Chapter 40 Snowstorm【VIP】
"Tiantian, everything's settled. What about this locksmith?"
Tang Yi, Wei Mingxia and Tan Tan worked together to deal with those armed men. The humans' attack patterns were regular, but the dogs' were not.
In addition, the weapons they used were forged with supernatural powers, which were extremely powerful and could not be resisted in the end.
Tang Yi aside, after her trip outside, Wei Mingxia became even more determined to kill the enemy, and she actually began to kill him. However, the blood would freeze instantly. The corridor was clean.
The locksmith had no weapons, only various lock-picking tools. With a knife at his neck, he was trembling, nearly pissing himself, and begging them to spare his life.
He didn't live in Building 15, and because of this skill, he was previously recruited by the Security Department. Although he was forced to disband now, as long as he still had this skill, no one would kill him immediately, but instead provide him with good food and drink.
People who live far away don't even know there's a devil on the 17th floor. Today, he was hired to open a lock again, and he came over happily. Who would have thought that the people here were so ruthless and powerful that they could kill people in just a few strokes!
Tang Tian wiped the tip of the knife and raised her eyebrows:
“People can go, but the tools remain.”
The locksmith's face dropped. His skill depended on the tools he had saved. Even if he could collect more, there was nothing around now, making it difficult to gather them all.
What’s the difference between this and breaking your own wings and cutting off your own livelihood and financial resources?
But he didn't argue. At least he was alive, right? He hurried away, tumbling and crawling.
Tang Nan finally came to his senses, pointed at Tang Tian in disbelief, and stammered:
“You, you…”
She couldn't utter a complete sentence for a long time.
After all, the two had never met in real life, and Tang Haifeng didn't allow himself and Tang Zirui to meet.
Unfortunately, the two sisters are both anchors and are considered semi-public figures, so they can be easily seen on the Internet.
Tang Tian signaled Tang Yi, Wei Mingxia and Tan Tan to go back to the house first as they still had to clean up the house.
"...Why don't you kill me?"
Tang Nan forced himself to calm down, but did not stand up. Instead, he looked up and asked in a deep voice.
Because Tang Tian remembered some things about her past life.
At that time, Tang Haifeng and his family had already moved in, and the house was even smaller. Jiang Yao had complained about it, but he didn't say it out loud because they had supplies.
But what was unexpected was that the former changed their attitude and became very harmonious. Even Tang Tian felt that they really wanted to stick together to survive.
However, when they heard the news that they could receive supplies, they tore off their hypocritical masks and had a big fight. No one wanted to go out in the snow to receive the supplies.
Not to mention Jiang Yao, that glutton. He could accept the supplies, but he wanted to monopolize some of them. Tang Yi was so angry that her face twisted.
After much arguing, there was no result. So in the end, Tang Tian, Tang Yi, and Tang Nan went together to collect the supplies.
They walked there in the freezing cold and fell seriously ill upon returning. But Tang Tian also discovered that Tang Nan did not seem to be welcome in the Tang family.
However, this does not mean that Tang Tian has softened her heart towards her half-sister, but rather... she feels that there is an opportunity here that can be exploited.
She rolled her eyes, smiled and said:
"They wanted to break into the house and rob, so we killed them. You didn't do that, and I don't kill everyone I see."
After saying that, he walked into the house with a knife.
Tang Nan frowned, realizing something was wrong, but he was more tired and weak after escaping death, so he slowly got up and went downstairs.
…
"Unfilial... Really unfilial. How could I, Tang Haifeng, give birth to such a daughter!"
Tang Haifeng gasped for breath, but felt pain in his lungs due to the invasion of cold air. His chest rose and fell with his deep breaths, and he gritted his teeth.
"Mom and Dad, why are you back?"
Tang Zirui had just finished his meal, he wiped his mouth and asked.
"I was just saying that. Your two sisters almost killed your father! You can't judge a person by his appearance. He looks so kind, but he's actually so evil at heart. Now your sister is still there. She's probably going to be killed!"
Lai Meiyan was indignant, and suddenly she thought of something. After thinking for a while, she said to Tang Haifeng:
"Hubby, I think Tang Tian is inexplicably hostile to us, but not to Nan Nan. Could it be..."
"So what!" Tang Haifeng shouted unhappily, "Nannan stayed. With Tang Tian's ruthless nature, how could Nannan possibly—"
"Mom and Dad!"
Before he finished speaking, Tang Nan pushed open the door and walked in.
Tang Haifeng was pleasantly surprised. Just as Lai Meiyan said, Tang Tian actually let Tang Nan go!
He hurried forward, put his hands on the latter's shoulders, and said in a soft voice with joy:
"Nannan, it seems your sister Tang Tian treats you well! For the sake of our family, why don't you go beg your Aunt Wei again? Even if you can't find a place to stay, at least bring back some more supplies!"
Tang Nan felt increasingly cold in his heart.
She understood that those supplies would only be used by them, and the extra ones would be given to herself!
In addition, Tang
Tang Nan thought about it and his eyes gradually turned red.
Tang Zirui was only two years younger than her, but she had always known that her family didn't seem to like her. She had originally planned to take the college entrance exam this year and live far away alone, but she hadn't expected a natural disaster to shatter her fantasy.
After Tang Haifeng found out, he comforted and reassured her, and even pulled Lai Meiyan aside and said a few perfunctory words.
Tang Nan was thinking of giving up, but when she saw the whole family looking so hypocritical, she thought of Tang Tian instead.
So she nodded, turned and left the house.
Tang Tian thought it was normal that Tang Nan would come again, and this was what she wanted.
Back then, Tang Haifeng and Lai Meiyan had an affair. The latter promised that she was pregnant with a son, and finally succeeded in marrying the former. However, she didn't expect that the baby she gave birth to was another daughter.
Fortunately, Tang Zirui came later, but Tang Nan was miserable. His father didn't care about him and his mother didn't love him. Then he encountered the end of the world. So at the end of his previous life, he was even regarded as a tool of the Tang family together with Tang Tian and Tang Yi.
Perhaps because they were in the same situation, Tang Nan didn't have much hostility towards them. At that time, the food allocated to her at home was always more, so she often shared it with Tang Tian and the others.
Although Tang Tian didn't believe that good bamboo shoots would come out of bad bamboo, he put away his knife and didn't chop it down, as if to wipe out all ties with his past life.
However, this does not mean that she has to believe her or even take her in, because she is Tang Haifeng's person after all.
Maybe it was because Tang Nan hadn't had anyone listen to her for a long time, so she slowly told Tang Tian everything in her heart.
Tang Tian listened, but did not answer. After a pause, he asked:
"So, you want to get rid of them?"
"But now the natural disasters are so severe, it's just like the end of the world as described on the Internet. I can't leave them!"
Tang Nan's eyes were red but she didn't dare to cry. If she really left, how would she survive alone?
"No, you can." Tang Tian said calmly. "Didn't your family just get the supplies back? I don't think much of it was for you, right? But as long as they're gone...aren't all those supplies yours?"
Tang Nan opened his eyes wide in shock, and after a long while he spoke hesitantly:
"Y-You're thinking...you're crazy! That's your dad!"
"No, he hasn't been since he abandoned us—but he's yours now. What a shame, he's still a father who would use his own daughter to protect him!"
Tang Tian's face was half-smiled. The face-to-face ridicule made Tang Nan blush again, feeling slightly embarrassed.
But not only could she not refute it, she also felt a wave of fear and resentment in her heart.
Why can Tang Zirui eat and drink well and not be cold, while I have to suffer from the cold and hunger, and have to endure cold violence, and almost even lose my life?
Besides, she had been living like this for more than ten years before!
There was no telling how long this blizzard would last. Was she going to be like this forever? She had been planning to leave home before the apocalypse, so why not after?
Tang Tian observed Tang Nan's mood and felt that it was almost time. She took out something and handed it to him, saying in a tone that hinted at something:
"I'm just offering you an offer. The decision is yours. I don't know what the situation is like in your neighborhood, but the authorities don't have the manpower to catch criminals right now. With so many deaths and murders, this isn't a big deal."
When Tang Nan saw that thing, he was shocked again.
It was a squeeze bottle, smaller than eye drops, and half filled with an unknown light-colored liquid...
It can be seen that Tang Tian does not seem to be short of supplies at all, and it does not seem surprising that he can get something that can kill people.
Tang Nan bit her lip and said:
"I can help you, but I have a condition. My parents and Tang Zirui have been thinking about how to stay at your house all day, and you definitely won't allow it. If it succeeds, I won't come to your house, but you must give me some supplies!"
"This isn't helping me, it's helping yourself."
Tang Tian smiled and directly passed the blame. She never spoke too confidently and looked indifferent.
Tang Nan took a deep breath, grabbed the squeeze bottle and put it in his pocket. Just as he was about to leave without looking back, he was stopped by the former.
Tang Tian gave her some more food, so that Tang Haifeng would believe her, and it would be best if he could feel satisfied and elated.
…
Tang Nan was holding two boxes of frozen pork ribs, and the medicine bottle in his pocket felt as hot as charcoal.
She hesitated for a while before returning to the room with her head lowered.
As Tang Tian expected, Tang Haifeng and his family were delighted to see the food. Especially Tang Zirui, who had been craving spareribs. Although it wasn't as good as hot pot, he finally got to eat meat.
Seeing that Tang Tian was willing to give all this, Tang Haifeng was even more confident that he could let the whole family live in 1701. He even patted Tang Nan on the shoulder and said with a smile:
"This is all thanks to Nan Nan. Once we move into your Aunt Wei's house, we'll have more supplies!"
Tang Nan was silent for a moment, then suddenly said:
"It's okay, Dad. We have spare ribs and instant noodles now. How about I make them? Then our family can have a good meal."
Tang Zirui was drooling and clamoring for food, so Tang Haifeng agreed.
But in his heart, he was thinking that he must ask Tang Nan to go to Tang Tian's place and bring as many supplies as possible. Moreover, after this meal, they would also go to Tang Tian's place to inquire about the matter!
The crackling firelight illuminated half of Tang Nan's face, but she didn't feel warm at all, and only felt still cold.
After the water boiled, she put in the pork ribs. Given the limited conditions, it was good to be able to drink some hot soup, so she didn't care about the taste.
She tilted her head slightly. Tang Haifeng and the other two were still discussing how to negotiate with Wei Mingxia, not caring about her presence. But it was obvious that they looked more like a family.
Tang Nan's eyes darkened. He quietly took out the medicine bottle and squeezed all the liquid inside into the pot.
Finally, add the instant noodles. Bubbles start to rise in the pot, and the aroma gradually fills the air, making you salivate.
Everyone got a bowl, and Tang Haifeng even put two extra pieces of pork ribs into Tang Nan's bowl. Tang Nan thanked him, but just held the bowl to his cold hands without saying anything.
However, the Tang family hadn't eaten raw meat in a long time. Before the apocalypse, they were well-off and had no worries about food and drink. They rarely experienced such hardship. In the extreme cold, food would quickly cool, so they couldn't wait any longer and began to devour it with big mouthfuls.
Tang Nan knew he had to pretend, so he buried his head in pretending to eat.
After a moment, Tang Zirui suddenly loosened his hands, and the remaining food and bowl and chopsticks fell to the ground. He bent over and vomited with a "wow".
Tang Haifeng and Lai Meiyan were startled and hurried forward to ask.
But after a while, Lai Meiyan's expression became strange. She covered her stomach and even broke out in a cold sweat:
"Hubby...this isn't right!"
Tang Zirui rolled around in the filth and screamed in pain. Before Tang Haifeng could recover from the chaos, he felt a sudden and intense pain in his left chest, forcing him to fall to the ground and cover his chest with his hands. He was in great pain.
But he saw from the corner of his eye that nothing had happened to Tang Nan. In the midst of the pain, he instantly understood everything. His pupils contracted in disbelief, and he cried out:
"Tang Nan! You, you and Tang Tian are colluding to poison us!?"
He had personally witnessed the group of security guards being poisoned and knew the symptoms.
But he never expected that he was lucky last time, but he was still poisoned this time - even by his own daughter!
Tang Nan didn't reply. She just put down the bowl and watched the scene with almost indifference.
Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. Even if she regrets it, it is too late.
She could see her parents and brother lying on the ground screaming in pain, spitting out filth and blood. She didn't know why, but she felt a sense of relief in her heart.
Since they are a loving family, let them go offline in an orderly manner!
Only when you are free from constraints can you live a better life in the future!
The three of them gradually fell silent, and Tang Zirui was probably the first to die. He was originally very afraid of death, and even considered not leaving his supplies to his parents and sister, but in the end, he died in extreme fear.
Lai Meiyan cried and cursed, crying for the son she had finally had and the wealth she had achieved.
The one he cursed was Tang Nan, calling him all the dirty and smelly names. In the end, he even cursed Tang Haifeng and Wei Mingxia before he died unwillingly.
Tang Haifeng's face turned bright red and saliva dripped from his mouth. Anger had kept him alive until now, but it was of no avail.
He couldn't even punish Tang Nan, and could only watch his only son die while his own vitality gradually faded away...
Seeing his eyes wide open with anger, Tang Nan felt a little scared. He got up and left in a panic, going upstairs to find Tang Tian.
…
The wind and snow outside the window were still blowing, and to Tang Nan's ears, it sounded more like a wailing.
It was only one floor away, but she felt increasingly weak, gasping for breath, and half crawled and half walked to 1701.
Although Tang Tian was waiting at home, she would not lose out whether Tang Nan implemented the plan or not.
If Tang Nan didn't do it in the end, he had already told her where they lived, and she could just wait for an opportunity to resolve it.
But he let his daughter commit incest and kill his father, and his precious little son died in front of him, and he was unable to save himself. For Tang Haifeng, this was even more painful than being killed by a knife before his death!
I didn't expect Tang Nan to really do it. It seems that what she thought was right.
Tang Nan brought Tang Tian upstairs. Tang Tian looked at the three motionless corpses in the room. Their faces were distorted, blood was flowing from all seven orifices, and they died in extreme pain.
After all, what he gave to Tang Nan was the concentrated venom she made using poisonous properties.
It can be controlled to be colorless and odorless, making people go away in pain and die slowly. It is really an excellent trick to kill people.
Especially Tang Haifeng, who died with his eyes open. He stared straight at the door, looking like he had something to say but couldn't. Even his bearded mouth was slightly open. It seems that he understood all the plans before he died.
As soon as someone died in the extreme cold, they would turn into lumps of ice. Tang Tian kicked them to make sure they were truly gone.
She nodded, took something out of the backpack behind her and put it on the ground.
When Tang Nan took a look, he found that it was actually an iron box - the kind of compressed biscuits that were packed in an iron barrel of ten kilograms.
When she opened it, she saw that in addition to compressed biscuits, there were also some canned food and even a few kitchen knives.
"All the supplies here are yours now. Adding these, it'll be enough to sustain you for a few months. The authorities should be building a shelter. If you go early, you might have a chance to be among the first to move in, and you'll get better benefits than if you go in later."
Tang Nan was stunned for a moment, then immediately said unhappily:
"Is that all? I killed my parents just for you!"
No matter what, they had lived together for more than ten years, and there were also warm moments. Moreover, they were her biological parents, so how could they be dismissed like this?
"Why, you're still trying to raise the price?" Tang Tian smiled. "Besides, you hate them, don't you? Think about what life was like with them in the apocalypse. When did they ever listen to you?"
"Besides, I never really asked you to kill them from the beginning. I just gave you a chance. It was you who made the choice between the two dilemmas. This is all your idea!"
Tang Nan was so shocked by Tang Tian's loud statement that he collapsed beside the iron box, with the three corpses beside him.
But by the fire, she quickly came to her senses, took out a piece of compressed biscuit from the iron box, opened it and started eating it.
Every time she had to wait for the food to reach Tang Zirui before she could get her share of the food. This time she was finally free and could control her own food.
…
Tang Tian only took Tang Haifeng's body away and brought it back to show Tang Yi and Wei Mingxia.
Tang Yi and Wei Mingxia watched in silence, but they felt a little relieved.
If Tang Haifeng is still alive and is planning how to break into the house every day, that would be tantamount to harassment. It would be better to end it early.
Tang Tian was not capable of doing such a thing as torturing the corpse, so she wrapped the body up and took it outside to bury it in a deep pit dug there.
When the snow melts and turns into floods, no one knows where it will drift to. When the temperature rises again, it will rot and leave this world completely like many other dead people.
Coincidentally, just when she was burying the body, Shen Boyun, Cheng Jing and Shen Yaoyue came back from outside.
The three of them saw Tang Tian busying herself from afar, but did not go forward to ask or interfere - they seemed to have seen this action many times.
As soon as he got home, Shen Boyun saw that Yan Chunhua seemed to be hesitant to speak. After asking several times, the latter sighed and explained.
The Shen family originally had no surveillance, and as they went out more often to look for supplies, Shen Boyun also found and installed surveillance that was suitable for current use.
There was always movement in the corridor. For example, after they went out today, Yan Chunhua stayed at home to look after the house, and soon he heard noise outside the door.
After turning on the surveillance camera, I found that there were several people surrounding the door of 1701 and trying to unlock it.
Although she had helped the Tang family out of trouble before, there was really no need for her to rush to help in this dangerous matter, so she did not go out.
Unexpectedly, she later found out everything: including how the Tang family had dealt with those people, and how Tang Tian had instigated Tang Nan to kill her father and brought the body back...
Chen Yaoyue curled her lips. She always thought Tang Tian was a ruthless person and didn't think there was anything wrong with him.
Shen Boyun just thought about it and said:
"Mom, maybe they have their own reasons. Let's not meddle in their affairs. Besides, we've seen family members become enemies during our recent outings..."
After being frozen and starving to the point of exhaustion, any bit of supplies would be scrambled for. Even if the government sent a large amount of supplies this time, even if they were placed in one family, there would inevitably be uneven distribution, and everyone was furious.
Yan Chunhua sighed deeply again, exhaling a cloud of icy mist, hoping that the wind and snow outside would stop soon...
I don’t know if God heard people’s wishes, but the wind and snow actually became less severe.
The first thing to stop was the strong wind. I was no longer blown by the biting cold wind, and even my speed when going out was much faster.
The snow began to subside when Tang Tian went to the balcony to collect the snow.
Most importantly, she also found that the temperature had unknowingly risen from minus 70 degrees Celsius to minus 60 degrees Celsius.
It may seem small, but it gives everyone hope – is the temperature starting to rise?
The authorities naturally noticed this and not only rushed to enclose land and build shelters, but also sent extreme cold relief supplies to more and smaller areas, and various new news came over the radio every day.
Since the heavy snow continues, the accumulated snow is likely to remain there for a long time. The official zone is located in areas with many office buildings, serving as a shelter for low-rise residents nearby. Therefore, Spring City Center was established first, followed by outward expansion.
District S where the Tang family lives is a relatively remote area, and most of the office buildings are not very tall, so it has not been completed so early.
However, many people have already left their original homes with their families and the remaining supplies to go to those shelters.
There are also some in Hexinyuan. Tang Tian has seen groups of people coming out of the building these days. There was no strong wind, and even their footsteps were a little faster.
In Building 15, I heard that Wang Hui had formed a team with several people whose families had lost relatives due to the extreme cold, and were preparing to set out on the journey to the shelter to try their luck.
Some people wanted to catch up, but unfortunately they had no supplies to support them on the journey, so they immediately blocked the intersection and begged for mercy.
Among them was the Qian Peng family. They discovered that the lower floor had been breached by the snow, and fearing they would be buried overnight, they had no choice but to move to a vacant room higher up.
The snow had accumulated to the 13th floor, and Zhang Manxin and Yue Ming, who lived on the 12th floor, as well as their neighbors across the street, had to move.
So Qian Peng's wife and Zhang Manxin both went to find Wang Hui. One wanted to exchange luxury goods for their family, while the other kept kowtowing on the ground, just wanting Yue Ming to join. However, they were all rejected by Wang Hui and left Building 15 directly.
People's joys and sorrows are not shared. Tang Tian stood on the balcony, looking down at the white snow covered with footprints, and fell into deep thought.
After extreme cold comes extreme heat, but she died in the flood, so she doesn’t know what the future will be like.
If the extreme cold persists for months, will the floods eventually subside? Will the extreme heat also end? Will the world be hit by a new round of natural disasters after that? No one knows for sure.
Tang Tian sighed.
Fortunately, I still have a golden finger, so I can only take it one step at a time.
No matter what, their family must survive this time!
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