Chapter 311: Hope City (1)

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The bonfire jumped happily in the dark, constantly ****ing the bottom of the pot.

"So, there were a lot of people who set off before the earthquake?" Luo Yuan asked.

"Yes, it was originally going to be loaded, but the warning of this earthquake was very obvious, so I changed my mind temporarily!" A middle-aged man hugged his daughter and said softly, his face full of palpitations and happiness for the rest of his life.

The child in his arms, who looked to be only about three or four years old, could not bear the sleepiness at this time, and fell asleep, looking at her frowning brow and sometimes tense body, as if dreaming of something terrible.

Luo Yuan looked away and continued to ask, "Do you know how many people escaped from Desert Earth City this time?" ”

"It's not very clear, it was very chaotic, and the time was urgent, the train was seriously overloaded, and there might be 20,000 or 30,000 on the train." The middle-aged man was silent for a while and said. His name is Cui Weichuan, and before the earthquake, he was a grassroots government worker, and when he was moving, almost all the civil servants were dispatched to maintain order, so he had some understanding of the situation.

There were nine survivors rescued this time, including children, but fortunately no one was injured except for one who was unlucky enough to have his left arm amputated by a collapsed rock.

The injured survivor was hastily treated by Luo Yuan with his will, and the bleeding had stopped, but the left arm could no longer grow.

"The soup is here, let's drink the soup first." At this time, Huang Jiahui interrupted their topic, and together with several women, put a bowl of thick soup on the side of each person, the soup was snow-white, exuding a refreshing fragrance.

"Thank you!"

"Thank you!"

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Several of the survivors were grateful, and after drinking the soup, a hint of flushing quickly appeared on their gray faces, and their spirits improved a lot.

After Luo Yuan chatted with them for a while, he divided two tents for them to rest.

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In the middle of the night, Luo Yuan lay in the tent, his eyes open, stunned.

From what they said, the situation was better than expected, considering that the train departed at 8 p.m. and the earthquake came at 4 a.m., a journey of nearly eight hours, which was enough to get rid of the effects of the earthquake.

This means that at least one in five people have escaped the catastrophe. These include all the students, researchers, engineers, and some of the military personnel who maintain order.

This made Luo Yuan and the others slightly relieved, at least Zhong Chuqiang and Deng Chao were not included in the deaths, but Huo Dong, Cao Lin and Mo Wenwen still didn't know whether they were alive or dead, what made Luo Yuan a little admired was that Mayor Song and most of the public servants did not choose to leave, but held their positions to meet the coming of the earthquake.

"You say, if we hadn't left, would we have died?" Huang Jiahui next to her suddenly asked.

Luo Yuan was silent for a while and said, "Don't be cranky, go to bed early!" ”

"But I can't sleep, my eyes are closed, and the appearance of those people I was familiar with before seems to be still clear in my mind, but now they are corpses, and Huo Dong, and Cao Lin, I don't know what happened now?" Huang Jiahui said emotionally fragilely, and at the end of speaking, her voice gradually choked up.

Luo Yuan sighed and said, "This is the end of the world, haven't we always come over like this!" ”

"But...... This is the redevelopment area. Huang Jiahui said weakly.

"Maybe it used to be, but not anymore, it's gone!" Luo Yuan said with a heavy face: "Go to bed early, we have to get up early tomorrow." ”

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On the vast grassland, there was a violent commotion, and countless mutant beasts rushed to the dolphin, and after a while, two huge giant beasts gradually appeared on the horizon and walked quickly towards this side.

It's been four days since we set off again.

Because of the addition of a few more survivors, including the wounded and children, the speed of the road was slowed down a lot, but even if you hurry slowly, you are already almost at your destination.

According to the map, there is still about half a day, that is, before the evening, to arrive in Hope City.

After arriving here, the impact of the earthquake on the side of Desert Earth City was minimal, and there was no trace of destruction around it.

A large number of engineering vehicles and heavy trucks in the distance, like a long dragon galloping wantonly on the grassland, raising pieces of dust, not dispersed for a long time, several huge gantry cranes on the construction site next to them stand tall, and the dense construction personnel below, almost like ants, squirm on the ground, the number of people is more than tens of thousands.

And such construction sites are lined up in a row, extending into endless distances, and there are no less than seven or eight as far as the eye can see.

Several huge fortresses, whose foundations have been laid, are being erected superstructures, and it is clear that the reconstruction area of the Great Evacuation will re-establish its defenses here.

Before Luo Yuan could get closer, a military vehicle quickly drove towards this side, and at a distance of fifty or sixty meters from the giant beast, it stopped, and shouted with a nervous face and an electric horn.

"Comrade, this is a military stronghold, refuse to approach, please go away."

Such a huge beast, even on the battlefield is very rare, can sit on this, by no means ordinary people, but they also have to be, this is the construction site, most of them are ordinary people who have only undergone a few military training, if they are allowed to get close, I am afraid it will cause violent commotion and fear, once there is an accident, no one can afford this responsibility.

"I'm a person who just migrated from Desert Earth City, I don't know the situation, this comrade, please lead the way." Sitting on it and talking was obviously not very respectful, Luo Yuan quickly jumped down and walked over.

"You're from Desert Earth?" Seeing Luo Yuan coming, the officer's face improved a lot, and he said curiously: "I heard that it was near the epicenter, and the entire Desert Earth City collapsed. ”

"The situation is far more serious than you think, it's really hard to explain, by the way, has there been a group of people from Desert Earth City who have migrated here in the past two days." Luo Yuan didn't want to say more, so he turned to inquire about the news.

"I don't know about this, you can only go to Hope City to find out about the situation." The officer said: "Your two war beasts will affect the construction personnel, so you can only take a detour, you can come with me." ”

The military vehicle led the way, and the two giant beasts followed quickly.

The size of the two giant beasts as high as more than ten meters determined that even if they were just walking, their speed would not be slower than that of the military vehicle in front of them.

All the way around the construction site, the military vehicle stopped, and the previous officer poked his head out and enthusiastically pointed the way: "Walk more than 200 kilometers from here, and you can see Hope City." ”

After saying goodbye, the group marched in the direction pointed by the officer.

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"Recently, the sun has been so hot that my skin is peeling."

After entering here, everyone's originally gloomy mood was obviously relaxed a lot.

Wang Xiaguang rubbed the skin on the back of her hand and complained, not only the back of her hand, but also her face was mottled, with dead skin peeling everywhere, which looked extremely scary.

The others were not much better, after the earthquake, the sky finally cleared, and it was sunny for several days, just out of the dark shelter, after seeing the sun, at first everyone was still happy, but this good mood soon disappeared like ice and snow in the sun.

The sun was extremely scorching, and in just a few days, it made everyone's skin sunburn.

"Is it because we've been in the shelter for too long, not in the sun for a long time?" Huang Jiahui asked, she glanced at Luo Yuan and Chen Jiayi, with a look of envy and jealousy, the other people's skin was unrecognizable, only these two people, but there was no change at all.

Luo Yuan is naturally because of his strong physique and is not afraid of the ultraviolet rays of the sun. And Chen Jiayi is parasitic moss, she is like a fish in water in this bad environment, she is a little more energetic than when she first came out, and she looks radiant and radiant.

Facing Huang Jiahui's strange gaze, Luo Yuan's old god was there, with the slightest strangeness on his face, while Chen Jiayi, who had a tender face, was a little restless, like a frightened rabbit, she quickly retracted the moss on the top of her head, and explained with a slightly red face: "It's because the sun is getting bigger now, not because I haven't basked in the sun for a long time." ”

"But I didn't feel that hot, it was almost farther away than it was after the thunderstorm." Zhao Yali also joined the topic, women always have endless topics for skin-related problems.

"That's what the moss on my body told me, and I don't know very well." Chen Jiayi said timidly.

"It's probably because the ultraviolet rays are too strong." At this time, Zhang Wu suddenly said that his mentality has been relaxed a lot during this period of time: "Before the end of the world, I was a travel friend for a while, running around all over the country, and I also went to Qinghai-Tibet, where the temperature was not high, but the ultraviolet rays were too strong, and I stayed for a while and took off several layers of skin. ”

Luo Yuanting's brows furrowed slightly, this is not a plateau, the air is thin, this is the Tarim Basin, especially after the sea level rises, the altitude here is not more than 1000 meters, and now the plants are flourishing, the organisms are exploding, and the concentration of air is much higher than before the end of the world.

He looked up at the sky, which had been blue and clear since the end of the world, like a perfect sapphire, but now it seemed to be a little dark and black, making people shudder.

In fact, long before the insect tide began, Luo Yuan had already felt an indescribable strangeness, the originally familiar environment seemed to be gradually changing, although the changes every day were very weak, but it was always reversed.

With such an obvious change, it is impossible for the upper echelons of the reconstruction area not to know that the only answer may be that the consequences of the change are far more tricky than imagined.

Perhaps, the insect tide and even the previous major earthquake are inseparable from this change.

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Hurry all the way, and by three o'clock in the afternoon, a magnificent city like a fortress of war is already in sight! (To be continued.) )