Chapter 72: Conspiracy
Zhuzhou, southwest of City C
It is a city with excellent transportation links, and several famous railways intersect here, making it an important "cross-shaped" railway hub in Hanxia.
It is also a key industrial city.
Although it was not as affected as the neighboring City C and Liancheng City at the beginning of the disaster, it was also a city in the forefront of the disaster in Hunan Province and even the whole country because of its proximity to the core circle of the disaster.
Due to the close distance between the main urban area and the urban area of Liancheng, as soon as the corpse source stone fell, the state organized the establishment of an important base at the junction of the two cities to shelter the survivors evacuated from the surrounding area.
However, even though the base is large enough and has a large number of people, and the northwest and northeast directions are also close to the urban areas of Lianzhu City, there are still many survivors in this area who have not been able to enter the base in time due to various reasons.
And on the roof of a residential building on the edge of the northern urban area of Zhuzhou, a shameful "conspiracy" is taking place.
"Lao Huai, it's been more than a week, I'm afraid no one will come to save us in a short time." A young survivor whispered to a middle-aged man in a formal suit in a corner.
"Oh? What do you have to say? The middle-aged man known as Lao Huai raised his eyebrows.
"I've just done the math, and the rest of the supplies will last us for a week at most. Instead of sharing it with people who don't use it, it's better to get rid of the waste as soon as possible. "The young man is colorful.
As he spoke, his gaze glancing somewhere on the roof of the building, his expression a little vague.
"Isn't that okay?" Lao Huai frowned.
It's not that he doesn't want to, but he still has scruples.
Youth: "What's so bad?" Even the communication has been cut off for so long, even if the relevant departments are no longer able to hold us accountable, the law is not responsible, maybe there will be an emergency to avoid danger at that time? And, as long as everyone doesn't say it, who knows? ”
In the first few days of the catastrophe, mobile phones and communications, being able to browse the Internet, and watching all kinds of related video articles, they were afraid that they would be included in the bad file, even if they were careful, they didn't think much about it.
But now that we have long since broken off contact with the outside world, some ideas have inevitably grown.
After all, there are only so many supplies, and one more person will consume them a day earlier.
And accepting the search and rescue is even more fantastic.
Although there were people who came to search and rescue before, there was an accident, and many of the people they gathered here were forced to be trapped here at that time.
Now that the communication is gone, judging from the situation at the time of the disconnection, I am afraid that other places will not be much better.
It is even possible that there has been a catastrophe all over the world, and the end times have really come!
"So how?" Lao Huai pretended to be contemplative.
Youth: "It's simple, just say a few words to the others one by one, let's leave those two old immortals downstairs first, and then take care of the others." ”
"That's a good idea." Lao Huai nodded approvingly and patted the young man's shoulder: "I said that I would take everyone to live together, so it's hard to speak, so I'll leave this matter to you." ”
"This ......"
Listening to the other party's natural tone, the young man's body stiffened slightly, and he knew that the wicked man wanted him to do it again.
"Alright then, I'll go talk to everyone first."
As the young man spoke, he turned around and walked towards where the others were, but he sneered in his heart: Hmph! When the time comes, I'll say that you proposed it, and force me to say it, and then let you fight!
“……”
Soon, the young man pulled all the survivors except for the two old men into a corner and said a few words to them one by one.
Some of these people will scold a few words, and then they will agree to the young man, and even make a look of "continuing human civilization" to cover up their weakness.
But most of them are silent, which can be regarded as acquiescence.
After a few more minutes, more than a dozen survivors gathered and approached the north wall of the roof.
At this time, two old men were leaning side by side, looking into the distance in a daze.
Feeling the hostility behind them, the two old men were unmoved.
I saw that the man among them put his arm around the shoulders of the people around him and said calmly: "Wife, it seems that we have to go." ”
The old man's name is Chen Jianjun, he is a veteran who has participated in large and small battles and has really fought hard. Now it should be the time to enjoy old age in peace, but the end times have come.
At first, realizing that the rescue team lacked vehicles, he hid at home with his wife, hiding from others and leaving the opportunity to the young survivors.
Later, it was found that a group of survivors had gathered on the top two floors of the residential building, and they were worried about food, so they took the initiative to distribute most of the food in their homes to everyone.
Now, the food is tense again, and the survivors are ready to go after them.
encountered this kind of revenge, but the emotions of the two old men were not intense.
"Well, at my age, I don't compete with young people for supplies. Let's go downstairs now! Another old man said.
She is Chen Jianjun's wife - Yi Xia.
used to be a military doctor who helped Chen Jianjun in the war in the seventies of the last century, and the two gradually fell in love with each other.
In the end, it will be a positive result.
The relationship between husband and wife has been very harmonious for decades, just like now, when her wife proposed to leave, she agreed without thinking about it.
"Let's go downstairs and go home first."
The two old men glanced at each other, interlocked their index fingers, and said in unison.
Then he turned around and prepared to walk towards the door.
In their opinion, it is better to leave on their own initiative than to let the young people do it and feel guilty about it.
As for the fact that they are physically strong and capable, and may be able to help young people, it is of little use for the time being. Because that will not happen until later, but now it is a shortage of food, not other resources.
It's just that just as the two old men were taking a step, they were stopped by a young man.
"What are you two old guys going to do? You can't be trying to sneak away with supplies, right? ”
"No excuses, lad, we all understand." Zhou Jianjun smiled, and a pair of sharp and vicissitudes of life glanced at everyone: "For the rational use of resources, it is normal to do that." Actually, there is no need to bother, my wife and I will go downstairs by ourselves. ”
After a pause, he continued: "On the bookshelf on the fifteenth floor, there are notes and books related to fighting, medical care, etc., which can be visited when necessary. ”
As soon as the words fell, several survivors couldn't help but bow their heads guiltily. But most of the survivors were led by the "old Huai" who was the leader, and they were dismissive of it.
"Whew!" Among them, the young man who had whispered to Lao Huai snorted coldly.
"What's the use of reading it, you can learn it right away? It's better to go straight to the pharmacy to find medicine! Saying this, you guys are deliberately trying to kidnap morally, right?! ”
"Young man, the last days are easy to make people impetuous, but the more this happens, the more you should find a way to calm down, so that you can find a way to survive......" the old man said earnestly.
But it was interrupted by the youth.
"What can you do?! The previous few big-headed soldiers only cared about themselves and took away all their weapons, how good would it be if they left it to us? ”
"It's just, so selfish, why should we calm down? I was hoping to help us a little! Another survivor chimed in.
"You ......"
Chen Jianjun suddenly felt that he had looked too highly at these young people.
It's human nature to do whatever it takes to survive, but it's too much to deliberately belittle a benefactor.
As far as he knows, shortly after the disaster, rescuers arrived in the community, and because of the lack of vehicles, some people could only enter the residential building under the protection of several soldiers and wait for follow-up rescue.
However, there was no convoy to pick up the convoy for a long time.
It didn't take long for several soldiers to die one after another, or with the only ammunition left to attract mutant creatures away and disappear.
is obviously desperate, but at this moment, the young man's mouth in front of him has become "only caring about himself".
Now it seems that if the soldiers did keep their hot weapons, I am afraid that the guns were not aimed at mutated creatures.
Rather, fellow survivors!
A lot of thoughts flashed in his heart, Chen Jianjun didn't have the idea of arguing with others, but smiled indifferently: "You can watch me and my wife leave." ”
"Who knows if you're going to deliberately attract mutated creatures?" Someone immediately retorted.
But "Lao Huai" waved his hand.
I saw him say helplessly: "Two old men, you also know that there is not much food, and everyone wants to use resources in useful places, so they can only wronged the two of them to leave." ”
As he spoke, he turned around and motioned to the two survivors: "Lao Wang, Xiao Liu, please send the two old people." ”
Although the two survivors who were called were a little reluctant, they had to agree for the sake of face and the strength of Lao Huai.
The latter wondered in his heart whether he should throw something to make a move after the two old men walked away from the residential building, and lure away the mutated creatures hidden nearby.
But he's a little afraid of self-defeating.
If it is exposed because of such an act and let the mutated creatures find out, the gain will outweigh the losses.
Just as Lao Huai was thinking about it, and several survivors were hesitating whether to object to letting the two old men leave, a voice with a slight surprise sounded.
"Someone's coming!"