Chapter 70 Arrival at W City
Three days later, W City.
Tang Yatong squeezed through the crowd and walked out of the ticket office. Youqi and Youxi, who were waiting outside, immediately came to greet her.
"How is it?" Youqi asked.
Tang Yatong shook her head.
The second meteorite rain came nearly thirty hours earlier. Although everyone knew it early in the morning, it had been nearly fifteen days since the first meteorite rain, and people still had to live their lives.
Therefore, when the meteorite alarm sounded, it was not yet the time for most people to take shelter as planned. Many people were on the ground, and after reacting, they frantically took shelter in various underground buildings.
The magnitude of this meteorite rain was indeed much smaller than the first one. People with good luck were only alarmed for a moment, while those with bad luck would be like that villa area, which became a scorched earth.
Later, the three of Youxi learned that the area in their area was the worst hit in the whole of M by the meteorite attack.
As for M's neighboring country J, it was said that the area affected by the first and second meteorite rains was very small, which led to a surge in the number of people buying tickets from W City to J Country U City.
Tang Yatong had already asked, and the earliest available boat would be fifteen days later. Currently, J Country has closed the land crossing channel for fear of a large number of M Country refugees migrating north, and only opened shipping and trains in a few cities as reception points. There are too many people and too little food, so it is difficult to get a ticket.
If their destination was only J Country, it would be fine. They could wait in W City for fifteen days. But J Country U City was only their first stop, and they couldn't spend so much time on the first stop.
There are still three months to the next predicted date. Based on previous experience, the meteorite shower may come earlier. Although it is not clear how far in advance, a three-month interval sounds much safer than six days.
It is not known whether there will be a normal interval on the fourth predicted date. This is a rare opportunity, and they must seize these three months.
After the three left the shipping ticket office, they drove back to Tang Yatong's friend.
This is a man from M country in his forties. He lives in an ordinary apartment in W City. Fortunately, there is a subway station downstairs, so it is convenient to take shelter.
W City has always been lucky. It was avoided by the meteorite shower the first time, and only a few meteorites fell in the suburbs the second time, with few casualties.
It is also because of this luck that many people trek north.
**
They drove smoothly along the way. There were several places along the way where the roads were damaged by meteorites and traffic jams occurred
. So they drove to other side roads, drove the car into a secluded place without cameras, parked the car, walked through the damaged road, and then took the car out from the hidden place. While walking, Tang Yatong kept holding the gun in her hand, mainly for shock.
Fortunately, everyone heading north at this moment was seeking refuge. Under the premise that the general direction was clear, there were not many people who deliberately caused trouble along the way.
Mainly because many areas in Country M have not yet reached the point of shortage of supplies. As long as you dare to go out and drive to a place with better conditions a little further away, you can always buy supplies.
Of course, there are people with clear minds, and there are naturally people who take advantage of the chaos to do whatever they want.
That happened when they changed their route to a road to avoid the area hit hard by the meteorite. The road was a little off the beaten track, but in the middle there was a large warehouse-style supermarket that supplied several nearby towns.
The disaster situation in this area was not too bad, and the supermarket was still open.
The three people from Youxi had a lot of cash and gold in their space, all of which they had brought out from the apartment before. There was also a lot of money in their savings cards. They planned to exchange all the money for supplies before leaving Country M - as long as there was space to hold it.
So when they found that the supermarket was open, they drove over to prepare to shop.
Because it was daytime, there were still many people coming to shop, and everyone was hurriedly pushing a large cart of supplies towards their cars.
They locked the SUV, each pushed a shopping cart, and began to walk through the shelves. In broad daylight and with so many people around, they only planned to buy things that could fit in the SUV to avoid being noticed.
In the long run, food is still the most important thing. Meteorites destroyed farmland and will affect the ecology in the future. Whether it is planting or animal husbandry, production will be greatly reduced in the future.
So this time, all three of them took food. Youxi was strong, so she took staple food: rice, flour, cereals, pasta, instant noodles...
Youqi was in charge of fresh food: vegetables, fruits, eggs, milk, sausages...
Tang Yatong was in charge of frozen food: various meats, fish, and quick-frozen foods...
Currently, there are not many fresh vegetables and fruits in the supermarket, and the varieties are single, but fortunately, in this situation, few people are in the mood to cook slowly, so most of them took instant food, and Youqi was not picky, so she still filled a large cart in the end.
The three of them moved quickly, filling up three carts respectively. After meeting, they discussed taking more daily necessities, especially women's products, the more the better.
As for medicines, we bought a lot last time, and we haven't touched these supplies yet. However, we can stock up on nutritional supplements such as vitamin calcium tablets.
When the three of them took enough nutritional supplements from the pharmacy, they heard a commotion at the exit of the supermarket, and then gunshots were heard.
You Xi was quick-witted and stretched out his hands to hold down You Qi and Tang Yatong together. The three of them pushed the shopping carts and hid behind the shelves, carefully checking the situation outside.
Other shoppers in the supermarket fell to the ground in panic or hid behind the shelves. After the surroundings quieted down, the anxious and rude voice of the man at the exit immediately became clear.
The man came to shop, but found out that his wallet was missing when he was checking out. He kept explaining that he had driven a long way and that his children were waiting for him at home. He hoped that the cashier would give him the things first and he would pay later.
The cashier disagreed, and the two sides did not negotiate. In addition, everyone is emotionally unstable in this world, so the man took out a robbery directly, and in order to prove that it was not a fake robbery, he put the robbery empty.
At this moment, he was picking up several bags of supplies he bought and putting them in the shopping cart, preparing to rob the items directly.
Someone took advantage of his distraction and rushed up from behind. In the chaos, the man opened the robbery again, and this time he accidentally hit another customer nearby. The man fell in a pool of blood. The cashier screamed, and the people around him retreated in panic.
The man himself was probably frightened as well, holding the loot in a daze. The man who had rushed over before took action again, and this time successfully snatched his loot.
The bystanders rushed over and subdued the looting man, intending to call the police and an ambulance.
The people who were crawling on the ground and hiding behind the shelves stood up, and many people praised this brave man. In times of disaster, such righteous people are needed to give everyone the courage to survive.
"There are still good people..." Before Youqi could finish her words of exclamation, the sound of robbery was heard again in front.
Everyone crouched down again, only to see the man who had been "heroic" just a moment ago holding the robbery in his hand, motioning the cashier to put all the money in his pocket for him.
Youqi: ...
The man directly pressed the mouth of the robbery against the cashier's temple, and after getting a large bag of money, he quickly left the supermarket, leaving behind a group of stunned customers.
Similar things are not uncommon along the way, especially in areas severely affected by disasters, where everyone is constantly pushing their limits in order to survive.
The three of them became more cautious and low-key, taking turns driving day and night, and keeping two people awake at each time, one driving, one checking the map and keeping alert, and the other wearing earplugs and an eye mask, wrapped in a blanket and sleeping on the flat back seat.
Three meals a day were basically solved in the car. Fortunately, when they were in the villa and the air-raid shelter, they would increase the amount of cooked food every time, and then put half of it in the take-away box provided by Youxi.
Whether it was big meat, side dishes, or rice, noodles, soups and porridge, they had everything. Even if they had to solve every meal in the car, they could still eat the fresh and delicious food.
The further north they drove, the better the surrounding conditions became. At the same time, there were more and more traffic, and their speed also slowed down.
The journey that should have taken more than ten hours to reach took them more than three days. At the same time, because of several detours, they accidentally found three self-service gas stations. The 10,000L fuel space in Youxi was finally filled up. At the same time, they also filled up several 30L and 50L portable oil drums and put them in Tang Yatong's space as a backup.
**
A large number of people poured into W City, and the city's population increased greatly, causing all hotels and inns to be fully booked. Tang Yatong and
her friends called more than a dozen hotels along the way but failed to book a room. In the end, it was her friend who took them in, and the three of them slept on the floor in the living room.
The friend's name was Feynman. He used to be an actor and was already married. Tang Yatong had met his wife several times. Her name was Sheila, and they had a teenage daughter.
Sheila was very enthusiastic about them. Knowing that they came all the way from the S peak that was severely affected by the disaster, she prepared a welcome dinner for them.
Now that they heard that they couldn't buy a boat ticket, they suggested that they try their luck with the airline.
Because some passengers who were originally stranded in W City due to the meteorite have rebooked their flight tickets recently, but some of them are unwilling to go back after learning about the situation in their own city and want to stay in the relatively safe W City for the time being, so they will give up their seats.
Tang Yatong was puzzled: "But isn't the situation in Country J better than Country M? It's a rare opportunity to get a flight back, so why don't they go back?"
"There are also several areas in Country J that have been severely affected by the disaster, and some of them just happen to be from those areas. They have lost their homes, so why bother going back? Anyway, their families are with them, so they can stay safely in City W for a while, and then see how things go. Besides, they are from Country J, so they can go back anytime they want, just by land. It only takes an hour to drive from here, and the land border closure in Country J does not target its own people." The other party explained patiently.
Tang Yatong thanked the other party, and after lunch the three of them prepared to go to the shipping ticket office to try their luck.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
