Chapter 95: Global Nuclear Explosion 7
Chu Yian showed no mercy.
The man was smashed until his head was covered in blood, his screams growing more and more tragic, drawing the attention of others on the platform. Only then did they realize that an adult man was being brutally beaten by a young girl, and he had been beaten until his head was broken and bleeding.
“Damn it, that’s what you get for touching me casually.”
When Chu Yian was pulled away, she still kicked him, fierce and ruthless, extremely fiery.
She did it on purpose.
Girls are naturally a bit vulnerable, and when they have nothing to rely on, they must strike first and be aggressive! Let others know how difficult she is to provoke.
Sure enough, although people verbally condemned the young man, they also distanced themselves from Chu Yian.
It’s good to stay away from her; this was the effect she wanted.
Chu Yian sat on the ground, closing her eyes to rest, ready to go up as soon as the 72 hours passed. However, her phone alarm hadn’t rung yet when a noise from the platform entrance woke her up.
“Someone come!”
“Quick, someone help lift this.”
“Everyone, move aside, make some space for us.”
…Chu Yian opened her eyes and saw five or six unfamiliar faces appear. The leading man seemed relatively normal, covered in gray dust. But the two young men beside him were lying on the ground, unconscious.
“What happened to my son?”
A middle-aged woman rushed through the crowd, looking at one of the young men. The rest of the people all looked at the leading man.
These six people had left a few hours ago.
The day after the explosion, the leading man at their station proposed going up to take a look.
Although everyone knew there was radiation after a nuclear explosion, they hadn’t had a drop of water for over two days. Even if going up was a bit risky, they still wanted to check if there were any rescue teams outside and, incidentally, find some food and water to bring down.
When they first went up, nothing happened to the group.
But by the time they found food and water under the ruins, these two young men couldn’t keep up.
Red blisters appeared on their bodies, and others also experienced nausea and vomiting.
“We saw the situation wasn’t good, so we immediately came back.”
The young man frowned deeply, “It must be the effect of the radiation. Fortunately, we found some food and water outside. If we eat and drink sparingly, it will definitely be enough for four or five days.”
When the people around heard that the young man had water and food, their eyes lit up instantly.
Someone approached him, “Brother Su, can you spare me some water? I have a few hundred yuan; just give me a few bottles.”
“Get lost!”
The young man scolded.
Who would give away water obtained with their lives?
“If you want water, go find it yourself.”
As the young man spoke, he gestured for his companions to pile the food together.
Of course, this food could only be eaten by his companions.
The aroma of food and the sound of chewing filled the subway station, and the others around watched the food with envious eyes, unable to help but swallow their saliva. Many couldn’t stand the smell and went to ask, but they were all mercilessly driven away.
Didn’t the others try to snatch it?
It wasn’t that they didn’t want to, but that they didn’t dare.
Their companions, combined, numbered about twenty-something people. These people included men and women, mostly young, with a few middle-aged. Even the woman holding the young man looked like she had considerable strength.
The members of their small team sat around the food, guarding the newly found provisions from all angles.
They could be considered a capable small group.
In this small subway station, for now, probably no one dared to snatch their things.
But the tunnels connected all the stations.
Chu Yian could travel all the way here, and people from other stations could also come through the tunnels. She thought of the previous station where the fighting was intense; if people from there made their way here, this small group might not be so easy to deal with.
In times of extreme material scarcity, places with many people are not peaceful.
Teaming up with unreliable people makes it even less peaceful.
Chu Yian now just wanted to leave here quickly and find clues to the survival base.
Game Day 5, 8 AM. The 72-hour evasion time had long passed.
Chu Yian immediately put on her backpack and stepped over the ground full of survivors. Her movements were light, but the crowd was too dense, and she still accidentally bumped into someone. Some were too weak from hunger to even glare at her, while others watched her leave, discussing in low voices.
“She’s going up now?”
“Didn’t Auntie Li’s son go up yesterday and almost… you know?”
“But she went up once and found a lot of food.”
“If you lose your life, what’s the point of food? I’d rather stay here honestly and wait for the rescue team…”
Chu Yian ignored the voices behind her and headed in the direction of the exit.
The newly built subway station was now covered in rubble.
Chu Yian walked up the stairs, occasionally seeing bodies on the ground crushed by heavy objects. The subway station was completely dark, with only one or two green emergency exit lights still glowing, their green light eerie and sinister.
Fortunately, this was just a game; there was only a nuclear explosion, no ghosts.
Chu Yian turned on her phone’s flashlight and then summoned her treasure box.
To cope with the radiation dust above, she had prepared thick clothes and a gas mask beforehand.
After changing clothes, she also found a 50-centimeter-long iron pipe at a one-way entrance inside the subway station. Holding the iron pipe in her right hand and the fist-sized treasure box in her left, she walked out of the subway.
On the surface,
Even though it was morning, the sky was covered by dark clouds, dim and oppressive.
Everywhere she looked was ruins, covered in a layer of black ash from the explosion. Bodies and vehicle wreckage were buried beneath. Even with a gas mask, Chu Yian’s nose was filled with the smell of burning.
She walked a few steps along the main road when her foot accidentally kicked a corpse. It had been burned beyond recognition, its clothes melted onto its body and tightly adhering to its flesh.
“I apologize for the accidental offense, please don’t blame me.”
Chu Yian reflexively bowed to it, then walked away from its side.
There was no one on the surface of the city after the explosion.
Various road signs were destroyed, and buildings were unrecognizable. After a few steps, she would encounter a corpse with a tragic death. From initially being unable to bear the sight, she now felt nothing.
She found an open space where nearby buildings had all collapsed and turned on the radio again. She crouched down and slowly adjusted the frequency for a full half an hour, but it was still just static.
Still no signal.
Chu Yian put away the radio, took out her small notebook with notes from before the nuclear explosion, on which two words were written in red pen—
Leave the city.
Nuclear explosions mainly concentrated in densely populated cities, with less impact elsewhere. According to common sense, survival bases should also be built underground in sparsely populated areas. Although there was no information, the idea of leaving the city was sound.
