The reason why Zhao Xian asked this was that he had collected some information from those residents yesterday.
The surviving residents in the city have all moved to the ice field. Only a few, like the Xie family, still live in small houses on high ground that have not been flooded.
The ice sheet is divided into north and south.
The Financial Center Building is located in the south of the ice field. This area is densely populated with buildings and rich in resources, so the residents who moved here also chose to live in the south.
As for the people in the north, most of them just happened to live in the north and were not completely submerged, so they did not move away.
Yesterday, residents in the south revealed that because it is close, people in the south often go to the market to exchange things. This is not the case in the north.
And they also said yesterday that they would inform all nearby survivors that the First Base was coming to pick them up, and asked everyone to get ready to board the ship.
This man appeared near the financial center building, most likely heading for the market. So he probably didn't know yesterday's information, and most likely he wasn't from the south.
The man finally spoke: "Yes, I live in the north."
He looked at them suspiciously: "Who are you...? You saved me... why?"
Ren Wangwang introduced himself: "We are from the First Base, and we are here to recruit survivors in the city."
The man was stunned for a moment, then stared at the few people with wide eyes in disbelief.
Ren Wangwang continued: "How many survivors are there in your northern part?"
The man said, "...In the north, we don't communicate much. At first, we went out to collect resources together, but later, people who collected less resources robbed those who collected more, so we all went our separate ways."
“There are about 15 households in total.”
Assuming that each household has 20 people, there are about 300 people.
Adding the 800 southern population counted yesterday, there are more than 1,000 people. If they are all mobilized back to the base, the system mission can be completed directly.
Ren Wangwang asked again: "Are you going out to the market?"
The man said, "Yes, I wanted to change some antipyretic medicine because my child is sick. Before I even got to the market, I encountered a robber who wanted to steal my supplies. I fought back... When I was near the market, I accidentally fell into an ice pit. I got out quickly, but it was still too cold to walk, so I fell on the road."
His clothes were now being dried on the stove. Only the cuffs of his inner clothes were wet, while his outer down jacket was almost soaked.
The man suddenly realized something: "The supplies I brought..."
He held out a hand, which he had previously clenched.
Qiao Xuejun looked over and saw the man's open hand, with two cigarettes in it that had been squeezed out of shape. They were soaked with water and looked like a mess.
The man looked at the cigarette in his hand and soon his eyes turned red.
Ren Wangwang was startled: "What's wrong, buddy?"
The man's lips trembled: "The supplies are destroyed. We can't exchange them for antipyretic medicine."
cigarette.
Cigarettes, alcohol, and candy are hard currency in the doomsday.
Zhao Yun: "Don't cry, I have some antipyretic medicine here. You happen to be in the north, right? We are also passing by that area, so we will go back with you. I can also lend you the medicine."
Another soldier asked: "Is the photo you are carrying your son?" He was the one who was responsible for the body search and found some miscellaneous items on the man.
The man was very excited after hearing what Zhao Yun said, but when he heard the soldier's question, his face froze again. He was silent for a while and said, "That photo is of my youngest son. He died of a high temperature disaster. He died of heatstroke."
"It's my eldest son who is sick now."
Many people died of heatstroke during that period because those who were too young or too old could not withstand such temperatures.
Zhao Yun and the others also fell silent. After a while, Zhao Xian spoke up, "We won't stay here for too long. Now that you've recovered, let's go together. I'll send someone to take you there in a little while."
The man hurriedly said, "Okay, I'm not cold anymore."
Seeing the man recover, Zhao Yun moved one of the heaters in front of him and said, "Warm it up again."
If you are already warm, there is no risk of rewarming shock, and you will warm up faster if you are closer to the fire.
"Don't get excited." Ren Wangwang asked, "How far is your home? We don't have any extra clothes. I can give you one to wear to get you there, but it's too far and I can't carry you."
The male protagonist's underwear was not very wet to begin with, and now it is completely dry. But his down jacket is still completely wet.
The man said, "It will take almost an hour to get there."
Ren Wangwang: “That’s OK.”
When he was warm enough, Ren Wangwang put his underwear on him. He and another soldier also took off a piece of their inner clothes and gave it to him.
After he put it on, he continued to wrap himself in the life blanket, ready to go all the way through.
The shoes were also treated to be moisture-proof. When he put them on, his face looked very bad: "I felt like my toes were about to freeze off."
His face returned to its normal color, except for an abnormal white spot on his nose, as if his nose was really frozen.
Ren Wangwang took out a tube of frostbite ointment and applied it on him.
Several people continued to pack up and set off.
Not long after they left the house, they saw another person lying on the road ahead, also lying on his back. But this person was not as lucky as the one who had just been rescued.
There was an axe stuck in his chest, right in the middle.
The blood under his body had spread in a large circle. You didn't even need to check to know that with this amount of bleeding, there was no way he could survive.
Zhao Xian looked at the man wearing a life-saving blanket and asked, "Did you kill him?"
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