Twenty-second day after the nuclear war.

In the distance, the edge of the city is vaguely visible, and more and more abandoned vehicles are being discarded on the roadside. Chi Hua braked sharply and stepped on the speeding Land Rover off-road vehicle.

A sudden roadblock in front of him cut off the road, and eight soldiers with guns were standing behind the checkpoint.

"There's a refuge camp in front of you, and you can't drive in." A young soldier in his early twenties stepped forward and saluted.

"Then how are we going back to Beijing?" Xiao Fei poked his head out of his seat and asked.

"The direction of Xining is a serious nuclear radiation area, and the way out is cut off."

"And what about our car?" Chi Hua asked.

"If you want to enter the camp, just find a place to park, there are too many people in it, the car can't stop, don't you see all the parking on the side of the road?"

Although he was blocked from going way, Chi Hua was still very happy, and where PLA soldiers appeared, it meant the existence of the government. Although people always shout for freedom every day and hate the shackles of various rules, once they lose these rules, people find that they are really terrible, and they can't even protect their own lives, and human society has become an animal world of the jungle.

An An suddenly pushed the car door and walked down.

"Chi Hua, I know you are a good person, thank you! I'll just get here, see you soon! After An An finished speaking, he walked towards the outpost without looking back. I saw An An and a soldier say a few words, and the soldier led him towards the camp.

"Goodbye, An An!" Chi Hua beckoned to An An's back.

"Brother Hua, why did your girlfriend leave with the soldier?"

"Get out!"

On a rusty abandoned steel bridge, Chi Hua was looking at the steel bridge.

"Brother Hua, don't think about it, you can find your girlfriend again when she leaves!" The little fat man shouted heartlessly in the car next to him.

"Don't talk nonsense, take down all the rice and noodles from the car."

"Why did you let me do it? You are using child labor illegally! The little fat man protested.

"If the younger brother doesn't do it, let the eldest brother do it? I know you can move, hurry up! ”

"Brother Hua, what are you going to do?" Xiao Fei came to Chi Hua's side with a bag of barley noodles in one hand and asked.

"I'm going to make a sealed metal box under the bridge and hide our food first." Chi Hua replied, "Xiaofei, you remember, the nuclear war has destroyed the whole world, and many people will starve to death next, the first law of the last days, no matter when food is the most important!" ”

"Hmm!" Xiao Fei nodded heavily, "I'm most afraid of starvation!" ”

Chi Hua quickly made a closed metal box and connected it to the bridge, put all the grain in it, and finally smeared a layer of soil on the outside, making the box not so abrupt. I only packed a dozen catties of rice, some ham sausages and instant noodles into a large backpack that I carried with me.

……

Evacuation camps. In a small office, two middle-aged men were arguing fiercely.

"Mayor Lu, we can't continue to accept the masses, otherwise everyone will go hungry." A man in a military uniform is colorful, and on his straight military uniform is a two-bar three-star epaulettes.

"How long can we hold on? Head Chen. A middle-aged man in his 40s with golden eyes asked.

"This is a wartime shelter, and there is not much food to spare, although a batch was urgently raised before the war, but because of time constraints, there are only more than 5,000 tons."

"That's a lot, huh?" The middle-aged man said as he looked directly at the officer.

"My Mayor Lu, but we have nearly 300,000 mouths eating, even if one pound of grain per person per day, it is 150 tons a day! At the current consumption, we can last two weeks at most, after which everyone will starve! The middle-aged officer was slightly agitated.

"Don't the masses still have some grain in their hands?"

The middle-aged officer smiled contemptuously, "Mayor Lu, you think of human nature too kindly!" When we distribute food, everyone will come and receive it, regardless of whether they have food in their hands or not, but it would be naïve to want to collect food from the masses! ”

"Head Chen, what about your suggestion?" The middle-aged man is colorful.

"Evacuate immediately, give everyone 10 days' rations, and the rest will have to be in peace, otherwise everyone will starve to death when they get together!"

"No! The government cannot abandon the masses at any time. The middle-aged man snapped.

"The government? It has been more than 20 days since the outbreak of the war, and the central and provincial party committees have no news at all, and the government is left with you, Mayor Lu! ”

"Commander Chen, you are a local, as a soldier, as a soldier of the people, you can't bear to watch your father and fellow villagers starve to death?" Speaking of excitement, the middle-aged man had tears in his eyes.

"Hey!" The officer sighed deeply and said, "I can't bear it, what can I do?" Where are we going to find so much food to feed the nearly 300,000 mouths outside? Now that the temperature outside has dropped to 0 degrees, if it gets colder, everyone who lives in the tent will freeze to death, not to mention those who don't even have tents? Where do we go to find materials to build a house? ”

"In this way, the food relief will be halved from tomorrow, and we will organize some more people to expand the search for food and clothing. In addition, as the deputy mayor in charge of agriculture, I am well aware of the specific situation of several large grain storage depots in the city, and we have sent a search team to see if the grain depots are still there, and things may slow down. ”

"Hey! Let's do it first......"

……

Entrance to the evacuation camp. The staff at the door were registering one by one, Chi Hua and Xiao Fei walked slowly along with the long line, most of the people in line were local people, and the faces of people with large bags and small bags were full of confusion, and outsiders like Chi Hua and Xiao Fei were rare.

Finally, it was their turn. "Name, address, ID card?" A female government worker asked without looking up.

"My name is Li Xiaofei, I live in the Ministry of Internal Affairs Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, and I lost my ID card. This is my eldest brother Chi Hua, also from Beijing. The little fat man replied with a smile on his face.

"Why are you so poor? Let him speak for himself. The staff looked up and saw that it was a half-old child, and they put away their displeasure.

"Don't be like a child." Chi Hua said and handed over his ID card.

"Why are you here?" The staff asked.

"Come and travel, and then you can't go back." Xiao Fei suddenly said with tears in his eyes. I don't know if the little fat man is really sad or has strong acting ability.

"Forget it, let's go inside. After entering, I found a place to live by myself, and went to the No. 37 relief point to get two meal vouchers every morning and evening. As he spoke, he handed the two of them two cards with "37" written on them and red stamps.

"It's really an ancient tradition in our country, and you have to stamp everything you do." Chi Hua secretly scolded himself.

Looking up, the evacuation camp was bustling with people, there was no living plan, no roads, not even enough toilets, and the empty space was densely packed with all kinds of tents.

Before the nuclear war, a regiment of the Northwest Theater of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was stationed, and after China was attacked by the first nuclear bomb, it became a refuge for more than 100,000 people in the surrounding area, and after the full-scale outbreak of the nuclear war, it successively accepted more than 100,000 people, and now the camp contains nearly 300,000 people.

The original underground shelter has become a storage warehouse for food and weapons, the original houses of the park management office have become the offices of the military and government officials, and the troops have erected rows of improvised houses around the entrance of the underground shelter to form an internal camp. Ordinary people can only set up tents within the park area.

Looking at the chaotic situation in front of him, Chi Hua couldn't help frowning, and secretly retreated in his heart.

Seeing that Chi Hua was looking around blankly, a small flat-headed man with a thick gold chain suddenly came over, "Friend, do you need a place to live?" ”

"What? Do you have a way? Chi Hua asked with interest.

"I'll find you both a tent, but you'll have to squeeze in with people."

"How much?" Xiaofei interjected.

"What's the use of money now? We only accept gold, diamonds, grain, and gold jewelry. The little flat-headed man replied.

"What's the price?"

"10 grams of gold per person or 25 catties of grain per person, and jewelry should be appropriately discounted." The flat-headed man said.

"Good guy, now 1 gram of gold can only buy 2 and a half catties of grain, which can buy more than 100 catties before the war!" Chi Hua was secretly surprised in his heart.

"We have no gold or food, can we have a discussion?" Chi Hua asked softly.

", that's a!" Xiao Pingtou spat the ground, and continued to find the next target.

I didn't take two steps, and out of nowhere, a thin man in a denim suit came over.

"Two little brothers, do you want to play? Serious female college student, right in front of the tent. The thin man said softly.

"What's the price?" Xiao Fei suddenly asked with his eyes lit up.

"5 catties of grain at a time." The thin man replied.

"Have you grown your hair, let's go." Chi Hua said and dragged Xiao Fei and continued to walk forward.

Chi Hua took Xiaofei around the camp for most of the circle, and then found a slightly clean place to sit down. "How does it feel? Xiao Fei. Chi Hua asked.

"This place, there is not even a place to sleep, so it's so cold that you don't freeze to death? Brother Hua, we have the ability, the car, and the food, what are we doing here, let's go. The little fat man said angrily.

"People, it's a group of animals, and the more dangerous it is, the more they want to huddle together to keep warm. But there is a sentence Xiaofei, you are right, we have the ability, after all, there are few evolutionaries, no matter which force is thirsty for talent, this camp is also recruiting. ”

"How do you know?" The little fat man asked with a puzzled expression.

"There's a recruitment notice posted over there, and the Evolver joins and directly grants the rank of captain, do you think we were just walking around the park?" Chi Hua said and smacked Xiaofei's head hard. "Xiaofei, remember the second rule of survival in troubled times, either you have your own power, or rely on a force, and never be a lone wanderer who is right for yourself! Xiaofei, never thought of being a soldier, leading a team of men and horses to charge the battlefield. ”

Chi Hua suddenly shouted loudly: "Why don't you take Wu Hook and collect Guanshan Fifty Prefectures." Please go to Lingyan Pavilion temporarily, if you are a scholar and a marquis! ”

Li Xiaofei looked straight at Chi Hua, his eyes flashing with excitement!