This time, Song Zhan encountering this convoy in the wilderness could be said to be ahead of others, because Feng Jun stipulated that when they recruited people, they must be free citizens of the wasteland, based on the principle of voluntary settlement.
Those who were forced or sold as slaves did not count, and there would be extra rewards if high-tech talents could be attracted.
Led by the UAV, the convoy quickly arrived at the entrance of New Shangqing City.
After Feng Jun took over, he renovated the city gate and added new checkpoints guarded by robots on the periphery.
Scavengers and merchants entering and exiting daily only needed to pay one helium crystal as an entry fee to move freely, which stimulated the scavengers' enthusiasm for collecting supplies outside, as the new government had stated that this was a limited-time entry activity, and the fees for entry and exit would be appropriately increased once the population grew.
Chen Dong put on his gas mask and was leading his subordinates to undergo a level check at the entrance.
After the check, they only needed to pay one helium crystal entry fee to the soldier responsible for security to enter.
Upon hearing that an entry fee of one helium crystal was required, Chen Dong felt a pang of heartache; he had nearly thirty subordinates, which meant thirty helium crystal points.
For him, being notoriously stingy, he was naturally very reluctant.
"Are you from outside? Did you meet anyone on your way here who didn't give you a pass or a letter of recommendation?" the soldier responsible for registration casually asked.
After all, in recent days, several important figures had come to see his leader, stating that anyone holding a document signed by them could be allowed to enter directly.
Several similar teams had already entered New Shangqing City with signed documents.
"Yes, yes!" Chen Dong immediately remembered the officer he met and, before leaving, the officer had given him a pass, so he immediately took it out of his pocket and handed it over.
Upon seeing Song Zhan's signature on it, the soldier on duty immediately and readily stated that the entry fee could be waived, and only the genetic ID on the IEM needed to be registered.
These individuals would all be registered under Song Zhan's recommendation list, and as long as any of them chose to settle in New Shangqing City in the near future, Song Zhan would receive the reward promised by Feng Jun.
Chen Dong immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that he could save a sum of helium crystal; he never expected his luck to be so good.
He immediately began to signal to everyone behind him to enter the city in succession.
Originally, this was a good thing for this temporarily formed team, but when it was Guo Tianzhu's team's turn to enter, Chen Dong suddenly changed his mind and declared that this team was not with them.
"Chen, you're spouting nonsense!" Guo Tianzhu's spit flew high, arcing through the air and landing precisely on Chen Dong's gas mask.
However, Chen Dong was unconcerned; during the previous resistance against the zombie horde, Guo Tianzhu and his companions had not obeyed his orders to protect his goods, causing Chen Dong to lose some.
He attributed this loss to their team, which was why he declared here that they were not with them.
Guo Tianxiong pulled back the spitting Guo Tianzhu; it must be said that the verbal talent of black people is very aggressive.
After becoming fluent in Chinese, Guo Tianzhu's verbal attack power could already be compared to that of some elderly women.
However, this was not the time for an argument; the surrounding guard robots and soldiers had already noticed them, and arguing with Chen Dong now was not a wise choice.
Seeing Guo Tianxiong pull his black brother away, Chen Dong nodded triumphantly, and the blond man beside him even made various gestures towards the other side.
He knew that Guo Tianxiong and his companions probably couldn't even produce a single helium crystal, because during the march two days ago, Chen Dong had earned all the helium crystal from the other teams in the convoy by reselling food at high prices.
And things were exactly as Chen Dong had expected; after Guo Tianxiong's team pooled their resources, they only managed to gather six helium crystal points, and since there were fifteen people in the team, they couldn't afford the entrance fee to the city gate.
Several people gathered together, sighing; although they had killed many zombies just now, Song Zhan had left several robots to collect the helium crystal from the zombies' brains after he left, so no one in the convoy dared to collect helium crystal.
Unexpectedly, they were now stumped by a single helium crystal point entry fee.
By this time, everyone in the convoy had completed registration and entered the city in succession, and as it was getting dark, everyone started to worry about where they should spend the night.
However, since they had already reached the vicinity of New Shangqing City, the night environment here should not be too bad; at least, there wouldn't be zombies running rampant after dark.
Just as Guo Tianxiong and his companions decided to find a place to spend the night, a clear female voice came from the side.
"Does a single penny make a hero? I'll pay your entry fee."
Guo Tianxiong looked in the direction of the voice; a young girl wearing a hat stood to one side, dressed in a brown leather jacket, black trousers, and knee-high boots.
Two Skyhawk burst pistols were tucked into her waist, and a one-meter-long Electromagnetic Combat Blade was slung across her back, giving her the feeling of a wasteland knight-errant.
With a flick of her hand, the girl tossed over a helium crystal block the size of a pinky finger, which, just by its appearance, was worth fifty helium crystal points, enough for several people to enter New Shangqing City.
"It's getting dark, let's talk after we're in the city."
The girl directly turned around and walked into the city gate.
Guo Tianxiong and his companions, who had come to their senses, quickly completed the entry procedures and followed her into New Shangqing City.
The girl waited for Guo Tianxiong and his companions just inside the city gate, and once they approached, she proactively walked over and introduced herself: "My name is Wei Ming, a Bounty Hunter registered in New Shangqing City...."
This girl was Tian Jia, reborn from the Blood Nest; she had now changed her name to Wei Ming and infiltrated New Shangqing City as a Bounty Hunter.
Originally, she wanted to find another opportunity to approach Feng Jun directly, but Feng Jun was always elusive, protected by Imperial Guard around him and at his residence, so she changed her approach, planning to find a way to attract Feng Jun's attention, to make Feng Jun notice her.
Then she would take the opportunity to get close to Feng Jun and later infect him when the chance arose.
However, to achieve this goal, Wei Ming needed to accomplish something in New Shangqing City first.
Releasing the viral black mist again was impossible; even if the Mother could bestow xin he (heart cores) upon her, she lacked the equipment to produce it.
But Feng Jun, in order to recover various resources left in Shangqing City, would often issue some less important tasks.
These tasks would be released to the public, and some capable Bounty Hunter and scavenger groups would take them on; as long as some special tasks could be completed, it would attract Feng Jun's attention.
After several days of reconnaissance, Wei Ming concluded that Feng Jun was very lustful.
He already had no less than five women around him, ranging from mature women to loli sisters.
Even Hei Qin of the Blackwater Merchant Guild had become his prisoner, and coincidentally, after her rebirth, she had transformed into a female body.
After self-examining her appearance, Wei Ming decided to find a way to get close to Feng Jun, then seduce him and infect him to bring him back to the Mother.
However, to stand out among Bounty Hunter, it would be impossible to rely solely on herself; although the body bestowed by the Mother after rebirth was extremely powerful, far superior to ordinary human Evolver.
But a suddenly appearing Evolver would inevitably arouse Feng Jun's vigilance, which is why Wei Ming decided to recruit a small team as her cover, and Guo Tianzhu and his companions just happened to catch her eye.