Here's your chapter 22 :))
This is slightly edited
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Uncle Li's car is a 9-seater van. As the name suggests, there are nine seats in the car. It is considered a large van. It was originally used by Uncle Li to transport the goods, but later his hotel was enlarged. However, someone did the transportation and other things. Uncle Li sat at the counter every day waiting to collect the money.
Because the van was used to transport goods at the beginning, Uncle Li modified the car to some extent. He removed the last four seats in the car, leaving only the front five seats, and then the space behind was all used to stack goods.
When Uncle Li and Ren Xi embarked on the road of fleeing together, they prepared a lot of food, water, and other materials. Unfortunately, many foods could not be stored for a long time. In addition, it is still extremely hot in summer.
You can even smell the strange smell of some food after putting it there for a long time.
Although Uncle Li was distressed, he had no choice but to throw away the spoiled food. During the process of throwing away the garbage, Yuan Mo suddenly proposed and said, "It's better to buy a car refrigerator for the car to store those foods. Specially those perishable food."
Yuan Mo's suggestion was unexpectedly approved by all members. A few people gathered together and took out almost all the money they had, even the private money in the bank card was not intended to be kept. While buying the refrigerator, several people decided to buy a bunch of supplies, a lot of water and food, as well as clothes and blankets, and even rope, flashlights, tents, sleeping bags and moisture-proof mats, and fire-lighting appliances needed for survival in the wild. Even pots, pans and spoons were suggested by the group.
"Are we planning to fight the war for a long time?" Ren Xi used a small notebook to record the equipment that everyone proposed to buy. The total number is quite a lot, and it will cost a lot of money to calculate it. Fortunately, there is a lot of money for three people squeezing into dollar. Uncle Li is the richest big boss, Ren Xi has a considerable deposit, and Yuan Mo can be regarded as penniless.
"Take advantage of this time when the money can still be used, let's spend it hard." Yuan Mo said: "If the days will come to get worse, I don't think people will run around for money."
"If it is true. At that point, what we are fighting for is food." Uncle Li also nodded in agreement. He has experienced that kind of harsh military training. In the training camp, eating is also a race against time. There is also a time limit for eating slowly. They will not have enough food at all, and they have much training every day. Others want to make it easier to train, but they will never be polite and desperately grab the food on the table.
"It sounds like you have already seen the end of the day." Ren Xi sighed. He is the least willing to think badly, although all the evidence now shows that the world is in a terrible shape and in turmoil. But Ren Xi still has hope, a hope for the future.
Yuan Mo said: "One of my teachers once told me to prepare for the worst in everything."
"Oh! I have heard this sentence, but I don't remember who said it." Uncle Li immediately agreed.
"If everything goes to the worst place, then the end of the world will come a long time ago." Ren Xi thought of something and wrote a note in his notebook, "So we have to plan for the worst and try for the best. To develop in the same direction."
"This makes sense !" Li Shu praised.
Yuan Mo also nodded: "Interesting."
After the discussion was over, a group of people drove into the super mall in BA City. Unexpectedly, there were quite a few people buying things in the mall, and people were everywhere. Most of the food they bought were foods that could be stored for a long time. It seemed that many people had thought of going with Ren Xi and they were planning to fight for a long time.
Fortunately, although there are many people, they are not too exaggerated. It's just that the line at the cash register is too long and too exaggerated. So Ren Xi suggested that he should line up first by himself. Others quickly collect supplies and then come over to Ren Xi to pay the bill, which can be much faster.
The proposal was a hit, Ren Xi tore off the list of supplies in the notebook and handed it to Uncle Li and Yuan Mo, and Ren Xi led Xiao He to stand behind the long line and wait.
They bought a lot of things, and the three big men were almost full of them. This feeling of shopping spree is rare, and they are somewhat satisfied. After they piled all the things in the van, It's already noon, so naturally everyone is too tired.
Xiao He bought a lot of snacks with the money Ren Xi gave him. He was already hungry. He opened the snack bag and ate endlessly. Ren Xi felt that children should not eat too many snacks and helped him get all the snacks. He put it away, and touched the child's head by the way: "Don't eat these, we'll go to eat later."
Xiao He was still too proud of eating, but he was still not full. Hearing that, he still wanted to eat, he raised his hands and proposed: "I can Eat Pizza Hut?!"
Ren Xi felt a little funny: "I thought you would say you want to eat KFC or something..."
"No!" Xiao He pouted: "KFC and McDonald's sells foreign foods! If I ate it, I will have diarrhea!"
"Eat less of this foreign product, Chinese people... Sure enough, it is better to eat simple national dishes!" Uncle Li is not used to the foreigner's tastes, for him, that kind of food is simply hard to buy.
When Xiao He heard that Uncle Li objected to his proposal, he turned his head and looked at Uncle Li with tears in his eyes. Uncle Li was shocked by the child's eyes, covering his forehead with embarrassment, and had to change his words: "Well, it's up to you."
Xiao He smiled suddenly, he got excited, climbed to Uncle Li's chest, grabbed Uncle Li's head and prepared to make a big mouth-to-mouth pop, but this action was not completed. Yuan Mo, who was sitting next to him, quickly took his brother with his eyes and hands. He left, and angrily gave Xiao He a flick on his forehead.
"How many times have I said! You are not allowed to kiss someone casually, don't you understand what I've just said?" Yuan Mo began to cruelly crush his younger brother, Xiao He was knocked on several bags on his forehead, suddenly crying. Grab the ground until Uncle Li next to him couldn't help but persuade him.
"It's not a big deal..."
"Uncle Li...Do you want to have supernatural powers ?" Ren Xi looked at them and couldn't help but ask Uncle Li.
Uncle Li looked at Xiao He who was crying beside him, but to everyone's expectations, he shook his head and said, "No, I don't want it for the time being."
"Why? I thought there was such a powerful force of alluring before him. And have others told you what you can get, why not?"
"A strong power can make people confused." Li Shu said, "And this is the reason why I will fail."
Ren Xi did not quite understand Li Shu's sentence. The meaning of the words, but then he didn't go deep into it. After that, they went to eat lunch and began to gather some intelligence in the afternoon, which was indispensable.
Because Uncle Li still has contact with some of the brothers he met in the army in the early years, and several friends have not left the army, and their positions have been rising year after year. However, Uncle Li did not tell Ren Xi and others the specific information of those friends. He just said: "I'll make a few calls to get in, maybe I can get some news."
This is also the reason why Uncle Li said before that he went to the city to find a phone booth to call.
"Mobile phone... can't the mobile phone be used?" Ren Xi asked curiously.
Uncle shook his head: "Calling directly from your phone number will not definitely answer by someone, this is a special telephone channel, we have to use a public phone booth or other public telephone access into, and then transfer the job to help people."
"There such a thing?" Ren Xi just thinks that this way of calling is really high-end and it is also mysterious, a bit like an agent in a movie.
Uncle Li felt a little funny: "It's not that high-end, it's just a special line, so there is a certain degree of confidentiality, in order to prevent harassment and eavesdropping."
So Uncle Li directly found a telephone booth on the side of the road and used coins directly. He dialed a long list of numbers. He seemed to press several number keys while listening to the sound inside. Then someone seemed to answer the phone. Then Uncle Li said: "Help me transfer to the special line."
After that, the other party seemed to say something. Uncle Li listened and quickly hung up the phone.
Both Ren Xi and Yuan Mo next to him were curious, but they felt that Uncle Li didn't seem to say anything. The call ended so quickly that people were a little disappointed. However, Uncle Li didn't speak, he just laughed. Yuan Mo, found out that his cell phone, a broken candy bar Nokia was almost invisible in this era.
After that, Uncle Li took the Nokia and edited a text message that they didn't know who was sent to. In less than a minute, his phone rang with a piece of sweet pure music. Uncle Li took the phone that was still ringing and said to Ren Xi and the others: "This is the real transfer."
Then Uncle Li pressed the answer button and he could hear the noisy voice inside.
Ren Xi and Yuan Mo couldn't help but glance at each other. They both approached Uncle Li unscrupulously, almost touching him, wanting to hear the voice on the phone. Uncle Li did not oppose their actions, and spoke on the phone comfortably.
"Isn't this... Li Ge right?!" Someone said vaguely on the phone, but the scene in which he was talking on the phone seemed to be wrong. There was a lot of noise from the other party's phone, which seemed to be extremely noisy environment.
"Yes, it's me. What happened to you? It's noisy." Uncle Li said.
"Zizi..." There was another noisy noise on the phone, and he could hardly hear what the other party was saying. Uncle Li frowned uneasyly.
But after a while, the other party replied: "It is indeed a bit inconvenient now, but you just took the initiative to contact me, and it saves me to check your number."
"You have something to tell me?" Uncle Li asked.
"Yes, a very important thing. I don't have much time. I can only tell you something about it." The person on the phone seems to be really busy. Not only is there a huge noise next them, but there are also many people talking. The man sighed and continued: "I think you know about the situation reported in the news recently. If anyone around you has a cold or fever or has been attacked by such a person before, remember to send him to the hospital for isolation. "
"I know these..." Uncle Li wanted to say something, but he stopped talking.
The person on the phone seemed to be able to understand Uncle Li's state of mind, and replied: "Forget it, let's be honest. Actually, the situation is out of control, do you know? That kind of virus, as long as it is bitten or scratched, it will become all kinds of weird monsters, whether humans or other animals are like this! The Academy of Sciences wanted to hurry up to study the vaccine for this virus, but unfortunately... there is currently no cure."
Uncle Li couldn't help frowning when he heard this and asked. "So... how bad is the situation?"
"The provinces and cities in the north were the cities where the virus first broke out. DUA has already fallen. Few people in the whole city have survived. , The living have turned into monsters. The army has temporarily built obstacles to surround it, but it still can't stop it...The central government is already considering whether to use large-scale destructive weapons to bomb the entire city.
" Oh! God..." The two eavesdroppers next to Uncle Li couldn't help gasping in unison.
"Who!? Who is next to you?" It was obvious that the person on the other end of the phone also heard the voices of Ren Xi and others, and suddenly asked seriously.
Uncle Li glared at the two
guys and replied: "It's okay, their my friends, worthy of trust." "I can't tell you more . I don't have much time, Li Ge, you try to go south. Go to the sea, don't go abroad. The situation abroad is similar to ours, and some places are even worse. The current situation is really unpredictable. I think the people in the central government will move their strongholds on the ocean or on the islands. Those places have not been affected... "
"Wait, what about the other people? Don't you release this information?" Uncle Li thought that most people still didn't know at all, and he was kept in the dark.
"Tomorrow, you will see it on major news headlines. We will organize armed forces in various cities to help citizens evacuate. By then, it is estimated that all roads will be blocked, and opinions that have news have begun to retreat to the south. If it's too late, go quickly."
The other party quickly hung up after speaking.
The news was so shocking that the three of them couldn't help being silent, and only Xiao He looked at the adults with a confused expression.
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T/n:
Hello again guys sorry this came a bit late. (๑•﹏•) Something came up in school, so I couldn't update in the past few days, huhu. And I was actually contemplating if I should just update (MTL) not edited chapter for the next ud's because I don't really know when will I be able to update again this Dec. because we will have our final exam next week. (╥﹏╥) But if ever that I will update the non edited chapters please don't worry I'll go back and edit it if I'm free from school works.