Chapter 66 Homecoming
After Jiang Rong discussed with Uncle Zhao, he walked to the window on the side of the living room and gently lifted a part of the blackout cloth. The slightly dazzling sunlight instantly shone on Jiang Rong's face.
Jiang Rong took a moment to adjust before he turned his gaze to the street outside.
Because it is located on the top floor of the community and the surrounding buildings are generally shorter, Jiang Rong can basically see the situation of the entire area at a glance.
At this time, the streets outside were empty, the snow was thin and dirty, and various disorderly footprints dotted it. With large areas of blood rendering, it looked like a dark oil painting with thick ink and heavy colors.
These were all within Jiang Rong's expectations.
According to Jiang Rong's usual observations, there has been no new snow here for a long time.
During this period of polar night, the mutant beasts outside are extremely active, so it is normal for it to be dirty and messy outside.
But at this moment, the sun had just come out, and the mutant beasts outside, which were originally extremely active, suddenly all ran away.
Jiang Rong looked out the window for a long time but didn't see even the shadow of a mutant beast.
Then he made a judgment.
Is it photophobia?
Jiang Rong was a little puzzled by this look, but he was relieved after a moment.
In fact, since the sudden arrival of the polar night a month ago, the specific development of the natural disaster has been somewhat different from what she remembered from her previous life.
Jiang Rong stayed by the window for a while longer. After a few minutes, red burn marks began to appear on the parts of his body exposed to the sun, and dense pain spread all over his face and neck.
She frowned in pain, then put down the blackout cloth in her hand and left the window.
This is not a good change.
Zhao Runguo looked at her slightly solemn expression and followed her forward. After a while, he also let out a hiss and quickly moved away from the window.
"Xiao Rong, the sun is different now than before. It's very scorching." Zhao Runguo muttered softly.
Jiang Rong nodded upon hearing this.
Afterwards, she used her supernatural powers to eliminate the remaining corrosiveness in her body and also helped Zhao Runguo to purify himself.
At this time, the burn marks on the two men's bodies stopped getting deeper.
Jiang Rong sat quietly on the sofa for a while, still thinking about the scene outside. Although the corrosiveness of the sunlight outside seemed to be much stronger than before, it also suppressed the activities of the mutant beasts outside.
It's half good and half bad.
At least if there was any cover, they might be able to go back directly from the ground, which would be much faster, and they might be able to get back to Qingshan Village in about half a day.
However, out of caution, Jiang Rong and Zhao Runguo decided to wait and observe the situation outside.
As the saying goes, the first tree to stick its head out gets shot, and they don't want to be the unlucky one.
Jiang Rong put away all the things that needed to be put away in the house, while Zhao Runguo returned to the small kitchen and cooked a pot of sweet potato porridge using gas and a pressure cooker.
Three people each had two bowls, and the sweet potato porridge was quickly finished.
At that time, it was 10:30 in the morning.
After Jiang Rong finished his porridge, he walked to the window and looked out.
At this time, she was wearing a big straw hat on her head and her neck was wrapped tightly with a thick and soft scarf.
The brim of the hat was tilted, creating a shadow that just covered her entire face.
Jiang Rong looked down, still at the spacious and empty street outside. After about twenty minutes, he finally saw a few small cars passing by at a rapid speed.
As the car was driving, several small mutant beasts could not help but jump down from the lower floor opposite.
One of the dark black cars was unlucky as it was pounced upon by the mutant beast. The car was impacted and instantly lost control, slamming into the iron fence on the side of the road, followed by billowing smoke.
The person inside reacted quickly. He jumped out of the car when he was attacked and rolled onto the snow on the side. His legs were a little limp and it looked like they might be broken.
The mutant beasts that jumped out of the darkness were not in much better condition than him. As the car body was smoking, their skin began to tear and flesh began to burst, and the sound of sizzling meat was heard.
Jiang Rong was far away and couldn't observe so carefully. He could only roughly see that the situation of both sides was not very good.
Those small mutant beasts came out and gained nothing, with large areas of burns on their bodies. The mutant beasts with quick reactions jumped back into the shadow of the building in a few steps, while the ones with slow reactions caught fire on the spot not long after. In the end, the fire was raging and turned into a charred black.
The corrosiveness suffered by the human was much less than that suffered by the mutant beast that had been burned into charcoal.
Then the streets became quiet again.
After a while, the few cars that had just passed by came back at high speed, and the people in one of the cars quickly dragged the injured man back into the car.
Then the cars drove away again.
Jiang Rong looked at this little episode outside the window with a smile on his face.
Judging from the current situation, the balance of this change seems to have shifted towards humans.
"Uncle Zhao, Qi Hao, we can go now." Jiang Rong turned and said to the two people who were sitting on the sofa waiting.
Zhao Runguo's eyes lit up with joy when he heard that, and he stood up from the sofa instantly. He could finally go home. God knew how anxious he was every day as he had to stay outside and couldn't go home at this time.
Qi Hao didn't say anything, but there was a hint of expectation in his eyes.
Afterwards, the warm white light in the huge living room suddenly dimmed, and with the sound of the door lock turning lightly, Jiang Rong and his friends finally left the house.
The two iron doors in the corridor also need to be locked.
The three of them went straight down, and when they passed by Qi Hao's house, Jiang Rong and Zhao Runguo accompanied him home to get a family photo that was placed on the bedside table in the master bedroom, and then they packed up some useful things before leaving.
Qi Hao wiped the blood splattered on the family portrait again and again, and then carefully put it into the gem space given to him by Sister Rong, to accompany his "sister".
Jiang Rong touched Qi Hao's long hair and didn't say much.
Afterwards, several people rushed to the first floor at a very fast speed.
At times like this, the cars she bought before the disaster came in handy.
However, out of caution, Jiang Rong and his companions finally walked some distance underground before appearing on the street outside with the car. It was a bit abrupt, but it was better than simply conjuring the car out of space.
Jiang Rong can drive, but his skills are average, so the task of driving this time is given to the veteran driver Uncle Zhao.
Uncle Zhao's family used to run a clinic, so he often had to drive himself to get medicine. In short, his driving skills must be much better than Jiang Rong's.
Jiang Rong sat in the passenger seat and Qi Hao sat in the back seat.
"Xiao Rong, shall we go back directly?" Uncle Zhao asked uncertainly. Although he was eager to go home, he had not forgotten that they came out together in a group of six.
Jiang Rong paused for a moment after hearing this, thought for a moment, and then nodded.
It's not very realistic to find someone in such a big county town in such a short time.
However, the polar night fell not long after they separated. It was basically impossible for Chen Ru, Xie Lei and the others to encounter Nan Er's group. Even if Jiang Rong wanted to find them now, he had no idea where to start.
In addition, if Chen Ru and the others were still there, the snow locust liquid they carried with them would be enough for them to deal with the corrosive sunlight outside.
In addition, the mutant beasts are now afraid of light, so the difficulty for them to return to Qingshan Village has been greatly reduced.
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