Chapter 36 Shelter No. 28
Wu Meiling almost cried the first time she saw Zhao Zheng beside Youxi. She shouted his name, but because she had not yet completed the examination, she was held down by someone.
Zhao Zheng glanced at her, left without stopping.
A few days later, Zhao Zheng went to Island 1 to find Wu Meiling, who was staying temporarily, and found out what happened after he left.
After he left, his team at the villa naturally separated from the team at Wu Tianqi's boxing gym, mainly because the people at the villa asked to divide the supplies.
Of course, they also asked Wu Tianqi's side, who later rescued a lot of messy people who had never contributed, not to share anything.
Although those people didn't dare to face the zombies, they could get food distributed every day. They had long regarded themselves as part of the team. When they heard that they couldn't share, they were naturally unhappy.
But there were also many people who could fight in the villa team. They were all fierce in front of the food and water that was related to life and death. In the end, Wu Tianqi had no choice but to divide the supplies according to the other party's requirements.
Once the supplies were divided, the two teams also dispersed.
The group of people who were rescued later still received food and water from Wu Meiling every day. Because Wu Tianqi deliberately suppressed them, they were allocated less food and water.
Everyone lived in the same tent area. They looked at the people in the boxing gym eating delicious instant noodles with ham sausage or luncheon meat, while they could only eat some compressed biscuits. Naturally, they felt unbalanced.
Once, Wu Tianqi led his men out to search for new supplies. The group of people who were usually timid and shrunken knocked out the two people guarding the supplies, rushed up to rob and eat.
No matter how Wu Meiling cried and begged, they ignored her.
That day, Wu Tianqi's men came back early and happened to see this scene. They found that nearly half of the supplies were wasted. Naturally, they were furious and everyone was furious. Some people even prepared to kill the gang directly.
But they shrank back behind Wu Meiling one by one and asked her to save them.
In the end, there was a melee and a quarrel, and the people in the boxing gym also divided the supplies with Wu Tianqi.
There were actually a lot of supplies left, and Wu Tianqi and his group found a warehouse today and found a lot of food, so even after the division, he still had a lot of things in his hands, enough to take care of his mother and sister.
But he didn't want to continue to support those people. He went to talk to Wu Meiling and asked her to abandon those people and not care about them anymore. But Wu Meiling looked at him in disbelief and asked: Why have you become so cold-blooded, brother?
In fact, among that group of people, except for the first few people who did evil things, most of the rest were women and children, and there were several children under the age of five.
But Wu Tianqi made up his mind not to give them food and water this time, and it was useless for Wu Meiling to cry. He even found a new place to hide the supplies without even telling Wu Meiling.
Wu Meiling couldn't get food or drink. Those people begged for two days. When they found out that she really couldn't give them anything, they began to accuse her of being cold-blooded and cruel, and wanted to watch them starve to death.
In the end, those people were driven out of the tent house where they originally lived by Wu Tianqi.
However, the three members of the Wu family didn't expect that these people didn't dare to kill zombies, didn't dare to go out to find food by themselves, but dared to kill people.
One night, they sneaked in quietly, detained Wu Meiling and Wu's mother, threatened Wu Tianqi to tell them where the supplies were hidden, and not only took away all the supplies, but also stabbed Wu Tianqi in the chaos.
After those people got the supplies, several men were blinded by the blood of the killings and wanted to rape Wu Meiling. Fortunately, they were stopped by two women in the same group, and then rescued by the boxing gym brothers who rushed over.
A group of people took the supplies and scattered in the night, but Wu Tianqi could not be saved. After all, these people in the boxing gym had some brotherhood with Wu Tianqi, and gave Wu Meiling and Wu's mother some supplies so that they would not be destitute.
Later, they also learned about the wetland shelter and prepared to move. Wu Meiling begged them, and they finally took the two people with them.
But Wu Tianqi was gone, and no one would move and take care of them. Mother Wu was responsible for cooking for them and doing all kinds of chores every day. Wu Meiling was also forced by them to get out of the car to kill zombies.
In fact, they were doing it for their own good. In this apocalypse, they dared not even kill zombies. How could they survive in the future?
But Wu Meiling was afraid. When she was searching for supplies, she screamed in fear, which led to a group of zombies and eventually killed a person.
Those people were so angry that they were jealous, but for Wu Tianqi's sake, they did not abandon her on the spot. They dragged the two of them all the way to the wetland shelter and drove them out of the car. They were considered to have done their utmost.
Wu Meiling begged Zhao Zheng, thinking that if she told him the tragic truth, he would feel sorry for her and sympathize with her as before, and would be willing to take care of her and protect her again.
But in the end, Zhao Zheng laughed: "You really are... Fortunately, I withdrew early, otherwise I might be the one who died. Wu Meiling, no one will come to help you, your brother is dead, and your brother's friends were also driven away by you.
I absolutely can't help you. I once pursued you for a month. It's my fault that I disturbed you for a month. Here are thirty loaves of bread, which is my last bit of kindness. I hope that when you see me in the future, you will pretend not to know me."
He didn't think he was cold-blooded and heartless. They were lucky than many people to be able to arrive at the shelter safely.
His parents, Leng Mian's father, Wu Tianqi, and those people in the school who lost their lives and turned into monsters in the early stage of the disaster, no matter which one, are countless times more pitiful than her.
In the days to come, as long as she can stay awake and face this end of the world down to earth, she will always be able to survive.
Wu Meiling looked at Zhao Zheng's back as he strode away, and wanted to run up to him and return the bread to him, to save face and not let the other party look down on her. But her mother was so hungry that when she saw the bread, she opened it and ate it directly.
Wu Meiling stared at the bag of small bread in her hand. Once, when she was at the camping base, she also distributed such bread to others. At that time, she had a brother who doted on her, a boyfriend who took care of her, and a group of brothers of her brother who surrounded her.
She was dressed in white, walking among the displaced people who were much more haggard than her, giving them food to comfort their souls and find the value of her existence.
But until now, when she became the one being fed, when she was really hungry, when she had faced the zombies, she realized the value of the existence of the soul comfort, which was all her whining imagination! It was worthless garbage!
In this doomsday, there is nothing comparable to the peace of family.
If her brother was still there...
If she was given a chance to start over...
Unfortunately, she understood it too late.
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Because of the emergence of solar panels, the Youxi family of three did not end up living on the island where the RV camping site was located.
She drove over to see it, but in addition to the RVs that were already there, there were also many RVs that were parked there later. There were trailer RVs, small one-piece RVs like hers, and many large double-decker RVs, with all kinds of people living in them.
Some were originally wealthy and powerful families, who evacuated in their own large RVs after the disaster and had abundant supplies. Some RVs were like hers, found from car dealerships or somewhere else, with a mixed group of men and women living inside, and a complex mix of people. There were too many RVs
in this area, and private space was compressed. You Xi thought about it, and finally went to the courtyard house next to the Lou family's current residence, just like she did on Island 2.
This courtyard is on the 7th island, which is located in the center of the wetland park. The island is not big, with a main road running from east to west. There is a bridge for vehicles on each side.
In addition, there are two pedestrian-only viewing arch bridges, but they are currently blocked.
Because the 7th island is not big, the courtyard of the Lou family is very close to the water. It looks more like an island. There is a large area of water in front of it, and the shore is covered with reeds. When the breeze blows, the whole reed flutters in the wind, peaceful and beautiful, like a scene before the end of the world. Those
who can be arranged to come to the 7th island are all related to the troops, and most of them are family members.
In the eyes of the army leaders, the maintenance and siege of this shelter are all thanks to the soldiers who are charging in the front, and the families of the soldiers must be treated well.
Therefore, the leaders never avoid favoritism. After all, it is the end of the world, and it should be distributed according to merit. Favoritism is necessary and there is no need to avoid it.
Zhao Zheng and Leng Mian also lived in the courtyard together thanks to the Lou family, but they both knew their own limitations. They always tried to improve their martial arts and physical fitness, and then went outside to search for supplies. They would never eat other people's food and water for their daily meals.
The Lou family also reserved a room for Youxi and the other two, but they still liked to live in the car because it was convenient to open a stove.
After getting the new solar panels, Youxi asked Lou Rui for help to remodel the top of the RV. Now, the power from the solar panels alone can maintain the RV's air conditioning, microwave and other large-scale power consumption.
Because the surroundings are very safe, when the car is not driving, Youxi temporarily fixes the RV in place, pulls a sun shed between the RV and the big tree on one side, and puts folding tables and chairs and light reclining chairs underneath. Sometimes she pulls out the RV's external stove and can look at the Shuize Lake view to boil water for tea or coffee.
Sometimes at dinner time, she will also take out the solid alcohol stove and the checkered baking tray, and cut some lamb slices, beef slices, and potato slices to grill, and occasionally add some pork belly and marinated chicken wings.
But the overall portions are not large, so as not to be too eye-catching.
Every time, the smell of barbecue would attract a few young people from the Lou family. They wanted to eat barbecue but were too embarrassed to say so, so they stood and watched from a distance.
But Youxi would always put some on a disposable paper plate and let them take it back to share.
After they finished eating, various convenience foods would be delivered, sometimes canned luncheon meat, and sometimes rations for marching.
You's father and mother liked to sit on the recliners and look at the large expanse of water and the blue sky and white clouds in front of them. They always felt that this end of the world did not seem to have much to do with them, because with their daughter there, they didn't have to worry about anything, as long as they tried not to hold their daughter back.
The two of them are usually most busy hiding in the RV, continuing to make cooked meals with the flour, rice, vegetables, various beef and mutton, river and seafood from their daughter.
Of course, You Xi would go out every once in a while, and every time she would drive the RV with You's father and mother.
On the surface, she was going to look for supplies, but in fact, she just drove outside to find a place with fewer zombies, cleaned it up, stayed there for half a day, and then filled the cabinets and refrigerator drawers in the car, and that was it.
The main reason was that the warehouse in the Star House was almost filled up by her. With only the three of them eating and using, there was not much space left. Even if she occasionally made some space, she would prioritize stockpiling gasoline.
The Lou family thought she was always alert, and often took her parents out to let them face the end of the world and search for supplies, so as not to be too comfortable and not be able to react in time if danger came one day.
Lou Lili also educated the Lou family in various ways. No matter men, women, old or young, they all had to go out with the team regularly.
Lou Rui went out the most times, and every time he came back, he would bring some things to the You family. There were not many things, but they were very thoughtful. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that he had a good impression of You Xi.
It was just that every time Lou Rui sent something, You's father and mother would return the gift, just like when Leng Mian and Zhao Zheng sent things from time to time, You's father and mother would return the gift.
So even if anyone with a discerning eye could see it, You Xi still didn't think too much.
For her, the most confusing thing at the moment is that she has stayed in this world for nearly three months, but there has been no news from Shelter No. 28.
She had asked the system countless times, but the Star House system now didn't even give her a response.
She also continued to pay attention to various broadcasts every day, and even asked the troops indirectly, but still got nothing.
There are indeed shelters named after numbers in other places, but the largest number that has appeared so far is Shelter No. 9 in the southwest, and there is no trace of Shelter No. 28 in the mission.
You Xi knew in her heart that even if the system announced that the mission was completed, she might not leave immediately, but staying after the mission is completed is different from having to stay now.
Because she was too focused on this matter, by the time she realized Lou Rui's thoughts, more than half a month had passed.
Of course, it was impossible for her to have any development with Lou Rui, so when the other party sent them something again, she used just the right way to let the other party understand this point.
Lou Rui looked at her and was not as disappointed as she had imagined. He even smiled with a bit of melancholy and a bit of relief.
Two days later, Lou Rui came to see her again.
The two of them sat on the folding chairs under the awning of the RV, one on each side. She made drip coffee for him, and he talked to her about how they had just met and how she had saved them. It seemed like a casual chat reminiscing about the past.
Before leaving that day, he suddenly asked her, "This wetland park has become the largest and safest shelter nearby. If you were asked to name this shelter, do you have any good suggestions?"
You Xi was confused by the question and she thought Lou Rui was joking. Later, when she saw that he was really waiting for her answer, she suddenly remembered Shelter No. 28 that never showed up, so she casually said, "Let's call it Shelter No. 28."
Lou Rui was stunned: "Does it have any special meaning?"
"No, you asked me, and I answered it as my first reaction."
"Yeah." He nodded, then looked at You Xi again and smiled at her, "You Xi, nice to meet you. I'm leaving first. Goodbye."
You Xi looked at his back as he left, and always felt something was weird.
This feeling lasted until an hour later, when the long-lost system sound came, and she suddenly understood something.
[Shelter No. 28 has been activated, covering an area of 30,000 square meters, and the clean zombie virus protective film is effective immediately, and the period is permanent.]
[World Mission 2: Save the parents of the world identity and bring them safely to Shelter No. 28. The host has obtained 80 star coins. Number of star coins: 106]
[Do you want to escape from the current apocalyptic world?]
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