#612 - Chapter 612: Blocked
That night.
The entire Coal Mine Shelter was shrouded in an even heavier gloom.
Two more people succumbed to their injuries and passed away.
To prevent zombification, the shelter personnel had to put them out of their misery.
"Rest in peace, may you not be reborn into this apocalyptic world, but reincarnated into a better one."
After a simple funeral, the others continued to wait in a heavy atmosphere.
Food was dwindling.
After today's meal, the remaining food wouldn't even last them through tomorrow night!
They were about to enter starvation mode!
"Director Li, what do we do? Should we go out to find food tomorrow? What if Green Source's transport team never comes? Staying in the shelter isn't a solution."
Someone asked in a panic to Li Hongwen, who was being supported by Li Cai.
The shelter leader seemed to have aged nearly ten years in just a few days, his sunken eyes and weak demeanor causing everyone to sigh.
Li Hongwen insisted that his daughter bring him over to comfort the people in the shelter.
"Everyone, don't be sad, we will definitely get better! Maybe Green Source's transport team will come tomorrow, and we will also go out to find food and supplies. We can't keep waiting!"
He had just discussed with Li Cai and several elderly people in the shelter and decided to go out tomorrow to find another way!
They didn't know when Green Source's transport team would come.
They couldn't continue to wait and had to force their way out.
But his words didn't improve everyone's mood.
No one blamed him for what happened in the shelter; it was all caused by the survivors outside.
With hunger, anxiety, and confusion about the future, the shelter fell into slumber.
Inside one of the buildings.
Li Hongwen looked at his pale-faced wife with a haggard expression. Huang Cailan was now awake, but the intense pain caused by the bone fractures in her body continued to torment her.
"Hongwen, don't blame yourself. It's not your fault; it's just that I'm useless."
She endured the pain, and after regaining some composure, she comforted her husband, with whom she had shared many years of life.
She might die.
This was the situation that Huang Cailan knew.
Green Source's transport team didn't come today, which definitely meant that there were some unknown reasons.
Maybe they wouldn't come tomorrow or the day after.
There was no rescue.
And stepping out of the shelter would likely lead to attacks from the survivors outside. Even without the obstruction of those survivors, could they really find medicine or food?
To be honest.
It was difficult.
Huang Cailan used her remaining movable left hand to touch her husband's face, a difficult smile blooming on her face.
"It will get better."
These words came from her mouth, but unfortunately, they weren't convincing at all.
Drip.
A tear fell on her arm. It was Li Hongwen, the shelter leader, crying.
He naturally knew his wife's physical condition.
In this kind of world.
His wife had suffered such injuries.
If a miracle didn't happen, Huang Cailan probably wouldn't be able to overcome this tribulation.
The grief of losing a loved one made even a man like him unable to hold back his tears.
He didn't know how to comfort his wife and cheer her up, because any words would seem pale at this moment.
Only real medicine could bring hope.
At the bedside.
Li Cai also looked at her parents with red eyes.
She didn't know what else she could do.
Sadness and despair enveloped her heart.
Would a miracle really happen?
The next day.
The sun rose as usual, not stopping its energy emission because of the pessimism and joys of some celestial bodies' creatures.
Coal Mine Shelter.
According to the strategy decided last night, Li Cai would lead some people out to find food and medicine!
Coal mining was suspended, and more personnel were left in the shelter to help with defense.
Even if coal was mined now, it would be useless without Green Source's transport team.
"Everyone must take good care of the home! We will be back soon! If Green Source's transport team comes, seize the opportunity to ask for help!"
Li Cai told her companions in the shelter, then reluctantly led a dozen people to leave the shelter's gate by car.
Bang!
The gate, which had been closed for several days, reopened, and looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar scenery outside, Li Cai and the others had a feeling of being in another world.
They had experienced a lot in just a few days.
And many people were gone.
Looking back at the shelter's walls, there was a thick mark caused by an engineering vehicle crashing into the right side of the gate.
It was too difficult.
In the apocalypse, they not only had to face the harassment of zombies but also the targeting of other living survivors.
"Everyone be careful. We'll search the west district first. There used to be some residential buildings there, and maybe there are some remaining supplies."
Standing next to one of the cars, Li Cai shouted to the others.
This time, they used the shelter's remaining three cars, all of which had fuel brought by Green Source's transport team for trading.
Just then.
The personnel on the wall shouted:
"Everyone be careful! There are many people staring at us on the opposite side!"
Li Cai seemed to sense something and looked in a certain direction opposite the shelter!
Sure enough!
On the building hundreds of meters away, there were many figures standing!
And they were holding some suspicious things in their hands. Because of the distance, Li Cai could only vaguely judge that they seemed to be firearms??
"Be careful!! Go back quickly!!"
Just as she managed to shout, gunfire rang out from the opposite side!
"Bang bang bang——!"
A series of gunshots came from the opposite side!!
They had guns!!
Li Cai had just managed to hide in the car when she saw several people next to her explode with blood!
"Hurry!! Open the door! We're going back!!"
Having just left the shelter gate, the fierce gunfire stunned the team preparing to set out!
Fortunately, the two places were hundreds of meters apart, and Kuang Zong's people's gun accuracy was really touching.
Only a few unlucky ones were hit by the dense fire, and the remaining people fled back to the shelter in a panic!
Bang!
Having just opened for less than two minutes, the search team, which was about to go out, was beaten back!
"Quickly rescue the wounded! They've been shot!"
Someone shouted in a lost voice, feeling cold as they looked at the three or four people bleeding from gunshot wounds!
The survivors outside actually had guns!
And quite a few!
This was definitely not ordinary survivors!
The people outside not only had drones and bombs but also quite a few firearms!
The action decided last night was interrupted and sealed off!
They couldn't get out!
"People on the wall, be careful of the opposite side!"
The people hiding in the shelter, and those inside who heard the gunshots, were in a mess.
They didn't know why the enemies outside had suddenly become so powerful.
A question erected in everyone's heart was.
The entire Coal Mine Shelter was blocked here and couldn't get out!
(End of this chapter)
