Chapter 31

The news that a high-level psychic was migrating with his entire team spread like wildfire in the Shanhai City army. He must have been taken care of by an insider since he was able to leave with his family despite such strict regulations. Everyone was guessing who this insider was.

In order to avoid being exposed in front of others, Su Zhenghai has been staying at home these days on the pretext of taking care of his seriously ill parents.

I have missed Zhou Xiaohua often since I last saw him. I took one of the two Fukangning pills Captain Zhou gave me on the spot. The only remaining pill was extremely precious, so my father gave it to my mother whose condition was more seriously ill.

When my mother was young, she went out hunting with my father and was injured, which caused her to suffer from a chronic illness. She was also depressed for a period of time due to her living environment, diet and other reasons.

He had worked hard over the years to save some money and hired a healing person to treat his parents' illnesses, but it could only temporarily relieve the pain and not the root cause. The radiation level continued to increase steadily.

At this time, the mother was lying on a narrow 0.8-meter bed, unable to move. The skinny father was sitting beside her, hunched over, feeding her potato soup. He stood quietly outside the room watching, feeling sad.

My father used an iron spoon to scoop a spoonful of soup from the cracked enamel bowl and handed it to my mother's mouth: "My dear, please eat something. How can you be healthy if you don't eat?"

The mother shook her head and tried to make a sound but ended up crying out in pain.

Her father quickly put down the bowl and stepped forward to pat her chest: "Well, if you don't want to eat, then don't eat. Wait for Zhenghai to go to the market to buy some delicious food to replenish you."

The mother shook her head again, strained her throat, and finally managed to utter a hoarse word: "Medicine."

The father was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood. He felt extremely heavy-hearted. After thinking it over again and again, he decided to tell his wife the truth: "You are talking about the medicine. I know that taking the medicine does make you feel better, but the medicine is too precious. I am sure that my son did not get it easily."

"Alas, it's all my fault that I'm incompetent. When you were young, I made you suffer injustice, and now that I'm old, I've made my son run around and suffer."

The mother's voice was as hoarse as sandpaper scraping across a tabletop, making it particularly distressing to hear: "Is that so... then forget it. Don't tell Zhenghai about this."

The father held the mother's hand, his face filled with sadness: "Okay, I won't tell you."

Su Zhenghai didn't know how he left the scene, he just wandered around absentmindedly. When he came to his senses, he found that he had walked to the place where he and Zhou Xiaohua's team had separated last time.

He couldn't help but think of their hopeful eyes when they left, Zhou Xiaohua's advice to him, and what Xiao Yihong said to him.

"There is no hierarchy there. Everyone is treated equally. As long as you have hands, you won't starve to death. As long as you have ability, you will be valued."

He lowered his head, tiptoed on the ground, and turned around randomly, as if he had suddenly figured something out. He suddenly looked up, turned around, and quickly returned home. He collected a few important items from his impoverished home and packed them up.

There is only one room in the house, separated by a curtain in the middle. I live in the outer room and my parents live in the inner room.

The curtains were not soundproof, so the father in the inner room thought a thief had broken in and hurried out. Seeing that it was his son, he asked in confusion, "Zhenghai, where are you going?"

Su Zhenghai stood up from the debris, his face filled with unprecedented hope: "Father, let's move."

"Moving? Where to?"

Father Su thought they were going to move, but when he saw the expression on his son's face, he realized immediately:

Leaving Shanhai City?! You've finally established a solid foundation here and achieved the position of captain. Wouldn't it feel... "

He knew that his son had always been brooding over what had happened to him, and therefore was extremely persistent in his pursuit of power. He really couldn't understand why his son would suddenly give up after pursuing it for so many years.

Could it be that he has been bullied in recent years, but has been enduring it all for the sake of a loser like me, and now he finally can't stand it anymore?

Thinking of this, Father Su looked distressed: "Son, are you being bullied? It's because your father is incompetent that you suffer."

Su Zhenghai put down the package and stood up, holding his father's hands to comfort him: "Dad, what are you thinking about? I just feel that I haven't seen anything in here for so many years, so I might as well get out."

"Also, a reliable friend of mine recommended a shelter to me. I heard the conditions there are very good, and I wanted to take you out to see it."

Father Su was relieved: "Oh, so, we will listen to you. We are tired of staying here anyway."

Su Zhenghai repeated, as if trying to convince himself: "Yes, let's go to the new shelter."

As long as he said he gave up, all the worries drifted away with the wind along with his breath, and at this moment, Su Zhenghai felt clear-headed.

"Your mother and I don't have much, so we can leave anytime."

After settling down for decades, the only valuable things they had collected were a small bag of crystal cores and a few pieces of clothes. Su Zhenghai put the crystal core into the inner pocket of his clothes, packed the clothes of the three people into a plastic bag and handed it to his father, then he carried his mother on his back and started his journey.

As the captain of the patrol guards, he was very familiar with everything in Shanhai City, but the state of the people on the street was obviously different at this time.

To explain the reason, it is somewhat similar to the situation Zhou Xiaohua and others were in at that time.

What good news happened?

Just as I was wondering, a colleague I knew came over. He was holding a bag of rare items in his hand and was rushing home. He stopped suddenly when someone stopped him.

Looking up, he saw Su Zhenghai carrying his mother on his back, and his father beside him carrying a package. Without thinking, he quickly said, "Captain Su is going to Taoyuan Shelter, right? We have to hurry. This bus just arrived and will leave as soon as it's full. There are a lot of people waiting outside."

"My relative has settled there, and today he returned home with great fortune and bought me some food. Oh, I heard it's twice as expensive as the original price! I won't tell you anymore, I have to take it back to show my wife. She's sure she's never seen anything so rare."

After saying that, he left in a hurry, leaving Su Zhenghai standing there thinking.

How did he know I was going to Taoyuan Shelter? And what about the bus? Did I miss something because I had been cooped up at home for too long?

There are too many unsolved mysteries. The only thing we know is that we have to get out quickly, otherwise we will miss the bus.

Su Zhenghai's family of three does not have any special abilities, which does not meet the city's regulations that require family members of special abilities to be detained when they go out.

As people who could be easily discarded by Shanhai City, they entered and exited very smoothly. As soon as they walked out of the city gate, they saw the glowing pink bus at the door. It was bright in color and brand new. It was obviously a newly produced rare product.

At this moment, action dominated his brain. Before he could react, he rushed to the bus with his mother on his back. Fortunately, he bought the last three tickets.

There were two people in this car with very special temperaments. They were wearing uniform black and white jackets made of a material that is extremely rare nowadays. Their rosy complexions made them clearly different from the others, and it was obvious that they were well fed and well-drinking.

One of them was driving the car, and the other was particularly enthusiastic. After selling the tickets, he helped his mother support her and even considerately found a seat for him: "There is a patient here, is there anyone who can give up their seat?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a young man raised his hand and stood up: "Me, me, me! Bus driver, come over here."

Su Zhenghai was a little confused for a moment. In the end times, everyone is selfish, and it is rare to see such a proactive person.

This positive energy didn't seem selfless, but rather like he wanted the driver to finish his work quickly and drive away quickly. Not only him, but everyone else's faces were filled with anticipation, and their glances around looked extremely funny.

After everyone was seated, the bus started moving. Unlike what he expected, this bus ran extremely smoothly and at a very fast speed, which was even more impressive than the armored radiation vehicles that were heavily guarded in the shelter.

In less than half an hour, before everyone had recovered from their shock, the bus stopped precisely in front of a tall building.

The people in the car rushed out like a flood, running towards their target.

Su Zhenghai's two elders were in poor health and did not compete with the others. They waited until everyone got out of the car before they slowly supported themselves down.

The first thing that catches your eye is the tall building, which is about ten stories high and towers into the clouds.

He thought that Taoyuan Shelter was built underground like Shanhai City, but he didn't expect it to be built upwards. This kind of building is extremely rare in the radiation apocalypse. After all, the higher you go, the higher the radiation.

But as they stood in the sunlight, there was no radiation fluctuation at all. Su Zhenghai guessed it was related to the huge transparent cover above their heads. It emitted a faint light, isolating harmful substances from the outside, leaving only comfortable air and warm sunlight.

Living in the dark and damp underground for a long time, even their hearts began to mold. Coupled with the irritating work, their mood was once wandering between depression and collapse. Now they urgently need a house with sunshine to dispel the gloom.

Thinking of the comfortable feeling of warm sunshine shining on his body, Su Zhenghai was suddenly filled with strength.

He excitedly carried his mother on his back as he walked towards the main gate, but met an old friend outside the glass door. The friend was holding his daughter in one hand and a huge, colorful candy in the other.

The two looked into each other's eyes, and everything was said without words. Zhou Xiaohua stood there for a moment, then said with relief, "You're finally here."

Su Zhenghai felt his throat dry and swallowed hard: "Yes, I'm coming."

Later, on the recommendation of Captain Zhou, he chose a double room, which only cost 40 crystal cores a day, which was comparable to the price of the small single room he rented in Shanhai City, but the conditions were a hundred times better than those in Shanhai City.

When my parents saw the exquisite decoration, they were unable to move. They sat on the bed by the window and murmured, "It's nice here, it's really nice here. There's sunshine and the price is not expensive."

Against the backdrop of beautiful things, the mother, who had always looked sick, had a smile on her face, and even her speech became more fluent.

Su Zhenghai looked at the two elders' satisfied expressions and promised repeatedly as if comforting a child, "Okay, we will stay here forever. When my son saves enough money, he will take you to a family suite."

Father Su quickly stopped him: "This double room is fine. The family suite is too expensive. You should save the money to get married."

Su Zhenghai responded readily, then turned to express his gratitude to Zhou Xiaohua who was standing beside him: "Thank you, if it weren't for you I wouldn't have made this decision."

Zhou Xiaohua waved his hand nonchalantly. "I was just giving you some advice. The key is for you to open your mind. You've come just in time. I have some news for you. The shelter is in its early stages of development, so we're definitely short on manpower. I heard the patrol team is even short of a captain. Keep an eye out for that."

The excitement of seeing the shelter hadn't yet subsided, and now there was another piece of good news. Su Zhenghai simply didn't know how to describe it. His lips trembled slightly, "Good."

Zhou Xiaohua retreated to the door and turned back to remind him, "By the way, there's a small clinic downstairs that sells all kinds of medicine. Remember to take your two parents there for a checkup. The facilities there are excellent, and everyone who's treated them says it's good."

His parents' health had always been a source of worry for him, but now that he had the opportunity, it was hard not to be moved. His eyes suddenly became dry, and he couldn't help but agree, "Okay, thank you so much."

*

The news that a bus had arrived at the gate of Shanhai City spread widely in the city, and even Sun Dazhuang, who never left the city, heard the news.

In a fit of rage, he instantly crushed the newly born mutant chick in his palm to death. The bird had just hatched, its body covered with thin fluff, and its eyes had not yet fully opened.

It screamed in pain and struggled, like a weak baby in front of Sun Dazhuang's huge palm. Its thin body was almost bursting by the force, and it died soon, with its neck twisted and falling to the side.

Sun Dazhuang curled his lips in disgust and threw it away, then wiped his hands with a handkerchief.

Sun Dafu, who came to answer, stood aside with his men, trembling with fear, too scared to say a word.

Sun Dazhuang stared at the two men in front of him sinisterly. When the atmosphere reached its peak, he finally said, "Didn't you say it's just a poor shelter? Where did this bus come from? I don't know how long you plan to keep this secret from me!"

Before the middle-aged man could react, Sun Dafu fell to his knees with a thud, crying and saying, "Cousin, this is unfair. I have always been loyal to you and have never had any second thoughts. We are family. How could I help outsiders deal with you?"

His eyes suddenly widened, and he pointed at the middle-aged man beside him: "It's all him, yes, it's him. He accepted the benefits from Taoyuan Shelter and deliberately colluded with others to deceive me. I was also careless for a moment and was deceived by this villain.

"Cousin, please forgive me. I will be your slave from now on. If you say east, I will never go west. If you say up, I will never go down."

The middle-aged man's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and a bad premonition came to his mind.

I was kicked out that day and didn't dig up any meaningful information, but I didn't expect the reversal to happen so quickly. Such a precious treasure could be found in a small, dilapidated building.

He glanced at Sun Dazhuang cautiously, and was instantly frightened by that dead look. Even his legs were shaking. He turned around and was about to run away.

However, fate did not let him off. Two sharp knives attacked from behind and pierced his knees. The middle-aged man screamed in pain, his teeth chattering.

He lowered his head and looked down. His kneecaps were smashed into pieces by the powerful force. Blood mixed with broken flesh dripped onto the ground, emitting an unpleasant fishy smell. Without the support of his bones, he fell straight to the ground.

As if unwilling to die like this, he endured the severe pain and crawled forward with his hands, leaving a long trail of wet marks on the ground.

Sun Dafu, kneeling on the ground, lowered his head and dared not look any further, but the painful screams of his subordinates kept ringing in his ears. This was simply a pervert, a pervert who enjoyed killing people.

Time passed minute by minute, and as the middle-aged man was about to crawl to the door, hope began to appear in his eyes. If he could endure a little longer, he would be rescued in a little while.

The moment his hand touched the doorframe, two more sharp knives flew over and pierced his palm, leaving a huge hole in it. Blood and minced meat splattered everywhere. With his fingers connected to his heart, the middle-aged man couldn't even cry out in pain. He only opened his throat wide and groaned silently.

Sun Dazhuang, who had been with his back to the camera, finally turned around and strode towards the door. When he passed the middle-aged man's body, he stepped directly over him. He was so strong that he crushed the knee where the tip of the knife had pierced. The man twitched violently in pain.

"Take it out and feed it to the dogs!"

The person had gone far away, and Sun Dafu in the room finally relaxed his body, collapsed to the ground, opened his mouth and breathed deeply, as if he would die if he didn't breathe like this.

There is no good end for those who betray. The middle-aged man is a demonstration. Sun Dazhuang is trying to intimidate himself!