Chapter 131 After the Smoke

There are too many uncertainties when starting over again, so many that the memories of Chen Qingqing's previous life have become less important.

Many things have happened ahead of schedule under uncontrollable circumstances.

For example, the water and power outages at the beginning of the apocalypse.

If the water and power outages were caused by the butterfly effect brought about by Chen Qingqing's rebirth, then how could such a disaster be controlled by humans? The reason why

a natural disaster is a natural disaster is that it is entirely up to the heavens and humans cannot control it at all.

But now, even natural disasters have happened ahead of schedule one after another.

The insect disaster came several days ahead of schedule, and the temperature drop also came ahead of schedule.

Now the hail...

Chen Qingqing exhaled slowly.

In the previous life, hail appeared a month later.

Now it's more than a month earlier!

Precisely because there will be no hail in a short time, Chen Qingqing did not tell Wu Yue about this.

Wu Yue has to deal with various matters of the 73rd Base every day, and she is already busy and exhausted. Chen Qingqing doesn't want to bother her with things that will happen a long time later.

Chen Qingqing never expected that hail would come so soon.

As more and more hail fell, a dense layer accumulated on the protective net, and the weight pressed the protective net down.

Jiang Cuiping hurriedly asked: "What should we do next?"

Chen Qingqing: "Light a fire."

Wei Zheng suddenly understood why Chen Qingqing asked them to replace the protective net urgently.

Plastic film is good at blocking insects, but facing the continuous accumulation of ice balls, the film will not last long and will be crushed.

After using the protective net, a bonfire is lit below, and the bottom layer of ice will be melted and flow down through the mesh.

"The melted water can be used. This is rare water that has not been polluted. It can be drunk after boiling." Chen Qingqing continued.

The water used in the village now comes from the well in the village. Even if it is boiled, people will have stomachaches after drinking it.

So they have to go through distillation before they dare to drink it.

But distillation is not a simple process. Fortunately, the village is surrounded by forests, otherwise the fuel alone would be a problem.

Now these melted hail water can be boiled and drunk directly, saving them a lot of trouble!

Jiang Cuiping was both relieved and happy: "Qingqing, thank you so much!"

Seeing the hail gradually stop, Chen Qingqing smiled and said: "Nothing, we are leaving first."

Wei Zheng said quickly: "You have come so far, and you are leaving before you have a meal?"

Chen Qingqing was really worried about the 73rd Base. Although the base was not hers, Shang Li and Ming Peilan were in the base.

"No, we are in a hurry to get going."

Wei Zheng did not force her to stay, and immediately sent people to carry iron plates and put them on the trench.

Before leaving, Chen Qingqing left them weapons and warned them, "This hailstorm is just the beginning. If my estimate is correct... hailstorms occur about once a week, and each time they last for a whole day. Pay attention to the time and be prepared in advance next time."

Try not to send people out on the day of hailstorms, and the village should prepare containers for collecting water in advance.

"Okay."

Wei Zheng responded.

"Then when will you come back?"

Chen Qingqing: "I will pay close attention to the situation of the 75th base in V City. Once they make any movement, I will follow them closely."

"When the time comes..."

"Understood, front and back attack." Wei Zheng nodded.

The few people finally said goodbye, and Wei Zheng sent someone to put down the iron plate, watching the car get farther and farther away and disappear in the distance.

Jiang Cuiping held the child and wiped the corners of her eyes.

"I hope they have a safe journey."

Wei Zheng patted Jiang Cuiping on the shoulder: "Don't worry, they will be safe. Let's go and see the weapons left by Chen Qingqing."

The young people behind Wei Zheng were very excited: "Yes! Let's go and see the weapons!"

They finally have the ability to protect themselves!

They came to the warehouse door together, opened the warehouse door, looked up, and everyone was stunned.

"Is this... a sniper rifle?"

"This is XX Eagle! I recognize this!"

"Brother Zheng! Come and see if this is a grenade?!"

Wei Zheng was also stunned.

Chen Qingqing only said to leave some weapons for them, but did not say to leave half of the warehouse's weapons!

After Jiang Cuiping was shocked, her eyes fell on a pink suitcase in the corner that did not match the style of the surrounding weapon boxes.

Jiang Cuiping opened the suitcase, which contained milk powder, diapers and some emergency medicines.

"Qingqing..."

To go to City V, they had to pass through City B as usual.

Last time, they planned to send He Chuan and others to the base on Gongling Road in City B, but because the management of the base was too abnormal and authoritarian, they gave up.

This time, they came to the vicinity of the Gongling Road base again.

Cong Xin was very curious after hearing about their experience when they came here last time: "Since this base is so authoritarian, why did we still come?"

"If we regard them as partners, they are indeed unreliable. But if we regard them as trading partners, we don't have to worry so much."

Chen Qingqing was anxious to go back. The best route happened to pass through this base, and it wouldn't take too much time to make a simple transaction.

Chen Qingqing asked Lin Bo to drive the car forward. When they reached the intersection and were about to turn, they suddenly heard a burst of gunfire.

Lin Bo suddenly stepped on the brakes and prepared to turn back. At the same time, he looked at Chen Qingqing: "Shall we go?"

Chen Qingqing frowned and shook her head: "Wait."

There was only one burst of gunfire, and it didn't seem to be directed at them. It was followed by a burst of explosions.

Then everything returned to calm.

Chen Qingqing rushed into the space and took out a bulletproof vest and put it on.

"I'll go down and take a look."

"If there's an internal riot at their base, we might be able to take advantage of the opportunity to grab something. Otherwise, it would be a pity if the things were destroyed in the explosion."

Cong Xin: "... Sister Qing, you're really frugal."

Chen Qingqing: "Thank you."

Lin Bo: "Danger, take this."

Cong Xin looked out: ...

Is this string of grenades serious?

Chen Qingqing nodded and tied the grenade string around her waist with an approving look.

"I'm not a very good shooter, but this thing can still attack in a range, which is better than a gun."

And anyone who saw this string of grenades would retreat.

Chen Qingqing put on protective clothing, put on a helmet, got out of the car, and walked along the wall towards the place where the gunfire came from.

Chen Qingqing looked out and saw that there was no sound outside.

After a puff of white smoke dissipated, Chen Qingqing finally saw what was happening over there through the helmet.

Corpses were piled up on the ground silently.

There were elderly people, children under ten years old, and people with missing arms and legs.

Some people were even wrapped in gauze, and some were holding crutches.

Chen Qingqing looked at everything in front of him in a daze.

"Qingqing..."

Lin Bo's voice came from the walkie-talkie.

"What's wrong?"

Chen Qingqing slowly picked up the intercom: "...Nothing."

"They...are dealing with the population."

Lin Bo's voice dropped: "Come back."

"Okay."

Chen Qingqing was about to turn around and go back, when she suddenly saw a small figure crawling out from the pile of corpses not far away.