August 14th, noon 12 o’clock.
Only 6 hours left before the Big Camphor Tree Base closes its city gates.
On the outdoor concrete pavent, the ground temperature under the midday sun reaches an extrely terrifying level: 80 degrees!
Since killing a few people yesterday, the residents of the Second Outer City Residential Building have beco sowhat afraid upon seeing Li Yu, turning much quieter.
On the wall.
Li Yu, thinking about the tasks he had previously assigned, asked Li Tie by his side:
"Is the coal all taken care of? With this kind of high heat, spontaneous combustion can easily occur, and we must handle the cooling process properly."
"It’s all been taken care of. Second Uncle said we can’t use water, so we laid down so asbestos sheets, and then arranged the storage by divided areas... There shouldn’t be any problems now."
Li Yu instructed again: "It’s too hot now; fires are very likely. Both inside and outside the base, we must be vigilant about fire prevention."
"Understood."
....
The scorching sun beat down on the earth, drying up grass and rivers. The whole natural environnt has turned desiccated and yellow as if seared by the intense heat.
The once lush forests are now shedding a lot of leaves, continuously quivering as if lanting their own withering.
The mountains no longer stand majestic and spectacular, becoming sowhat desolate.
The previously verdant grasslands are now just patches of withered yellow stubble, making a "squeaking" sound under the scorching sun.
In so unseen corners.
A large number of animals have died, with only so tenacious creatures still struggling to survive.
They all lay on the ground exhausted, panting hot air with open mouths.
Birds no longer sing; they rely curl up on branches, silently waiting for death’s arrival.
The whole world has beco lifeless, filled with despair and desolation.
....
In the north of Xin City.
A convoy was rushing towards this area at high speed.
Dong Tai, who was in the car, looked at Ju Tianrui, still unconscious, with concern flashing in his eyes. Although he was as anxious as ants on a hot pan, he still needed to maintain calm thinking.
Ju Tianrui had told him that the more critical the mont, the calr one must be.
Suppressing his emotions, he said to the driver: "How much farther?"
"Only forty kiloters. At the current speed, we can reach Xin City in less than half an hour."
"Good!" Dong Tai nodded.
As they were about to arrive at Xin City.
Dong Tai suddenly saw two vehicles coming head-on towards them.
He imdiately said to the driver: "Stop the car, honk the horn, and tell the oncoming vehicles to stop."
Then he unbuckled his seat belt, got out of the car quickly, and signaled for the several vehicles following behind him to stop as well to intercept the two oncoming cars.
On the other side.
Zhu Xiao and others were rushing from Xin City in an extre hurry, heading towards the Big Camphor Tree Base, and they ran into the team headed to Xin City, including Ju Tianrui.
......
An hour ago, Zhu Xiao and his team had just returned to Xin City from another place.
A couple of days ago, Uncle and others were spreading ssages around Xin City, while they were collecting supplies in another city and missed the news.
When they returned to Xin City, they found that so other extra staff groups from the Big Camphor Tree, who they could usually get in touch with easily, were unreachable.
Just when Zhu Xiao didn’t know what to do, soone in the squad discovered a ssage written with charcoal at the entrance of their station:
"Hurry to Big Camphor Tree Base to avoid the high temperatures, three days limit."
——Xiao Hu, left on the 11th.
"Zhu Xiao, co and look. There’s a ssage left by Brother Hu."
Zhu Xiao, carrying a huge axe, ca over slowly.
He was a professional MMA and armored fighting athlete from within the country, weighing over 200 kilograms, two ters tall, a human-shaped beast.
When the apocalypse had just descended, he was alone at the airport waiting for a flight, ready to go abroad with his teammates for an armored fighting competition.
Nobody expected the apocalypse to break out, with the airport becoming a disaster zone. But thanks to his armored equipnt and robust physical fitness, he miraculously escaped with his life.
However, after passing through dangerous areas on foot to find his parents, he discovered that both his parents had died at the hands of zombies.
After his breakdown, still wearing the full armor, he killed dozens of zombies on one street.
When even more zombies surged towards him, he encountered a friend from the sa neighborhood who pulled him away, avoiding the Zombie Tide.
Later, Zhu Xiao gathered so friends from his hotown, trekking long distances, and upon passing Gan City, he t Xiao Hu, who was in Jiefang City, and they hit it off right away.
Then Jiefang City collapsed.
In the freezing weather, both Xiao Hu and Zhu Xiao’s teams struggled to survive.
Later on, Xiao Hu heard about a cooperation with the Big Camphor Tree Base and joined in. After discovering that indeed food could be traded, he inford Zhu Xiao.
Zhu Xiao later also joined the cooperation with the Big Camphor Tree Base.
As ti passed, both earned points and contributions, becoming a part of the extra staff of the Big Camphor Tree Base.
Being newcors, their team number was at the end, Group Nine.
...
In Zhu Xiao’s vehicle, the driver was the friend who had initially pulled him away from the Zombie Tide instead of confronting it.
The two were childhood friends, also classmates in elentary school, and lived in the sa residential area. After the outbreak of the apocalypse, both of their parents died in the Zombie Tide.
So, their relationship was not that of blood brothers but was stronger than that of brothers.
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