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Chapter 9 The Journey of Exploration (4)

In Wu Han's opinion, saving others must be done within one's ability. Pity for the strong is a virtue and is worthy of praise, while for the weak is a pair of poisons that penetrate the intestines. Often when the poison is caused, the kind-hearted will regret it.

Fortunately, Wu Han is not the only one who understands Taohuayuan. Among those very stupid and naive people, at least not Zhou Chen. Although she does not have the hard experience of Wu Han in the world and lacks the kind of personal experience that is unforgettable, many miscellaneous books she read in her spare time have well supplemented the shortcomings in her experience.

When he saw Wu Han who had a correct view, Zhou Chen helped him and said:

"...I agree with Wu Han's opinion. These people have experienced many terrible things. It is unimaginable to say how terrible it is. It is very necessary to take isolation measures for everyone's safety. It is better to let them live independently for a period of time first, and then select some suitable people to live in the scenic area. This would be better!"

Among these women, Zhou Chen is not the oldest, but she is the person with the greatest influence. At this moment, seeing Zhou Chen speak clearly and express his support for Wu Han, all the women next to him shut their mouths. The scene fell into silence again. Wu Han, the main person involved, did not say anything, but he still looked extremely calm. This quiet atmosphere that made people restless lasted for a few minutes. Wu Han seemed to finally calm down and said:

"Since everyone has no objection? Well, let's settle it like this first! From tomorrow, I will be responsible for sending food and water. When their physical condition recovers in the future, I will give some farm tools and seeds."

After saying that, Wu Han turned around and walked away without talking to anyone. Looking at his far away back, Zhou Chen sighed helplessly, stroked his forehead and said to the women:

"I'll ask you to think that you are a child cared for by a nanny? Don't you need to think through your brain when speaking? Now is not the society in the past, there are neither police nor laws, and there are no things to maintain order. Even if you are killed, you have to admit that you are unlucky. If it weren't for Wu Han here today, those people would have eaten all of us alive, and you could even say such naive and ignorant words... Go back and reflect on it!"

Zhou Chen reprimanded mercilessly, and the women felt somewhat embarrassed. For those women who were involved in the exploration, they recalled the greedy eyes of the survivors in Xin'an Town, and they couldn't help but fight a cold war. Thinking of the coldness and isolated attitude towards Wu Han just now, they couldn't help but feel a little regretful and guilty.

"Come on, I've given you all the pot and these chopsticks. This is rice and cornmeal. I'll always make porridge? Well, this pack is salt. Oh! I've given you this ham too."

Perhaps it was because they had some food the day before. When Wu Han came here again today, the emotions of these living skeletons seemed much more stable than yesterday. At least when he showed good intentions and showed food and water, someone began to try to talk to him, which was no longer the extremely chaotic situation the day before. Wu Han was naturally happy to see this situation. After some painful exchanges between the two sides, he finally learned about the identity and origin of the group of people and the general process of falling to such a miserable level at the moment.

He knew more than before, but Wu Han did not seem relaxed. On the contrary, his brows were now frowning, and the melancholy and cautiousness in his eyes increased.

Perhaps very unexpected is that Wu Han just learned that these survivors in Xin'an Town are rarely local residents. They claimed that they had lost consciousness inexplicably on the day the nuclear war began, and regaining their expressions was about two months ago.

When the heavy rain after the flood came in full force, they regained consciousness from their ignorance. What magical things happened in the past year and made them survive the threat of nuclear war and nuclear winter. None of the survivors Wu Han asked could explain clearly. During that strange time, people were like frozen meat stuffed into the freezer. The survivors in Xin'an Town only had the memories before and after being frozen. As for what happened in the middle, no one knew.

Of course, for these survivors in Xin'an Town, it is not a happy thing to recover from sobering during the flood. Although the terrain of Xin'an Town is relatively high, the floods formed by the melting of snow in nuclear winter still release huge destructive power.

The roaring torrent not only swept away most of the town's houses, but there was little food and clothing left after the catastrophe. After the flood, Xin'an Town became a ruin, with no houses, no food or clothes. In this case, the survivors could neither keep the cold nor hide from the wind, and the most scarce food and fuel were nowhere to be found. Faced with such a desperate situation, people were trapped in an extremely sad survival competition.

Although at the beginning, there were all kinds of men, women, young and old among this survivor group, most of them were unable to survive under the threat of heavy rains and severe cold, especially hunger. The more than 100 people who have survived are young and middle-aged men and women with good physical fitness, and most of them are male.

When Wu Han asked about the life experiences of these people over the past two months, they all experienced abnormal situations such as trance and vague speech. The women present were so excited that they almost fainted on the spot. Thinking of the strange behavior of these people just now fighting for food, but no one went to touch on the strange behavior of meat eating, Wu Han was silent. In the wandering life of a wandering wanderer when he was young, Wu Han witnessed the darkest and cruel side of the world with his own eyes. Without any prompts, Wu Han could guess the real reason behind the abnormal behavior of these people, but he was not willing to think deeper.

Have you ever heard of such outrageous things like China’s thousands of years of history? In the end, it was just a line of words written in history books, saying: Great famine, people eat each other.

If you only want to survive, rather than be proud of it, those past events that have passed and are unbearable to look back on, it is best to pass it quietly!

After all, this awkward silence cannot last forever. Wu Han's eyes were filled with pity, then he smiled bitterly, took out a plastic bag from his arms, and said:

"I will come again in three days. You can find a place to rest first! This bag is alfalfa seeds. If you have time, find a piece of land to sprinkle it on. When the sprouts grow, you can eat it as vegetables."
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