Chapter 252 Chapter 252 Heavy Fog

run

Run faster

Run to death

The person who came to his senses ran at the fastest speed in his life, leaving afterimages with both legs, and he only wished he could run faster and faster.

Those who were close to the water and the tower got the moon first, so they returned to the shelter early and climbed up one floor after another.

The people in the distance were miserable.

It was far away and ran slowly, and after a few steps it was caught up by the ant colony behind it. The outcome was clear.

"Ah, get out of here, get out of here!"

“Help!”

Waves of severe pain came from his feet, so painful that he instantly lost the strength to run away. He staggered a few times and was forced to fall to the ground.

She panicked and swung the basket in her hand, trying to disperse the excited ants, but it was no use.

Large clusters of gray mushrooms flew out from the swaying basket and disappeared the next second.

They were all eaten by ants.

Screams were heard everywhere, and within just a few minutes, the safe zone that everyone thought was reliable turned into a living hell.

He Junxia dragged a middle-aged woman who had unfortunately tripped over a rock into the shelter without looking at the tragic scene outside.

Can't control, can't save

Watching it just adds to the psychological burden.

The middle-aged woman standing against the wall was still in shock, breathing rapidly, and seemed to have not yet recovered from the fear.

"Don't just stand there, go back to the dormitory and hide."

In order to deal with possible future attacks by mutant animals, the shelter has already built multiple defensive fortifications to ensure a certain level of security.

But just standing in the underground passage without moving is just delivering food to the mutant animals.

"Oh my, what is that? Thank you, brother. Thank you so much."

The rescued middle-aged woman finally came to her senses and thanked He Junxia repeatedly: "Brother, what's your name? I must thank you very much. You are my savior."

"No, you should go back early."

He Junxia waved his hand and left quickly. There was something wrong with these mutant ants. They were completely irrational and remained indifferent even when he used all his mental strength to drive them away.

I always feel like something big is happening.

…

"Click"

"Bang"

The dormitory door opened and closed, blocking out all the noise and bustle.

The two children turned around in confusion when they heard the noise. Zong Yipeng lowered his head and touched his belly: "Grandpa, you came back so early today. My sister and I haven't had lunch yet."

For safety reasons, He Junxia does not take the two children to play outdoors every day. Sometimes she lets them stay at home and learn to read.

That's the case today.

He Junxia looked at the children who were oblivious to the disaster and touched their heads. "There are mutant animals attacking people outside. You can't go out for the next few days, okay?"

Zong Yipeng widened his eyes.

He was not very courageous to begin with, and the mutated insects looked particularly creepy, so he suddenly lost all interest.

Zhang Lingjia frowned: "What about mom and dad? Aren't they coming back?"

He Junxia was not sure about this either.

He didn't plan to go out to look for Zhang Shuhui and Zong Kangping. They were both at work, and when they would return or whether they could return depended on the arrangements of the shelter.

The most important task is to protect the two children.

He Juanxia said seriously: "Mom and Dad have to work and won't be back until they get off work. Grandpa will protect you."

If the shelter's defenses cannot withstand the ant colony's attack, he must find the most suitable route for escape.

He Junxia released his spiritual power to encompass all the surrounding buildings. Those chatting in the hallway returned to their dormitories, leaving the usually bustling sanctuary remarkably quiet amid the piercing alarm.

I don't know what's going on above.

He Junxia repeatedly replayed in his mind all the scenes from the moment he discovered the ant colony to the moment he left the safe zone.

These mutated ants came too suddenly, too purposefully, and lacked any fear of larger creatures, as if something was controlling them from behind.

Otherwise, even the ferocious mutant ants would not easily attack humans, and the two sides have always lived in peace.

Unfortunately, He Junxia had too little information. After thinking about it, he only found that something was wrong with the ants' condition and could not find any other problems.

If you want to know the whole truth about the ant colony's sudden attack, you can only wait until the incident is over and then investigate carefully.

Fortunately, what He Junxia was worried about did not happen.

The fortifications built in the shelter were very powerful. The army of mutant ants was firmly kept outside, and the few that occasionally escaped were quickly dealt with by the defense team.

It seems that their target is not just humans. Other mutated insects passing by are also regarded as prey and attacked. Even the gray mushrooms on the ground, trees, and walls are eaten clean, leaving no grass wherever they go.

"Is this an ant or a locust?!"

The older generation felt sympathetic when recalling the experience of being so hungry due to locust plagues and famine that they had to eat Guanyin soil.

Some people who were so starving would even dig up corpses that had just been buried and eat them. The sound of gnawing on bones at night was a lifelong nightmare for them.

Is the nightmare about to happen again?

In the three hours after the mutant ant colony left, food prices skyrocketed and even the expensive goods in the supermarket were sold out.

"Phew, luckily our family prepared in advance and stockpiled a lot of food, enough to last for a long time."

Zong Yipeng breathed a sigh of relief after returning from get off work early.

When he learned that the safe zone was suddenly attacked by a colony of mutant ants, he was terrified and hurriedly asked for leave from his leader.

The leader was easy to talk to and didn't make things difficult for him, otherwise he would have had to stay in the farm for a few more hours.

Zhang Shuhui, who finally made it to the end of dinner and hurried back, did not look very well.

It was not only because of the attack, but also because the couple came to her to ask for something under the pretext of being her mother.

The kindness of parents in raising us should not be forgotten, and supporting our mother is also a matter of course, but her brother and sister-in-law are so greedy that they even want to eat.

It would be fine if he just gave the food to his nephew who was less than ten years old. His mother loved her grandson so much that she had no objection.

But the two of them were only concerned with satisfying their own appetites, and let the mother and child eat the thin rice and water provided free of charge by the shelter to fill their stomachs.

They are worse than animals!

If she hadn't dropped something that day and made a surprise attack, who knows how long she would have been deceived.

Zhang Shuhui was really angry.

She also thought about taking her mother out to raise her. Even if the living conditions were not very good, at least she could have enough food to eat.

But the mother felt sorry for her grandson and was afraid that he would be a burden to her, so she refused to agree. This left her with no place to vent her anger and no place to vent her energy. In the end, she could only deliver food secretly when the couple was not around.

The more Zhang Shuhui thought about it, the angrier she became.

Why don’t those mutated insects eat this beastly thing to avoid wasting food and harming others?

"What's wrong?" Zong Kangping quickly noticed that his wife was in a bad mood and asked worriedly, "Who bullied you?"

Zhang Shuhui shook her head: "It's okay."

It's useless to talk about bad things and make others feel bad.

Zong Kangping reached out and hugged her: "You are my wife, we are a family, there is nothing we can't say, is it related to your brother?"

He didn't know much about his wife's family, but he only knew a few relatives in the shelter, and his brother-in-law was an unreliable scoundrel.

You can guess where the problem is.

"Three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang. It's no better for everyone to come up with a solution than for you to keep things bottled up inside. You'll not only ruin your health but also suffer."

Zhang Shuhui sighed and whispered her worries. He Junxia and Zong Kangping were both a little shocked.

This is too inhumane.

Zhang Shuhui said with disgust, "They're a couple who behave like idiots all the time. They're clinging to my mom like a vampire."

And her dad

Her mother only said that her father died of illness. Now it seems that judging by the behavior of those two people, there might be something else hidden.

Zhang Shuhui was so angry that her whole body was shaking.

Zong Kangping repeatedly comforted his wife not to be angry, but he didn't have a good solution to the problem.

Poor parents in the world.

His father-in-law and mother-in-law were both good people, but they raised a useless person who ruined the rest of his life.

Zong Kangping glanced at his son who was reciting lessons on the bed without leaving any trace, and thought to himself that he must not follow in the footsteps of his father-in-law and mother-in-law and raise a troublesome thing.

"Ah cut" "Ah cut" "Ah cut"

Zong Yipeng sneezed three times in a row, his nose was running, and his eyes were still blurry.

"Are you cold?"

Zhang Shuhui reached out and touched her son's forehead: "Pengpeng, do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"

Zong Yipeng: "I'm not feeling uncomfortable."

Zhang Shuhui relaxed and heard her father-in-law say, "I have a plan for your brother and sister-in-law."

Zhang Shuhui was curious: "What's the solution?"

He Junxia: "Send them to a reformatory."

Zhang Shuhui subconsciously wanted to refute that the two men had no reason to break the law and could not be sent to the reformatory.

But she didn't say it out loud because she remembered the last time a few thugs blocked her way.

My father-in-law seems to have some connections in this area.

If her brother and sister-in-law could be sent to prison, life would be easier for Mom and her nephew. Besides, the forced labor in the reformatory pays for the money, so when they get out, they'll have some money in their pockets and won't have a criminal record.

——If normal social order is gone, how can there be a criminal record? Unless it is a serious illegal or criminal act, it will usually be completed after a few months of reform.

The more Zhang Shuhui thought about it, the more she felt it was a good idea.

Otherwise, that couple bullied the mother and children, and always came to the cafeteria to harass me, making everyone uncomfortable.

Just mom's side?

Forget it, I'd better not tell mom. After all, we are mother and son, and even if our bones are broken, our tendons are still connected.

Zhang Shuhui knew in her heart that although her mother was a good person, if she and her father had not spoiled her brother too much, such a good person would not have become like this.

She had had enough of their threats and harassment.

Zhang Shuhui nodded: "Dad, I'll do as you say, but what can we do..."

He Juanxia smiled slightly: "What if you fight? If you get caught, you will have to go to a reformatory for two months."

Zhang Shuhui nodded: "Dad, please."

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He Junxia's movements were very quick

When the ant colony attack was over, he immediately used his money and past favors to have Zhang Shuhui's brother and sister-in-law caught by the guards while arguing with several other thugs.

The shelter was currently in a hurry to strengthen its defenses in all aspects and was short of manpower. The people who had just been captured and taken to the reformatory were sent to the construction site to work the next day.

Not only Zhang Shuhui, but also the grandparents and grandchildren who stayed in the dormitory felt relieved.

The child was sensible, so the two of them took on some laundry work. Zhang Shuhui would bring some food and daily necessities over every now and then, and their living standards improved significantly.

The child's sunken face gradually became round again.

At this time, the results of the subsequent investigation into the ant colony attack incident were finally disclosed by the authorities.

The reason is that these mutated worker ants have evolved a breeding period, but because the ant colony can only reproduce with a queen ant, their desire is transformed into appetite.

If nothing unexpected happens, such an ant tide will come every once in a while.