After saying that, Xiwen vomited again. Lu Yuan, who was standing in front of him, also felt a little nauseous from what the other person had done.
"Forget it! Watching you throw up makes me lose my appetite! Go eat after you're done throwing up!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiwen vomited again and gave Lu Yuan the middle finger.
Xiao Shan didn't come back that night. Lu Yuan lay in bed feeling a bit bored. He glanced at Xiao Shan's book, flipped through it a few times, and then lost interest.
"Where did this girl go? Did she stay out all night?"
After thinking for a while, Lu Yuan decided to go to sleep first and not wait for Xiao Shan.
While half asleep, Lu Yuan suddenly felt someone pushing him. He rubbed his sleepy eyes and saw that it was Xiao Shan.
"Why are you only getting back now? What time is it?"
Xiao Shan, however, pulled out a tape recorder from behind her back as if presenting a treasure.
"Look! What is this?"
Lu Yuan rubbed his eyes and took a closer look: "Isn't this just an old-fashioned Walkman? What's so special about it? We don't have cassette tapes or anything like that now, and besides, the signal is blocked inside, so it's useless to have it!"
"Hehe! You don't understand! Sister Hanwen spent the whole day today researching this with Xiwen and her team, and they finally found a way to break through the signal jamming device. They've already been able to pick up a few signals!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Yuan immediately became interested. He quickly sat up straight and picked up the tape recorder.
"Be careful! The parts inside this thing are extremely hard to find! Don't break them!" Xiao Shan reminded her cautiously from the side.
"Okay! I didn't even try!"
Lu Yuan then twirled the tape recorder in his hand a few times but couldn't see anything different about it.
"What's the use of this?"
"Hehe! Of course it'll be useful! This thing can pick up signals! It's just missing this part!"
Then Xiao Shan took out something that looked like a fairy from her pocket and handed it to Lu Yuan.
"This thing can receive shortwave signals emitted from underground fortresses as long as it's inserted underground. I've been watching Sister Han Wen research it in her tent just now!"
"Wow, that's amazing! I never knew Sister Han Wen was so talented!"
"That's right! I'm starting to think more and more that Sister Hanwen is my idol. She really knows everything!"
Lu Yuan eagerly took the antenna, dug a hole in the ground, and stuffed the antenna directly into the hole.
"Take this with you! Don't let the other camps find it! Otherwise, it will be confiscated!"
Lu Yuan nodded, then plugged in his earphone and gave Xiao Shan the other earphone. The two of them secretly began searching for a signal inside the tent.
A constant buzzing sound came from the headphones.
"Why is there no signal?"
Xiao Shan also looked puzzled: "I don't know! I just tried it at Sister Hanwen's place, and I could definitely hear the sound! But why can't we hear it here? Is it because the ground here is bad?"
Lu Yuan looked at the position of the antenna, and was just about to make some adjustments when a faint sound came from his headset, so he quickly stopped.
"Wait! There seems to be something here!"
Xiao Shan also heard the sound, and remained motionless like a puppet, squatting down to listen carefully.
The sound from the headphones was extremely faint and contained a lot of static. If you didn't listen carefully, you couldn't even hear the sound clearly.
"It should get better in a bit!"
Lu Yuan continued to adjust the settings, and after a while, the sound became clearer and clearer.
"According to satellite cloud image analysis, a blizzard is expected in the coming days. For the safety of the residents in Phase III, we hope everyone will stay at home and avoid going out unless absolutely necessary. Food supplies may be a little tight at that time, but it will not affect your lives. We hope everyone will follow the arrangements made by the higher-ups. Thank you for listening, and we'll see you tomorrow!"
Then a light and cheerful piece of music started playing.
Lu Yuan and Xiao Shan exchanged a glance.
After a long while, Xiaoshan finally murmured...
"So, the blizzard really is coming! You guessed right again!"
Lu Yuan rolled his eyes. This wasn't something he had guessed at all; he hadn't expected a blizzard to drag on for more than three months. He glanced at the time on his hand.
It's already June 2031. Four years have passed since the apocalypse began. From 2025 to now, only one percent of the global population before the apocalypse remains alive.
The two sighed for a while, then suddenly felt as if they could see right through the layers of rock above.
"Sigh! Let's wait and see! A blizzard is coming, and we're probably not going to have an easy time!"
"Hmm! Do we still have a chance to enter the third phase of the fortress?" Xiao Shan's eyes sparkled with hope.
"Of course! We must enter the third phase of the fortress; only there can we survive like human beings!"
"Yes! I believe you!"
Lu Yuan nodded silently, but a thought was gleaned from his eyes. To enter the third phase of the underground fortress, he had to clear the obstacles in front of him first, and the biggest obstacle he faced now was Gu Wenzhong. If Gu Wenzhong didn't come out, they would be unable to leave this place. However, Gu Wenzhong's strength was simply too great.
Killing him would be incredibly easy; Lu Yuan could think of a thousand ways to do it. But not now. He wasn't alone like he was in District Five, free to consider the consequences. Now, he had his family and friends by his side—people he couldn't abandon.
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