usatvline Chapter 447 Going to the city
Chapter 447 Going to the city
"What? Going to the city?"
Grandma stood up in shock, and when she saw that Anjiu didn't seem to be joking, she swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth.
"Just make up your mind, I'll follow you."
A-Ling and the others: “Huh?”
Shouldn't it be persuasion? Why did you agree?
It's so far away, what if something comes out from behind the wall? There's no way to escape without a car.
"Xiaojiu," Ah Ling reminded hesitantly, "Is it possible that the city was shattered into ruins when it landed?"
"That's possible." An Jiu nodded in affirmation, "But I think we still have to go. There may be supplies in the city. Before the officials come, we can go in and see if there is anything useful. And if they don't come today, we can find a place to stay overnight."
It is better than sleeping in the wilderness with the sky as a blanket and the ground as a bed.
When they heard the word "supplies", their expressions became complicated and they seemed so uneasy.
"Is this... okay? If the authorities find out, will there be any punishment?"
They had never been to another world, and their only concept was to earn contribution points through labor, and then use the contribution points to buy and sell food. Moreover, according to the rules implanted in their minds by the hive, all materials belonged to the official.
Individuals do not have the right to handle it on their own.
An Jiu affirmed, "Of course you can. Besides, they haven't arrived yet, right? Even if you don't let them take it, you can't let them vomit out the food they've eaten, right?"
Their eyes widened and they realized that what Anjiu said made sense.
"Let's go." Anjiu took the lead and planned to go around the iceberg and head straight to the city.
Grandma naturally followed. After leaving the beehive, she would definitely listen to the arrangements of the experienced Xiaojiu. She knew very well her own capabilities.
A Ling and her friends knew best how An Jiu's family escaped poverty and embarked on a wealthy life, and they made the decision almost instantly.
It’s a pity that one of the grandmothers had a broken leg and couldn’t go with them, so she stayed there and waited for them to come back.
Seeing that they really left, the remaining people looked at each other, struggling internally.
Finally, "Fuck it! Give it a try!"
Except for those who were seriously injured, everyone else stayed behind and chased after them.
Circling the iceberg, the ruined city stood quietly in the distance.
The collapsed buildings raised thick dust that slowly drifted in the air. Twisted steel bars protruded from the ruins. Broken concrete blocks and rubble blocked the streets and alleys, making it almost impossible to pass through.
Signboards, lamp posts, cars... were buried under the wreckage, with tiny flickering spots of light being glass fragments scattered among them.
The air was filled with a thick smell of dust, and tiny particles visible to the naked eye were falling at a high density.
An Jiu reached his hand into his collar, accurately grasped Pu Huai's waist, lifted him up, and used the collar to cover his mouth and nose to avoid inhaling too much dust.
"Adjust yourself."
Pu Huai put his foot on her shoulder, at the height just level with her ear canal. Hearing the words, he hummed softly, and it was as if an electric current passed through, giving Anjiu goose bumps all over her body.
She quickly diverted her attention. With such an important matter at hand, how could she let her children's personal affairs affect her actions?
"Grandma, cover your mouth and nose."
After helping her grandmother straighten her collar, she found that she really couldn't see Pu Huai - this thought flashed through her mind quickly and was then thrown to the back of her mind.
After finding a suitable direction to move forward, they stepped into the deserted city.
Anjiu pulled out a stool leg from the rubble and handed it to his grandmother as an auxiliary tool.
It was dead silent here, with no living creature in sight. She remained alert, observing every movement around her.
There aren't many supplies around the city, so we have no choice but to go deeper.
Their figures gradually disappeared behind the ruins, and the bare wasteland was no longer visible in front of them. The feeling of walking into the wreckage of civilization made the grandmothers, who had only seen beehives, feel both surprised and scared.
He followed Anjiu closely, walking the path she had walked and stepping on the gravel she had stepped on, for fear of making any mistake.
At this time, Anjiu suddenly stopped and pointed to the ruins not far away.
"That should be a supermarket. If we're lucky, we might be able to find some canned food."
Everyone looked in the direction of her finger and saw half of a plaque sticking out at an angle with words on it, but they couldn't recognize them.
But when he heard the word "canned", he became excited.
After walking quickly over, everyone dispersed and tried to move the rubble under their feet to look for food scattered among them.
They were extremely lucky. Although the supermarket was not large, it was a stand-alone small two-story building with no other buildings above it. After being knocked down, the walls of the building collapsed in all directions, revealing the shelves and display stands.
Although they have been flattened, the orange packaging bag can indeed be seen from the middle of the layer.
"I found something to eat!"
“There are also edible things under the rocks!”
"Can someone help me lift this pillar? I see a box of instant noodles underneath!"
"..."
Cheers rang out when the food was discovered. Some people reached out to take it with excitement, tearing open the bag and pouring the food into their palms.
"It's bread!"
"It smells good! It's not smelly! It's edible!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the man stuffed the deflated bread into his mouth, chewed it, and nodded to the people around him, his eyes shining.
This excited the others so much that they no longer cared about anything else and just picked up stones and threw them aside.
Dead hand, move quickly!
Stupid eyes, please turn faster!
Grandma was moving the stones here with her hands, but her eyes were looking at the shelves over there, and she was so anxious that sweat was coming out of the tip of her nose.
After all, it was the first time I experienced this unusual process of finding supplies, so it was normal that I had no experience.
She had a cloth bag on her body, and she stuffed every piece she found into it.
Anjiu was not far away from his grandmother. He kept an eye on her movements while moving stones and talking to Pu Huai.
"There's a cave here, go in and see if there are any supplies inside."
She found a small piece of clothing that Pu Huai had worn before and asked him to use it as a mask.
Pu Huai struggled, but regained his composure a second later. He took it and tied it on his face, looking at her with his beautiful eyes, as if asking -
May I?
Anjiu gestured OK, "Go ahead."
He jumped down without any hesitation.
Anjiu turned over another piece of gravel at hand and took out an empty sour candy box from it. Looking down, he saw pink and green candies scattered all over the place.
She reached her hand in, touched one and put it into the space. As for whether it could be eaten, it would not be too late to wait until she returned to see.
After collecting all these, I bent down and reached inside, and actually took out a few boxes of chewing gum and a long lollipop that had been crushed into powder.
"Is there a cash register down there?"
Anjiu stood up and walked towards her grandmother, not wanting to waste time here - she had plenty of candies like these in her space.
"Grandma, what did you find?"