Half a day later, the convoy returned to Tekkadan's sphere of influence, and Wu Ming also arrived at the so-called buffer area.
Due to the inherent advantages of driving at night, the hidden color of the vehicle, anti-radar coating, and the existence of multiple detection methods such as infrared radiation detection technology, the fleet does not need to worry about being discovered by surveillance satellites compared to during the day. In addition, Wu Ming agreed to help Jekyll and loaded all the supplies into the containment space, which greatly increased the speed of the convoy, allowing them to return to Tekkadan's sphere of influence several hours earlier than originally scheduled.
At dawn, the convoy had already entered a long underground tunnel. After driving in the labyrinth-like underground passage for a long time, the manually dug rock walls on both sides of the window finally disappeared. The scene suddenly became clear as the vehicle drove into a vast underground cavity.
This underground cavity is only about ten meters high, but it is a bit unbelievably big. It is several times larger than a large stadium. On the ceiling of the oval rock wall like an upside-down bowl is growing a light source. Bryophytes, their dim light source brought some light to the dark and dim cave, preventing the entire cave from falling into complete darkness. They were currently driving on a road extending along the steep rock wall, with obvious traces of artificial construction. And on the winding road.
Whenever he slowed down and turned along the rock wall, Wu Ming could vaguely see through the direct car lights that the end of the zigzag stretch of the road was a place with twinkling lights at the bottom of the underground cavity.
Is there a buffer below?
Wu Ming looked out the window of the armored vehicle. Through the light source on the ceiling of the rock wall and the car lights shining when turning along the rock wall, he could vaguely see the winding road extending to the underground cavity. At the bottom, there are large shabby tents and simple shacks set up there. These buildings look like they were built in a hurry. The shacks and tents are almost one after another without leaving much space for walking. , such densely packed buildings almost cover the vast underground space. Judging from the suffocating building density, Wu Ming can deeply feel the overcrowding here. ..
Looking around, even from a condescending perspective, all Wu Ming saw at the end of his field of vision were densely packed shanties and tattered tents.
Wow! How did you carve out such a large space? This place is almost a hundred meters underground, right? Elizabeth, who was holding the Crimson Queen, focused entirely on the size and depth of the underground cavity and couldn't help but marvel.
After reaching the deal, Wu Ming and his party changed to an armored vehicle. Now they are riding together with Jekyll. The latter nodded and replied after hearing their questions: This was originally the first vehicle to resist and confuse the enemy. At the defense line, there are too many survivors who have been exiled recently. The settlement cannot accommodate so many people. In addition, there is no other open land for them to live. In order to accommodate them, I can only free up the location in the outer area. give them.
Are the supplies you are collecting to help the people here? Zhao Sida stared at the densely packed buildings below and raised her own questions in her usual inorganic and emotionless voice.
During the chat along the way, Wu Ming also learned a lot about the world from side-by-side gossip. Wu Ming and others also learned that several resistance forces had been destroyed in the recent period, and why the Tekka Group came out to search for supplies. reason.
Yes, but there are too many people in need of rescue. Even if we try our best, we can't save many people. Jekyll sighed softly, his words were full of helplessness and sighs, which made Wu Ming feel a little confused, but he didn't He didn't explain this but just shook his head and said: "You will know why I said that when you see it with your own eyes later."
Seeing what he said, Wu Ming didn't ask any more questions. As the vehicle drove along the winding downhill mountain road, it didn't take long for the vehicle to drive out of the wide but winding and steep section and enter the flat area at the bottom of the underground cavity. He slowly stopped driving because the residents in the buffer area had long noticed the flashing car lights on the mountain road and had squatted on this entrance and exit waiting for the arrival of relief supplies.
Very good! They're back!
After being out for so long this time, you should have brought back a lot of supplies, right?
we do not have
being abandoned! Tiehua has not abandoned us!
Thank God they are finally back! My son should be saved now.
As soon as the car stopped, a large circle of people who had been squatting and waiting came up, but they seemed to dare not get too close to the armored car and kept hiding in the darkness. The electronic texture is like an electronic mix of sounds, communicating and cheering excitedly.
Come on, it's time for us to get off the bus. Seeing that the car had stopped, Jekyll sighed and opened the door of the armored car, but before getting out of the car, he paused again, looked at Wu Ming and others and warned: You should be mentally prepared, they are not in good condition. good
Jekyll's eyes lingered on Zhao Sida for a moment, as if he was worried that the scene he would see later was too shocking and would scare this child. In the previous chat, Wu Ming tried to explain the differences between them. The identity was randomly made up based on each person's personality traits. Now in Jekyll's eyes, the doll girl is an autistic child who has been traumatized and cannot express emotions normally.
After saying that, Jekyll got out of the car, followed other Tekkadan members, and began to organize the scene. His confident voice echoed in the darkness outside for a long time: It's okay! This time we brought back a lot of supplies! Everyone has a share! And the next batch of supplies will be shipped soon, so don't rush and don't mess up. Those with families, those with natural children and women at home, should be prioritized to the front of the line to receive food and water, followed by those who adjust their families and undergo mechanized transformation. The supplies needed by the visitor are lined up in another queue!
Wu Ming also got out of the car with a sullen face while being squeezed by the latter's expressionless arm. Following Jekyll's instructions, Wu Ming waved and released groups of ingredients, water and other already packed supplies. After the members of the Chinese group began to distribute supplies in an orderly manner, they had time to look at the surrounding scenery.
Although he had already guessed in his mind and knew that he would definitely see a scene that would shock his three views, the scene he saw now still made him take a breath of cold air.
Many people were in darkness, but the enhanced vision and the surrounding light were enough for Wu Ming to see clearly the appearance of these people.
Those are not so much people as they are a bunch of weird metal structures.
They modified their bodies, abandoning their original flesh and blood bodies and replacing them with bodies made of cold, hard steel and wires and circuits. Some people modified their bodies to a relatively low degree. In order to cope with more arduous work, they only installed new ones on their limbs. Robotic arm.
Some people have undergone more thorough transformations, completely abandoning their flesh and blood bags and replacing their bodies with a strong metal skeleton. However, due to the shortage of resources, their whole bodies are neither covered with artificial muscle fibers nor equipped with metal armor, nor are they covered with The bionic skin has only a cold metal skeleton and exposed wire ducts, making them look like mechanical skeletons.
Some simply changed it so that the human form was no longer visible. In the queue, there was a mechanical spider that looked like a giant spider with eight slender mechanical legs. Wu Ming even saw a pickup truck with no driver in the queue. There is no doubt that that should also be the form after the transformation.
Of course, there are only a few humanoids like this that still maintain a certain outline, or metal structures that transform themselves into special shapes. Surrounding them are more round ones that look like oil drums, with various colors on them. The iron cans with blinking indicator lights controlled the wheels mounted on the bottom, moving and adjusting their positions to form several long lines. The red indicator lights that kept flashing seemed to gather together into the supplies they were looking forward to. gaze.
And in this long queue, only a few people can be seen who have not been transformed, or who can be said to be normal people with no trace of transformation.
Elizabeth only glanced in the direction of the pile of iron cans, and her hair immediately exploded. She reached out to cover the Crimson Queen's camera. She was so frightened that she stuttered a little: Brother, there is something wrong with those people.
She hesitated for a long time, and finally called the tin can a human being.
Because in this girl's senses, the breath of life in those iron jars was already very weak, and the cold, lifeless steel inorganic matter wrapped around the weak and constantly swaying
The fire of life, those with weak vitality, were not so much living people standing there, but rather piles of dead people who had just been buried in the graves, so she hesitated for so long in the second half of her sentence.
Wu Ming was stunned for a moment when he saw these iron jars, a horrifying suspicion flashed in his heart, and a chill could not help but rise from his back.
The cost of living. Jekyll, who was passing by with a package of packaged ingredients and water, whispered. Food is always limited. In order to survive, some people transform their bodies into machines, and their cells have also undergone related transformations, becoming They can absorb electricity to maintain activity, so they no longer rely on consuming carbohydrates, proteins and other biomass to maintain biological metabolic needs. As long as they are equipped with solar panels, they can survive with only a few kilowatt hours of electricity every day.
At this point, he sighed, his tone full of pain: There are also people who, in order to let their children live a better life and consume less food resources, sell their flesh and blood bodies and organs, leaving only the cells that have been modified The brain is soaked in a jar filled with some nutrient solution, and it also relies on electricity to maintain life.
In this case, although he can no longer eat and sleep, he can save a lot of food for the growth and development of his children. The money he uses to work overtime can also be used to buy food for his children.
Next family comes up to receive supplies!
After saying that, he handed the supplies in his hand to a can that came forward. Even though he was in a heavy heart, he still showed an inspiring smile: This is your family's supplies. It contains the meat we hunted and the meat we hunted on the farm. You can take the rice, noodles, and even some vegetables that you plundered. Take these back, boil the vegetables and rice with water and make a paste. Add some minced meat and stew it for the child to eat. He has been hungry for several days. It will take a long time to eat solid food directly. It killed him. This amount was enough for him to eat for several days. We will go look for supplies soon.
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