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Chapter Thirteen: The Road to Blue (3)

The mountain roads stretch in the canyon surrounded by mountains, and the surrounding hills are covered with snow. Although this winter beauty is as beautiful as ever, those who witness the scenery have no mood to appreciate it, and these magnificent scenery can no longer make people feel even a little pleasant.

The roar of the diesel engine broke the silence of the mountain road, and Sun Meng sat in the truck co-pilot position with a expression of silence. The terrifying nuclear war images that appeared in her dream last night appeared repeatedly in her mind at this moment. Finally, Sun Meng couldn't help but speak and said:

"Wu Han... do you think humans will become extinct?"

"Oh! Who said this? It's too exaggerated."

I believe that people who survive such suspicions and problems will have one thing, the only difference is whether they ask questions. Wu Han took the time to make up for relevant information on nuclear weapons in recent days, and his attitude seemed disdainful. In his opinion, this kind of problem is really lacking. Knowledge is not confused, benevolent is not worried, and brave are not all together. In this world, many things are not afraid of these things themselves. It is just that the fear transformed through everyone's imagination is even far more powerful than those things themselves. In other words, the root of human fear comes from mysterious unknown to a large extent.

Compared with Sun Meng and the beautiful visitors in the mountains who were crying all day long, Wu Han at least ate a lot of information and was known as a wise man in terms of knowledge reserves. His pride is not unreasonable.

Whether it is for the need to pass the boring time or to soothe his heart, Sun Meng would not mind learning more from Wu Han, saying:

"Why? The nuclear war has begun. Isn't human extinction certain?

What is this logical relationship? Wu Han was so thundered by Sun Meng's words. He raised his hand and rubbed his temples, and said with a wry smile:

"Well! In this way, I'll help you with literacy. First of all, it's only human civilization that has begun to end in the nuclear war. In essence, species like humans with tenacious vitality, high natural reproductive power, and good environmental adaptability have the vitality that is not inferior to cockroaches and mice. It's difficult to be extinct all at once."

It is probably because humans and cockroaches are rarely educated. What are the common characteristics between mice? Wu Han's theory made Sun Meng feel confused. Her apricot kernel eyes were full of big question marks. While the truck was changing gears, Wu Han glanced at Sun Meng, and saw that she didn't understand, and then added:

"Why, don't believe it? Hehehehe, I remember the information said that from the perspective of genetic diversity, to maintain the continuation of as a biological species, it is enough to leave a thousand people to be seed. However, to continue and inherit modern scientific and technological civilization, at least 100,000 people are needed, and 100,000 people gathered together to live."

What does it mean to have 100,000 people? Not to mention those super cities that are often counted by tens of millions of people, even permanent residents of an ordinary county town may be slightly more than this number!

"...No matter whether it is the Sahara Desert, the Siberian Plain, or the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Inland Oceania, no matter how desolate the environment, there will still be people living there. The survivors of these places alone are enough to continue the human species. As for the original world, it may be destroyed by the spectacular mushroom clouds."

Listening to Wu Han's analysis that seemed to be cleansed, Sun Meng fell into thinking, and her face turned a little better. Knowing that she was not one of the only survivors in the world, it should be considered a spiritual comfort for this girl who is not very familiar with the world.

Although the mountain road was cleared by Wu Han the day before, it still needs to be driven carefully and avoid the newly falling ice and snow. For Wu Han, who is used to running this mountain road, this obstacle is nothing at the moment, so it is relatively smooth along the way. Except when he arrived at the mountain road where Sun Qing and his wife fell off the cliff and died in a car accident, Sun Meng specially asked Wu Han to stop the car and put a bouquet of white flowers picked from the greenhouse plantation in the morning outside the roadside, and there was no time delay in the middle. About an hour later, Wu Han drove the heavy truck with a certified load of 15 tons and slowly stopped at the central intersection of an empty town where half a person could not be seen.

"Cha!Cha!"

After carefully putting on the gas mask, Wu Han lowered the window and poked one hand out to the outside, and used the "Geger counter" to detect the radiation dose readings from the outside. After confirming that the radiation intensity outside was far lower than the normal human tolerance standard, he pushed open the car door and jumped off. After getting off the car, Wu Han cleanly put the powerful No. 12 shotgun bullet in his hand on the barrel, and put on a serious alert posture. After patrolling around the truck for a week, thinking that there was no threat nearby, Wu Han turned his head and waved to the car, saying:

"Okay, you can come down too! You're starting to work."

The situation in the town is no different from the empty places Wu Han saw the day before. Although there was no sign of direct nuclear attack, the residents of the town did not know where to go. Only empty buildings and messy debris were left here, allowing the cold wind to blow, making a series of sounds of brushing and pulling.

"Do a little bit. Boom! Crazy..."

He quickly walked to the door of a small shop with the words "supermarket". Wu Han raised his hand and shot and smashed the lock under the roller shutter door, then leaned over and pulled the door open. It has to be admitted that at this time, Wu Han's appearance and equipment, or his professional proficiency in his movements, all seemed to be the bandits in Hong Kong-made gunfighting movies. Sun Meng, who was already stunned by the sight, even began to suspect that in addition to being a security guard, someone had another hidden profession of a robber.

This small supermarket, which is not much larger than a small store, is not large in scale, but there is a large yard behind the street store, which seems to be used by the owner as a warehouse for ordinary inventory. For Wu Han and Sun Meng, a rookie robber who became a monk and wades for the first time, this goal is ideal. Instinctively selecting the first robbery target here is enough to prove that someone has the great potential to become an excellent robber. At least practice has proved that he has a good eye for selecting prey.
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