Chapter 99: Wasteland and Troubled Times(1/2)
[Exclusively published by Jinjiang Literature City]
The past two days have not been easy. No one thought that several entrances and exits of the subway station would collapse and become blocked.
Everyone thought that they would be trapped for a few hours at most and that they could go home as long as they waited for the acid rain to end.
An hour or two later, when the staff arrived at the steps near the ground via the escalator, they found that the entrance and exit above had been blocked by broken cement stones.
Acid rain corroded the roof of the entrance and exit, and the roof collapsed and fell. Not only this place, but also the situation at several entrances and exits was the same.
This kind of thing can't be hidden for too long, so the staff quickly issued a station-wide broadcast and said that a distress signal had been sent, asking everyone to wait patiently. After the rain stopped, rescue should arrive soon.
Those who were not injured could wait, but those who were burned by the acid rain were in agony, and every minute and second was suffering.
The staff organized several strong and uninjured young people to sort out the duty room and the police room, and moved some of the more seriously injured people from the platform and lobby to inside. There were simple beds inside, as well as sofas and chairs.
The beds that came out can at least allow these injured people to lie down more comfortably.
The father in the cafe and the mother in the restaurant are both in this group.
Although the woman was wearing protective clothing at the time, after being dragged away by the workplace man, her entire body was exposed to the gap in the wall. Coupled with the acid rain stains on the ground, a large amount of strong acid eroded her protective clothing.
There were large burns on her body and face, especially on her ankles. The entire ring of flesh was corroded away, and the pain penetrated to her bones.
My father's upper body and arms were burned from rescuing people. He had impulsively saved people before, but now the pain made him regret it.
He is not a heroic figure. He has a selfish side in his heart, otherwise he would not have abandoned his wife and daughter when he was young. But at that moment before, when he heard the girl's cry for help, he saw the woman screaming in pain on the ground.
, he subconsciously thought of his wife who was holding her daughter and crying.
He knew that he was just saving a stranger, and no amount of guilt could make up for the harm he had done to his wife and daughter.
And this point, his daughter sitting next to him knows better than him: "Don't worry, I will take care of you before leaving the subway station, but don't think too much, this is not because of forgiveness. Even if you are an acquaintance, the other person saves you."
When someone is injured, I will take care of him.
After you get out of here, I hope you won't come to me again. My mother has been dead for many years. I don't hate you anymore, but I can't forgive you. Let's live our own lives in the future - if there is still life."
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Not far away, a couple man was looking for his girlfriend in the crowd, but his girlfriend was watching him silently, then turned around and left without saying a word.
She couldn't forget the image of her boyfriend holding other women in place when she fell down on the overpass.
If a man always tends to focus on other women and never puts her first every time, it’s okay not to be such a man!
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In this huge subway station, life is full of life.
When rescue failed to arrive on the first night, two conflicts broke out among the restless crowds, both because they wanted to compete for food and water in the vending machines. Afterwards, the staff opened the material warehouse and distributed food and water to the employees.
Supplies are limited, and each person doesn’t get much, but it’s better than nothing.
Some people comfort those around them to comfort themselves: "There must be many people outside who need saving. Let's wait patiently..."
There are also people who are depressed and crying all the time.
Someone still felt thirsty after drinking the allocated water, and planned to go to the bathroom to get some tap water. However, when he turned on the faucet, the water flowing out fell on the bottle in his hand, making a sizzling sound and white smoke coming out.
The man yelled for acid water, threw the bottle and ran out covering his injured hand.
You Xi happened to be nearby. After hearing this, he immediately ran into the bathroom, put on gloves and turned off the switch that was still running water. Then he took out the measuring instrument and measured the pH value.
This instrument was bought in this world and can measure negative pH values.
Fortunately, the pH value is 18, which is not negative. If even the tap water turns into concentrated sulfuric acid, it will be dangerous inside the subway station.
After a night, rescue still hadn't come.
Feng Xu gathered the employees of the cafe and restaurant, found a few staff, and discussed the countermeasures. Should he leave this subway station, go to other subway stations to find an exit, or find a way on the spot.
Ultimately, they decided to try the latter first.
The staff broadcast again and summoned the mechanical maintenance and modification personnel. They spent most of the day working together to convert several cleaning machines in the subway station into excavating machines. With this method, they finally dug through on the morning of the third day.
Blocked subway entrance and exit.
People in protective clothing were fully armed and carefully climbed out to check the situation. You Xi was among this group of people.
The rain outside had stopped long ago, but the surrounding area was very quiet. The surrounding houses and buildings were basically damaged and half-collapsed, and the ground was in a sticky state, which was the appearance of the road surface after it was corroded.
This black acid rain destroyed nearly half of the city. Everything around her was beyond recognition, except for some intact buildings on the mountains not far away.
You Xi knew that that was where the villa area was.
In the previous situation, only houses transformed by nano-ceramic alloys could survive the acid rain.
In an instant, famine, wasteland, world destruction...all kinds of negative words appeared in her mind.
She couldn't help but feel inconsistent. Was such a disaster really just a medium or low difficulty level?
You Xi: System, are you sure this is a post-apocalyptic world with medium to low difficulty?
There was no sound from the system. You Xi sighed and decided to walk back to the villa to check the situation.
Not long after she left, Feng Xu also climbed out of the subway station. Bai Yu followed him closely, fearing that he would talk to himself and leave her alone.
But obviously, everyone who has just returned to the ground will be shocked by the desolation and black and gray colors around them.
"Why is it like this outside?" Bai Yu turned his head and looked in the direction of the villa. When he found that there was still a intact house looming halfway up the mountain, he quickly reminded Feng Xu, "Should we go back and take a look first? Actually, I'm quite worried.
It’s been two days since Youxi’s, I don’t know if she’s okay..."
Feng Xu was also worried about You Xi, but thinking that her house had been renovated, he thought he should be fine.
In the past two days, Bai Yu has been mentioning You Xi's matter in front of him, saying that he really wants to reconcile with her. After all, the world is like this, what kind of conflicts between people can't be resolved?
Feng Xu didn't say anything, but in fact, the anger he had towards You Xi had long since disappeared.
As soon as he thought of the tragic situation of pedestrians when the acid rain suddenly fell that day, and the wailing of the injured people in the subway station, he felt that everything between him and You Xi was just a trivial matter.
She also felt that Bai Yu and You Xi could also reconcile. As she said, after all, the world is like this, what conflicts are there that cannot be resolved?
"Let's go! Let's go back and take a look first!" He was also worried about his parents, who had not been in contact before.
The mountain road leading to the villa area was also corroded by acid rain, and the plants on both sides were turned into black rotten debris.
You Xi was afraid that there would be acidic gas in the air, so she never took off the [Hydrating Breathing Mask]. Occasionally, she could see some people on the mountain trail, all wearing protective clothing and carrying backpacks, and they seemed to be heading towards the villa.
She thought of something and started to speed up her pace.
If half of the buildings in Sailing City are destroyed by erosion, will the surviving people stay in the dangerous buildings, or will they find a safe place to take refuge?
In this situation, where is the safe place?
dugout?
metro station?
And - You Xi looks up, the villa area transformed by nano-ceramic alloy!
The gate of the villa area has been corroded to a disfigurement, and the security room has been sheltered by the owners. The roof and walls were re-paved with excess nano-ceramic alloy materials.
At this moment, some strangers had already moved into the security room where the door and windows had been corroded.
You Xi frowned and sped up again.
Along the way, she discovered that there were many strange faces in the villas. They were all people who came to seek refuge, and she had never seen any of them.
Where is the security guard?
Where is the original owner?
You can’t give full play to Lei Feng’s spirit, right? In this case, who would be willing to give up the only house that can protect themselves?
She had a bad guess.
With her appearance, the eyes of the strangers in the villa also focused on her one by one, with vigilance and wariness in their eyes. It seemed that to them, she was the stranger who had intruded into other people's territory.
You Xi reached out and took out the metal swing stick from his backpack (Star House Warehouse), swung it hard, and released three sections. At the same time, he quickened his pace again and ran towards his villa.
We arrived at the observation deck soon. The railings on the observation deck were also corroded and only half of them were left.
On the black and gray land, her villa stood intact. Five or six people were trapped in the electric grid in the yard. They were like mice that had invaded the house but were caught in a mouse trap. They couldn't get in and couldn't escape even if they wanted to.
Can't escape.
In the driveway, seven or eight people were pushing a machine, trying to get into the yard to dig holes.
They had been coveting this villa for a day and a night, but their companions were trapped by the power grid after stepping into the yard. Not only was the house tightly blocked by nano-ceramic alloy plates, it was also equipped with such powerful warning devices around the perimeter.
They know that this thing that can automatically release the power grid is ridiculously expensive. Such a house with such equipment is like a treasure to them. How many supplies does a house that can be equipped with these things have in the house?
To this end, they spent a lot of effort to find this small excavator (plant machine) from the security room and transported it all the way up manually. When they were about to dig, they didn't expect the owner to come back!
The opponent saw the stick in You Xi's hand, but he was not afraid at all. There were seven or eight of them here, and they couldn't deal with one of them?
But now that the owner of the house is back, it saves them trouble. They don't even have to dig now. As long as they subdue the other party, they can directly turn off the power grid!
Several people exchanged gestures and spread out to surround You Xi.
The leading guy held up a light cutting machine, stood in the center, and turned on the switch in her direction. The gears of the cutting machine rotated, making a heartbreaking sound.
You Xi raised his eyebrows, but before he could move, an angry voice came from the side: "What do you want to do!"
To be continued...