South of Wetland Park.
Survivors from Bet Street were carrying a wild boar towards Outpost Base.
It was hard to hunt prey in winter, but if one explored the high-rise ruins along the Fifth Ring, with a bit of luck, one might still catch one or two kinds of game.
They usually dealt with small animals like squirrels and rabbits on their own, but for a large one like a wild boar, taking it to the town butcher would cost them thirty percent!
That was too uneconomical.
The Blue Jackets, asking for only twenty percent in compensation and never being vague about the weight, were worth the extra miles.
The boar was tied to a stick, with Yu Hu and Niu Li each shouldering one end, and a little one with red cheeks and ears from the cold trailing along.
Not many Variants wandered about in this weather, and Looters seldom left their strongholds. Little Fish insisted on coming, and Yu Hu couldn't say no to his sister, so he brought her along.