Chapter 40 New Site

"Are we going south to City B?"

"Yes," Zhao Qingshan said, "The chickens in the farm have been mutating these past two days, so we were going to kill them all. We weren't sure if the mutated ones were edible, and we were worried you might be worried, so we caught some alive for you. You can see these three haven't mutated. Although they're raised to lay eggs, they're all good chickens."

But Jiang Qian's attention was focused on the first half of the sentence. "The chickens on the chicken farm have mutated? What kind of mutation is it?"

"Yes, some have already started to mutate," Zhao Qingshan replied. "They've eaten more, and they've grown bigger and more energetic than the other chickens. They're also much more aggressive than before. They even gnawed down part of the chicken farm wall yesterday, right after you left."

Jiang Qian: "Anything else besides this?"

"That's not the case." Zhao Qingshan said. Seeing Jiang Qian's face turn ugly, he asked, "Have you also seen mutant animals?"

Jiang Qian shook her head. "I was just thinking, if chickens mutate, maybe other creatures will mutate too."

"We in the village thought the same thing, so we wanted to leave quickly and get to the base early," the people from Xiaozhao Village said. "Have you remembered the way we drove here?"

Seeing Jiang Qian shook her head, the people in Xiaozhao Village were a little disappointed.

"We do know of a small path out of the village, but cars can't get through, so we have to walk. But there are so many people in the village, we can't just walk to the base, right? We can't get to the base without cars on the road thereafter!"

“How many people are there in your village?”

Zhao Qingshan was caught off guard by this question. He was stunned for a moment and said vaguely, "A few hundred people! What's wrong?"

Jiang Qian hesitated, then leaned in and whispered, "Maybe you can try to clean up the zombies and drive out."

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After returning from exchanging supplies, the whole family felt relieved when they saw the eighteen green magic crystals in Jiang Qian's hand, and began to prepare for leaving in the evening.

Because you don’t know what you will face at night, it is necessary to get enough rest to stay energetic at night.

When I woke up, it was already evening.

Ren Ru, who woke up early, had already prepared dinner. After the family had dinner, they returned to the cab.

Because they needed to find a new station, after discussion, the whole family unanimously decided to let Jiang Donglai, the only one in the family with actual driving experience, drive.

Jiang Dong called up the map page, and a few seconds later, the car slowly rose into the air and flew towards a certain direction in the dark night.

As she watched the icon representing the train slowly move on the map displayed on the large screen in front of the cab, Ren Ru's hands clenched tighter and tighter.

When she saw that the icon was indeed getting closer and closer to City B, she finally couldn't help but speak.

"Are we going south to City B?"

The sudden question attracted the attention of the whole family.

"Yeah, didn't I say that before?"

Jiang Qian turned around, not knowing why she suddenly asked this, and felt a little strange.

She pointed at the map and explained, "We could go through City P, but that would take us eighty or ninety kilometers to the city center, which would be a bit dangerous. If we stop in the suburbs of City P, we'd have to set up at least four stops to get to City N, a total of three stages. It would be faster to go through City B to get to City N. After arriving in City B, we only need to set up one more stop further south."

After she finished explaining, she turned around and was surprised to see that the person who had just asked the question was in tears.

"Why are you crying?"

When everyone heard this, they all gathered around, except Jiang Dong who was driving attentively with headphones on.

"What's the matter? Tell me. Don't just cry." Huang Liping turned her attention away from the front, fished out a pack of tissues from her pocket, and handed them over. She asked, "Speaking of N City, do you miss your parents?"

"Don't worry, we'll be in City B soon. After City B, the next stop is City N. As soon as we get to City N, let your dad and Dongzi take you to find your parents."

Huang Liping comforted her, but Ren Ru cried even harder after hearing it.

She sobbed and wiped the tears from her face, "Thank you, thank you mom and dad, thank you sister..."

"What are you thanking me for?" Huang Liping looked confused. It took her a while to realize what Ren Ru was talking about, and she smiled helplessly.

"Could it be that you always thought that our promise to take you to City N to meet your parents was just an excuse to lie to others?"

Seeing that the person was still crying, even Jiang Dong who was driving noticed it and kept glancing over here out of the corner of his eye.

Huang Liping was afraid that her son would be distracted while driving, so she winked at him, pulled Ren Ru out of the driver's seat, and took out two tissues to wipe her face.

She said helplessly, "Why don't you just say what's on your mind? They're your biological parents, and Chenchen's grandparents. How can we let you ignore your biological parents?"

"Even if we didn't have this opportunity, we would still help you find your parents if we had the chance. Not to mention now that we have this car, it's impossible for us to just ignore it!"

"I'm...I'm sorry, I thought..."

After hearing these words, Ren Ru felt ashamed of her previous thoughts.

Since the end of the world, she has thought about going to find her parents, and she even thinks about it every minute and every second.

If it was just Jiang Dong, she would be confident in convincing him to go with her and take the risk to find her parents, but since the whole family was there, she could only hide all her worries about her parents.

Over the past few days, she has regretted more than once why she did not believe the prophecy from her sister-in-law.

If she had believed it and asked her parents to be prepared or come home more forcefully, would the situation be different now?

But there are no ifs.

She is her parents' daughter, and Jiang Dong can barely be considered half a son. She has the responsibility and obligation to be filial to her parents, but she cannot let irrelevant people like her parents-in-law and elder sister take risks with them.

She also didn't think her in-laws would agree to go with her to find her parents, after all, the journey was too dangerous.

She didn't have the face to say it. After all, her in-laws and husband had informed her parents of the news immediately, but they didn't believe it.

After she learned about the car incident, she did think about mentioning her parents' situation, but City A is nearly two hundred kilometers away from City N. Even if the car has certain protective features, it is unknown what they will encounter along the way.

Moreover, the condition of the car could not be known to outsiders. Her parents-in-law did not even dare to disclose it to their relatives, so she did not dare to mention her parents' affairs either. After all, her parents were strictly speaking outsiders.

As the old saying goes, a married woman is like spilled water. Perhaps she was that spilled water. After having a family and children, she could no longer consider her parents wholeheartedly.

But she didn't expect that her parents-in-law and sister-in-law would be willing to help her find her parents. Before this, she always thought that it was just an excuse to others.

The others also heard the hidden meaning in her words, and were not surprised that Ren Ru had such thoughts.

Jiang Weimin sighed and wanted to say something, but he felt that it was not easy for him as a father-in-law to be open and honest with his daughter-in-law, so he could only place his hopes on his daughter-in-law and daughter.

Huang Liping touched her hand, "You, you..."

In the end, he just sighed.

Jiang Qian didn't expect that Ren Ru had always thought that way. She felt helpless and a little sad about being misunderstood.

Seeing that Ren Ru's mood had been very stable these days, Jiang Qian thought she had known about it for a long time, but who knew...

Why!

She has also been someone else's daughter-in-law, and knows how difficult it is to be a daughter-in-law. As an outsider joining another family, it is not easy to integrate!

She could ask her mother to do this and that without restraint, but she couldn't speak to her mother-in-law with confidence, even if she had gotten along well with her mother-in-law before.

Looking at the person who was crying and sobbing, Jiang Qian felt a little regretful that she had not had a good talk with Ren Ru before, making her worry for so many days in vain.

"Xiao Ru, stop crying."

She stuffed a tissue in her hand and said, "Since you've married into our family, you're a member of our family. If you have any ideas, just say them directly. Don't be afraid. If you don't speak up, how will you know what everyone else is thinking? Even if you don't want to tell us, you can tell Dongzi. Although he is my parents' son and my younger brother, he is also your husband. He has the obligation to share your responsibilities. Don't carry things alone."

"Do you know?"

Ren Ru pulled out a tissue, wiped her tears, and sobbed, "I understand, sister."

Huang Liping felt relieved when she saw that she had stopped crying. She said, "Yes, that's how it should be. Family members should talk about everything. If you had asked earlier, wouldn't you have to worry about it alone?"

Ren Ru lowered her head in shame. She was judging her entire family by her own narrow-mindedness.

"Dongzi, why didn't I tell you?"

After Ren Ru wiped away her tears, the family returned to the driver's cab.

Jiang Dong turned around when he heard the voice. Although he didn't know what had happened, he was relieved to see that his wife had returned to her normal state.

"We're now at the border of City B and City A. In a few minutes we'll be at the center of City B. We plan to park on the outskirts of the city center. Think of a good place to park."

The whole family looked out the window and saw the city ahead.

The train was originally flying at an altitude of about 50 meters. As it was about to enter the city, Jiang Dong was afraid of hitting a building, so he increased the altitude to 120 meters.

Looking down from above, the twinkling lights scattered in the city look like the Milky Way scattered on earth, which is very spectacular.

The train flew quickly over the city, and sometimes when it passed some taller buildings, you could see people moving around inside.

The train passed silently over the city. Seeing that it was about to reach the other side of the city, Jiang Dong had to remind them, "Have you thought about it? Where are we going to park later?"

Jiang Qian turned her eyes away from the map and recalled the distribution of lights in City B that she had just seen from the sky. She pointed to the southwest corner on the big screen and said, "Let's go here!"

Jiang Dong took a look and drove the train towards the west of City B.

As the train flew westward, the height of the city buildings below became visibly lower, and even many one- or two-story bungalows appeared.

At the end of the bungalow, there was a long black steel dragon crawling on the ground.

The train stopped above the long queue and slowly descended. Finally, the chassis touched the rails, making a crisp sound of metal colliding.

Outside the train, the lights on the old train station platform were still on, but there was no one in sight.

Jiang Weimin looked at the winding railroad tracks in front of him and was a little worried. "Should we just stop right on the tracks? What if there are still trains running on the railway?"

Jiang Dong waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, the tracks near the platform are used by trains when they come into the station. Do you think they would dare to enter the station even if there are trains there now?"

Through the window, they saw the current appearance of the train station platform. They could even clearly see large black patches on the ground and white walls under the pale light, like residual bloodstains.

Everyone felt a chill in their hearts, and when they saw that no one on the platform wanted to go down to take a look, they immediately gave up the idea.

"Let's rest tonight! We'll go down and take a look tomorrow morning."

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【Author’s words】

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