When Jiang Yan entered the house, Sun Jingtao was standing on a solid wood chair, holding a telescope and looking out from a fan outlet on the wall.
There were flames outside, the sound of gunfire was deafening, and the battle was very fierce.
Those mutant rats seemed not to be deterred by the firepower at all, and they were still rushing in.
I think it was because the convoy was near the mall, and the location where the bombs were dropped was some distance away from them, but they could still feel the dust on the roof falling straight down.
"Jiang Yan, are you coming down?" Su Dai, who was holding the back of the chair for him, turned around.
"Yeah." Jiang Yan nodded and quickly scanned the room.
This is a blind box store with an area of less than ten square meters.
When restaurants, clothing stores, supermarkets, etc. were all looted, this place was left intact.
But the shelves were also covered with black dust.
There was no sign of Song Qian.
Jiang Yan: "Where's Song Qian?"
Su Dai shook her head, "I don't know, he just went out with Kong Wu."
"Brother Song went to the first floor to inquire about the situation. He said that if we find a relatively safe place, we should move there immediately." Kong Wu said.
Su Dai was a little puzzled, "Wouldn't it be more dangerous to move to the first floor? Those mutant rats are sharp-tongued and extremely ferocious. No wonder the one in our backyard had its teeth and claws pulled out. It's really scary."
Jiang Yan didn't speak, thinking quickly in her mind.
The first floor is indeed closest to the battlefield and the mutant rats.
But if the military drops bombs here later, this building will most likely cause several people to die.
Choose the lesser of two evils.
Going to the first floor is indeed a better choice.
From this point of view, Song Qian's style of doing things is quite meticulous.
In addition, there is another problem that she just realized, but everyone obviously overlooked.
"So many rats suddenly came out of the hole in large numbers, can't it be--" Jiang Yan deliberately hesitated to speak.
"It should be related to the pregnant female mouse that ran out of the laboratory, right?!" Su Dai said, and suddenly exclaimed:
"Oh my God! Isn't there going to be a big earthquake in Xiangcheng?!"
Everyone took a breath of cold air when they heard it.
Yes, because of the so-called female mouse that ran out of Dr. Xue's laboratory, everyone had some preconceived ideas.
I always thought that the sudden emergence of the mouse was related to some conspiracy theory.
But I overlooked the nature of some strange behaviors of animals.
Although it may not be accurate, other cities have experienced major earthquakes before.
Here in Xiangcheng, it is highly likely that it cannot be avoided.
As soon as the voice fell, the door was pushed open with a "creak". Song Qian stood at the door with an anxious look and urged:
"I found a store that can be defended and attacked, everyone hurry up!"
Thinking of the earthquake, several people did not dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly picked up their luggage and filed out of the store.
Jiang Yan deliberately walked at the end.
Her fingertips slid across the shelves, and all the blind boxes covered by black ash were collected into the space.
Opening blind boxes is one of her favorite things to do before the end of the world.
The others left in a hurry and the light was dim, so no one knew what she had done.
When they reached the first floor, the smell of gunpowder, blood, burnt smell, body odor, and all kinds of strange smells hit their noses.
Even though they were wearing masks, several people subconsciously breathed more slowly.
The shop Song Qian found was a restaurant away from the main battlefield.
The back door of the restaurant led to the mall.
Not far from the main entrance was the open-air parking lot of the mall.
No cars were seen, and no traces of rats were seen.
If there was an earthquake, rushing out would give them a glimmer of hope.
Not long after, the sound of gunfire on the other side of the mall gradually became less.
"Tutututu~"
Two helicopters flew over the parking lot.
"Hubby, there's no sound. Could it be that all the rats have been killed?" Su Dai reached out and tugged at Sun Jingtao's sleeve.
She had only heard some descriptions of the scene outside from Sun Jingtao before.
Most of the rats were very large, with sharp claws and teeth.
She had no idea how many rats there were.
She even felt that the base had sent out fighter planes and tanks to bomb them crazily, which was like using anti-aircraft guns to shoot mosquitoes.
But Ye Qing and Jiang Yan knew more.
Sun Jingtao pondered for a second and said, "Maybe they are out of bullets."
If there were an important convoy below, they would definitely escort it in the sky if they had bullets.
They would not leave so suddenly.
Su Dai was stunned, and a hint of despair emerged in her heart.
Rats, thick fog, and possible earthquakes.
Do people still want to live?
"I suggest that we take turns guarding the door, and the rest of you take this opportunity to take a rest." Jiang Yan said, and took out a bottle of mineral water from the air from her backpack and handed it to a few people.
Song Qian and the others did not hesitate, and said "thank you" and reached out to take it.
The people in front had been rushing on the road, going up and down, and to be honest, they were really tired.
Fortunately, Jiang Yan and the others had eaten dinner at home before.
It was a blessing in disguise.
Although everyone was thirsty, they also knew the preciousness of water resources.
When it was their turn, everyone was careful to drink only a small sip.
When the bottle was passed back to Jiang Yan, there was still more than half of the bottle left.
"You guys take a rest first, I'll go to look out." Ye Qing volunteered to get up first.
Plans can't change fast.
It's not realistic to evacuate overnight.
If there are no rats coming and no earthquake, then they will hide for a while.
Wait until dawn.
But if rats come, the store chosen by Song Qian is surrounded by walls on three sides, and it is much easier to attack and defend from one side.
However, except for Jiang Yan, the bullets of others are limited even if they have weapons.
This is a problem.
After a while, it was still quiet outside.
This kind of silence made people feel a little abnormal.
"I'll go upstairs to take a look and be back soon." Jiang Yan said, standing up.
Su Dai was still a little confused.
The haze outside was too heavy. Sun Jingtao had only occasionally seen some fur images in the firelight with a telescope.
What could Jiang Yan see? She didn't have sharp eyes
. But she didn't ask too much.
Jiang Yan must have her reasons for doing this.
"Jiang Yan, I'll go with you." Song Qian stood up and said.
Jiang Yan shook her head, "No, I'll go quickly and come back soon. If the rats come, you have more people and can fight back."
What she said made sense, and Song Qian didn't argue anymore.
As for Sun Jingtao and the others, they believed in Jiang Yan's ability.
Since she didn't want anyone to follow her, she didn't follow.
But Jiang Yan walked to the back door, suddenly stopped, turned around, "Ye Qing."
"Huh?" Ye Qing walked towards her quickly.
"Keep it."
Jiang Yan opened her backpack, took out a black cloth bag from it, and handed it to Ye Qing. (End of this chapter)
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