Chapter 54 Extremely Hot [VIP]
But this time they were discovered not because Tang Tian and Tang Yi's actions were caught by surveillance.
But after those people finished their patrol, Wang Hui was taking care of the warehouse, so he returned to check again.
Wang Hui initially teamed up with others to go to the official shelter, but it was just beginning to be built at that time, and the nearest one was very far away.
So halfway through the journey, they faced a situation of lack of water, food and cold.
Their accommodations along this stretch consisted of various unoccupied floors, where they would stop to light fires for warmth.
But unexpectedly, one night, Wang Hui was attacked by his teammates. This incident caused him a great psychological trauma. You know, they have been helping each other since they were in Building 15.
So Wang Hui killed that man, and the others scattered like birds and beasts.
He thought that even if he went to a shelter, this kind of situation would probably happen again and again, so he gave up the idea, wandered around outside, and started to do robbery.
However, it wasn't long before he became acquainted with a gang of robbers and was appreciated by the gang's leader, who wanted him to join.
The leader of the group was a death row inmate who had just been detained in a detention center. Death sentence reviews usually take one or two years, so he still had his life saved.
However, he was filled with anger and resentment. When he saw the natural disaster approaching, he took advantage of the worst moment and escaped from the prison with other criminals in the detention center. He even killed the prison guards and stole several guns and bullets.
With these, he can almost move sideways, and his team continues to expand. They are like a pack of wolves that can rob and survive wherever they go.
After hearing these stories, Wang Hui chose to join without hesitation.
Anyway, he has no ties in the world and only has his life left, so why not join a powerful group and earn a few more days to live?
Compared to those timid people in Hexinyuan, this place is more suitable for me!
To this day, Wang Hui has already reached a middle-class status and even has a group of younger brothers under him.
They are responsible for patrolling tonight and also for bringing in new members.
After checking the warehouse, they continued forward, but Wang Hui turned back and caught Tang Yi off guard.
The warehouse can be said to be the heart of the team. It contains a large amount of supplies that have been looted, which is enough for their large team to live for a while. There must be no mistakes.
Wang Hui felt relieved and picked up the powerful flashlight, shining it only on the face of the ignorant thief.
The next moment, a dozen or so armed minions came running from a distance.
Tang Tian also quickly crossed the iron gate, repaired it casually, and then reached out and fired an air bullet, hitting Wang Hui's hand directly.
The latter cried out in pain and dropped the flashlight, and could only continue to shout:
"Catch these two thieves! There's a reward!"
The minions raised their weapons and rushed forward one after another, roaring.
Tang Tian and Tang Yi raised their hands and fired air bullets, each shot hitting the head. The group of minions immediately braked to a stop, their eyes widened in disbelief.
Could it be that these two thieves have guns? !
Taking advantage of that moment, Tang Yi fled with Tan Tan, while Tang Tian stayed behind. He waved his hand again, and a stream of purple powder that was barely noticeable in the dark night spurted out, just splashing on the faces of the minions who followed.
The minions paused, and fell to the ground one after another.
But they did not die. Instead, they were affected by the sleeping ability released by Tang Tian and fell into a baby-like sleep.
Take this opportunity and run away!
In fact, it’s not that they can’t fight, but it’s not clear how many people there are. Tang Tian didn’t want to spend extra effort, so he escaped from the villa area with his spoils.
…
Wang Hui covered his hands and watched all this in disbelief.
Until another group of people came over from behind, the big man surrounded in the middle asked in an unhappy tone:
"What the hell happened? How could a thief dare to come in? What's the point of the surveillance?!"
The big man was the team leader Wu Ye. He had a stern face and looked ferocious. There was even a very long scar on his face, which trembled slightly as he spoke.
Because he chose to burn, kill and loot from the beginning, he has never lacked supplies. He looks no different from ordinary people before the end of the world, which is quite rare.
Wang Hui understood that this was a sign of Wu Ye's anger, and quickly said:
"Brother Wu, those two thieves seem to be heading for the warehouse. I'm going to check first to see if anything is missing!"
Wu Ye was even more dissatisfied, because he had just been drinking and having fun with everyone in the house, and was interrupted by such a trivial matter. As a leader, he lost face.
He kicked the minions lying on the ground a few more times and found that several of them were dead, as if they were gunshot wounds.
But most of them were just asleep. He couldn't help but get angry and immediately brought the people who were guarding and monitoring up. He didn't let them explain and executed them on the spot.
Wang Hui returned quickly, panting and replying:
"Brother Wu, the camera on the door was broken, and the camera in the room was also blocked. The supplies on the first floor were all there, but on the second floor, for some reason, all the safes there disappeared!"
"What?!"
Wu Ye was also shocked when he heard this.
But others also want to make an example of someone to scare the monkeys.
He just didn't understand. The supplies on the first floor were all food, water and medicine, but the thief didn't take them. Instead, he took the hard-to-open safes on the second floor?
And it was actually emptied out, there must be other people outside to support them!
When Wu Ye thought of this, his face darkened.
?
, and hurriedly said:
"Brother Wu, we've already given up on opening the safe on the second floor, and the things inside can't be eaten or drunk. Besides, we were already discussing whether to raid it again, and this is the most important thing now!"
Afterwards, Wu Ye's group would only go out to raid communities with few living people and smaller unofficial shelters in the past few days.
Wu Ye still snorted coldly in dissatisfaction.
But by the moonlight, he saw that Wang Hui's hand was injured. After thinking for a moment, he said sternly:
"Wang Hui, forget it this time, but I don't want to see this situation a second time!"
"But... I'll give you a chance to redeem yourself. You'll lead the raid this time! Go back and heal your wounds first!"
Wang Hui didn't dare to refuse and could only agree.
After Wu Ye and his men left, he angrily asked others to wake up the sleeping minions, and left with his hands covered.
…
This was the first time Tang Yi had experienced this. In fact, the place where she was hiding was quite secluded, but she had never expected Wang Hui to check it carefully. When the light shone on her, she felt her heart stop beating.
Riding a bicycle, she slowly frowned and asked again:
"Tiantian, I've exposed your whereabouts this time. What will happen to them?"
"Sister, we're all masked. Even if we run into Wang Hui, he might not recognize us in that situation. And we don't see them catching up with us yet."
Tang Tian comforted:
"If I have to say it, it's my fault. Maybe I shouldn't be so greedy."
The situation just now was really like walking on thin ice. If we were not careful, we would be surrounded.
But she collected dozens of safes in one go, and this time her harvest was much greater than before, so it was not a loss.
Tang Yi nodded, and the two of them and the dog returned to Hexinyuan along the same route.
The duration of Yangzhi Ganlu was almost over, so Wei Mingxia put new hailstones in the bucket to keep out the heat.
Tang Tian and Tang Yi took a shower one after another and took out iced lemon tea from the system to drink.
The trophies from the free shopping trip were laid out on the floor. Tan Tan sniffed at them, wagging his tail with pride.
This is the trophy that my masters and I got from hunting!
Next is the time to happily open the blind box!
Wei Mingxia also helped with the dismantling.
First, spend the gold you get from the antique shop, and then use your gold-attributed abilities to start dealing with those safes.
They were collected from a gold shop, and indeed they contained gold, jade, and jewelry that had not been moved in time.
While dismantling the system, Tang Tian directly spent money to enter the system.
Soon it was time to search the villa area. Safes of all sizes almost filled the living room.
The three of them opened the safes separately. The contents of these safes were either financial, legal, identity and privacy documents, or valuables:
Antique calligraphy and paintings, or cash, Tang Tian even saw a real complete coin set.
There are also luxury goods such as famous watches and brooches, followed by diamonds, gems, and jewelry inlaid with these. The most numerous are packaged gold bars of various sizes like those of Qian Peng!
With so many safes, the three people's mental strength was soon exhausted.
Tang Tian took out three bottles of soda from the system, one in peach, one in orange, and one in grape flavor, and continued after recovering her mental strength.
In addition, there are several seemingly ordinary USB flash drives and hard drives, and I wonder what secrets are hidden in them.
Tang Tian put all these and other items that cannot be purchased with real money into the warehouse. They might be useful in the future.
All those who could spend money invested in the system, and together with the money earned from the food store, 1.5 million gold coins soon appeared in the gold coin column, setting a new record!
Tang Tian made a prompt decision and opened a new ability column for each of the three people.
Judging from today's thrilling experience, her choice to open more power columns every time was the right one, otherwise she would not be able to use so many powers at once.
Her ultimate goal is to have at least ten ability columns!
With 1.2 million gold coins left, Tang Tian simply upgraded the air bullets again, from level 7 to the maximum level 10.
She practiced well today, and she was able to hit the headshot even in such dim light.
The power of level 7 is already quite strong, and with the full level power, I'm afraid there are few defenses that can withstand it.
So the gold coins I just bought quickly shrank by half to 900,000 gold coins.
Tang Tian seemed to have already planned how to use the money. She went to the commercial street and bought a cookbook first.
【Candy that sparkles like gems】!
As the name suggests, this is a recipe specifically for making candy, but Tang Tian has another use for it.
In the future, as your superpowers increase and the number of times you release them increases, your mental energy may be consumed faster.
But now, most of the things that can restore their mental strength are drinks. They can't just drink tons of soda in front of the enemy during a battle, right?
So after checking it out, Tang Tian thought this recipe was good. If drinks provided instant recovery, then candies provided a slow recovery.
For example, they can now fire twelve air bullets in one breath, and they can almost reload the bullets infinitely by holding a piece of candy in their mouths while shooting!
However, to make candy, just like popcorn, you need specific equipment - a [candy machine].
Tang Tian bought it immediately, and only 700,000 gold coins were left in the gold coin column.
This amount of gold coins was neither too little nor too much. Tang Tian looked at it and realized that upgrading from a medium-sized warehouse to a large warehouse would require 800,000 gold coins, but her current warehouse wasn't even full yet.
Level 3 food acquisition areas had been significantly improved in terms of both time and rarity. Even though Wei Mingxia had equipment like a canning jar smoker, the three of them couldn't finish all the food in the warehouse.
I wonder if it will have any other uses in the future...?
Tang Tian bought another batch of equipment in the store, including the dryer that she had not bought before, and there were still 500,000 gold coins left in the gold coin column.
So she decided to save these gold coins for the next stage.
With this in mind, she went on to unlock the recipes, make delicious food, and send it to the gourmet store to continue selling.
Tang Yi put all the disassembled safes into the warehouse to be used as scrap metal in the future.
After spreading the mat, the three of them said good night to each other and went to bed. Today was another fulfilling day!
…
They rested until dusk the next day, then they got up leisurely. The first thing they did was to replace the hailstones in the bucket.
The original dinner became breakfast, but Wei Mingxia still made many delicious dishes: broccoli with garlic, minced meat and tofu, clam and loofah soup, stewed chicken legs with potatoes, and noodles with scallion oil, all of which are refreshing and suitable for summer meals.
After a hearty meal, they resumed their daily training.
Before Shen Boyun left, he had already taught Tang Tian most of the fighting moves. It was indeed different from practicing on her own. Now she just needed to practice diligently.
Tang Yi and Wei Mingxia first exercised and then practiced weapons.
Although the room temperature was well controlled, the three of them still broke out in a sweat and went to take a shower.
When it was the so-called "lunch" time, Tang Tian found that Wei Mingxia had made another pea and fish ball soup.
She bought these fish balls at the farmers' market when she was stocking up, and they have been kept in a corner of the warehouse without being eaten.
But when she thought of the farmers' market, she paused.
But she wasn't just thinking about someone; she was also thinking about the possibility that her family would end up in a shelter in the future.
It now seems that these natural disasters will change and continue to occur. Who knows if there will be natural disasters like earthquakes that can destroy buildings in the future?
Maybe they will eventually leave here and live somewhere else.
"Tiantian, come and see."
Tang Yi, who was near the balcony, called her. Tang Tian came to her senses and went there first.
Tang Yi frowned slightly and handed over the telescope and said:
"I saw something black in the distance. Is there a fire somewhere?"
Tang Tian took it and took a look. Sure enough, in the orange-red and snow-blue sky, there were several light gray, rising smoke spots.
The temperature on the balcony industrial thermometer has reached 60 degrees.
Tang Tian sighed:
"Once the temperature rises, it's easy to cause fires. Some are spontaneous combustion, some are caused by motor vehicles, some are caused by construction sites and factories, and fires in chemical plants are even more serious. There are even wildfires!"
"But the most common fire is still electrical fire. The authorities are probably afraid of this, so they have decided to limit electricity use..."
Before he could finish his words, there was a loud bang, and even the glass windows beside him vibrated. Tang Tian and Tang Yi quickly squatted down to avoid it.
As soon as the vibration stopped, the two stood up with lingering fear.
The former picked up the telescope again and sure enough, there appeared another place that was closer and had black smoke rising from it.
With such high temperatures, even the water levels of rivers in Spring City have dropped a lot.
Some land has even become cracked. If such a large fire occurs, it is likely that rescue efforts will not be in time.
"Tiantian, Xiaoyi, are you okay?"
Wei Mingxia, still wearing her apron and holding a rice spoon, hurried forward to ask, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she learned that the two were safe.
After taking a few final glances at the smoke, the Tang family went to eat first.
The sun always sets quickly. Just as the three of them finished their meal, it was already dark outside.
Just as she was thinking about her next plan, Tang Tian heard the sound of a car horn outside.
There was even a loudspeaker with recorded audio, repeating the words:
"Please bring your ID cards and go downstairs to collect the supplies! Please bring your ID cards and go downstairs to collect the supplies! —"
At the same time, large areas of lights appeared in the night, almost as bright as day.
Is this the time when a new wave of relief supplies finally arrives?
Tang Tian and Tang Yi looked at each other, then immediately went to dress and put on makeup, wanting to go downstairs to take a look.
But there was no need to be so anxious. The two sisters each drank a bowl of mango sago, and then left home with their ID cards and bags.
Even though the body does not feel scorching heat due to its ice attribute, one can still feel the oppressive heat blowing in the face, making it difficult to breathe smoothly.
They walked down the stairs slowly, and the other survivors had already left, so they didn't meet anyone.
As I walked out of the unit door, I could see two trucks parked in front of the building. There was also a long queue, and from time to time there were complaints, replies and excited cries.
But although the people surrounding the car were wearing uniform heat-resistant uniforms, they did not seem to be soldiers, but should be paid staff.
The uniformed personnel who were not working and holding a loudspeaker beside the team shouted:
"This time, the authorities have sent water and food, but each person is limited to one portion. Please bring your ID card in advance! Line up properly. If anyone disrupts the order, their portion will be revoked and taken away!"
Everyone held different containers in their hands, looking forward to it quietly, and couldn't help swallowing a few mouthfuls or licking their long-dried lips.
Tang Tian took a quick look and realized that if everyone in the two buildings came down at this moment, the number of survivors would obviously decrease again.
She and Tang Yi walked to the end of the line in silence, and heard the people in front of them whispering in hoarse voices:
"Damn it! The imperial court finally sent out relief food. If it had been a day or two later, I would have starved to death or died of thirst. Now I'm relying entirely on willpower to hold on!"
"I heard that the water distributed this time comes from a water purification plant that's already been put into operation. I don't know where the water comes from, and I don't know if it's drinkable..."
"What are you still picking on at this time? It's good enough to have something to drink. I even think that when the floods were still there, at least there was water. Now it's all dry..."
…
I saw more uniformed personnel unloading some items from the truck, and the team finally began to change.
Tang Tian and Tang Yi were listening attentively when they suddenly heard a sharp cry erupt from the front of the team:
"What is this? What is this?! We've waited so long, and this is all you give us? How can this fill us up? I protest!!"
The team gradually became chaotic, and word spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred. Tang Tian quickly understood the cause and effect from the people in front of her.
It turned out that this time, the food and water were distributed. The water was in bottles, but the food was cooked food, and there were only two kinds:
One is thin porridge, and the other is a paste made of unknown ingredients, and the weight is also limited.
Even instant noodles and compressed biscuits are out of stock, so people are certainly not happy.
Even because it took so long to get rescued, the feeling of loss and even despair suddenly burst out.
The uniformed officer holding the large spoon snorted coldly and said:
"Eat it or not, even the people in the shelter eat this every day. How noble can you be, a bunch of people who don't obey the organization? It's good enough if you can eat it! If you don't, you'll be the next one in line!"
The man next to her seemed to be her husband, and he cursed with a frown:
"Isn't that your construction problem? We took the risk and went there, but they said it was saturated with people and kicked us out. Did we just not want to go?"
After a few words of quarrel, the sound of the team behind them became louder and louder in the night.
"Bang!--"
There was a loud sound of gunfire, which was the better way to stop people at the moment.
The man who was covering his face and wearing a special uniform but carrying a gun was different from the other staff members at first glance. He was a real guy.
"The shelter is currently being expanded and will soon be able to accommodate survivors again. The authorities haven't given up on you, so they've sent us food and water. If you continue to cause trouble, don't blame us for being ruthless!"
There were two soldiers in total, like two door gods, one standing next to the staff and the other patrolling among the teams.
After hearing this, the survivors had no choice but to swallow their anger and remain silent for a while, and began to collect supplies in an orderly manner.
It’s just porridge, at least it can fill your stomach and quench your thirst.
Fresh meat and vegetables are no longer available. Even if they were available, there are frequent power outages in the city and refrigerators cannot be used. They will spoil soon at this temperature.
Moreover, since ancient times, porridge has always been the main form of disaster relief. Disaster victims may not have eaten for a long time. If they consume large amounts of solid food directly, they may easily choke to death, which will also cause harm to the body.
A bowl of porridge with both water and rice is not only mild, but also helps people absorb carbohydrates immediately. It is one of the best foods.
However, some people thought it was too watery, so they mixed it with grain porridge. In the end, they returned home happily with a bag of food.
Tang Tian and Tang Yi were at the end of the queue, so naturally they continued to wait.
But the queue in front was still very lively. Some people were begging to cut in line, some were discussing how to get more supplies, and some were even trying to attract the attention of the soldiers by using self-torture tactics.
Unfortunately, these plans either failed or were not even noticed by the soldiers.
More and more people received food and water, and occasionally passed by Tang Tian and Tang Yi on their way back.
They roughly calculated that each person could get about 5 liters of water and 4 kilograms of food.
It’s just not clear how many days this will last. Tang Tian doesn’t think that trucks can deliver supplies every day.
The team continued to move forward. Qi Chang, Chen Youlin and their two children, Huang Kai, Qiu Hongwei and others, Zhang Manxin and Li Feiyang all received supplies.
Until the depressed Choi Soo-young took her grandson to the back of the line, she immediately said in a tearful voice:
"Sir, please give me a little more for the sake of my child. I, an old woman, thank you so much!"
When the staff saw the boy next to him, his face was red and sweaty, but he looked more energetic than a group of adults. They knew that the old man must have left all the supplies in his hands to his grandson.
He had seen this scene many times, and he waved his spoon and said disdainfully:
"Don't try that on me! Take out your ID card and register, then leave after receiving it. That's the rule! I advise you not to make a mistake!"
Choi Sooyoung shrank her shoulders and could only reluctantly collect the supplies first.
But when she saw the soldier next to her, she thought of something and walked over with her grandson.
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