Chapter 185 The Poor Kid in the Apocalypse 15

In Xingfu Community, Chen Juan and her family took advantage of the darkness to escape the sun and risked returning home. Although the sun didn't directly burn their skin, the temperature was still unbearably high.

At home, they found several boxes of cookies that they had forgotten about, that they didn't know how long they had been stored or how long they had expired, as well as some bottled water.

In the past, I would take home and eat goods that were not long past their expiration date, but now that they have been stored for so long, I have forgotten about them.

These supplies will last them a few more days, but their homes are still as hot as steam rooms.

The survivors in the city began to realize that the world had changed, and those who survived were trying their best to live better and longer.

Resources are finite, and clever people have begun to plunder them. At first, they secretly searched for uninhabited houses, but it gradually developed into small-scale violent conflicts. Where there are people, there is struggle.

Grandpa Li's family is somewhat lucky. Thanks to Grandpa Li's intelligence, they managed to take over the resources of several other families and survive for the time being. However, no one dares to go out easily, as there is not only the threat of high temperatures outside, but also other people waiting to be sent to their deaths.

In this city, death has spread like a plague. At first, people were afraid of seeing dead bodies, but now they have become accustomed to it.

With shortages of water, electricity, food, and medicine, coupled with the relentless 24-hour heat, countless people died silently every day. As the number of deaths increased, people began to discern a pattern.

People no longer choose to go out during the day, but wait until the temperature is slightly better at night before going out to search for anything that can be used. Civilized society is collapsing faster than imagined.

In this apocalyptic heatwave, although it's difficult for people to go out, many are still risking their lives to survive. A loaf of bread can now sell for 200 yuan.

Shen Ci knew that this was only the beginning. In the later stages, even a thousand dollars wouldn't be enough to buy a loaf of bread. Limited resources were constantly decreasing and were almost impossible to regenerate.

With water and power outages coupled with a lack of raw materials, these foods are becoming increasingly scarce, and no one is producing them anymore, nor can they be produced at all.

There's no need to rush. It's only a matter of time before social order collapses completely. After the surveillance system failed, Shen Ci dispatched a small drone to fly around to the villa area and check on the people in the entire villa area.

The entire villa area occupies a large hilltop, with only twelve houses, or twelve households. According to what Shen Ci had inquired about beforehand, only six households, including his own family members, had been sold.

In addition, some families do not live here all the time. According to the information transmitted by the drone after scanning the area, there are only about three households living on the entire mountain, including my own. It can be said that the area is sparsely populated and the movement is not easy to be detected.

Bypassing the mountainous area and entering the building from the other side, the live video feed transmitted back on the screen shows that the city no longer resembles a city; it has begun to resemble ruins.

Vast stretches of road were melted by the sun, revealing the cement beneath the asphalt and tar. The entire city seemed to be dead; not a single person was seen on the streets.

But when the drone flew over those residential buildings and got closer, it could see many people peeking out from behind the windows.

When the residents saw the passing drone, they thought it was an official rescue team. After observing it carefully from inside the building for a while and finding no threat, they couldn't sit still any longer.

"Hey! Here! We're here! Please help us!"

"Is this an official rescue operation? Help! We need food and water!"

"Please help us first! We have a baby! The child is starving to death!"

"Where did this drone come from?"

"Help! Help! We have elderly people in our family, please come quickly and take us to the hospital!!"

Society has just collapsed, and most people still believe in the government and that it will send rescue teams to save everyone. They find it difficult to accept the concept of the apocalypse.

Only when despair grows ever stronger each day will people come to realize the reality amidst the daily grind: in the end times, no one can help you but yourself.

"Dad, do you think these are the rescuers?"

"Our food and water are almost gone!"

In Mr. Li's home, the family hid behind thick curtains, watching the drone flying outside through the gaps. This was Mr. Li's idea: to cover all the light-emitting areas of the house with thick curtains to prevent sunlight from shining through.

After the last incident involving supplies, Grandpa Li has become the pillar of his family. All four members of his family follow his orders, and his son, daughter-in-law, and grandson are also taking care of him.

Grandpa Li stared intently at the drone outside; it was small and flew very fast.

"No, don't make a fuss, don't let the drones spot us, and don't shout. There are people watching us everywhere outside."

Tonight, when we went out to find supplies again, many people still hadn't realized the need to stockpile them.

He wouldn't easily trust a drone passing by. The world isn't short of smart people, nor is it short of capable fighters. The person whose location was exposed today because of a drone passing by is probably being watched by countless eyes in secret.

Just like Mr. Li himself, don't focus on those places in the community where people are.

The high temperatures have lasted for so long, and the people who are still alive must have supplies at home. How could they have survived for so many days without food?

Even if there's absolutely no food, and all ammunition and supplies are gone, aren't people themselves a kind of resource? In critical moments, if there's truly no food, then...

The obedient Li family members hid behind the curtains in time, not daring to show their faces.

After piloting the drone to fly around the city, Shen Ci discovered that there were still many living people, but also many dead people, with dried corpses everywhere.

Death, decay, fermentation, drying.

Why would a zombie apocalypse occur after a high-temperature apocalypse? It's very likely because too many people died and the bodies weren't cleaned up in time. High temperatures and ultraviolet rays can kill many germs, but if even one is missed, an outbreak could occur.

With so many corpses, there was nothing that could be done to stop it. All Shen Ci could do was watch helplessly as the apocalypse came, protect Da Bao and herself in the apocalypse, and wait for the dawn to break.

She knew that dawn would break, so all the waiting was worthwhile.

But the others in the darkness do not know if dawn will ever come.