Chapter 123 The Old Man and the Child
What are you doing out of the city?
The old man didn't speak, but shakily waved his wrist back and forth in front of the scanning machine, but it just wouldn't match.
All she wanted was to be free. She didn't want to be a burden on her son and daughter-in-law, who had to take care of young children and had no energy left to be distracted by her. She loved them very much, so she had to leave.
Seeing no response for a long time, the soldier looked up and met the old man's expressionless, weathered face. He knew something was wrong.
It wasn't that he had some kind of precognitive ability, but rather that he had seen too much of the world.
Some were dragged and thrown out by their families, while others left voluntarily. Most of them were either seriously ill or frail and old...
He knew very well what would become of these people in the end.
It means the soul returns to the wilderness.
The old man in front of me had empty, lifeless eyes, was emaciated, and could walk unsteadily; he must have been kicked out by his family.
He vaguely remembered that it was a young man helping the old man.
"Hmph, these heartless bastards, don't let me find you."
The soldier was somewhat angry and was about to reach out to stop the old man from using his wristband to leave the city when the sky fell.
Yes, the ceiling collapsed and was about to crash down on the two of them.
In an instant, he didn't know where the strength came from, but he shouted to the others in the guard post, "Run!"
Then he picked up the old man and ran outside.
"Let me go, you young man, oh my... you might as well let me die."
"Grandma, never abandoning or giving up is my principle in life! Don't worry, I'm strong and I can run fast."
The sky seemed to collapse and the earth cracked as he dodged and weaved, and just as he was about to reach the light, a huge boulder collapsed...
In the critical moment, the old man gave the soldier a hard push, and the soldier was pushed away violently. The old man then tidied his hair and disappeared into the dust.
Death is truly painful and long. She still hasn't died. She feels the pain, but she can't feel her legs. Yet, she still hasn't died.
She was rescued...
But he probably won't live much longer.
Yu Miaomiao's mental network spread out and quickly rescued all the survivors in the area.
The last one was a seven or eight-year-old boy who was tightly protecting his younger sister, but the three or four-year-old girl... had turned blue and seemed to be dead.
The boy didn't cry out loud; he just kept patting his sister gently, as if trying to lull her to sleep.
Chu Bai's eyes welled up with tears as he watched this scene. The tall, strong man, standing at 1.89 meters, secretly turned away and choked up. He couldn't even bear to look back one more time.
Yu Miaomiao remained remarkably calm, perhaps because she had witnessed too many life-and-death situations in both her previous and current lives.
She took off her sun-protective clothing and draped it over the boy, gently stroking his head. The boy, who had been frightened and dehydrated for a long time, had a high fever and soon fell asleep in Yu Miaomiao's arms.
She then tried to gently take the little girl from the little boy's arms. The boy was delirious with fever, but he wouldn't let anyone touch his sister.
She kept murmuring, "Don't go near her, she's shy. Mom, where are you going? When are you coming back..."
After coaxing him until he fell asleep, the boy finally took his sister from his arms, but the little girl had already left this hell on earth.
"Is there any hope?" Chu Bai asked expectantly as he watched Yu Miaomiao check the little girl's breath.
Yu Miaomiao simply shook her head, said nothing, and after settling the little boy in, she went on to attend to other matters.
Having struggled in the apocalypse for so many years, she has long since forgotten how to cry.
But my eyes still feel sore, and that feeling is really unpleasant.
As Chu Bai watched the girl, who was about the same age as his younger sister, walk away, his heart was filled with respect and gratitude.
"Brother Chu, here, have some water." Chen Haohua took a bottle of filtered water and handed it to Chu Bai. "I don't know when this will end."
Chu Bai patted Chen Haohua on the shoulder. "It's tough, but at least we're still alive. As long as we're alive, there's hope."
Chen Haohua simply lay down on the ground. "But now I feel that death is not so scary. Can it be more painful than living under the fear of the apocalypse every day?"
"Death is not scary. What's scary is being unwilling to accept it. I'm not willing to die like this."
He extended his right hand to Chen Haohua, who was lying down, and Chen Haohua naturally grasped it, then was pulled up. "Hey, I've only been resting for a little while. So, what new instructions do you have?"
"There are still many things to do, such as taking stock of our supplies and tents. It looks like we'll have to temporarily camp here today."
"Alright... But Brother Chu, our supplies are simply not enough for so many people."
Chu Bai was also at a loss. "I'll think of a solution."
As night fell, Chu Bai and his men set up their marching tents on the spot, prioritizing the use of the survivors first, while all the soldiers slept directly on the ground.
Yu Miaomiao and the others continued to live in the car.
She was driving from the beginning, so she didn't try to hide it. Besides, they always needed a place to sleep and eat.
As soon as night fell, Xu Nanwei turned on the RV's 360-degree monitoring system, because they all knew that in the apocalypse, the most important thing was to protect themselves first, otherwise they would only become prey for others.
There was a knock on the car door.
Yu Miaomiao was washing the faces and paws of her three dirty furry friends. The little guys were working very hard today.
"Oh my, oh my, whose little cutie is this? She saved so many people today!"
Yu Miaomiao planned to first deceive people mentally, focusing on maximizing emotional value.
What the little ones are thinking:
"That's right, when I'm on the scene, one of me is worth eight."
"Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up! Bring the dried fish over quickly!"
"Ah... I'm so hungry..."
Okay, I knew it wouldn't be that easy to fool.
Lu An looked out the car window through the glass, but the lights inside the car were very bright, while it was pitch black outside, so he couldn't see the person coming at all.
Lu An only opened the car door after Chu Bai turned on his flashlight and shone it on his face.
"What's up?" Lu An was exhausted today, so he sat down on the steps by the car door and started talking to Chu Bai.
This adopted brother disappeared after they became family, and he didn't even come to visit her often, which made her somewhat resentful.
"Uh... well, sis... it's nothing. It's just that I'm not sure if there will be any tectonic activity at night, so I don't feel very safe. Do you want to stay with us? That way, I... I can protect you in time."
Although Chu Bai knew that Lu An was his younger sister, he couldn't bring himself to say the words of concern, and he was so angry that he wanted to slap himself.
"No need, there are too many of us, so we won't go there to join the fun."
Lu An gestured behind him to the three people and three kids... quite a few people.
Seeing that the car was fully equipped, even with air conditioning, Chu Bai stopped trying to persuade him.