Chapter 32 Chapter 32 Mountain City Nine Streets

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With the guidance of a local who is familiar with the environment and walking with a purpose, the journey to find a car was not too difficult.

It was really hot. Less than half an hour after going out, the three of them looked like they had been pulled out of the water. Their clothes and pants were all soaked with sweat, and their faces and hair were covered with sweat.

Seeing that Zheng Yijie came out to lead the way before they made a decision, Gu Mengran had a slightly different impression of him.

Seeing that the other party was flushed with heat and sweating profusely, and did not stop, he was no longer stingy and "took out" a brand new neck-hanging fan from his backpack and handed it to Zheng Yijie.

The air was filled with heat waves, and the ground seemed to be burning. Gu Mengran suddenly handed over a neck fan, and Zheng Yijie's eyes widened. He quickly reached out to take it, unpacked it, and hung it around his neck.

The cool breeze blew on his neck, and Zheng Yijie came back to life and breathed a sigh of relief, "It's great! You are lucky to find these supplies on the road. When I was stocking up, I focused on stocking up on food. When the temperature suddenly rose, I realized something was wrong. I searched around and found two life-saving large fans."

"Something is better than nothing." The wreckage piled up into a mountain and the road was extremely difficult to walk on. Gu Mengran focused on the road under his feet and said perfunctorily.

Zheng Yijie is a restless person. Less than two minutes after being silent, he spoke again: "I feel like you are not surprised at all when you see my bunker. Isn't that strange? Who would believe in the end of the world and who would hoard so many supplies?"

Gu Mengran suddenly smiled, "We are young and have a strong ability to accept new things."

The reason why the elderly can accept it so easily is that we have stockpiled more than you.

But this man was indeed very foresighted. Gu Mengran relied on his memories from his previous life to prepare for this in advance, but Zheng Yijie glimpsed the truth from the words of netizens and took action.

The generator solved the problem of electricity, the well in the backyard solved the problem of water, and the fuel included gasoline, gas cylinders, and even a lot of dry firewood. He was well prepared. If he had not underestimated the natural disasters and man-made disasters, he could have survived alone in the basement for a long time.

Of course, the premise is that you can endure loneliness.

You have to have money! Gu Mengran looked at Zheng Yijie's frail back and suddenly became curious. What did he do before? How could he be so rich without working?

The neck fan accelerated their pace. Gu Mengran and Liang Zhao followed Zheng Yijie "over the mountains and across the ridges". Ten minutes later, the three of them stood in front of a ruined building that was almost unrecognizable.

It was undoubtedly a shoddy construction. Compared with other buildings on the road, the land in front of us was not even in ruins. It was a complete ruin, a garbage dump made of piles of broken bricks and rubble.

Zheng Yijie was very familiar with this area, so there was no need for Gu Mengran to say anything. He led the two of them through the ruins with ease, and soon they found a separate entrance to the underground garage.

The garage was adjacent to a building, and although it was fortunately not buried, the glass roof was smashed to pieces by the falling debris, and the entire frame was shaking and could collapse at any time.

The anti-slip ramp is piled with a lot of gravel and cement blocks. It is not a problem to walk in, but it is a big problem to drive out.

Now that we are here, we have to go in and look for it even if it is dangerous.

The three of them covered their heads with their hands, avoided possible falling debris, and ran into the underground parking lot in one go.

Just going down a non-slip slope, the temperature instantly dropped by several degrees. The cool and humid breeze brought coolness, easily driving away the summer heat.

It was cooler, but it was dark, the sensor lights were not on, and the underground garage was like a dark and silent primeval forest. Countless unknowns lurked in the darkness, dangerous and mysterious.

“Bang!”

Two high-power flashlights lit up one after another, and the people leading the way became Gu Mengran and Liang Zhao, who walked slowly along the passage.

There were not as many cars as expected. I don't know if they drove out during the disaster or if business is slow here, but there were more empty parking spaces than cars. At a glance, there were only a few cars here and there.

Fortunately, the parking lot was big enough, and they walked to the right from the entrance and saw many cars along the way. Unfortunately, there was no bus they had been looking for, and after half a circle, they saw mostly sedans and SUVs.

Gu Mengran roughly calculated that there were thirteen of them, and if Zheng Yijie came along, that would make fourteen people. A sedan has five seats, so at least three sedans would be needed.

Three cars require three drivers. There is no way to take turns driving.

He was almost diagnosed with lumbar muscle strain in a week. If he continued like this, wouldn't he get a herniated disc? Gu Mengran still wanted to find a few more buses. When the fog was thin, there was no need to explore the road. He and Liang Zhao could take turns driving and both could take a proper rest.

Ideals are plentiful, but buses don't exist. We searched all the parking lots, and apart from small cars, we only found two seven-seat commercial vehicles and a few shabby vans, but not a single bus.

"never mind."

The swaying lights shone on his feet again. Gu Mengran raised his eyes and looked at Liang Zhao, then raised his chin and looked at Zheng Yijie, "Is there any other underground parking lot nearby? We mainly want to find a bus."

"Yes, there is." Zheng Yijie paused, looking embarrassed. "There is also a large underground parking lot near Tsukishima Park. I went there after the earthquake, but that place... is only two blocks away from Ninth Street."

Two streets? Gu Mengran hesitated and was about to ask Liang Zhao for his opinion, but Liang Zhao spoke before him: "Take me there."

After a few seconds, Zheng Yijie realized that Liang Zhao was talking to him. He reacted violently and took a big step back. He said in horror, "What do you mean you asked me to take you there? Do you think it's dangerous so you don't want him to go?"

Realizing that the main point had gone astray, Zheng Yijie pulled his scattered thoughts back and turned to Gu Mengran and said, "Really don't go there, it's too dangerous. Didn't you think the commercial vehicle just now was okay? Just take those two, two cars are just right for the thirteen of you."

Two commercial vehicles are just right for thirteen people, but the temperature is getting higher and higher. After driving for a short time, the air conditioning will break down or the tire will burst, just like before. If you don't have the skills and tools to repair a car, it is a good idea to have more cars.

Unable to explain to Zheng Yijie, Gu Mengran laughed dryly twice, "Forget about it as it's close to Ninth Street. How about this, you take Liang Zhao around to see if there's anything else, and I'll go see if those two commercial vehicles can be driven."

"Not together?" Zheng Yijie found it strange and couldn't help but look at Gu Mengran twice.

Together? The car can't be driven out, how can we pack up the business car and take it away together?

Gu Mengran had thought of an excuse and was about to fool Zheng Yijie when suddenly, a burst of chaotic footsteps mixed with a rough male voice came from not far away.

"Someone's talking? Is that true? Are you freaking hallucinating from the heat?"

"You're the one hallucinating from the heat, I was almost in the basement just now, I heard it clearly!"

"Tsk, that's weird. Didn't the second brother say that all the survivors in this area have been taken back? Who is lazing around here?"

"How would I know? Didn't I ask you to come and see it?"

The sound of footsteps came closer and closer, and the conversation between the two men was heard clearly in the basement.

Gu Mengran's breath was choked, and he came to his senses and turned off the flashlight at the same time as Liang Zhao. Without further ado, the three of them hid behind the black car next to them and merged into the darkness silently.

As the light faded, the underground parking lot returned to endless darkness, and the dim light that was blocked by the strong flashlight slowly lit up. Ten meters in front of where they were just now was another entrance to the basement.

Two beams of light came in one after another, and the sound of footsteps was getting closer and closer. Two strong and muscular men walked into the parking lot at full speed, swearing.

The two did not immediately go into the parking lot. Instead, they stood at the entrance holding a steel pipe as thick as their arms, looking around with flashlights and shouting at the top of their lungs:

"Who's in there? Come out, hurry up!"

"Stop hiding like a rat and get out of here!"

After waiting for a long time for a response, one of the shorter men asked the man next to him: "Could it be that he is not one of us?"

Hearing this, the tall man cleared his throat and immediately changed his words: "Ahem, we are from Ninth Street. Are you the survivors around here? Don't hide, come back to the air-raid shelter with us!"

The beams of light swept everywhere, and the three of them hid behind the car without moving, not daring to make a sound. Especially when he heard the word "Jiujie", Zheng Yijie's body suddenly trembled, and he became visibly tense.

Footsteps sounded again, and the two people who could not wait for a response were moving in their direction. A beam of light shone accurately into the parking space and quickly moved away. Gu Mengran's nose was covered with sweat, and his hands hanging at his sides involuntarily grabbed Liang Zhao and Zheng Yijie's arms.

The former looked puzzled and looked back at Gu Mengran, while Liang Zhao immediately held Gu Mengran's hand and shook his head slightly. His deep eyes seemed to say: Don't expose the space easily.

There are only two of us, there is no need to expose the space to outsiders.

If you can hide, hide. If you can't hide, fight. If you can't fight, run!

Gu Mengran was ready for a fight, but the two men walked straight past the front of the car with flashlights, with no intention of stopping to search carefully.

Gu Mengran let out a long sigh of relief as his tense nerves suddenly relaxed. At this moment, a series of sharp and rapid cell phone ringtones suddenly rang beside him.

"Fuck, my alarm clock!"

Zheng Yiping was startled and frantically searched his trouser pockets for his cell phone.

The ringing sound was infinitely amplified in the quiet underground parking lot, one ring after another. Before Zheng Yijie could take out his phone to turn off the alarm, two strong men heard the sound and looked towards the black car, then turned around and walked quickly towards him.

"run!"

There was a deafening shout, and someone pulled his wrist hard. Gu Mengran, who was half-squatting on the ground, was pulled up by Liang Zhao with brute force.

The high-intensity flashlight fell to the ground with a "click", but no one paid any attention to it. Without any hesitation, Liang Zhao pulled Gu Mengran and ran away.

Gu Mengran still held Zheng Yijie with his other hand, and he stood up suddenly and almost dragged him to the ground. Fortunately, Zheng Yijie had a good balance ability, and he held the car to stabilize his body in time, and ran quickly with Liang Zhao and Gu Mengran.

There was no communication or exchange, but the three of them had the same goal, which was an entrance and exit with a faint light not far ahead.

Gu Mengran was running wildly for his life, not paying attention to what was behind him. It was not until he stepped onto the anti-slip ramp and heard no more footsteps behind him that he realized that the other party did not seem to intend to catch up with him.

Why didn't he chase her again? Just as he was wondering, the anti-slip ramp came to an end, and the gray sky gradually got bigger and appeared before his eyes bit by bit.

The moment he walked out of the garage, Gu Mengran finally understood why the other party didn't chase him.

It was not the exit we came from, nor the road we came from. The messy ruins turned into a clean and tidy road.

Rubble and stones were piled up on the roadside, excavators were humming, men were carrying stones, and women were cleaning up the wreckage of buildings. The streets were crowded with people.