Luo Yuan took a sip of water and leaned against the wall. He stared blankly at the ceiling, motionless.
The future was just like the dark basement. There was not a single ray of hope.
As the sun set in the west, the sky outside started to darken.
They had a scrumptious dinner and started to prepare for the trip to the underground base.
Luo Yuan went outside to get the car, but came back empty-handed after 10 minutes. He didn't look too good.
"Why didn't you drive the car to the entrance?" Huang Jiahui asked as she tidied up her clothes.
"The SUV was pinned down by the fallen wall, and I don't know who took the old car," Luo Yuan said helplessly. "Looks like we'll have to walk there.
"Car thieves should be shot!" Huang Jiahui said angrily as she dropped her clothes.
"Forget it, we stole it anyway."
"Can we still find the car?"
Luo Yuan took out a pack of cigarettes and lit one. He took a puff and said, "Even if we find it, we won't be able to open it without the key. We're not far from the underground base. Let's just walk there."
"That's the only way," she said with a sigh.
She pressed her clothes down and zipped up her bag. She then took out her Desert Eagle and loaded the white jade colored synthetic bullets that Luo Yuan had given her into the magazine. She hesitated for a moment before asking, "Do we need to bring some food?"
"Since the car is gone, let's not bring it. It's too heavy." Luo Yuan shook his head and said, "Let's bring some water and hardtack just in case."
He turned to look at Wang Shishi who was carrying a teddy bear that was as tall as a person. "Put this thing down and go get a backpack from the second floor. Put all the food stamps and gold bars in the bedroom and the safe in the basement into it!"
"Brother Luo, I … I can carry it!" Wang Shishi said reluctantly. The Disney teddy bear was in her bedroom, and it was much more luxurious than the one at home. She liked it as soon as she saw it.
Luo Yuan frowned and was about to lose his temper.
Huang Jiahui quickly said, "Shishi, it's not safe to carry it on the road. Put it down. We'll have more in the future."
Wang Shishi pursed her lips, put down the teddy bear heavily with red eyes, and ran upstairs.
Luo Yuan sighed. He knew that Wang Shishi liked furry toys. Before they had moved to the villa, she had always had a dirty teddy bear on her bed. She had to hug it to sleep at night.
Sometimes when Luo Yuan came back from his practice in the wee hours of the morning, he found Wang Shishi crying in her sleep.
This sudden apocalypse had traumatized Wang Shishi, it was far more serious than it seemed. In the end, she was still a young girl who had not fully matured. No matter how strong she was, she could not completely bear the psychological trauma brought by various shocks.
However, the apocalypse did not allow for the slightest bit of warmth, nor did it allow for the slightest bit of sympathy and compromise. If one did not adapt, he would be eliminated. Perhaps after a few years, when he looked back, his current life might be like heaven.
He stopped thinking about it and walked out of the door to look at the sky. It was the middle of the night, and the moon was as bright as snow. Even without a flashlight, he could still see the road clearly. As the night deepened, the sound of the cannons in the distance began to become intermittent, and the frequency was greatly reduced.
He looked at his watch. The radar watch he had found in the villa clearly showed that it was the eve of the Lunar New Year, at 9 pm.
At this time last year, he had still been watching the Spring Festival Gala in his rented apartment, thinking about where to eat the next day. This year, however, he was worried about how to survive. The world had changed so strangely that no one could have imagined it.
When he walked to the living room, Wang Shishi had already come down with a backpack on her back. Luo Yuan looked at Wang Shishi, who was throwing a tantrum. He walked over and patted her shoulder. He passed the modified shuttle to her and said, "This is your partner, the one who will never betray you!"
Wang Shishi held onto the shuttle and nodded, not really understanding.
Seeing that everything was packed, Luo Yuan looked at the time and said, "The underground base opens at 12 pm, but I'm worried that something might happen. Let's go there now. Jiahui, you carry the box of clothes, and Huang Yuying will carry the box of food. I'll be on guard. Let's go!"
Huang Yuying's body trembled, and her face turned pale.
Ever since Luo Yuan had said that he would bring them to the underground base, she had vaguely felt that Luo Yuan had looked at her strangely. That gaze had made her feel uneasy the whole afternoon, until Luo Yuan had asked her to carry the box of food.
Food, clothes, and money were valued differently by everyone in the apocalypse. For those with power, money was the most important, as they did not have to worry about food and clothing, so they needed to pursue a more luxurious life. For those who were half-starved, the most important thing was food. Only food could keep them alive.
Luo Yuan did not have power, but he was a powerful evolved person. Be it food or mutated beast meat, he could easily obtain them if he took a risk. Even if he went to the underground base, he would still be in the upper class because of his identity as an evolved person. There would be no shortage of food, so he would not care even if there was no food.
The key question was, were these arrangements unintentional or intentional? No matter what, it showed that her position in Luo Yuan's heart was dispensable. Unfortunately, she had only been here for a short time, so no matter how good her performance was, she could not change Luo Yuan's bad impression of her.
Seeing that they were about to leave, she decided that she would not have another chance if she did not make a decision now. Suddenly, she clenched her teeth and said in a trembling voice, "Brother Luo, can you come to my room? I have something to talk to you about."
"What is it that you can't talk about here?" Luo Yuan asked doubtfully.
Huang Jiahui and Wang Shishi looked at her suspiciously, and she could not help but break out in cold sweat.
"It's about the underground base. I know something about it." She clenched the corner of her shirt tightly, the veins on the back of her hand bulging.
Luo Yuan suddenly became serious. He had just moved to Hedong City not long ago, so it did not matter that he did not have any connections here. Huang Yueying, on the other hand, was a local who had always lived nearby, so she was much more informed than Luo Yuan. She said to Huang Jiahui and Wang Shishi, "Wait here, I'll be right back."
Huang Yueying's heart was pounding as she walked in front of Luo Yuan. She opened the bedroom door and quickly closed it after Luo Yuan walked in.
Just as Luo Yuan was about to ask her something, Huang Yueying squatted down and reached out to unzip his pants. At the end of the day, she had always been a well-behaved and married woman. Seducing men seemed to be awkward and direct.
"What are you doing?" Luo Yuan asked in a low voice as he took a step back.
Luo Yuan's merciless killing had left a deep impression on her. Huang Yueying's body trembled, and her mind went blank. "I … I …"
"Is there anything else? If not, I'm leaving." Luo Yuan said expressionlessly.
Huang Yueying had not expected things to turn out this way. Her face turned pale, and she pulled him back in panic. She said incoherently, "Don't … don't go."
Luo Yuan looked at Huang Yuying's charming face with a pleading expression. She looked like a frightened skylark that could collapse to the ground at any time. He sighed in his heart, but he still hardened his heart and said, "Let's pretend this never happened. We've been here for a long time. Let's go!"
Huang Yueying nodded anxiously, forcing a smile on her face. Luo Yuan felt bad when he saw that.
Not long after, the two of them walked out one after another. Wang Shishi's gaze swept across the two of them, but both of them looked very calm. With her experience, she naturally could not see anything. Only Huang Jiahui had a thoughtful look on her face.
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Luo Yuan and the others walked out of the residential area carefully. The sound of the cannons outside had stopped, and only the muffled roars of the mutated beasts could be heard.
From time to time, a huge shadow flew over their heads, creating a strong gust of wind and sending rubbish flying. The dilapidated buildings on both sides of the street cast twisted shadows under the bright moonlight. People were hurrying along the street in twos and threes. These people were dragging their luggage and carrying sacks. Their footsteps were hurried, but no one made a sound. The whole street was filled with an oppressive silence.
From time to time, cars would pass by on the street. Occasionally, some would stop and pick up a few people, but most of them would pass by quickly without looking back.
Half an hour later, as they approached the big construction site, the crowd grew bigger and bigger. The six-lane wide street started to get congested.
Some of the people who had driven here could no longer move forward. They waited anxiously and cursed in a low voice before getting out of the car and dragging bags of luggage from the back of the car.
Luo Yuan frowned when he saw the situation. He looked at the time. It was not even 10 o 'clock. There were still two hours before the scheduled time of 12 o' clock. If the Second Lieutenant was not lying, it was still far from the opening time of the underground base.
"What's wrong?" Huang Jiahui asked nervously when she saw Luo Yuan's expression.
Luo Yuan said in a low voice, "It's still far from the opening time, but there are already so many people waiting. It's not normal."
"You haven't told us how many people the underground base can hold," Huang Jiahui asked worriedly.
Luo Yuan hesitated for a moment before he whispered in her ear, "300,000!"
Huang Jiahui covered her mouth, her face pale. 300,000 people for the underground base? What did that mean to the four to five million people in the city? She could not imagine it, but sympathy was a luxury after all. She quickly thought of the problem and said, "This should be kept strictly confidential, or the consequences will be dire. You mean the secret has been leaked?"
"I hope I'm wrong," Luo Yuan said, shaking his head.
There was nothing in the world that was absolutely confidential, especially when it was a matter of life and death.
The conscience and morality in the depths of one's heart was a kind of bone-deep shackle to every person who had lived in order. Even the most vicious and evil person couldn't ignore it. Humans were social animals, and everyone had some people they could not give up.
Friends had friends, and family had relatives.
Choice! For those who already had a spot, this was a painful choice, because at the same time, choosing also meant giving up!
Confidentiality was too fragile under such circumstances, and secrets were no longer secrets.
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