“What the hell is this place? How will you take us back?”
“Is the country doing some kind of experiment and we have become guinea pigs?”
“Come, help, my husband is injured, who will save him!”
“It’s almost ten o’clock, I have to pick up my daughter from tutoring class, when can we go back? Why is there no signal on the phone?”
“Aaaahhh!! This man next to me is dying, ambulance, ambulance!! The police are here, why hasn’t the ambulance arrived?”
“I hit my waist, it hurts like hell, where is the doctor, help me…”
“…”
Nearly a thousand people panicked, so Tan Yan’s voice was only heard by a few people in front, and the rest were still crying. People from the supernatural team tried to control the scene, but these people were so panicked that they couldn’t listen to other people’s words.
Tan Yan’s face turned pale, and even after shouting a few times, he could only comfort a few people around him, and the others couldn’t hear it at all. There are also people trying to run out of the supermarket. On this dark night, no one knows what the outside world is like, and they don’t even know the appearance of the passengers in the subway. Once they run out, there is no way to save them.
Seeing Tan Yan showing an unprecedentedly anxious and vulnerable expression, Liang Xian jumped onto the subway with a cold face, ran to the highest position, picked up the machine gun, and pointed at the ceiling with a ‘bang, bang, bang’, the sound of gunfire made everyone scream, at this moment they heard a voice rang out in the supermarket: “Everyone, be quiet!”
The crowd instantly fell silent, and looked up blankly at the person standing tall on the subway.
Liang Xian held a transparent speaker in his hand that was invisible to others and said loudly: “Time is running out, I’ll just say it once, listen up! We are the People’s Liberation Army1人民解放軍 Rénmín jiěfàngjūn: People’s Liberation Army (PLA)., we are here to rescue everyone. Don’t worry about your family, the organization is now actively contacting your family members. Now you have strayed into a space where danger is everywhere, you must obey the command, if one person does not obey the order, it may prevent everyone from going back. Now divide into groups immediately, four people who are not injured stand in a row on the left, leaving space for the injured, and people with medical experience stand in the middle to assist us in the treatment of the injured. In addition, 18-50 years of age, no disease, no injury, and strong male stand up, you may need to help carry the seriously injured. Any questions will be answered for you when you get home, now you are not allowed to ask questions, act immediately!”
When he said this, everyone seemed to have found their backbone, and they all consciously lined up in four rows. Some enthusiastic men and people with medical experience stay behind.
Tan Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Liang Xian gratefully. Ah San led the medical staff to bandage the wounds of the wounded patients. They carried enough medicine for the wounded. Qiu Qizheng is doing a head count, Qin Li, Tu Zishi and Yan Yongfeng walk to the supermarket door and the broken wall with their weapons and look around vigilantly.
Everything becomes orderly.
Liang Xian frowned and looked at the supermarket, he thought there might be enough gauze and iodine in the supermarket, but in this supermarket, food, medical, and clothing items were all gone, but the daily necessities like electrical appliances were still intact.
“The disappearance of these materials means that there are still many survivors in this world, and the first thing they do after a disaster is to store materials.” Liang Xian analyzed, “There are indications that the danger level in this world is not high, and even ordinary people can deal with it with the courage to take up arms…”
He breathed a sigh of relief, this is a blessing in misfortune.
After about half an hour, Qiu Qizheng said: “A total of 1,102 people, including 32 dead, 107 injured, 17 seriously injured and unable to move, and the rest were slightly injured, but even so, it is impossible to travel on foot, we need transportation.”
“We have seven people, a vehicle to put at least one person, more than a thousand people in seven cars, each car needs to accommodate more than 150 people, what transportation can fit so many people.” Liang Xian frowned.
The current known capacity of passenger cars is only more than forty people. Even if they try their best to squeeze people in regardless of overloading, a car can’t hold more than one hundred people, not to mention those seriously injured can not be squeezed. Trains and airplanes have their own tracks, so it is impossible to travel on land.
“How far is it from the transmission point? How long does it take to walk on foot?” Liang Xian asked.
Tan Yan sensed the transmission point, and his expression was not very good: “The straight-line distance is about 230 kilometers. Walking on foot, according to the fast walking speed of an adult male, is no more than 5 kilometers per hour. At least walk for two days and two nights without rest. Walking is not possible. What’s more, we don’t know how dangerous this world is, what should we do…”
“Even counting the deaths, there are only 1,102 people… Didn’t Xu Mingyu say there were 1,187 people before, where are the 85 people?” Liang Xian asked.
Qiu Qizheng replied: “I just asked, just after arriving in this world, someone ran out screaming and never came back.”
“Really don’t fear death!” Liang Xian said bitterly, while looking at Tan Yan.
It is Tan Yan who wants to save everyone, so whether we need to find these runaway people now depends on Tan Yan.
“Don’t look for it,” At this time Tan Yan was unexpectedly decisive, “There are only 7 of us now, it is impossible to spread the force, if we can meet them on the way, it’s best, if not…”
Tan Yan didn’t continue talking, his expression was very sad, it was a self-blame for his incompetence.
Even though he blamed himself, even though he was sad, he still made a decision the first time, to protect the people who can be protected as much as possible, and not to waste the lives of others just because he went to search for the missing person.
Qiu Qizheng admired Tan Yan’s ability to make a straightforward decision, but Liang Xian knew that Tan Yan would definitely take these 85 lives on his shoulders, and he would blame himself.
“It’s not your fault,” Liang Xian comforted, “We’ve tried our best.”
Tan Yan smiled bitterly, but didn’t answer.
Two hours passed after the people led by Ah San had cleaned up the wounds of all the wounded.
The climate in this world is the same as in the real world, it’s already winter. The nighttime temperature in November in B City has dropped below zero, there are no lights in the supermarket. All relying on the lights of everyone’s cell phones, it is getting colder and colder. Many elderly people and children are the first to be unable to bear it. They asked tremblingly: “When can we go home, it’s so cold…”
“I don’t know what’s outside, can only leave at dawn.” Liang Xian answered, “There are a lot of cushions in the supermarket. No one has snatched these things. Let’s take them away and sit down. People of the same gender or the same family can get closer to keep warm. It’s indoors anyway, not too cold, we can stay until dawn.”
Seeing that it was he who answered, everyone dared not speak. Liang Xian’s behavior of shooting bullets from the sky left a deep impression on everyone. Everyone was afraid that if they were disobedient, Liang Xian’s gun would kill them.
This kind of fear is actually not good for Liang Xian’s future, but it is the best way at this stage.
“What kind of world is this, the temperature is normal, the landforms are normal, the air has just been measured, and the air index is almost the same as that of B City. People can’t be seen, supermarkets are robbed, it can’t be the end of the world caused by war, right?” Ah San wondered, “But in the current war, either B City is directly blown to the ground, or a part of the safe zone is set aside to collect all the supplies from the rest of the locations, it won’t be like this… The buildings outside are normal, but there is no one…”
“Stop guessing,” Liang Xian said in a low voice, “There’s people alert is good enough, I still trust Tu Zishi’s sense of crisis, it’s better if the post-apocalyptic world is almost over, our mission will be easier to complete.”
“I, I want to go to the toilet…” A girl raised her hand tremblingly. They have been here for three hours, many people can’t stand it long ago, they just endured it all the time.
“There should be toilets in the supermarket, but don’t know if there is any water,” Tan Yan stood up and said, “Who else wants to go, I will take everyone together, the man follow Qiu Qizheng outside to solve the problem, and the woman will follow me.”
He is tall, handsome, and young. When they heard that he was going to take them away, many girls blushed and whispered: “But you… are a male…”
Tan Yan smiled kindly: “I’m old enough to be your grandpa, don’t worry.”
In the supernatural team, he is the only one who can take girls to the bathroom.
Liang Xian: “…”
Damn, I have come to another world to take risks, and I can still be entangled. When thinking of the age issue, he will get angry, he will die in retirement, ptui!
The only newcomer, Tu Zishi, heard this voice and asked Qin Li, who was beside him, in a low voice: “Being a grandpa or something is a lie, right? To appease people, Tan Yan looks several years younger than me.”
Qin Li: “…”
Although really want to say it, they have an agreement, can’t say it.
There are too many people, it still takes a long time even to queue up group by group. Fortunately, this is a supermarket, there are all kinds of daily necessities such as toilet paper, and some women’s products such as sanitary napkins are also quite a lot, although the environment is worse without a water closet, but at least it can be overcome.
Now it’s already twelve o’clock in the middle of the night, the surroundings are dark and quiet, there is not even a street light outside, and the people who ran out were nowhere to be seen.
“What kind of world is this?” Yan Yongfeng, who was in charge of security, frowned and said, “It’s really frustrating to have no accurate estimate until now, my big knife is already hungry and thirsty, don’t you know?”
“You shut up,” Tu Zishi said, “The danger comes a little later, we can relax a little more. Tomorrow morning we still have to go to look for a car, try to recharge as much as possible, I always feel uneasy in my heart, as if… there are many pairs of eyes watching us in the dark.”
“My God, I’m even more scared when you say that,” Yan Yongfeng patted his heart, “It’s not like those things are building up strength, right?”
“Don’t know…” Tu Zishi shook his head, he raised his hand, and looked at his watch, “Get enough energy first, I think… something may happen at three or four o’clock in the morning.”
In order to prevent the influence of magnetic fields and networks, the watches they carry are purely mechanical watches, almost accurate within seven days, allowing everyone to accurately calculate the time.
“There are still three hours?” Yan Yongfeng asked, “Then we have to prepare in advance, Da Li, tell Tan Yan Shitou’s predictions, I want to help you watch for a while.”
Qin Li received the order, quickly ran over, and whispered to Liang Xian, Tan Yan is taking the girls to the toilet.
After he finished speaking, he went back and continued to stick to his post, while Liang Xian frowned tightly.
Tu Zishi’s prediction was already very accurate. This ability did give them a lot of buffer time, but what kind of world is this? Yan Yongfeng said that he felt that there were many pairs of eyes looking at him…
Liang Xian looked at the traces in the supermarket, he could see things clearly even in the dark, and he would not miss the slightest link. There are no violent injuries here, except for the impact of the subway derailment, there are also some very concerning injuries. Some collapsed shelves, strange scratches on the walls, and teeth marks left on some objects.
Liang Xian watched quietly, trying to reconstruct these scenes in his mind, what could have caused this level of damage to the supermarket?
At this time, Tan Yan had already brought people back, deterred by Liang Xian’s previous bullet shock, everyone was very obedient, no one deliberately occupied the toilet, and everything was resolved in about an hour.
Before going to the toilet, Liang Xian said, if any child dares to cry or make a fuss, he will be thrown out together with the adults. Now, no matter how distressed the adults are, they still have to cover their children’s mouths, and any actions are quick and easy, which saves a lot of trouble.
It’s just that if these people are rescued, Liang Xian may be subjected to a lot of verbal attacks. Many people also secretly took pictures of him and recorded what he said, but Liang Xian didn’t care about this. These people will also receive ideological education when they go back, and their mobile phones will also be checked. It is impossible for them to take the video out. There is no Internet here, even if they want to upload to the cloud, it is impossible.
Even if they spread the information as soon as they go back, there are Cui Heyu who can delete it immediately.
There is no need for Liang Xian to be a villain again for this matter, let them take photos and videos, it can relieve the psychological pressure of the masses a little.
Seeing Tan Yan come back, Liang Xian immediately told him what Tu Zishi and Yan Yongfeng had said, and said: “I observed the surrounding environment, and I think the disasters in this world may be caused by some monsters that are about the same height as a human and have sharper teeth and claws. Look at the traces here, it is obvious that humans have fought these monsters, it seems… Ordinary people can deal with monsters as long as they are stronger.”
Tan Yan also looked at the traces of his finger and thought about it: “Give weapons to ordinary people? We don’t carry enough on us.”
“There is a building materials section in this supermarket, and all the steel pipes and other things in it have been taken away.” Liang Xian pointed out, “I think we should prepare some mid-length weapons for ordinary people to protect themselves.”
“Where can to find them?” Ah San asked.
“On the subway.” Liang Xian said simply, “The subway has countless handrails, including chairs that can be removed, and according to the time that Tu Zishi said, we still have two hours to prepare, should we distribute weapons to everyone?”
“Yes.” Tan Yan nodded, “Dismantle immediately.”
“Also,” Liang Xian continued, “About transportation I also have some ideas, if the world is really not so dangerous, we can use the shared electric vehicles. I asked Yan Yongfeng just now, and he said that there are few cars outside, but there are many electric vehicles.
Qiu Qizheng just counted the number of elderly children, a total of 52 children, 67 elderly people over 60 years old, fortunately when the subway accident occurred, it was nine o’clock in the evening, most of the elderly and children were already asleep, very few take the bus or subway, the so-called children here are referred to those over 7 years old. We only need to find three or four buses to accommodate the elderly, children, and the injured, and the rest of the healthy adults will follow them on electric vehicles. We only need to arrange for people to watch from the rear and on both sides so that everyone will not be left behind.
Don’t worry about the charging problem, the subway is powered by electric energy, I have the confidence to modify it and use the surplus energy of this train to charge the electric vehicle.”
“If the danger in this world is what you say it is, then the plan works, let’s demolish the subway now.” Tan Yan glanced at Liang Xian appreciatively.
He is just powerful, but in such a dangerous world, Liang Xian’s adaptability and knowledge reserves are more useful.
But this kind of admiring look made Liang Xian even more heartbroken. After the confession, even if Tan Yan wanted to keep a distance from him, it was fine. He didn’t have any grudges at all. In the end, what effect does his confession have?
His heart is sad, but now is not the time to discuss this matter. Liang Xian sent Ah San to replace Yan Yongfeng, Qiu Qizheng stays to appease the crowd, and Tan Yan, Yan Yongfeng, and Liang Xian went to demolish the subway.
Yan Yongfeng’s forty-meter-long broadsword finally came in handy at this time.
Liang Xian really is suitable to be a leader, if he’s not here, Tan Yan and the others won’t be able to proceed with rescue.