I spent several days in this small county town and gained some insights from the experience.
Besides the seasonings found on the first day, there were also thick cotton clothes and thick quilts found later.
You can never have too many of these winter gear items.
They can sell them to the base if they don't need them; there are plenty of people there who want them.
They also found some hidden grain, but they don't know if the people who escaped are gone and didn't come back to take it away.
This is what Li Xiao saw through the map. She discovered there was something in the space below and said, "Here you go." She didn't expect to find food.
This is an unexpected surprise; who wouldn't be happy to have extra food?
They also found some gasoline and diesel, but not much.
These things are hard to find, so finding even a little is good, and we won't complain about finding even a small amount.
Over the course of several days, they found quite a few things, and everyone was quite happy.
Li Xiao collected mostly firewood.
Tables, chairs, stools—anything that could be burned was stuffed into the space.
Who knows when this cold winter will end? It's always good to be prepared. You don't want to freeze to death when the weather gets even worse and you have nothing to burn.
Store everything that can be stored in your personal space; it's always good to have some on hand.
The haul was good; after walking around the small county town, there was really nothing left to collect, so they left and headed back.
"I didn't expect such a small county town to have so many good things. What do you think, should we go and visit other counties?"
Shao Jie was tempted by his harvest and asked for other people's opinions.
Yu Yanbin shook his head, declining the suggestion to go to other places.
"What's wrong?"
"I don't know if the weather has stabilized now, so I wonder if anything will happen to the upright ones."
That makes sense. Nobody knows what will happen with the weather, so everyone is just watching and waiting.
"The weather is too harsh right now, and a large number of mutated animals have come out. If we go to other places to collect supplies, we will inevitably encounter them. If we encounter something like the mutated spiders we've encountered this time, I can't guarantee that we can escape unscathed."
Everyone fell silent, unsure of what to say.
"We were originally going to Beijing, so it's best if nothing goes wrong. We have plenty of supplies, so we don't need to be as calculating as others. We can leave once the weather stabilizes."
Cheng Shaolin continued, picking up where Yu Yanbin left off, saying that no one else was as eager to return to Beijing as he was.
"Okay, let's go back then. Let's stay inside the base."
The group returned to the base and stayed there, rarely venturing out.
They are waiting for the weather to stabilize, hoping it will settle down soon so they can ski to Beijing.
But while they were waiting, they could always hear mutated animals appearing, biting and killing people.
"It seems it's not safe outside. There are so many mutated animals now." Tian Tian was very worried, hugging her legs and snuggling under the covers.
"We hear about this kind of thing a lot these days. Even if the weather stabilizes, it's probably best for us not to go out."
Zheng Yongnian was also very uneasy, and he huddled under the covers by the fire.
The weather is still bad, with heavy snow, moderate snow, and light snow alternating in turn, and it hasn't stopped much.
The cold wind howls, it blows every day.
Every time the cold wind blows, the ice forms a thicker layer.
Layer upon layer, stacked up, getting thicker and thicker.
The snowflakes on the ground were frozen solid; apart from the first layer of snow that had just fallen, everything below was frozen solid.
The temperature hasn't dropped much; it hasn't changed much. It's already -63℃, and it hasn't changed much in the last few days, hovering around -60℃.
Now they feel a bit cold when they go out, so they try to stay indoors as much as possible.
The firewood must be kept burning every day, every moment.
Many people in the base froze to death. Without warm clothes, food, or water, it was extremely difficult for them to survive.
Even with all the chairs and tables Li Xiao had collected, they couldn't withstand being burned all day long.
The situation was so dire that even the base had no good way to reduce casualties.
With so many people in the base, the cost of food, drink, and clothing must be enormous.
I want to post a mission to collect supplies, but no team wants to take it.
No one dared to go out and collect supplies in this kind of weather; if you don't have the skills, don't take on the job.
Only the base's own team went out to collect the materials; they were from the military, and serving the people was a belief ingrained in their very bones.
In order for more people to survive, they must complete tasks and collect more supplies.
With only one team, it's inevitably a drop in the ocean.
The base leaders were extremely worried, but there was nothing they could do. The outside environment was too harsh, and there was a high chance that they would never return if they went out.
Li Xiao and the others had also heard about the situation, but they didn't really need the supplies and didn't really want to go out.
"Many people are freezing to death now because there is no firewood. Many people have died."
"Oh, it's too cold, there's nothing I can do about it."
Li Xiao and the others sat around the fireplace, their expressions flickering with the flames, the light reflecting on their faces changing with the flickering flames.
"What should we do? Just watch them die?" Tian Tian rested her chin on her knees, staring at the flames in the fireplace.
"Are you stupid? Have you forgotten what you saw that day? What those people did?"
Shao Jie looked at Tian Tian with disapproval and disappointment, his voice filled with anger.
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