The sky is slightly bright.
Chi Yue put away the remaining furniture in the master bedroom, put on her backpack, and left with Wen Qizhou a home full of memories.
They walked to the corridor on the 11th floor, inflated the assault boat, installed the seat and engine, then took out a bundle of nylon ropes, tied one end to the assault boat and the other to the handrail of the stairs, and hoisted it down through the window of the corridor. .
After making sure there were no crocodiles around, they grabbed the rope and climbed over the window, leaning their toes against the wall of the building and slowly descending.
The sudden flood flooded the eighth floor, and garbage floated in the turbid water, giving off a pungent smell.
Chi Yue got on the boat and almost retched from the smell. She tightened the ties of her mask, endured the discomfort and untied the nylon rope, and took out her binoculars to look at the nearby situation.
Wherever I looked, everything was normal.
"Qizhou." She freed up one hand and grasped the safety rope on the left side of the hull: "Let's speed up and leave the city center first."
"Okay." Wen Qizhou, who was sitting opposite her, controlled the assault boat and drove out of the community according to visible landmarks.
The engine of the assault boat makes very little noise. It is difficult to hear it from two meters away and the sound does not attract anyone's attention.
Waves of water rose up from the stern of the boat, startling the flies hovering above the garbage and waving their wings to fly to another place.
Wen Qizhou avoided the billboards, bicycles, wardrobes and other items floating on the water, and drove steadily out of the devastated urban area at a speed of 40km/h.
Once you leave a familiar environment, it is difficult to find landmarks to identify the road. You can only rely on a compass and a map to move forward.
When he reached the flooded highway, he spotted an orange assault boat: "Yueyue, there is a boat ahead."
Chi Yue turned around and took a look.
The lens of the telescope captured the captain's people and the stacked luggage. It looked like there was no threat, and she felt a little relieved.
They did not deliberately catch up with the ship, but the people on the ship had already noticed them, reduced their speed and waited ahead.
"Brothers." There were two men and two women on the boat. One of them, a handsome young man, put his head towards Wen Qizhou and waved his hands twice. He raised his smile and said, "Where are you going?"
He and his three companions were in good spirits and neatly dressed. It was clear from a glance that they had not endured hardship in recent times.
Hearing Qizhou: "Lincheng."
"What a coincidence! So are we." The young man was obviously talkative, so he told them their situation without asking.
He and the girl wearing glasses next to him are brother and sister. They went to Lincheng this time to find their parents who work in Lincheng.
The other two people were his friends. They had just come down from Nanshan and decided to leave together when they met him on the road.
Hearing him mention Nanshan, Chi Yue's eyes fell on the two of them, and she said in a warm voice: "How is the situation in Nanshan?"
The girl with long curly chestnut hair said: "The order is not bad, there are few robbers, but the living environment is not good."
"The few houses on the top of the mountain are all occupied by residents near Nanshan. When we went there, we could only live in caves."
"At least ten people have to be crammed into a cave. It's noisy every day, the air is bad, and there are a lot of bugs and snakes."
She pursed her lips and complained.
As if thinking of the pain of being bitten by mosquitoes, she picked up the toilet water in her pocket and sprayed it all over her body.
"Isn't it normal to have bugs?" The ignored young man expressed his opinion seriously: "Safety is the most important thing now! At least you won't be worried in Nanshan, right?"
"That's true." The curly-haired woman shook the bottle and sprayed it again. Suddenly she remembered to ask, "Why didn't you go up the mountain at that time?"
"We overslept."
"..."Talent.
Seeing that he was talking about his mental journey again, Chi Yue asked Wen Qizhou to speed up and said goodbye to them on the grounds of being in a hurry.
The distance between the two ships gradually widened.
Compared with the hurried mode of the four people "touring around the mountains and rivers", the boats they encountered in front seemed much more urgent, and they seemed to be participating in a competition, with each boat faster than the other.
They no longer stopped, no longer talked to anyone, and while remaining vigilant, they controlled the ship and moved forward.
"Bang──"
A loud noise suddenly sounded.
A corpse floating in the front left appeared to be a giant, and it exploded unexpectedly in the turbid water.
The exploded human tissue splashed onto the boat closest to the body, causing the people sitting on the boat to collapse and scream.
"Don't look back." Wen Qizhou, who had witnessed the whole process, stopped the assault boat to remind Chi Yue.
Seeing such a scene for the first time, he was so disgusted that his stomach was churning, and he couldn't help but bend his back and retch for a while.
Chi Yue didn't care to look back.
She unscrewed the cap of the mineral water bottle, leaned forward a little and fed him a few sips of water, then placed her palm on his back and patted him gently.
When he calmed down, she took out a tissue and wiped his lips with concern, "Is your stomach still uncomfortable?"
"much better."
Wen Qizhou took a deep breath.
He rubbed the top of Chi Yue's hair, covered the back of her hand and told her to hold on to the safety rope and continue moving forward without looking away.
Passing by the area where there was a violent explosion, Chi Yue glanced at the water surface and the people affected with her peripheral vision, and instantly understood what made Wen Qizhou sick to the point of vomiting.
The limbs and organs exploded into pieces would really make people uncomfortable. Even if she had seen it twice, it would be difficult to look at it directly again.
She looked away, feeling the warm breeze blowing around her, and concentrated on observing the situation behind Wen Qizhou.
Fortunately, no ferocious aquatic animals were encountered along the way, nor did a second exploding giant corpse appear.
It’s just─
When they drove 320 kilometers and were about to refuel again, they suddenly saw rolling mountains in the distance.
Where there is a mountain, there must be a tunnel.
But after days of heavy rain and flooding, the tunnel leading to Lincheng must have been flooded.
Whether to advance or retreat is entirely up to them.
"Qizhou." Chi Yue looked at the mountains and handed the choice to Wen Qizhou: "Which one do you choose, detour or mountain climbing?"
"Climb the mountain." Instead of spending time looking for a second way, it's better to just climb the mountain.
Wen Qizhou raised his wrist slightly and glanced at the hour hand that was about to point to four on the dial: "We can just spend the night in the mountain."
It’s not safe to drive in the dark.
Their original plan was to find a residential building to stay for one night, but now that the mountain was in front of them, there was no need to bother.
Chi Yue nodded: "Okay."
She asked Wen Qizhou to stay away from other boats and people who had not yet made a decision, and find a hidden mountain road through the telescope.
They approached the mountain road, stepped over the bow of the boat and stepped on the mud, then dragged the Zodiac into the shade of a tree and put it into space.
Then, hold the trekking pole and go up the mountain.
On the way up the mountain, we often encounter snakes and insects. Wen Qizhou, who was walking in front, pushed away the green snake that crawled to his feet and turned around to ask Chi Yue.
"Yueyue, have you ever eaten snake meat?"
"I've had it a few times."
"How does it taste?"
"It's not bad." Chi Yue stopped, took a sip of water and took a break: "Its meat is very tight, a bit like a bullfrog."
