I ran all the way with Ou Ming and found that the trap he set was not far from the Doomsday Fortress. It seemed that he really wasn't lying. He was originally here to catch rabbits and met Gu Zhuo by chance.
Ou Ming set up five trap boxes. He opened the trap boxes with great anticipation to see if there was any prey inside.
However, to his disappointment, all five trap boxes were empty, one trap box was even missing the bait, and the box was damaged.
"Grandma, there's still no harvest today!"
Ou Ming was extremely disappointed. He silently put away the remaining four intact boxes and ignored the other broken box.
"Oh, brother, I'm kidding you. It's getting harder and harder to catch rabbits now, and it's getting harder and harder for people to have enough to eat."
Although Ou Ming said this with a smile, it was obvious that he was smiling reluctantly.
Thinking of the various sincere suggestions he made to Gu Zhuo in the group before, as well as the various special purchase channels he provided to Gu Zhuo, it can be said that he was selflessly helping Gu Zhuo at that time.
Thinking of this, Gu Zhuo said without hesitation:
"Brother, if you are short of food, I can give you some."
Hearing this, Ou Ming looked up at him, waved his hand, and rejected his proposal:
"It's okay. I'll change the place right away and put the trap in the box again. If it doesn't work here, there is always a place. In this world, you still have a little girl over there. Share some of the food between you two with me.
How dare you accept it!"
"Brother, please stop being so pretentious. I remember that you still have a family of three to support. You are hungry alone. You can't let the whole family starve with you!"
After hearing Gu Zhuo's words, Ou Ming finally stopped laughing. After hesitating for a long time, he gritted his teeth and said to Gu Zhuo:
"Brother, I'm sorry. Lend me some food. I'm really embarrassed now. When I have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely repay you ten times a hundred times!"
"It's okay, come with me."
Gu Zhuo said and asked Ou Mingzai to follow him.
The two of them returned to the Fortress of Doom one after another.
"Brother Xingfu, I'll just call you this, you're already familiar with it."
"Okay, just call me happiness."
"You follow me into the car. After you get the supplies, I will take you back directly."
Hearing this, Ou Ming hesitated again. Seeing that he kept hesitating, Gu Zhuo thought he was doubting himself, so he continued:
"If you don't believe me and think I'm evil, then I'll give you the supplies later, but I won't send them to you. You can go back by yourself. I just think it's safer and more convenient to send you back."
Hearing what Gu Zhuo said, Ou Ming gritted his teeth and said:
"Brother, I believe you. We have been in the group for so long, and even if something happens to you in the end, we still have to remind us. I believe you. But I should say something or not. I still want to say something. What has really happened in my family?
There is nothing left, only an empty shell. If I really trusted the wrong person this time, brother, I will admit defeat!"
After saying that, he followed Gu Zhuo into the car.
As soon as he got into the Doomsday Fortress and saw the luxurious interior and various sophisticated-looking consoles, Ou Ming suddenly felt that his worries were unnecessary.
Gu Zhuo already has such a mobile palace, so he is unlikely to covet his own safe house! After all, it is just a small safe house, not a big base.
Let Ou Ming sit in the back seat of the cab, Gu Zhuo said to him:
"Brother, wait for me here for a while."
After saying that, he went to the storage compartment to get a dozen cans and put them all into a bag. Remembering what he had seen in the group before, Ou Ming was a long-time smoker, he took another cigarette and put it in the bag.
Inside, take them together to give to Ou Ming.
Ou Ming was sitting in the back seat of the cab. Next to him was Sam, the big dog. Sam was staring at the stranger eagerly. In front of him, Chaoying was sitting in the passenger seat. Chaoying was always coming.
He doesn't like to talk to others, and now he just sits there without saying a word.
Fortunately, Ou Ming was thick-skinned and took the initiative to talk to Chao Ying:
"Girl, I didn't look well today and mistook the relationship between you and Brother Gu Zhuo. I'm sorry!"
Chaoying shook his head low, waved his hands, and said in a distant tone:
"It's okay, don't take it to heart."
"Okay, okay."
While the two were talking, Gu Zhuo had already come out carrying a bag of things.
"Brother Xingfu, please take all these things. It will be enough for you to eat for two or three days."
Handing a bag of cans to Ou Ming, Ou Ming quickly took them and thanked him profusely:
"Brother, thank you very much. You have given me too much, really too much..."
Seeing that there was a cigarette in the bag, Ou Ming immediately felt itchy in his heart.
He had not smoked a cigarette for a month. As a long-time smoker, seeing a cigarette at this moment was much more exciting than seeing food.
However, he restrained his urge to open the cigarette and just took it in his hand and gave it back to Gu Zhuo:
"It's enough for you to give me food, but also give me a cigarette. I really can't afford this kind of thing. In a sense, cigarettes are harder to get than food. Brother, keep it for yourself."
Come on, I will remember your kindness and your thoughts tightly."
Gu Zhuo did not take the cigarette:
"I don't smoke, and besides, I have a lot of cigarettes and alcohol here. If you drink, I can give you a few bottles."
"no!"
Ou Ming is very serious:
"I am a principled person. I cannot accept help from others for no reason. I will feel very sorry for it because I can't afford it at all..."
Listening to what he said, Gu Zhuo couldn't laugh or cry:
"Brother Happy! Listen, I'll give you this cigarette. I still remember all the things you helped me in the group before. Some of the things you got for me are worth far more than this cigarette!
"
Under Gu Zhuo's repeated insistence, Ou Ming finally accepted the cigarette.
After several people sat down in their respective seats, Gu Zhuo activated the Doomsday Fortress and said to Ou Ming:
"Brother, show me the way and I will send you back."
"OK."
Ou Ming sat in the driver's seat at the back, looking forward through the car glass and giving Gu Zhuo directions.
While giving directions and driving forward, the two of them chatted.
I learned from Ou Ming that after Gu Zhuo posted that message in the group, the entire Battle of Tomorrow group chat immediately exploded.
They were frantically trying to find out the source of the news and whether it was true or false, but Gu Zhuo had already turned off his phone at that time and no longer read any news.
Seeing that Gu Zhuo didn't reply, the people in the group were divided into two groups.
One group of people thought that Gu Zhuo was just making a childish joke, while the other group, led by Ou Ming, firmly believed that Gu Zhuo must have a reason for saying this.
Finally, the entire group reached a consensus:
Regardless of whether what Gu Zhuo said is true or false, he should go hide in his respective shelters for a day. If what he said is true, the world will end tomorrow, and it will be too late to go there by then.
After all, the people in this group are all patients with deep persecutory paranoia, and naturally they are not willing to underestimate the possibility of doomsday every time.
That night, those who used the big truck as a shelter quickly moved all their belongings into the big truck. Those who had a safe house also quickly moved the whole family into the safe house.
Ou Ming drove a car that night and took nothing with him except some cigarettes and some daily necessities. He drove with his wife and children and stayed in the safe house he had built for half his life.
As a result, the next morning after staying in the safe house, the end of the world actually broke out.
On that day, all the Internet was cut off, and he could no longer make any contact with the outside world. It was unknown what happened to other people in the group and what their condition was.
After listening to everything Ou Ming said, Gu Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that the message I posted in the group that day really worked. Although I only know that Ou Ming and his family are alive and well, I don’t know what the situation is like for others. But it’s impossible to save even one person.
It's a complete waste of time.
But when Ou Ming asked Gu Zhuo how he knew the end of the world was coming, Gu Zhuo only gave a careless look and said he saw it from others and did not reveal any other information.
After all, he predicted the end of the world, and the fewer people knew about it, the better.
Ou Ming's safe house is located in a dense forest on the side of the road, just a thousand meters away from the lake. There is a hill behind it. It can be regarded as a disguised backing by the water.
In order to drive the big guy like the Fortress of Doom into the woods, Gu Zhuo spent a lot of energy and took several detours. Finally, after spending about an hour, he saw Ou Ming's safe house.
The site for his safe house was carefully selected. In order to build such a safe house, he spent half of his family property. There are few people here, and there are only trees and land. No developer would have the brains to buy this land.
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Ou Ming originally bought this land from the government at a very low price. After buying it, he started to build his own safe house here.
His safe house was square and square, with two floors. At first glance, it looked like an abandoned warehouse, very inconspicuous.
Moreover, the outside of his safe house is painted with a layer of camouflage color paint, which blends in perfectly with the environment and is difficult to detect.
The safe house looks like this, which is what Ou Ming insists on making. This military bunker-like style always makes him feel a sense of complete security.
After driving the Fortress of Doom and stopping in front of his safe house, Gu Zhuo saw that there were two layers of high barbed wire fences erected in front of the safe house.
"Get off the car, we're here."
Returning to his safe house, Ou Ming suddenly felt at ease. After all, this place to him was equivalent to the weight of the Doomsday Fortress in Gu Zhuo's heart. This was his safest fortress.
"Are we going to get off the train too?"
Seeing Ou Ming get out of the car, Gu Zhuo wanted to follow him, but Chao Ying suddenly grabbed his hand and asked.
Gu Zhuo hesitated for a moment and shouted to Ou Ming, who was waiting for them next to the car:
"Brother, please wait for us and come down right away."
"good."
After greeting Ou Ming, Gu Zhuo took Chao Ying back to the living cabin. He found two bulletproof vests that he had looted from Zhao Shifang in the closet, handed one to Chao Ying, and said:
"I really want to visit his safe house and learn about his internal organization. Maybe I can learn something to improve our doomsday fortress in the future? Besides, I also trust his character.
But I know what you're worried about, so wear this, it's always good to be a little defensive."
After saying that, Gu Zhuo took off his outer coat and put on his bulletproof vest underneath.
Chaoying followed him and put on a bulletproof vest.
After changing his clothes and bringing a few more weapons with him, Gu Zhuo called Sam and prepared to take him out of the car with him.
"Let's go. If you're really worried, you can wait for me in the car."
"No, I'll go down with you."
Seeing this, Gu Zhuo said nothing more and the two got out of the car together.
At this time, Ou Ming was still waiting for them. When he saw them getting out of the car, he came over excitedly:
"Let's go, my wife and children are still waiting for me to come back."
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the first layer of barbed wire fence outside the safe house, with Gu Zhuo and the others following behind him.