Chapter 172 Chapter 172 Flood
This minor disturbance passed quickly and no one's life was greatly affected.
However, He Junxia kept revising everyone's training plan, and even the elderly like Aunt Wu and Su Guizhi learned some necessary self-defense methods.
Several children were even told by the adults not to go to other floors to play without leaving their sight.
In such an atmosphere, even if there is an occasional heated quarrel among people, it will soon die down and will not make things too big.
The two groups have been living in peace, and superficial peace is maintained in the government building, but other gathering places for survivors are not so peaceful.
For example, the place where He Junxia once lived - the residential housing allocated to employees of the old cement factory.
Although the sturdy building survived the sudden waves, the rapidly rising water level had already submerged all floors.
Only the rooftop barely survived.
But even so, the water on the rooftop has reached the knees of an adult.
Even if we can use containers to scoop out all the water this time, reality has proven that the rooftop is no longer suitable for human habitation.
Otherwise, when the next wave comes or the water level rises again, they will have to leave their belongings to fate.
The last four families left all wanted to leave.
But the problem is, there is only one kayak, who goes first and who goes last?
The person who goes first can take the kayak for himself with just a little bit of evil intention, but the person who falls behind can only hope that the person in front keeps his promise.
A war is imminent
The group of people were arguing fiercely and almost came to blows. Finally, the prestigious Zhou Zhengwen suggested that the decision be made by drawing lots.
The order of departure is determined by drawing lots, but when each family leaves, people from the other two families must be present on the boat.
This method does not favor anyone and can be considered fair, but some people are still unhappy about it.
Someone who had been beaten by Miao Yueze jumped out to protest: "I'm just one person, what's the point of following you back and forth?"
The remaining three families exchanged glances, and Zhou Zhengwen said, "We can send you off first."
They really didn't want to have anything to do with this guy anymore. Even after living together on the rooftop for thirty or forty days, it was hard to tolerate his occasional extortion.
If they were not afraid of hurting the rat, not to mention giving the other party food, they would even want to put a sack on the man and beat him up.
"No, what if you abandon me and run away? How will I survive on my own?"
The man looked like a scoundrel.
Living alone means that one person can feed the whole family. He always eats as much as he can find and never deprives his stomach.
Therefore, he had no food left.
The man opened his mouth, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth. "You can let me go first, but each of you must give me ten packets of instant noodles and ten small breads..."
Zhou Zhengwen laughed angrily.
I'm really giving you face, but you've taken such a great advantage and still dare to ask for such a high price.
He suddenly remembered what Miao Yuexing had said to him before he left. He wondered if he had guessed the current situation a long time ago.
If you don't make a decision when you should, you will suffer the consequences.
Zhou Zhengwen's expression darkened. He turned around and gave a wink to the heads of the other three companies, indicating that they should follow him.
Several people working together can't beat one man?
Just kidding.
Zhou Zhengwen decisively refused: "We are not your parents, we can't give you food. If you want to eat, go out and find it yourself."
"Don't even think about leaving if you don't give it to anyone."
The man stood in front of the door of the storage room where the kayaks were stored in a shameless manner, as if he was waiting for everyone to die together.
"Tian Duodi, don't go too far!"
Zhou Zhengwen took a step forward and warned him again. The distance between the two was less than two meters, and the other people also surrounded him tacitly.
But Tian Duodi had not noticed anything was wrong, or he had been blinded by everyone's past tolerance.
"You decide for yourself."
"I don't want to have an easy life, and neither do you."
Looking at Tian Duodi's boastful face, Zhou Zhengwen said with a forced smile: "Okay, I promise, I will give you the food."
A triumphant smile appeared on the man's face.
However, the next second, Zhou Zhengwen rushed forward and knocked him to the ground. The man still had the same smile on his face, but the situation was completely different.
By the time Tian Duodi reacted and started struggling, several other people had already stepped forward and held down his hands and feet.
"What are you doing? Let me go!"
No one paid any attention to his angry and terrified questioning. Zhou Zhengwen turned around and shouted, "Bring me a rope."
The man's pupils shrank and he shouted nervously, "Let me go! What you are doing is illegal! I will definitely call the police to arrest you."
Unfortunately, the people on the rooftop were already disgusted by him, and they just smiled when they heard this.
"Call the police first."
Zhou Zhengwen tied Tian Duodi's hands and feet tightly with ropes, and the man lay on his back on the ground, unable to move.
What now?
A group of people looked at Zhou Zhengwen, who was now their backbone.
Zhou Zhengwen thought for a moment and said, "Let's ignore him for now. Let's pack up and get ready to go."
With the bad apple gone, everyone felt much better and no longer argued as much as before.
Everyone looked around for a while and finally decided to take refuge in a tall building in the central square.
This building has 20 floors and was once a large hotel. Later, due to poor management, the hotel went bankrupt and was divided and rented out to different businesses, turning it into a comprehensive entertainment building.
After several laborious trips, several families finally transported all the people and supplies over, leaving Tian Duodi alone on the rooftop.
Of course, before the last boat left, they untied the ropes that bound the man's hands.
In addition, they left him a small amount of food and a large plastic basin that could be used as a boat, which was considered to be the most kind thing they could do.
Zhou Zhengwen and his group set up camp on the tenth floor of the central building, but the better places had already been occupied, and there was a group of shameless people collecting protection fees.
The three families discussed it and decided to hand over some food. They had families and families, so it was not easy to confront those people head-on.
However, the three of them combined are a considerable force. After receiving the things, those people kept their promise and did not make things difficult for others.
But how long this delicate and shallow balance can be maintained is unclear.
Maybe it's one or two months, maybe only a week, or even less than seven days.
*
Another half month passed in the blink of an eye.
During this period, the weather was sunny and calm, and there were no more huge waves.
But the muddy flood gradually became clearer, and the waters near the government buildings were so clear that you could see the bottom, and big and small fish were swimming in the air as if they had nowhere to go.
Schools of silvery-white fish swam and swayed, sometimes surrounding clusters of kelp-like water plants to chew and eat.
This kind of water grass is very strange. It is dark green in color, extremely tough, and has sharp serrated edges. It is difficult to tear it apart with brute force and can only be cut horizontally with a sharp blade.
However, the texture after being cooked is similar to that of kelp. The outer layer is sticky and slippery, and it secretes a kind of mucus that breaks easily when pulled.
The survivors living in the government building gave him a very simple name - Green Water Grass.
Like the small silver fish, the green water plants suddenly appeared as if by magic, and then grew and multiplied rapidly in the water, forming patches of water plant forests.
He Junxia suspected that the sudden clarity of the flood was closely related to the green aquatic plants, so he conducted a small experiment.
Put a few pieces of green water grass into a small cup of turbid sewage. In less than five minutes, the sewage becomes clean, with only large pieces of impurities floating on the water surface.
He Junxia looked at the small plastic cup with clear water and felt a lot of emotions in her heart.
If this kind of green water grass with strong purification ability is placed in areas with serious water pollution, it will probably not take long to clean up a large area of water.
However, this world has been occupied by floods and creatures from another world, so perhaps there will no longer be polluted waters.
A swift black shadow rushed towards the silver fish school in the green water and grass forest. It opened its bloody mouth and used its sharp teeth to cut several small fish in half and swallowed them into its stomach.
The panicked silverfish fled in all directions, with the black shadow chasing closely.
It was faster and more agile than the small silverfish. After a while, it swallowed a large school of fish and then rested contentedly in the green water plants.
This fish is also a newly discovered species. It is generally more than one meter long and has a raised white bony dorsal fin on its back.
People usually call it the black bone shark.
The black bone shark is a ferocious and typical carnivorous fish. It mainly feeds on small silver fish and likes to move around in sunny periods.
However, so far no one has been able to catch a blackbone shark and bring it ashore for a closer observation.
He Junxia tried it once, but even with his extraordinary strength, he was almost dragged into the water by the black bone shark.
He is still lucky.
There was an unlucky guy in the government building who was fishing for silver fish with bread crumbs. As a result, the silver fish he hooked was bitten by a black bone shark and would not let go.
The man was dragged down by the black bone shark. The black bone shark was very cautious at first and had no intention of attacking him.
But when he was struggling in the water, his arm was unfortunately cut by the fishing line, and the bright red blood instantly attracted the attention of the black bone shark.
That was the first time that people in the government building saw the black bone sharks, which usually traveled alone, gathering together, and the final scene was horrific.
A living being was eaten up like an animal, and the blood dyed the water red.
All those who witnessed this scene lost their appetite for dinner that afternoon, and the timid ones even had nightmares for several days in a row.
The crystal clear waters became the most feared place in people's hearts. After that day, people would rather eat tasteless silver fish than go out on vehicles to look for food.
However, things don't always go as planned.
After a short rest, the calm water surface once again experienced a violent outburst.
The sky suddenly darkened.
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