Chapter 35 Doomsday Tragedy Rain
Today's rescue area is some distance away from the city, and it takes 3 hours to get there by boat. Fortunately, the federal government subsidizes the diesel needed for the round trip, so it can arrive in less than 2 hours.
Normally, rowing is done manually, but this time we can relax. Eight people are on one boat, and another is tied to the side.
Zhu Mulin sighed, "The rescue is over today. We will have to live without food again starting tomorrow."
Wang Yiyi's face was filled with worry. "Fortunately, the supplies I received during this period have not been used. I can last for a month by living frugally."
Zhu Mulin sneered, "What about a month later? Waiting to die?"
Su Ke patted his shoulder and consoled him, "Don't be so pessimistic. Don't you think the Federation should exist? They should be able to take care of it once the rescue is over."
"Really?"
Su Ke: "I think so. I heard from the logistics department yesterday when I was in the Federation that they need to count the number of survivors in the city so as to calculate the distribution of supplies."
Zhu Mulin and Wang Yiyi said in unison, "Great!"
Two hours later, everyone arrived at the rescue site.
A building stood on the water, and six floors were not submerged.
The surrounding sewage was turbid, with a lot of construction waste and excrement floating in the water.
even……
There are also several corpses of giants.
Everyone dodged carefully and turned their heads away reluctantly.
This is a suburb of the suburbs. It is said that the original goal was to develop it into a leisure place integrating skiing and residential areas.
No one expected that the boss of the construction unit would be arrested for corruption just after the house was built. The project has been shelved until now and the house has become an unfinished building.
Fortunately, the building has been topped off, the windows have been installed, and water and electricity have been connected due to repeated reports from local residents.
Most of the residents who originally lived here took the resettlement allowance and moved to the city, and only a few chose to keep their houses here.
Unfortunately, many people were deceived by the initial propaganda and bought the house.
Qiao Qiao knew all this because one of his high school classmates lived here. Every time he mentioned the unfinished building, he would complain about it and curse the contractor.
Su Ke looked at the distance and said, "I wonder how many people there are left. Can we pull them all in one trip? Otherwise, a four-hour round trip would be too tiring."
Tang Mingli patted his shoulder and said, "Let's go."
There was too much garbage nearby, so in order to prevent damage to the engine, Qiao Xinghe turned off the power and several people paddled over.
"Boss, there's someone coming down there, wearing an orange life jacket. I don't know if he's a person or from the Federation."
In the living room on the top floor, a man with a pointed face and monkey cheeks put down his telescope and spoke to the man sitting in the middle of the sofa in the living room.
"How many people?" The man slowly put down the goblet in his hand and drank the red wine in it.
"Eight people, four men and four women." The man with the pointed chin and monkey cheeks reported.
"Eight people..." The man touched his chin with his right hand and thought.
"Boss, we'll be finished if the Federation finds out about what we do here." A muscular man nearby panicked. Although he used to be a gangster, he would only be sentenced to a few years in prison for his crimes.
Now……
"What are you afraid of? I'm here." The man glanced at him with disdain.
Looking at the man in a suit on the other side, "Sir, have you dealt with the bodies?"
The man in a suit sat elegantly beside them, but it was hard to ignore his wrinkled suit, greasy hair sticking to his scalp, and beard all over his chin.
Man in suit: "It has been thrown into the water. I watched it myself. There will be no accidents."
The man was about to speak when he was interrupted.
"We have already sent people to silence those people. Don't worry, no one dares to say anything."
The man nodded in satisfaction. "If these people are federal personnel, we will follow them obediently. If they are..."
The man's eyes flashed with ferocity, "If it were an ordinary person, the woman would stay and the man would see if he knew the situation."
The man in the suit continued, "We don't have much food left. I'm afraid we can't feed them."
The man frowned, "So many things we looted before are gone so quickly?"
Man in suit: "Except for those who have been dealt with, there are still more than 40 people left in the building. The gray fog has corroded most of the food, and many people didn't have time to stock up before the heavy rain occurred."
The man slammed the table hard, "Damn it!"
Man in suit: "Let's go and meet them."
The man still respected the gentleman, so he stood up and left. The man in the suit followed him and suddenly stopped at the door.
The man was puzzled and turned around to ask, "What's wrong?"
The man in the suit thought for a few seconds and said, "Skinny monkey."
The sharp-faced man standing by the window stepped forward and asked respectfully, "Sir?"
"You must immediately emphasize to those inferiors once again that if they want to survive, they should consider what they should and should not say. If they dare to tell others about what happened during this period, don't blame us for being merciless."
The skinny monkey quickly agreed, "Yes."
"Stop! Don't come any closer! Who are you?"
As soon as Qiao Qiao and others approached the community, they were stopped. Unlike other places, the entrance to the corridor here was blocked by tables, preventing people from entering or exiting.
Even the windows were guarded by men armed with modified weapons, such as kitchen knives tied to mop poles and used as spears.
Qiao Qiao was confused. This was the first time they had encountered such a situation in half a month of rescue work. There were actually organized guards, but were they holding weapons to prevent bad guys?
Tang Mingli stepped forward and said, "We are rescue workers from the Federation. Do you have any survivors here who need to be transferred?"
The guards turned pale and looked at each other, "You say it is, right? Do you have any evidence?"
Tang Mingli frowned, sensing something was wrong from their expressions, and took out his federal police ID and threw it over. "Here's the evidence."
Lu Ren took it, took a look, and said to the people around him, "It's true."
The others were sweating profusely, their backs instantly soaked. "What should we do? The Federation has come. Will we be shot for what we did?"
"I was forced to do it, it shouldn't be that serious, right?"
"Don't worry, we should consider this as emergency shelter, right?"
Watching the people whispering, Qiao Qiao approached Tang Mingli and said, "There's something strange."
When the other victims saw the rescue team, they wished they could grow wings and fly over. The residents here did not run out immediately, and there were even people guarding the exit. This building looked more like a prison.
Tang Mingli nodded and told the others, "Be careful."
He said to several people, "Any other questions? If not, please let the survivors come out and move to a safe place as soon as possible."
Several people looked at each other, not daring to answer. It was Lu Ren who reacted first, "Please wait a moment, I'll go upstairs to call someone."
After saying that, he gave the others a cautious look and lowered his head and ran upwards. He bumped into the man after only a few floors.
"Are you blind? Why are you in such a hurry?" the muscular man cursed subconsciously.
Lu Ren bowed his head and apologized repeatedly, "I'm sorry, Boss. There is a group of people outside who say they are from the federal rescue team."
The man in the suit stepped forward, "Federal Rescue Team, are you sure?"
"Yes, she even showed me her ID. She is indeed a federal police officer."
The man frowned, "Sir."
The man in the suit smiled soothingly, "Don't worry, Skinny Monkey has already gone to give instructions, we'll go over first."
"good."
Wang Yiyi asked, "Sister Tang, this is so strange, these people don't seem to welcome us?"
Tang Mingli put away the documents and said, "No matter what happens, stand behind me and follow my gaze."
Su Ke and Zhu Mulin were a little nervous, "No way..."
Qiao Qiao: "Don't worry, we represent the Federation after all, and Sister Tang has a gun, so what's there to be afraid of?"
After hearing this, everyone felt relieved.
Just as he finished speaking, four people came down from the corridor.
The leader was a plain-looking man who would go unnoticed on the street. Next to him was a man in a suit with an elegant temperament and two muscular men.
The leading man smiled and greeted, "Hello, my name is Jinhua, I'm the owner of this building, and this is Sun Ning."
"You are finally here. We have been waiting for the rescue team for half a month. If you don't come, we will probably starve to death. All the people are up there. Should I call them down?"
The man was very enthusiastic, and at this moment he seemed to be trapped here for a long time.
"Okay." Tang Mingli nodded.
No matter what the situation, the most important thing is to transfer the victims to temporary resettlement sites where there are troops stationed and any problems can be solved immediately.
On the other side, Skinny Monkey got news from the boss and entered a room.
What kind of place is this? More than twenty men and women are crowded together.
The man was skinny and had wounds on his face.
The women were even worse off, the elderly were lying on the ground motionless, breathing out but not in. The young ones were huddled in a corner, their eyes numb, their clothes tattered, their exposed skin bruised and purple.
The skinny monkey didn't react to this scene. He became numb after watching it for so long.
There were two followers behind him, who called everyone to listen to their orders, pushing and shoving as they spoke.
"Everyone, get up! Brother Monkey is here, why don't you get alert?"
The person on the ground did not dare to resist and struggled to stand up, keeping his head down and not making a sound during the whole process.
There was also an old man who had no strength left. He fell down again while sitting, breathing weakly, "I can't do it anymore. Please give me something to eat and drink."
The henchman went up and kicked him, "Stop pretending, you old fool. Hurry up and get up."
The old man tilted his head and died.
The henchman stood there in a daze, but soon calmed down, "Brother Monkey, someone's dead."
The whole process took less than a minute, and his expression was so calm that it didn't seem like a living person was dying in front of him, but more like a piece of rag was thrown in front of him.
The skinny monkey wrinkled his nose in disdain, "The old man is always causing me trouble, so let's use the old method."
After saying that, he remembered something and continued to add, "Hey, start from the back of the building and keep your voice down."
"Don't worry, Monkey."
The follower smiled flatteringly, and together with another person, he skillfully lifted the old man's head and feet and threw him out of the window.
"thump."
The old man fell into the water, making a small sound. The body slowly fell silent, no one noticed, no one cared, no one rescued.
The other people in the room looked as if they were used to it. They just stood there numbly, with their heads down, waiting for their fate.
The skinny monkey coughed and started talking.
"The federal rescue team is here..."
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