By the end of August, all the water vapor in the air has evaporated.
The sky seemed to be swallowed up by scorching red, and the sun was like a huge angry eye, mercilessly staring at the earth.
The air was distorted and the heat wave was rolling, making it seem difficult to breathe. The national road was sunburned and gave off a pungent burnt smell.
On the asphalt road, cracks spread like spider webs.
In such an environment, life seems to have been forced to hide, and even those tenacious weeds have been roasted and bent.
Boom boom boom~~
A motorcade rolled over the weeds growing on the road and roared across.
"Brother, the fifth satellite city is ahead."
Li Gang wore sunglasses and said to Li Yu behind him without looking back.
"It's a bit too hot today. The air conditioning is turned on in the car. I feel hot even when I'm sitting in the cab and being exposed to the sun. It must be even hotter outside."
Li Yu took off his silky eye mask. He just took a nap for a while.
The road construction team had not yet reached this point on the road from the fourth satellite city, and the road was a little bumpy, which made him drowsy.
After hearing what Li Gang said, he hummed, then walked to the sink in the car and washed his face.
I wiped my face with a towel and took out the peach soda produced in the base from the car refrigerator. It was actually carbon dioxide, water, and pure natural peach juice.
The taste is very good.
Gudonggudong!
After taking several sips of ice-cold peach soda, my whole body was shaken.
Turning his head, he saw Deng Ben, who was in the passenger seat, looking at him from the corner of his eye. Li Yu took a bottle from the refrigerator and threw it away.
"If you want to drink, take it yourself."
"Thank you, City Lord." Deng Ben said with a wide smile, and couldn't wait to unscrew the bottle cap and take two sips.
Li Yu took an unscrewed bottle of peach soda and walked to the seat behind the cab.
He walked between Li Gang and Deng Ben and looked ahead.
Ahead is the fifth satellite city, covering an area of about 40 acres.
Before the end of the world, it was a second-level driving school in Gan City. The fifth satellite city is the largest among the five satellite cities.
Li Yu sat on his seat, drinking water, and asked Deng Ben:
"Who is in charge of the fifth satellite city now?"
Deng Bengang put the bottle mouth to his mouth, but quickly put it down after hearing Li Yu's question.
"Zhao Bin, the leader of the 34th non-staff team, is here with his 24 team members and 38 other collaborators on duty here."
"Um."
Li Yu nodded slightly and looked at the driving school gate getting closer and closer.
This driving school looks more upscale than ordinary driving schools. The entrance is not just a sign with two cement pillars.
Two buildings were built on both sides of the gate as supports, and the middle gate was reinstalled after this place was established as a satellite city.
The height of the fence is about 6.5 meters, which is the height it reached after they increased it.
The original driving school sign in the center was spray-painted with white paint, and on top of the white paint were spray-painted with several large characters in green paint: Dazhangshu Fifth Satellite City.
"Team leader, a convoy from the base is here, and it looks like it's coming to our side."
Zhao Bin was shirtless in the building next to the gate, and his upper body, back and chest were covered with beads of sweat as big as bead drops. The weather was too hot and he couldn't stop sweating.
At this time, he was fanning himself after hearing the report from his subordinates.
He quickly threw down his fan, put his wet short sleeves on his head, and ran out with the automatic rifle.
I hurried to the roof of the building next to the gate. The building was about four stories high, and the view was pretty good.
"Holy crap, don't you recognize the fucking city lord's car?"
When Zhao Bin saw the Unimog behind several motorcycles, he was shocked and couldn't help but curse:
"Dog Brain, this is the city lord's car!"
After scolding, he quickly picked up the walkie-talkie:
"Except for all the people on duty, everyone else should gather at the gate immediately. Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! The city lord is here!"
After saying that, he put down the walkie-talkie and hurriedly walked downstairs.
When he arrived at the gate, Li Yu and his convoy had already arrived at the gate of the fifth satellite city.
The door had already been opened, and the four guards on both sides, Zhao Bin, who had just come down, and the men who informed him were standing by the door.
When he saw the small flag sign of the Big Camphor Tree Base standing on the motorcycle and the first motorcycle rider in front, he knew he had guessed correctly.
"Old Wu, is that the city lord behind you?" Zhao Bin asked the motorcycle rider in front.
The rider took off his sunglasses and raised his head, "Yes."
After saying that, he rode his motorcycle into the fifth satellite city.
There are a lot of open spaces in the satellite city. Before the end of the world, this place was originally a place for students to practice driving. It was very spacious.
It's just that the white lines originally drawn on these open spaces have long since disappeared, the cement pavement is cracked, and many weeds have grown on it.
The convoy entered the fifth satellite city.
Li Yu saw Zhao Bin standing by the gate, so he asked Li Gang to stop the car.
"You drive in, Deng Ben and I get out of the car and walk over." Li Yu told Li Gang in the car.
"Okay, big brother."
After speaking, Li Yu opened the car door.
call--
A heat wave came.
Hot fried!
Li Yu was wearing a black combat uniform, which naturally absorbs heat.
He walked down wearing sunglasses and clicked his tongue.
The surface temperature under the sun is definitely over forty degrees.
It's so hot that it's a bit unbearable.
"City Lord."
"City Lord."
Zhao Bin saw the car stop in the shadow of the building. After Li Yu got off, he quickly walked over from the shadow.
Li Yu felt his back slowly sweating and said to Zhao Bin:
"It's hot enough here. Let's go for a walk. Don't stand in the sun."
As he spoke, he walked under the shadow of the building.
Under the shadow, the temperature instantly dropped several degrees, without the feeling of being burned.
Zhao Bin was sweating profusely and panting heavily as he said:
"City Lord, Huhu, the weather is a bit hot. Two team members have suffered from heatstroke recently."
"But it's half past one at noon now, which is the hottest time of the day. It won't be that hot after four o'clock."
Li Yu frowned and asked:
"Heat stroke? What happened next?"
"Take some heat-relieving medicine and rest for two days and you'll be fine." Zhao Bin replied.
"Do you have refrigeration equipment installed here?" Li Yu asked after thinking for a while.
"No."
Zhao Bin shook his head, "Our main power supply here is ultraviolet lamps to prevent zombies climbing the wall from attacking at night."
Li Yu heard what he said and thought for a while.
This place is 70 to 80 kilometers away from the headquarters base. It is possible to lay cables to bring electricity over, but the amount of work is too large.
Moreover, in the last days of the world, there are constant natural disasters, and the cables laid are likely to cause problems due to the impact of natural disasters.
It's impossible to spend a lot of energy and such long wires just to get electricity because of the high temperature during this period.
At least at this stage, this is too cost-effective.
"Come on, take me for a ride."
"yes."
...
...
Southern Paradise
After Ma Yingxue found the forty-eight boxes of antibiotics hidden by Li Tai and Mi Wen, she returned to the paradise and told Master Hu.
Lord Tiger asked Tang Ji to take action and execute Litai.
At this point, the inventory of materials comes to an end.
In Master Hu’s residence.
Ma Yingxue and others sat around Master Hu's hospital bed.
"Xiaoxue, I will return to the headquarters base with Xiao Jun and the others tomorrow, and I will leave this to you and Li Zhengping." Mr. Hu said while lying on the hospital bed, looking at Ma Yingxue.
Ma Yingxue held Master Hu's hand tightly and said, "Okay, adoptive father, please go to the Da Zhangshu Headquarters Base for medical treatment first. You can rest assured to leave it to me here, and I will take them to the Oil City smoothly."
"
Mr. Hu looked at Ma Yingxue and Xiao Jun and sighed with emotion that he had done the most correct thing, which was to make good friends with the Da Zhangshu Base and marry Ma Yingxue to Xiao Jun.
Without the support of Da Zhangshu Base a year ago, Southern Paradise might not be able to hold on now.
But now that we are at the end of our rope, there is still a way out: to join the Big Camphor Tree.
Although Southern Paradise is gone, people are still there, and people's survival is more important than anything else.
After Mr. Hu chatted with Ma Yingxue for a while, he felt low on energy.
Ma Yingxue saw that her adoptive father was a little tired, so she left first.
After getting off, she counted the people in each team in the Southern Paradise and checked the supplies packed into the car.
This is a major relocation of Southern Paradise, and there is no way to move it all at once.
There are really too many things in it, after all, they have been accumulated over the past few years.
So the first trip was just to transport valuable medicines and other supplies to Oil City.
During this period, Lao Zhang and the others were watching from the Southern Paradise.
The transportation cycle is set at eight days, with a total of eight transportation trips.
When the time comes, trucks from Oil City will be dispatched to help with the transportation.
After Ma Yingxue checked the motorcade that was leaving tomorrow, it was past nine o'clock in the evening.
Ma Yingxue and Xiao Jun came to the room where Ma Yingxue had lived in Southern Paradise for many years.
The two couples will be separated tomorrow, and they are reluctant to part.
After the ups and downs, after some warmth.
Looking at Ma Yingxue sleeping deeply, Xiao Jun could not calm down.
As soon as you close your eyes, a picture will appear, of Ma Yingxue lying in a pool of blood.
It's all blood, blood everywhere.
There are zombies everywhere, Ma Yingxue is in a pool of blood, being eaten by zombies...
call--
I can't sleep no matter what.
Xiao Jun suddenly sat up and pressed his watch. It was already half past two in the middle of the night.
He stood up and walked quietly to the door.
Sitting on the steps outside the door, looking at the silent night sky.
The ultraviolet light on the wall not far away is still flashing.
Why is Xiao Jun always feeling uneasy? Xiao Jun always feels a little palpitated.
Click!
Suddenly a flash of lightning flashed across his mind.
He remembered the Qingyuan he met not long ago. Qingyuan once looked at Ma Yingxue and said something.
He told himself not to be separated from Ma Yingxue, and at the same time told Ma Yingxue not to go near the river and not to go out at night.
He rushed to the room and shook Ma Yingxue awake from her sleep.
"What's wrong? We can't do it anymore. We still have things to do tomorrow." Ma Yingxue wrapped her hands around Xiao Jun's neck and complained softly.
Xiao Jun quickly asked: "Xiaoxue, according to the plan, which route will you take to return to Oil City tomorrow?"
"ah?"
Ma Yingxue was confused. She didn't know why Xiao Jun suddenly asked this.
Xiao Jun took Ma Yingxue's hand off and asked seriously:
"Tell me, which route will you take tomorrow?"
Xiao Jun's serious tone made Ma Yingxue gradually wake up.
Ma Yingxue recalled it and said:
"It's still the same road we took before, first taking the G422 National Highway, and then taking the G330 National Highway... Oops, I can't explain it clearly even if I tell you. I'll take out the map and show it to you."
With that said, she got up, opened her backpack, and found the map inside.
He turned on the light, pointed it at Xiao Jun and said:
"You see, first we took the G422 National Highway south, and then took the G33 Chaohu National Highway..."
"etc!"
Xiao Jun looked at the G33 national highway pointed by Ma Yingxue. An irregular blue mark on the map was so dazzling. This place was Chaohu Lake.
At this moment, he had goosebumps!
Qingyuan once reminded Ma Yingxue not to go near rivers and lakes and not to go out at night.
Such a large Chaohu Lake was the fifth largest freshwater lake in China before the end of the world.
"How close is the G33 national highway around Chaohu Lake to Chaohu Lake?" Xiao Jun asked quickly.
"Why do you ask?"
Ma Yingxue was a little confused, but seeing Xiao Jun's nervous look, she still replied:
"The nearest one is about ten meters away. The scenery there is very nice, and we can add water to the vehicle there."
"Can't go!"
Xiao Jun squeezed the map tightly and shouted:
"The route must be changed. You can't go through the G33 National Highway tomorrow."
"Ah? Why?" Ma Yingxue looked confused.
Xiao Jun looked at Ma Yingxue seriously and said:
"Do you still remember that Qingyuan once reminded us not to separate, and not to get close to rivers and lakes, and not to go out and leave the shelter at night?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Ma Yingxue recalled it for a while before she remembered it, nodded and said:
"I seem to remember."
"It's just that I feel it's not very reliable. Do you still believe this?"
Xiao Jun had also heard the little poem written by Qing Yuan in the base, and had also wondered why the headquarters base could always know in advance that natural disasters would come.
In his eyes, both the city lord and Qing Yuan were somewhat mysterious.
The fact that the end of the world can happen seems to be science, but it is also a kind of metaphysics. He would rather believe in the existence of something that cannot be understood and cannot believe that it does not exist.
Besides, it still involves Ma Yingxue’s life.
"Do you believe me?" Xiao Jun asked Ma Yingxue seriously.
"I believe it, but..."
"Don't worry, you have to listen to me!" Xiao Jun's attitude was extremely determined.
Seeing his resolute attitude, Ma Yingxue frowned.
"But if you don't take the G33 national highway, you have to take a detour, which will take at least an hour longer. This..."
Xiao Jun gritted his teeth, stared into Ma Yingxue's eyes and said:
"I have been feeling palpitated and restless for the past two days, and a picture always appears in my head."
"You fell in an open space by the lake. There was blood everywhere, and many zombies came out of the lake..."
Xiao Jun described the scene in his mind to Ma Yingxue.
During the process of speaking, Xiao Jun's body was shaking slightly.
Ma Yingxue could see that he cared about her, so she knelt down and hugged Xiao Jun gently.
"There are indeed zombies in the lake, but they generally don't come out during the day. Even if they do, we can retreat quickly. We have never encountered this kind of situation before."
Xiao Jun suddenly raised his head and his tone was a little harsh.
"But what if there is a problem with the road, what if the bridge collapses!"
"I have decided that I will not return to the headquarters base with my adoptive father tomorrow. I will go to Oil City with you. The other route will be changed. Do not take the G33 National Highway and change to another route."
Ma Yingxue felt bad when she saw Xiao Jun, who was extremely impatient at this time.
"Why are you so domineering! You are just..."
Woohoo——
Xiao Jun suddenly pinched Ma Yingxue's mouth with his hand.
"Stop arguing, listen to me! Please - you - please!"
Ma Yingxue's mouth was pinched,
When pinched, it looks like the little husband's mouth in a dream.
Ma Yingxue: "???"
"Is that okay?" Xiao Jun asked.
"If it doesn't work, I won't let it go. If it works, I will nod."
Ma Yingxue was speechless and could pinch people's mouths.
real......
So, she nodded.
"Well, it's settled. I will ask the headquarters base for instructions tomorrow. I will go to Oil City with you and modify the road."
After saying that, Xiao Jun released Ma Yingxue's mouth.
"It hurts like hell! Why didn't you hit me lightly? My mouth was swollen from your pinching."
Xiao Jun glanced at her and said, "I don't like to hear what you just said."
Ma Yingxue: "......"
He said angrily: "You are really... a steely straight man!"
The next second.
Wuwuwu——
His mouth was pinched by Xiao Jun's right hand again.