Chapter 203: Escape
This supermarket area is near the expressway and belongs to the commercial center of the 18th city area. It is a shopping area formed to match the surrounding low-cost residential buildings. Because it is far away from the city center, the housing prices are cheap. Before the end of the world, most of the people who lived here were ordinary people with poor family conditions.
Later, a branch of the 18th city area led the people in the city to evacuate from the central area and separated from the main force. They stopped here for a temporary rest.
After recuperating, they planned to continue evacuating to a safer place to join the main force, but the gray fog came.
The troops sent out exploration teams several times, but those who entered the gray fog never came back without exception. In addition, all kinds of communication equipment failed, and they were completely trapped here.
Later, when the gray fog passed, the low-temperature ice blades appeared again. The troops seemed to have given up and reinforced the construction on the spot, connecting the basements of several supermarkets to avoid the disaster.
Probably because there are large supermarkets here and supplies are not scarce, there are not many subsequent contacts with the headquarters. They only asked for help once when the gray fog had just dissipated. At that time, the headquarters sent a small team to transport a batch of medicines and cold-resistant supplies here.
Later, this team was probably in the same situation as Cheng Fang here, trapped because of the continuous ice blades and low temperatures.
The captain of that team had been in the same unit with Cheng Fang for a short time before. The two were not particularly close, but they knew each other.
The other party called out his name after Cheng Fang explained his identity. This was why he dared to come directly over so confidently.
After the two armored vehicles passed through the driveway of a green park, the front suddenly opened up. The supermarket and residential buildings were on both sides of the front of the park. The once lush forest had already become barren under the invasion of several disasters.
The land here is not valuable. The supermarket is only two stories high at most, but it occupies a large area. Unfortunately, the glass is broken by the ice blade. Through the broken glass wall, you can still see the collapsed messy shelves, the food residue that has fallen to the ground, and there seems to be some black traces of dried drinks.
All the refugees were moved to the basement. The entrance was changed from the original underground garage. The other side sent a jeep to wait for them on the ground outside the supermarket. When they saw their armored vehicle appear, they took them to the underground garage.
You Xi, who was sitting as the co-pilot, looked at the green park outside the car window. After closing the window, he took the walkie-talkie and contacted Cheng Fang in the car in front: "Be careful."
"What's wrong? What did you find?"
"There is a lingering smell of blood around here. A large-scale fight may have taken place."
"You mean, this place may have been occupied... But that's impossible. When I contacted him before, I talked to He Mo, and there was nothing wrong with him." The He Mo mentioned by Cheng Fang was the team leader who had led the team to deliver supplies here before.
Although he said so, You Xi's words still made Cheng Fang alert.
After the jeep and the armored vehicle entered the underground garage, Cheng Fang asked the team members to stand by the machine gun in the car, equipped his weapons and got out of the car, and then used a trick to check the backs of the necks of the people who got off the jeep.
There was no black triangle mark of a slave behind the other party's neck.
They were natural persons, not slaves.
"Captain Cheng, long time no see, you are still so vigilant!" Another person got off the jeep. He was in his forties and had a strong physique. He seemed to see through Cheng Fang's intention and smiled at him.
This person was He Mo.
Seeing He Mo walking towards him in good health, Cheng Fang's tense and vigilant mood was half let go, and he also smiled at him: "There is no way, you should also know the situation outside, many servants have rebelled. When we left the mountain refuge area a few days ago, the servants there also rebelled... I don't know what the situation is there now."
When the other party heard him mention this, his expression became solemn: "Mountain refuge area? I know a little about the situation there. They have taken in a large number of masterless servants, and it is only a matter of time before they rebel. In my opinion, these servants without masters should not be taken in from the beginning!"
Youxi happened to hear this sentence when she got off an armored vehicle from the back.
She frowned and checked the situation around her.
This is the second underground floor of the supermarket, which was originally a parking area. The area is very large. Probably to save electricity, the lights are turned on very dimly, and most of the area is in darkness, but this does not hinder her observation.
The conditions here are much simpler than those in the mountain shelters. Large and small tents are placed here and there along the walls and load-bearing columns. Many tents are piled with cold-weather clothes that the refugees have just taken off.
Probably because of the shortage of water resources, most of them are dirty and unkempt, and there is an unpleasant sour smell in the air.
Camping pots are placed next to many tents. Probably because it is almost dinner time, many people are cooking food in their pots.
Someone was opening the lid of a pot and stirring the contents with a spoon. Youxi glanced over and saw some soup inside. It was hard to tell what it was, but it didn't look like instant noodles.
Xing Min paused as he stepped out of the car. Youxi knew that his five senses were more sensitive than hers and he should be more uncomfortable with the smell here, so she turned around and handed him a mask, and then handed masks to Xiyuan and the other four.
Compared to the people here, they were too clean and good-looking, too eye-catching, so it was better to cover them up.
He Mo had never met Zhou Zhitong, and Xing Min was covering his face, so he naturally didn't recognize him. Cheng Fang and his team
came here to change cars. After a few simple greetings, they naturally got to the point. The other party seemed very enthusiastic and said that it was almost time for dinner. They asked them to have a good meal and rest for a night before leaving.
"Sorry, Captain He, but we still want to take a look at the car first." After all, they just passed by on the ground and did not see any low-flying cars parked nearby.
"I understand, it's okay, then I'll take you to have a look in person."
The other party seemed to want to take Cheng Fang away alone. You Xi spoke at this time: "Let's go together?"
He Mo and his team members, who had already turned around, turned their heads to look at the woman standing next to an armored vehicle in the back. She was wearing a black T-shirt and army green sports pants, with long hair tied up, clean and fair skin, beautiful looks, and a well-protected look.
In the eyes of people like He Mo, such people are always family members without a say. He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the other party, then looked at Cheng Fang, as if he was still waiting for him to make a decision.
"This armored vehicle also has a share for me. Now that we need to change the car, you have to let me take a look, right?"
Cheng Fang has been in contact with You Xi recently and knows that she is not such a fussy person. Now she must have her reasons for saying this. He immediately said to He Mo: "I'm sorry, Captain He, this armored vehicle is not mine alone. Is it okay for her to go with me?"
"No problem, let's go together." He Mo smiled again.
You Xi felt the gazes from the darkness all around her converge on her, and without exception, they all fell on the four followers behind her.
She turned around and told them not to follow her, but to get in the car and wait for her, and to remember to lock the car door and be ready to leave at any time.
She turned around and looked at Yin Yin's family of three, and asked them to get in her armored vehicle and stay with Jian Shou and the others.
Finally, she said to Xing Min, "You stay too, I'll be back soon."
As she said this, she said to him in her heart: If there is anything wrong, tell me, you just leave, I'll take Cheng Fang and meet you at the park outside.
Under special circumstances, the way she and Xing Min communicated was completely like a bug.
[I understand, be careful, call me if you have anything. 】
**
He Mo led them up from the stairwell in the basement, passed through the locked fire safety door, and soon arrived at the first floor below the supermarket. Part of this area was also a shopping area, but it was obviously much cleaner and tidier than the first floor. There were even many items piled on the shelves. No wonder the fire door was locked.
After they passed the first floor below, they went upstairs again and arrived at the first floor of the supermarket. This was the original warehouse entrance of the supermarket. The warehouse had no windows and the walls had been reinforced. He Mo went forward to open the door himself.
After the warehouse door was opened, there was a long and narrow aisle. After walking to the end, there was a huge warehouse on each side. Four low-altitude floating vehicles were parked in one of the warehouses. This huge warehouse had a movable door leading directly to the outside.
The door was thick and tall. When it was opened, the low-altitude vehicles could move freely. When it was closed, it could resist the invasion of ice blades. This was indeed a good place to store low-altitude vehicles.
Considering the conditions of this refuge area, these four low-altitude floating vehicles were very important assets. No wonder they were stored indoors. Cheng Fang was careful and went forward to check the car to make sure it could be started and was not damaged.
At this point, Cheng Fang was completely relieved.
In fact, he didn't know what he was worried about. Maybe it was the end of the world with so many disasters, maybe it was You Xi's usual cautious attitude, or maybe it was because he needed to escort someone on this trip. Everything forced him to be alert.
Even when facing his former comrades, it was difficult to completely let down his guard.
He knew it was not good, but he had no choice.
Cheng Fang expressed his gratitude and said he would move the personal belongings in the armored vehicle, and then he was ready to leave.
"Why are you in such a hurry to leave? It's rare for us to meet, so stay for a meal and a night before you go. What's the matter, Captain Cheng, are you tired of staying here?"
Cheng Fang smiled at He Mo: "Aren't you going back to the headquarters? Where is the original captain of the unit here?"
"He died during the Ice Blade disaster, saving people. It's not that I don't want to go back, but a lot of people died here at that time, and now everyone below is counting on me, how can I abandon them?"
"Have you ever thought about taking these survivors back to the headquarters? Now that the Ice Blade has stopped, it's relatively safe outside, and it's a good time to hurry."
"Forget it, everyone is used to living here, and will the situation get better if we go to the headquarters? There are quite a few followers in the headquarters, right? If something happens, these unarmed civilians will still die."
It is not easy to take the lives of others on your own shoulders. Cheng Fang actually admires this sense of responsibility. After all, the conditions here are not a little bit different from those in the headquarters.
However, he still did not plan to stay overnight. The other party did not try to keep him after hearing his insistence. After a while, a team member came to look for He Mo. He seemed to have other things to do. After instructing several team members to assist Cheng Fang and his group, he left first.
Cheng Fang and You Xi returned to the second underground floor and transferred the supplies on the armored vehicle with others. After several days of consumption, there were not many things left in the car, and the few people went up and down a few times before the mission
was over.
Maybe it was because they were outsiders, but the refugees scattered around the tents kept their eyes on them.
Especially Xiyuan and his friends, who were stared at by countless eyes in the dark, and they felt uncomfortable all over.
"Strange, is there no one here? I feel like a giant panda." Finally, Xiyuan couldn't help but complain in a low voice. Cheng Fang and his
friends just moved the last few boxes up, and he felt a little uncomfortable being stared at. He immediately said that the things had been moved away, and he went to say hello to He Mo and left.
However, when he walked along the narrow warehouse aisle to the warehouse door, he found that the door that was open not long ago had been closed and locked.
"What's going on?" He turned on the video intercom on the wall next to the door and found the people guarding the door. "Why is the door locked? We are leaving. I just want to go down and say hello to Captain He!"
The team members still smiled at him with a kind expression: "Sorry, you may not be able to leave. After all... dinner time is almost here."
This sounded ordinary, but Cheng Fang shuddered involuntarily.
In the video, the team members only saw the buttons pressed by a few buttons, and the four corners of the closed warehouse suddenly emitted thick white smoke.
The smoke spread quickly, and Cheng Fang took a breath before he could avoid it. He suddenly coughed violently and felt dizzy.
He was shocked and felt something was wrong. He shouted to the team members in the warehouse at the other end of the aisle to be alert, and took out a mask from his pocket and tried to put it on. However, his hands and feet did not obey the command, and he fell to the ground in an instant.
In a fuzzy state, he felt someone holding him up, and while shouting "Captain Cheng", a mask was put on his face...
**
After Youxi put the gas mask on Cheng Fang, Jian Shou carried him up neatly, and then with the cooperation of others, quickly brought him back to the warehouse where the low-altitude vehicles were parked.
The two low-altitude vehicles had already started. Probably because He Mo gave them the authority to start, Cheng Fang relaxed his vigilance.
However, only Cheng Fang and a few of his team members relaxed their vigilance. You Xi did not relax here. The moment she discovered the smoke, she took out several gas masks, asked everyone to wear them and get into the low-altitude vehicle. There
were fourteen of them in total, just enough to sit in two vehicles.
After seeing that everyone was seated, she took out the [High Temperature Perfume], aimed it at the movable door leading to the outside world in the warehouse, adjusted it to the fifth gear directly, and started spraying. Under
the extremely high temperature, the door that was originally able to withstand the ice blade quickly melted and opened a big hole.
Probably because the sliding door of the warehouse was broken, the sound of alarms rang everywhere, and You Xi could hear the sound of the team members opening the door at the other end of the warehouse aisle, as well as the sound of them loading the heavy machine guns in their hands.
"Leave immediately!" She jumped into the car, with several ice bricks in her hands. The ice bricks instantly melted into water and covered the two low-altitude vehicles, and then solidified into a solid layer of ice in an instant.
She didn't want to shoot down the low-altitude vehicle she had finally obtained.
The footsteps on the aisle instantly approached. The opponent's heavy machine guns had been loaded, and as soon as they appeared, they fired at the two low-altitude vehicles carrying people without thinking.
At this time, they no longer cared about the car, they all knew what would happen if they let Cheng Fang escape.
He would definitely notify the people from the headquarters, and once the people from the headquarters came, they would all die.
However, the bullets that could penetrate the jeep could not break the glass of the low-altitude vehicle. Even the warehouse sliding door that could have blocked their way had a big hole in it, and two low-altitude vehicles flew out of the melted warehouse door one after the other.
On the ground, several jeeps equipped with small missiles had already surrounded them from both sides.
Youxi opened the car door, stepped outside with one foot, and hooked the seat with one foot. A rocket launcher appeared on her shoulder. She aimed at the jeep and fired without hesitation, knocking over the two cars one by one before the other side launched the missile.
The huge explosion woke Cheng Fang from his dizziness. He pulled off the gas mask on his face and looked out the glass. The low-altitude vehicle was rapidly rising into the air and driving away from the supermarket area.
On the ground below, a new rocket launcher hit the warehouse sliding door accurately again, blowing up the low-altitude vehicle that had just started to chase them. A huge explosion and flames shot up into the sky.
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