Chapter 356 Tracking

Around three o'clock in the afternoon, the golden sunlight sprinkled on the earth, as if giving the whole world a golden edge, a beautiful scene that almost didn't seem like the end of the world.

The workers working outside the base were sweating and discussing with each other what to eat for dinner today.

Food is the most important thing for people, especially in the end times. For them, nothing is more important than food.

They are all criminals sent here from neighboring urban areas for reform. Since they are for reform, they will not get any points no matter how much work they do.

However, the base does not want them to starve to death, so they will provide them with two meals a day.

In the end times, forget about having enough to eat. Those two meals can at most give them the energy to work, but prevent them from dying from overwork.

But even so, they are much luckier than many survivors.

At least they get food for the effort.

There are many people starving to death in this world today.

After a day's work, everyone was exhausted and out of breath, and their hands unconsciously slowed down.

The supervisor nearby saw it but didn't say anything. After all, you can't really treat people like donkeys in the production team. It's enough for them to complete their daily tasks.

The base has plans to take in existing survivors from nearby urban areas. Although the current base occupies a large area, it is still not enough to accommodate so many survivors, so these criminals are kept fully occupied every day.

One of the workers licked his dry lips, swallowed hard, and felt very hot all over.

Since the beginning of the polar day, the base has been in a state of water shortage.

No, it should be said that all areas that experience polar day are suffering from severe water shortage.

The base had no intention of letting them die of thirst and would distribute corresponding shares to them every day.

But how can that little water be drinkable?

The drier his mouth became, the more he couldn't help but recall the past.

At that time, there were all kinds of iced drinks, ice cream, juice, beer...

I don’t know when the world will return to normal?

Thinking of this, he sighed and continued loading bricks onto the cart.

Like everyone else, he was sent to the base for transformation.

Actually, the crime he committed was not serious. He did not commit murder or robbery. He was just caught stealing.

At first, he blamed everyone and thought he was unlucky. Otherwise, among so many vicious criminals, why was he the only one so unlucky to be caught?

He complained about the end of the world, about God, and about everyone who had a better life than him.

But after getting used to working here, perhaps because he was too tired, he no longer had the time to complain.

I even think it's nice to be here.

Although they were a little tired, at least they were not starving to death. Seeing the base being built bit by bit in their hands, they felt a sense of accomplishment.

After all, he grew up under the red flag. If possible, who wouldn’t want to be a good person?

He was calling on a worker next to him to push the cart with him, but when he looked up, he saw a man and a woman coming out of the gate of the base not far away. They were carrying some packages and the woman was holding a three-year-old boy in her arms. They looked like a family of three.

Why do you say it looks like that? Haha, there are really too many disgusting things in the end times, and the order is crumbling, not to mention public order and morality.

Nowadays, nothing people do is surprising.

The worker was holding the cart with complicated expressions in his eyes. He really couldn't understand what was going on.

It's almost night time, why are you running outside now?

Besides, everyone knows how difficult it is to enter the base, so why would anyone be willing to come out of the base?

Not to mention that they are carrying a young child. Aren’t they afraid of accidents?

Of course, he was not the only one with sharp eyes. Many workers saw it and started talking to each other in a low voice.

Those who can be reformed here are basically not people who have committed heinous crimes. Maybe there are some conflicts at the beginning, but after such a long time, working and eating together every day, they even develop some feelings for each other.

But in the final analysis, these things had nothing to do with them, so everyone just chatted for a while and then stopped.

But to everyone's surprise, not long after the family of three left, two men and two women appeared at the gate of the base.

Now everyone could no longer suppress the surprise in their hearts.

What on earth is going on? Why are they all running outside today?

Is there some treasure out there?

And the two pairs of men and women who left the second time seemed even more difficult to deal with.

Just by looking at the clothes they are wearing, you can tell how good life they are living in the last days.

But think about it, the people who can live in the base now are either rich or smart people, so it is normal for them to live a good life.

In just a short while, all the workers were attracted by the two waves of survivors who left one after the other.

The supervisor frowned and said, "Do you still want to eat if you keep dawdling for a while?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone immediately stopped whispering and quickened their movements.

At this time, Li Liangxian and his group had already walked a long way away.

Li Liangxian had a gloomy face all the way.

He didn't dare show it at the base, fearing that the staff would think he was dissatisfied, but now he has no scruples.

Before, he had been wondering in his heart, who reported him?

Yes, he firmly believed that someone had reported him.

Otherwise, it doesn't make sense that I have lived here for so long without any trouble, but now I am suddenly exposed.

But even if he racked his brains, he still couldn't figure out who the person was who stabbed him in the back.

I can't figure it out, so I'll just have to put this question aside for now.

After all, he has already left the base, so even if he knows the truth, he can't take revenge immediately.

However, he was not as panicked as he appeared.

When he entered the base, he prepared a retreat route for himself nearby.

Originally he just wanted to have peace of mind, thinking it would not be of any use, but he did not expect that it would actually come in handy now.

With those supplies, they were enough for him to temporarily transition outside the base.

He just needs to wait until the survivors from other cities pour into the base in large numbers, and then he can find a way to sneak in again.

There was no way, even he had to admit that in the apocalypse, the safest thing was to stay in the base.

However, by that time, there will definitely not be any such independent courtyards.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a surge of anger in his heart. He didn't want to hold it in, so he could only find someone to vent his anger on.

So he turned his head to look at the woman holding the child and moving slowly, and scolded: "Did you not eat? Why are you so slow?"

When the woman heard the scolding, her expression did not change at all, as if she had no dissatisfaction or complaint at all, and she quickly quickened her pace.

In fact, she should be the person who knows Li Liangxian best. Just by taking a quick glance, she can know what Li Liangxian is thinking.

She had known for a long time that this man was not as gentle as he appeared to be, otherwise he would not have abandoned his wife who had been with him for so many years, all alone not long after the apocalypse began.

I don't know if that woman is still alive, but she is most likely dead.

She didn't know why Li Liangxian was suddenly kicked out of the base. Of course, she didn't want to know. None of this mattered to her.

She just needs to be a humble and obedient vase with her children.

In fact, when she was preparing to leave, she had thought about begging the soldiers to allow her to stay in the base with her child.

But looking at the expressions of those soldiers and seeing the uneasiness that Li Liangxian could not hide on his face, she knew that this request would not be granted.

She knew Li Liangxian very well. Although he looked panicked, he would not be like this if he really had no confidence at all.

So, in the end, she decided to follow this man first.

After all, he would not treat his precious son badly.

As for yourself?

From the moment she decided to follow this man, she was prepared.

Isn't it just that she doesn't fight back when being beaten, and doesn't talk back when being scolded? As long as she can survive, she can endure anything.