4pm
The wind and sand in the barrier area are very violent. It is located near the ruins of a large city in the past. Most people are carrying things and starting to move towards some vehicles parked on the outskirts of the city.
"Move quickly."
A man standing on the top of a minivan with a gun shouted. This is a city in the northeast that was built a century ago. It has now become the largest gathering place for criminals. There are nearly 1,000 criminals here.
Thousands of criminals.
Most people are now living a stable life here. Someone will bring water and food every month. Most people are waiting for the city to calm down before sneaking back to the city from the west and north. But now they need to
Escape, and the operations department's cleaning operation of the barrier area has begun.
A few hours ago, you could see flares of different colors and exploding firelights appearing in the distance. No one wanted to be caught, let alone die. Now, the only way to directly avoid the sweep is to move towards the barrier.
Vehicles filled with people and goods have begun to move towards the remote northeast. Some people are still hesitating, because life in the barrier zone is unimaginable to them, and some people are only short-lived.
After staying there for several months, I couldn't stand it anymore, but after seeing the people who kept fleeing this dilapidated city, many hesitants still chose to continue fleeing.
People are constantly fleeing from the front. Now everyone knows that Xingke is serious. If they resist, they will be shot. The number of cars on the edge of the city is getting smaller and smaller. Many people have begun to walk with luggage on their backs.
leave.
"Aren't you going to run away? Lao Cheng."
A man with a scar on his cheek looked like he was already old. He was sitting comfortably at the door of a small building in the city, drinking wine and smoking cigarettes. He looked drunk.
"Run? Where can you run?"
The man laughed. After hesitating for a few seconds, the young man who asked the question started running quickly with his things on his back. Some people passing by were wondering why the man didn't plan to run away. Some people he knew would still ask him.
Two sentences.
The man no longer wants to run, he has been running all his life. He just turned 80 this year and has been running since he was more than 10 years old. He spent the first half of his life in the barrier zone. Although he witnessed the development of the city in the second half of his life, he felt that he
You can also enjoy the light of the times, but unfortunately, this is just a man's delusion, and there is still not much change from the past life.
In the end, the man committed a crime again. Less than a year after he was released from prison, he chose to escape to the place where he had lived for a long time. But now the man did not want to escape anymore. With determination in his eyes, he picked up the chair next to him.
He had an automatic rifle, started to take out the magazine, and loaded a bag of bullets one by one. He smiled helplessly, took another sip of wine, and took out some good things that he had secretly hidden, and planned to
Enjoy the last delicious meal in your life.
On a street not far away, a skinny woman was carrying a child on her back and holding a little girl in her hand. The three of them had just eaten something and were planning to escape on foot. The woman was once a habitual criminal in marriage fraud, and she once worked with
Her partners had murdered many husbands together, and she didn't want to be caught, because if she was caught, she would face an endless life in prison.
"Mom, why are we running?"
The child asked, and the woman shook her head and immediately said irritably.
"Shut up."
The woman angrily shouted at the child, and she quickened her pace. The woman also considered whether to run away, but after thinking about it, the woman decided to run. Her eyes were filled with hatred as she looked at the child beside her.
And the child on her back, the woman had an idea for a moment. When she came to the entrance of the town, she stopped and looked at the young boy beside her.
"Owen, can you help take care of Hima?"
The little boy named Owen nodded, and the woman handed the baby girl named Shima on her back to her son Owen. This was not the woman's child, but the child of another sister.
Owen was carrying the baby girl who had just fallen asleep on his back. His weak body was almost dropped to the ground. The woman touched Owen's head.
"You wait for mom Owen in the girls' room. I will pick you up in a few days."
Although Owen didn't quite understand, he still stretched out his small hand from the large coat and grabbed the corner of his mother's clothes. The woman hesitated for a moment. She pressed her forehead in distress. If her husband hadn't died in the conflict a few months ago,
If it were, she might not want to abandon the child, but now she has no choice.
"Obey Owen, you just need to be patient for a few days. Mom will come here to find you."
After the woman left some food, she started running quickly. In an instant, her bitter face relaxed a lot. Although there was still a touch of sadness between her brows, her pace became faster and faster.
Owen had just taken a few steps after him when Xima, who was carrying him on his back, woke up and began to cry. The temperature in the barrier area was not too low, but the wind was too strong, and Owen soon lost sight of his mother.
He watched scattered people walking by, and finally Owen returned to the shabby room that his mother had just told him about, and he began to put Hima to sleep on his back.
The wind outside the house was very strong, and it whimpered as it flowed into the house. The noise outside had become smaller and smaller, and there was only the sound of plastic sand and stones rolling and flapping in the wind. The entire broken city was whimpering, just with the
It was different in the past. In the past, human voices could be heard among such whimpering sounds, but now nothing can be heard.
Not everyone has left here. This place is a paradise for most criminals today. Criminals who escaped in the past often exchanged fire in order to snatch survival resources, but now they have stable food.
and water sources, and you can even get some good things from the city from time to time. This place has gradually stabilized.
This place has become more and more stable. This city, which used to be called Jirigrad, is a paradise for criminals. Many local criminal gangs have also reached a consensus and work together to help make things better here.
, even if you encounter some external criminals, if you don't follow the rules, you will be kicked out or dealt with directly.
Some simple barter transactions have even begun here, but now all this has disappeared with the coming raids.
Those who did not leave, like Lao Cheng before, enjoyed food and water as much as they wanted, and made all preparations. Many people did not intend to be taken back, and did not want to leave here, because many people were tired.
"Even if you go back and finish jail time, it won't be the same when you get out!"
"Yes, I have no way out for a long time. If there was a way, I wouldn't do these things, idiot."
"You don't have to do these things after you go out, otherwise how can you live?"
Several drunken men, holding weapons in their hands, were quietly waiting for something. At this time, many people in the city were heading to the west without exception, and many people began to gather.
, there are still nearly hundreds of people who have not left. Most of them are holding a large number of weapons and starting to look for bunkers. Many people look extremely excited.
"If you fight with them, you will make a profit if you can get someone to back you up."
Someone shouted, and bursts of wild laughter could be heard from time to time in the wind.
Owen huddled quietly in the small room. He didn't know what was happening. From the beginning of his understanding of this world, there were only black and gray, and the dilapidated and old city in front of him. He could only follow his mother in this world every day.
Traveling around the city, my mother often asked Owen to wait outside some houses in exchange for some food.
Every time Owen waits obediently, his mother will come out soon and exchange some food for Owen. The life in front of him is satisfactory for Owen, and he is actually quite happy every day. It's just that this time Owen doesn't.
I know how long it will take for my mother to come back.
"Mom, when will you come back?"
Owen listened to the sounds of people and crying outside. There were still some remaining children in the city, the oldest was seven or eight years old, the youngest was only four or five years old, or even a baby.
At this time, many unnoticed children started crying. Owen watched a little girl he had played with before pass by him. He shouted. It seemed that the little girl who had just woken up was looking for her parents.
.
Although Owen had seen violence and death, something was a little strange today. Owen walked out. When the little girl saw Owen, she cried and asked where her parents were. Owen just shook his head and handed out some food.
The little girl stopped crying and entered the small hut with Owen. Owen looked at everything outside quietly. At this time, some adults began to gather some children into some small rooms and told them not to come out.
At this time, outside the small shabby house, Lao Cheng walked in drunkenly and carrying a gun.
"You two also go to the center of the city. This place will soon become a battlefield."
As Lao Cheng said, the little girl left obediently and followed the instructions of the adults outside, but Owen stubbornly shook his head.
"Mom told me to wait for her here."
Lao Cheng said it again, but Owen still shook his head. He huddled in the corner and stared blankly at everything outside. Lao Cheng smiled.
"Good luck kid!"
4:28 pm
Located in the middle of the city, the entrance to the city management office in the area was crowded with many people, most of whom were journalists. Some people had seen flares of different colors outside the city, as well as some explosions of a certain scale.
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News in the city began to be reported, and Section 1 announced that a temporary briefing would be held here to inform the people in the city about Section 3's barrier zone operations.
The reporters were waiting anxiously, but the door of the city management office was still closed. They didn't know when it would be opened. It was the hottest time of the day.
From time to time, you can see the takeoffs and landings of Section 11 and Section 4 passing by in the city. Everyone knows that this is not a simple problem. Discussions in the city have also begun. The most likely thing is that Section 3 is targeting the criminals entrenched in the barrier area.
The protesters carried out a clean-up operation, and such remarks quickly spread throughout the city.
Some human rights activists have also expressed their opinions in some news media, saying that if they are really cleaned up, it will be unfair to those whose crimes are not serious.
Finally, the door of the City Management Office of Section 1 opened, and reporters poured in. The hall had already been decorated. On a large platform, Julia, the secretary of Section 1, smiled and looked at the reporters who squeezed in.
The live broadcast in the city has also begun, and CBV has already arranged the live broadcast.
To be continued...