The country's air defense capabilities are just as Li Wenjia said. Even in the early morning when visibility is not high, the radars of those ground-based laser weapons have already detected the incoming missiles.
Watching the missiles exploding in the sky on her way home, she'd be lying if she said she wasn't terrified. As for why she had to go home first, it was because she looked unsightly naked. Going to the shelter like that might have her labeled a pervert. "Don't forget to bring me two clothes!" That "Li Jiawen" had the audacity to ask her to borrow some. Even though she still had her old clothes at home, it still felt strange.
Of course, there was no one on the streets, and there weren't any zero-dollar shopping incidents. So, despite being somewhat desolate, the streets were actually quite clean. "Li Jiawen" was right. This country recognized the possibility of war very early on, and began evacuating people in batches over a month in advance. I don't know how far they've gotten; perhaps all 1.5 billion people have been properly accommodated.
Jiang Youwei didn't take advantage of the fact that no one was watching to go to the gold shop to buy some gold and jewelry. She had no idea what those things were. Someone who had never been rich couldn't imagine the value of luxury goods. However, when she passed by a convenience store, she found some strong liquor inside.
She calmly packed the liquor she'd found, then carried a large plastic bag in each hand. In that short time, she figured it out: it was a nuclear war anyway, and the difference between those hanging around outside and dying sooner or later was just a matter of time. "Death is the end!" So she continued her leisurely walk home.
The old man downstairs is still waiting to bask in the sun. If a nuclear explosion were to happen here, he'd probably be cast a shadow. Who knows, maybe people will think of this place as a popular online attraction in the future. In that case, the old man won't have any regrets.
Jiang Youwei followed Li Jiawen's advice for her outfit this time, opting for tighter clothing. Considering the potential for intense exercise, she also layered a white sports bra underneath. After changing completely, she followed the advice and added a disposable raincoat with trouser legs. She secured the cuffs of the raincoat to her rubber gloves with tape, then attached the trouser legs to her rain boots in the same manner.
After getting everything done, Jiang Youwei felt like he was trapped in a plastic bag, like that cat he used to love getting into bags. The head also needed protection. According to "Li Jiawen," if there's even one leak, the whole set is useless. So they got a few motorcycle helmets, and before putting them on, they also got a few masks. Even with her physical condition, it still felt a bit difficult to breathe.
"Hey, let me tell you, what if, after all the precautions are taken, this set of clothes will be wasted?" She took several breaths while sending a telepathic message to Li Wenjia.
"It's better to be prepared. To be honest, monsters like us may not be afraid of nuclear radiation at all!" The guy seemed to have run to a clothing store and had already packaged himself.
. . . . . .
The state-provided shelter was located on the outskirts of the city, far away from any industrial areas or hazardous materials warehouses, so their meeting point was on a road leading to the suburbs.
When Jiang Youwei and his family found the road in their SUV, they saw "Li Jiawen" waiting there from afar.
"Is this your little friend?" Jiang Wenwu, sitting in the passenger seat, leaned over the car window and asked Jiang Youwei, "When did you find a Shamatte?"
"Ah? He wasn't like this before! And do you have the right to say that about others? You little female devil?" Jiang Youwei mercilessly exposed her strange question.
The person in front of him was a handsome young man with gray hair, who looked to be just over 20 years old. It looked fine from a distance, but when the car stopped, Jiang Youwei discovered that the guy's hair had become a mess, and his chin was covered with gray beard.
"Fuck, why did you become like this?"
"How should I know? I passed out after using that thing, and when I woke up I looked like this."
"Where's the fat guy?"
"He's already gone to live with relatives at a shelter. It seems to be quite far from here. By the way, won't you introduce him to them?"
"Ah? Oh! This is my dad, and this is my mom!" She pointed to the right and then to the left.
"???" Li Wenjia looked incredulous, then suddenly asked, "Does your family reproduce parthenogenetically?"
"No!" Jiang Youwei was a little angry, and then she changed the subject: "Where are those awesome-looking exoskeletons of yours?"
"I hid it... Actually, I just dug a hole, put it down, and then filled it up. The shelter probably doesn't allow us to have things like this."
"Hello, let me ask you, how can we get in if we don't have an ID card?" Huang Xiaohong's voice came from the front. She was indeed the most reliable person in the family.
"My name isn't 'Hey'. I have a name: Li Wenjia! As for how to get in, just go and get it at the door! We four look young, so they'll probably let us in. Just fill in any name you want."
"Ah? So your name is 'Wen Jia'?" Jiang Youwei was a little surprised, but she didn't ask. After all, she was hiding it from others. Besides, she might really have to live under an alias from now on. It was finally time to accept herself. She had never wanted to abandon the past.
. . . . . .
"This second-tier city's refuge is hidden within a village. It has three underground floors and one above ground. The second underground floor is connected to the city's subway, and the third underground floor has two large, perpendicular subway lines connecting to other cities. With the Magic City as its center, they've constructed a massive underground Great Wall covering an area of hundreds of kilometers."
Along the way, Li Wenjia explained, "They started digging before the last war, and they've been using infrastructure to cover up the news. You must have often heard about the water pipe repairs, right? But I guess they haven't done much in the past few years. All the post-war resources were poured into Nanzhou. The current shelter expansion should have started a month ago, and the underground network only exists in some large coastal and inland cities. With a population of 1.5 billion, it's likely too big to accommodate them."
"What about the rest of the people?"
"I don't know, but the higher-ups will definitely arrange it." He shrugged.
This road didn't lead directly to the shelter; there were several forks on the offline map, and when they turned into the second fork, the road was blocked. It was spectacular here. If you looked down from the sky, one side of this two-way road that eventually led to the shelter was already crowded with private cars, while the other side was empty, without a single unruly car.
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