Chapter 251: Extremely Hot. I Never Believed in You
One of the four landmark buildings, the central hall holds nearly a hundred people, including Zhuona and her daughter, as well as Liu Laohu's family.
They have been living in the base for more than a month, but according to the rules of the base, those who bought houses with supplies must register first. Those like them who use collective contribution points to live here for free have to wait until those who pay for housing have completed the process. Even ordinary citizens can queue ahead of them as long as they exchange supplies for houses.
There was nothing wrong with this, as being able to rely on the community to get free accommodation was already quite suitable. But as luck would have it, when it was finally their turn to apply, a riot broke out.
The opening ceremony was the first day they were open to registration, and some owners who came early had already finished their registration and went back. Zhuona had a quarrel with Liu Shuang in the morning, which delayed her and Zhuo's mother from coming late, and the Liu Laohu family was also late for the same reason.
When the two families divided the house, Liu Lao Hu specifically asked for the house opposite to his own, thinking that they could take care of each other in the future if they were close. But Liu Shuang and Zhuona would fight whenever they met, and neither of them would give in.
On the day of registration, Zhuona left the garbage at the door and didn't throw it away in time, causing Liu Shuang to trip when she came out. It wasn't a big deal, but the two of them talked about Chu An and Gu Ye. Zhuona hated Liu Shuang for trying to kill them, and Liu Shuang hated Chu An for embarrassing her.
Fortunately, Liu Ping came out in time and the two men had no chance to take action.
Zhuo's mother hurriedly threw the garbage out and dragged Zhuona to register. After a while, Liu Lao Hu also came with his daughter, and both adults were quite embarrassed.
When the riot broke out, Zhuo's mother and Zhuona had finished their business and walked out of the service hall. There were many people in the square at the time, and they didn't want to join in the fun, so they walked away to their home. By the time they heard the explosion and saw the crowds fleeing in all directions, it was too late to go home.
Relying on her own experience, Zhuo's mother dragged Zhuona back to the hall. Fortunately, they came back because the outside world was in a complete frenzy of killing.
The prisoners had no conscience and spared no one, whether they resisted or escaped. The owners were like ants, and were crushed to death in large numbers.
Liu Lao Hu and Liu Ping were men after all, and they had some kung fu skills, so they also participated in the counterattack. Also going out with them were Zhu Guangzhi, Liu Liyang, Ji Liang and Mo Xiaobei from District 7.
But they didn't have the right weapons, and the other side had explosives and submachine guns, so they had no ability to fight back. Liu Liyang and Mo Xiaobei were shot in the shoulder and leg, and were dragged back to the hall by others.
The firepower was too strong and no mortal body could resist it.
Mother Zhuo organized the people in the hall to seal the door and blocked the attacks for nearly ten days. At first, the prisoners had no time to take care of them, and later they defended the gate to their death. Finally, the government withdrew and they were completely defeated.
Zhuo's mother asked all the girls to smear dust on their faces, making them look like they had sores, and then roll on the ground as miserably as possible.
It was Zhuo's mother who closed the door at first, and it was also Zhuo's mother who took the initiative to open the door in the end.
The person surrounding the building was Li Laoer, who was originally a sickly person. He had been in prison for more than half a year and was almost emaciated. He was carried on the back of a big fool and kept coughing.
Beside him were Lao Liu and Lao Wai. Lao Liu had a limp, which was caused by a beating in prison. Lao Wai had one eye blinded, which was caused by something poking him when he fell into a stinking ditch during the roundup of the village in the city.
Lao Wai wanted to bring a few women back home to play with, but when he came in, he found that they were either old, weak, sick, and dark-skinned, or had sores on their faces and were dirty.
"Fuck, I'm so unlucky." He spat on the ground, "Why was I assigned such a building?"
Lao Liu said, "Just kill them all."
Mother Zhuo whispered a few words to Doctor Zhao in the community, her eyes rolled, and she suddenly fell to the ground and twitched. Before Laoliu and Laowai could react, she stood up again, muttering to herself, saying that Li Laoer was possessed by an evil spirit and that it would take a hundred people to chant the Eternal Life Sutra for 49 days to drive out the evil spirit.
Lao Wai and Lao Liu didn't believe it, but Li Lao Er did.
Mother Zhuo also told about Li Laoer's symptoms: he felt anxious and short of breath, his legs were weak, he vomited easily after eating, and he couldn't sleep at night.
The more Li Laoer listened, the more it seemed to be true. Laowai and Laoliu also started to wonder. She looked like an ordinary old lady and they had never met her before. Could it be that she really had some special abilities?
Anyway, we only need to recite it for 49 days. At worst, we can kill them all after 49 days.
In this way, the people in this building had an additional task, which was to chant sutras and pray for Li Laoer every day. As the number of people was not enough, they captured a lot of people from outside to make up a hundred people.
But this morning, Li Laoer's condition suddenly worsened, and Lao Wai brought people to take Zhuo's mother away. Liu Lao Hu and Zhuona were as anxious as ants on a hot pan.
Liu Liyang and Mo Xiaobei were also on the verge of death because of the high fever caused by the infection of their wounds. They asked the guards for medicine and were slapped several times. If there were not enough people chanting scriptures, they would go out to catch people. They wanted to treat the disease, but it was impossible.
In the evening, Zhuo's mother was sent back. Doctor Zhao asked her how she was doing, and Zhuo's mother said that Li Laoer was only breathing his last breath.
"It shouldn't be like that. He can live for at least half a year."
“There might be something wrong here.”
"Then why did they let you back?"
Mother Zhuo glanced at Lao Wai and whispered, "This is the problem. They also hope that the eldest brother will die quickly. They arrested me just for show, fearing that he would have some evil thoughts before he died."
"Then we have to think of other ways and find another way out."
This was what Zhuo's mother meant, but before she could think of a solution, Mo Xiaobei's mother suddenly stood up like a madman and said that praying and chanting scriptures were just a lie to save lives.
The people next to her tried to stop her, but the words had already been spoken and the guards in the building heard them.
"My son is going to die soon, I want you all to be buried with him... buried with him." Mo Xiaobei's mother cried out at the top of her lungs, "You all only care about yourselves, no one has ever thought about my child, my child, she is only a teenager, he is not even an adult yet."
Mother Zhuo was heartbroken. She had been trying her best to protect everyone. She heard the prisoners' private conversations that people died every day in other buildings, but they were the only ones who had stayed there safely for nearly twenty days.
She also felt sorry for Liu Liyang and Mo Xiaobei, but her ability was limited.
The people who were stopping Mo Xiaobei's mother all watched her go crazy helplessly. After a while, someone whispered in a crying voice that this matter had nothing to do with him and that he did not mean to lie, and also pointed the finger at Zhuo's mother.
Lao Wai asked most of the guards to leave and only left a few trusted ones.
Everyone thought they were seeking revenge. Some hid in the corner, some huddled together, and some tried their best to distance themselves from the matter. Especially those who came later, they all spoke at once, saying that they had no idea what was going on and that they had been deceived by Zhuo's mother.
They really didn't know at first, but after so many days, they had already found out everything. They had previously praised Zhuo's mother for her cleverness, but now they change their attitude faster than turning the pages of a book.
Zhuona ran to her mother and hugged her, who was shaking with anger. In the past year or so, Zhuona has grown a lot taller, now she is 1.68 meters tall. Although her figure is still not slim, she is no longer bloated.
In addition to her, Zhu Guangzhi, Ji Liang, Liu Ping and several other people from District 7 did not retreat, but Liu Shuang held Liu Lao Hu tightly and prevented him from moving forward.
"Hahaha... look how scared you are." Lao Wai suddenly laughed and pointed a knife at everyone. "You are such a bunch of rubbish. You started fighting over such a small matter? You deserve to die."
He walked around the room holding the knife, snorted and said, "Actually, I never believed you. You are just trying to find a more reasonable reason for his death."
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