May 20th is usually the most festive day for businesses, as the meaning of 520 is definitely enough for them to hype it up.
But this year's 520 was different. Early in the morning, Lu Yuan received a voice call.
Picking up his phone, Lu Yuan saw it was Chen Ke, the first person to buy water from him. He had a three-year-old child and seemed like a nice person. At least Lu Yuan knew from his interactions with him that he was just a truck driver who delivered goods. After the apocalypse, the long-distance transportation business had completely declined.
Later, in order to make a living, he and his wife started a small business at home, mainly selling coarse grains. At present, there is no food shortage, and each household still has a lot of grain, so his business is not very good.
"Chen Ke, what's the matter?"
"Have you heard? The people in Zone 2 are trying to take our water from Zone 3, and now the two sides are about to fight!" Chen Ke's voice was somewhat agitated.
"Steal water? Steal what water? Are they going to steal our water truck again?" Lu Yuan suddenly remembered that the gang that almost killed a police officer driver with crossbows last time was from District Two. He didn't expect them to dare to come again!
"No, you know the situation with the water trucks right now. One person opens the sluice gate, and three people escort it! Nobody dares to mess with them. It's the factory area!"
"Factory area? There's water in the factory area?" Lu Yuan was taken aback. He had never heard of water in the factory area. Could it be that someone had secretly dug a well? That would definitely be illegal.
Moreover, it's very difficult to find groundwater now. In the past, you could find groundwater at a depth of 30 to 50 meters, but now, due to the Earth's rotation stopping, you might not find groundwater even at a depth of 100 meters.
"A while ago, a few young men from Zone 2 and Zone 3 went into the factory area to steal something. They found a lot of water in a cooling tower and both sides wanted to take it. They ended up fighting. After they dispersed, they tried to divide the water among themselves, but they both wanted a share and that's when the fight started!"
"Oh my god! Where are you? You didn't go with them, did you?" Lu Yuan didn't want to get involved in these things. Besides, there were a lot of chemicals in the factory area. If something really happened and someone died from drinking it, it would be a huge loss.
"No, I just felt that everyone else went, and it wouldn't be right for me to be the only one not to go, so I asked you." Chen Ke was actually more worried about his youngest daughter, who was only three years old and needed his company at that age. If something happened to her, it would be too late to regret it.
“I don’t lack water here, and I don’t care about the water over there. Let them try to steal it if they want, but I’m not going to go.”
After a moment of silence, the other person said, "Okay, then I won't go. By the way, do you... do you have any water? Could you sell me some?"
“That’s all.” Lu Yuan made a quick decision. Although he had just said that he didn’t lack water, he didn’t want to give it away. At this time, the government was still providing water, although not much, but if used sparingly, it would be enough.
After hanging up the phone, Lu Yuan decided to go and see what was going on. He changed into sun-protective clothing, put on sunglasses, and headed to the factory area.
Before we even arrived at our destination, we heard a noisy commotion.
From a distance, one could see two groups of people, numbering several hundred, with a tall cooling tower in the middle. Lu Yuan had never been to this factory area before. The factory had been shut down due to reasons at the higher level, so it had been abandoned for some time.
Each person was holding various sticks and bricks, and the leaders of both sides pointed at each other and greeted each other's elders and ancestors.
Judging from this situation, once someone from either side makes the first move, a fierce battle is absolutely inevitable.
Finally, a shirtless young man covered in tattoos couldn't resist pushing one of the people in Zone 3, and the battle began at that moment.
It's said that when the weather gets hot, people's tempers flare up, and that's absolutely true. There are only a little over a hundred households in the entire Third District, with a population of less than five hundred, but there are at least a hundred people on the scene, which is basically the entire district's able-bodied young adults.
The two sides pushed and shoved each other, striking each other's bodies with various sticks. For a time, the two sides were fighting fiercely. Lu Yuan frowned, took out his phone, and dialed the number of the policeman he had spoken to earlier.
"Officer He, I have something to report to you!" Lu Yuan knew that it was a wise choice not to go this time. Otherwise, if everyone went to fight, the injured would not receive timely treatment, which could lead to deaths.
Moreover, we are currently in a special period, and hospitals are always overcrowded. There is also a severe shortage of various medicines, and sometimes doctors are helpless when you go to the hospital.
Since we can't stop these people, we have no choice but to call the police.
"Hello Lu Yuan, what's the matter?" Officer He sounded to be in a good mood.
“A large-scale armed conflict broke out between people from Zone 3 and Zone 2, involving several hundred people. I think you should take charge of this.”
The other side was stunned for a moment before reacting, and said urgently, "Really? Hundreds of people? Where are they? I'll bring men right away!"
"It really is Officer He. I'll send you a video so you can see for yourself. The location is inside the chemical plant." Lu Yuan was also a little anxious. If the police didn't dare to intervene, people might really die.
Officer He hung up the phone before he could even say goodbye, and about ten minutes later, a police siren was heard from the village entrance.
More than ten police cars were dispatched, and then dozens of police officers got out and rushed into the chemical plant with guns.
"Stop! All of you, stop! Stop fighting!" a police officer shouted desperately, pulling the two people who were wrestling apart and then handcuffing them.
But the others didn't care about that and were still caught up in the chaos.
When the police could not control the angry villagers, one of them immediately pulled out a gun and fired a shot into the air.
With a loud bang, everyone present was startled, and they all stopped what they were doing. Only then did they realize that something serious had happened.
Officer He shoved his pistol back into its holster, pointed at the crowd, and shouted angrily, "What are you doing! What are you all doing! Fighting! A group fight! Fine! Take them all away! Take them all away!"
All the police officers were mobilized. Some of the more astute people tried to run away as soon as they saw the situation was bad, but the police officers who surrounded the scene tackled them to the ground one by one.
In the end, the police ran out of handcuffs, so some officers brought out ropes and tied them up one by one.
Lu Yuan said he had never seen such a spectacular scene before.
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