The appearance of Yunhai City was somewhat different from that in Qin Suyun's dream, but Qin Suyun couldn't tell exactly what the difference was.
The car drove from the highway intersection into Yunhai City. Qin Suyun felt the dilapidated and desolate appearance of the entire city. She sat in the driver's seat and sighed deeply.
This city, which has no power or water system to support it, is no longer the rapidly developing modern city in memory. The ground is littered with building debris, garbage, and yellow dust.
Four cars drove past on the road, stirring up clouds of yellow sand!
Due to the high temperature, people who are still alive in the city rarely go out during the day.
It was already past 7 o'clock in the evening when Qin Suyun and her group arrived in Yunhai City, but the sky was not dark yet, and there were still large patches of fiery clouds in the sky.
Occasionally, people would appear in the buildings on both sides of the road. These people were originally busy with their own work, but when they saw the four cars of Qin Suyun and her group, they would stand up straight and stare at the cars of Qin Suyun and her group.
Before the natural disaster, almost every household in big cities like Yunhai City had their own car.
But after the natural disaster, not many people can still drive.
Even if their cars were not crushed by the collapsed houses and buried under the houses during the earthquake, they still had no gasoline to drive the cars out, so... gasoline is now more valuable than cars!
gasoline.
This kind of material, which becomes less and less as time goes by, is becoming more and more expensive. In the recent trading area, every liter of gasoline can be exchanged for 30 kilograms of cornmeal.
These guys who can drive four cars out at once must be a group of people who don't lack food! Especially those nine dogs next to the station, they are all meat!
When several people saw this, they subconsciously swallowed their saliva and took a few steps forward involuntarily. Some wanted to try to scam people, while others wanted to take the opportunity to see where these people were resting and then find a chance to steal something.
only.
The four cars, led by Meng Changlong, quickly disappeared from the streets, leaving those who had not yet had time to act in anger, beating their chests and stamping their feet.
Qin Suyun and her group sitting in the car naturally had no idea what those people were thinking.
As the car drove forward, the buildings on both sides of the road gradually became familiar. Qin Suyun even saw the TV station where she used to work. The TV station had collapsed long ago, and only the TV station's iconic signal receiving tower still stood among the ruins.
Qin Suyun sighed deeply...
She remembered that the earthquake struck during working hours, and she didn't know if her former colleagues at the TV station were able to escape...
Memories slowly crept into Qin Suyun's heart. She gripped the steering wheel tightly, then loosened it. These things had happened so long ago, and many things had changed. There was no point in thinking about them anymore.
She was still worried about where to rest tonight and what to do when she went to the trading area tomorrow.
It was indeed a wise thing to call Meng Changlong to Yunhai City. Not only did he help them save time on the way here, but most importantly, he found them a suitable place to live.
Speaking of which, this residence was found by Meng Changlong when he passed by before.
This is an abandoned factory. Most of the buildings above the factory have collapsed, and the walls on both sides have also collapsed in the earthquake, forming a shelter with a gable roof and ventilation on both sides.
People who live here for a long time will definitely not be used to a residence like this, which is drafty on both sides and can be seen clearly from outside. They will definitely prefer to find a secluded residence in the city, even if the other one is a little smaller, just a hole in the ground. As long as it is not so open to the sight of others, it is much better than this place!
At least they can hide the food they get in their own residence, instead of having people coming in and out of this place at any time.
Not everyone can be like Qin Suyun and her group. Almost all the people in the team are experts, and most of them carry guns. There is also a large group of mutant cats and dogs following them, always alert to the surrounding situation.
Despite being in such a hurry, Qin Suyun and her group did not treat themselves badly and prepared a good meal. Qin Suyun and the others ate some casually. Dahei and the others who had gone out hunting also came back. Although it was not known what food they had found outside, after touching their stomachs one by one, they could still feel the bulging food inside, which meant they were obviously full.
After arranging the people who would keep watch tonight, everyone planned to rest early. Those who had sleeping bags could rest on the ground for one night, and those who didn’t could lie down in the car.
Qin Suyun and the other three had prepared sleeping bags early and were unwilling to sleep in the car.
It’s not that they are unwilling to bring something more convenient like a tent, but tents are really not suitable for the current environment. Let’s not talk about whether it’s hot inside the tent.
The most troublesome thing about this tent is that it blocks people's vision.
If someone attacks them at night in the dark, they may not be able to detect the other party immediately.
Even though there were cats and dogs in their team to keep a vigilant eye on them, Meng Changlong and his group were still worried. They were afraid that if something unexpected happened and the supplies were lost, they would not be able to exchange them for salt. That was not a big deal, but if they had to lose their lives here, it would be too unprofitable.
Qin Suyun half-buried her body in the sleeping bag, but her head was resting on Hei Dou's furry belly. Hei Dou rubbed Qin Suyun's cheek with his head and lay on the ground to rest.
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He Zhennan and Meng Changlong will be on guard for half the night tonight.
The two of them sat by the campfire, talking in low voices.
"Commander Meng, I wanted to ask you a few days ago: why did you travel all the way from your hometown, trekking through mountains and rivers, back to Wanxi Village? As far as I know, it's at least 700 to 800 kilometers from your hometown to Wanxi Village." The 700 to 800 kilometers He Zhennan mentioned was naturally the distance before the disaster. If it were the distance today, it would be at least several thousand kilometers, making the round trip no easy task.
"Commander He, your rank is much higher than mine... I've told you several times, please stop calling me Commander Meng. I really can't bear it." Meng Changlong looked at He Zhennan with a sigh on his face. He glanced at everyone around him who had gradually fallen asleep, and then whispered to He Zhennan, "Commander He, there's nothing you can't say about this matter... It's just that I haven't told anyone since I came back."
"After the flood, a plague broke out where my family and I used to live... Many people died there, so I had no choice but to flee with my wife and daughter." Meng Changlong seemed lost in memories as he spoke, and he sighed deeply. "Two of the four of us, my parents and my father-in-law and mother-in-law, died in the earthquake, and two died from the plague."
"The area where we live is hundreds of kilometers away and is plague-infested... I'm tired of trying to prevent others from being disgusted with our family and driving us out. I've never told you about this... but now that the drought is so severe, it's impossible for that to happen again, so I'm not afraid to tell you."
In Meng Changlong's mind, Chief He Zhennan and Village Chief Zhao Xingguo had different views, so he did not mention this matter to Zhao Xingguo when he was in Wanxi Village before.
But these things weighed on Meng Changlong's heart, and he always wanted to talk to someone about them.
The atmosphere around was very silent, and the only sound could be heard was the crackling of firewood burning in the fire. He Zhennan reached out and patted Meng Changlong on the shoulder, hoping to give him some comfort.
Meng Changlong waved his hand and said, "Captain He, you don't have to worry. It's been so long now, I've gotten used to it..."
"I've actually heard quite a bit along the way. I even passed by a temporary base and met a former comrade there." Knowing that He Zhennan wanted to inquire about what was happening outside, Meng Changlong didn't hold back and told He Zhennan everything in detail. "Ever since global communications were cut off, the government has been unable to remotely control the overall situation in the country. It's been a complete mess."
"Our area has been divided into several large temporary bases, and there are also quite a few small private bases. However, these private bases are not called temporary bases, but private shelters. Everyone who enters needs to pay a certain amount of food. My wife and I have come across three such private shelters along the way. They usually don't collect much food... If you really can't pay the food, in this season, we can help them fetch water from the river to pay off the debt."
Many of these private shelters are not located next to the river bank, so every time they want to fetch water they have to walk a long distance. In fact, many areas on both sides of the river bank have been cordoned off by powerful guys as crop planting areas, so they have to go a long way to fetch water.
He Zhennan naturally thought about the situation here. He nodded in understanding. Thinking of the current temperature, He Zhennan shook his head and sighed, "It's already January now. I don't know when this high temperature and drought will subside."
He remembered that at this time last year, winter had already arrived.
Meng Changlong and He Zhennan talked for a while by the campfire. When they heard the snoring sounds gradually rising around them, they stopped talking and just stared at the campfire quietly, thinking about going to the trading area tomorrow.
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The newly built trading area of Yunhai City is located in the southeast of Yunhai City, close to Li'an City. It was once the gymnasium of Yunhai City.
The stadium building seemed very solid and did not collapse during the earthquake. The running track in the stadium was made of plastic, so after the animals and plants mutated, it was easier to deal with the plants inside.
Qin Suyun and her group got up early and drove to the trading area.
As the car got closer to the trading area, more and more people lined the road. By the time Qin Suyun and her group saw the eye-catching sign for the trading area, she had already seen quite a few cars parked on both sides of the road, as well as some people carrying loads on their shoulders and rushing to the trading area.
It seems as if the bustle of the entire Yunhai City has come here!
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