"Luo Fan, isn't this a bit unfair? I've got nothing to say about giving you the bow, but the truck too? Do you honestly think that's a fair split?"
Hearing Luo Fan's words, Zhao Chunfeng rolled his eyes at him. As he spoke, he held out his right hand and rubbed his thumb, index finger, and middle finger together.
Anyone from Huaxia could understand what that gesture meant.
Simply put, taking the truck was fine, but shouldn't he give something in return?
Two survivor squads had fought, and in the end, the truck and the Uncanny Artifact all went to him?
"Exactly. It's understandable that you want a vehicle of your own, but if you don't give anything up, wouldn't our efforts have been for nothing?" Even Niu Dagang beside them nodded.
"Brother Zhao, Brother Niu, how about I give up all the Luo Family Town Squad's survival supplies?" Luo Fan said, also feeling that taking everything for nothing wasn't quite right.
Besides the small truck, the Luo Family Town Squad had two ox carts, both piled with all kinds of supplies.
At the very least, the two oxen alone were worth a lot.
These supplies had all belonged to the Luo Father and Sons, so naturally, they were everyone's spoils.
"That's still not enough, unless you take a smaller share of the Fierce Beast meat too," Zhao Chunfeng said, shaking his head.
"Brother Zhao, if you're going to put it that way, I'll have to really hash this out with you." Hearing that Zhao Chunfeng was eyeing his Fierce Beast meat too, Luo Fan nearly bristled.
"Go on. You know what I'm like, as long as you make a good case." Zhao Chunfeng nodded, looking as though he were saying, "Let's see what you've got."
"Well, An Xiaoran is a Sequence User, right?" Luo Fan asked, pointing to the little girl who had been following him all this time.
"Of course." Zhao Chunfeng nodded.
"All right, then. Xiao Ran originally rode in this truck. Now that she's joined our convoy, shouldn't the truck count as her personal property?"
"Well, that..."
"So, from the looks of it, Xiao Ran wants to stay with me. Doesn't that give the two of us every right to drive this truck? Brother Zhao, doesn't that make sense?"
Luo Fan put that final question to Zhao Chunfeng.
"Well, fine. I suppose you have a point." After a long silence, Zhao Chunfeng nodded somewhat helplessly.
Indeed, as a Support Sequence User, An Xiaoran was naturally welcome to join the convoy.
And treating the small truck as An Xiaoran's personal property did make sense.
Surely they couldn't take a Sequence User's personal property as spoils?
As for whether An Xiaoran wanted to stay with Luo Fan, her following his every step made asking unnecessary.
"By the way, our squad now has four Sequence Users. Shouldn't Xiao Ran and I get half the Fierce Beast meat?"
Having secured ownership of the small truck, Luo Fan was quite happy and followed up with another question.
"Luo Fan, aren't you getting a little too greedy?" Zhao Chunfeng's expression darkened.
The value of ranked Fierce Beast meat went without saying, and Luo Fan alone wanted to take half?
"Brother Niu, tell me what's fair. Didn't Xiao Ran help kill that Fierce Beast just now? Doesn't she deserve a share?" Luo Fan looked at Niu Dagang, asking him to judge fairly.
"Well, I think Luo Fan has a point. The little girl really did help just now."
Having benefited from An Xiaoran's healing and shield, and given his own personality, Niu Dagang naturally couldn't say anything against his conscience.
"Fine, fine." Seeing that Luo Fan had won Niu Dagang over too, Zhao Chunfeng waved his hand helplessly.
Overall, as the victors in this battle against the Luo Family Town Squad, they had all gained a great deal.
First was Luo Fan, who had gained a small truck and half the Fierce Beast meat.
The black bear looked to have weighed nearly a ton. With the Twin-Eye Bow Uncanny Artifact in hand as well, his haul was naturally substantial.
And Zhao Chunfeng and Niu Dagang? Each received an ox cart of supplies and a quarter of the Fierce Beast meat, an equally substantial haul.
Even aside from the supplies on the carts, the oxen pulling them were extremely valuable in their own right.
No wonder they said murderers and arsonists wore belts of gold. The ancients hadn't lied.
After having the black bear butchered, Luo Fan received around 300 kilograms of meat.
Although the black bear had been extremely heavy, much of its weight had actually come from its steel-plate-like armor. Once that armor was removed, Luo Fan's share amounted to only 300 kilograms of meat.
No matter. Luo Fan was still quite satisfied.
After the two squads merged, the Hope Convoy became much larger.
With the black bear dead, there probably wouldn't be any danger in the immediate future, so after merging, the two convoys stayed put rather than setting out.
An Xiaoran cast healing a few more times, treating her own injuries and Niu Dagang's.
Zhao Chunfeng, however, had collapsed earlier because he had forced his divination to its maximum power, precisely calculating the direction and timing of his shot. That had allowed him to shoot into the black bear's eye socket and kill it with one bullet.
The backlash from overtaxing his Sequence ability couldn't be remedied by healing.
Rose also found her Money Rat, and she received every benefit she had been promised.
While everyone was resting, Luo Fan entered the small truck's cargo compartment.
As a box truck, it was bound to have quite a few supplies inside. Once Niu Dagang and Zhao Chunfeng had counted the truck as An Xiaoran's personal property, they naturally had no intention of bringing up the supplies inside either.
Good grief, this really was the Luo Father and Sons' truck. All the good stuff was in here.
There were survival supplies such as rice, flour, assorted packaged biscuits, and bottled water.
There were also ten large drums of gasoline.
In addition, there was an induction cooker and a small chest freezer.
Monocrystalline Silicon Solar Charging Panels were mounted outside the cargo compartment, supplying the small truck with ample electricity.
His Storage Space hadn't had enough room for 300 kilograms of bear meat, so this freezer solved his pressing problem perfectly.
Overall, this little box truck was small but fully equipped.
Luo Fan asked the former members of the Luo Family Town Squad whether there was a skilled expert among these survivors.
After all, the Luo Father and Sons didn't look like they knew how to modify vehicles.
Even if an ordinary person were given a set of Monocrystalline Silicon Solar Charging Panels, they wouldn't know how to use them, would they?
However, his inquiries revealed that there was no one with such skills.
"Luo Dahai was a Craftsman Sequence User," An Xiaoran, who was following beside him, suddenly explained.
So that was it!
Hearing this, Luo Fan understood.
Craftsman Sequence? That would explain it.
But thinking of the Craftsman Sequence also left Luo Fan feeling somewhat regretful.
It was a pity the Luo Father and Sons had harbored ill intentions. Otherwise, if the two squads had truly joined forces, gaining a Spell Sequence User and a Craftsman Sequence User would indeed have greatly improved the convoy's combat strength and ability to survive.
After resting for another half day and sorting out their respective gains, Luo Fan took some supplies to join Niu Dagang and the others for a meal. Then, under Zhao Chunfeng's lead, the convoy traveled another several dozen li before stopping at the foot of a mountain.
Zhao Chunfeng said they could rest here for four hours.
Luo Fan made the most of the time to get some proper rest. Around midnight, while he was sleeping, the corresponding notification flashed at the corner of his vision as he lay half-conscious.
"Check-in successful. Obtained..."
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