Bai Zhi nodded slightly. From the end of the world to the present, she can be as rational and calm as possible when encountering problems, which is entirely due to the strict training in the past.
"Grandpa, what did he... say to you?" Bai Zhi asked.
"He didn't say anything until he died, and no one believed him, right?" Gu Tianbai smiled bitterly. If his grandfather had told him before his death that the apocalypse would come in two years and that his brothers and sisters would have supernatural powers, he would definitely not believe it.
Bai Zhi thought for a while and asked, "Where are all grandpa's books?"
"I pretended to burn it." Gu Tianbai said: "Grandpa knows you are thinking about this. Your study room in your new home is like a library. I put all the books there. I originally wanted to get you some books when I go back this time. Yes, my uncle said that places with many people are unreliable, and we might all have to go back in a month or two, so he didn’t let me take it."
"So they don't want to come?" Bai Zhi frowned. She felt that District 1 was still very safe. Judging from her experience in the past ten days, a few people can only be temporarily safe if they hide. No matter how powerful individual abilities are, they are not as powerful as collective power. The mutation speed of animals is too fast, and the strength of a few people alone cannot compete with the mutated animals that eat everything. If you want to live a safe life, you still have to move closer to a place with a lot of people.
"They don't have special powers. They are afraid that they will drag us down if they come. The old house is very safe and there is nothing missing." Gu Tianbai also frowned. District 1 seemed peaceful on the surface, but in fact there were not many struggles. "And whether I can stand firm in District 1 is also a problem. The three of us can leave as soon as we want, but my parents are more worried."
"Yeah." Bai Zhi lowered her head to sort out the form. Gu Tianbai ignored Bai Wei when he mentioned his family, which made her sad. Pregnant Bai Wei cannot leave Wang Chengpeng either emotionally or rationally, and Wang Chengpeng has been trying to regain control of her. The most sensible thing for her to do now is to ignore Bai Wei for the time being. She could act rationally, but she couldn't suppress her feelings. She felt sad for Bai Wei and hated Wang Chengpeng extremely. Her powers are powerful, but she still can't do anything.
Bai Zhi decided to find an opportunity to take a pill from the new box.
When Yue Dongting came back, he brought some bad news. There were about 10,000 survivors of City A who had recently arrived safely in Shanghai. The men were stranded in makeshift camps outside the city for several days. District 5 quietly selected the doctors, skilled craftsmen and strong men among them, and sent the remaining seven to eight thousand people here. Taking in survivors is not the problem, the problem is District 1’s attitude and stance.
"Brother Chen and the others probably don't know about this yet." Yue Dongting said distressedly: "Thousands of people are outside now. The friends I met just now came in through finding connections. Brother Gu, do you think we can do this unconditionally?" The collection?"
"I accept it unconditionally." Gu Tianbai smiled, "City A is not close to Shanghai City, and everyone who can reach it alive has two shabu-shabu. These people are much more useful than those who ran away from the next few districts."
"They picked away the most useful people. This is a way of throwing away the burden." Yue Dongting pounded the table, "District 5 is not playing nice."
"How can we show our brother Chen is kind without them being unkind." Gu Tianbai said: "You will be scolded whether you accept it or not, so why not be more relaxed and arrange for personnel to receive it immediately. We will divert people on site and prioritize those with skills. We can still pick as many as possible. A few came out.”
"Suddenly, there were seven or eight thousand more people, and the basement was not enough." Bai Zhi smiled, "Brother Chen pretended to be a bully again and was chased and intercepted by the old comrades."
Yue Dongting took the folder that Gu Tianbai gave him and left before leaving: "The better the treatment these professional backers get, the faster they will be eliminated."
Bai Zhi looked at the direction Yue Dongting went out without saying anything. Yue Dongting was taking the opportunity to vent his anger, but he was actually talking about Aunt Yue.
After the robbery of District 19, the non-staple food rations in District 1 were richer than before. The supply policy was tilted towards combat troops and minors, and the ration standards for civilians and family members did not improve much. After moving to the family dormitory, the living standards of Aunt Yue and her daughter plummeted. She came to Yue Dongting the day before yesterday and expressed her family's good wishes to move back and help in the kitchen. Xiao Yan came to the rescue and said that there were benefits for the family members of the team, and brought out two boxes of cans and a bag of rice for her. Aunt Yue was so happy that she spilled the beans, saying that the matchmaker was still waiting for her and asked Xiao Yan to send her things back. Yue Dongting was very angry.
Will Yue Dongting give up on his sisters like her third brother gave up on Bai Wei? Bai Zhi bit her pen and thought deeply. There are many women in District 1, but the absolute number of men is more. Most of the jobs are for men, and there are very few employed women. There were dozens of staff in the outer office lobby, including her, and there were only five women in total.
Bai Zhi sighed, looked down at the housing inspection report in the residential area, estimated the labor hours and materials needed to repair the doors and windows, took out the form and filled in the documents to write the work dispatch order and material requisition list.
Gu Tianbai walked around the office hall outside, and the clerk responsible for counting the new population handed him the printed census form. Among the people who came to City A, there were only more than 500 women and more than 100 children. Most of the team that insisted on bringing women and children had not completed the journey from City A to Shanghai. Gu Tianbai silently put this statistical table into the folder and put it together with the previous tables.
In the evening, Gu Tianbai showed several statistical tables to Brother-in-law Chen and said, "Based on this data, it is no longer suitable for women to leave District 1 to work."
Gu Tianbai said it very implicitly, but Brother-in-law Chen understood what he meant. Brother-in-law Chen flipped through these forms for a few minutes and said with a wry smile: "If you give me your data during the meeting today, I won't have to quarrel with them. It has been decided that in principle lesbians are not allowed to leave1 District. Xiaoqiu, you have a meeting tonight to announce that those who are caught on the spot will be shot on the spot. By the way, you also have to recruit people to go on duty with the gendarmerie in residential areas. We will discuss with Captain Song tomorrow morning about the details of the recruitment."
"I know." Hai Fengqiu agreed with a dark face, "After clearing the town, our team is going to the port yard. Brother-in-law, don't be in a hurry to assign us a new mission."
"Are you going to the port again?" Brother-in-law Chen said, "All the people in District 2 have been withdrawn. It is no longer safe there."
"I'm going because I heard they had withdrawn." Haifengqiu said, "When I went there last time, there were still steel and cement in the yard. How about we go get these things back?"
"Didn't District 2 move these things? You go tomorrow!" Brother-in-law Chen folded the form and put it in his pocket. "As much as you want, bring Ganlin with you. Do you have any questions?"
Hai Fengqiu glanced at Bai Zhi and said, "Not tomorrow, but the day after tomorrow. Gan Lin's problem is actually very big. She only has spatial powers and no ability to protect herself. Our team cannot take her with us."
"You have to show her importance!" Brother-in-law Chen knocked on the table, "Whenever your sister is at home, the women of the Sha family will cry with her, trying to fish out the sweet rain. If you continue to make noise, your sister will fall out with the Sha family. The stability and unity of family members is very important.”
"Bring Ganlin to Qingcheng Town tomorrow to try." Haifengqiu looked at Lu Lei and said, "Lu Lei, do you want to take a day off tomorrow?"
"Can you send me a farther mission tomorrow?" Lu Lei smiled bitterly, "My mother cried, made trouble, and hanged herself. I couldn't handle it."
"Tomorrow I will accompany Bai Zhi to Residential Area No. 2. She wants to find out the situation, so we just happen to be together." Zhang Tianzhao took the initiative to create opportunities for Lu Lei to evade.
There is only a barbed wire fence around Residential Area No. 2, which includes two residential areas with underground garages, a 200-meter-long commercial street and dozens of old-fashioned multi-story residential buildings. The advance engineering team has already begun work, clearing the green belt of the community, laying cement on the bare land, sealing all sewers, building garbage incineration tanks, and renovating public toilets.
Bai Zhi read it very carefully. She stayed at Residential Area No. 2 until three or four o'clock in the afternoon and then came back. She filled out a thick stack of forms. Gu Tianbai took the form and flipped through it for about ten minutes, then called her to hold a working meeting with the relevant departments. .
Gu Tianbai's analysis and reporting of survey data has been highly recognized and praised by relevant departments. Brother-in-law Chen, who came in temporarily and listened for a while, knew that this investigation was done by Bai Zhi, and he kept looking at Bai Zhi.
When the meeting was over, Hai Fengqiu and the others came back. Dozens of loaded trucks were parked in the square outside the large canteen. Gan Lin, who looked pale, could not stand firmly, and two soldiers supported her.
She took out boxes of quilt covers in a corner of the square. After taking out more than a dozen boxes, she fainted. Several Sha family members rushed to help her up and took her away. Hai Fengqiu had no reaction at all when she was taken away by the Sha family. She raised her voice and shouted: "Chief, we have brought back dozens of trucks of quick-frozen dumplings. Do you want to distribute them?"
Brother-in-law Chen sighed and went over to talk to Haifengqiu. Soon Brother-in-law Chen announced that dumplings would be distributed and asked everyone to notify each other and immediately bring the supplies to the canteen to collect them.
Zhang Tianzhao looked at the happy crowd, smiled, turned around and left. Bai Zhi left with him without saying a word. Gan Lin didn't want to be controlled by the Sha family, and the Sha family also wanted to control her. Gan Lin wants freedom or more, and the fight with the Sha family has just begun. Gan Lin's matter has nothing to do with Zhang Tianzhao and Bai Zhi now.
Before the light ball arrived at night, Xiaoqi asked Haifengqiu with a scientific attitude: "Are there any restrictions on the use of Ganlin's space power?"
"She can't collect unlimited supplies. I asked her to collect about a hundred boxes of sheets, quilt covers, etc., and she ran out of powers and fell into a coma. I won't mention all the troubles she made when she woke up." Haifengqiu shook his head again. , Gan Lin inherited Old Man Sha’s character, but not his abilities. “She keeps trying to persuade me and push me in the direction she wants, which is very annoying.”
Yue Dongting smiled at Bai Zhi and asked her, "What would you do if you were her?"
Bai Zhi shook her head. If she were in Gan Lin's position, she wouldn't know what to do. And if she wanted to say something at this time, it would be a bit unkind, so it would be better not to say anything.
"If it were my fifth sister, she wouldn't come to Area 1." Xiao Qi said cheerfully, "I guess she would hold a kitchen knife and hide somewhere to chop down zombies and collect supplies."
"The space is quite large, but of no use, and she is so focused on making the decision. The laboratory is suitable for her. She is willing to cooperate with whatever she wants to study herself." Haifengqiu was really not interested in girls like Gan Lin, so he smiled and said to Zhang Tianzhao : "What do your family think, finding a girl like this for you to go on a blind date?"
"I have a good family background, I'm beautiful, I have a sweet mouth, and I like my mother." Zhang Tianzhao said frankly, "Everything you can see from the outside is an advantage. In order to take care of my mother's emotions, it took me a little longer to get rid of her. "
Senior sister never bothered to explain before. Is this a benefit of being a girlfriend? Bai Zhi lowered her head and played with her fingers, feeling happy and trying to keep an expressionless expression.
"Let me talk about business. There will be no light balls tomorrow night. Bai Zhi will join us tomorrow. Yue Dongting will stay behind and Yun Lai will lead the team. Zhang Tianzhao and Bai Zhi will go directly to the port." Haifengqiu said: "The road is easier now, we will go at night You should be able to come back.”
In the past few days, everyone's superpowers have been changing every day. Even Sun Heping's second superpower, cigarette lighting fireball, left the fire superpowers other than the first team far behind. The three of them went out, and no one had anything to worry about.
The road to the port was not as easy as they imagined. On the road from Shanghai to District 1, there were many cars heading towards District 1. As we approached Shanghai, more and more survivors were dragging their families and carrying luggage, and the road was crowded. The artillery unit of Area 4 carried out shelling on Area 11 across the river. The rumbling explosions never stopped.
Haifengqiu took a detour and drove the car to the port yard. He pointed at the mountains of containers and said, "I wanted to move the last time I came here. District 2 has a good relationship with us. They are guarding me and they are too embarrassed to do anything." . They evacuated but not moved, I think we can move a little bit."
Compared to the tens of thousands of containers in the entire yard, they can only take away a little. Hai Fengqiu drove around the yard and eliminated several mutant animals.
Haifengqiu took out the RV and arranged for Bai Zhi to prepare hot food. He began to conduct targeted and brutal raids, entering the gang territory as frequently as every half an hour. Bai Zhi took the time to take a look at the gang warehouse. The upgraded gang warehouse system was very powerful, and the contents of the containers were marked in each box. Their main products are drinking water, biscuits and various convenience foods, as well as large quantities of imported wheat, rice and salt. Bai Zhi also discovered things like cigarettes and liquor. There are only a dozen boxes of these materials in each grid. It may not be enough to supply the entire district, but it will definitely be no problem to supply the entire superpower brigade.
Hai Fengqiu and Zhang Tianzhao searched most of the yard and filled more than 200 grids of two warehouses with various types of materials. Then they turned to materials needed in Area 1 such as steel and bulk cement.
Bai Zhi has been working hard at cooking. Stocking up on hot food is essential. There was definitely no way to finish moving the container. She was already full of energy and could easily sneak out. It was impossible not to fight mutant animals. She also had space in her backpack for various materials.
After lunch, they walked not far from the storage yard when they saw a long line of motorcade driving towards the storage yard. Haifengqiu glanced at it for a while and said, "The people from District 2 are here to move the containers. They move quickly enough."
"Have you figured out how to take out the containers we collected?" Zhang Tianzhao asked him.
Hai Fengqiu said nonchalantly, "When we go back, we will find a bigger place to take down the building materials at once, and we won't take out anything else for the time being. Lao Li, who is in charge of material distribution, is from the Sha family, and he will be stuck more and more tightly in the future. "
"The Sha family doesn't even have anyone who can do anything in District 1. Why are they blocking you so hard?" Bai Zhi was curious.
"The one who is good at it squats in District 4. He almost became my brother-in-law. In fact, he is a good person, but he is very ambitious. He wants to squeeze several districts into his hands and then eat District 5." Haifengqiu said: "Ignore him, let's go to the beach and take a look. I heard that Area 2 was withdrawn from the port because of the sudden appearance of a black mutant sea beast, which is very invulnerable. It would be nice if it was the one we killed Qingjiang last time."
They walked along the seashore for several kilometers and finally discovered the first group of black mutated sea beasts, which were completely different from the magical animals they killed last time. There are more than ten mutant beasts in this group, and they are about the same size as mutant rats. They chase and play on the beach, and sometimes rush into the sea water with floating ice.
Zhang Tianzhao very carefully lured a mutated beast out. The defense of this mutated animal, which is said to be invulnerable, is indeed very high. Zhang Tianzhao's ice pick cannot break their skin at all, but Hai Fengqiu's gold-type superpower is very effective in damaging them, and it is not easy to kill them. difficulty. Bai Zhi touched the body and found a piece of sea lion skin, which was extremely soft in texture.
There is no new formula, but the original fanny pack formula has been changed. Two pieces of sea lion skin, cowhide and horn can make a fanny pack with a capacity of four cubic meters. Bai Zhi told about the four-cubic pocket bag, and Hai Fengqiu was very happy. Although four cubic meters is not big, it is not difficult to find mutant sea lions. They are everywhere near the port. There can be nearly a hundred in a large group and a dozen or twenty in a small group. It's completely possible for them to take a spin when Bai Zhi's energy is full.
They kept searching for this mutated beast at the beach until Bai Zhi saved more than a hundred pieces of skin and only had a quarter of her strength left.
There are always motorcades coming and going on the road near the yard. It seems that District 2 is using all the strength of the district to transport supplies. Haifengqiu squatted in the distance and watched for a long time, and concluded that either District 2 was encountering difficulties in supplying supplies, or District 5 and District 2, which had most of the supplies, had fallen out with each other and refused to provide supplies to District 2.
On their way back, they caught up with the convoy of evacuated family members in District 2. When evacuating family members in Zone 2, they were gathering survivors who were walking all the way. The convoy moved very slowly, and the people on the road were all soldiers who gave up space in the car. Haifengqiu parked the car next to two soldiers who were resting on the roadside and waved them into the car.
The two soldiers looked very tired and got into the car without hesitation. Zhang Tianzhao handed them the thermos kettle, and Haifengqiu talked to them one after another. The two soldiers were very polite and cautious, and could not say anything except to express their gratitude. Haifengqiu asked where to send them, and their answer was to follow the convoy.
When the convoy was taking a break, Bai Zhi, who had been silent in the passenger seat, got out of the car and moved around, startling the two soldiers in the back seat. They stared at Bai Zhi nervously and breathed a sigh of relief when it was confirmed that Bai Zhi was not being held hostage. A soldier with a more outspoken temper said to Haifengqiu who was staying in the car: "You are running around with such a beautiful girl, and you just pick up people in the car. How brave you are."
"What? There are still people robbing girls now?" Haifengqiu was surprised. Although District 1 issued a kill order, as of this morning, the gendarmerie had only dealt with a few petty thefts and had not discovered anything unpleasant. . Area 2 is a complete combat force, and the discipline will only be stricter than that of Area 1, which is mainly focused on scientific research.
"In our high school, more than thirty female students were lost at one time the day before yesterday. The leaders were strangled to death by their families." The soldier yawned, "After searching for three days and two nights, nothing was found. Today, at noon, they were lost again. There are more than 20 people, all girls. The leaders don’t want to live anymore. Come on, move. You three dare to run outside. Do you have special powers? Our superpower team in District 2 has been recruiting people. You go Try it?"
"We live in District 1, and we came out to see relatives today." Haifengqiu said, "Are you going to District 1?"
"District 1?" The soldier was excited. "District 1 is open to letting people go?"
"No." Haifengqiu shook his head, "The residential area established in District 1 accepts residents. Are you not going to the residential area?"
"I heard that there is only one residential area occupied by District 4." The soldier sighed, "We didn't say anything. We must find a place by ourselves."
"All the places suitable for residential areas near District 1 have been occupied by barbed wire fences." Hai Fengqiu looked at the long queue of motorcades outside and shouted to the two people standing on the roadside: "Bai Zhi, what's the current situation in Residential Area No. 2? "
"The infrastructure should have been completed. The work plan is to repair the doors and windows tonight. My third brother will stay there until dawn." Bai Zhi looked up at the leading car in the distance, "It should be able to accommodate it. But the daily necessities will be provided tonight Not on."
"You know where your leader is? Take me to find him." Hai Fengqiu dragged the soldier away. The remaining soldier scratched his head and talked to Zhang Tianzhao: "You look quite like someone from District 1. That one just now What for?"
"Our head." Zhang Tianzhao opened the car door and sat in the driver's seat, asking the soldier who started talking, "Did you lose the people at once or one by one?"
"You call the girl back to the car first. I'm scared if she stands outside." The soldier was very kind-hearted and was very worried about Bai Zhi standing alone on the roadside.
"It's okay, there are many people outside." Zhang Tianzhao was reminded by his uncle in a veiled way and he understood what was going on. The smell of Angelica dahurica also returned to normal. He was now unusually relaxed.
"Just cry if you throw it away." The soldier's eyes never left Bai Zhi, "There is no such thing as shame. If you throw such a beautiful girl on the roadside, someone will pick it up before it hits the ground. Oh, here we come."
A tough man with a dagger tied to his calf got out of the car parked ten meters ahead. He looked to be close to thirty years old. He is not ugly, Zhang Tianzhao thinks this guy looks more pleasing to the eye than Haifengqiu. He walked up to Bai Zhi, blocked the passenger door, put his elbows on the door, and asked cheerfully: "Sister, are you short of long-term meal tickets?"
