Chapter 093 Chapter 93
“Bang, bang, bang—”
The gunfire continued for half the night.
Ji Yang drove back to the villa area. It was so peaceful here that it seemed like another world. Only the sound of gunfire would bring them back to reality. The security team was stationed in several corners in batches. Once they found any situation, they would quickly go over to support and resist.
As a result, someone actually took advantage of the chaos and ran over to try to rob.
There were quite a lot of people, so the security team sounded the alarm. The whole neighborhood, which had been quiet, immediately became abuzz. Everyone with a gun rushed out. Ji Yang and Xie Muchi, who had just returned not long ago, saw this and immediately set off.
Xie Muzhi stopped her, wearing a bulletproof vest, and said, "I'll go, it's easy to solve, there's no need for both of us to rush in."
Ji Yang thought about it and realized that they did have enough weapons, so there was no need to worry: "Be careful, and throw grenades if things don't work."
Xie Muzhi nodded, smiled at her, and strode out with the shotgun.
In less than half an hour, the man came back.
There was only a little dust on his body, without a speck of blood, but as soon as you got close, you could smell the strong smell of blood and gunpowder. There was still a hint of cold murderous intent between his heroic brows, which made Xixi subconsciously get angry.
Li's parents snuggled up to each other with some fear.
Ji Yang walked over quickly to greet him: "Are you okay? Are you hurt?"
Xie Muzhi shook his head, his eyes softened when he touched Ji Yang, and he said concisely: "There are not many thieves, and most of them are armed. We dealt with them smoothly. Only a few people suffered minor injuries, and two people were shot and taken to the villa by the family doctor who had a family doctor for treatment."
I don’t dare to go out at this time, and it’s a bit difficult to go to the hospital.
It’s enough to have a family doctor. The conditions in hospitals nowadays may not be as good as those of a family doctor.
At least the degree of drug shortage is different.
Ji Yang nodded: "Okay, then go wash up quickly, you smell like gunpowder."
Xie Muzhi squeezed her palm and went back to the room.
Li's parents had been listening attentively, and they felt a little relieved after hearing what was said, but only a little. The riot was so serious and the group of people were so crazy, one could imagine what kind of dangerous situation their daughter and Jiang Jing were in.
Ji Yang had no way of comforting them and could only pour a cup of sweet brown sugar water for the two of them and the child An An.
"Thank you, Aunt Ji." An An took it with both hands and mustered up the courage to say it in a low voice.
Ji Yang curved his eyes and said softly, "You're welcome."
She wanted to rub An An's head, but the child was malnourished, and her hair was very sparse and dry. There was a shaky little hairpin on the top of her head, and she was afraid it would fall off if she touched it.
It was quiet here, but the gunfire continued on the other side of the base.
When Li's mother was already panicking and her blood pressure was starting to become unstable, Li's father suddenly said, "The gunfire has stopped! The government must have won!"
"It has to be! Our government is so powerful, we will definitely not lose."
Mother Li felt refreshed and relaxed.
Ji Yang was also relieved. He had just found the antihypertensive medicine in his hand. Seeing this, he paused, but still handed it over: "Auntie, this is antihypertensive medicine, you take it."
Mother Li waved her hands hurriedly: "No, no, why are you giving us such expensive things?!"
"I don't need it either. You keep it, before it goes bad. This medicine is unopened and we have preserved it well, so it should be OK to take after it expires." Ji Yang said with a smile. In fact, time is frozen, so it is impossible for it to expire.
Mother Li couldn't refuse and accepted it with a red face.
As for whether it is expired or not, she doesn't care.
It's been so long, how many things can remain expired?
Just eat some.
It was already very late at this time, and An An was almost asleep while snuggling with Mother Li. Ji Yang simply asked them to stay, but the two of them said they would not go to their room no matter what, and planned to spend the night on the sofa.
Ji Yang didn't give in this time and handed them a thin blanket.
It's 30 degrees at night, not too hot, just right.
Ji Yang left Xixi and Wangwang to keep watch, and he and Xie Muchi found a room on the first floor to rest temporarily, so that they could escape easily if an earthquake came. The room had already been tidied up by Xie Muchi, and the bed was moved up from the basement, and the four-piece set was what they had just washed and dried.
The quilt was soft. Ji Yang went to the space to wash up and came out, lying on the bed with his whole body relaxed: "Comfortable!"
"Yeah!" Xie Muchi came over and hugged her, rubbing her neck out of habit. He responded softly, and the two of them covered their stomachs with the quilt and closed their eyes to rest.
Just as I closed my eyes, I heard a "click, click" sound outside the window.
Screams came from far away, making people panic.
Ji Yang was awakened from his sleep and asked, "Is it raining?"
Xie Muchi sat up and took a look. The solar lights outside had long been corroded and there was no light. It was pitch black. He got out of bed and walked to the window. He took out a flashlight, opened the window and looked out. When he saw this, his face changed slightly.
Then Li's mother came and knocked on the door: "It's raining acid! Xiao Xie, Xiao Ji, hurry up, what should we do with your car!"
Ji Yang quickly woke up: "Auntie is fine, we will be out soon."
She took out the protective suit, Xie Muchi took it, and they both put it on. Then they went to the storage room together and pretended to take out two pieces of glass and carried them out, carefully placing them on the roof of the car. Every bit of glass that could be saved was a bit of glass that could be saved.
A broken tire is better than losing the entire car.
Even if it can't be used anymore, the stickers on the car frame can be sold for a lot of points.
The raindrops fell on the protective clothing. The air was humid and the raindrops felt cold. At first glance, they were no different from ordinary rain. However, once they came into contact with objects with insufficient protection, they directly evolved into something like corpse-dissolving water, corroding everything and leaving behind some black juice.
The air, which had just become a little fresher, became sour and smelly again.
Ji Yang and Xie Muzhi worked together to put up pieces of glass one by one, barely able to cover the entire car body.
But most of the car's surface had been corroded, and there were holes in some places on the hood.
There is no need to think about it now, the car definitely cannot be driven.
The two men shrugged helplessly and turned to go into the house. The acid rain on their protective suits fell on the ground at the door of the house, and immediately there were several black pits. Ji Yang asked Li's mother to help go to the bathroom to get two buckets of water to rinse them.
Otherwise you cannot enter the house.
Li's parents hurriedly did as they were told. After the rain washed them from head to toe, the two returned to the storage room wet and took off their protective clothing. The acid rain was still falling outside, so the two said goodbye to Li's parents and returned to the room.
When you can't do anything, continue to conserve your energy.
But Li's parents were worried. They had just felt relieved because the gunfire had stopped, but then acid rain came again. They could not sleep at all. Looking at the child sleeping sweetly in their arms, they wiped away their tears silently.
They were lucky to hide here, which was really one of the few safe places in the base.
But what happened to those two children?
——
The acid rain continued until four in the morning, after which the rain became ordinary rain.
The next day, everyone got up.
The air is fresh, and the sour and rotten smell brought by the acid rain seems to have completely disappeared. The sky outside is blue and the sun is shining, with occasional clouds floating in the sky.
Everything looks beautiful.
But in fact, if you look closely, this world has completely turned into purgatory.
The black water on the ground was diluted and turned into dark gray, gathering in some small pits. I don't know if it was caused by the corrosion of corpses or objects. The soil, which had already deteriorated, turned completely black after this sand flushing.
It is not the black color caused by excess nutrition, but the carbonized soil that has completely lost its nutrition!
The older people looked at the soil and burst into tears: "How could it become like this!"
Some people didn't believe it and dug deeper: "It's okay, the soil underneath must be good!"
But when I dug half a meter, it was still black.
After digging one meter, it was still black.
After continuing, I could vaguely see some normal soil, but the quality of the soil was very poor. When I held it in my hand, it felt like sand on the beach. How could such soil be used to grow crops?
What can be grown?!
The two acid rain attacks completely changed the soil!
The group of people digging the soil fell into complete silence, their eyes were red, and their hands holding the hoes were shaking.
The Xia people have always had a special feeling for the land, and nothing could make them more uncomfortable than this. Early in the morning, Xie Muchi prepared breakfast, which was the bacon noodles that the Li family could only eat during festivals and celebrations. An An ate it with gusto, but the two elders almost cried with every mouthful.
The land has been destroyed, and I don’t know whether we will be able to eat such delicious noodles in the future.
But since this happened in someone else's home, they felt embarrassed to do anything and cause trouble to others, so they just endured it.
It was not until noon that Li Yi and Jiang Jing came to pick people up.
The two also brought two cans of meat as a thank you. Ji Yang didn't want to accept them, but they insisted. Otherwise, it would be embarrassing to let her parents and daughter stay here for so long.
There was no choice but to accept it. Ji Yang gave him another bag of eggs: "We have a lot of these, you can eat them without worry."
"Thank you!" Li Yi and Jiang Jing said in a hoarse voice.
After being busy all night, they were all exhausted. They looked neat, but there was no telling how many wounds they had on their bodies. Ji Yang smiled, waved her hand, and watched them leave.
She put a bottle of anti-inflammatory medicine in the egg.
After closing the door, the two men looked back at the car in the yard.
"Forget it, haven't we already made preparations?" Xie Muzhi patted her on the shoulder: "Look at the bright side, it's a good thing we didn't take out the RV."
Ji Yang immediately laughed: "That's right!"
She stood on tiptoe and kissed the man in front of her: "You are really good at talking."
"That's it?" Xie Muchi raised his eyebrows, seeming dissatisfied.
So Ji Yang kissed her again, and Xie Muchi's brows relaxed. He pulled her into the house. Without outsiders around, they felt much more comfortable. Sitting on the sofa, Xie Muchi hugged her in his arms. He liked to be hugged like this. In this turbulent world, only Ji Yang could make him feel at ease.
"By the way, when I went to remind them yesterday, the higher-ups knew we were back, so they asked us to take time to go for a physical check-up. If there's no problem, we'll get vaccinated, and if there's a problem, we'll take medicine. They've already kept our share." Xie Muzhi rubbed the top of Ji Yang's head contentedly and talked about what happened yesterday.
After hearing that Li Yi knew about the special medicine, the first thing they thought of was that the matter might have been exposed long ago.
Therefore, Xie Muchi went to contact the authorities to see their reaction, and was subsequently notified of the incident. Now there were no mobile phones or internet, and both of them had forgotten to take out the walkie-talkies. The authorities had planned to contact them the next day, but they did not expect them to come this soon.
The contribution values of the two have already reached the standard. If they were not away from the base, they might have been among the first batch to be inspected as soon as the drugs came out.
When Ji Yang heard this, his heart moved.
She had originally planned to stay close to the base for this very reason.
But I didn’t expect to get it so early!
This is a good thing. She immediately sat up and hit Xie Muzhi's chin with the top of her head. He gasped slightly. Ji Yang quickly rubbed his chin: "Sorry, I'm a little excited."
Xie Muzhi was speechless: "How about we go now? And take a look at the official situation?"
They hit it off immediately and packed up their things, put Xixi and Wangwang away, and were about to go out. Before leaving, they glanced at the car, looked at each other helplessly, and finally took out their electric scooter decisively.
This is still convenient!
The streets were dead silent, looking desolate and deserted, like a building that had been abandoned for a hundred years, but Ji Yang could feel that as soon as they left the community, countless pairs of eyes were staring at them.
After the land lost its most important function, the food shortage crisis made the hungry survivors extremely greedy.
When they came back yesterday, although those people were envious, jealous and eager, they were still somewhat restrained because of the officials around. But in just one night, their eyes were so naked.
"It's okay." Xie Muzhi whispered, "We can stop the enemy with our generals and block the water with our earth. We have so many cards in our hands that we won't be too passive."
"Yeah!" Ji Yang buried her head in his back, ignoring the gazes that seemed to be lingering on her, and looked around. The second acid rain was obviously more powerful than the first. At a glance, the ruins looked even more horrible.
But there are still many survivors trying to find something useful inside.
Occasionally, I would find a wilted sweet potato and would happily stuff it into my arms for a long time.
Occasionally, people around would rob them, and at this time the security guards would need to step in. Everything seemed to be no different from yesterday, even though there had just been a riot last night.
They arrived near the research institute.
There was a checkpoint a long distance away. When they saw them coming, they immediately tightened their guns in vigilance. Ji Yang quickly stretched out his hands and waved them, indicating that he had no ill intentions and no weapons in his hands.
The soldiers guarding the door suddenly relaxed a lot.
The electric bike stopped at the side first, the two locked the bike, handed over the ID card, and Xie Muzhi explained: "It was Chief Gao who asked us to come here."
The other party took the two people's ID: "Please wait."
Then he took the intercom to verify, and after confirming that it was correct, he returned the ID to the two people and let them in: "There are two more checkpoints after entering. Just show them the ID. I have already greeted them."
"Okay." The two agreed, and Xie Muzhi pointed to the electric bike on the side and said, "Please take care of this."
"Yes, don't worry." The soldier guarding the gate nodded with a smile.
The two of them walked in quickly. The road here was also a muddy black dirt road. There was nothing along the way, only bare buildings. Fortunately, Xie Muchi was quite familiar with this place and found the entrance to the research institute without any signs.
After handing over their documents for inspection again, the two were taken in by a soldier.
Soon someone came to pick them up: "Check your body first, please come this way."
Ji Yang and Xie Muchi followed. The examination steps were similar at the beginning, such as drawing blood, and then men and women had separate physical examinations, which required them to take off their clothes.
Ji Yang felt a little uncomfortable, but he was not satisfied with the movements of his hands. He quickly took off all his clothes. After the examination, he put them back on. The doctor who examined him took down the data and praised him, "You have a good body and strong muscles."
"Ahem..." Ji Yang curled his lips and smiled at the doctor.
When she left, Xie Muzhi's test was also finished. The test results came out five minutes later. The doctor looked relaxed: "Congratulations, you are in very good health and have not been infected with any virus. You can get the vaccine directly. Come this way..."
They followed and were taken to the injection area, where each person received a shot of vaccine.
Pressing the cotton swab against the needle hole and feeling the stinging pain, Ji Yang finally came to an end of what she had been worrying about. With the vaccine, she no longer had to be too afraid of those viruses. Before, she had been doing all kinds of disinfection and sterilization because she was afraid that she would be accidentally infected with a virus and get ulcers on her body or her body would rot from the inside out.
"Let's go?" Xie Muzhi saw that she was in a daze and touched her shoulder.
Ji Yang came back to his senses and smiled: "Well, let's go."
——
After the riot subsided, everything at the base returned to normal.
Those who were picking up leaks continued to do so as usual, and those who were working continued to work. In the following days, there were several more earthquakes, but the epicenter was far away, and they only felt some noises and their water cups were broken, but nothing else was affected much.
The base was busy building a new base, and the small courtyard in front of Ji Yang's house became lively again, with people coming and going in and out of the base to exchange various resources.
I also went to Ji Yang to promote my products.
But she didn't want anything, so she politely declined the other party's kindness. The people following that person looked at them with some resentment, probably because Xie Muchi was quitting and the benefits were far less than before.
It is obvious to the naked eye that they are no longer as decent as before, and are only slightly better than ordinary survivors.
Fortunately, they knew Xie Muchi's determination. It has been so long now, so they didn't say anything and maintained a friendly relationship. A lean camel is bigger than a horse, not to mention that Xie Muchi is not lean at all. Everyone coveted his hidden connections.
Unfortunately, no matter how much they coveted it, they couldn't afford the things he used to exchange for them.
After being rejected, the people in the courtyard in front rationally took their people away.
Within two days, someone came to their courtyard again. This time it was not to trade, but to ask the two for help. The base was seriously short of manpower, and the base now put a lot of energy on the new base. Several other bases that were about to converge here also sent people over, and the supervision of the base construction was not slow.
But there are not enough management levels. Extreme weather occurs frequently, the land is polluted and now it is carbonized by acid rain. The survivors are becoming increasingly difficult to manage and someone is needed to keep things in check.
Ji Yang declined the offer and rejected it directly.
Xie Muzhi hesitated.
Unlike Ji Yang, he did not reborn. Although he also did not want to have long-term contact with other people because of the secret, his feelings towards the base were different due to family reasons.
Seeing this, Ji Yang said, "Then you go, I'll stay at home, and nothing will happen."
Xie Muzhi frowned, his heart was moved but he was worried. Natural disasters were terrible, who knew what would happen next?
"It's okay." Ji Yang said with a smile: "I still have space. At worst, I can hide in the space. I will be fine."
"I'll go and see what specific work needs to be done." Xie Muzhi said after thinking it over. If he had to leave here, then forget it. If it was an easier job, then there would be no problem.
Ji Yang was very supportive.
She had fought alone during those five years, and after her rebirth she had lived alone for about two years. She had long been accustomed to living alone, but Xie Muchi was not like that. He was indifferent to most people, but she could feel that he was not as cruel or cold-blooded as she was.
And they really need to be closer to the authorities. For example, for this vaccine, if Xie Muchi didn't have a relationship with the authorities, and if Ji Yang hadn't frequently sent equipment to the authorities before, they would have to wait at least three months for the vaccine!
The next day, Xie Muchi rode his electric scooter there.
When he came back at noon, Junyan said with some color: "My job is outside the base, responsible for public security. A large number of survivors from other bases will come over, and it will definitely be chaotic. I will lead a group of people to be responsible for these. The schedule is quite relaxed, twelve hours a day, with an hour lunch break at noon, and you can come back to eat. It's 6 am to 6 pm."
Ji Yang also thought it was a good idea, but it was a bit dangerous. With multiple bases merging, there was a high possibility that the survivors would fight for the base, and there would definitely be a lot of friction. But since he was willing, she didn't stop him. She smiled and nodded, "That's fine. Remember to bring your bulletproof vests and other things. It's best to wear them all the time when on duty."
"Yeah." Xie Muzhi nodded.
After lunch, he officially went to work. Ji Yang also asked him to take two sets of protective clothing with him so that if there were any special circumstances, he could at least take care of the people around him.
Anyway, she bought a lot.
The base must have these measures in place, but she doesn’t know what the prices are. Without a cell phone, she has no idea what is sold in the supermarket.
On the third day of Xie Muzhi's work, the first group of survivors arrived to move in.
This group is wealthy and powerful, and they come first to grab a spot.
Firstly, the conflict was not between those outside the base and ordinary survivors, but between several owners in District 1 and the community. The houses in the new base had not been built yet and it would take time, so the most they could do now was to give them supplies and settle it in advance.
During the period before officially moving in, you have to find a place to live by yourself, or live in temporary transitional accommodation provided by the government - some simple small houses.
This group was so anxious, obviously they were used to enjoying life and wanted the best of everything, so naturally they were unwilling to live there. After knowing that they also had a villa area here, they came directly to take the supplies and smash it, hoping to create a few empty houses to live in.
As mentioned before, houses in the villa area are in short supply. When the natural disaster struck, this area did suffer some changes, but only two households were completely wiped out and voluntarily moved out. Immediately, someone filled the vacancies and moved in.
It's really good here. The security team patrols day and night. The house is not on a high floor, so it is safer.
Of course, there is more space.
Compared to other places, this is better in every way.
Ji Yang's place was visited by many people. A group of well-dressed people came and knocked on her door, asking her in a friendly but condescending manner, "How about giving up her house in exchange for 500 kilograms of grain?"
Ji Yang responded directly with a powerful machine gun. When the other party saw her like this, he immediately laughed and said, "It's okay, it's okay. We are just neighbors in the future. I came over to say hello. Don't mind it."
She remained silent, staring at them.
Acting defensively.
The other party immediately understood, smiled and backed away, and went to the next house, but only a few were willing to leave. They had finally moved in, and they didn’t know how long they would live in the new base. If they left, what would they do if there was another major earthquake or other natural disaster?
There were only two families who, because of the incident, were short of money, so they gave up their houses and received a considerable amount of supplies, which was quite good.
But the other party doesn’t like this geographical location!
The two families willing to give up their property are located in a very remote location, at the corner of the community. This group of people are not satisfied with their property and want to change locations and exchange them with those families with better locations.
But those who are unwilling to give up their houses are basically those who have enough supplies. How can they be willing to do so? Living in a marginal area means danger, not to mention that they are a large family and have to move together. The supplies are exposed, which is even more dangerous.
As a result, a dispute arose between the two sides.
One of them fired a shot on impulse!
As soon as the gunshots were heard, the situation suddenly changed. Just when the situation was tense, someone ran over to Ji Yang in a panic: "Miss Ji, please come out and help! Please, they are too arrogant!"
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