Chapter 13: Isolated from the World?
The cold wind was howling outside, except for the woman holding the child who kept her head down, Shu Meng was in a daze, and everyone else was basically staring out of the glass window, most people should want to see Wang Yu and them come back safely, of course, it was not that they didn't want them to have an accident, but the food they needed to survive, and there could be no accidents...
And Zhou Che and Fang Yuan may still be more worried in their hearts, first, they are worried about their safety, and secondly, they are also worried that they will see something bad, both of which will have a worse impact on their current situation.
When the time comes, it will be even harder to survive than it is now...
Of course, compared to those who go out to find food, Zhou Che here is still his parents who can't let go of his heart, he doesn't know if there is no signal in other places outside Pearl Square, let alone his parents' current situation, if his parents are also trying to contact him at the moment but can't get in touch, then they will definitely be more anxious than they are here!
"Dad, Mom..." sighed softly in his heart, he almost forgot when the gap between himself and his parents gradually increased, until not long ago, before this disaster came, the gap between him and the two of them was about to become an abyss.
"Probably... It's the difference in concepts that makes us unable to understand each other, and in the future... I'll listen to you in everything, as long as you're good! ”
"Wait for me! I'll be sure to find you! ”
A catastrophe has made him see too many shocking losses and regrets, and he can feel the extraordinary pain just by looking at it, and he doesn't want to experience it himself!
He hadn't seen his parents for a long time, after this disaster, he was extremely worried, and his desire to see his parents was even more urgent, even if he knew that the most important thing for him was to live, and only when all the conditions were ripe would he have the ability to find them, but he still couldn't bear it, and wanted to see them in the shortest possible time...
It's just that it's also unlikely, the reality is... He must live now, no matter how difficult and dangerous the circumstances are!
"It's back! They're back! Just when Zhou Che was thinking about these things in a panic here, suddenly Jiang Tao's slightly excited voice came, Zhou Che also stopped thinking nonsense, looked up, and saw several figures on the ruins not far away.
Looking closely, they were Wang Yu and the others who had gone out looking for food more than an hour ago, and they had already returned at this moment.
"Alas, I don't know what their harvest is this time, whether they can last a day, according to our amount yesterday, it may not be enough at all, after all, yesterday can only be counted as half a day..." Seeing a few people returning, Fang Yuan was also obviously relieved, but he still had worries in his heart.
"It's not enough for them to go again in the afternoon, what I said before is to ensure the amount of a day, not to go out once, otherwise, go out and come back, there is nothing to eat, it is useless..."Jiang Tao said with a cold face on the side.
Fang Yuan shook his head slightly, noncommittal.
But if not, there is no other way, although there is not much exercise, the consumption is not large, but after all, there are so many people, the most basic amount of food still has to be guaranteed.
Soon, under the gaze of several people, Wang Yu and the five returned to the store, pushed the door in, looked at everyone, and their faces were flat.
"How's that, how much is there to eat?" As soon as she entered the door, Cheng Yuanyuan couldn't help but stand up and asked anxiously.
Not only Cheng Yuanyuan, but almost everyone, including Fang Yuan and Zhou Che, were all very concerned about the problem of food, after all, this was the basic condition for their survival, and when they saw a few people coming back at this moment, they were even more excited in their hearts.
Compared to these, what Zhou Che and Fang Yuan cared more about was what they had seen and heard outside for more than an hour, but it was impossible to ask these questions as soon as they opened their mouths, so that they would have a bit of a taste to cover up...
Wang Yu was five people, his face was not very good-looking, he glanced at a few people, and no one spoke, so he walked directly to the store and poured out the food.
It's the same mess, and when they see the food, they breathe a sigh of relief, but they can't be happy.
Today's amount seems to be a little more than yesterday's, but to divide it up, it is still a little insufficient, today's time, is longer than yesterday, if it continues like this, soon they will starve to death!
"It's really a bit bad, after we went out, we walked to the south of Pearl Square, it's not the same direction as yesterday, but the condition is not much worse, there are ruins everywhere, there are too few preserved buildings, buildings with food are even rarer, and even some of the larger restaurants and shops can't find anything to eat..."
Wang Yu said, raising his hand and pointing to a small pile of things on the ground, and his calm face was also a little sad: "We have only found these." ”
Nodding, this seems to be what Fang Yuan expected, at the beginning, he didn't know the situation outside, thinking that after all, it was Pearl Square, and the materials that were retained should still be easy to find, but after some search yesterday, he already had some bad premonitions, and the food that Wang Yu and they found back today made him a little worried...
The situation in Pearl Plaza is much worse than they thought!
"No matter, let's eat something first, it's really not good, let's think of something else." Fang Yuan shook his head slightly, and said with a frown.
Think of another way...
What can be imagined, in this situation, the most basic food needed for survival cannot be guaranteed, what is the use of other methods, not to mention that there may still be some unknown things outside...
While eating, Fang Yuan's eyes were also a little confused, and suddenly as if he had thought of something, he raised his head to look at Wang Yu and asked, "By the way, Wang Yu, have you seen anything outside... Other survivors? ”
"That's not true, it's windy outside, and I basically can't hear any other movement, except for the five of us, I haven't seen anything else..."Wang Yu replied lightly.
"I didn't see any other survivors... We didn't have yesterday either..."
This surprised him a little, two days have passed, the two groups of people have been searching outside for more than three hours, and the search area is quite large, but they haven't even seen a single survivor, if there are other survivors around, it is impossible not to meet them.
Although Pearl Square is very large, there should be many survivors in it...
Unless...
They have been turned into corpses!
Thinking of the corpses he saw on the ruins yesterday, even he couldn't help but feel a chill, that kind of death, too miserable, it was absolutely impossible for it to be caused by natural conditions, let alone man-made, excluding these two points, in addition to the ruins there were some special things hidden, he couldn't think of other possibilities!
Zhou Che here, even more so!
However, Wang Yu and the others didn't seem to find anything wrong, which made Fang Yuan and the others breathe a sigh of relief.
Except for them, most of the other people were stunned when they heard this, and soon their eyes began to be a little confused, and they were a little absent-minded when eating.
If they remember correctly, in this clothing store, since Zhou Che arrived, no survivors have ever come, and Pearl Square is so big, this is not impossible.
However, they also knew that when the disaster occurred, it was absolutely impossible for the people who survived the Pearl Square to be only a dozen of them, but after such a long time, even the people who went out to forage for food did not meet a single person or hear a little about the survivors, which was a bit strange.
They stayed here, there was no signal on their mobile phones, nothing was clear about this disaster, and in a trance, there was really a feeling of being isolated from the world, and this feeling made some people with a little less patience already have some confusion in their hearts...
It's like they've been abandoned by the world!
"No way, there are definitely people around, when those things fell, I saw a lot of people, running around, and many people survived, they must have been hiding somewhere, they just didn't come out, maybe where they were hiding, there was a lot of food! So you don't have to go out and find something to eat like we did..."One of the three clerks shouted in a bit of panic, his voice uncontrollably sharp because of nervousness.
In the silence, no one paid attention to her words, but many people agreed with the clerk's words in their hearts, nodded slightly, and found some comfort slightly, but in their hearts, they were still very uneasy, and even some boundless loneliness surfaced in their hearts...
"Okay, it's useless to think about it, we only care about how to survive now, don't think about other things."
Fang Yuan was a little worried, the current situation had changed a lot compared to before, if they were allowed to think wildly, they didn't know what would happen next, compared to the disaster that had just happened, when they first came here, the current situation was even more complicated and tricky!
"That's right, let's stop thinking about it, let's discuss what we should do next, and see if we can solve the food problem better..."
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On the first day when they went out to look for food, Zhou Che and the five of them saw those corpses, and they had already left some shadows in their hearts, and now, although they did not open their mouths to confirm, they were almost sure in their hearts that there was something unknown swimming under the ruins.
Anyone can be terrified of the unknown...
But even if they are reluctant, they can only bite the bullet, otherwise, if they don't go, the food will be cut off, and the previous plan will basically be abandoned, and it may be a little difficult to survive together.
In this case, Fang Yuan didn't want to see that once it reached that point, their big group would disperse into several small groups or even individuals, and the contradictions in it would also erupt uncontrollably, and when the time came, it would not be impossible for them to evolve into deceit and cannibalism.
This time, several people changed directions, nervous and cautious, for fear that something would rush out of somewhere, the wind was still howling, and the atmosphere was weird.
Fortunately, in the end, a few people did not encounter any danger, and found some food, and the amount was not small, and a few people returned to the store, with a long sigh of relief, and there were already some fine beads of sweat on their foreheads.
This time they didn't see the corpses or anything weird, but again, they didn't meet a single survivor...
The third day, passed in silence...
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