#203 - Chapter 203 Riot
January 10th.
Morning.
The New Year's holiday, which no one paid attention to, has been over for nearly ten days.
The temperature in Mentang Town has not continued to drop in recent days, fluctuating around minus 40 degrees Celsius, with a tendency to stabilize at this temperature.
Humans still cannot move outdoors. The snow outside is more than 1 meter thick in shallow areas!
In deep areas, it can completely submerge a person!
Not to mention cars, it is difficult to stay outdoors for more than 30 minutes even with sleds or skis.
But it is still much better than the humans in the northern regions. At this time, the temperature in the north has reached minus 60-70 degrees Celsius!
This temperature, which only appears in the Antarctic or Arctic, has actually descended on several cities in northern China.
All humans are huddled up, not daring to go out unless there are important events.
Residential Area No. 1 next to the Green Source Base.
Li Shenglin's group of nine people sat in a small room, warming themselves and chatting around a fire.
The original large room was not conducive to insulation, so they moved to a small room inside some time ago to huddle together.
"Hiss—it's so cold. When will this weather pass? I miss summer so much. If I could choose again, I would rather die from the heat than be frozen to death."
The young man, Xiao Cong, in the group muttered to himself.
At this time, an iron pot was placed on the fire in the middle, blackened by the flames underneath. The edges of the lid were steaming, probably due to boiling, raising the temperature inside a little.
They were cooking their first meal of the day.
"Okay, Xiao Cong, you should talk less. It's a bit cold, but we can still get by with wearing more clothes. Who knows what summer will be like in this world? It would be even worse if it's hot without air conditioning or fans."
Li Shenglin joked to his partner with a smile, and added a piece of firewood to the fire in the middle.
The others lazily sat or lay around, absorbing the warmth from the flames.
It was almost time for dinner.
This was one of the two happiest times of their day.
Li Shenglin's team still had enough food to barely survive. Since coming here to join Green Source, more than a month had passed. Relying on the food exchanged for completing tasks in the early stage, they wouldn't starve to death even if they couldn't go out recently.
There was still more than half of their food left, which should be enough to last until February when spring begins, right?
When the temperature rises a bit later, he plans to take his team out to work again.
Yes, that's the plan.
The pot was bubbling with heat, and the eyes of the team members were focused on it. Although they couldn't eat their fill, it was good to suppress their hunger a little.
Recently, they had learned that some neighbors were not doing well either.
It was said that many people who came here now only dared to eat one meal a day.
Sometimes happiness is relative.
Compared to the survivors next door, they were considered happy, right?
Just as Li Shenglin picked up a spoon and opened the pot, intending to distribute the food to everyone, a noisy commotion suddenly came from outside!
"Help! Murder! Someone is robbing food and killing people!"
The people in the room immediately jumped up and looked nervously out the window!
Something happened!
This was the thought that popped into everyone's mind in an instant!
"You guys stay in the room and guard the food! Lao Liang and I will go out to see what's going on. Except for us, no one can open the door and let anyone in!"
Li Shenglin quickly came back to his senses and gave instructions to the team. He and Brother Liang had the highest combat power in their small group. It seemed that something had happened outside, and it was not a good idea to stay in the room and ignore it, so he decided to go out and take a look.
Seeing that the others had no objections, he and Lao Liang each picked up a firewood knife and carefully slipped out of the house.
As soon as they came out, they were greeted by a chaotic crowd!
Several people had fallen on the snow, and blood stained the white snow on the ground. In the distance, some people were running towards the open gate.
"Help! Save my dad! Waa..."
In front of Li Shenglin and the others, there was a boy of about twelve or thirteen years old, crouching over a man lying on the snow, crying.
Some people who came out to watch the excitement were pointing and pointing at the people on the ground and the people running away in the distance.
"Hand over the food if you don't want to die!"
In the farther distance, several men were threatening some women and small groups with knives.
Li Shenglin's eyes flashed, and he silently moved towards that side.
The robbery was still deadlocked. Several threatened people seemed unwilling to hand over their food. The robbers' faces turned ruthless, and they were about to send the knife forward to deal with these people who didn't know what was good for them when.
An unexpected scene appeared.
Before Li Shenglin could rush over to help, he saw a not-so-small stone hitting the temple of the man holding the knife and preparing to hurt someone!
Thump!
Accurately hitting the side of his head, causing him to stagger and fall to the ground!
"Who is it!? Who is courting death by daring to stop us from doing business!"
The injured man's companions were furious. They were preparing to rob a wave and then leave this place, but they didn't expect that someone would dare to mind their own business!
This is the end of the world!
Who dares to stand up for justice at this time!?
Are they tired of living!?
They scanned the direction from which the stone flew, and soon noticed a man wrapped tightly. At this time, the man's arm had just been lowered. Without a doubt, he was the one who threw the stone just now.
"Looking for death!"
Two members of the robbery gang rushed out, struggling to move towards the stone-throwing man on the thick snow. The knives in their hands still gleamed with a cold light in the daytime!
Just as they came to the man's face, preparing to stab the knife over, the two men saw a blur in front of them. The man did not retreat but advanced, dodging into their arms, grabbing their arms and spinning them around. They had already been subdued on the ground!
"It hurts! Let go!"
The two men on the ground were still screaming, but the man ignored them. He leisurely took a rope from a man who walked out from the side, preparing to tie them up.
This man was Wang Wei!
And the one who handed over the rope was Chen Gang!
"You guys stay here."
"I advise you to surrender quickly! The people from the Green Source Base will arrive here soon! Otherwise, you will be in even more trouble later!"
The two of them did not choose to stand idly by.
Wang Wei could easily subdue several ordinary people with the skills he had developed when he was a soldier.
At this time, Li Shenglin also came to the girls with a machete, also with an attitude of not intending to stand idly by.
"Damn it! A bunch of lunatics! They dare to stand up at this time!"
The remaining five or six robbers saw that more and more people were standing up, knowing that the situation was hopeless, and planned to retreat!
"Let's go! The heavy snow outside has blocked the road. The people from Green Source can't drive their cars. It will take a long time to walk over. Let's run!"
They couldn't bear the hunger and took action. Of course, they also knew that the people from Green Source were monitoring here, but they were focusing on the time difference, wanting to take advantage of the fact that they couldn't react in time to grab some food and quickly leave here to find another place to hide.
Compared to starving to death now, robbing a wave and escaping might give them a chance to survive!
Even if they freeze to death outside, it's better than waiting to die here!
The five or six robbers quickly raised their feet and ran towards the gate. The people in the residential area did not dare to chase these robbers who dared to kill people.
The snow was very thick, but they could still move as long as they were careful!
The other group of seven or eight people who killed and robbed the earliest had already disappeared!
Just as they ran two hundred meters away from the factory.
The roar of engines sounded outside!
After a while, several snowmobiles appeared in the distance!
The people from the Green Source Base have arrived!
(End of this chapter)
