How to survive in the wasteland of human cubs

The two went out of the gate of the resettlement site and climbed into the speedboat parked on the water.

After taking off the bloated anti-stress diving suit, and loading two barrels of Lishi onto the boat, Lin Fen handed over a bottle of water: "Take a rest."

Feng Chen sat down to drink water, the empty cipher box was held in his left palm, revealing a small section.Lin Fen sat opposite him, looking at the horizon in the distance.

"Qin Shen, do you know how this mutation came about?" He asked suddenly.

Feng Chen put down the water, hesitated for a while, and said: "I heard from Colonel Yu that a virus invaded some people's bodies and caused mutations."

Lin Fen shook his head: "He didn't tell you the truth."

"Didn't tell me the truth?" Feng Chen was a little surprised.

Lin Fen said: "In fact, this virus has not invaded the body of some people, but has invaded the body of everyone on our planet. Whether it is a newborn baby or an elderly person who is about to die, no one is exempt.

Feng Chen's heart tightened, and his voice became a little dry: "Is this virus lurking in everyone's body?"

"Yes, everyone. It's just that the incubation period can be long or short, but sooner or later it will enter the attack period." Lin Fen withdrew his gaze, lowered his eyes and didn't look at him, only staring at the water in his hand.

Feng Chen remembered Yan Bubu's fever last night, his face lost all color, his expression was both shocked and flustered.

"Are you sure? Everyone?" He stared at Lin Fen firmly, as if he wanted to see every expression on his face.

"Sure. Everyone." Lin Fen looked back at him calmly.

Feng Chen knew that he was not lying, and his breathing became short of breath: "Then is there any solution, can the virus that is dormant in the body not attack?"

Lin Fen shook his head and said: "Before the earthquake, the government departments of the United States and even the world were doing all they could to conduct secret research, hoping to overcome this virus and prevent it from mutating. However, according to the current scientific and technological means, there is nothing to do with this virus. , there is no way to prevent the mutation."

After Lin Fen finished speaking, both of them fell into silence, only Feng Chen's rapid breathing could be heard.

After a while, Lin Fen spoke again: "However, the Eastern Allied Forces have already researched some clues, and they were the ones who successfully researched it in the secret research institute in Haiyun City. It's just that before the next step, the earthquake occurred. "

"The Eastern Alliance Army in Haiyun City has researched something?" Feng Chen asked.

He is usually calm and indifferent, keeping a distance from people quietly, revealing the city that he shouldn't have at his age.But at this time, he was completely confused, his eyes were full of panic and eagerness, and he finally looked like a 13-year-old boy.

Lin Fen said: "Did you see the cipher box in your hand? I found it in the secret research institute of the Eastern Allied Army, but unfortunately it was an empty box. The real box was taken away by their General Feng Zaiping .”

When Lin Fen spoke, he stared at Feng Chen without blinking, as if he wanted to take every reaction of him into his eyes.

Feng Chen's voice trembled uncontrollably: "Then, what should be in this box?"

"If this box is real, then it should contain the research results of the Eastern Alliance Army on this mutation."

Lin Fen moved forward slightly, his sharp eyes fixed on Feng Chen, and said word by word: "That box is very important. With it, researchers can carry out the next step of research and save those who have entered the mutation stage. Let them even if they don't It will become a sentinel guide, and it will also heal into an ordinary person, and there will be no possibility of becoming a zombie."

Feng Chen looked at Lin Fen at close range, his pupils dilated slightly, and his chest rose and fell rapidly.

"If there is that password box, can those people who have entered the mutant period be saved immediately?"

Lin Fen looked at Feng Chen silently, and after a while, he closed his eyes and sat up straight: "I don't want to lie to you, even if we get the real box now, there is nothing we can do, at least within the next few months .”

Feng Chen asked: "Why?"

Lin Fen replied: "There are two points. One is because we have neither research institutes nor researchers, and we don't have the conditions to conduct research. We can only send the box to the central city and hand it over to the military department, and let them take care of it. Study what's inside."

Feng Chen pinched his palms: "What about the second point?"

"The second point is that we can't go to the central city at all, and we can't get in touch." Lin Fen squeezed the empty bottle in his hand and crackled, "Our Haiyun City is surrounded by sea water, and the only way to get out is Sailing. Except for some speedboats in the shipyard that can still be used, those ships exposed to the sea have experienced high temperatures, and the core units have been unable to operate. Speedboats can only go around the city, and it is not possible to sail long distances. Those that can sail long distances The four big ships can only give us a temporary shelter at present."

"Can the ship be repaired?" Feng Chen asked hoarsely.

Lin Fen said: "Many parts need to be replaced. I have sent people to search the shipyard on the dock. If we can salvage usable parts, we will replace them later."

Feng Chen was in a daze, Lin Fen patted him on the shoulder, stood up and said: "It's up to people, I will find a way. If everything goes well, then we can leave here after a while."

Feng Chen looked up at him, Lin Fen's figure was against the light, his face was somewhat blurred, but his eyes were extremely bright.

He half bent down, touched the empty cipher box in Feng Chen's hand with his fingers, and said in a low voice, "I hope I can get the real cipher box before I leave."

As he spoke, he walked to the bow of the boat, started the speedboat, and headed back to the time.

Feng Chen looked at his back, not sure whether Lin Fen was probing, or if he already knew his identity, and knew that the cipher box was in his hands.

But now he doesn't care if his identity is exposed, he just thinks back to what Lin Fen said just now.

... In fact, this virus has not invaded the body of some people, but has invaded the body of everyone on our planet.No matter whether it is a newborn baby or an old man who is about to die, no one is exempt...

There was a virus lurking in Yan Bubu's body, like a ticking time bomb, which would detonate someday, blowing them to pieces.Even if his fever last night was just sickness and not a mutation, that mutation would come sooner or later, and the fuse of the bomb would eventually be ignited.

This is a catastrophe that must be experienced, and he cannot escape.

When Feng Chen returned to Hive A, Yu Yuan was sitting in the lobby on the second floor with Yan Bubu.Seeing Feng Chen appearing at the door of the hall, Yan Bubu yelled "brother" and jumped down from the high stool he was sitting on.

Yu Yuan didn't have time to catch it, he fell and rolled on the ground, fortunately the hall was covered with carpets, then turned up numbly and rushed in front of Feng Chen.

"Slow down." Feng Chen caught Yan Bubu who hit him like a locomotive, hugged him, and touched his forehead imperceptibly.

Fortunately, no fever.

"Brother..." Yan Bubu rubbed Feng Chen's shoulder affectionately, and asked again and again: "Have you finished your work? Do you still want to go out? If you still want to go out, can you take me with you?"

"It's over, don't go out." Feng Chen replied.

"Okay, don't go out."

Yan Bubu heaved a sigh of relief, but when he remembered something, he shivered again, leaned into his ear and whispered, "A few more people were eaten by monsters today."

Yu Yuan also approached at this time, and explained: "It was the same thing as yesterday. The soldiers found no clues on the boat. Go back to your room and clean up. Everyone on this boat will be moved to the other three boats later. Go, this boat will be empty for now, and come back when it’s done.”

"Okay." Feng Chen responded, turned around with Yan Bubu in his arms, left the hall and went upstairs.

The people upstairs were packing their things and going out of the room with big bags and small bags. Feng Chen saw several isolated patients with fever lying on the push cots and being pushed to the deck by the soldiers. Obviously, they also wanted to evacuate together.

Wu You commanded at the end of the aisle, and when he saw Feng Chen, he called him immediately: "Qin Shen, go back and clean up quickly, the people from the C area of ​​our former old beehive are going to move to the current ship called C beehive."

"Okay." Feng Chen walked forward with Yan Bubu in his arms, and when he passed by Wu You, Yan Bubu called Uncle Wu.

Wu You pinched his face, and said in a low voice, "Go to C Hive, and Uncle Wu will find you a house with windows."

"Okay, thank you, Uncle Wu." Yan Bubu smiled with crooked eyebrows.

Feng Chen returned to the room, closed the door immediately, and took down the cipher box from the ceiling.

He looked at the cipher box and stroked the smooth metal shell with his fingers, with a complicated expression on his face.

He knew that the cipher box belonged to the Eastern Allied Forces, and he knew its value, and kept in mind his father's previous instructions to keep it well so that the Western Allied Forces would not find it.

But if this box can be exchanged for Yan Bubu's safety, so that other people can safely go through the mutation period, then is it really that important whether it belongs to the Eastern Alliance Army or the Western Alliance Army?

Feng Chen shook his head.

No, none of that matters anymore.

The most important thing now is that Lin Fen can repair the boat.As long as he can leave Haiyun City, he will hand over the cipher box.

"Brother, don't look at it, hide it quickly." Yan Bubu always knew that the cryptex should not be seen by others, he was afraid that someone from outside would break in, so he hurriedly urged in a low voice.

Feng Chen put the box into the cloth bag he was carrying, and replied in a low voice: "Okay, put it away."

Fold all the clean clothes, put the daily necessities into the big bag, and there is nothing else to bring.The two went out of the room, went downstairs with the others, boarded the hovercraft parked beside the boat, and went to C hive.

There are two to 3000 people living in one boat, and they are evenly distributed to other boats, which is indeed quite crowded.At least the big suite where only one family used to live has now become two families living together.The six-person room that wasn't full was filled to the brim now.

Moreover, each ship has to spare some cabins to isolate those patients with fever.

Although Feng Chen and the others didn't live in a small suite like the hive A, Wu You still took care of them and shared a medium-sized two-bedroom suite with others.Compared with before, the only inconvenience is that the bathroom is in the living room, and the two families use it together.

"Our new house also has windows." Yan Bubu leaned on the window, poked the glass happily, and then said to Feng Chen with some worry: "I just don't know if this window can see the clothes flying by itself."

Feng Chen put the clothes in the cabinet, and glanced at the black lion lying beside him.

The black lion immediately lowered his head guiltily, covering his eyes with his paws.

Feng Chen asked: "Are you afraid of seeing clothes fly by themselves? In those cartoons, plates and saucers can fly, are you not afraid?"

"I'm not afraid when watching cartoons." Yan Bubu said with some trouble, "But it's still weird to see clothes flying."

Feng Chen sneered: "Coward."

"I'm not a coward." Yan Bubu was upset, and squinted at him, "I can fly myself."

Feng Chen continued to fold his clothes, and after he had folded two pieces, he suddenly thought of something, his face darkened, and he said sharply: "I tell you, don't try to go to the edge of the boat or somewhere upstairs to try again. If you dare If you have that kind of thought, I will beat you."

"Ah..." Yan Bubu looked at him blankly, "I haven't thought about trying to fly again."

He seemed to have been inspired by something, with an enlightened appearance, his eyes gradually brightened, and his eyeballs were also turning around.

Feng Chen sneered, pursed his lips, went to the closet to take out a wooden hanger, and began to roll up his sleeves with an angry face.

Yan Bubu had seen this familiar formation with his mother several times before, he panicked and begged for mercy skillfully: "I dare not, I was wrong, I will never dare again."

"Don't dare?" Feng Chen knocked the hanger on his palm and made a slap.

Yan Bubu trembled: "I really dare not."

Feng Chen looked at him warningly for a moment, then put away the hanger and continued to fold the clothes, finally took Yan Bubu's cloth bag, and hid the cipher box on the ceiling.

Although he doesn't care too much about whether the cipher box will be discovered by the Western Union Army now, this thing is too important, and it must be hidden before it is handed over, so as not to be troublesome if it is discovered and taken away by others.

After putting the cipher box away, he took out the empty box that Lin Fen had given him from his pocket, and threw it to Yan Bubu.

"Give you."

Yan Bubu caught the cipher box and asked puzzledly: "What are you doing for me? Do you want to put it in my bag?"

"This is another empty one for you to play with." Feng Chen stepped forward, read a few numbers, and taught him how to open the box.

Yan Bubu really liked the box, he opened and closed it fondly, thinking about finding some treasures to put in it.

"Put it away now, it's time for lunch."

Because there were too many people, the queue in front of the dining hall was longer. Yan Bubu and the two of them moved forward slowly in the queue, listening to the whispered discussions of the people around them.

"It's been gnawed so that only the bones are left, and even the eyeballs are eaten."

"Fortunately, I changed the boat, otherwise I wouldn't dare to sleep at night."

"What do you think it is? Could it really be the ghost of the crew? After all, the entire ship has been searched several times but it has not been found."

"Whatever he is, as long as he doesn't live on that ghost ship."

……

After lunch, it was time to study again. Yan Bubu pointed at the words on the paper and read them carefully one by one. Feng Chen sat beside him, reaching out to touch his forehead from time to time.

"Up, down, big, small, left, right..."

Feng Chen looked at Yan Bubu's side face, listened to his recitation, worried that he would still have a fever, and at the same time comforted himself, thinking that even if it mutated, it would not be so fast.

After all, it took a long time for him to develop a fever for the first time to mutate. After Lin Fen repaired the boat, he just went to the central city.

Feng Chen was in a daze all the time, and when he came back to his senses, he found that there was no sound in the room, and Yan Bubu had stopped reading and was staring at him.

"Why didn't you read it?" Feng Chen asked.

Yan Bubu hesitated: "Brother, am I sick?"

He had been drowsy when he had a fever last night, and he only vaguely remembered that he was not feeling well, not sure if he had ever been sick.

"No." Feng Chen said.

"Then why are you looking at me like this?" Yan Bubu showed suspicion, showing unprecedented sensitivity.

Feng Chen asked: "Why are you looking at you?"

"It's just...it seems...that kind of unhappiness..." Yan Bubu struggled for a long time but couldn't think of a suitable word, and finally said: "Anyway, I feel very bored when I look at you."

He touched his heart and said softly, "You make me feel stuffy here."

Feng Chen raised his hand to cover the back of his hand, and said in a low voice after a while: "It's okay, don't think about it."

"But I clearly misread a few words just now, and you didn't even yell at me."

"That's because I was distracted and didn't listen to you reading at all."

Yan Bubu believed it, nodded and said, "Well, that's fine."

He continued to read, and Feng Chen also forced himself to listen carefully.

Seeing his earnest expression, Feng Chen's heart was sore and soft, so he was very patient when correcting typos, and his voice was exceptionally gentle.

But this kind of emotion only barely survived for 10 minutes before it disappeared. The anger began to surge uncontrollably, and the sadness and pity were washed away.

"How many times have I taught you this word? Eighteen times if not twenty times. Why can't I remember it?"

"Wind, this is wind, not rain, don't keep confusing these two words."

"How many times do you need to go to the toilet in these 10 minutes? No."

……

When the knock on the door sounded, Yan Bubu, as if he had been pardoned, quickly jumped out of the bed and rushed over before Feng Chen could make a sound: "I'll open the door! I'll open it!"

Feng Chen couldn't see the door from this position, but when he heard the door open, Yan Bubu instantly lost all sound, and guessed who it was.

Lin Fen walked into the house step by step, Yan Bubu followed behind him like a petrified quail.

"Qin Shen, your perception is quite outstanding. I need you to go to Hive A and use your mental power to find out what is abnormal on that boat."

Feng Chen didn't refuse, and immediately stood up and responded, "Okay."

According to the usual rules, Yan Bubu must make a fuss to follow, but now he just stood there without saying a word, looking at Feng Chen with pitiful eyes.

"You just write in the room, I'll be back later." Feng Chen squeezed his shoulder reassuringly.

Lin Fen stood aside, his eyes fell on the paper full of words, he took two steps forward and picked it up to read.

The more you look at the brow, the tighter the frown.

"Can't add and subtract within ten?"

Feng Chen didn't make a sound, but Yan Bubu's trembling voice sounded: "Two plus two equals four, three plus three equals six, four plus four equals eight..."

"What about subtraction?"

Yan Bubu reached out and tugged at the corner of Feng Chen's clothes, Feng Chen stared straight ahead expressionlessly, ignoring his plea for help.

"What is two minus two?" Lin Fen asked.

Yan Bubu looked at him blankly.

"illiteracy."

Lin Fen shook his head, and said to Feng Chen: "There are so many children, big and small, on these ships, and the minimum basic education must keep up. We are going to open a school on the ship, and it will only take two days. You both go."

"School? I'm going too?" Feng Chen asked in astonishment.

"What? You don't think you're a child?" Lin Fen looked at him with a half-smile.

Feng Chen didn't answer, Lin Fen put the paper back on the table: "The ship of the military department should be the safest, so the school is on that ship, you should go and listen."

After a moment of silence, Feng Chen replied softly.