Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 159: Conflict
"It's been almost eight months since the apocalypse, and there are still so many zombies in the city of Huacheng."

Because Xi Shuang heard the familiar ho-ho sound in advance, the RV did not drive in but stopped at a fork in the road leading to the city center. Then Cheng Siyun stayed in the car and watched while Bai Li and her brother and Xi Shuang walked over with the three children to check the situation.

Letting children understand what the world has become is not just empty talk; they have to see it with their own eyes.

On one of the deserted and dilapidated main streets, there were about twenty or thirty zombies wandering around, and there might be more on the street around the corner ahead.

Oh, there are obviously quite a few survivors in Huacheng, but because there are so many people, they have so many thoughts. You think he will clean up, and he thinks you will clean up, but in the end, there are only three monks without water to drink, and no one cleans up.

But even so, there is no way the supplies inside will be left. Just lure the zombies away and take them. Anyone who has survived to this day knows how to do it.

"Let's take a detour and not go this way."

Bai Li doesn't want to make wedding dresses for others.

The three adults and three children quietly returned to the RV, then bypassed the city center and took another narrow and quiet road.

"Lizhi, there's a cafe in front, do you want a coffee machine?"

Cheng Siyun knew that her friend liked to drink coffee. She had a home coffee machine at home in Suzhou, but she didn't bring it back.

Bai Li sighed, "What's the use of just having a coffee machine? What about the coffee beans? Where do they come from?"

"Ask your Jiang Minglang to find some connections and see if there are any comrades who have gone to Hainan or other areas in the south. When they come, they can bring you a seedling. As long as there are coffee trees, you don't have to worry about not having coffee beans."

Bai Li raised her eyebrows. That makes a lot of sense.

But if we really make this request, it seems a bit hypocritical or exaggerating.

But Bai Li is not a indecisive person. When her friend suggested it, she was a little tempted. So she just took it with her. Even if she couldn't use it in the future, it was better than not having it when she really wanted to use it.

So in the afternoon of the day of departure, the group moved the first supplies of this trip, two fully automatic commercial coffee machines.

I don’t know when I’ll get this thing again, so now that I’ve seen it, I’ll just move both of them.

Another surprising discovery was that the bagged coffee beans in this store have a shelf life of three years, and all of them that were kept unopened in the cabinet were not expired.

So, together with the coffee cup, they were all loaded into the car.

After moving the things and about to leave, Xi Shuang suddenly stepped sideways and took two steps forward, blocking the children behind her. She raised her knife and looked vigilantly at the intersection about a hundred meters ahead.

In fact, in addition to the knife in her hand, her brother also gave her a gun.

Of course, she was not the only one with a gun. Xu Bo gave his to Cheng Siyun, and Bai Li also had a small pistol in her jacket pocket.

Just in case.

Although their team is mainly composed of women and children, their fighting power is actually not weak.

Unless they encounter regular soldiers like Jiang Minglang and his gang who are from the army, basically no one can be their opponent.

Seeing Xi Shuang's expression, Cheng Siyun opened the driver's door and got in the car first, then started the car.

Bai Yang flashed in front of Xi Shuang and asked quietly, "What's going on?"

He felt strange. Why didn't the girl inform them in advance this time?

It’s not that Xi Shuang didn’t notify them, but they didn’t say anything before the footsteps of these people were heard.

It was as if he originally lived nearby and was attracted here by the noise they made.

Live nearby?
This is the urban area. Does anyone still live in the urban area nowadays?

Xi Shuang did not answer Bai Yang's words, because the footsteps at the intersection were getting closer, and those people turned the corner and appeared in front of them.

Bai Yang turned his head to look over, and was immediately stunned, because the people in front of him were not the strong and healthy adult men like before, but four thin-clothed, pale-faced and skinny old people and children.

One of them was a little girl who looked about five or six years old, and the boy holding her hand was about eight or nine. Both of them had messy hair and dirty faces that were almost unrecognizable, with protruding cheekbones and sunken eye sockets, and they looked at them timidly and eagerly at the same time.

"Mother."

Being stared at by two children who looked like refugees, Qiqi felt a little helpless. This was the first time he met children outside. In the past, when he went out with his father or mother, he met adults.

He was once very confused, why did all the children disappear when the end of the world came?
Later, his mother told him that because it was dangerous outside, children without adults to protect them would basically not survive, and adults who could survive would not let them go out easily.

There are very few people like him who have both the protection of their parents and the ability to go out and see the world.

So what about these two children?

Which one do they belong to?
Qiqi looked at the two old men standing behind the two children. Their faces were full of wrinkles and they looked older than Grandpa, no, older than Great-Grandpa. They didn't look like the kind of people who could protect the children.

But these two children were indeed following the two old people.

The two big and two small ones looked at them with eager, envy and fear in their eyes. They clearly did not ask them for food, but it seemed as if they had already asked.

Qiqi didn't know whether she should give it or not.

"If I want to give it to you, I'll give it to you. It's okay if you give up a little."

After hearing what their mother said, Kiki turned around and discussed with Gigi. The two little guys climbed onto the RV and came out after a while, holding a cloth bag in their hands.

They walked towards a family of four and handed the bag in their hands to the little boy who was about his age.

"Thank you, thank you!"

The little boy took the bag with surprise on his face, but did not rush to open it. Instead, he pulled his sister and bowed to Kiki and Gigi.

Looks very polite.

Qiqi thought for a moment, and said to the four people, "If there is no way to survive here, you can go to the greenhouse area in the west of Pengcheng. If your grandparents know how to grow crops, they will welcome you. It's not difficult to get there. There are basically no zombies outside the Huacheng area and heading west. It's safe all the way."

After saying that, without waiting for their response, he turned around and pulled Gigi back to the RV.

Bai Li heard what her son said, and when he came back, she asked, "Why did you suggest that they go to the greenhouse area?"

"Didn't Grandpa say that it's better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish? Giving them food can only fill their stomachs for one or two meals at most. What's the point?"

Bai Yang smiled and patted his nephew's head, "Good job, kid. You can put your knowledge into practice. Your grandfather's teaching was not in vain."

When the group got in the car and drove to the intersection, the family of four had disappeared.

Qiqi stretched his head and looked out of the window. It was a small road that was only wide enough for one car to pass through. The buildings on both sides looked quaint and old, and quite old.

They had entered the old city. "Some of the shops inside had basements. The four of them must have been hiding in there and survived until now."

Bai Yang had been to Huacheng several times before and was quite familiar with the old town. He sighed, "It's not easy."

But whether you can continue to move forward depends on yourself.

As a driver, Cheng Siyun was the first to see several corpses in front of the roadside shop. Each of them was missing limbs and none of them was intact.

Some had an arm chopped off and a hole in their chest. Their heads were tilted to one side with their eyes wide open. It was unknown how long they had been dead. The flesh on their faces had already rotted away. If the temperature had not dropped suddenly and the bodies had not been frozen, they would have been full of maggots long ago.

The other ones are basically the same, they are all in similar situations.

Although Cheng Siyun had killed zombies before and had black blood sprayed all over her face, it had been a few months since then, and she had been living in peace for so long that she had almost forgotten all about it. So when she suddenly saw these dead bodies, she couldn't help but feel her stomach churning.

But because the children were there, she suppressed her anger. Then she despised herself in her heart. If she couldn't handle such a small situation, how could she take the children out?

Really useless.

I cursed myself inwardly and felt much better. I continued driving forward without any expression.

In the back of the car, the three children stared at the bodies outside and asked Bai Li, "Mom, were they beaten to death?"

To the adults' surprise, the three children remained calm when they saw the horrific corpses. Not only did the two boys, Kiki and Jiji, not feel anything, but Youyou didn't react much either.

Thinking about how the two children had once cooperated with each other to kill someone, and how many similar dead bodies Youyou had seen on the way to Pengcheng with his father, alas, I can only say that reality has taught the children to remain calm in the face of emergencies.

"I guess so."

Bai Li said to them, "There doesn't seem to be anything here. How about we leave the city and go directly to Longbei Mountain?"

Everyone has no objection.

Cheng Siyun had a good sense of direction, and with Bai Yang's guidance, the RV quickly bypassed the old city and planned to go through the new city and get on the national highway, so that they could drive directly to Longbei Mountain.

However, shortly after entering the new urban area, the car stopped to rest. Qiqi took Xiaowu and Fengbao out of the car to pee and poop. They met the grandparents and grandchildren again, an elderly man with a little grandson of six or seven years old.

But unlike the previous grandparents and grandchildren, this pair immediately knelt on the ground and prayed loudly.

"Please have mercy on us. My grandson is only six years old. He hasn't eaten for more than ten days. Please, give him something to eat, just one bite."

As the old man spoke, he forced his grandson to kowtow. The thin boy's head hit the concrete floor, breaking a layer of skin. When he raised his head, his forehead was blood red.

Qiqi had never seen such a scene before. He was so shocked that he took two steps back, at a loss as to what to do.

If Xiaowu hadn't stood in front of him with his teeth bared, the grandparents and grandchildren would have probably fallen to their knees at his feet.

"I'm sorry, I heard footsteps but didn't know they were coming."

Xi Shuang quickly walked over to Qiqi and apologized to him in a low voice.

"What's there to apologize for? You're not a worm in those people's stomachs."

Bai Yang sat on the step of the car door and waved to Xi Shuang to come over, but the latter did not move, obviously afraid that the grandparents might do something to Qiqi.

Just do whatever you want. Bringing them out is not only to check the current situation, but also to see human nature.

So when you encounter something like this, as long as it doesn't endanger his own safety, let him handle it first.

Bai Yang couldn't help but go over and pull Xi Shuang aside, letting her just watch like him.

"Little friend, grandpa begs you, please give my poor grandson a bite of food, just one bite, okay? Baby, come on, kowtow."

As the old man spoke, he put his big hand on the little boy's head again, trying to force him to kowtow to Qiqi again.

"enough!"

After a brief panic, Qiqi regained his composure. He could no longer bear it and scolded, "You are not his grandfather at all. Even if you are, you are not a good grandfather."

He is just little, not stupid. Would a grandfather who truly loves his grandson have the heart to rub his forehead on the ground?
He didn't even look at it even after it was broken.

Qiqi drew out his knife, pointed it at the old man, and shouted, "You, back off!"

The old man was stunned for a moment, and a fierce look flashed across his eyes when he lowered his head. He did not stand up, but knelt and stepped back a little bit. When he raised his head again, he had a flattering smile on his face, "Little friend, I am his grandfather, his real grandfather. If you don't believe me, ask him. Haohao, tell this little brother who I am?"

"It's grandpa, my grandpa."

The little boy spoke without thinking.

Qiqi frowned, feeling something was weird.

He took out a lollipop from his pocket, tore open the outer packaging, handed it to the little boy, and said coldly, "Eat it."

Isn't it meant to be eaten in one bite? Then take one bite, even one candy is one bite.

The little boy's eyes lit up when he saw the lollipop, then he got up from the ground, grabbed it, stuffed it into his mouth, then looked up at Qiqi and reached out again, "Too little, I want more."

Qiqi sneered, "Your grandfather said he only wanted one bite, why should I give you more?"

The little boy was stunned for a moment, then said viciously, "I'll give it to you if I tell you to. Why are you talking so much nonsense? I want candy, give me candy."

As the little boy spoke, he was about to pounce on Qiqi to search his pockets, and he even ignored Xiaowu, the little dog who was baring his teeth at him. He had never gotten a lollipop from begging before, but this child did. Not only did he have a beautiful car to ride in and clean clothes to wear, he also had delicious lollipops.

Why does he have everything?
If he wants to have enough food to eat, he has to kneel down and beg for food, and most of what he gets has to be given to his grandfather. It’s unfair, so unfair.

The little boy was kicked away by Qiqi before he could pounce on him. His small body fell on the broken asphalt road with a slight noise.

"Wow, someone hit someone. An adult hit a child."

After being kicked down, the little boy did not get up. Instead, he rolled over and cried. His voice was so loud that it did not sound like that of someone who had not eaten for more than ten days.

Qiqi's face suddenly turned dark. If he had known that the little brat was going to scam him, he would not only use 30% of his strength, but 100% of it and kick him away to save himself the trouble.

Listening to the words he shouted again, it was obvious that he was used to it. Even when he was beaten by this little kid today, he didn't even change his words.

There was probably a beggar gang living not far from here. Following the child's shouting, I didn't know where those people had been hiding before, but they suddenly showed their heads from all directions and all places, looking towards this side with ill intentions.

Most of them are elderly people and children, but there are also young men and women among them.

They watched at first, and when they saw Qiqi standing there without making any further moves, they came out from their hiding places and slowly moved towards this side.
good night!