Chapter 161 Extreme Cold. Sky Parking Lot
Chu An and Gu Ye walked for an hour, and the sky suddenly darkened. A few minutes later, a heavy snowstorm began to fall, followed by strong winds. Snowflakes danced wildly, and occasionally snow tornadoes formed.
It would be fine if you were caught in a small-scale snow tornado, but if you encountered a large-scale one, you would either be buried in the snow or disappear.
The two of them had difficulty moving forward. Chu An stopped Gu Ye and gestured, "Find a shelter."
By the way, I pointed to the back and said that when I passed by just now, I saw a shopping mall 300 meters behind.
Gu Ye changed direction and she followed closely. After walking for 20 minutes, they found nothing. Was it a mirage? ? ?
She stopped Gu Ye and asked him to help block the wind and snow. She took out her mobile phone to look at the offline map. The phone was very slow, but it was better than nothing.
In addition to the wind and snow, there are many strange noises around. In the past, they could be explained as various small animals, but in this weather, animals will not come out.
"Are you scared?" Gu Ye asked her loudly.
"I'm not afraid." Chu An patiently looked at the map, dodging piece by piece, and really wanted to break into eight pieces, "What about you?"
"With you, I'm not afraid of anything."
She looked up at Gu Ye. He opened his arms and protected her like an old hawk. No matter if it was useful or not, this was the limit of what he could do.
Chu An lowered his head and continued to look at the map, but his heart calmed down.
The wind and snow are very strong, and the road ahead is long and dim. There are people walking with me, but not many. One is enough.
She pointed in a direction as shown on the map, and the two continued to move forward. The sound of the wind around them became more and more terrifying, like a roaring beast, wandering around in the wind and snow, occasionally revealing ghostly green eyes.
In such a wind, time passes extremely slowly. One's heartbeat speeds up, making a thumping sound that only one can hear. One feels more and more lonely, as if on an isolated island. Negative emotions continue to erode the body until despair.
She told Gu Ye to just keep moving forward, and occasionally shook the leash to let him know she was always behind.
In fact, she is a staunch materialist. Even after being reborn, she still doesn't believe in ghosts or the like. If she has to give an explanation, she would rather believe in multi-dimensional space or natural phenomena that are beyond human knowledge.
After all, this ancient and mysterious planet has existed for 4.6 billion years and has gone through many "hardships" during this long process of life evolution.
The consequences of each of the five mass extinction events that are well known to everyone were devastating. At best, humans have only traced back to the Ordovician period 440 million years ago.
Therefore, were there other civilizations in the previous evolution of the Earth? Is this natural disaster a punishment from the Earth for humans destroying the environment, or is it the beginning of the sixth mass extinction event? Or is it even a case of a more advanced civilization wanting to ban humans from living on Earth? Everything is possible.
Before they knew it, they had been walking for another half an hour according to the map, but the familiar building still did not appear.
She looked at the navigation again and directly replanned the route. The current location showed that she was fifty kilometers away from Qingrun Apartment.
A thousand horses were running through her mind, but she decided to trust her instincts. After all, she was also a night walker in her previous life.
He hurriedly stopped Gu Ye and told them not to go any further. After calculating the time, they realized that they had been out of District 7 for nearly three hours. No matter where they were now, they should replenish their food and restore their strength.
Gu Ye had the same idea as her. Pushing this heavy snowmobile was not an easy job.
The two reached a consensus and took action immediately. Chu An looked around with a flashlight and found a large billboard stuck in the ice, which looked very solid.
She asked Gu Ye to push the motorcycle over, and confirmed that the billboard was very sturdy. She decided to set up camp there and wait for the wind and snow to pass.
Gu Ye stuck the flashlight into the damaged part of the billboard, and deftly inserted the nails. In less than five minutes, he had set up the tent.
While he was fixing the outer cover, Chu An went into the tent and took out the inflatable heater, mobile power supply and cashmere blanket, set up the inside, started the fire and turned on the electricity.
Then I took out a folding table, a self-heating spicy hot pot, two self-heating beef rice dishes and an alcohol stove. I heated up a small pot of Maotai on the alcohol stove to keep the cold away.
When Gu Ye came in, Chu An had already finished preparing and was drinking water in small sips. Steam rose from the table, along with the aroma of food.
The sharp contrast between the two environments separated by a piece of cloth made him stunned involuntarily.
"Close the curtain quickly and come in." Chu An called out, protecting the alcohol stove with his hands.
Gu Ye hurriedly turned around and closed the curtain. Chu An picked up the blanket and covered their legs when he sat next to him.
After a while, Gu Ye felt a warm current under his butt, and his whole body shivered as if it was thawing.
"You must be starving." Chu An pushed a box of self-heating rice to him and handed him a pair of chopsticks.
Then I opened the hot pot and picked up a homemade meatball. It was chewy, spicy and delicious.
Gu Ye opened the rice and started eating. Chu An knew that he liked wide noodles and bamboo shoots, so he gave them to him from the small hot pot.
After he finished a box of rice, she pushed another box in front of him and said, "This one is for you, too."
"Ah——" Gu Ye frowned, "You have been eating very little recently."
"I don't eat much anyway." She poured Moutai into the cup, "Would you like some?"
Gu Ye licked his lips, eager to try, "Yes."
She pushed the cup over to him, and Gu Ye took it up and drank it in one gulp. There wasn't much wine, only a little at the bottom of the cup. He smacked his lips, and it wasn't as choking as people said on the Internet.
Chu An drank a lot of alcohol before and after the apocalypse. Before the apocalypse, it was thanks to Old Chu, and after the apocalypse, she found two bottles of rice wine while scavenging. She drank them sparingly for a year and survived countless cold winter nights.
However, this was her first time to drink Moutai like this. She poured herself a cup, tilted her head back and swallowed it slowly. It was soft, smooth, fragrant and mellow. It was indeed a masterpiece brewed over time.
After the two of them had eaten and drunk their fill, Chu An picked up his phone again and found that the route on the map had changed again. This time it had deviated by eight kilometers and arrived at the intersection of the West District and the South District.
The most prosperous business center in City C is less than 100 meters away from them.
That means they deviated from the route not long after leaving Area 7. Map apps are really scams. They should trust themselves more in the future.
She told Gu Ye the bad news, but Da Gouzi didn't care at all. "Guess what I saw just now?"
"car?"
Gu Ye pursed his lips. There was no mystery at all. "How can you guess everything?"
Chu An smiled bitterly. The only problem the two of them had now was the time to get back to the city. He asked this question because he had naturally found a solution. The only things that could make up for their time now were a car or gasoline. She just guessed which one was more likely.
The temperature outside is about 60 degrees now, so the gasoline won't freeze. As long as the car is not broken, it should be able to start after warming up for a while. If the car is broken, you have to find a way to extract the gasoline and use it for the snowmobile.
"Where's the car?"
Gu Ye raised his eyebrows and said proudly, "There is an empty parking lot behind us."
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