Chapter 374: Change of Strategy

"No, I've paid so much, I won't give up! Even if I can't get her space, I still want to build a good relationship with her and hold on to her golden thigh." Lu Nanfang cried.

Tong Xianbao was a little confused. "No, you knew that the space owner had already revealed her identity, so why did you go up to her? Since she dared to show her cards, it means that she has a strong backing behind her that we cannot shake. Let's stop here, okay?"

"What's good about that? I've already paid so much..."

Before Lu Nanfang could finish her words, she was interrupted by Tong Xianbao, "What have you given? Chatting with people to get information every day? You sound like you are so wronged. Do you usually keep quiet or something? Even the space owner is not as wronged as you!"

"Tong Xianbao, what do you mean? Do you despise me? Who am I doing this for? It's for our future! If you look down on me so much, why don't you go find that fairy from South City?" Lu Nanfang originally just wanted to complain, but after being criticized by Tong Xianbao, she started to speak without thinking.

"Fuck, what the hell is going on? If I wasn't afraid that you would be used as cannon fodder, I wouldn't bother with you. You are really ungrateful!" Tong Xianbao was also angry. He waved his hand and limped out of the tent.

No, he needs to find a place where no one is around to calm down. He has been feeling really annoyed during this period of time. Although he wants some space, he still has some self-awareness and will never go head-to-head with the state apparatus.

But Lu Nanfang was obviously different. She had been confused by the space. She said she would not force it, but she was unwilling to give up. Tong Xianbao was really scared, afraid that one day he would be implicated by Lu Nanfang and lose his life.

In this way, the two fell into a cold war. Although they lived in the same tent, they acted as strangers when they met each other every day. They didn't say a word or even look at each other.

Time passed day by day, and the rescue mission was coming to an end. It was not that the escort team was unwilling to continue the rescue, but that it had exceeded the golden rescue time by a week, and 99% of the trapped people buried under the rubble had already lost their lives.

Fortunately, during the rescue process, after being reminded by loudspeakers, those trapped people who were still conscious activated their smart bracelets in time, and after positioning, they successfully escaped. Because of the timely rescue, almost all of them saved their lives.

But those who lost consciousness the moment they were buried and could not activate their smart bracelets can only rely on their fate.

If they were dug out by the guards, they might still be able to survive. If they failed to activate the bracelet until the end, they might die of starvation or thirst, or be crushed to death.

There is no way around it. Faced with a city full of ruins, the guard team also needs to consider work efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Obviously, rescuing according to the signal is the fastest and most effective way, so naturally some people will be abandoned.

Of course, during the excavation process, the guard team will also try to consider the location characteristics of the trapped people. For example, if the signal is sent from a collapsed residential building, the guard team will try to dig around it to see if there are other trapped people.

But if the signal came from a place like a warehouse, then they might only dig out the source of the signal and not consider the surrounding areas. The new guards also dug up and sorted the supplies into the warehouse.

In this way, more than a week chosen by fate passed. As fewer and fewer living people were dug out, the escort team changed their strategy and decided to start digging for buried materials.

There is no other way. The living have to eat. Relying on the newly recruited guards to dig without the assistance of machines is simply a drop in the bucket and will not be of much use at all.

The food that the disaster-stricken people eat now is basically taken out from the secret warehouse of the Su City Guard. Those were grown by the hard work of the guards and laborers in the past two years. Although the quantity is not small, it cannot feed so many mouths with only food in and no food out.

Alas, in the end we still have to rely on the people’s stored grain!

But are those buried food reserves so easy to find? Of course not!

The newly recruited guards, due to lack of experience, strength and equipment, can only start from large supermarkets and small shops. These places have concentrated supplies, and as long as they move away the rubble and debris, they can basically get something.

But apart from these places, the supplies in the residential buildings had to be carefully searched in the ruins. It was not easy to find them, and the supplies that were found were often damaged and scattered all over the floor. The guards would feel distressed every time they saw them.

The efficiency was pitifully low, but there was no other way, they had to find it. Seeing that the food supply of the escort team was running out, they couldn't let the people go hungry.

As for reporting to the Alliance to distribute relief food? Forget it!

Because now it's not just one side that's in trouble, but the whole country is in trouble. Even if the alliance is willing, it's powerless. Otherwise, you say, who cares about whom and who doesn't, right? So, think about how to survive the difficulties on your own.

So, originally Li Sikai wanted to take Yuan Ruoxi for a stroll around East City to see how Tong Xianbao and Lu Nanfang would react, but he was delayed because he had to help dig for supplies.

As for Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan, since they don’t live with everyone and don’t usually share gossip with everyone, they still don’t know about the rumor that there are fairies in South City.

That day, after finishing a day's work, Shen Yanming came back exhausted. After saying hello to Bi Qiaoan, he took his own bowl and chopsticks to get food.

At the beginning, he still had dinner in the restaurant before returning to the tent to accompany Bi Qiaoan.

But in the past two days, the rice in the temporary restaurant has turned into porridge, and the two large white flour buns per person have been reduced to one. For Shen Yanming, who has never treated himself badly in terms of meals, this is a bit unacceptable.

After asking around, I found out that they were given such good treatment because they had to do physical work.

Except for those who were injured and needed to recuperate, the rest of the victims were fed cornmeal porridge instead of thin white rice porridge, and a steamed bun was reduced to half a bun. As for vegetables, forget it, you can fill half of your stomach for free.

So Shen Yanming just sat in front of his tent, holding a bowl of porridge, sticking a steamed bun with chopsticks, and started eating.

Passersby were no longer surprised by this scene, because everyone already knew that Shen Yanming brought his pregnant wife out to complete the mission.

Those who originally thought that the two of them were fooling around expressed their understanding after learning about their family situations. And because Bi Qiaoan never took up the resources of the guard team, the guards were particularly tolerant of the two of them.