After leaving the Jinan Military Region, Liu Chang went to Beijing alone. He was very familiar with the routes between Beijing and Jinan. The roads in the jungle were faster and more convenient, and he kept them in mind. even less time.
When we arrived in Beijing, it was just after eight o'clock in the evening. According to the living habits of human beings before the end of the world, it was the most leisurely time of the day for people.
However, after the end of the world, people have changed their living habits, and the city of Beijing at night seems to be dead silent as if there is no electrical equipment.
"Well, there is still no change here." Liu Chang looked up at the dilapidated high-rise buildings around him, and thought of the prosperity of the place before, and sighed, "If there is no threat of willow trees, it would be much better to come to this city than it is now."
The air was very cold, although there were not too many people in the surrounding rooms, after the sun went down, there were very few pedestrians walking on the street—it was too cold. And even if you can occasionally see two or three scattered people, they must be carrying prey, or looking in a hurry.
After the end of the world, especially after the cold winter, survival has become the number one topic.
"Those who can still think of traveling in the last days, am I considered a privileged class?" Looking at these people struggling on the verge of life and death, Liu Chang felt a rare sense of superiority in his heart.
This feeling of superiority was inexplicable, but when Liu Chang noticed it, he found that it might have been because of the too painful life he had lived for the past four years. For a long time, like everyone around him, he has been constantly running for survival. Even in the past year, he has endured more dangers and pains than these people in Beijing, but after overcoming difficulties one by one, he feels I struggled step by step out of the scope of survival, and even now I can lead my family to travel.
This is where superiority comes from—plain and real.
Running briskly on the dilapidated streets of Beijing, Liu Chang felt like returning home.
His speed was very fast. When he arrived at the gate of the institute in the dark, none of the sentinels standing in groups under the cold winter night sky noticed his existence, so they ran all the way into the institute, and saw A surprised girl was waiting for him at the door.
"Feel me?" Liu Chang asked.
"Yeah." Xiao Jing walked to his side with a smile and stopped talking.
"What about the rest?"
"I just came out when I felt your aura. Others are still busy with their own affairs in the institute. Li Feng and Milan seem to be using the Beijing Institute's means to try to find their lost relatives before the end of the world. Zhizhi The elder sister and the eldest three have gone out, and Aunt Qingyin is in the room." Xiaojing said one by one: "Uncle Leihuo seems to be obsessed with watching SpongeBob SquarePants recently, and the tall Mr. Liu is still awake."
"Thunder Tiger is obsessed with watching SpongeBob SquarePants?" Liu Chang felt refreshed when he heard the news, "Haha, let's go and see him."
As Liu Chang was talking, he dragged Xiaojing into the room of the research institute. This time Liu Chang did not hide his figure like that when he followed the gate of the courtyard, but the two soldiers who were holding the door saw that it was Liu Chang. He also knew that he was a regular visitor here, and saluted him with a standard military salute.
It has to be said that the military salute of Chinese soldiers is always the most standardized.
Under the watchful eyes of the two soldiers, Liu Chang entered the interior of the research institute, and then followed the direction in his memory, following the smell of Leihuo who hadn't bathed for a long time, Liu Chang first entered his ward. Inside.
"It's so quiet, you're here." After Liu Chang opened the door, he smiled cheerfully at Leihuo: "I remember that before I left, you were still noisy every day, and I could hear you every day when I was next to you." Roar, what's going on now?"
"Ouch, you're back?" Hearing Liu Chang pull open the iron electronic door with a "bang" and stand there shouting, Lei Huo, who was half lying down, suddenly became energetic and put down the computer on the hospital bed, "Teng "Sit up suddenly, "Why did you come back so quickly? I heard that the people on the seabed were all wiped out by the willow tree. Is the news true? Is the willow tree really that powerful?"
Seeing Lei Huo sitting up so quickly, Liu Chang joked, "It seems that your body has almost recovered?"
"Well, it's almost there. If it wasn't for that little nurse who wouldn't let me get out of bed, I would basically be able to walk on the ground. It's that guy, Old Liu, who hasn't stabilized yet." Lei Huo said about himself, and then Talking about Lao Liu next door, "That guy's health is still not good. It's a miracle that he survived under the nuclear bomb. But his condition has stabilized these days. I just hope he can wake up soon. This guy died It's a pity, although I'm not familiar with him, but I admire these characters like Lao Zhang."
"Well, I'll go see him later." Liu Chang nodded, and then chatted with Lei Huo about some parents and the most important current affairs.
He first told Leihuo everything he had seen and heard in the past few days, including the defeat of the amphibious people and the catkins of the willow tree. He asked Lei Huo why he liked SpongeBob SquarePants, and finally heard Lei Hu talk about Li Qingshui's recent big actions in the Beijing Military Region, and finally left the ward.
After leaving Lei Huhu's ward, Liu Chang visited Lao Liu, Qingyin and others successively.
Fortunately, Milan and Li Feng are ordinary people, and now they live in the Beijing Research Institute, so they keep getting to know Li Qingshui and other high-level officials, and start to make connections, hoping to find their lost relatives and friends before the end of the world Friends—Obviously, some relatives of these two people were not in the same city as them when the last days happened, so as the most common wish of ordinary people, they want to know whether any of these relatives are still alive.
This is perfectly normal behavior.
And Qingyin obviously didn't have such good luck. All relatives died in front of her—whether it was close relatives or nephews and other marginal relatives. After dying one by one, this woman lost her thoughts. She seemed to be able to forget a little bit when she was constantly pursuing survival. Now in the research institute, without the company of fear every day, she has a lot of time to immerse herself in painful thoughts.
When Liu Chang saw her again, he found that this once pretty young mother was already haggard.
Sometimes, survival is also a necessary busyness.