Chapter 55 Extremely Hot [VIP]

The soldier saw Choi Soo-young and her grandson out of the corner of his eye, and without saying a word, he inadvertently pointed his gun at them.

If it were the end of the world, Chinese soldiers would never do such a thing.

But after the end of the world, they have seen too much of the evil side of human nature, and even the elderly, children, women and children cannot be relaxed. Now it has become a habit.

How could Choi Soo-young not see this? She swallowed, but still made up her mind, gritted her teeth and whispered:

"Sir, I report it!"

The soldier raised an eyebrow.

What new trick is this?

Choi Soo-young didn't wait for his answer and immediately explained:

"You don't know why there are so few people in our neighborhood right now. That's because they were all killed by a certain family! If you don't do anything, I'm afraid even my grandson and I will be in trouble! They are a group of bandits who kill without blinking an eye. You have to arrest them this time, only then will we be safe!"

The soldier remained silent after hearing this.

Nowadays, the world is in decline, bandits are rampant, and there are cliques everywhere.

There were even unofficial shelters that emerged and continued to expand to accommodate survivors, and at one point they were even more prestigious than the official shelters.

However, the current official actions are still mainly rescue operations, and there is currently no room for more manpower to wipe out all the dens.

Unless we encounter them proactively, we will take action and arrest those who deserve it and send them to labor camps, or execute them if necessary.

It's not like they haven't received any reports before. Even though Choi Soo-young looked so confident, the soldier still just said:

"Leave your information here first, and we'll pay more attention to it later."

Only then was Choi Soo-young satisfied, and she took her precious grandson and left with the supplies.

Until the end, the order of the team finally became calmer, and it was Tang Tian and Tang Yi's turn.

The two of them each handed over their ID cards and asked the staff next to them to register them.

Only then did Tang Tian see clearly that the water was packed in plastic buckets and could be taken away directly, but she had to bring her own containers for food.

There were two large stainless steel barrels on the side, both of which were empty.

One contained off-white porridge, and the other contained beige paste, probably made from various grains.

So she took out a plastic basin that she had taken out in advance and finally chose porridge.

But later on, the porridge was not enough, so the staff simply gave her double the porridge and added some grain paste.

They were the last two people. After the soldier took the roster and looked at it, he suddenly realized that these names were the two people that Choi Soo-young had just reported.

But after careful observation, he found that they were just two girls in their teens, and their emotions were very stable. They did not look like the brutal murderers that Choi Soo-young had described.

The soldier closed the roster and decided to ignore Choi Soo-young's nonsense.

After the last victims received food and water, the staff completed their work and began to move the remaining items back to the truck.

However, Tang Tian did not go back immediately. She thought for a moment and handed the thing in her hand to Tang Yi.

Seeing that there were basically no other survivors around, he suddenly spoke:

"Wait, I have something to ask you!"

The soldier and the staff member who looked like his superior all turned their eyes to her, slightly wary.

"What's up?"

Tang Tian coughed lightly, then asked in a deep voice:

"I have some supplies here and would like to exchange them with the authorities. Is that possible?"

Before the soldier could say anything, the boss snorted and looked Tang Tian up and down without hiding anything, saying with a disdainful tone:

"You? Supplies? Want to exchange with the authorities? Then tell me what you have first!"

He didn't believe Tang Tian's words at all, except if he was the leader of a shelter that had already been organized.

But this young girl doesn't look like she is in this situation. Could it be that she has a lot of supplies with her?

The soldier didn't do that. He just looked at her quietly, as if he wanted her to explain first.

Tang Tian continued:

"To be honest, I used to be a food anchor. The last thing my family lacked was food. I even had a factory."

"But the natural disaster is severe right now, so my family and I have tried everything we can to store food. Although we don't have to worry about food, we are short of daily necessities."

"So I thought it would be best if we could exchange, especially with you officials, I would feel more at ease!"

Her words were a mixture of truth and falsehood, but her purpose was genuine.

Although she had a lot of food at home, she only kept the daily necessities she had stockpiled.

In the past, you could still get some free shopping when you went out, but now it’s almost impossible to find any.

However, let’s not mention the topic of zero-yuan purchases in front of soldiers.

Of course, Tang Tian was not suddenly showing compassion, but the food produced by the system was indeed so abundant that even if the whole family opened their stomachs, they would not be able to finish it.

It would be a waste to leave it alone, so why not try to use it as a resource? Maybe it will allow the official to build a better base sooner.

If a more serious natural disaster occurs in the future, she can also consider relocating her family.

Afraid that they wouldn't believe her, Tang Tian started again.

The soldier took it and unfolded it, and a trace of anxiety finally flashed across his face.

It turned out to contain pickles and a long cylindrical object, which was...

sausage? !

And it’s not the kind of snack sausage, it’s the kind of sausage that is stuffed with meat!

, but just widened his eyes and couldn't help swallowing.

He, a staff member of the logistics department, was not lying. Although ordinary refugees who came to the shelter could receive food every day, they only had porridge and grain paste to eat.

If you want to improve your conditions, you must find a job and be paid according to your work.

This kind of pickled vegetables is even pickled meat,

Almost none of the refugees who rushed to the shelter could bring such supplies, unless they were people with status and power before the end of the world.

Tang Tian and Tang Yi seem to be just ordinary girls, but they can directly produce this kind of food, which is enough to prove that those words have a certain degree of credibility.

The soldier immediately asked:

"How many of these do you have left?"

Under the current circumstances, it is impossible not to be excited and want these things. Even the boss has become a little more attentive.

Tang Tian smiled and said:

"Then I have to go check first, and see what supplies I want to replace..."

"I'll report this to my superiors. Do you have any contact information? If I have any news, I'll let you know."

After hearing this, he didn't seem surprised that Tang Tian had communication equipment with him.

However, this was Tang Tian's blind spot in knowledge, so she first told the soldier the channel of her walkie-talkie and gave them the bag of food.

The soldiers and staff thanked them again and again before driving away from Hexinyuan. Tang Tian and Tang Yi also returned home.

"Tiantian, isn't this too revealing?"

Tang Yi was a little worried. With such a large amount of food being exchanged for no apparent reason, would her cheating trick be discovered?

Tang Tian told her his thoughts and said:

"Let's take it one step at a time. If things really get out of hand, I'll just say I'm out of food and exchange as much as I can. After all, the authorities have also gone out to collect supplies, so they're sure to have more than we have. We're helping each other, and no one will suffer any loss."

Even if it is the end of the world, it is not difficult for the authorities to conduct background checks. At most, it will take a longer time, and they will probably be able to find out that Tang Tian was indeed a profitable anchor before the end of the world.

As for that factory, there are now countless people who have violated the law by purchasing for free, so the authorities are more concerned about the results and may not hold on to such a small matter too much.

After returning, Tang Tian also told Wei Mingxia about this.

Next, the mother and her two daughters had one more task to do every day, which was to familiarize themselves with the equipment and use it to prepare food.

Wei Mingxia also raised the same question, but after listening to the explanation, she agreed with Tang Tian's approach.

Her generation wants to see the country become better and better more than the younger generations, and is willing to do their best to contribute.

After saying that, Tang Tian looked at the supplies he had just received.

The water was all collected from a single container and was cleaner than Tang Tian had imagined. She then tried the grain porridge; it was a little irritating, like a yellow cake, but it was much easier to fill her stomach.

After giving Tantan a bite, the dog ate it up with a quick hum in his mouth, and even stuck out his tongue to ask for more. He really accepted everything.

So Tang Tian decided to use these to make breakfast for Tan Tan.

…

But after nightfall on the first day, two more vans drove into Hexinyuan.

When the survivors upstairs saw the car lights, they thought the official rescue had arrived again and hurried downstairs excitedly.

As a result, he was knocked down by a man who jumped out of the car and had no idea what happened until he died.

The people behind were frightened and screamed and ran away, while the group of people with weapons stopped and asked with a grin:

"Brother Wang, this is the only place we have left. It seems there aren't many people here. Should we just charge in?"

Wang Hui held the machete and looked at the building, feeling inexplicably complicated.

After all, he was also a native who had lived in Hexinyuan for decades. Who could have thought that the accident would come so suddenly, and not only did he have to leave, but now he had to clean up the place...

But in order to survive, he still ordered that one team be responsible for one building and try to finish the job and return as soon as possible.

However, he gave a few more instructions to the captain who was leading the team into Building 15:

"You have to be careful with the two families on the 17th floor, especially 1701. They tend to use some strange tricks, so be careful!"

"Alright, Brother Wang, I get it. There are only two floors of people in this neighborhood, how can they be so powerful? My brothers and I will be back soon!"

The person who spoke was the man who had just chopped down the man. After he finished speaking, he rushed upstairs with the others.

Wang Hui stayed beside the van with a frown on his face. For some reason, he felt unsure.

At this time, the Tang family was also busy.

A whole row of cans were still filled with pickled vegetables, and the smoker could make a lot more things, but pork was the most produced on the ranch, so it was decided to make more sausages.

As for the dryer, it can dry any food. But it's so hot right now, so just use the sun to dry it quickly. They also make dried vegetables and meat during the day.

Tang Tian had just finished collecting another wave of ingredients when Tan Tan, who was chewing some dried meat in his nest, suddenly stood up and ran to the entrance, starting to scream.

Tang Tian listened carefully and heard shrill screams and the sound of a fight coming from downstairs. These sounds were very familiar to them.

Wei Mingxia frowned as she sorted the vegetables and asked:

"Could it be that someone from outside is invading again?"

Now, very few people from Hexinyuan come to the 17th floor on their own initiative to get supplies from the Tang family.

In their eyes, this might be the most suicidal act, and Tang Tian was happy to do so.

Tang Tian took out weapons and equipment:

"Come on, this kind of thing will probably happen again in the future. Besides, we just had a meal and we all have special abilities, so we won't necessarily lose!"

Tang Yi and Wei Mingxia nodded and equipped themselves.

Tang Tian left home with a knife, and the door to the corridor was locked.

But in the next second, there was a violent knock on the door and a cry:

"Oh no, Miss Tang! Something terrible has happened! Please open the door!"

Tang Tian opened the door and saw Qiu Hongwei and his men, all of them sweating and panting.

"This is terrible, Miss Tang. A group of bandits came from nowhere and now they have directly entered the building and started killing and robbing people. What should we do?"

Tang Tian replied calmly:

"What else can we do? If we want to survive, of course we have to defend the building."

Qiu Hongwei choked. He knew this very well.

But that group of people came with great momentum and it was obvious that they were not people to be trifled with. Naturally, the first person he thought of was Tang Tian, ​​as if she was the guardian angel of the building.

After all, even if we suggest that the survivors in the building guard the building together, probably no one will respond and will just take protecting them for granted.

Besides, Tang Tian always takes action to protect his own home. Suppressing bandits is just a matter of convenience, and he doesn't care about the lives of other neighbors.

Qiu Hongwei was about to speak again when the footsteps became closer, and soon a group of people came up.

Each of them held a machete in his hand, and there were traces of blood on the knife.

The leader glanced at the floor and sneered:

"It seems that you are the 17th floor that Brother Wang mentioned. You are actually a girl. I want to see how difficult you are——"

Before she finished her words, Tang Tian raised her hand and waved it, and a cloud of light yellow powder was scattered out, which was almost invisible in the corridor filled with sunlight.

The powder quickly fell on the faces of those people, and then their eyes rolled back and they fell down one by one, their hands and feet twitching, and they completely lost their resistance.

The last time she went to the villa area, she used the sleeping ability, but this time for other reasons, Tang Tian used the paralysis ability in the green cuisine!

Paralysis powder will paralyze the enemy. Unlike sleeping powder which can make people fall asleep directly, it can completely make people lose their mobility and attack power.

So Tang Tian raised the knife and killed one person after another. Blood began to seep out continuously and flowed down the stairs.

Qiu Hongwei and others were stunned watching from the side.

They were clearly a gang of bandits, yet they were dealt with so easily?

Tang Tian glanced over and they immediately got goose bumps. Qiu Hongwei said quickly:

"Then we won't disturb your fun, Miss Tang!"

Run away!

Tang Tian winked at Tang Yi, who nodded, dragged one of the surviving minions to the corridor, and then tied him up like a dumpling with a rope.

After all the rest were dealt with, Tang Tian was waving the blood off the knife when he heard another burst of dense gunfire coming from outside.

She frowned.

This doesn't sound like the sound of a homemade hunting rifle. Even if ordinary people have guns, they rarely use them because they don't have enough bullets. Most of them still use cold weapons.

Could it be that...

…

"Help! Help! Save my wife! She's been hacked!"

"Husband! Husband, don't sleep! The officials are here, we are saved!"

Tang Tian went to the window and looked down, and saw several military vehicles with national flag patterns on them parked in front of the building.

But... why did the officials suddenly show up? Could it be that they're carrying out a bandit suppression operation?

To put it bluntly, Tang Tian didn't think the authorities would specially send a team to Hexinyuan to suppress the bandits. There was no benefit at all.

Although Chinese soldiers never act based on their own interests, the situation is different after the end of the world.

As he was thinking about this, Tang Tian noticed that neat footsteps had already stepped into the building, climbing up the stairs one by one, and finally reached the 17th floor.

What caught the eye were still people wearing special uniforms, carrying guns, and with paint on their faces.

But this time, Tang Tian discovered that the leader seemed to have something extra on his shoulder.

"Miss Tang, it's me."

A soldier next to him spoke first in a slightly relaxed tone.

Tang Tian also recognized that it was the soldier she had proposed to exchange supplies with when the relief supplies were distributed that night.

Tang Tian was a little surprised.

She didn't expect that the authorities actually believed her and came to her so quickly!

Tang Tian could only think of one reason.

The situation in the S District shelter was probably not good, so when the higher-ups heard that some people were willing to exchange supplies, they took it very seriously.

Even if we come up empty-handed, it's okay. We can just arrest them and punish them. Asylums and refugees are the most important things right now.

"Let me introduce you. This is Deputy Director Yang from our S District Shelter."

Tang Tian was still nervous for a moment, and after wiping her hands, she reached out to shake hands.

Yang Gan looked at the people in front of him without revealing any expression, and said in a deep voice:

"Ms. Tang, I heard that you have a need and are willing to exchange food, so I thought of coming over to discuss it with you."

"It's just that the timing was not right. Some bandits from nearby are causing trouble. But don't worry, we have wiped them all out."

Tang Tian asked:

"Deputy Captain Yang, I want to ask if their leader has been caught? It's like this, I have some personal matters I want to ask, and I'll handle them directly when the time comes, is that okay?"

Having heard her minions mention Brother Wang before, she guessed that this attack was most likely led by Wang Hui.

That was the order given by the boss of the villa area, so she wanted to know more about it.

Yang Gan paused and didn't answer for a moment.

He just glanced at the pile of corpses next to him, which had almost stopped bleeding, and nodded to the others.

Ordinary people nowadays cannot do this, not to mention that the person in front of him is a young girl.

Either they have the ability and capital, or they have great potential in the future.

Wang Hui was escorted up tied up, and his pupils trembled when he saw Tang Tian.

Tang Tian actually has connections with the authorities?!

Then he is really in trouble today!

Tang Yi took Wang Hui into the corridor so that the two could continue their conversation.

"Deputy Commander Yang, I'm sure you're aware of my situation. I can indeed provide a batch of food, but in return, I'd like to exchange some other supplies with you in order to survive. Is that possible?"

After Tang Tian finished speaking, she took out a list that had been prepared long ago, which listed the supplies she wanted to exchange.

Deputy Chief Yang took a look at them first. They were various daily necessities, such as hygiene, nursing, cleaning, etc. These are not only impossible to buy even if you have money now, but are also rarely found.

Nowadays, the victims are lucky enough to have something to eat and drink. There are almost no conditions to pay attention to hygiene and cleanliness, unless they are those who were originally upper class people.

The production of the several official factories there has slowed down now, and it is not known when they will be able to resume in the future.

The authorities had previously launched an operation to search for supplies, and there was barely some stock in the warehouse.

After reporting it through various levels, he was still a little unconvinced at first, until he saw the pickled vegetables and dried meat, he was still half-believing and half-doubting.

Whether it is the upper class or the middle-class well-off families, it is rare to see them take the initiative to contact the authorities to exchange supplies. They will only hold them tightly in their own hands and will never give any to the refugees.

It can be said that as the apocalypse continues to this day, at least 40% of the people no longer trust the authorities.

Most of the remaining ordinary people have to believe it just because they want to survive.

The official side had some network access, so the shelter immediately conducted a background check.

It’s similar to what Tang Tian said. The latter cannot be considered an ordinary person. Perhaps what she said is true.

So Yang Gan decided to meet with her as soon as possible to have a chat.

Thinking of this, his face relaxed a little and he said:

"I wonder how much food Miss Tang can produce? Although you have good intentions, I still want to suggest that you act within your means and prioritize your own survival!"

Tang Tian saw the official's sincerity and replied with a smile:

"I understand that, but I also want to make the shelter better and better! My factory was about to close down before the apocalypse. Because of the previous snow and floods, it was also flooded, so I put all the supplies at home, and it can barely fit..."

"My factory made dried and preserved goods before the apocalypse. How about this? I'll provide 50 kilograms of meat and 50 kilograms of vegetables each. Is that okay?"

This is actually not a lot for a complete shelter, but Tang Tian was afraid that if she said too much, it would arouse suspicion.

Yang Gan and the soldiers standing by, ready to go, all had their eyes lit up.

They didn't even think there was so much, probably no more than ten kilograms. After all, ten kilograms of food is enough for a family to live for a long time.

Unexpectedly, Tang Tian took out fifty kilograms of food at once, and it was all meat and vegetables!

Pickled foods can be preserved for a long time. Now people in the shelter eat rice from a big pot, mixed in the pot. At least the rice has some flavor and the victims can eat it!

Tang Tian really helped a lot.

"Ms. Tang, on behalf of the government and the refugees in the shelter, I express my highest gratitude and respect to you!"

As Yang Gan spoke, he saluted together with the soldiers around him.

Tang Tian cleared her throat to hide her shyness and said jokingly:

"No need to thank me, just give me a third-class merit when the time comes."

Unexpectedly, Yang Gan and others actually took it seriously. They nodded and said:

"Don't worry, Miss Tang, you will definitely be rewarded for this. When you come to the shelter, we will definitely make arrangements!"

Tang Tian quickly changed the subject, and the two parties agreed on a time to deliver and pick up the goods. Yang Gan and the others saluted again, and then left in an orderly manner.

The building immediately became quiet again, except for the residents on the lower floors whose homes had injured people, who seemed to be still begging the authorities for something.

Tang Tian came to the corridor, locked the door and turned around. The paralyzed henchmen and Wang Hui, who was tied up but had a deathly look in his eyes, were still on the ground. Tang Yi was looking at them with a knife.

The level of the paralysis ability that Tang Tian possessed this time was not very high, so the minion had become more awake.

But when he saw Tang Tian, ​​he couldn't help but tremble, but still said stubbornly:

"Just wait, my brother Wu, if he sees that you haven't returned for a long time, he will definitely bring people to clean up this place, and then you will all die!"

Wang Hui rolled his eyes.

This person followed me behind the door and listened to what was going on. Doesn't he have any self-awareness?

Wu Ye is the most powerful among ordinary people, but can he be more powerful than the ones in the hands of the authorities?

Wang Hui thought about this, snorted coldly, tilted his neck and said coldly:

"Tang Tian, ​​I felt you were different from the others when we first met in the building. I never thought you'd become involved with the authorities after not seeing you for so long. Today I've fallen into your hands. You can kill me or chop me up as you please!"

"Of course."

Tang Tian picked up the knife again.

To be honest, Wang Hui is quite suitable for surviving in the apocalypse. If he had not stood against himself, he might have survived longer.

Since he's been captured, there's no point in letting him leave here alive. To be merciful to the enemy is to be cruel to yourself.

She placed the tip of the knife across his neck and commanded:

"Tell me everything you know about that villa complex. Don't hide anything!"