Apocalypse Safe Space

Chapter 68 Survivor's Life
On a March day in the north, old people and children in the wasteland, wearing thin and tattered clothes, knelt in the snow and begged for pedestrians, staring at everyone who passed in front of them with pitiful and innocent eyes.Those small figures and shrunken bodies are deeply imprinted in my mind, beating my heart with each hammer.

Turning around and forcing myself to leave, my heart was churning and I felt very uncomfortable.The high-level executives of these bases really have hearts harder than rocks and harder than jackals.It's not that there is no food, how much can some children eat?As long as a little gruel can keep them alive, why don't they even give them this little hope.

"Master, the washing water is ready, you can take a shower." Xiaocai's timid voice came from beside her.She seemed to feel that I was looking at her. Her lowered head was even lower, and she looked a little downcast.

There was a brand new basin and towel on the tool box in the tent, and the water in the basin was still steaming.

"Where did the water come from?" Isn't it the water shortage? How can there be so much water for people to freshen up.

"Several deep-water wells have been drilled in the base. There is no shortage of water here. This is what Uncle Zhang and the others drilled from the nearest well." Xiaocai said.

The place where the base is located was originally Shangjing of the Jin Kingdom more than 800 years ago, and it was also the hometown of the Jin people.It is said that there is a dragon vein here, the weather is good all year round, and the land is fertile.

In previous years, there were floods in other places where boats could be rowed, but here it was only wet land; in other places where there was no production due to drought, here is still abundant water and a good harvest.Just scatter a few handfuls of wheat seeds in the wild, and leave them alone, and they can still be harvested in autumn.The extremely dry weather before the end of the world only reduced the crop production here.So there is still some food left.

What a great place.

The land here is sparsely populated, and there are not many people who have become zombies. It is also far away from the city, a full hour's drive away.So choosing here as a base is the best choice.

It seems that the top management of the base are not fools, but the policies they issued are really stupid.Did they really think they could abandon this place and escape abroad as before?Now there are zombies all over the world, where else can they escape, unless they can go to country M where there are few surviving zombies and a large population.

"Master, the meal is ready, you can eat something." Xiaocai's timid voice came from behind.

Breakfast is rice and wheat rice with a piece of bacon.We didn't cook with them, but asked them to bring over the food and cook it ourselves. The rice and bacon were all brought out by Zhang Zhang, and the dishes and chopsticks were also clean.

We ate at the table and side dishes were served on the side.Seeing us eating, her throat kept wriggling, and I could see that she was also very hungry, but I didn't see anything.

It's not that I have a serious concept of class oppression, but that she was sent to the door by Scarface.It is imperative to be defensive, don't look at her submissive behavior, who knows if she was sent by Scarface to spy on us?An untested man cannot be trusted.

After breakfast, Zhang Zhang and I discussed that we would go around the base today to get acquainted with the situation.

"Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" We were discussing, as if we were hurt.

"It's Taotao's voice." Liu Dajun looked at me anxiously, not daring to leave without authorization.

"Go, saving people is the most important thing." I was very satisfied with Liu Dajun's actions and approved him to save people.

Seeing a flash of a figure, Liu Dafei seemed to run out as well.We also went out afterwards to see what happened, to see who dared to pluck the hair on the tiger's head-looking for death.

On other camps tens of meters away.

Taotao was surrounded by a group of old people and children, countless hands came up and pulled his clothes and body non-stop.His clothes were ripped apart, and there were many bruises on his body.Taotao couldn't escape, so she could only cry and call her father.

"Taotao, you all go away, go away—" Liu Dajun roared and rushed into the crowd, pulled Taotao out, and knocked down a group of people.

"Give me something to eat, give me something to eat, I'm starving to death!" Liu Dajun followed behind a group of children and old people, begging non-stop.

"Get out of here! Anyone who comes over will be killed." Zhang Chang pulled out his saber, and chopped off a piece of wood that was as thick as a bowl at the door in a demonstrative blow.

The group of people stood still, not daring to move forward, but they kept talking.

"Get out, get out!" Scarface's subordinates also caught up and kicked and kicked them away, and turned around and smiled at us flatteringly.

"Tell me, what's going on, Taotao?" Looking at the little baby covered in bruises and crying tears in front of me, I have a headache again. Children are indeed a big trouble in the last days.

"Woooo—they were looking for children to play with, and they were hungry, so I took out the candies on my body and gave them to eat, but they all came up to snatch them—ohoo—they just got a piece of candy, woohoo—they didn't believe it and returned it. They kept pulling on me, many people came to pull on me, it was very painful———” Taotao was crying and telling the story of being surrounded.

It turned out that Taotao's Madonna was sick. Seeing the children were starving, she took out the piece of candy that was given to me and gave it to other children.The starving people around flocked to see someone giving alms, and everyone wanted to get food from Taotao.The scene above happened.

There is no right or wrong in the eyes of a crazy hungry person, as long as there is food, if not for Liu Dajun's timely rescue, I am afraid Taotao will be torn into pieces at this time.

Experience, as expected, you can't give alms among beggars, otherwise you will be ransacked.Fortunately, I restrained myself and didn't give food to the elderly and children just because they were pitiful, otherwise I would be the one with scars and torn clothes.

Thinking of this, I hate the base's upper echelons even more. If they are willing to take up the responsibilities that the government should do, why are these old people and children so crazy.

"Dinner is ready, dinner is ready—" Several large carts were pushed in the distance, and the people on the carts yelled, surrounded by a few men with guns to escort them.Immediately, a large group of people gathered around.

"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze, everyone line up to get the food, damn it, what about you, those who don't obey the rules won't be given food, get out of here." A gunman maintained order, majesticly smashing the food with the butt of his gun. Fly a man who rushes forward madly.

The team keeps moving forward, and each person holds a number plate and can receive two small steamed buns with the mouth of a cup.The steamed buns were black and hard, as if they were dead. I don’t know when they were steamed, and there were many finger marks on them.

Many people who received the steamed buns were not too dirty, and immediately stuffed the steamed buns into their mouths and swallowed them in a few mouthfuls.Seeing a thin and weak person trailing behind without eating steamed buns, and going to a place where the people maintaining order cannot see, he rushed to snatch it, and immediately stuffed it in his mouth when he snatched it.He didn't let go even after being beaten until he bleeds.

Therefore, most people eat the steamed buns in two or three bites.

Steamed buns are delivered twice a day, two at a time, without any vegetables, not even pickles.How can I be full with such a small amount of food, I just can't die from starvation.

The man with the scarred face also went to get the steamed buns and sent them to us.Food rations for supernatural beings are more, four steamed buns, plus a small pickle.We looked at the steamed buns, which were as hard as rocks and covered with black handprints, how could we eat them, and they turned out to be cheap side dishes.

Seeing how satisfied the side dishes are, I feel very sad.Hey, food is scarce in the last days, it's good to have something to eat, what else to choose?If I don't have space, I might not be better off than Xiaocai.

In the morning, I walked in various camps.

The outskirts of the camp are very large, and there are endless tents. The camp is full of people, playing poker, arguing, begging, dazed, and selling all kinds of items except food. It’s like a small market. .

In addition to the outer camp, there is also a city wall inside. The wall of the city wall is very high, more than three meters high, like an ancient defensive wall, with towers on it.The difference is that all of them are machine guns, not bows and arrows.Ten meters outside the city wall is a restricted area, and no one from the outer camps is allowed to approach.

Inside the city wall is the real outer city of the base. There is only one gate for entry and exit. People with supernatural abilities can apply for a registration card to enter the outer city for free. Those who are not superhuman need to spend six first-order evolutionary crystals to apply for a registration card.

After entering the outer city, I realized that there are completely two worlds inside and outside the city wall.The outside is full of dilapidated tents, and it looks like a refugee camp in Africa; inside the city walls are built houses, people live better, and at worst there is a kennel-like house to live in.

The outer city is very lively, and people seem to be more energetic. From time to time, people hold scarce items and rush to sell them. There are also many shops open, ranging from shoes and socks, maces, to weapons and vehicles.Food is also sold here, but the asking price is very expensive. A bag of ten catties of flour costs ten first-level evolution crystals, and one catty of rice costs five first-level evolution crystals.Seasoning salts are even more expensive. A bag of 350 grams of table salt costs [-] first-level evolutionary crystals.There is almost no meat, as long as there is canned meat, it will be sold out immediately.

I can't help but greedily think that if we open a small shop here, can we earn tens of thousands of evolutionary crystals a day based on our inventory, which is much faster than hunting zombies in person.

There is also a place that specializes in selling weapons.Many weapon shops are opened on a street, called Weapon Street.These weapon shops are all privately run. In addition to cold weapons, there are also various types of hot weapons, ranging from pistols, rifles, sniper rifles, machine guns, and rocket launchers.

A bunch of brand-new weapons with the smell of engine oil were placed on the iron shelf for people to choose. There were also many people picking weapons and buying weapons.

But there is one thing, that is, there are no bullets for sale in these places, and only the base officials sell bullets.

Squeezing to the end of Weapon Street, I saw a five-story building with the door open, and many people with guns came in and out, holding various types of standard bullets on their shoulders.

(End of this chapter)