Chapter 72: Northern Plateau

"Meow——" Lu Ce, who was sitting in the front right position, hadn't reacted yet. He only felt a flash before his eyes, and the tabby cat in his arms had already pounced out. It collided with the strange fish in mid-air, stopping the strange fish from pouncing on Shu Fu.

Chen Fa's shovel hit the fish in time, smashing it into a bloody mess.

She struggled for a long time, and this shovel used up her last bit of strength, so she had to hold on to a chair beside her to catch her breath.

Chen Yuezhen helped Lu Zheng close the car door, walked over a few steps, and patted Chen Fa on the shoulder: "Your physical fitness is still not enough, you need to practice more."

Chen Fa: ...

After Chen Yuezhen finished speaking, he nailed the fish with the tip of the axe, then picked up the axe and threw the fish out of the broken glass window. The other strange fish that jumped into the car were also dealt with. As the speed of the car increased, the strange fish outside could no longer jump in, and the car was finally temporarily safe.

No one cared about the dirt and stench, they all collapsed on their chairs and gasped for breath.

While driving, Shu Fu looked in the rearview mirror and saw Chen Fa giving her a thumbs up.

She turned her head to look at the seat on the right and found that Lu Ce was also looking at her. When he saw her looking at him, he immediately smiled at her: "Sister Fu Fu is awesome! Long live Sister Fu Fu!"

"Meow meow meow..." The tabby cat, feeling that it had done a great job, lay on Lu Ce's knees and called out in a variety of ways in the direction of Shu Fu.

Shu Fu said nothing, but reached into the backpack beside his feet, took out two sausages under the cover, and threw them to Lu Ce with a wave of his hand. The meaning was very clear: feed the cat and also feed the people.

The people in the car did not have much time to rest. Just as Shu Fu had expected, the strange fish spread through the sewers, and their movements and numbers were impossible to predict. While the people on the ground were still unaware, the entire Lu City had already fallen.

At first, there were only one or two fish that seemed to have strayed from the main group. They crouched in the street corners or lay motionless in the rain after coming out of the sewer. Their gray bodies blended in with the shabby environment full of garbage. Even if someone passed by, they would not notice a fish squatting in the corner without a careful look.

When a refugee passing by noticed something was wrong and went forward to check, they found a fish on the ground. Their first reaction was to think that it was food left on the street by someone who had just left the trading station.

About a month ago, dried fish and fresh fish occasionally appeared at the trading station in Lucheng. It was said that the goods were found by a nearby team, who would regularly bring a batch to the trading station for exchange.

The flood area in the southern suburbs of Lucheng was previously land. After mixing with the Qinghe tributary, various construction debris and garbage also polluted the tributary waters. The waters are turbid, and the water flow nearby is relatively fast, so it is rare to see fish.

Chen Fa didn't know that fish, which was not considered a big deal in the small town of Hexi, was quite popular in Lucheng.

So when someone finds a fish on the ground, they subconsciously bend down to pick it up. At this moment, the fish that was supposed to be food suddenly opens its mouth and jumps up. Some bite the human's finger and bite it off directly, while others jump directly to the upper door and bite off the cheek meat...

In just a moment, the food chain was completely reversed. Humans, bleeding all over, screamed and thrashed around. Some of them had companions nearby, who rushed over and rescued them from the fish's mouth.

But some people screamed loudly, which only attracted more strange fish. After being knocked down by the swarm of fish, the person could never get up again...

The screams gradually stopped, and the blood quickly spread in the heavy rain, and the smell of blood attracted more strange fish.

A few streets away, another trading post.

Today is a non-trading day for Trading Station No. 1. The door of the library where the trading station is located is closed, but there are quite a few people inside. They are all members of the large team behind Trading Station No. 1. Since they have nothing to do on their day off, they moved tables and chairs together to play cards. The stakes are various food and supplies.

Since joining the large team, these people always feel that their lives now are more free than in the previous peacetime times.

Just like two days ago, a small team that would regularly bring salt and clean water to Lucheng for exchange was looking for fuel everywhere this time. They had clearly offered a price, but the other party dared to drag their feet and not trade, and even secretly compared prices everywhere, and finally even wanted to sell it to the people at Trading Station No. 3.

That night they found a few brothers to smash their two cars. What a shabby van! If it hadn't been modified, they wouldn't have even looked at it twice. How dare it play tricks on them!

Now, those people have no car and no fuel, so they either have to walk back or go to the city station to find a ride. The people behind Trading Station No. 3 can only point them to a route, but they can never arrange it for them.

They had already arranged people and cars at the station, and when the time comes, they will have people follow them back to their hiding place to take away the clean water, salt, and people there!

At that time, they will leave a few women behind for themselves and report the rest of the supplies. It will be another merit and their status in the team will be higher in the future.

A few people were playing cards and listening to the compliments from others around them, when suddenly they heard knocks on the door outside the library.

"Closed today! Get out!" someone shouted impatiently.

Everyone in this city knows the rules of Trading Station No. 1. It will never be open on weekends, without exception. But the person knocking on the door at this moment seemed to be out of his mind. Even though they scolded him, he still kept knocking on the door.

Snap, snap, snap…

I don’t know what the person outside was using to knock on the door, but the sound was unpleasant and sticky, as if someone was slamming the door with something wet.

"How brave!" Finally, someone couldn't bear it anymore, picked up a machete from the table and rushed towards the door.

The small door to the library was opened, but there was no one outside in the rain. The man cursed and subconsciously felt that something was wrong, but he didn't know what was wrong. He stuck his head out in the rain and looked outside, but still saw no one.

At this moment, the familiar clapping sound came again from beside his feet. He lowered his head and saw a row of gray... fish lying beside his feet, each of them holding up their ugly heads, with the long things on their tails swinging left and right, making the same noise again when they hit the door and the ground.

Snap——

Snap, Snap…

"Fuck! What the hell is this thing! Ah—it bites me! Ah—I'll chop you to death—ah..." The voice coming from the door gradually became shrill, and the air was filled with the smell of blood.

Several people at the table realized that something was wrong, picked up their weapons, and rushed towards the door, then they saw a horrifying scene.

The brother who had been playing cards with them at the same table not long ago was half-crouching on the ground, trying to crawl towards them. Half of his face had no flesh and blood, and his eyeballs, teeth and lower jaw bones were exposed. The white bones were hung with the remaining flesh and blood, and his clothes were stained red with blood.

But he was still alive. When he heard the footsteps, he stretched out a hand, as if asking for help. The sleeve of the arm he stretched out was torn, and the forearm was bloody and a piece of flesh was hanging there, and two fish were jumping to bite the piece of flesh...

His back and legs were covered with these gray, big-eyed strange fish, and every fish was biting him like crazy...

Someone couldn't hold it in, and the bloody and horrifying scene in front of him scared him so much that he vomited.

Some people also rushed forward with weapons, quickly attracted the attention of the strange fish, and started a fierce battle.

There were constant clattering sounds coming from outside the open door of the library, and soon, a new batch of strange fish appeared. For them, this was a happy eating time...

More than ten minutes later, only two people in the library rushed out alive. They finally got rid of the strange fish and ran desperately in the rain, trying to get back to their team for help.

But before they got close to the building, they saw someone running towards them from the opposite side, shouting. They then realized that the road around them was full of these strange fish jumping around. They were tireless and would bite anyone they saw, and there were so many of them that they were trembling all over.

In the building where the opposite team lived, there was a sound of gunfire. A wall on the third floor exploded, and a bloody figure fell from the building. His body was covered with strange fish, but even as he fell, the fish were still biting the man, greedily and terrifyingly.

Someone rushed out of the building with a gun, shouting "I will fight you", and then hit the strange fish all over the ground. Many fish were killed, but many companions were also injured by mistake. These injured companions could still hold on, but now after falling down, they became the targets of the strange fish's crazy biting.

At the same time, more fish jumped out of the sewer. The man had run out of bullets, so he had to drop his gun and take out a dagger to fight the strange fish.

There was chaos all around, with wailing and screaming everywhere. The two people who ran out of the library didn't care about anything else. They found a direction with fewer strange fish, kicked away their teammates who were crawling on the ground and asking for help, and ran forward quickly.

They ran across the open space, crossed two streets, and at the intersection they saw a bronze bus speeding towards them from the other end.

The two men seemed to have seen a savior, and waved the knives in their hands vigorously at the bus, signaling it to stop.

In the driver's seat, the guy with braided hair had sharp eyes and recognized from a distance the person waving a knife at their car in the middle of the road ahead.

At the intersection where they rushed out, sporadic strange fish kept jumping out. They were so anxious that their eyes turned red while hacking and killing them. The bus in front of them became their only savior at this moment, and they had to make this bus stop.

Not only that, as soon as the car stopped, they planned to rush up and control the driver, and rob the car and the supplies in it!

The two men began to untie their backpacks, pretending to signal the people on the bus that they were willing to pay with gold and medicine as far as the fare. However, their plan failed because the driver and the people on the bus not only knew them, but also had an old grudge against them.

The man with braids gripped the steering wheel tightly and shouted to everyone else in the car, "Hold on tight, everyone!" Then he stepped on the accelerator hard and drove straight towards the two people standing in the center of the road.

Bang-bang-the people who were blocking the way were knocked away, and the backpacks in their hands and the golden medicines inside were scattered all over the ground. At the last moment before one of them died, he suddenly remembered that he seemed to have seen the man with braids before.

Oh... he was from the team whose two modified vans were smashed by them...

**

Ten minutes ago, Shu Fu had not driven far when he stopped the car at an intersection where the strange fish could not catch up for the time being, and asked the person who was ready in Lu Zheng's team to quickly take the driver's seat.

The apparent reason was that she was not familiar with the roads in Lucheng, nor did she know the location of the salt lake. Since Lu Zheng and his friends had driven here several times, it would be no problem for them to drive back now.

But the real reason was that she herself couldn't judge whether she would suddenly become confused while staying in the car.

According to experience, if a barrier appears, while others can pass through normally, she will be ejected from the vehicle she was in before, and may fall where she is, or may appear randomly on a nearby street.

But this time she didn't plan to get off the car alone and separate from the main group.

Firstly, the mission this time is related to Lu Zheng. Since she can leave Hexi Town because of the mission, she should be able to leave Lucheng by the same token, unless Lu Zheng's mission here has been completed, but she subconsciously feels that it should not have been completed.

The second point is that this is a time of chaos. Except for Fengshang Plateau and a few other provinces and regions, most parts of Hua Country, including the current Lucheng area, have long lost order and are out of official control.

In this situation, even if she really pretended to be missing in front of the other people on the bus, it would not cause any fatal trouble to her. She had a portable protective shield, and with the remote control function of the raft protective shield, she could completely hide herself and make herself lose her sense of existence.

To put it bluntly, if the bracelet requires her to complete a task and a screen appears during the task to hinder her actions, then she can just find a body of water and lie down in the drifting island house for a while and play disappearing.

Anyway, she hadn't been home for many days and missed her little home very much.

The driver was changed just to be on the safe side. In case she really got stuck and suddenly disappeared from the bus, at least the bus would not have an accident and everyone else could leave Lucheng safely.

As a result, not long after the driver was changed, the bus was blocked by someone. Xu Tingfeng, who was repairing the window on the right side of the bus with waste cardboard and waterproof plastic sheeting, immediately recognized the two people and said to the braided man in a deep voice: "Speed ​​up and hit them."

Afterwards, there were two bangs, and some bloodstains appeared on the front windshield of the bus, which quickly disappeared under the rain.

Shu Fu looked at the other people in Lu Zheng's team, including Lu Ce. No one showed any expression of pity or sighing. It was not the first time that everyone faced life and death, and they would no longer waste human emotions on unnecessary people.

While Shu Fu was looking at each other, Xu Tingfeng was also looking at the three of them. Chen Fa and Chen Yuezhen had already repaired the left window. They sat leaning on the chairs in the middle and rear rows, looking through the intact window glass, alert to the situation of the strange fish on the road outside.

And Shu Fu - he turned his gaze and happened to meet hers, and she was also looking at him. Xu Tingfeng thought of everything that happened today, and opened his mouth again to thank her seriously.

He thanked her but didn't ask her where she got the fuel and the car. It's not hard to find a car. A car like this that has not been modified and is damaged can still be found if you look carefully in Lucheng.

The real key is the fuel. He just checked it and the dashboard showed that the tank was half full. According to the style of the Lucheng team, it is absolutely impossible to miss such a large tank and leave so much fuel in the car.

And the red liquid had a strange fishy smell, but it could suppress the attack of the strange fish...

There were many mysteries surrounding this young girl, and he was indeed curious, but he would not pry too much into her. As long as she had no ill will towards them, he knew when to stop.

On the other hand, if one day she suddenly became their enemy, that would be when he really needed to worry.

He hoped that day would never come. After all, the world was already difficult enough, with all kinds of natural disasters raging. Now there were more strange fish that could come ashore and attack people. If humans did not unite, destruction would not be far away.

All the broken windows on the bus were temporarily repaired. The guy with braids was driving, and the big guy sat in the front seat on the right, checking the congestion on the surrounding roads and assisting the guy with braids at any time.

Not all areas of Lucheng have strange fish. In some places there is not a single one. But when the car turns a corner and goes to another road, you will find groups of strange fish jumping wildly on the road, chasing the humans who are fleeing everywhere.

Other evacuating cars could soon be seen on the road, and many people also stayed indoors, trying to find ways to resist the strange fish outside.

Some teams had powerful weapons like flamethrowers, but it was raining heavily outside, and the flames could not even burn the scales of the fish and were quickly extinguished.

In some places, there are more people than fish. People get injured in the process of cleaning the fish. They get angry and hack at the dead fish with knives like crazy. Then they grab a piece of the fish body and put it in their mouths to chew, cursing viciously while chewing: "I told you not to bite my son! I told you not to bite my wife! I will fucking bite you to death! I'll eat you - ugh... I'll eat you - ugh!"

Probably because of the fishy stench from the strange fish's internal organs, the man bit and spit at the same time, and continued biting while spitting, as if he had completely fallen into madness...

The whole Lucheng was in chaos, and the bus was struggling to move forward in the chaos. Finally, after more than an hour, the bus drove out of the city smoothly and drove onto the provincial road in the north of the city, leaving all the chaos behind.

Shu Fu huddled silently in the right back seat of the car until she left Lucheng with the bus, and then she breathed a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, if they wanted her to complete the mission, why would they restrict her to Lucheng?

She stretched her arms gently, stretched herself, and began to take off her raincoat. It seemed that the map this time was a bit special and could be expanded quietly with the tasks.

Outside the bus, the rain began to get heavier, and the glass was blurred by the rain.

In the car, Xu Jiechu fell into a complete coma, lying in the aisle in the middle of the bus like a dead pig.

Lu Ce sat on the seat next to him. The tabby cat had landed on Xu Jiechu at some point and used him as a cushion, taking a nap on him with a proud look on its face.

The thin and long-faced man was sitting in the large space behind the driver's seat. He was taking off his pants with difficulty with the help of another follower of Xu Jiechu, the bald man, so that he could treat the bite wound on his calf.

Chen Fa opened his backpack, took out bread and unopened drinking water, and handed them to Chen Yuezhen and Shu Fu, motioning them to eat and drink a little to replenish their energy.

Shu Fu took the bread and water and handed over two chocolate bars.

Xu Tingfeng, who was sitting in the seat in front of Shu Fu, caught a glimpse of it and tilted his head.

Shu Fu took out another chocolate bar, passed Xu Tingfeng, and handed it to Lu Ce in front of him.

“Thank you Sister Fu Fu!” Lu Ce took it obediently, thanked her politely, tore it open, took a bite, and passed the rest to Lu Zheng’s mouth.

"Be good, eat it yourself." Lu Zheng didn't bite it, but touched his brother's wet hair, found a dry piece of clothing from the waterproof backpack, and asked him to dry his hair. Then he came to Xu Ting with the backpack, motioned him to stretch out his legs, and asked him to help him treat the wound.

In fact, among all the people in the car, Xu Tingfeng's injuries were the most serious. His thin and long face was only bitten. Xu Jiechu's injuries were the same as Chen Fa's before. He was stabbed by the tail stinger and was paralyzed and fell into a coma.

Only Xu Tingfeng had a piece of flesh and blood bitten off from his calf by the strange fish before it died.

Lu Zheng took out a dagger, cut open his trouser legs, and untied the cloth strips that had been tied tightly around his braid for emergency treatment, revealing the bloody wounds inside. Fortunately, they had purchased some medicine when they came here to trade this time, which came in handy at the moment.

He first rinsed the wound with clean water, then disinfected it with iodine, and finally put gauze on it, and then wrapped it around the wound to secure it.

Xu Tingfeng remained silent throughout the whole process, as if he felt no pain. Only his fingers, tightly gripping the car seat, revealed his true feelings at the moment.

After finishing everything, Lu Zheng handed the remaining half bottle of clean water in his hand to Xu Tingfeng, motioning him to close his eyes and rest for a while. It was safe now and he didn't need to keep forcing himself to stay alert.

Xu Tingfeng's lips turned pale. He took the water and nodded. He still trusted Lu Zheng. He asked him to call him if there was anything, then leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes.

**

After leaving the suburbs of Lucheng, the bus turned west, entered the mountainous area and climbed all the way. Then it drove in twists and turns for another three hours, and finally arrived at its destination, Tianyan Salt Lake, in the evening.

A salt lake she had never heard of. Even if she opened her mobile phone and checked the downloaded map, she could not find the location of the salt lake on the map.

After the car entered the gate, it drove along the bumpy ground and into a tall warehouse next to a low building. This is the loading and unloading warehouse in the salt production area. Now that there is not so much finished salt, this has become their indoor parking garage for storing vehicles. It is very large and the warehouse is sturdy, which can shelter from wind and rain.

Next to the warehouse are several rows of single-story buildings, most of which are converted from containers. They were obviously reinforced later to make them better able to withstand storms and hail.

These containers were originally supposed to be the workers' residences. Each one was small, and each had a very simple bathroom with sewage and water pipes built in it, so no matter how simple it was, it was still practical. The rest of the area was the bedroom, and some of the bedrooms had two bunk beds that could sleep four people.

Some bedrooms have two single beds, and some even have a single bed plus a sofa, table, and chairs. They are probably dormitories for workers and employees of different levels.

In addition to the salt factory, the salt lake scenic area was under construction, but before the heavy rain, it seemed that the subsequent construction was interrupted due to funding issues. When they found this place, it was completely abandoned. There were only waste paper packaging and garbage in the container house, and no usable supplies at all.

Fortunately, there is self-generated electricity and groundwater here, otherwise they really would not be able to survive in such an environment.

Now the container houses have been adjusted according to their respective needs. There are many houses but few of them, so they don't have to squeeze together. Most of the houses for four people are larger. They removed one of the bunk beds and moved in sofas, tables and chairs to increase daily necessities.

Some families with many people occupy two rooms connected to each other, one as a living room and the other as a bedroom.

Some of the extra bunk beds and other unwanted items were all moved to the warehouse next door. It was very large and even with the cars parked there was still plenty of space for storing various sundries and furniture.

After hearing the vivid narration by Braid-Head and Lu Ce, the townspeople who had followed Lu Zheng and Xu Tingfeng to evacuate from Pincheng Town with great difficulty expressed their gratitude to Shu Fu and the other two. They not only rescued their people, but also saved their supplies.

These supplies could perhaps be discarded in a life-and-death situation, but when they got through the strange fish and returned to the salt lake, they would still have to face the dilemma of running out of supplies.

They also cleaned up three container houses for the three of them. Everyone worked together to put away single beds, tables, chairs and sofas for them, probably hoping to make their living space more spacious.

These three container houses are located in a row behind the house where Lu Zheng lives. No one lives here yet, so they are just empty. They are closer to the salt lake and very quiet.

Shu Fu looked at the internal structure and door position of the container house and asked for the one at the edge. The bathroom of this house is at the outermost part. Probably for the convenience of others, there is an outer door in the bathroom, which opens towards the direction of the salt lake. It may have been a public bathroom in the past.

Shu Fu didn't mind whether it was dirty or not, because she thought of a great way to use this bathroom.

That night, the townspeople prepared a small welcome banquet for the three of them in the warehouse. There were not many seats arranged because food was in short supply. In addition to the people who evacuated from Lucheng with them that day, the mayor of the original town was also there.

The food on the table was simple, a few canned vegetables, some grain steamed buns, steamed bacon, and some steamed salted fish. There was a lot of salt here, and every time the team bought fresh food from Lucheng, they would use salt to make pickled food on the same day so that it could be preserved for a longer time. In addition, pickled meat and fish were especially delicious with rice. A piece of bread with a small piece of meat could be a meal.

There were also a few cans of beer on the table. They were the mayor's personal collection. He had been carrying them with him during his escape and was reluctant to throw them away.

Xu Jiechu was still in a coma. The thin and long-faced man had scolded Shu Fu before, but he felt embarrassed to come now, so he used the excuse of injury and rested early.

Xu Tingfeng did come, but he didn't eat much the whole time. Probably because he had no painkillers, his wound was still hurting. However, he was very patient and accompanied us the whole time and didn't leave early.

Shu Fu hardly ate anything. She was used to not eating food from strangers. Also, she had seen too many bloody humans and fish today, so she didn't want to eat the salted fish and meat at all.

The same goes for Chen Fa and Chen Yuezhen. They have supplies they have just exchanged, so they don't have to worry about water problems in the short term. Moreover, they now have a car, so they won't be too passive if they want to go out to look for supplies.

However, the main purpose of this dinner was not to eat, but to show an attitude, as if the mayor welcomed them on behalf of everyone, and they sitting here was a response.

The braided-haired man and the big guy thanked Shu Fu from the bottom of their hearts, and each of them toasted Shu Fu with a glass of wine. The glass was not big, after all, beer was rare nowadays, so they could only satisfy their craving. She could drink a little, so she looked at Chen Fa, who said that her wound had not healed yet and she couldn't drink, and her grandmother was too old and couldn't drink either.

Having said that, it was just a superficial statement. What Chen Fa really meant was that it was okay, they didn't drink alcohol and would give her some support and make her feel at ease.

So Shu Fu had a drink with both of them.

After that, they wanted to pour her another glass, but were stopped by Lu Zheng. The two of them had to give up reluctantly. They wanted to pour two more glasses for themselves, but the can of beer was taken away by Lu Zheng. He poured himself a glass and did not persuade Shu Fu to drink. He said that he was thanking her and drank it himself.

She knew that he probably had a lot of things to ask, but she hadn't found a suitable opportunity since they met again in Lucheng, so she took the initiative to pour a glass of wine for herself and the other party, and then suggested that they go to the other side and find a place to sit down.

The warehouse was very large. The two left the dining table and went to the other end of the warehouse, where they found a table in the furniture stacking area and sat down.

She had mentioned the matter of Suicheng before on WeChat, but because it was inconsistent with what Chen Fa said, she did not intend to deepen his impression again, so this time she mainly talked to Lu Zheng about Lou Yuncheng's experience, which was similar to what she told Chen Fa.

The matter of the strange fish was also briefly mentioned. Lu Zheng was in the salt lake and had no internet, so he knew less than her. The matter of the strange disease was also mentioned, but Lu Zheng was even more confused about it.

Colds and fevers are common diseases. Nowadays, people lack medicines, so it is reasonable that common diseases drag on and cannot be cured.

The main reason is that so far, except for the unknown person in Tang Ping's basement, Shu Fu has not really come into contact with patients with this disease. Even Chen Fa has only seen him once during the transfer. The families of those patients hid the people too well, and they did not know much about the situation, which led to the whole thing sounding more like their imagination when they told it.

"Could it be that these two incidents are actually the same thing, both caused by the strange fish?" Lu Zheng trusted Shu Fu very much, but they had just escaped from death in Lucheng today. It was a rare rest time, and he didn't want her to fall into fruitless worry. "It's a pity that there is almost no network signal here, otherwise we could have found some information."

"I did check it out when I was at the trading station, but there was no useful information online, including the strange fish today. I guess this kind of fish that can come ashore and attack humans in groups has not yet spread throughout the country of Hua. We thought about raising the alarm at the time, but the network was too poor, and we couldn't send out videos and pictures. No one paid attention to the text alone..."

After all, the entire planet is in turmoil now. Tsunamis, hurricanes, and heavy rains occur almost every day near water bodies. Any storm can take away hundreds or thousands of lives.

Everyone's attention was focused on the land near the water. Places like the Northland Plateau were relatively safe, and due to information blockage, the changes and fish disasters that occurred in a small town were not worth mentioning at all.

"After today, the situation may be different." Lu Zheng was naturally talking about Lucheng.

Even though it is just a third-tier small city, there are still many survivors and refugees in Lucheng. More importantly, some areas of Lucheng have internet access. Those who survived today's fish disaster should go online to spread the news.

Talking about Lucheng, Shu Fu and Lu Zheng both believed that Lucheng had suffered a fish disaster this time and would become even more chaotic in the future, but it would not completely collapse.

After all, there are quite a few sturdy buildings there, and many teams have sufficient weapons and equipment. The reason why there were so many casualties today was mainly because the strange fish appeared suddenly, and everyone was panicked and caught off guard, which led to chaos.

But after all, the strange fish is not an infectious disease. Even if people are bitten, as long as they are not dead, they can take up weapons again to fight back.

There may be a period of chaos, perhaps normal material transactions will not be possible for a long time, and perhaps people will die one after another during this period, but those teams all have supplies and weapons, and as long as they are willing to unite and cooperate, they still have a chance of winning.

Of course, at the same time, Lu Zheng also had to consider another possibility: Lucheng might really not be able to hold on.

This means that the people living in the salt lake will need to find a place to get supplies stably when the food is about to run out next time. But now, near Lucheng, or in the entire Lankou Province or even the Beidi Plateau, is there any place that can guarantee a stable supply of supplies?

The atmosphere became tense as the two chatted. Lu Zheng changed the subject in time and smiled at Shu Fu: "Forget it, there is no way to think too far ahead right now. Let's just live well today and tomorrow first."

As he spoke, he reached out his hand to clink glasses with hers and took the initiative to change the subject, "The last time I drank with you, it seemed to be raining heavily outside..."

"Really?" Shu Fu began to think back to the library. At that time, they had played cards and eaten instant noodles together. How come... they also drank together?

When? Why doesn't she remember?

“Yeah.” Lu Zheng seemed to be lost in memories, with a soft light in his eyes. “…You probably don’t remember, but I was worried that you couldn’t drive after drinking, and it was hard to get a taxi in the rain…”

"......?" She was a little confused by what he said. Take a taxi? Was it still possible to take a taxi in Suicheng at that time?

"I still remember that you were wearing a black dress that day. You looked very beautiful, even more beautiful than the leading actress sitting next to the director..."

The wine glass that Shu Fu was about to bring to his mouth suddenly stopped.

A strange chill crept up her spine and went straight into her brain.

The smile on her lips faded away little by little. She felt as if her neck was rusted. She turned her head with great difficulty and looked at him again, as if she saw something incredible: "You...what were you talking about just now?"