The group arrived at the school late at night, so naturally they couldn't pack up their planned accommodation. To ensure safety and to prevent other accidents such as prisoners escaping, everyone decided to sleep on the floor in the school's indoor stadium tonight.
At this time, the advantages of carrying a sleeping bag for the wild and having a furry mutant pet become apparent.
Although Xia Runrun didn't have a sleeping bag, it was still very comfortable for her to sleep next to Danyolk with a small quilt.
So that night.
Wu Wenhua was shivering alone, huddling together for warmth, regretting why he had not clung to the golden thigh earlier, and listening to the low snoring of the other survivors.
The original residence of the Xinghai Shelter welcomed a group of uninvited guests.
…
"Rustle, rustle—"
"Rustle, rustle—"
A swarm of gray-haired rats poured from the sewers into the vents, then through the vents into the entire shelter. A black-haired rat walked at the front of the pack with a stern face. Today, it would deal with the despicable human cub that had used a mutant cat to trap them last night.
However, the black-haired mouse never expected that it would enter the room through the familiar ventilation duct.
The room where two mutant cats and a mutant dog lived last night was now silent. Not even a mutant ant appeared, let alone the little bastard who made the black-haired mouse toss and turn and stay awake all night.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak!" (What's going on?! Why isn't that damn human cub here?)
The black-haired mouse put his hands on his hips angrily, his eyes almost rolling up to the sky. He never thought that one day his Majesty the Queen would be disappointed!
"Squeak, squeak, squeak!" (Report to Her Majesty, there is no one next door!)
"Squeak, squeak!" (Your Majesty, there's no one here either!)
As the gray-haired rats crawled out of the door one by one, broke into other rooms, and then returned to where Xia Runrun originally lived, the entire rat group suddenly exploded, especially the black-haired rat, which was extremely furious.
"Squeak!" (It must be that damned human cub. He stole my things and, afraid we'd cause trouble, ran away secretly! Damn it!)
"Squeak, squeak, squeak!" (Search! Search! Dig deep to find that human cub who's trying to sting the law! Don't think I'm afraid of her just because I have two mutant cats.)
"Squeak!" (How dare she steal the food I worked so hard to find? I must, must... must teach her a lesson!)
The black-haired mouse put its hands on its hips and wanted to shout angrily that it would scratch the kid's face, but when the words came to its lips, it couldn't spit them out.
The black-haired mouse thought about it and thought, although the damn little devil was annoying, he was actually quite cute. It would be a pity to scratch his face.
"Squeak, squeak..." (Then, then pull her hair off...)
The black-haired mouse thought about it uncertainly.
There was no one in the shelter, so the gray-haired rats naturally didn't plan to stay any longer. They searched carefully to see if there was any scattered food in the shelter, but unfortunately they couldn't find even a single rat hair. The black-haired rat was disgusted for two seconds, and then, with his brothers, they returned to their original residence along the ventilation ducts and sewers.
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On the other side, in an abandoned and dilapidated building on the outskirts of Xingyue City, which is also about seventy or eighty kilometers away from the Xinghai Shelter.
A dozen survivors with bags on their backs and weather-beaten faces were cooking hot soup. They held their bowls and gulped down the soup, not looking worried about getting burned at all. A mutant cat about 2.8 meters tall with pitch-black fur was lying next to the campfire, lazily absorbing the heat from the campfire, its ears trembling slightly from time to time, listening carefully to the movements outside the house.
"Lili, how long will it take us to reach the Xinghai Shelter?" The weather-beaten middle-aged woman wiped the warm sweat on her face caused by the hot soup and asked expectantly.
"Auntie, don't worry. We should be there by noon tomorrow." The young girl named Lili, with short hair and a smile that revealed a mouthful of bright white teeth, had been asked by her family for the 28th time in a row how long it would take to reach the Xinghai Refuge.
However, Lili did not feel annoyed at all. Instead, she was full of energy every time she answered.
Because she knew that this was her aunt and the others' concern about their future life in the Xinghai Shelter, and as a family member, they should understand and comfort them.
"Grandma, aunt, don't worry... Although our shelter is relatively small, there are quite a few people who own mutant pets. One of the survivors even owns a flying mutant beast. The mutant beast patrols around the shelter every day, so we don't have to worry about safety issues. As long as you work hard in your daily life, you don't have to worry about your life." Lili served another bowl of hot soup to the old lady and aunt, with a very sincere smile on her face.
As a 'veteran' who has lived in the Xinghai Shelter for two full years, Lili has always liked the atmosphere in the shelter. This time, she thought it would be best for the family to live together, so she ran all the way to the county town under the jurisdiction of Xingyue City to look for her family. Fortunately, after more than ten days of hard work, it was not in vain. Seeing her parents' slightly upturned mouths, although a little sad, Lili finally breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as we return to the Xinghai Shelter tomorrow and make arrangements for our families, our lives will be back on track.
However, at this moment, Lili probably had no idea that the Xinghai Shelter that she and her family had been thinking about was now deserted and had disappeared without a trace.
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Yang Fan, lying in the thick sleeping bag, scratched his head. He always felt that he seemed to have forgotten something important, and for a moment he couldn't remember it.
Forget it, I don’t want to think about it anymore.
Yang Fan turned over and fell into a deep sleep.
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On the next morning, Xia Runrun and her group got up and packed up, and then everyone put the planning of the new shelter on the agenda.
"The school has a total of eight dormitories, 12 faculty dormitories, and 23 teaching buildings, offices, and laboratories... 18 of these have collapsed. We don't have a large student population, but to save energy, we suggest renovating the dormitories first. Once we have sufficient power, we can then separate them according to our household."
Xia Runrun watched as a group of people were sitting at a makeshift wooden table, carefully discussing how to plan the new shelter. She subconsciously stretched her neck to take a closer look.
In just one morning, Old Man Yan, sitting on Gugu's back, had already drawn the detailed floor plan of the entire Southeast Campus of Xingyue University.
Looking at this small floor plan, the little girl became eager to try it out.
"I wonder if the illustrated guide will react to my inclusion of the university town in the base city construction."
Xia Ruanruan rubbed her hands together and pretended to scratch her head, but actually took the illustrated book off her head.
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