Chapter 104 Wei County
"Humph, I told you before that there's no need to make this trip. Didn't you hear the news coming out of the hotel? The guy with the scar on his face was dissatisfied with A Zhuang's attitude and wanted to take revenge. He kicked them out of the car at the county entrance and deliberately let them walk in despite the strong wind and heavy snow!"
"I just want to give it a try! You know A Zhuang, who knows whether he is telling the truth or not! But the world is really bad now, anyone can join the army. Look at his scar, it's ugly and scary. Maybe he was a gangster and a frequent prisoner..."
"That's right. How could a healthy person have such a deep and long scar on his forehead? It must have been caused by a knife. I don't know how many lives have been lost on the hands of such a vicious person!"
"Forget it, let's go back quickly. His brother has other plans anyway. Wait and see. When we get the car, we'll tie him up and teach him a lesson—"
The footsteps of the two men had already reached the door of the emergency exit. Yao Ruoyun's eyes showed anxiety. Her hand had already reached into the pocket of her backpack and took out a stun gun.
But Shu Fu was faster than her. She took out a nail gun from her backpack with an expressionless face. Without any hesitation, she walked lightly around the corner and shot at the man's legs.
The sharp spikes shot at close range could penetrate even the thickest clothing, not to mention that they were not wearing very thick clothes.
The two men fell to the ground wailing before they could react. One of them cursed, pulled out a dagger from his waist, dragged his injured leg, and struggled to stab Shu Fu. Before Shu Fu could patch up the wound, Yao Ruoyun's electric baton had already arrived. She directly pressed the man's neck. After the crackling sound of electricity, he fell to the ground, twitching all over.
Shu Fu stepped forward and kicked the dagger in his hand away, then stabbed the other man's dishonest hand a few more times, and Yao Ruoyun also stabbed that man afterwards.
This time, the two of them were completely obedient. They lay flat on the ground, twitching from time to time, but they were still conscious. They stared at the two of them and wanted to eat them up. They were probably wondering how they had capsized in the gutter and how they had fallen into the hands of two little girls...
Yao Ruoyun thought Shu Fu would immediately go to the venue on the other side of the passage to find Cheng Yu and the others, but she took the electric baton in her hand and squatted in front of the two people on the ground: "Have you ever looked in the mirror before going out? Who can be as ugly as you? When you were only thinking about how to calculate others and talking about others, he and they fought for this country and the people again and again.
He used his blood to guard the border and the country. He is so handsome, how can he be ugly? Even with scars, he is still a hundred times more handsome than you! You will never understand a person like him, because the two of you are not even good people. Look at yourselves, you are really two stupid, bad and ugly things! "
For the last sentence, Shu Fu shocked them with the electric baton for every word she said. Not only the two people lying on the ground being shocked by her, even Yao Ruoyun subconsciously hugged herself tightly because of the continuous crackling sound of the electricity.
When Shu Fu stood up again, the two people on the ground had been electrocuted and knocked unconscious.
Shu Fu handed the stun gun back to Yao Ruoyun and smiled at her: "Sorry, the battery is out."
"..." Yao Ruoyun was stunned for a moment, then rushed over and hugged her, "It feels so good to scold her, senior sister is so handsome!"
Shu Fu was not prepared this time, and Yao Ruoyun had recovered and had just finished a bag of self-heating rice before coming over. This pounce made Shu Fu take several steps back, and then she was steadily held by a pair of big hands.
She turned around and met Cheng Yu's downcast eyes.
He was looking at her, his pupils were dark, but the light in his eyes was bright.
When Yao Ruoyun saw Cheng Yu, she stood still and politely called him Captain Cheng. She actually wanted to call him Uncle Cheng, after all, he was Xun Huiming's uncle, but - facing his face, she couldn't bring herself to call him that.
"How did you get out?" Shu Fu asked subconsciously, but soon realized, "So you knew - so you let them go on purpose. Did we act too quickly?"
Yao Ruoyun also understood: "Fishing? Oh, what should we do now? They are all dizzy..."
"It's okay." Cheng Yu's hands were still on Shu Fu's shoulders, and it seemed like a long time before he gently let her go.
He didn't look angry at all, and even looked oddly happy.
"Don't have that expression. The captain said it's okay. Don't be afraid. Haven't you heard the saying, 'Strength can defeat skill! Besides, we have all kinds of ways to make them talk!" At the side, another team member came up with a smile. He held a life rope in his hand, and with quick movements he tied up the hands and feet of the two people on the ground, then effortlessly dragged them into the venue on the other side.
"A strong man!" Yao Ruoyun was stunned and followed him immediately.
"You...how did you get here?" Cheng Yu looked at Shu Fu again.
Shu Fu had just looked at the top of his head, and there was nothing there. She was a little disappointed.
Why did they come here? Of course, they came to carefully check how many people in this group of people had white light bars flashing above their heads. After all, the basic progress of this task was 20%.
But she just smiled at him: "I came to see how you guys are settling in. I was afraid you were cold, so I brought you some heating packs."
As she spoke, she took out Cheng Yu's backpack, unfolded it, stuffed a large bag of heating pads into it, and handed it to Cheng Yu: "The backpack cannot be left empty. This is a return gift, you must accept it."
She knew that most of the rations they carried were self-heating, but there were probably no heating packs like this one that simply stuck to the body to keep warm.
She had plenty of these heat packs. In addition to the 1,000 packs she stockpiled at the beginning, she salvaged a lot more when she lived in Suicheng for a period of time. Because these were all wrapped in several layers of plastic bags and were well waterproofed, and Suicheng had just been flooded at that time, these supplies had not been soaked in water for long and were not damaged.
Cheng Yu didn't refuse, he took it directly and said thank you.
**
On the other side of the passage is an indoor basketball and badminton hall. It is not big, with only seats for spectators on two sides, but the roof is very high, about six or seven stories high. There are two rows of high standing aisles above the seats, and there is a small control room at the end of the aisle.
It's very dark inside because there are no windows downstairs. The windows are all on the standing aisles, low and narrow. In fact, this type of building is quite solid because they have solid outer walls, few windows, and are relatively warm.
In addition to a north entrance connected to the outside corridor, there is also a large rolling door facing south.
Outside this rolling door is the outdoor activity area and the entrance to the gymnasium. The off-road vehicles and armored vehicles drove in directly from this door and were parked in an L shape in the stadium. They used this L-shaped parking space as a support and pulled out a simple tent. Folding tables and chairs were set up next to the tent, and two gas stoves were set up to heat up some food.
In addition to Liu Shuang, there is another female team member with short hair. This tent is mainly set up for the two of them.
Shu Fu had seen another female team member before. She was the one coming down the stairs with Liu Shuang. She had a buzz cut and a strong build. Plus, she was wearing a hat and standing behind Han Dong, so she once mistook her for a boy.
At this moment, she was taking the two people who were dragged in from the "strongman" team member Awen. She smiled as if she had found some interesting toys, and then began to tie the two people to the basketball stand with a unique method. While tying them, she said to Liu Shuang: "Captain Liu, don't worry, I will make them talk before dark."
Yao Ruoyun watched along the way, exclaiming in admiration from time to time, as if she had learned a lot of new "knowledge" all at once.
Liu Shuang's expression was a bit awkward: "Isn't there a basement over there? Do you want to go there?" After all, there were two little girls here, and she was afraid of the bad influence...
"It's okay, they are old enough to gain more experience!" The female team member had a very "gentle" name called Wenrou, but unfortunately she was not gentle at all at this moment. She punched one of the tied-up men directly in the eyes, violently waking him up.
Yao Ruoyun exclaimed again: "Sister is so handsome!"
Wenrou was in a good mood because she rarely had someone to support her. She began to teach her, "Men are actually much more fragile than women. As long as you find their weaknesses, even if you don't know how to fight or martial arts, you can make them cry for mercy on their knees..."
“Hmm…” Yao Ruoyun simply sat down cross-legged and listened carefully.
"..." Liu Shuang was speechless. She turned around and found that Shu Fu was also watching. She was about to adjust her position to block her view, but Cheng Yu had already dragged a folding chair over, gently pulled Shu Fu to sit down, and stuffed a can of hot eight-treasure porridge into her hand.
After she sat down, her view towards the basketball hoop was completely blocked.
Liu Shuang glanced at Cheng Yu silently, then looked away wordlessly.
Shu Fu really had nothing to do here. While drinking porridge, she looked at each team member calmly and checked carefully above their heads. So far, she did not see any flashing light strips on anyone's head.
But this does not mean that it does not exist, because even if it does exist, it will not always appear unless the progress bar is full.
For example, when she was in the Northern Plateau, the reason why she could frequently see and perceive the abnormal conditions of Chen Fa and Lu Zheng was mainly because she was with them day and night.
So now the question is, should she just move to the gymnasium and be with them day and night?
Soon, there seemed to be progress with Wenrou. Awen, a member of the "Strongman" team, came over and called Cheng Yu. After Cheng Yu went over, Yao Ruoyun could no longer watch.
She was not a timid person and she had come into contact with people from various troops along the way. She was not afraid of the cool Liu Shuang, nor was she afraid of Han Lan, whose smile was always meaningful, nor was she afraid of the tough Wen Rou. But to be honest, she was a little afraid of Cheng Yu.
This feeling was not strong when they were in Suicheng before, but when they met again this time, he gave her the feeling of a sharp blade. She didn't know if it was because of the scar on his forehead.
She didn't think scars were scary like the two people just now. They were medals left by soldiers in battle. She respected and admired them, but at the same time, it would make him feel more distant.
At the side, Han Lan dragged a chair over and sat down. He just happened to hear Yao Ruoyun whispering to Shu Fu about the scar on Cheng Yu's forehead, so he said, "It wasn't caused by a knife, but by shrapnel from a stray bullet. Awen and the others came back and said that the attack happened too quickly... There was blood all over his face, and they were all shocked and thought he was dead..."
Shu Fu looked at Han Lan: "At the border?"
"You know about the border?" Han Lan raised his eyebrows, seeming to be interested. "He actually told you?"
Shu Fu shook her head: "I only know that he went to the border, and I don't know anything else."
Han Lan nodded: "It was quite dangerous that time. We all knew it when we went there, and we signed everything we were supposed to sign. But I was the one who was in danger that time, and he was fine. Nothing serious happened."
Han Lan paused as he spoke, as if he remembered a more dangerous scene. "His injury... was caused when we were in the north. I didn't go that time and I'm still recovering." As he spoke, he touched his abdomen, where the wound was obviously.
"North?" Yao Ruoyun asked curiously in a low voice.
Liu Shuang also sat over. Han Lan thought she didn't want him to talk, but she just sat there and didn't say much, so he continued: "This matter has been officially made public now, and there's nothing to be shy about. If you've been online before, you probably know about ichthyosis, do you know about it?"
Shu Fu's eyes moved slightly, and Yao Ruoyun nodded.
"In Youcheng, someone built a large-scale urban experimental hotbed... He was injured there. Although I didn't go there, I heard from those who came back alive that it was really dangerous, even more dangerous than the border. I don't know where the people over there got so many weapons from... It was mainly because the other side had no scruples, and we had to attack strictly according to the designated points for fear of killing the patients... After that, we were forced to engage in street fighting... In the end, only half of the team came back, and many of those who came back went for psychological treatment... He didn't like to talk much, and he talked even less after he came back that time..." Han Lan said, his eyes involuntarily looking at Shu Fu.
In fact, he mainly told her about these things. In his opinion, it is not good for a man to be too strong. Sometimes he should show his vulnerable side at the right time to better arouse the girl's desire to protect him.
However, Shu Fu's reaction was a little strange, and it was beyond his expectations. Her eyes seemed a little vacant, as if she remembered something else while listening.
Shu Fu did remember other things. She remembered the explosion scene she saw when she left Youcheng.
So, at that time, Cheng Yu was already in Youcheng?
Was this scar the result of the injuries he sustained during that mission, when he narrowly escaped death?
But she didn't understand. She was clearly there, so why was the task triggered not to go to Youcheng, but to leave directly for Yuncheng?
He had been involved in those missions several times before. If he was also an awakened one, why didn't he take him into consideration at all in that mission?
Is it because... he won't die in that mission?
**
Late at night, Shu Fu woke up to the sound of howling wind. They all slept in the kitchen that night. Liu Shuang and his friends found two mattresses, one large and one small, which just fit together in the kitchen.
They started a fire in a stainless steel barrel in the corridor. The heat from the flames penetrated through, making the entire corridor and the kitchen warm. With the heating pack Shu Fu brought out and the mattress covered with a thick blanket, the two of them slept much better than before in the hospital.
When she heard the sound of the wind, Shu Fu thought someone was blowing a sharp whistle outside the window, but her sense of crisis quickly woke her up. As soon as she sat up, she felt the change in room temperature.
It was too cold. I had lit a fire, and the warmth I could feel before going to bed was now suppressed by the coldness in the air.
She heard the sound of a walkie-talkie and hurriedly found it in her backpack. Cheng Yu's voice came from it.
He came to remind her to cool down, fearing that she would fall asleep and freeze. He had called her several times, and if she didn't reply, he would prepare to call her satellite phone. Fortunately, she replied, and Cheng Yu was obviously relieved. He reminded her to go to bed later, and someone had to stay to watch the night, and to light a stove for heating, and to pay attention to air circulation to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning.
Shu Fu knew that he meant well, so she agreed to all his requests and then asked him about the situation over there.
Cheng Yu told her that they had a basement, which was small but had an exhaust vent, so they could light a fire to keep out the cold. They often went out and had plenty of equipment, so she didn't have to worry, just take care of herself and call him if anything went wrong. If the walkie-talkie ran out of battery, she could use the satellite phone and he would come directly over.
Shu Fu agreed again.
Afterwards, she woke up Yao Ruoyun, who was half asleep and felt cold. When she woke up, she immediately sat up shivering. She opened the quilt, took the military coat beside her, put it on over her cotton coat, and then wrapped herself in the quilt.
Shu Fu also put on a windbreaker with a down liner. She took out an electronic room thermometer that could quickly measure temperature from her backpack. After a moment, the temperature came out: -22℃.
"Oh my! No wonder it's so cold!" Yao Ruoyun put on the hood of her cotton jacket and buttoned her military coat one by one, but she still felt cold.
She got up, put on her shoes, went to the kitchen stove, and brought the two honeycomb coal stoves she had prepared before going to bed to the stainless steel barrel on the corridor. She first put a few pieces of burning wood into them and laid them on the bottom layer, and then put two pieces of honeycomb coal in each stove.
With the fire starter below, the honeycomb coal quickly burned. She placed one honeycomb coal stove in the corridor against the outer wall of the kitchen, and the second one directly at the kitchen door. The cold room suddenly warmed up a lot.
"Still have to be careful." Shu Fu said, "taking out" a small round electronic device from her backpack and placing it next to the two beds in the kitchen. This is a household rechargeable carbon monoxide alarm with two alarm thresholds, the low alarm value is 25% of the range, and the high alarm value is 50% of the range.
The measuring range is 50 to 300 PPM. If the high alarm value is set, an alarm will be triggered when it reaches 150 PPM.
Generally, if the PPM exceeds 100, you will feel a mild headache, and if it exceeds 400, you will feel headache and nausea.
So as long as the PPM is within the threshold range of this alarm, nothing will happen to them.
"Senior sister, how come you even have this?" Yao Ruoyun came over and watched Shu Fu turn it on and set the alarm threshold and volume.
Shu Fu looked back at the white light flashing above her head again, reached out and touched her cold face, then took out a thick velvet scarf from her backpack and handed it to her, motioning her to put it on: "You will have everything soon."
"Ah?" Yao Ruoyun didn't understand.
She put on the scarf, and the back of her neck and cheeks were immediately wrapped in the thick warm fleece. As the temperature in the room rose a little, she felt not as cold as before, and finally noticed the situation outside the window.
She leaned over to the window, crouched between two wooden bars and tried to look out, and suddenly exclaimed, "Oh my god! Senior, come and see!"
"What's wrong?" Shu Fu also "took out" a thick fleece scarf from her backpack, wrapped it around the hood of her windbreaker, and covered her neck and half of her face.
"The snow outside is piling up so fast, it's almost submerging the first floor!"
Upon hearing this, Shu Fu also moved closer to the window. Because the hot air from her breath could easily form fog on the cold window glass, she had to wipe it while looking out. With the dim yellow light from the few street lamps that were still on in the central square of Wei County, she saw the pure white world of ice and snow outside.
Whether it was the houses nearby or the hillsides in the distance, everything was covered with thick white.
The snow had already accumulated very deep, but there was no sign of stopping. The strong wind rolled up the snowflakes as big as goose feathers, and the snowflakes were rolled into snowballs, as if pouring down from the sky. In their lifetime, neither of them had ever seen such a heavy snowstorm, as if the entire planet was swept into a prehistoric ice age overnight.
Shu Fu had seen cities submerged in water, dams hundreds of meters high, tsunamis hundreds of meters high, schools of strange fish jumping and biting humans crazily, and patients with ichthyosis covered in gray scabs...
No matter what kind of disaster scene it is, it is a picture with sound, crying, screaming, struggling for help, and everything is boiling, just to fight for a chance to survive.
But she had never seen such a world before. The sky and the ground were all suffocatingly white. There was no color, no howling, only endless snowballs falling.
It was a desolate, cold and silent world. Everything in the world seemed to have been buried deep under the thick layer of ice and snow.
At this moment, they hiding behind the window seemed to be the only humans in the world.
A moment later, Shu Fu felt the vibration on his wrist.
Mission accomplished.
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