Chapter 29 p2
Yan Cheng’s expression was hesitant. He was not sure if Ji Yang was acting or if she really liked it. In his hesitation, the two of them continued forward and ran into two more groups of survivors who tried to rob them. With Yan Cheng’s weapon, Ji Yang still used the same method. Basically, everyone had the same reaction as the first group.
He suddenly realized, “Are you using this trick to fool them into leaving?”
Ji Yang: …?
After walking through two streets, footsteps were heard from behind. The two of them quickly turned around and saw a man with an unclear face say in a hoarse voice, “Hey, the jadeite you wanted! How to exchange for biscuits?!”
Ji Yang was also very straightforward. She put her hiking backpack on the ground and handed a burlap sack to Yan Cheng. “Come and weigh it for me. You can exchange for a pack of compressed biscuits for every ten jin.”
Shen He looked at her warily, but still tentatively went forward. The temptation of food was too great. Under the suppression of that group of people, the supplies in the city had almost been completely searched. It was too difficult for them to find any food. Many times, they just ate ice water to fill their stomachs.
Ji Yang didn’t cheat him either. She took out a small electronic scale, put the jadeite he handed over into the bag, and then lifted it to weigh it.
“Fifteen jin,” Ji Yang looked at the number, which was a little over fourteen jin, and directly rounded it up. Then she took out two packs of compressed biscuits, broke one of them into two halves, and handed it over. “Here you go.”
Shen He’s throat choked, and his hand that took the biscuits trembled a little.
If he had food, if his life was even a little better, he would not have thought of robbing.
At this moment, when he really got the biscuits, he felt like he was about to cry.
If only the government hadn’t been overthrown.
He wiped his tears. Fortunately, that group of people had too much jadeite, and several mining areas were divided among them, so the scattered things in the hands of this group of people were not robbed.
No, since he could exchange for it, he had to go back and get more.
Thinking of this, he quickly went home.
After him, many other survivors came to exchange.
Yan Cheng’s face was wooden as he began to help pack the jade into the bag. What the hell? Where did the burlap sack come from? Where did the electronic scale come from? Could it be that she had planned to come and get these useless stones from the very beginning?
Actually… not really.
If it were in Changnan City, where you wouldn’t starve to death if you worked hard under the leadership of the government, and you came to rob on the road, she would kill every one she saw. But the situation in Yun City was special. This group of survivors was really at the end of their rope, and she happened to have enough resources. It was not impossible to exchange a little.
Anyway, she was only staying here for a few days.
So, she had a sudden idea and directly took out these things from her bag under the cover of her backpack.
She continued to trade until two burlap sacks were almost full, and only then did Ji Yang say, “The biscuits are gone.”
The remaining people who hadn’t traded were anxious. “How can they be gone? I just came!”
Ji Yang’s face turned cold. “If they’re gone, they’re gone. What else can I do?”
The person immediately became abashed and didn’t dare to speak, a little scared.
Shen He was very lucky to have traded twice. Once for fourteen jin, and once for twenty-eight jin, in exchange for four and a half compressed biscuits. He tightly hid the things in his clothes pocket and was about to leave.
To avoid being targeted and ganged up on, and losing the three biscuits from the second time.
Suddenly, he heard someone ask, “Where are you from? We haven’t had any outsiders here for a long time.”
Ji Yang paused and still said, “Changnan City.”
Shen He immediately couldn’t walk. He rushed forward. “How is Changnan City? Can you tell me? I came to Changnan City for a trip! I’ve been trapped here since the heavy snow. I miss home so much!”
Ji Yang was startled. She thought it was a sneak attack and her hand had already touched her crossbow. But when she heard this, she choked and hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether to say it. But when she met the suddenly bright eyes of this group of people, most of them were not from Changnan City, but they also wanted to know the news from the outside world.
Ji Yang said, “It’s okay. The natural disasters are frequent, and everyone is having a hard time. But the government has established a base with exchange points, and all kinds of supplies can be exchanged for points. If you work hard, you can still get by.”
She spoke briefly, but the people who heard it automatically filled in a lot of things.
“Good, good!” one person nodded repeatedly, looking very happy, as if he were smiling. But two seconds later, he burst into tears with a “waa.” “I shouldn’t have come out in the first place. Even if I had to die, I should have died with my family.”
Another person said, “My parents must still be alive. They have always listened to the government and followed the government. I used to say they were too honest and foolish. It’s a good thing they are honest. They will definitely be able to survive…”
“Wuwuwu, I regret it. Why did I come out for a trip? I’m so unlucky, wuwuwu…”
The others also had more or less emotional breakdowns.
Some were due to the gap between the two sides, some were due to relief, and more were due to regret for coming out this time.
But no one could have predicted that the apocalypse would come so suddenly.
Shen He was the same. It was just that he was more able to accept this difference. Hearing the news he wanted to hear, he didn’t dare to ask more and hurried home. He was going to share this news with his girlfriend. Hold on, the government will definitely come to deal with this group of people. The situation outside is much better than here. His parents must still be alive!
—
Because of this interlude, Ji Yang and Yan Cheng’s mission had not progressed at all, and they had to go back to send the jade back.
Fortunately, although the jade was heavy, the ground was ice, so it was completely fine to drag it.
The two of them quickly went back. The second time they went out, they didn’t delay any longer. They wandered around. Without ice skates, their speed was much slower, but they had managed to walk through the area assigned to them.
They didn’t see anything unusual.
Instead, they saw the entrance to another base, which was actually a community gate.
A line of words was written at the entrance of the base: [Shengtian Base]
It was one of the bases that Zhou Baoping and the others had negotiated with, but it was not the target base. Just as the two of them were about to leave, they ran into a change of guards. They were actually coming towards them.
The two of them immediately changed their position and hid.
And they saw the two of them find a corner and start to pee.
Ji Yang’s expression was still indifferent, but Yan Cheng’s expression was awkward. He turned his face away, pointed in the direction of going back, and signaled to leave. Ji Yang shook her head and refused. It was better to wait a little longer and gather more information.
At this time, men liked to chat.
Yan Cheng had no choice but to give up and continue to stand there with a straight face.
And in the alley, these two people were indeed chatting all the way. As they were chatting, one of them suddenly said, “By the way, are we sending another batch to Juri tonight?”
“Yes,” the other person said, his tone seeming a little dissatisfied. “I really don’t know why the boss still wants to cooperate with that group of perverts. Are we short of that little bit of supplies?”
“Exactly. I heard that place was controlled by the Xiao Country people two months ago. They’ve been asking for people more and more frequently. Just thinking about what those people are going to do makes me want to puke.”
“Then just puke. You’ll get used to it after a while.”
“Go to hell!”
The two of them laughed and cursed, finished their physiological needs, and then went back swaggering.
Ji Yang and Yan Cheng looked at each other. This time, the two of them tacitly went back.
The two of them probably hadn’t expected that there was someone hiding here. They hadn’t deliberately lowered their voices when they spoke, so the two of them had happened to hear.
Eavesdropping was indeed more useful than gathering information.
Since this base was sending a batch of people out tonight, if they kept watch here, they would definitely gain something. They just didn’t know if this batch of people would be sent directly to the main entrance of Juri Base or near the laboratory.
After all, the situation in Yun City was different from Changnan City. The government had had an accident early on, so there was no unified base.
They didn’t have the ability to mobilize resources everywhere to build a base, so the entire base was actually a community. It expanded a little with the community as the main center, but with the extreme cold, it wouldn’t expand much.
For example, the base in front of them.
And even if they were doing human experiments, they wouldn’t be too open about it, right? Perhaps they could really track the location of the laboratory directly.
When they returned to their temporary residence, the others had not yet returned. Only Shao Zhengming and Tao Weifeng, who were on guard, were there. It was also today, when Xie Muzhi was making arrangements, that Ji Yang found out that these two were both firearm enthusiasts. One of them was even a military dependent and had a weapon. It was completely fine for them to guard the house.
At about five in the afternoon, the people who had gone out all came back.
Seeing Xie Muzhi, Yan Cheng went over to tell him about the situation they had accidentally found out in the afternoon. Everyone’s eyes lit up. “Holy crap, that’s a good opportunity!”
“We didn’t get much information in the afternoon. Although we know the location of Juri Base, we… really don’t know about the laboratory.”
“That’s a community. No one around knows about these things. Anyway, every time I bring up the topic of Juri Base, they all immediately shrink back. This news, regardless of whether we can track the location of the laboratory, we have to try!”
“I went to scout. Juri Base is in a community. The walls are all made of ice. There are only two doors, front and back. The back door is usually closed, and there are patrols around. It’s impossible to get in. If we can find out the location by this, it’s already very good.”
“I agree!”
Everyone enthusiastically expressed their opinions, and Xie Muzhi also nodded. “Okay, it’s just that everyone has to work a little harder tonight. We’ll still go in the groups from the afternoon, and we’ll guard different directions. This is the map…”
Ji Yang looked at the map and circled the range of Shengtian Base. Then, Xie Muzhi arranged the locations for them to keep watch, ensuring that every door was under their control.
Finally…
Xie Muzhi went to the car and came out with a leather suitcase. He took out a few walkie-talkies from it. They were all very small and came with Bluetooth headsets. “This is the latest model of walkie-talkie. The maximum communication range is twenty kilometers. It’s freeze-proof and drop-proof, but you still have to be careful when using it. The channel has already been set. Don’t press anything randomly when you get it…”
“Wow!” a group of inexperienced people exclaimed, their eyes sparkling as they looked at the walkie-talkies.
Awesome!
The phone can’t be used, but I didn’t expect there to be this!
Ji Yang also showed a little surprise. She had actually seen it before, but that was in her previous life. She hadn’t expected it to appear so early in this life.
She glanced at Xie Muzhi’s ear. He usually wore earmuffs, but when he occasionally took them off, she had also noticed that this person seemed to be wearing a headset. He had just given them the walkie-talkies, but he had been wearing one in advance. He was probably communicating with the other group.
She didn’t know if that group had mixed into Yun City.
—
There was a mission tonight. After a good meal, everyone immediately set off.
Tao Weifeng and the other two were still on guard.
They didn’t dare to delay, for fear of missing the point when they went out.
Ji Yang and Yan Cheng also walked very quickly. When they arrived at the agreed place, the two of them separated and each found a hidden place to keep watch.
If they were shivering from the cold, they would use a heat pack.
These were all given to them by Xie Muzhi. Each person had a lot, to ensure that they wouldn’t freeze to death while on watch.
They waited from when the sky was slightly dark until it was completely dark.
She had a mechanical watch, so she could still tell the time. Watching the time pass minute by minute, from six to seven, to eight, to nine—a noise came from Feng Yexing’s side on the walkie-talkie: [The target has appeared on our side.]
They could finally move.
Ji Yang got up in a crouch. Yan Cheng also quickly came over. The two of them went in the direction of Feng Yexing’s side. They had discussed it before, so when they were tracking, they would leave a few traces from time to time. The two of them followed the traces all the way to the back door of the community on the side of Juri Base.
They ran into Feng Yexing and the others.
The group’s hearts sank. “We’re done for. It’s really in the community. Then how do we know which building it is?”
Ji Yang silently took out three small binoculars. “Let’s go in different directions. Whichever building has its lights on, we can basically lock it down.”
At this time, the power was out, and all kinds of generators consumed a lot of energy. Solar energy was the most economical, but the sun only came out for three hours a day, and the electricity generated was not enough. So, the ordinary base survivors basically rested as soon as it got dark. At most, there would be a little bit of fire for warmth, which was not enough to light up the windows.
It was already nine at night. At a glance, there were very few rooms with lights on, and the light was dim. It was probably an oil lamp or something.
The situation in the laboratory was different. The electricity that could be allocated must be a lot. When they were handing over, it was enough to see where the lights were on.
Feng Yexing and the others were only at a disadvantage because they had no experience. If they had survived in the apocalypse for a few more years, they would have known. At this time, when they got the binoculars, they immediately understood and found a direction to leave.
Ji Yang and Yan Cheng also happened to leave.
Xie Muzhi’s voice suddenly sounded in the headset: [Go back immediately.]
The few of them’s movements paused, and then they decisively turned and went back.
They had just reached a corner.
Ji Yang’s heart stirred. She took out the high-tech thermal imaging sensor she had bought and put it on. She saw several people coming towards the direction they had just been in, but they didn’t find anything. These few people scattered to search.
It was the people from Juri Base!
Were Feng Yexing and the others discovered when they were tracking?
A gun appeared in Ji Yang’s hand, but the next second, she put it back and left quietly.
Not for now.
If she killed someone now, it would alert the enemy.