The next day, the people in Tongbufang left the base to look for food despite the obstruction of the guards at the door. A meal of gruel was simply not enough to satisfy their hunger. The mutated rats in S City became their primary target this time.
At night, the rain gradually became lighter. Someone in the villa area was robbed and robbed. The robbers were people living in the small building. They were no longer able to pay the rent of the small building. They had to pay half of the rent when they went out to look for food. There was no way. Law to survive.
Even if they go out, there's no telling whether they can find food. Who knows if there are big scary mutant rats out there. So between accepting their fate and going out to try their luck, they chose robbery.
Hatred of the rich existed before the apocalypse, and even worse after the apocalypse, especially in a state of hunger!
People in Tongbufang are like beggars in the apocalypse at the base. They had tried mutated rat meat before, and it was not unpalatable. It was even very fragrant when cooked. They live the most inferior life in the apocalypse, but they dare to try more than anyone in the base. Death is just that to them, not to mention that going out to find food does not mean they will definitely die.
Just like now, two men wearing tattered cotton clothes were squatting and even tracking from the mutant rat holes outside the base, and finally arrived in the city after more than two hours.
When they are thirsty, they raise their heads and open their mouths to drink some rainwater; when they are hungry, they raise their heads and open their mouths to drink some rainwater.
dirty? This is their fate, why should they be afraid of being dirty?
Does rain make people sick? Their broken and hungry bodies must stay alive to find food as long as they don't die.
Finally, a nest of baby rats was found in a pothole washed out by rain.
The two of them lay on the ground and scrambled to take out the baby rats from the hole and stuff them into their mouths one by one. Each chew will prompt the young rat to squeak. Their struggle is the only thing left with dignity for them in the last days.
A litter of more than ten baby rats entered the stomachs of two people in less than three minutes. But the delicious taste of fresh baby rats makes their interpretation of hunger more profound. One litter is not enough!
Moreover, they were not the only people in Tongpu District who followed the mutated Shushu Road, and soon someone approached. Seeing the butter-like liquid around their mouths, their eyes instantly turned red.
On a street, the team looking for mutant rats has changed from two people to four people. It is believed that more people will join the team soon.
Although the rain has become lighter, the road surface has become prone to collapse due to the holes dug by the mutant rats. Soon, as the four people continued to search on the ground, a whole piece of the ground collapsed. The sunken ground continued to collapse and stopped at a sewer.
The four of them looked at each other, opened the cover of the sewer and climbed down.
The sewer was originally a paradise for rats before the apocalypse. Now that the four of them were facing the food they were about to receive, they sped up even more. Especially the two who just ate a nest of baby rats. Their fast pace didn't look like they were enduring at all. People who have been hungry for more than two months.
But soon, a branch appeared at the bottom of the sewer outlet, and there were two roads. Both roads were so dark that it was difficult to see any surroundings. So the two of them moved separately to the left and right, marching into the darkness.
The two people on the forked road on the left had only been walking for a few minutes when they heard a familiar sound of footsteps. The footsteps touched their hungry nerves in the dark night and seemed particularly loud in the tunnel. Their eyes lit up and they stepped forward faster. Suddenly, a pair of blood-red rat eyes in front of them looked at them less than ten meters away. The next second, the pair of blood-red rat eyes were close at hand, and bit one of them, dragging that person back. .
"ah!"
The man's hoarse screams, accompanied by the sound of rolling stones falling in the rat track, made the legs of the man who stayed where he was weak, and his survival instinct made him immediately turn around and run away.
However, the dense rat eyes behind him were looking at him from the ground.
It's a group of mutant rats! They rushed over and jumped on the man's body in order, biting into the rare rat food. Before the man could scream, he was drowned by the swarm of rats. In just half an hour, an adult was chewed down to a skeleton.
The man who escaped was not much better. The mutated rat dragging him was huge, and rocks of various sizes falling from the crowded tunnel hit him. Just as his head was covered in blood from being smashed, the clothes underneath his body were torn apart due to the drag of the mutant rat, and the flesh on his back was bruised and bruised.
Finally, the mutant rat stopped. The man only felt a pain in his neck, and warm blood instantly flowed out of his neck. He knew his life was slipping away. At this moment, his only wish before death was that his blood could flow faster. Otherwise, feeling his body gradually losing temperature and looking at those blood-red eyes in fear would be more terrifying than letting him die directly. .
The two people in the other tunnel seemed to be very lucky, but the further they walked, the more they felt something was wrong. Not only did the tunnel become narrower, but the surrounding air gradually became thinner.
Both of them clearly felt that the tunnel was gradually extending downward.
They tried their best to endure the thin air and walked into the tunnel as fast as possible.
The feet became increasingly wet, and the shallow water gradually soaked their shoes and socks.
The inside of the tunnel gradually became shorter, and the two had to lower their bodies to pass forward. It's short and narrow, and the air is thin. It's difficult for the two of them to even talk to each other now. They have been walking for who knows how long. If they go back, they don't know if they still have the strength to return to the ground.
In the end, the two of them had no strength, so they lay down on the ground of the tunnel and drank the water on the ground. This stagnant water does not have the alkaline astringent smell of the rain outside, but is instead a bit sweet.
They couldn't see anything in the water in the dark tunnel, but they accidentally inhaled a slippery object while drinking water. But for them, what else is not allowed to eat? The greasy object is a little fishy in the mouth, but the taste is actually better than that of a baby mouse. So while continuing to drink water, I groped and pulled on both sides with my hands. When I touched the greasy object again, I stuffed it directly into my mouth.
As they ate and drank like this, the two of them gradually regained their little energy. Although they were still hungry, they at least had the motivation to move forward. The objects in the water can be eaten, so there may be food to satisfy your hunger further forward. Even if it’s not a mutant rat!
Finally, in an extremely hypoxic environment, they saw the light ahead.
The light and shadow are mottled, making the exit in front look like there is a bright light. Where there is light, there is an exit! But even though they knew the exit was right ahead, the two of them still walked for a long time before finally reaching the location where the light and shadow appeared.
The water in front of them was sparkling, reflecting the light on the surrounding rock walls, allowing them to vaguely see the environment in front of them.
This is a very wide pool. The water in the pool is very clear and you can see the creatures swimming in it.
The river outside the base has been frozen, and they can't cut through the ice to catch fish. But the water pool here is not frozen, and the surrounding temperature is obviously much higher than the outside world.
The fourth update is here, babies!
There is one more update
(End of chapter)
