Chapter 36 Rescue Ends Heavy Rain
"The federal rescue team is here..."
After hearing this, several people who were looking down raised their heads instantly, and their numb faces showed expressions of seven parts shock and three parts disappointment.
The skinny monkey looked at the reactions of everyone in the circle and sneered.
"Don't think you can do whatever you want just because someone from the Federation has come. Let me tell you, if you say something you shouldn't..." The skinny monkey took out a dagger and gestured a few times, "Don't forget what happened to that little bastard."
The expressions of several people became numb again, and they couldn't help trembling when they thought of the boy.
"Yes, please rest assured, we won't say anything."
"Hehe, why didn't you tell me that you would have starved to death without big brother and me giving you food and water. You should learn to be grateful." The skinny monkey took a few steps forward and tapped the face of the man standing in the front, who was one of the few people who looked up just now.
The man's smile froze, and a flash of humiliation and pain flashed across his eyes before quickly disappearing. "Yes, thank you."
"Remember, everyone will be placed in one place after being rescued, so be careful." The skinny monkey gave the final instructions, "Let's go, the old man, the woman, and the kid go first."
The people in the room heard the order and went downstairs one after another like puppets.
Tang Zhijie saw the crowd coming out of the corridor and said, "Here they come."
Tang Mingli said, "The elderly, the weak, women and children should get on board first, and the others will be transferred later."
"Why ..."
Sun Ning reached out and grabbed Jin Hua, interrupting what he was about to say. He smiled and replied, "We will naturally obey orders."
Jinhua was unconvinced and whispered, "Sir, what are you doing?"
Originally, he was just a local gang leader, not even a □□.
After the rainstorm came, the man in the suit approached them, and under his command, they broke into the building and occupied the place by force.
Although he respectfully addressed him as "Mr.", he actually looked down on this weak scholar from the bottom of his heart. If it weren't for the fact that he claimed to be a messenger of God and had real skills, he would have ignored him.
Jinhua looked down on Sun Ning, but he didn't know that Sun Ning also looked down on these hooligans who only had muscles but no brains.
"Do you want to go against the authorities? We will be evacuated sooner or later. Don't argue over such a small matter."
Jinhua looked at Qiao Qiao and the others, his eyes lingering on the gun on Tang Mingli's waist for a while, "If I had a gun..."
Sun Ning smiled, a little distorted under the dim light. "Don't worry, there will be something in the future. As long as you are obedient, God will give you everything."
Jinhua was frightened by his strange expression, but he was full of anticipation when he thought that he would be blessed after becoming a messenger of God.
Qiao Qiao helped a woman onto the boat and accidentally saw purple marks on her wrist. She couldn't help but ask, "Are you injured? What happened?"
Jinhua, Sun Ning, Shouhou and other survivors looked at her.
The woman quickly pulled down her sleeves, lowered her head and whispered, "Nothing happened."
Qiao Qiao: "Don't worry, we are here, just tell us if you have any questions."
The woman noticed the thin monkey's gaze and said, "Nothing really happened. I knocked it on myself."
Qiao Qiao frowned, and seeing that she didn't say anything, she could only give up, "Okay, be careful."
Coincidentally, Qiao Huizhou and Su Ke also encountered this phenomenon. Qiao Xinghe, Tang Zhijie and Zhu Mulin felt the girls trembling subconsciously as soon as they met them.
Several people looked at each other and realized what had happened in the building to some extent, but they could only sigh. After all, the parties involved chose to remain silent. What else could they do at this time?
In addition to the ten people in Jinhua and Sun Ning's group, there were 23 other people, including 7 women, 8 men, 3 children and 5 elderly people.
The two rescue boats can just accommodate the girls, children and the elderly, and the remaining men and Jinhua's group can be taken away next time.
Tang Zhijie thought it would be better for them to leave together, as if they stayed together, it would lead to many troubles. After a brief discussion, they all agreed.
Qiao Xinghe asked, "Do you have a boat? Or a bathtub or a wooden board will do. If you don't want to wait, you can tie a rope to the side of the boat and go back together."
"Yes, wait a minute, we'll go move it down."
After a while, Shouhou and his men dragged down an old wooden boat from upstairs. It seemed to be used by nearby residents to fish in the river and could only accommodate four people.
Others dragged out a lot of bathtubs from their homes. Some people who didn't have any used large plastic buckets, or dismantled the furniture and took out a lot of large wooden boards.
Fortunately, there were enough life jackets, and there were some left after distributing them to everyone.
Naturally, Jinhua, Sun Ning, Shouhou and one of the muscular men occupied the wooden boat, and half of the people could only sit or hold on to the wooden board.
On the way back, no one spoke and the atmosphere was suffocating.
Qiao Qiao and others didn't believe that nothing happened, but there was nothing they could do if the parties involved denied it.
After all, it was the end of the world, and if they wanted to survive, they had to be strong. Even if they were here to support them, they didn't dare to complain, so no one could save them.
Qiao Qiao sighed, she was one step closer to adapting to life in the apocalypse. A few days ago, she was still in pain because she saw someone dying but did not help. But after just a few days, she was numb.
As expected, humans are extremely adaptable.
Shadow rolled over when he heard the sigh, wanting to comfort him, but then he remembered the instructions before leaving.
"Yueying, you are my trump card. Unless I ask you to, please don't show up in front of outsiders, okay?"
Because there were so many people, it took twice as long to go back as it did to come, and we didn't arrive at the temporary resettlement site until two in the afternoon.
Return to the Federal Building for the final check-in at 6pm.
"Qiao Xinghe, Qiao Huizhou, Qiao Qiao, and Tang Zhijie rescued a total of 33 people, with a total of 4 contribution points per person. Add to that the basic daily salary of 5 contribution points for these 13 days, the total is 69." The staff member said, looking at the black book.
[Name: Qiao Qiao. Contribution Points: 225]
[Name: Qiao Huizhou. Contribution Points: 225]
[Name: Qiao Xinghe. Contribution points: 725]
Tang Mingli warned Qiao Qiao and the other two, "You don't understand the importance of contribution points yet, but you will know it after a while."
Then he said goodbye to Zhu Mulin, Su Ke and Wang Yiyi.
Qiao Qiao had always felt that the black book looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where it came from, so she asked when they parted, "Sister Tang, is the black book for the staff a normal book?"
Tang Mingli smiled and replied, "No, it's an R-level card. The text written on it cannot be changed and is automatically stored. This is also to prevent cheating."
I see. No wonder only contribution points can be used here.
After dinner, Qiao Qiao felt a little itchy on her wrist. Upon closer inspection, she saw a bunch of small red dots on the skin where Qiao Man was wrapped.
"Manman, is this what you left behind?"
Qiao Man was playing with Xiao Qiao. She crawled over after hearing the sound. When she saw the red dot, she was stunned and lowered her head guiltily.
"What's wrong? I don't blame you." Qiao Qiao stroked it with a smile, and when she realized that the feel was not right, she quickly picked it up to examine it carefully.
The originally smooth and delicate vine body has some tiny thorns, which are obviously different from the sharp ones of the cactus. The mutant vine cannot be seen without careful observation, and it feels a bit soft, and the feel is more like the barbs on a cat's tongue.
Qiao Qiao wondered if this was a sign that the mutant vine was about to evolve. "Huh? It wasn't there before, Manman, when did it appear?"
Qiao Man shook her head and gently touched the wound on Qiao Qiao caused by the mutated giant-toothed goldfish with her tail.
Qiao Qiao understood that this should be the change that happened after they got rid of the mutated giant-toothed goldfish. At that time, no one knew what Qiao Man did underwater.
"Is it because of the mutation of the goldfish?"
Qiao Man nodded and moved away, with the thorns on her body standing upright. With a flick, the empty Coke bottle on the coffee table fell to the ground, with several holes on the aluminum bottle, obviously caused by the needle.
Qiao Qiao showed a surprised expression and walked forward to touch it carefully. The thorns were no longer soft after standing up, but extremely hard, even the cactus could not compare to them.
It’s a pity that the mutant vine can’t speak, otherwise Qiao Qiao would know how the thorns came about.
A second before the mutant goldfish died, Qiao Man leaned close to its wound and drank its blood. For mutant creatures, the flesh and blood of their own kind is a great tonic.
As a person who holds a grudge very deeply, it still remembers the teeth that wounded it, and it deftly swims to the mouth, whips the giant teeth hard, and even knocks a few of them off.
If Qiao Qiao hadn't come ashore immediately, it would have been eager to grind him to ashes.
Perhaps due to the teeth of the mutated giant-toothed goldfish, it now has controllable spines growing on its body.
Qiao Qiao and her parents went to the plantation to harvest. Except for the leeks, onions, cabbages and lettuces harvested last time, all the others were ripe.
30 eggplants and carrots, 5 bunches of peppers 50, 4 bunches of potatoes 20, 10 tomatoes.
There is a large pot of cabbage, lettuce, onions and leeks. Since this is the second harvest, the amount is nearly 1/5 less than the last time, so I can only harvest about five more times.
Qiao Huizhou replanted celery, rapeseed, water spinach, cucumbers and sweet potatoes in the empty space.
These will take about 40 days to mature, and I hope nothing unexpected happens along the way.
At night, everything is silent and darkness covers the whole world.
Only the dim light of the federal building in the distance could be seen, giving people some calming effect in the darkness. If even the federal building disappeared, society would be in complete chaos.
In the side bedroom on the ninth floor, Yang Yi and his wife had just finished coaxing their three-year-old child and were sitting by the bed discussing things in a low voice.
"Are they reliable? Will it be dangerous for you to go alone?"
Yang Yi felt bad when he saw his wife in such a state. His wife had been spoiled since she was a child and had never suffered any hardship. They fell in love in high school and got married right after graduation from college. They have not had a quarrel for ten years.
He now runs three camping stores and has his own camping base in the suburbs, with an annual income of one million. The two of them have never suffered from lack of food and clothing.
Now there is no water or electricity, no food or water, and the money and cards are useless.
If the wife had not given the gold jewelry to the landlord, the family of three would have been kicked out long ago.
Now that he finally has the chance to retrieve some important items, he absolutely cannot back down or give up.
"It's okay. Among them are policemen and members of the federal rescue team. They won't turn against us just for a few supplies." Yang Yi put his arm around his wife's shoulders to comfort her.
"There won't be a drop of water tomorrow, and I can't watch you and the children suffer. The store has a lot of gas stoves, tents, camping lights, alcohol blocks, gas cans, generators, and even rubber boats. If there is a boat, at least we can go out to find food. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I must seize it."
His wife looked at him worriedly, "Then I'll go with you."
Recently, many people have tried to go out to find food, but unfortunately, they were scared back by the corpse of a giant in the water just as they were about to set off.
Tang Mingli and Qiao Qiao went out early and came back late every day. Many people wanted to borrow a boat but couldn't find anyone. It was only until Yang Yi waited outside until the middle of the night that he met them.
Yang Yi quickly objected, "No, the child is too young. Although we haven't found any problems with the character of other people in this family, we can't gamble on people's hearts. You have to take care of the child here."
The two looked at each other, "I'll leave it to you."
The wife's eyes were filled with tears. "Okay."
1am
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