Chapter 40 The First Rain
September 17th, the 25th day of the apocalypse and the fifth day of migration.
Yan Wei and Li Hangyuan leaned against the car body, looking a little unhappy.
"Why is the uncle here again?"
"Who knows? Hey, what exactly did Lu Ming give you? Did you see it clearly?"
The person they were discussing, Lu Ming, was handing the box to the man opposite him.
"Professor Qin, you must keep it safe this time. Don't let it be snatched away again."
This person was none other than Professor Qin Mu from University N, whom he had met once before.
They are not from the same squadron as Luming, but both belong to the 14th Squadron.
Two days ago, his wife Wen Minjun had a heat stroke, and he asked people everywhere to find her medicine. Coincidentally, the captain of the 14th Brigade happened to be the captain of Lu Shaoyang's team. Lu Ming accidentally learned about this and passed the news to Qin Mu.
Yesterday he took a box of Huoxiang Zhengqi water, but after he drank one, it was snatched away by someone else.
There was no way around it. The weather was hot and the car was too stuffy, so many people suffered from heatstroke. However, the army was short of supplies, there was not much food, and medicine was even more expensive, so the request for medicine was rejected, and those who were sick had to endure it.
A day passed and his wife's condition didn't improve much, so today she shamelessly came over to ask if there was anything else.
Although Lu Ming had a lot of stock, with so many people eyeing it, he had no choice but to tell Qin Mu that this was the last box and if it was snatched away again, it would be gone forever.
Qin Mu took the box, unwrapped it, took out the small bottles and stuffed them back in. After hesitating for a long time, he asked hesitantly, "Student Lu, can you lend me another knife?"
Lu Ming was surprised for a moment, "What do you want to do?"
He said with difficulty, "Be careful of others. Some people used to be brothers, but now they rob me without hesitation. I'm afraid they will do something reckless again... If, if it becomes difficult, forget it."
Lu Ming pursed his lips and said, "Wait a moment."
Qin Mu saw her talk to a familiar man, who then took something out and gave it to her. A moment later, she came back with a dagger in her hand.
Lu Ming reminded him, "This knife is very sharp, you must be careful."
Qin Mu took the knife, his eyes moist.
Sometimes the people who are willing to help you are not the friends you have helped before, but strangers you have never met.
Qin Mu thanked him profusely and left. As Lu Ming returned to the car, Yan Wei came over and asked, "Junior, who is that man? Why did he come to see you?"
Lu Ming recounted the story and asked curiously, "You've never seen him at school?"
Yan Wei shook his head. "I studied materials science, and he taught biology. But I know his wife."
"Huh?"
"Dr. Wen works at the school hospital. We play basketball, so injuries are common, so we go there often. Her bone-setting skills are very good, and we all guess she must have been a surgeon at a large hospital."
Lu Ming suddenly realized, but he felt that she was not in good health during both contacts. Why was that?
Li Hangyuan interrupted her thoughts and asked mysteriously, "By the way, do you know what happened last night?"
Lu Ming cooperated and showed a puzzled look.
There was some noise in the middle of the night last night, but it died down after a while, so she ignored it.
"what happened?"
"I heard there was murder!"
"Ah? Who was killed?" Lu Ming was really shocked. There were troops in front and behind, so how could a murder happen?
"It's not ours, it's from the western distribution point. I heard they have fewer regular troops, but more recruits, so the management is quite chaotic. Last night, someone got up and saw several bodies nearby. No one saw who the murderer was, so they just let it go."
Lu Ming glanced at him and asked, "Do you know who the murderer is?"
"How would I know? But some people say that the ones who died were part of a small group. There were two beautiful girls in the group who were molested by another group of bullies. Later, the two girls disappeared inexplicably, and that small group even went to cause trouble."
"So it might be that group of bullies who killed him?"
"Yes, everyone guesses so."
"Ouch!"
"ah!"
A big hand suddenly reached out from behind and slapped one person on the head. When it was Lu Ming's turn, he was patted lightly.
The three of them turned around and saw that it was Gu Chao.
"Didn't you hear me? Why don't you get in the car?"
The three of them immediately tucked their tails between their legs and ran away in shame.
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A few days passed in a flash.
On this day, Luming got up early for a rare occasion.
The sky was a little gloomy, and the wind brought a hint of coolness, refreshing the heart.
Except for Luming, everyone else was happy. It was finally not so hot anymore, and they would feel much better in the car.
And Lu Ming... Lu Ming was sitting in the passenger seat, feeling a little restless, which attracted Gu Chao, who was driving, to pay secret attention to her.
At noon, the sky cleared up again, and the sunlight shone through the clouds and directly onto the ground. Everyone felt the scorching sunlight and wailed in their hearts.
Lu Ming was still anxious, but he suppressed his emotions and cooked porridge for everyone.
She cut some dehydrated vegetables into the porridge and was about to add some salt when her wrist was grabbed.
"What, what happened?" Lu Ming was startled.
Gu Chao gestured for her to look at his hands, "Are you planning to change your taste today?"
Lu Ming looked closely and saw that what was in his hand was a bag of sugar.
"Oh, I got the wrong one." She stuck out her tongue.
Gu Chao took the salt from her hand and said, "Let me do it. You go and rest."
Lu Ming pouted and sat aside obediently.
After lunch, Lu Ming sat alone in the back seat of the SUV to rest.
Click, someone opened the car door and sat next to her.
"Junior, what's wrong with you?" The person who came was Yan Wei.
"Yes, Lu Ming, do you have anything to say?" There was another Li Hangyuan.
However, the objects of Lu Ming's annoyance now were the two of them.
According to the original story, on the twenty-ninth day of the apocalypse, which is this evening, the first rain since the apocalypse quietly arrived.
This rain is both an opportunity and a horn of death.
The rain carried a large amount of diluted zombie viruses, which greatly accelerated the evolution of humans and zombies.
Those with special abilities will be less affected, but ordinary people will experience a second wave of transformation. Also, since the virus in the rain is milder than that in the zombies, it presents a relatively safe opportunity for awakening.
In the original story, after the heavy rain, many weak and sick people turned into zombies, causing heavy losses to the migrating team, but people with special abilities also emerged like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.
In their team, Yan Song and Cheng Ming successfully awakened their superpowers, but Yan Wei and Li Hangyuan were not exposed to the rain, and they did not awaken their superpowers until their death, so she was also very conflicted about whether she should let them try.
But she has been giving them spring water to drink these days, just to catch this rain, because this rain will be the most helpful for awakening, and there will never be such an opportunity again.
Should we let things take their own course and stick with the original plot, or should we try to change it up?
She bit her lip and decided to make things clear and let them choose for themselves, even though it would reveal a lot, but she couldn't care less at the moment.
She turned to look at Yan Wei, "Go and call Gu Chao and Cheng Ming for me. Just tell them I have something to say."
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