When the person on the beach turned around, Lu Yuan finally saw the person's face clearly.
"Sister Han? What are you doing here?" Lu Yuan looked at her in surprise.
Han Wen looked at Lu Yuan with a smile: "Haha! Surprised? I'm actually a member of a mysterious organization, but I've never heard about you searching for your family! So... if you encounter any problems in the future, you can leave them to me!"
Lu Yuan sighed, feeling that this mysterious organization was truly mysterious, and that Han Wen was actually a member of it.
"By the way, Sister Han, aren't you from the intelligence agency? What's going on here...?"
Han Wen shook his head slightly and said, "The intelligence agency is out of control now. Various forces are vying for power, and the intelligence agency has split into several parts. I couldn't find a suitable place to belong, so I joined this organization. It just so happens that this is the same job I do, which is my old profession. I'm quite good at it! It's getting late, let's hurry up and set off!"
Everyone nodded, then picked up their bags and began walking into the sea.
This was a method Lu Yuan never expected. No wonder Xi Wen kept asking him if he had ever swum on the way here. Lu Yuan had been to a swimming pool a few times, but he still felt a bit powerless when it came to swimming, especially swimming hundreds of meters in the sea in such cold weather. When they got on their boat, Lu Yuan almost couldn't keep going.
Fortunately, Xiwen and the others were all excellent swimmers, and they helped Lu Yuan swim all the way to the boat.
Holding the steaming ginger soup, Lu Yuan sipped it gently, and the heat that had been lost from his body was gradually being replenished.
The group of people began to take up their respective posts. Han Wen was in charge of intelligence work, so she was trying to contact some forces that might be encountered in the vicinity. Although there was chaos everywhere, each place seemed to have a ruling institution responsible for local management. Although it was not comparable to before the apocalypse, at least there would not be widespread chaos.
Along the way, Lu Yuan made frequent stops and starts, and he was somewhat worried, fearing that some ignorant forces might come to provoke him. Lu Yuan was not afraid of conflict with them, but he was afraid that a conflict would slow down their journey. Time is money, time is life. Since boarding this ship, Lu Yuan felt that his homesickness had become particularly strong.
Lu Yuan hadn't been so homesick when he was in District 5, but now, he was constantly worried about his family. Especially after passing through a small island, Lu Yuan realized how good the security management in District 5 was. Although it was divided into inner and outer cities, the management was quite good.
The island they had just passed was a few thousand square kilometers that had broken off from the mainland. Its inhabitants were few in number, but their living conditions were extremely harsh. From a distance, Lu Yuan saw many people paddling rafts on the sea, using nets to catch aquatic fish, though these fish seemed to have become particularly scarce due to the apocalypse.
Several boys watched with longing in their eyes as a huge cargo ship passed by. They were tempted and yearned to see the people on board wearing thick clothes. Some of the boys even claimed that they wanted to join them, but Xiwen ruthlessly rejected them.
Lunch consisted of fish and shrimp caught from the sea. The fish and shrimp were not very big, but there was plenty of them, enough for seven people.
Seeing Lu Yuan's silence, Xi Wen raised her eyebrows and smiled: "Lu Yuan, are you still worried about your family? Actually, you don't need to worry. As long as we don't encounter any dangers along the way, you'll probably be able to see your family in about half a month!"
Lu Yuan smiled and nodded: "Thank you, I wasn't thinking about my family! I just felt that the people in those places were really pitiful! It's been more than half a year since the earthquake, I didn't expect their lives to still be like this!"
"Heh! They live at the very bottom of this era. Fortunately, they can still catch some fish and shrimp at sea, otherwise, these children simply wouldn't have survived!"
Han Wen, standing to the side, nodded in agreement: "Yes, those who live by the sea are much better off than those who live inland! At least they have some security in their lives! Their biggest difficulty now is how to survive under such oppressive rule! That's their biggest challenge!"
"Huh? The people in charge above also exploit them?"
"Of course, didn't you notice? These kids all have tattoos on their arms. These tattoos represent which faction they belong to. They're treated like commodities!"
"Commodities?" Lu Yuan kept tasting the word. It sounded too jarring. Those children were just teenagers, yet they had become commodities of the rulers. That meant they could be freely bought and sold. If they could find a buyer with even a little conscience, their lives might change. But in this apocalypse, it was hard to find anyone with pity anymore. They didn't even have the ability to protect themselves, let alone protect these children.
Before the apocalypse, the country always advocated that children were the future of the nation and the flowers of the motherland. But now it seems that these children can't even protect themselves. After the devastation of the apocalypse, these children have all become slaves. How can they be called the flowers of the future? It sounds very ironic.
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