Chapter 99 Wei County

This world will never be better, the disaster will never end, the end of the world has come, and the world is about to be destroyed...

At that time, such remarks were everywhere, and people's emotions became chaotic and violent. The team that was originally transferred had several robberies and fights in one day, and someone even killed someone accidentally...

Crowded places have become another disaster scene.

They, as a family of three, were no match for the team composed entirely of young and middle-aged people. In the chaos, their luggage was squeezed and lost, and then robbed. They did not fight with others to get the supplies back. At that time, they, as a family of three, knew that if they wanted to survive, they had to stay away from the crowd first. Life was the most important thing!

Later, they hid in a nearby town. Those few months were the most chaotic time in Hua State. A large number of troops and rescue personnel were transferred to disaster relief. Except for a few large cities in Xiangzhou Province that were always guarded by large troops, other areas experienced a period of chaos.

It was not until the rescue work for the devastating tsunami was nearing its end that some team members were sent back to restore order in various small cities, towns, and counties.

But the good times did not last long. Later, problems arose at the border again and some team members were transferred away.

The order in Xiangzhou Province was good for two days and bad for one day. They dared not move and stayed in hiding in that town, relying on the gold jewelry hidden on their bodies and her parents' craftsmanship to make a living.

During that time, her cell phone was broken and she had nowhere to get it repaired. Her parents' cell phones were in their luggage bags and had been stolen. They later bought an old phone in town, but when they wanted to go online, they found that the signal was extremely poor. After a long time of trying, she still couldn't log into her previous account, and finally gave up the idea of ​​contacting her friends.

Later, Xiangzhou Province was gradually tidied up and order gradually improved. After discussion, the family decided to continue their journey west.

It was October, and the original transfer team had long since disappeared. The world outside was changing day by day, so they had to travel on their own. They had no car and couldn't carry too much luggage. They had many difficulties along the way, but they finally arrived at a big city in the central part of Xiangzhou Province, and coincidentally, they met Xun Huiming there.

He also joined the rescue team and was carrying out a mission there, with the mission of assisting people in migrating westward.

This meeting was such a coincidence and such a lucky one. With Xun Huiming's help, the three of them quickly re-registered their information and joined the westward migration team.

I met Xun Huiming in early November, before the tsunami. At that time, the momentum of westward migration was not as strong as it is now. Most of the time, even if people arrived in a small town west of Xiangzhou Province, they had to wait in line.

Xun Huiming said that he could help make the arrangements, and as long as they followed his team, it would be faster than if they transferred and waited for a schedule on their own.

Yao Ruoyun had already seen that Xun Huiming liked her at that time. To be honest, she was quite touched. After all, in the end times, there were not many people who could still care about another person and help in various ways. No matter what, he was at least willing to work hard for this love.

Yao Ruoyun finally agreed to Xun Huiming's suggestion and followed his rescue team all the way. Although the route was tortuous and it took them half a month to reach the town west of Xiangzhou Province, the safety factor was greatly improved and they could hitchhike.

"At that time, we didn't expect that a tsunami... just a tsunami, could actually destroy half of Xiangzhou Province, and the floods rushed directly into the deep inland... The only lucky thing was that we were not in the city that was directly hit by the tsunami at that time, but later on, other disasters caused by this giant tsunami continued one after another..."

If the original disaster level during the transfer was 2, it has now become 6, which is directly tripled.

A violent storm like a river or sea pouring down...

Hailstones bigger than fists come at any time...

The wind and rain could escalate at any time, with waterspouts appearing above the water and tornadoes on land...

Floods raged, landslides occurred, mud and rock flows poured down, and roads were blocked...

For a whole half month, they seemed to be chased by disasters. Just as they were about to leave the disaster area caused by the tsunami, for some reason, the bus they were riding in had an accident.

The last thing Yao Ruoyun saw before she lost consciousness was her parents simultaneously opening their protective arms towards her, and Xun Huiming's panicked face as he rushed towards them...

She must have been in a coma for a while and still doesn't know how she came to Wei County. It is very likely that the military rescue team arrived and saved her who was injured, or it is possible that the rescue team that was with her at the time brought her to Wei County.

She just woke up today, and just now, she didn't even know how many days she had been in a coma. Fortunately, she was in the clinic and there was a rescue point downstairs. She finally checked the list of survivors through the computer and learned that they were still alive.

She didn't know how they got to Zhicheng, and she didn't know how to contact them, so the only thing she could think of was to rush to Zhicheng immediately.

When Yao Ruoyun said this, she remembered that she had missed something. She immediately put down the cup, put on her slippers again, wrapped in a thermal blanket, and rushed down the stairs. She came to the service desk at the rescue point again and asked about the parking space.

However, it is too late. There are indeed several groups of cars departing from Weixian tomorrow, but the only transfer vehicle with vacancies will depart at around 3:00 p.m. tomorrow. It is also the last group of cars departing tomorrow and has already been booked.

Just now, Yao Ruoyun hugged Shu Fu so enthusiastically that the rescuers mistakenly thought that she had found her family. After shouting twice without any response, they went on to do other things.

Later, other survivors came to inquire about moving the car, and quickly reserved that parking space.

Yao Ruoyun knew that she could not blame anyone else but herself for being so rash all the time. She apologized to the rescue workers and asked them to help her check the parking time for the next time.

The other party told her that if she missed the bus tomorrow, she would have to wait for two more days. Waiting for two more days was not too long, and there were currently more parking spaces available three days later, so she could go with Shu Fu. But she still had to ask Shu Fu about it, because she was just talking about herself and didn't know what was going on with Shu Fu.

She turned around and wanted to call Shu Fu over, but when she turned around, she found that she was standing not far behind her. She called her, but she didn't respond. She stood there sideways with her head tilted, as if she was looking at something.

Shu Fu was looking at a pregnant woman, whom she had just noticed when she walked over from behind the seats on the tiered terrace. The pregnant woman looked very young, with a very big belly. Her husband was with her, and probably because they had entered the room, he was helping the woman take off her raincoat, and then he half-knelt there, undressing her, as if he was going to help her tidy things up.

She had only glanced at him quickly, but subconsciously felt something was wrong. When she walked behind Yao Ruoyun, she couldn't help but look back.

The incident happened at this time. She saw the man take out two small glass bottles from the woman's clothes. There seemed to be liquid in them and there were strips of cloth on them. The pregnant woman was holding something in her hand and was quickly reaching out to the bottle mouth.

Earthen Molotov cocktail!

Shu Fu had almost no time to think. The moment he opened the protective shield, he predicted the direction of the Molotov cocktail and shouted "Be careful". At the same time, he pushed Yao Ruoyun to the side two steps, pulled off the thermal blanket she was wearing, spread it out behind him, and wrapped himself and Yao Ruoyun together.

All these actions were done almost in one go. She even took into account the possibility that there might be cameras installed in this place. Not only did she want to save Yao Ruoyun, but she also had to save her without leaving any trace.

Fortunately, the thermal blanket is made of tin foil. In addition to being waterproof and heat-insulating, it can also provide basic fire protection in an emergency.

She hugged Yao Ruoyun tightly, who had not yet figured out the situation, and wrapped both of them and their heads with a thermal blanket. But when the explosion sounded behind them, she had already clasped her hands tightly around Yao Ruoyun, and the protective shield was also protecting her at the same time.

Bang, bang, two explosions were heard behind her, accompanied by the screams of others. Because the distance was close, she could even feel the dazzling fire and air waves exploding not far behind her, and could hear the sound of objects exploding coming from the service desk of the rescue point.

The target of these two people is indeed the service desk!

She just glanced over unintentionally and saw that the man was looking to the side with his head down when he lifted the woman's clothes. It was obvious that his attention was not on the pregnant woman in front of him at all. Moreover, the bulging part of the woman's belly seemed to move with his movements. Besides, she had come into contact with pregnant women in their ninth month of pregnancy, and their sitting postures were not like that at all.

In short, in just a quick glance, she felt too many things were wrong, so she became alert.

Chaos broke out in an instant, some people screamed, some cried out, and some shouted angrily, "Don't let them run away."

When Yao Ruoyun reacted and pulled Shu Fu behind her to stand up and look back, the patrol team members had already rushed forward with guns raised, and the two people who created the chaos wanted to hold the ordinary people nearby hostage and rush out. The woman pretending to be a pregnant woman took out a gun, but was hit on the wrist by the rescuer at the service desk.

The rescuer had just reacted very quickly to Shu Fu's warning and jumped out of the service desk, which saved his life. She was slightly injured, and blood was still dripping from her forehead, but this did not affect the accuracy of her rescue.

The woman who was shot in the wrist screamed and subconsciously loosened her grip, causing the gun to fall to the ground. Another gunshot rang out and hit her thigh, causing her to scream again and fall to the ground. The man shook off the woman and turned around to jump out the window, but it was too late. He was also shot in the shoulder and calf, which directly eliminated his ability to escape.

The team members rushed forward and subdued a man and a woman respectively. The two were screaming but laughing, repeating the same sentence over and over again, something like "evolution, eternal existence". Combined with their expressions, it was particularly creepy.

One team member stepped forward and knocked the two men unconscious with a gun. His movements were quick and decisive, and then the other team members quickly dragged the two men out.

The entire attack happened suddenly and ended quickly. Fortunately, it was still early and there were not many people in the classroom. In addition to the rescue workers who were originally at the service desk, two other ordinary people were injured.

One was blown away by the blast and hit his head on the table beside him, fainting. Another one had his hair and outer clothes burned by the flames. The fire has now been put out, but there are minor burns that need treatment.

On the contrary, Yao Ruoyun and Shu Fu, who were closest to the service desk, avoided falling to the ground with two steps because of their timely reaction, and temporarily covered themselves with a thermal blanket, so they were not burned by the air waves and flames. After getting up and checking, they found that they were fine.

"Thank you!" When the rescuer who was originally sitting at the service desk was carried aside by his companions to treat his wounds, he turned around and said thank you to Shu Fu. Although the service desk was blown beyond recognition and the computer files and some supply packages were destroyed, at least she was safe.

"Very smart." Another team member who came over with a medical kit glanced at Shu Fu and asked, "How did you find out something was wrong?"

Shu Fu could sense that although there was praise in the other person's eyes, there was also some caution, so she told him what she had noticed before.

In fact, if someone else had noticed these strange details at the time, they might have also realized that something was wrong, but it is unlikely that they would have been like her, without any self-doubt or hesitation, and would have given a warning in an instant and thought of using a thermal blanket for defense.

In the eyes of others, this might be because Shu Fu was quick to react, but in fact she knew in her heart that this was due to her vigilance during the mission period.

She didn't dare to let her guard down for the entire day since there was no notification that the mission was completed. Moreover, she had lived here for two days and had just met the suspected mission target. She discovered something was wrong and naturally reacted faster than an ordinary person.

What she said made sense, so the team member didn't ask any more questions.

Yao Ruoyun had been in a coma for several days, and a series of things happened just after she woke up. She felt a little dazed at the moment, especially now that she had relaxed. A strong feeling of hunger surged up, but her head was dizzy, and she felt nauseous and wanted to vomit.

When she inquired about the parking space, she had already learned about the free supplies and water from the rescue team members, but when she saw the service desk was blown up like this, she was a little worried whether she could still get the supplies.

As she was hesitating whether to talk to the rescuers, there were another series of explosions outside, and this time the noise was even louder. Yao Ruoyun wondered if she was hallucinating because she was too hungry. What was going on? Another attack?

Until she saw the other team members running out, she was also grabbed by Shu Fu.

Shu Fu was still feeling uneasy. There was no movement from her bracelet, which meant that the mission was still in progress and some things had not happened yet. She pulled Yao Ruoyun along the corridor to the stairs, and then rushed to the third floor in one breath.

They came to the south-facing window of the corridor on the third floor. On the other side of the corridor were classrooms that had been converted into wards and were now used to accommodate those who had migrated west. Although there were not many people, almost everyone was gathered in the corridor at this moment.

Their expressions were all filled with panic. Although the explosion downstairs just now was close and not serious, the noise coming now was very loud. They all gathered in front of the window, looking towards the direction where the sound came from.

Shu Fu and Yao Ruoyun also rushed over and easily found the place where the accident happened through the low buildings in Wei County.

There were two explosion sites. One was on the mountain, which was a signal base station tower, and the other was in a building in the county town. According to an insider, that was the installation site for Wei County's heating boiler.

Wei County was not a county with heating in the past. Although it is at a higher altitude, it is located in the southwest of Hua State, with a dry climate and plenty of sunshine. The coldest winter in the past was only minus 1 to 2 degrees Celsius, and most of the time the temperature was between 7 or 8 degrees and over 10 degrees Celsius.

This long rainy period brought a wet, cold and low-temperature climate. There were not many houses in the county town equipped with air conditioners. In addition, continuous natural disasters damaged the electrical circuits and the electricity supply was cut off, so the troops later installed heating boilers.

Boiler heating saves more resources than air conditioning. Now the heating in the buildings around the First Clinic is provided by boilers. Although it is intermittent, it is still warm for half a day every day.

But now, the place has been bombed, and the heating uses flammable gas, which triggered a series of subsequent explosions. Even half of the building's wall was shattered. People throughout Wei County heard the huge noise.

"This... was also done by the companions of those people just now?" Yao Ruoyun held Shu Fu's hand tightly, her voice trembling slightly, "Aren't so many disasters scary enough? What exactly do these people want to do?"

Shu Fu didn't know how to answer. When the man and woman who had just attacked her repeated the same sentence with blood flowing out, it reminded her of the group of people who attacked Jixing Community in Louyun City at night a long time ago, and the group of crazy people behind the transformation of the entire northern district in Youcheng into a large experimental site for ichthyosis patients.

In the doomsday, there will always be such a group who, due to incompetence and fear, do things more terrible than natural disasters themselves.

On the side, Yao Ruoyun, who was hungry and cold, finally couldn't hold on any longer and fainted in the sound of another chain explosion.

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As the day passed, Shu Fu's bracelet still showed no movement.

Yao Ruoyun was sent back to the medical building for treatment. She was not seriously injured, but was in a coma due to concussion. She caught a cold in the rain before being rescued and transferred to Wei County. She had a high fever and was in a coma for several days. After waking up today, she was relying on her strength to hold on in order to find her parents.

The subsequent attacks and explosions completely exhausted her strength, and she fainted in the corridor on the third floor, simply because she had lost the last bit of energy she had.

Yao Ruoyun did not wake up the whole day. The doctor gave her a nutrient solution. Shu Fu, as the patient's caregiver, went into the medical building and had also spent the previous night in the ward.

The next morning, she went into the bathroom and hid in the cubicle to check her bracelet to make sure that the task was indeed not completed.

On the way back to the ward, she turned her head to look at the gloomy and gray sky outside the window. It had been raining all the time. The several explosions in Wei County seemed to be planned attacks by members of a certain organization, and they seemed to be simply trying to cause destruction.

The base station was destroyed, and the network in Wei County was interrupted; the heating was destroyed, and the nights in Wei County became even more damp and cold; the computer files and some material packages at the service desk were destroyed, and the registration and transfer work was forced to be suspended for half a day...

The attacks caused a lot of trouble, but overall, these incidents did not affect the transfer progress of Wei County.

Because the vehicles, roads, material warehouses and power systems of clinics are all intact, the evacuation of people and materials that need to be evacuated at a determined time is still proceeding as planned today.

Moreover, the explosion occurred on the fourth day of the mission period. The reason why she was able to save Yao Ruoyun during the attack was that when she received the new mission, she was not too far away from Wei County, so she rushed to the First Clinic in Wei County on the second day of the mission period.

But since she was given a five-day mission period, it means that she can arrive at the Wei County First Clinic on the fifth day.

But if she arrived on the fifth day, she would not have been able to save Yao Ruoyun after the explosion on the fourth day. Of course, the attack on the service desk was not serious. Yao Ruoyun might have been injured, but she would not die. Moreover, this was a clinic with doctors and medical supplies, and she could have saved people in time.

So, could it be that the key event has not really arrived yet?

Relying on past experience and bit by bit analysis, Shu Fu finally confirmed that the bombing attack was indeed not the key point of this mission.

So, what will it be?

What could be more troublesome than a close-range bomb attack?