Chapter 576 Fallen Leaves Return to Their Roots, What Is Home?

August 18th.

at noon.

The temperature has dropped again, reaching an outdoor temperature of 33 degrees.

Exactly 72 hours have passed since the volcano erupted.

Three days.

For three days in a row, the world has been in darkness.

It wasn't a gloomy, overcast sky, the sky was getting darker and darker as time went by.

It was so dark that it was even darker than at night.

Before, at least at night, there was still some moonlight, but now, even the moonlight was gone, leaving only darkness!

The black is very pure, and the black is scary.

Now, twenty-four hours a day, there is no difference between day and night, because they are all the same, and there is only darkness outside.

The night gives humans black eyes, but humans use them to find light.

Never before has humanity so longed for light.

Before the end of the world, there was a kind of punishment called the dark room.

It was in a closed space with no sound and no light. It was difficult for ordinary people to stay in it for long.

Although it is slightly better now, it is not in a confined space.

But the occasional screams of zombies came from all around, and the danger was everywhere in the darkness, which made people even more heartbroken.

Xincheng, a small town.

Basement second floor.

The door was closed.

It was originally a dark world, but in this closed basement, it was even darker and quieter.

Quietly, only the sound of human breathing can be heard.

"Second brother, where are you?" A man said.

The voice seemed to be full of pain and some kind of depressed emotion.

Shanfeng heard the voice from the left, and said weakly: "I'm on the edge of the wall on the right, what's wrong? There's something wrong with your voice."

Hee hee soo sound.

The man seemed to have difficulty standing up.

Clang——

Maybe it accidentally bumped into something and hit the ground.

The loud noise is especially prominent in this confined space.

The sound echoed and spread.

"Xiao Ning, don't move around. When I went out just now, I saw zombies outside. Didn't you see it too? Don't move around. If you make too much noise and the zombies are brought in, everyone will be finished."

Shanfeng lowered his voice and said.

"Hoo-ah--" came a painful moan.

It seemed that the man was injured, and at this moment there was a low whine in pain.

Hearing this sound, Shan Feng immediately took out a box of matches from his pocket.

The matchbox was crumpled.

Carefully he fumbled for matches, and took out one.

Made up a bit.

Zila——

The flames burned instantly, and the light instantly illuminated the entire room.

Shanfeng saw Xiao Ning falling to the ground, her body curled up like a mouth, and she was still trembling from time to time.

Half of the match had burned, and Shanfeng quickly reached out and groped around it.

He fumbled for a pile of pine needles, placed them on the ground, and then threw the match directly onto the pile of pine needles.

The pine needles were instantly ignited.

Wow——

The flames instantly grew larger.

Shanfeng stood up, went to a corner of the basement, picked up a pile of wood, and then threw two pieces of wood on the pine needles.

The flames crackled and lit up the entire room.

There were four people in the whole room. When they saw the flames, three people came over.

But before they could get over, a woman saw Xiao Ning lying on the ground.

"Xiao Ning, what's wrong with you?" She walked over worriedly.

Others heard the sound and focused their attention.

Shanfeng walked directly to him, knelt down and gently helped the man up.

Suddenly I felt my hands were wet. I picked them up and looked at the angle of the fire. I saw that they were full of blood.

"Carry him over to the fire, Xiaofeng, open the door a little, guard there, and watch the zombies. The room is burning wood, it's too closed, maybe everyone will be poisoned."

Shanfeng's face didn't look good and he said in a low voice.

"Okay." The woman named Xiaofeng looked at the fire and looked at the unconscious Xiao Ning with some worry, took a weapon and walked towards the door.

Kaka——

She unlocked the door and gently opened it a crack, letting in the outdoor air.

Although the smell outside has a bit of sulfur smell, it is much better than indoors.

There was a sour smell of sweat and a musty smell everywhere in the room, which made people's eyes irritate.

Hurrah——

Xiaofeng greedily breathed in the sulfuric acid-smelling outdoor air.

The other side.

Shanfeng and the others dragged Xiao Ning to the fire.

The light of fire beats like a heart.

It also shone on the face of Xiao Ning who was unconscious.

Shanfeng looked over attentively and saw Xiao Ning's face covered with blood.

hiss--

What's going on, why is he bleeding for no reason!

Shanfeng took a piece of cloth and wiped it for him.

After wiping his face, he saw nosebleeds coming from Xiao Ning's nostrils.

It flows quite fast.

"Tear off two pieces of cloth quickly." Shanfeng saw this. Although he didn't know what happened, he knew that he had to stop Xiao Ning's nosebleed first.

Tear--

The sound of a piece of cloth being torn apart.

Shan Feng snatched the torn cloth and stuffed it into Xiao Ning's nose and mouth.

His eyes were full of nervousness, Xiao Ning was his biological brother.

After the eldest brother left, he was the only biological brother.

The flowing blood quickly soaked the blocked cloth.

Shanfeng slowly dragged him to the wall and took two things to cushion him behind.

If you have a nosebleed, you cannot lie down, otherwise the blood may choke your bronchial tubes.

Another person touched Xiao Ning's forehead.

It was so hot that his hands felt like they were on fire.

"It's so hot, Shanfeng, his head is so hot. Could he be sick?" The man took his hand back, shook it, and said worriedly.

Hearing this, Shanfeng's eyes flashed with worry, and he slowly put his hand on Xiao Ning's forehead.

An abnormal temperature spread through the skin of Xiao Ning's forehead and reached the palm of his hand.

It's hot!

Shanfeng quickly looked down at Xiao Ning's body again. His whole body was hot and red.

"It's so hot, so hot, so hot." Xiao Ning closed her eyes tightly, frowning and wailing in pain.

Shanfeng heard what Xiao Ning said and said with some uncertainty: "It shouldn't be. Now the temperature has dropped so much, why do I still feel hot? It was okay when it was so hot before, why is it like this when the temperature drops?"

"Do you think it's hot now?" Shanfeng raised his head and said to the man.

"It's not hot. I think the temperature is just right now."

"But looking at his current symptoms, some of them look like fever, and some of them look like heatstroke. But why is he bleeding from the nose? What is going on!" Shanfeng couldn't figure it out. He was not a doctor, and he had little life experience. , unable to tell him what is going on with his brother now.

The oldest-looking man who had been standing next to the fire, who had been silent just now, finally spoke:

"I haven't eaten much recently, which has caused me to be weak. Moreover, it was so hot a few days ago. The temperature has dropped sharply in the past two days, and my body must not be able to bear it. Maybe it's because of Xiao Ning."

"Then, what should we do now?" Shanfeng's eyes were full of excitement. He had already lost his son. After losing this younger brother, he no longer had any relatives in this world.

Hearing the older man speak, Shanfeng seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, slowly leaning Xiao Ning against the wall, and walked over in a hurry.

Said to the older man: "Do you know what to do? You must know right!"

The oldest one, with wrinkles on his face as deep as ravines, looked at the mountain peak and then at Xiao Ning.

He lamented in his heart, but he probably knew that it was easy to have a fever under such a sudden drop in high temperature. If the fever was excessive, it would be difficult to deal with it without antipyretics.

He took out a kettle from his waist, handed it to Shanfeng and said, "Let Xiao Ning drink some water first. He probably has a fever. We don't have antipyretics here. Sigh."

Shanfeng took the kettle and looked a little dull. He helped Xiaoning up and fed him some water.

Unexpectedly, after feeding him some water, Xiao Ning's whole body began to tremble violently again.

"So cold, so cold, so cold, so ice. I'm going to die." Xiao Ning murmured in a low voice, her body shaking like a sieve.

Shanfeng quickly took off the cushion on the table.

Then he placed it under Xiao Ning.

"Cold, cold, cold, so cold."

When other people nearby heard what Xiao Ning said, they also grabbed some of the quilts behind them.

Three layers of quilts, wrapped layer by layer.

In this weather of more than 30 degrees, Xiao Ning's face was as red as a braised prawn, and white steam came out of her tangled hair.

Sweat flowed from the skin as if it were free of charge.

"Hot, hot, hot. So hot." Xiao Ning, who was in a coma, suddenly pushed away the quilt covering her body, trembling all over.

Shanfeng was busy and felt very uncomfortable when he saw his brother like this.

The oldest man had returned to the fire, his eyes full of sadness.

Suddenly, he spoke: "Shanfeng, I wish we had entered the Zhangshu base together. I heard there is a medical room there."

Kaka——

When Shanfeng heard this sentence, his hands instantly tightened the quilt, and the blood vessels on his arms bulged due to too much force.

The last time, when his son died, he had already heard someone say it once.

Although he knew that it was an unwise decision to not go through with it, he would never regret the things he decided on, and he would not admit his mistakes, not even to the death!

The older man sighed secretly when he saw the mountain like this through the firelight. He also regretted a little. Why didn't he just leave the team and follow directly to the Da Zhangshu base.

on the ground.

Xiaoning felt cold and hot for a while, and sweat kept pouring out.

The cloth on the nose was accidentally pulled out during the shaking.

The blood was no longer blocked and continued to flow out of the nostrils.

This blood is fresh.

With the crack in the basement door, the smell of fresh blood spread silently and through the air to the outside of the basement.

Outside the basement, by the small bridge, there happened to be a few zombies walking this way.

Big camphor tree base.

There are still some little bits of light.

The searchlights came on.

Ju Tianrui drank some porridge and rested for two days, and he has completely recovered.

Then he was taken back to the Second Outer City by Dongtai. He saw with his own eyes that the Da Zhangshu Base had rescued so many people, and his recognition of the Da Zhangshu Base became more and more high.

He couldn't imagine how much effort it would take to build such a great base in the apocalypse.

But what he didn't know was that most of the walls inside were built before the end of the world.

Otherwise, in the apocalypse, the manpower and material resources required to build such a wall would be trivial. The key is the zombies that appear around from time to time. This is the biggest trouble.

The temperature is thirty-three degrees.

Ju Tianrui stretched out his hand outside the Second Outer City and felt the volcanic ash falling from the sky.

This volcanic ash has been flying for three days, and there is still no sign of stopping.

"Dongtai, how many people are there in total?" Ju Tianrui flicked the volcanic ash on his hands, clapped his hands, and turned to Dongtai next to him and asked.

Dongtai looked around and said slowly: "I haven't made any specific calculations.

The place where you were just now, where Xiao Jun and the others were, is called the First Outer City. They are all people who are permanently stationed at the Da Zhangshu Base. There should be more than a hundred people.

We are now in the Second Outer City, and we are all cooperating with the Da Zhangshu Base, or what they call non-staff personnel. I did a rough calculation, and in total, there are at least 1,300 people.

I heard from them that there is an inner city behind the wall in front of me. I have never been in it, so I don’t know how big it is or how many people there are.

But from what I can see so far, the total number of people is at least 1,600. This is a conservative estimate. "

Ju Tianrui nodded, his eyes full of emotion.

Dongtai thought about the mortars and heavy machine guns and other heavy weapons he saw when he first came in, and decided to talk to Ju Tianrui.

Ju Tianrui listened quietly to what Dongtai said, his eyes filled with excitement.

"Okay, okay, it's strong enough to have the ability to protect itself. This Da Zhangshu base is very good. It's very good. Although I haven't had much contact with it in the past two days, I can feel the details from all aspects.

This big camphor tree base is completely different from Ganshang in Chengzizhoutou. "

Dongtai agreed with this point, nodded heavily, and said to Ju Tianrui: "I found that many of the people here are from the army, or are armed policemen, and Mr. Li's third uncle, it's really What an incredible person."

After hearing Dongtai's words, Ju Tianrui's mind instantly thought of that ordinary-looking man who looked like an old farmer.

With a lot of emotion in his heart, he breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "That person was my idol before, and he is also now."

Dongtai looked at Ju Tianrui in surprise. He had never seen the battalion commander admire someone so highly.

He had some calculations in his mind and asked in a tentative tone: "Then are we going to join them next?"

Ju Tianrui was noncommittal, looking at the boundless darkness, and sighed faintly: "If you were the person in charge of the Da Zhangshu Base, would you rashly let a team of nearly a hundred people with weapons join in?"

Dongtai heard this and thought to himself.

Sometimes too many people can cause fear.

Especially in the last days.

Frowning his brows, he couldn't help but said, "Then, where else can we go?"

Ju Tianrui thought for a while and said: "Don't worry, if they have concerns, they will naturally consider it. We also have to do what we should do, and besides, we also have to get to know this Da Zhangshu Base better.

But for now, at least, Xiao Jun's attitude can prove something.

Moreover, judging from your introduction, the system that joins the Da Zhangshu Base is actually very good in the apocalypse.

First ensure the safety of people in the city, and if possible, appropriately expand your influence.

The most important thing is that Mr. Li knows better than me how to lead people to survive in the apocalypse.

this point is very important. "

Dongtai listened quietly beside him, feeling unspeakable melancholy in his heart when he saw the darkness around him.

Where is home in the dark?

Here, could it be?

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