Chapter 213 Deal?
Outside the Star House, heavy snow was blowing in from the roofless building. Yesterday, the ground of the building was just wet and dilapidated, but today it was covered with a thick layer of snow.
From the way the snowflakes were flying, it could be seen that the cold wind today was much weaker than yesterday. Youxi took out the environmental thermometer, which showed that the temperature was minus 27 degrees Celsius, which was ten degrees higher than yesterday.
Without the shelter of the Star House, the wailing sound coming from the direction of the stairwell became clearer. It was indeed the cry of a girl. It seemed that because she had suffered inexplicable grievances and could not bear it, she would deliberately brave the severe cold to climb the stairs from the gathering place of survivors below to the empty floor, just to have a good cry.
The other girl was always comforting her, speaking softly, with heartache and pity, and also with a lot of patience. Is
n't it true? In Youxi's opinion, if she didn't have so much patience, how could she be so patient in persuading her despite such a mournful wail?
Youxi walked all the way across the snowy floor of the building. Every time she stepped on it, the thick layer of snow would quickly collapse and solidify into a hard layer of ice.
She stepped on the smooth ice layer, walking on it as if it were flat ground, passed through the collapsed door, and came to the stairwell on the 25th floor.
The wind here is smaller than outside. The voices of two girls came from the bottom of the stairs. Youxi walked silently over the broken stairs and walked down two floors. She saw two people sitting on the stairs from the 22nd floor to the 23rd floor.
The crying one was wrapped in a thick long down jacket, and her whole face was wrapped in the down of the down jacket hood. She leaned against the wall on one side of the stairs, crying and banging her head against the wall, as if she was so sad that she had to vent her inner grievances in this way.
Another girl sitting next to her, seeing her like this, stretched out her hand to stop her.
The crying girl had obviously used all her strength to hit the wall, and her hand was hurt, but the other party was still immersed in his own world and didn't notice it at all. She didn't cry out in pain, but moved her hand that was hit and comforted her friend again.
One was extremely wronged, and the other was sympathetic and comforting.
You Xi guessed in his heart that this was probably another tragedy of separation between life and death, which could not be resisted by human power.
The end of the world is approaching, and rescue is impossible to provide in all aspects. Many small cities are gradually turning into ruins. Survivors are hiding in dilapidated buildings, and it is snowing so heavily here, making the already difficult survival even more difficult...
Before she could finish her thoughts, the crying girl suddenly spoke: "...Why, why? I just don’t understand why she always comes to find Aya. Doesn’t she have a boyfriend? Wuwuwu...I haven’t eaten enough myself, and I didn’t pick up the remaining noodles because I wanted Aya to eat more...But she came over and talked to my boyfriend, and ate all the remaining noodles...Wuwuwuwu..."
Youxi:...
Okay, she sometimes makes mistakes in judgment.
But judging from the other party's appearance, the situation here should not be very bad. Star House will only stay in this building for a month. So far, she has not had time to explore the surroundings. She does not know where she is in China, and she has no idea about the situation in this city.
She can stay in Star House with her parents and not go anywhere, but her compatriots are struggling to survive nearby, and she does not want to turn a blind eye.
Now that Star House has an automatic planting area, it solves the problem of food, vegetables and fruits from the source, and her future reserves will be more abundant.
She plans to first understand the situation here, and then decide how much to help in the future.
Another girl spoke again: "Okay, okay, I knew you were sad about the noodles. Stop crying, I still have noodles, let's go downstairs and I'll cook for you."
"But that's your lunch and dinner, you haven't even eaten yet..."
"It's okay, I don't eat much, after it's cooked we can each have half, okay?"
"Qiuqiu, you're the best..." Mu Kelian's crying finally stopped. She looked at her friend's red fingers that were frozen, and hurriedly covered them for her. She noticed that she was only wearing a thin woolen coat, "Why did you come out without gloves? And you're wearing so little?"
"I was in a hurry when I came out, and I only took your down jacket."
"It's all my fault. Let's go back quickly. Don't get sick from the cold..."
The two girls supported each other and stood up. Mu Kelian picked up a slightly old pot beside her. Although she ran out in anger just now, she was afraid that others would know what she cared about, so she still found a step for herself and said that she was going to take the pot out to get snow to boil water.
The two discussed going to the top floor to get snow, because someone had been there before and said that there was no snow on the roof there, but there was a lot of snow, and it was still very clean, unlike the snow on other window sills, which was all dirty.
"It's too cold. Go back and put on some clothes. I'll go get some snow myself."
"It's okay. We're already on the 20th floor. We'll soon reach the top floor. Besides, it won't be so cold if we move around. Hurry up, get some snow and go downstairs to cook noodles!" Shen Qiu touched her friend's head and continued to walk upstairs with her.
For the survivors here, this snow and low temperature may be a disaster, but at the same time it also leaves them with a glimmer of hope.
At least now, they don't have to worry about the mutant plant vines poking in from the window when they sleep, nor do they have to deal with endless insects of all kinds.
And water. The plants have destroyed the city's water pipes, and water resources have always been in short supply.
Although it is cold when it snows, the snow water is very clean because the plants have purified the environment and air before. After melting, it can be drunk directly after filtering and boiling. When
the two passed the 23rd floor and were about to turn around and continue to go up, Shen Qiu suddenly heard a strange sound.
The sound was melodious and pleasant, but it made her subconsciously get goosebumps.
"What is this - music?" Mu Kelian widened her eyes in surprise. She was an impulsive girl who didn't think much. When she heard the music, she subconsciously pushed open the door of the stairwell and rushed out. Shen Qiu had no time to hold her back.
The 23rd floor of the building was originally an office area, but the higher up the building, the more expensive the rent, and the stronger the company. There is a spacious lobby not far from the stairwell on this floor.
The whole building has been without electricity and water for a long time, and it was snowing outside and there was no sunlight, so the building should have been dark, but there was light in this lobby.
"Ke Lian!" Shen Qiu ran out of breath and finally grabbed his friend.
Before she could speak, she saw Mu Kelian pointing to the side and saying in surprise, "What is that?"
It was a silver RV with several colorful light strips on the open windows. The light strips were flashing and playing a familiar holiday song automatically - this was the music they had just heard outside the door.
Even if Mu Kelian was slow to react, she realized something was wrong.
The end of the world has been here for a long time. This city is desolate everywhere. How could a motorhome with colorful lights suddenly appear in the building at this time!?
Absurd!
Absurd!
"Let's go..." Shen Qiu pulled her.
"I, I, I can't move..." Mu Kelian stared at the motorhome without blinking, feeling that something inhuman might float out of the open window at any time...
"Qiuqiu, what should I do? I'm so scared..."
Suddenly, the window lit up, someone pushed the front door, got out of the car slowly, and put a piece of cardboard next to the windowsill.
Shen Qiu and Mu Kelian didn't look at the words on the cardboard, both of them stared at the person who got out of the car.
The other party was wearing a black cloak. The cloak was very large and had a hood attached, which covered her from head to toe.
The cloak was very thin and had a slit in the front. It was clear that she was wearing an even thinner short-sleeved T-shirt inside, and a pair of equally thin trousers underneath.
Even indoors, it was only minus twenty degrees Celsius now. Wasn't she cold?
They shivered as they looked at the other party's face under the hood. They only saw the part below her nose. Her upper face was covered by a black lace mask.
The other party seemed to feel their gazes, turned around and smiled at them softly. Just as she was about to speak, Mu Kelian didn't know where she got the strength from. She shouted "Ghost!" and then turned around and rushed out.
You Xi: ...
She looked down at the cloak on her body. She found this outfit by chance when she was looking for colored light strips. She didn't know which world she bought it in when she was stockpiling. There were also several beautiful masks inside.
She felt that the cloak and the mask could be equivalent to the effect of [disguised lipstick], so she put it on directly...
She looked at the other girl who didn't run away, and felt that she still had to use her trump card. She reached out from the window sill and took out a bowl of steaming curry chicken chop and covered it with rice, and said to her: "Today is the first day that the limited-time Star House opens in this building. The message can be exchanged for food. Do you want to trade?"
Shen Qiu: ...
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This is a third-tier small city in the extreme north of China. It is not the first city in the country to be hit by animals and plants.
When S City was in dire straits, this place became the destination for people from some big cities to move to because it was far away from several animal and plant mutation areas.
But the good times didn't last long. Animal and plant mutations slowly spread from several cities around the world to the entire planet. No place was spared, only the difference of sooner or later.
Like other cities, after the mutation, the city became more and more chaotic, but this place was not like S City, which had manpower and materials to support it. The resources of the supermarket were used up little by little, and the order collapsed quickly. Many people began to move.
In fact, no one had a clear goal, but just followed the trend. Seeing others leaving with big bags and small bags and dragging their families, they left together.
They were students from the same university, and none of them were locals. One of their teachers managed to get a sturdy bus, but the bus could not drive into the city, so they agreed to wait for them at the outskirts of the city, and they had to leave the city on foot.
Fortunately, this was a small city, and the distance to walk across was not far. The young people acted quickly, took all kinds of protective measures, and hurried on the road. In order to cross a poisonous plant area, they took the risk of taking an underground passage.
As a result, they were unlucky and encountered a ground collapse. They were trapped underground for many days. After they finally found another way to escape, they found that the weather outside had changed.
The city, which was originally full of plants and giant insects, had become a world of ice and snow.
They walked forward, searching for all the supplies they could use, but the temperature dropped too quickly, and they realized that if they continued walking, none of them would be able to leave.
Finally, they found this relatively sturdy building nearby and settled down on the 14th floor. It was originally an economical hotel with many rooms and beds, which allowed them to rest more comfortably.
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