"So many buildings in Yuncheng have collapsed. Did this place also experience an earthquake?"
Looking ahead at the collapsed houses and the cement blocks scattered everywhere.
Ellie felt that only a few years had passed, but the place had changed completely.
When I came here with my brother last time, most of these collapsed buildings were still standing in the same spot!
Moreover, Yuncheng wasn't as chaotic as it is now; the streets and alleys were clearly distinguishable.
In just a few years, the entire Yuncheng city fell into ruin.
Some buildings were even covered with mutated plants.
The vines, resembling snakes, crawled all over the surface of the building, some even growing wildly through it.
It looks rather eerie!
"We need to be careful when we walk. There are mutated plants here, and they look to be quite high level!"
Old Mo has been to Yuncheng many times, and each time he comes, Yuncheng becomes even more desolate.
"Let's find a place to rest first, and see if we can find any supplies here!"
"The Hope Star ship usually drops supplies in places with cities, so if we're lucky, we might be able to find some!"
Many more people continued to walk towards Yuncheng. Lin Xue and her group also perked up and weaved through the steel and concrete, searching for the limited supplies.
"Found it!"
"I found a sealed can of food!"
Unexpectedly, Yao Yao was the first to find the supplies. These supplies were all dropped from a high altitude, so the packaging was very secure.
Moreover, even if it falls from a great height, it will not be easily damaged.
"It's canned meat again! Looks like our Yao Yao is in luck!"
"Everyone, let's put in a little more effort and find more supplies so we can make a pot!"
The last time I ate normal food was at the underground river.
Since leaving the underground river, they have returned to a life of eating dry food.
If you're lucky, you might be able to get some vegetables to supplement your vitamins and hydration.
If you're unlucky, you'll have to eat the jerky you've saved up in your backpack.
To prevent the dried meat from spoiling, they repeatedly sun-dry it.
Although it still tastes very good, it's hard to chew.
That is, you can put a little bit in your mouth while you're on the go, and you can chew it for a long time!
"I found it too! I found a bag of ham sausages, and they're even corn flavored!"
The second person to find food was Ai Qing, the team's lucky charm.
He found a bag of corn-flavored sausages, eight in total.
This can be considered a bumper harvest, although the corn kernels in this bag of corn-flavored sausages are very small compared to the mutated plants.
But this is what normal human food is like!
"A second person in the team has found supplies; the rest of you must keep up the good work!"
They walked through streets and alleys, amidst steel and concrete.
They crawled through collapsed buildings and bypassed areas with mutated plants.
They searched throughout the entire Cloud City, and everyone found something, more or less.
From food to water, then pots and pans, and most excitingly, they also found an axe.
Although the axe was rusty and did not appear to have been dropped by the Hope Star.
This axe must have originally been here, buried in a small flower bed.
When they passed by, they saw the mutated plants and tried to go around them.
If it weren't for 629's reminder, I would have really missed out on this axe.
Finally, Lin Xue spent some effort eliminating the mutated plants before digging out the rusty axe from the flower bed.
The eldest brother found a stone and sharpened the axe until it shone brightly.
After the rust was removed, the axe looked exceptionally sturdy.
Even the axe handle is made of good wood, and there is no sign of rot to this day.
Besides the axe, there was a stainless steel pot and two small stainless steel ceramic basins.
These items were delivered in a cardboard box, and one of the stainless steel pots inside was even dented in one place.
But this problem was no big deal. After some tweaking and fixing, it was finally usable.
At least this set of household items was not damaged.
At worst, it'll just look a bit ugly!
"Now we have a pot to cook!"
Ellie looked at the pot in her hand, then at the supplies that everyone was carrying.
We collected quite a bit of firewood along the way, thanks in large part to the strong winds.
They also found some food, especially the bag of sausages that Ai Qing found and Yao Yao's canned meat.
Everyone was quite envious.
"Now is not the time to cook. Let's hang in there a little longer. Once we get out of this area, we'll find a place to cook!"
Supplies you carry with you only truly belong to you once you consume them and eat them.
If these firewoods aren't used up soon, they might be coveted by other survivors later.
Don't think that only food can attract the attention of other survivors; even these seemingly ordinary dead branches and wood can be just as coveted.
"good!"
"Boss, the three of us can still hold on!"
"Sister Xue, we can still hold on!"
"Boss Xue, I can keep going too!"
It was one thing for others to say it, but unexpectedly, Old Mo also ran up to Lin Xue with a fawning expression, saying that he could also persevere.
In the group, some called her "Boss," while others called her "Sister Xue." But this old Mo simply called her "Boss Xue."
There are already three different names for this team.
Lin Xue felt that she couldn't accept any more people in the future; if someone came again, she didn't know what kind of names they would be called.
"Since we can persevere, let's keep going!"
"Let's try to find enough supplies before sunset, and then we'll cook dinner tonight!"
After some mobilization, everyone set off.
They would carefully inspect every place they passed through.
They only left after making sure no supplies had been left behind.
Of course, they also encountered other survivors along the way, but they did not cause much harm due to the force of the group.
Finally, Lin Xue abandoned the crowded high-rise buildings and led her team into a two-story building.
The doors of this small building have all been removed, and each room has an empty window frame.
"Block the doors and windows with felt, and we'll spend the night here!"
Lin Xue glanced around; although the place was dilapidated, it was much better than other places.
At least no one will come to take this place from them. Although the high-rise buildings are more concealed, there are also more survivors there.
Lin Xue didn't want to be squeezed together with those people; she couldn't sleep soundly at night.
"Boss, shall I start the fire?"
The eldest brother carried the firewood they had been saving for a long time and set up a makeshift stove in the lobby on the first floor.
"You guys do it, I'll go up to the second floor and keep an eye on things. I'll warn you if anyone gets close!"
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