuan绕开茧, continued to move forward, and soon discovered a rather unpleasant smell of blood.
For some reason, Qin Chuan felt that something in front was inexplicably drawing his attention.
It made him inexplicably want to pursue it. As the smell of blood grew stronger, Qin Chuan gradually approached the source of the bloody smell.
But when he got close, he still found nothing.
Qin Chuan paced back and forth around the stone wall in front of him, occasionally reaching out to touch the wall.
But until Zhou Zhe brought people over, the wall in front of him still yielded nothing.
“Captain, Captain, where are you?”
Just as Qin Chuan was still searching, Zhou Zhe’s voice called out from the distance.
Although Qin Chuan was still very curious about the walls in front of him, he still walked towards Zhou Zhe’s direction.
He just thought that after dealing with the strange cocoon, he would still find someone to inspect this strange wall.
His intuition told Qin Chuan that there must be something unusual about this wall.
Zhou Zhe, having just come down from above, felt that the visibility in front of him was even darker than when he had descended earlier.
He casually turned his powerful searchlight to its maximum setting, but it had no effect at all.
The young researcher following behind looked at the scene in front of him, feeling a sense of lingering fear.
“Brother Zhou Zhe, have we arrived yet? Where is Captain Qin Chuan? Why is it so dark here?”
The young researcher tightly clutched the tools in his hand and kept asking Zhou Zhe, who was walking in front, in a trembling voice.
One question after another, he unceasingly inquired of Zhou Zhe.
But Zhou Zhe was annoyed. He rolled his eyes at the person behind him.
He ignored the other person and kept shouting Qin Chuan’s name.