Chapter 100 Reunion
After resting for an hour, Jiang Baiyue, Wang Leran, and Liang Feiwen discussed leaving four mercenaries to protect them while she set off first to scout out and clear out the monsters.
When they encountered monsters that were easy to deal with, Jiang Baiyue and her mercenaries would eliminate them in advance. When they encountered monsters that were difficult to deal with, they would take a detour if possible, and if not, they would run away.
After passing through a narrow passage with colorful stones protruding from the walls on both sides, they arrived at the location of the spatial rift.
"We've reached the spatial rift. After exiting here, there's a space station about 2 kilometers away in a straight line. We can go to the White Moon Base from here."
"It's relatively safe here. You can rest for a bit before going out."
Jiang Baiyue's agreement with Wang Leran and the others was only to take them out, not to take them to the base, and besides, her car couldn't fit everyone.
Wang Ze bowed in gratitude, then took two steps forward as if to take Jiang Baiyue's hand: "Thank you, thank you. I still didn't know your real name, for so long..."
A mercenary stepped aside to block her view, but Jiang Baiyue pretended not to hear.
This person was quite talkative throughout the journey, trying to find out information about the outside world and occasionally subtly guiding them to talk about personal information.
It's reasonable to say that chatting helps relieve stress, but the chatting is too predictable.
Jiang Baiyue didn't think too much about it. If she had something in mind, but hadn't taken any action or revealed her purpose so far, then she must have some concerns.
"Wait, we...we're in a terrible situation right now. We don't know anything about what's happening outside. Could you please take us back to the space station...?"
As Wang Ze spoke, he knelt down, pleading, "The captain and vice-captain have both exhausted their source energy. I... we can give you all the supplies we have."
Xia Wenjing raised her hand in a pause gesture: "Stop! What do you mean 'we'! I didn't say anything, don't make decisions on your own."
Wang Leran felt extremely angry and embarrassed. Although she also felt that it would be better and safer to go to the space station with someone protecting her, they had no tangible benefits to offer and were causing trouble for others time and time again.
Like a shameless person, Wang Leran, who has always been quite independent, felt as if she had been fried in oil, and her face flushed.
"Let's take a break and wait for the source energy to recover. Even a car with a lazy bum like me can't fit this many people."
Liang Feiwen also felt compelled to express his opinion, while Gu Tiangang remained silent, as he himself had only been able to get a ride thanks to his wife and daughter.
Wang Ze knelt on the ground, unsure whether to rise or remain kneeling. The silence was terrifying: "I... I also did it for..."
Jiang Baiyue didn't say anything, but waved goodbye and led the others out of the spatial rift.
She took out the modified car, and as usual, one of the mercenaries sat in the driver's seat, while she sat in the passenger seat.
With Gu Tiangang added this time, although the modified car had a lot of interior space, it was still not enough to seat everyone. Jiang Baiyue could only arrange for a mercenary to sit with her in the passenger seat.
The space is cramped, but there are no traffic police in this world now. The only thing to be wary of is the large monsters.
Fortunately, the journey was safe and there were no monster attacks.
Standing in the space station, Jiang Baiyue looked up at the dim yellow clouds in the sky, her thoughts racing.
Day 48 of survival, 17:23:12 during the day, temperature 15°C～23°C, zone 301, number of survivors 81521/100000.
It has been about 20 days since the last disaster ended, and the period has been eerily "calm".
The temperature has stabilized at around 20 degrees Celsius, with little difference between daily temperature fluctuations. Apart from the monsters growing taller and stronger each day, their health and strength seem to have increased, there seem to be no other changes.
Many people initially focused on storing food, but as time went by, due to the difficulty of preserving food, their focus on collecting supplies gradually shifted.
Some people even believe that there will be no more disasters. After all, so many people have died. If another batch dies, there will be even fewer people left. What good will that do for the game?
"dad--!"
Jiang Baiyue snapped out of her daze and saw a figure running towards her side.
Gu Tiangang couldn't help but shed tears. He had once thought he would never see his daughter again, but now, holding his fragrant daughter and looking at his wife with a rosy complexion, his numb heart finally started beating again.
Gu Zilin burst into tears, feeling both happy and sad.
Dad is so thin, and he's so dirty...and smelly.
Gu Zilin lifted her head from Gu Tiangang's arms and said hesitantly, "Daddy, you should go take a shower, you smell so bad..."
Gu Tiangang was both amused and exasperated. He was feeling happy and content when his daughter started to complain. He could only smile helplessly at his wife.
Yun Duo covered her mouth, her eyes welling up with tears: "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're alive. I'll take you to the public restroom to wash up... We even built a wooden house... You need to take good care of yourself when we get back..."
Those around witnessed the three reuniting and smiled knowingly.
Jiang Baiyue felt a warmth in her heart as she watched the three of them leave together.
Reunion is a happy occasion, and there are still many people at the base waiting to reunite with their relatives and friends.
During the last server merge, some players found their relatives. If they were lucky, their relatives lived nearby, so they found a team to escort them back.
Those who are unlucky or whose relatives live far away can only try to find another way to reunite.
After being away for several days, Jiang Baiyue returned to the wooden house and bought some hot food to eat first.
Spicy chicken, loofah and bird egg soup, and a serving of rice.
The chicken meat is produced on the ranch. The player who manages the ranch makes chicken feed and collects vegetable leaves to feed the chickens. In the first 8 days, 15 chickens have already grown up.
Since the ranch was established and the task hall began issuing orders to collect live animals and livestock, the ranch now has 53 chickens, 15 pigs, 32 sheep and 55 rabbits.
Rabbits, in particular, have a higher reproductive rate than other animals and grow exceptionally fast.
Animals are slaughtered as soon as they grow to maturity to preserve fresh meat, and now there is a lot of meat stored in warehouses.
Jiang Baiyue plans to stay home for the next few days and focus on making a refrigerator to store more food.
Although more than 20 days have passed and nothing has happened, she still feels uneasy.
On the other side, Yun Duo, Gu Zilin, and her husband Gu Tiangang, who had just reunited, were also discussing the disaster.
Yun Duo took out food from her backpack and placed it on the table: "Eat quickly, you must be starving."
Gu Tiangang held the bowl, his expression unreadable: "Food in the cave was extremely scarce, with only a small amount of mushrooms and insect meat available. For a period afterward, even mushrooms and insect meat were difficult to obtain, and many people died..."
"It must have been during the period of torrential rain that our base was surrounded by floodwater. If it weren't for the fact that we could go to the underground city through the space station, it would have been very difficult. But during that time, resources were scarce. We could barely get enough to eat."
Yun Duo had already experienced many life-and-death situations and knew that no words could comfort her husband. She could only talk about what she and her daughter had experienced recently.
"More than 20 days have passed now, and we don't know if anything else will happen. But now that we have the arcade to strengthen our capabilities, we're not so worried."
Gu Zilin shoveled a mouthful of rice into her mouth and exclaimed, "Hehe, Dad, I also have a wood-type ability! I can protect you now!"
Gu Tiangang silently patted his daughter's head: "I'll go to the arcade tomorrow too."
"Let's go to the arsenal and buy some more weapons. There are people hoarding weapons and ammunition lately..."
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