How to survive in the wasteland of human cubs

The two of them went to eat after taking a shower, because it was already past the meal time, and there was no one in the dining hall. The master let them into the kitchen to sit and eat, while he sat beside him, watching them eat while sighing: "Eat!" Let's eat, eat more, this city is flooded, in the days to come, we must tighten our belts."

When sleeping at night, Yan Bubu hugged Feng Chen's arm tightly, whispering nonstop, asking what that big fish looked like and how he was able to ride back.

Maybe it was because of staying in the water for too long, maybe it was too much physical exertion, Feng Chen couldn't get up his spirits, so he just closed his eyes and said a few perfunctory words.Finally, pretending to be asleep, Yan Bubu shut up.

Yan Bubu rubbed his face against Feng Chen's shoulder, found a comfortable position in his arms, breathed evenly, and fell asleep.

……

In a daze, Feng Chen came to the familiar snow field again, and saw the big cocoon standing in the wind and snow.

The cocoon body had been split open, and the fragments fell off all around. The black lion curled up in the cocoon without accident, holding its paws tightly, curling its huge body into a ball.

Feng Chen suppressed his heartbeat, carefully uncovered the top fragment, and met the half-closed eyes of the black lion.

Without any communication, he can also sense all the conditions of the black lion, knowing that the black lion is trying to break through and is taking the final step of complete growth.

Maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow, the black lion will break free from all shackles and break out of its cocoon.

……

Yan Bubu dreamed that he was hugging a stove, which made his whole body hot. He turned over in a half-dream and half-awake state, trying to get away from the stove, but fell off the bed with a thud.

The bed was not too high, but it hurt him from the fall, so he lay there without moving, closed his eyes and twitched twice, and called brother.

He didn't get a response from Feng Chen. After lying on the ground for a while, he could only get up moaning, rubbed his elbow that hurt from the fall, and sat on the side of the bed.

Half of Feng Chen's body was next to his back, and the skin that touched it was very hot, just like the stove he dreamed about just now.

"Brother, what's wrong with you?" He pushed Feng Chen, his tentacles were hot.

Feng Chen lay motionless, Yan Bubu touched his forehead in the dark, and could feel his fever without pressing his forehead to it.

Yan Bubu's drowsiness flew away in an instant, and now he was completely awake.

He knew very well what a fever meant in the hive. The soldiers measured their body temperature every day, and if someone had a slight problem, they would be locked up in the bare building of the medical point.Some people were able to come out after a few days, but more people were locked up and never seen again.

Yan Bubu went to turn on the light, and the room became brighter.He saw Feng Chen lying on the bed with his eyes closed, his cheeks were flushed, his lips were chapped and cracked.

"Are you sick? You have a fever." The hive was very quiet, Yan Bubu was afraid that others would hear his voice, so he whispered in Feng Chen's ear.

Feng Chen didn't respond, he had already fallen into a deep sleep, Yan Bubu stared at him for a while, then quickly slid out of bed, went to the cabinet and found the two bottles of medicine.

"One big strip, one rhubarb—no, two rhubarb."

After counting the medicines, he ran back to the bed, tried his best to prop up Feng Chen's upper body, let him half lean on the bedside, brought water and medicines, opened his mouth, and stuffed the pills in.

"Drink some water, drink some water to flush the medicine into your stomach." The cold boiled water in the lunch box trickled down the corner of Feng Chen's mouth, Yan Bubu patiently wiped off the water stains with a handkerchief, and then continued to feed, "You want Be obedient, swallow the water, and you will take the pills with you, be good, you won’t have a fever after drinking the medicine.”

Feng Chen unconsciously swallowed the pills, Yan Bubu then helped him to continue lying down, and sat beside him.

Time passed by, Yan Bubu touched Feng Chen's forehead from time to time, only felt that he was like a piece of charcoal put in the stove, not only did not the fever go down, but it was already on the verge of burning.

"Taking medicine is useless, what should I do..." Yan Bubu murmured helplessly, his eyes wandered around the room, and fell on the basin in the corner.

There is a curfew at the resettlement site, and everyone must return to their rooms after eleven o'clock in the evening. It is already midnight, and the entire hive building is silent, only the searchlights from top to bottom keep shaking, illuminating those dark corners.

When the group of pale and dazzling light beams moved away from the 65th floor, one of the doors was opened, and a small figure flashed out.

Yan Bubu hurried to the water room with the basin in his hand.He was going to fetch a basin of cold water and come back to wipe Feng Chen's body ice. Maybe when the soldiers came to check his temperature in the morning, they wouldn't be able to find out that he had a fever.

The passageway was dimly lit, and Yan Bubu hurried past those closed doors, and occasionally he could hear snoring coming from the room.

When he arrived at the water room, he turned the faucet, and the sudden jet of water hit the bottom of the basin, and the movement made him tremble all over.Quickly turn down the faucet again, only a small stream of water trickles down slowly.

It was too strenuous to carry the whole basin of water, and he was afraid of too much movement, so he only carried half a basin of water, and walked out of the water room cautiously.

"Who is in front? Stop." A beam of flashlight shone from behind, accompanied by a moderate shout.

Yan Bubu was so frightened that he almost let go of the basin, then turned around stiffly, and met the surprised faces of the two soldiers.

"What are you doing out there in the middle of the night, kid? Where's your adult?"

Yan Bubu stared at them without saying a word, as if he was frightened, until the soldier asked again, and then he choked out a sentence: "I, I, I seem to wet the bed."

"what?"

As soon as this reason came out, Yan Bubu's remaining words became much more fluent: "I wet the bed, I want to get some water to go back and wipe the bed."

The two soldiers looked at each other, and their voices softened: "Even if you wet the bed, you can't leave the house. Did you sneak out behind your back?"

Yan Bubu nodded.

"Go back quickly, don't hang around outside. In the past, when the hive was left alone at night, accidents and fights often occurred. Now you are not allowed to leave the house after eleven o'clock, you know?"

Yan Bubu didn't make a sound.

"Hurry up and go back to the house, it's not an example."

Yan Bubu hurried forward with half a basin of water in his hand, and went back to his room.

Feng Chen was still in a coma, frowning irritably, his chest heaved rapidly, and his face was abnormally red.Yan Bubu touched his forehead, his body temperature was still so high, he couldn't help worrying that he would really catch fire, so he lifted up his clothes and began to wipe his body with a cold water kerchief.

The cold handkerchief brushed against Feng Chen's skin, making his high fever fade a little bit.Encouraged, Yan Bubu stripped him naked and wiped him from head to toe.

Feng Chen's breathing became more stable, and he didn't seem to be so irritable. Yan Bubu stopped panting, and looked at his sleeping face.

After a while, he slowly bent down, leaning against Feng Chen's chest with his face sideways.

"Brother, I will hide you and not let them take you away and lock you up. I'm afraid I'll never see you again... We won't go out in this room. If you become the kind of monster that wants to bite, Then bite me."

A line of tears slid down from the corner of Yan Bubu's eyes, fell on Feng Chen's bare chest, and gathered into a small puddle in the hollow.

Yan Bubu was still lying on his side, only using his fingers to wipe off the small pool of water stains.After a while, he continued in an inaudible voice: "When the time comes, will you bite my fingernails and hair? It will hurt too much if you bite other places..."

Yan Bubu just lay close to Feng Chen, until he felt the skin under his face warming up again, then he got up, and continued to twist the cold handkerchief to wipe his body.

The half basin of water was no longer cold gradually, so Yan Bubu had no choice but to fetch water again.Fortunately, he paid attention to the patrolling soldiers, and he fetched water several times in the second half of the night without being noticed.

Yan Bubu wiped Feng Chen's body repeatedly in this way to ensure that his skin was no longer hot to the touch.After an unknown amount of time, the sound of doors opening and closing sounded one after another. Someone was brushing their teeth and walking towards the water room. Familiar exercise music was played in the passage again, and those old men and women began to dance.

Yan Bubu blinked his red and swollen eyes, and stood up wearily.He knew that these voices meant that it was already daytime and everyone had already woken up, and it also meant that in a while, soldiers would measure their body temperature from room to room.

Feng Chen didn't open his eyes from the beginning to the end, and was in a coma all the time. Yan Bubu took the time to continue to wipe his body to cool down, but his ears were pricked up, paying attention to the movement outside.

Soon, there was a sound of leather boots, accompanied by Wu You's loud shout: "Everyone is back in the house, hurry up, the military department routinely measures body temperature, and go back to the room quickly, if you are not there when the count is over, hey, then Treat it as an abnormal body temperature and take it directly to the military headquarters."

There were chaotic footsteps in the passage, and adults were greeting their children, and those who rushed to wash up returned to their rooms one after another.

The surroundings became quiet, the sound of leather boots stopped after entering a certain room, and then sounded after a while, slowly moving to this side.

Yan Bubu twisted the cold handkerchief again, wiped Feng Chen's face again, and after making sure that his skin was only warm, he threw the handkerchief into the basin and began to dress him.

It is very difficult to put clothes on a sleeping person, Feng Chen is not cooperative at all, his hands and feet are heavy, Yan Bubu puts a lot of effort on him, and the T-shirt is put on backwards.

After putting on the trousers, the sound of leather boots had stopped at the door of the room, and Wu You's loud voice followed: "Jingjing, Jingjing, are you still sleeping? Get up quickly and let these uncles give you brothers Take your temperature."

Yan Bubu quickly slid out of bed, pushed the water basin under the bed, got under the bed, and opened the door a crack.

There were a few soldiers standing outside the door. Wu You held the booklet in his hand and looked at the eyes protruding from the gap in the door: "Jingjing, open the door."

Yan Bubu glanced over those soldiers, then turned his head to look at Feng Chen who was still sleeping, and slowly opened the door.

A soldier stepped forward, clamped the thermometer under Yan Bubu's armpit, touched his clothes with his fingers, and found that it was wet, and looked at him in surprise.

Wu You leaned into his upper body and looked at Feng Chen who had his eyes closed on the bed: "Qin Shen is still sleeping?"

Yan Bubu stared at him and said nothing, Wu You sighed clearly, then turned to the soldiers and said, "There are only two children living in this house, and they are all here. The older one almost closed the gate of the resettlement site yesterday." I was out, and I swam back desperately. I must be too tired, and I haven’t woken up yet.”

The soldier also knew about this, so he leaned over to the side of the bed, took off the blanket on Feng Chen's body, and directly stuffed the thermometer under his armpit.

When his fingers touched Feng Chen's skin, Yan Bubu held his breath, his heart was about to pop out of nervousness, and his eyes fixed on those few fingers of the soldier.

Because he had just cooled down Feng Chen, his skin was not only not hot, but also moist and slightly cool.The soldier didn't care. After stuffing the thermometer under his armpit, he left the room and stood by the door.

While waiting, Wu You chatted casually with Yan Bubu, but Yan Bubu just stood there in a daze, looking out of his wits, he acted like a child who hadn't woken up yet, so he didn't say anything else.

"It's time, it's fine." As soon as the soldier's voice came out, Yan Bubu was startled and looked at him suddenly.

The soldier stretched out his hand to him and moved his fingers: "Give me the thermometer."

"Oh."

Yan Bubu took out the thermometer and handed it to him. The soldier looked at the number on it and read to the person next to him: "36.5°C."

Then he leaned forward again and took out the thermometer under Feng Chen's armpit.

The soldier held the thermometer in front of his eyes, a small column of mercury, illuminated by the perennial lights of the hive.Yan Bubu watched his movements, clenched his hands hanging on the sides of his trousers tightly, his nails dug into his palms.

"Huh?" The soldier looked at the black line in the middle and let out a little surprise.

Yan Bubu was almost jumped up by the sound, biting his lip to hold back.

"41°C, high fever." The soldier looked at Feng Chen on the bed, "But he didn't have a fever when he touched his body."

Another soldier wandered around the room with simple furnishings. When his eyes fell on the bedside, he saw the exposed corner of the water basin. He nudged the person next to him with his elbow and motioned him to look.

Seeing their movements, Yan Bubu turned pale immediately, and rushed out to block the bed, saying incoherently: "He doesn't have a fever, touch him if you don't believe me, touch him." Then he turned around and touched the sleeping Feng Chen's forehead. He slammed down, and quickly withdrew his hand: "Oh, it's so cold, cold hands."

His eyes were full of panic, his lips lost their color, and he looked like he was about to cry, but he still gave the soldiers an ugly smile: "Yeah, he didn't have a fever, he just fell asleep, he was too tired yesterday Well."

Everyone at the door saw through the child's poor acting skills, and the soldiers were sullen and silent, while Wu You took a step forward and grabbed Yan Bubu, and said in a low voice, "Come on, Jingjing, Uncle Wu will take you to my place, I left you a lot of sugar—"

"I don't eat candy, I won't eat it." Yan Bubu broke free, "I'll just wait here for my brother to wake up, and go to have breakfast with him. He will wake up soon, soon."

The soldiers exchanged glances, one of them stepped forward, held Yan Bubu under his armpit and hugged him out, while the other two stepped forward to lift Feng Chen from the bed.

"No, don't, don't take him away. He doesn't have a fever. I've been rubbing his body with cold water. Feel it. He's cool. He doesn't have a fever. The thermometer is broken..."

Yan Bubu was restrained hands and feet by the soldiers, so he could only explain incoherently.

He really didn't understand, even though he wiped Feng Chen's body all night and it didn't feel hot to the touch, why could the thermometer still detect that he had a fever?

Feng Chen was quickly carried out. Yan Bubu saw his head drooping heavily and his hands drooping by his side, struggling and pleading: "You guys keep him, we will stay in the house and not go out. , okay? Lock us in the house and don't take him away..."

Wu You's forehead was covered with sweat, and he coaxed Yan Bubu anxiously: "Jingjing, you have to be sensible, last time you saw zombies biting people in the square, it was because you hid yourself from going to the doctor after you had a fever. The accident happened because he was still in the crowd. Besides, Qin Shen had been soaking in the water for so long yesterday, so he must have caught a cold, and he should go to the medical center for two days and he would be fine."

Yan Bubu listened to the call, and slowly stopped struggling, but said to Wu You with tears in his eyes: "Uncle Wu, either, or I will go too, I will accompany my brother, I don't want him one person……"

"What happened?" A deep and cold voice sounded, everyone turned around and saw Major General Lin striding forward from the other side, followed by Colonel Yu.

"Major General Lin, Colonel Yu." The soldier holding Yan Bubu quickly explained: "Major General Lin, someone was found to have a fever this morning, but his brother refused to let us take him away, and even said that he would be locked up with him."

Major General Lin glanced over Feng Chen who was being carried, and then fell on Yan Bubu.

"Put him down first."

Yan Bubu was put down on the ground, and hurriedly ran to Feng Chen's side, and grabbed his head.

Major General Lin walked to the side, touched Feng Chen's forehead with the back of his hand, and frowned.

"41°C, this kid has been physically cooling him down, and he can't feel his body now." The soldier whispered beside him.

Feng Chen still had his eyes closed, his breathing was short, and his brows were tightly furrowed.Major General Lin stretched out his hand to look away from his eyelids, then raised his eyes to Colonel Yu with a questioning expression.

Colonel Yu nodded to him imperceptibly.

A flash of surprise flashed in Major General Lin's eyes, he looked down at Feng Chen, and said after a while: "You did a good job, and you know how to reduce the temperature physically, otherwise, people will have accidents during the whole night of high fever."

Originally, Yan Bubu had been holding Feng Chen in his arms, and buried his face on his shoulder. After hearing this, he slowly raised his head to meet Major General Lin's gaze.

Major General Lin looked down at Yan Bubu, and asked coldly, "Do you want to lock up with him?"

Yan Bubu was very afraid of him, but he didn't look away at the moment, he just nodded and asked in a low voice, "Can we be locked together?"

"No." Major General Lin replied firmly.

The light in Yan Bubu's eyes dimmed little by little, and his head slowly lowered.

Colonel Yu walked two steps ahead, bent over and whispered in his ear: "Your brother can't continue to burn like this, he needs to be taken to a medical point for treatment. Don't worry, he's fine. If he's right, he'll die in a day or two. can come back."

Yan Bubu raised his head suddenly, and asked in disbelief: "Really? Is what you said true? He will be back in a day or two?"

Colonel Yu raised his eyebrows: "Little Curly, if you don't believe me, you can ask Major General Lin."

Yan Bubu looked at Major General Lin again.

Major General Lin nodded expressionlessly.

Yan Bubu eagerly asked: "Then you guarantee, promise?"

Major General Lin looked at him condescendingly: "I eat children, but I never lie to them."

"Cough cough." Colonel Yu put his hand to his lips, lowered his head and coughed twice.

Yan Bubu's pupils shrank suddenly, he held his breath, and slowly retracted the hand that he wanted to stretch out to hook the little finger with Major General Lin, and put it behind his back.