"It's too spectacular..."
Lin Sanjiu unconsciously slowed down and stared blankly into the distance.
"No, that's not right. Spectacular isn't the right word to describe this scene. How should I put it? It should be a kind of shock that made people feel insignificant.
If someone were to look down from the sky, they would discover that Salt Flat Port, as well as the vast area around it, appeared to be in a half-collapsed state. The electric poles were all over the place, and some of them had even fallen onto the roofs. The buildings were slanted and had collapsed … That was not all. The most shocking thing was the wreckage of overturned boats of all sizes that littered the streets. Together with the pungent stench of blood, the wreckage filled everyone's senses.
A large fishing boat that was still in good condition crashed into a residential building and crushed a shop. Half of the bow of a sightseeing boat smashed into a car and flipped it over. Lin Sanjiu couldn't suppress the shock in her heart. She followed behind her companion and walked under the bow of a large steel ship.
"What … happened?" Even the original appearance of the street was hard to discern.
Hu Changzai was so excited that he reached out to push his spectacles. However, he missed. Only then did he remember that he had thrown his spectacles away after he enhanced his body. "The high temperature caused the glaciers to melt and the sea level to rise. Is that why this entire area was washed away? Look at this ship. It is at least 10,000 tons. It seems like it was washed away from the ocean all the way to the mainland … "
"How strong is the force of the current to be able to overturn a ship that weighs over 10,000 tons?" Hai Tianqing asked incredulously. "Why didn't such a huge wave reach the city?"
"At that time, I'm afraid the word 'wave' is not enough to describe the water flow. It should be called a tsunami …" Hu Changzai had almost forgotten that there was a Beret with a gun behind him. He slowed down his footsteps and carefully observed his surroundings before taking in a light breath. "But before it could reach the city, it had almost evaporated. The water flow was getting smaller and smaller, and when it reached the road, it was already too late. By the time it reached the highway, it should be like a small river. "
Lin Sanjiu's conjecture made sense. "No wonder I haven't seen any survivors in this area." Lin Sanjiu stepped over an unknown dead fish the size of an adult. The smell of dried rotten flesh made her face pale. She quickly took two steps away from the fish. Only then did he ask with an ugly expression, "… That customs warehouse, could it be that it was also destroyed?"
As soon as he said this, everyone fell silent. Even the high-rise building with its foundation was in such a state. The warehouse used to store goods was in an even worse state …
The Berets had not reacted to the painting of the human apocalypse, but when they heard that the customs warehouse might be destroyed. One of them suddenly spoke. From the sound of it, it was the one who shot Zhu Mei. "We can't let it get damaged. Food is very important. Hurry up and leave."
Although he said that, he did not look worried at all. His red lips were still curled up in a pleasant and polite smile, and his eyes, though dull, were still curved in a friendly way. Besides, Lin Sanjiu didn't really believe that they needed to eat … Huh?
Why would he think that? She paused for a moment and turned to Hu Changzai, who was the closest to her, and asked, "Hey, do you think these weird people … are they alive or dead?"
"What do you mean?" Hu Changzai was stunned. He retracted his gaze from the wreckage of the ship in the distance, "Although their behavior is strange, they are still alive. No matter how I look at them, they are still alive. "
"Do living people not need to eat, drink, or rest? Aren't they tired from walking like that? "Lin Sanjiu retorted instinctively," Which living person's joints are not bent … "
She stopped halfway through her sentence because the face of the beret who was walking in front of her suddenly turned 180 degrees to face her, but his body was still moving forward.
"Were you talking about me just now? What did I say?"
Faced with such a horror movie scene, the faces of the three humans and one rabbit turned pale.
"No, no … Nothing … We were just talking about the customs warehouse …" Lin Sanjiu took some time to suppress the fear in her heart and answered with a stutter.
The beret said "Oh!" and jerked his head back, off the back of his neck. Lin Sanjiu couldn't tell that his neck was still intact even though he had turned 180 degrees. "That's right. Hurry up."
"He doesn't seem to have good hearing." Lin Sanjiu could hear B.Rabbit's voice from his earring. Of course, this "not good hearing" referred to when compared to evolved humans.
Even so, they didn't dare to speak carelessly. Lin Sanjiu calmed her racing heart. Surrounded by the Beret, the three of them picked up their pace silently. Without the road signs, they could only rely on their intuition to determine the direction. Therefore, after taking a few wrong turns, they finally saw the customs — or should I say, the customs — when the sky was bright, they finally saw it. More accurately, it was the remnants of the customs.
As the customs checkpoint was too close to the jetty, it had completely disappeared. The warehouse at the jetty was made up of rows of bungalows. Even though they were in a better condition than the buildings, the roofs of the bungalows had been smashed by the huge waves. From afar, it looked like a pile of rubble. The containers that were originally parked at the jetty had been smashed by the waves. Some of them were damaged, but most of them were still in good condition. This gave Lin Sanjiu and the others some hope.
As they walked along the wrecked jetty, they were speechless.
The sea was gone.
Perhaps, there was still the last bit of Earth's ocean in the farthest part of the ocean. However, when they looked from the jetty, they couldn't even see the coastline. The seabed, which had never been exposed to the world for millions of years, lay dried up under the sun. It was like a person who had finally died after lingering on with his last breath. The air by the sea was no longer fresh. The continental shelf was littered with the rotting and dried corpses of marine creatures. The smell of salty seawater was nauseating.
Unlike the Beret, who only knew how to smile, Lin Sanjiu stared at the "sea" in front of her and didn't move for a long time.
After some time, she suddenly raised her hand and wiped her face. A tear rolled down her cheek.
For some reason, Lin Sanjiu didn't feel anything even though she had lived in a city that had been destroyed for so long. However, when she looked at the place that used to be the sea, she couldn't help feeling a wave of sorrow. She couldn't stop the urge to cry.
Even nature had lost. Perhaps, humans really didn't have a chance to start over.
The transparent tear rolled down the dark green pattern at the corner of her eye. Under the sunlight, it glowed with rainbow colors. Hu Changzai's heart suddenly skipped a beat. He quickly turned his head away and said in a hoarse voice, "Let's go look for food and water."
His words reminded everyone. They all looked at the Beret, who was the leader.
His eyes were fixed on the huge, dried up ocean. The smile on the Beret's face didn't change. He stood on his tiptoes and said, "The four of you, split up and look for food and water. Then, gather those that can still be eaten here. Don't run around. There are people following behind you."
As soon as he finished speaking, B.Rabbit quickly took a deep breath and grumbled, "Listening to him is suffocating me."
The two Beret's footsteps responded to him. It followed behind the rabbit like a shadow and bit on its tail.
Their companions looked at each other. Then, they split up and went in the direction of the warehouse and the containers. Lin Sanjiu walked toward the red container closest to her. The Beret, who heard that Zhu Mei was killed, immediately followed her. She turned her head and asked, "What's your name?"
The red lips of the Beret curled up. He pointed the black barrel of his gun at Lin Sanjiu. His smile remained unchanged, but he didn't reply.
"Why are all of you dressed the same? Are you all from the same organization? "Lin Sanjiu pretended to be nonchalant.
The Beret still didn't reply. He stood on his tiptoes and followed behind her.
Even though Lin Sanjiu knew it was useless, she still asked him a lot of indifferent questions. However, the Beret didn't reply at all. Lin Sanjiu really didn't know what to do with him.
While Lin Sanjiu was talking to herself, the two of them walked to the front of the container. Judging from the size of the container, it should be about 20 to 30 tons. It was completely overturned and tilted to one side. There was a piece of broken building material underneath and a human hand sticking out of it. It seemed like a room had been crushed.
Fortunately, the door of the container wasn't crushed. Lin Sanjiu just had to find a way to pry the door open to find out what was inside.
However, Lin Sanjiu didn't want to use her weapon in front of the Beret. She turned to look at the Beret and smiled, "The lock is too heavy. I can't open it. Why don't you use your gun to blast the door open? "
Lin Sanjiu said that. She just wanted to see the weapon in the Beret's hand. Since the Beret was so concerned about finding food and water, he probably wouldn't reject her …
Sure enough, the Beret smiled and replied, "Mm." He raised his wrist. A black cylinder was aimed at the door of the container.
There was no sound and nothing was shot out. There was only a rapid blast of air that left an oval hole on the door. This wave of Qi was too fierce. It was obviously invisible, but it felt as if it could be seen with the naked eye.
The door of the container opened with a heavy thud. Lin Sanjiu was a little excited as she looked at the wooden boxes stacked to the ceiling. She prayed silently that there wasn't any trash like electronic components inside. Lin Sanjiu tore off the fasteners of the wooden boxes with her bare hands. A few of the boxes at the top of the container suddenly fell down and crashed heavily on the ground. The Beret almost fell to the ground.
"Sorry, I didn't expect that," Lin Sanjiu smiled at him without any apologies.
The Beret didn't say anything. His smile was as if it was painted on his face. Even though he had just escaped the fate of being crushed to death, he still didn't move an inch.
Lin Sanjiu picked a box that was pleasing to her eyes. She used all her strength and punched the side of the box. The box immediately broke into a few pieces. Lin Sanjiu pulled it off with her bare hands.
She reached into the box hopefully and pulled out a few smaller boxes.
"Are these … toys?" Lin Sanjiu opened the boxes one after another. Finally, she found something, "Are these toys from Frozen?"
As expected of an original imported toy, the texture of the skin, clothes, and hair were all extraordinarily fine. Compared to the old Barbie dolls, it was even better. However, no matter how beautiful these toys were, they were useless. Lin Sanjiu sighed. She felt that her stomach was as disappointed as she was.
However, at this moment, the Beret suddenly moved. He turned his head around and shouted into the distance, "Three people, come here and guard this container. Don't let anyone near it."
If he didn't speak in such a calm tone, Lin Sanjiu felt that his words would be filled with excitement and urgency. With that in mind, before the Beret turned his head around, Lin Sanjiu ran her hand across the boxes of the dolls. Immediately, one of the boxes was emptied.
Three 60-centimeter-long Ayesas were turned into cards and stored in her body.
She didn't know why a box of dolls was valued so much. However, she knew that it wouldn't hurt to keep a trump card.
After that, Lin Sanjiu was chased away by the Beret Man like a sheep. She hadn't completed her mission yet, so she had to open the next container to look for food and water.
However, she was unlucky. After opening three containers in a row, she didn't find any food and was almost injured. The last container was filled with cars. Due to the angle of the tilt, she was almost squashed by a few cars that slid out when the door opened.
"Karma really comes fast," Lin Sanjiu grumbled. She straightened her sore back and was about to continue walking when she heard B.Rabbit's excited voice from afar, "There's coffee! I found coffee! "(To be continued.)
PS:
Everyone, please don't mind me for having fewer votes. It wasn't easy for me to squeeze out more votes. Too many things have happened recently (crying emoji) … The comment section is suddenly flooded with comments about no male protagonist. I'm really caught off guard ~! This is the first time the votes have surpassed the male protagonist!
The voting period is only 30 days. I'm looking forward to the final result …
Lastly, she thanked Winehouse for the two perfume sachets, Shiny Ingot for the three protective amulets, and Qing Qing for the winter plum! (When does the winter plum bloom? This is my first time seeing it!)
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