July 15th.
A month and a half after the heavy rain.
It hadn't rained for a month and a half.
Withered trees, fallen leaves, dry decay. Desolation was everywhere.
The flow of people from North to South grew increasingly numerous. At night, within these crowds, occasional wails and shrill screams could be heard.
However, no one cared, and no one even paid attention to any of it.
The reason they gathered together was for greater safety. Although the competition for food was greater, it was easier to deal with zombies at night.
Moreover, if they stayed in one place, they would only starve to death.
Following the main group, they might still find food, at least there was a chance to survive.
They traveled South, getting closer and closer to Xin City.
They followed the National Highway, searching houses on both sides of the National Highway for food, like a swarm of locusts passing through, finding the already scarce food and sharing it.
If Li Yu and his group were here, among these people, there were some they had seen before.
This group of disaster victims traveled South along the National Highway. On the way, some people grew thinner and thinner as they walked, until finally, they collapsed on the road.
There were also some who didn't keep up with the crowd and eventually set up camp where they were, only to face death a few days later!
The refugees of the apocalypse, the famine of the apocalypse, how terrifying.
Among this group of people, there was a pair of siblings.
When the apocalypse first broke out, they were still in Xin City; they were originally from Xin City.
Li Yu had encountered them before (Friendly reminder: Chapter 42).
At that time, Brother Sheng, who had confined Song Min and others, learned the location of the base. Later, he even used human blood to attract zombies to besiege the city, planning to kill this pair of siblings and place them under the wall to attract zombies.
However, they were rescued by Li Yu and his group on the National Highway outside the base. They were also given some food.
After being rescued by Li Yu and his group, they fled all the way North.
They just wanted to escape this place as quickly as possible.
Before leaving, they expressed strong gratitude to Li Yu and his group.
The kindness of saving their lives was immeasurable.
Only to repay kindness with enmity.
The further South they went, the more familiar they became with this road.
They had passed through it before.
In less than ten kilometers, they would reach the place where they were rescued by Li Yu and his group.
They remembered: after Li Yu and his group rescued them, they gave them some food.
They felt that since they were able to save them then, perhaps they could help them now too.
So the siblings discussed it and planned to find that base, find Li Yu and his group. They wanted them to save their lives again.
They had followed the main group of disaster victims, witnessing many dirty things that happened among the refugees.
They had also encountered various troubles, but they solved them one by one and were able to survive until now.
It was a kind of luck.
And they had undergone a 'sublimation'.
Living was the most important; other things no longer mattered.
It was a night, and the disaster victims each found a place to rest, not too far from each other, but also maintaining a certain distance.
The younger brother looked around and discussed:
"Sister, do you remember this road? It looks like it shouldn't be far from there now," said the younger brother, who had matured somewhat.
"Shh! Keep your voice down." The sister looked around.
"I told you to be careful about everything, why are you still talking about this?" The sister walked a few steps to the side.
There were some people opposite them, not far away. Fortunately, they didn't look over, so it seemed they hadn't heard what they just said.
"Sister, I've been thinking about this recently. Those people were able to give us food, so if you think about it, maybe they aren't short on food. Hmm, it's possible," the younger brother said in a low voice.
In the dim night, under the hazy moonlight, the sister's beautiful face had a twisted smile: "When the time comes, we won't follow the main group. We'll stay in that vicinity. We'll look around. See if we can find them. Then, see if we can join them."
The younger brother nodded, then hesitated, saying, "But, will they take us in? What we did before..."
He seemed to recall something evil, but there was no regret or fear on his face, only worry—worry that Li Yu and his group might find out.
The sister's face twitched as she said, "As long as you don't say anything and I don't say anything, who would know? Only the two of us survived back then."
"If that baby hadn't cried back then, we wouldn't have..." The younger brother recalled that scene with some indignation.
"It's all in the past. Just pretend it never happened. The deaths of those people have nothing to do with us. Killing that baby was also for survival," the sister's face was full of madness, with a peculiar distortion.
It made people shiver, yet it also had a twisted sense of beauty.
"So, will we just sneak away then?" The younger brother lowered his voice, almost inaudible.
"Mm. It looks like, at our walking speed, we should arrive tomorrow or the day after," the sister said.
"Okay." The younger brother nodded.
After speaking, the two walked back to their original spot.
But, behind a large rock behind them, two people had heard them, though not clearly.
But it didn't matter. Being sneaky at a time like this meant either food or something related to food.
Following them would definitely bring benefits.
This was the law of survival.
There are no walls that don't leak; sometimes, when one person knows something, it's as if the whole world knows.
Before they even set off the next day, the siblings had just gotten up and walked out of their tent when they saw many people around them, looking at them, seemingly intentionally or unintentionally.
Many people remained silent.
But some people directly lost patience and wanted to rush forward to question them, but they were stopped by others nearby.
They were worried that if they asked, what if the siblings refused to speak.
But some people just couldn't stand the waiting, and when they couldn't be stopped, they still went forward and asked, "Hey, do you know where there's a reserve food warehouse?"
???? The siblings were full of questions.
This, where did this come from?
The siblings were a bit confused. They knew where there was food? They didn't know.
Many times, rumors go from one to two, then to three, and finally might turn into the alphabet.
"I don't know. Why would you say that? If we knew where there was food, we would have gone already, why wait until now?" the sister said.
The younger brother also said speechlessly, "How is that possible!"
That person smiled, not believing the siblings' words, and said, "It's spread around, everyone knows. What, do you want to keep it all to yourselves?"
The siblings exchanged glances, understanding each other's thoughts: Could their conversation last night have been overheard?
But, what was going on?
Why was it a food warehouse?
"How is that possible? This is absolutely impossible," the sister strongly refuted.
