Chapter 7 - Full Armed (2) (2/2)

The old man gasped and sighed.

“Look it, young man. This is the best set of armor in my shop. I’ve tried my best to remould it.”

As the old man said, he opened the box with a sense of pride on his face.

“Light green body protective armor whose surface is inlaid with a one-time forming alloying shell and to some extent it can resist the impact of short-distance fighting. There is also an intelligent bullet-proof board inside. The double protection is strong enough to withstand most bullets. Near the waist there is a circle of ammunition bags, so you can carry hundreds of rounds of bullets. On the shoulder strap, you can plug into a flashlight or other available devices.

“Light green shoulder protector, arm protector, and leg protector. They are of one color and inlaid with the same alloying shell outside and intelligent bullet-proof board inside. Elbow protector and knee protector are double-layer leather which is wear-resistant and easy to move.

“The special backpack whose back fully fits your back and the stress points are scattered so that you can carry more things.”

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“By the way, do you need a pair of combat boots? Besides, you can’t be naked of your upper body when you wear the armor, I have…”

The old man’s continuous words made me a little confused. Although I hardly heard what he said, I had one feeling that this was an excellent combat armor.

“Okay, yes, yes.”

I nodded subconsciously.

…

I put on the close-fitting long-sleeved shirt provided by the old man, all parts of the armor one by one, and a pair of wear-resisting military boots.

“How do you feel?”

The old man saw that I had finished dressing and asked me, staring at me.

“It’s very comfortable! What’s more, there’s a sense of security when I put it on.”

I couldn’t help praising it. I really felt wonderful.

“It’s normal to feel this way. As long as you are not shot in the head, it’s hard to die with this armor!”

The old man seemed to be satisfied with my reaction. Perhaps he was confident in his armor. Of course, it was my armor now.

I did not ask the old man about the origin of these armors. Obviously, they were not produced in Dick Town. But, everyone had their own secrets. So long as one could get what he or she wanted, why we cared about the origin?

I gave the old man two boxes of Anti-radiation Capsules, and gave him another two ampoules of morphine from my backpack. The deal was done. As the old man watched, I packed all the items in the old backpack into the new backpack. The old man was surprised to see that I kept moving medical items between the two backpacks. I just put my hand on my mouth and made a silent gesture.

I was afraid the old man would cry out. Even in Dick Town, no one could guarantee that there were no desperados.

“Thank you for your armor!”

Before the old man regained consciousness, I hurried away.

In the bakery, I traded a box of cold medicine for a week’s bread, not bark-flavored brown bread, of course.

Fresh meat was seldom sold in butcher shops in Dick Town. Most were preserved mutant beef or dried meat which were not cheap.

Mutant rat meat, mutant cockroach leg, and mutant mole meat and so on were cheap. Of course the taste of them was naturally inferior to mutant beef. Moreover, compared with artificially raised mutant cattle, you never knew what these creatures who liked to shuttle in various dirty places brought on their bodies.

“Hey! Scavenger, what do you want today? Cockroach leg or mole meat? This cockroach’s leg is high in protein. It’s very good!”

The bareheaded butcher grinned. With his fat belly, he was born to be a butcher.

The butcher was the butcher, having no intelligence at all. Although I had been here many times, at least today I didn’t look like a poor man.

“One kilo of dried beef, can I exchange it with something?”

Ignoring the boss’s surprised eyes, I took out two cure syringes from my backpack.

“Yes! Yes! Of course, you can!”

The butcher laughed, and almost all the fat on his face squeezed together. It was really a little bit… ugly.

I packed up my stuff and walked towards the town gate.

As I walked out of the gate of the town, several guards who mocked me before seemed to recognize me and felt astonished…