Chapter 34 Departure

"When you are away from home, your parents can't help you much. You must be careful and pay attention to safety. If you really can't make it, come back. It's good for our family to live here." Jiang's mother's voice was a little choked. How could she bear to let her children take risks? She wanted to follow, but she knew that she was a burden to them.

Father Jiang sat aside smoking silently. He was not good at expressing himself. Before the end of the world, he had a company, money, ability and connections, and he could help with his children's affairs. But now in this end of the world, he is just an ordinary middle-aged man without much ability. This gap was infinitely magnified at this moment, making him feel extremely depressed.

Jiang Mi hugged her mother. Although her eyes were red, she still smiled and said, "Mom, it's okay. Just think of it as me and my brother going on a trip. We will be back soon."

"We will be back in about a month, and then we can fight side by side as a family." Jiang Xun also spoke to comfort them.

Mother Jiang smiled, wiped her tears and said no more. She was afraid that her son and daughter would have to worry about them when they were out there.

The family stayed together until late that night. They couldn't help but recall the past while chatting. The interesting things in Jiang Mi and Jiang Xun's childhood were also brought up for jokes. When compared with the present, they couldn't help but sigh that time is a butcher's knife.

The next morning, after packing up, the two left the air-raid shelter quietly without saying goodbye to their parents.

After the two men left, Jiang's mother came out of the bedroom, her hands that were covering her mouth trembled and then dropped them, tears suddenly bursting out. Jiang's father patted her back with red eyes, staring blankly at the direction where the two men disappeared, and sighed silently after a long time.

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After leaving the air-raid shelter, the two headed straight for the dead silent city.

Jiang Xun was wearing a light combat uniform inside and a coat outside. His overlong hair was tied into a small braid at the back of his head. He had a dark grey scarf knitted for him by his mother around his neck and a pair of combat boots on his feet. Compared to his previous gentle and elegant look in a suit, he looked particularly tough and handsome at this moment.

Beside him, Jiang Mi, who was wearing a huge plush hat, a breathing filter on his face, and a dark combat uniform, looked at his brother with resentment.

It's great after the advancement. I don't have to worry about the radiation pollution in the air. Unlike her, she still has to carry this ugly breathing filter.

It was mid-November, and the waist-deep snow showed no sign of melting. When Jiang Xun stepped on it, his long legs disappeared instantly. Jiang Mi could only follow him and walk the path he walked, otherwise she would be buried in the snow.

Accompanied by the sound of crunching snow, the two walked forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow. All they saw was a gray world.

Without any means of transportation, you can only rely on bus No. 11.

There might be hidden dangers under the thick snow, so the two did not dare to walk too fast. They remained vigilant while moving forward according to the route they remembered.

It took more than an hour to get out of the mountain where the air-raid shelter was located.

"At this rate, we probably won't be able to get into the city before night." Jiang Mi let out two breaths and turned around to look at the winding snowy road they had waded through when they came here.

"The snow is too thick and has turned into ice in some places." Jiang Xun frowned and looked around.

"If there is such thick snow on the road to the Southwest Second Survivor Base, ordinary means of transportation cannot be used at all. It would be best to have a helicopter." Jiang Mi narrowed his eyes and looked into the distance, quickly searching in his mind for where there was a helicopter that could be used.

"Haicheng Building!"

The two uttered these four words almost at the same time.

Haicheng Building is the tallest building in the city. There is a helipad on the top floor of the building, which is specially used to pick up and drop off the owner of Haicheng Building.

"So, brother, can you fly a helicopter?" Jiang Mi asked uncertainly.

Jiang Xun glanced at her and said, "Yes."

Jiang Mi immediately pointed to the tallest building in the city and said, "Let's go!"

Taking a helicopter is the best solution now, I just hope that helicopter is still on the roof.

By the time the two men arrived in the city, the sun was about to set, but the Haicheng Building in the city center was still more than ten kilometers away.

Jiang Mi wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Let's find a place to stay overnight."

Jiang Xun nodded and looked around. At this time, the two were at the edge of the city. The surrounding buildings were very sparse, the streets were wide, and old four-story buildings and newly built high-rise buildings were interspersed, which was a bit like the fringe of urban and rural areas.

I randomly found a building with its door wide open and walked in. Although there was no snow inside the building, there was a thick layer of ice.

Even tactical boots would be a bit slippery when stepped on.

The corridor was very dark. The two people, each holding a flashlight, looked up and down. The handrails of the stairs had been corroded by the sea water, and a layer of rust appeared like shortbread. The concrete walls were also covered with a layer of white frost.

This is an old six-story apartment building with two households per floor. The door of the first-floor apartment was wide open, and when a flashlight was shone inside, scattered furniture and mud on the floor could be seen.

Jiang Mi withdrew his gaze and continued to walk up. The situation on the second floor was not much different from that on the first floor, except that the inner door on the left hand side was not open. Instead, it was tightly closed. Jiang Mi had no desire to explore, so the two continued to move forward.

Jiang Mi was not worried that there would be survivors in the building. According to the height of the building flooded by the final tsunami, no one could survive in a six-story building like this.

And behind those tightly closed doors, there might be homeowners who were unfortunate enough to not be able to escape and were drowned.

When they reached the sixth floor, the doors of two households were wide open. Jiang Xun turned and walked into the house on the left, and Jiang Mi followed closely behind.

Jiang Mi stepped into the house cautiously, holding a flashlight in his left hand and a dagger in his right hand, and looked around the house vigilantly.

At this stage, sea monsters are rampant, and it is very likely that some of them are lurking in old residential buildings like this one.

The two-bedroom, one-living-room house was not big, and it took only a few minutes to check it out. Not finding any danger, Jiang Mi put away his fighting stance and became more casual.

"The windows are all broken. We can't spend the night here." Jiang Mi shook his head and turned to walk towards the house opposite.

The temperature has now dropped to minus ten degrees Celsius, and the cold wind is howling outside. It is not a wise idea to spend the night in a house without windows like this.

After another careful inspection, Jiang Mi discovered that the family had actually sealed off one of the rooms with a brick wall. There was an altar in the sealed room, but the portrait on the altar had now been mixed with the mud on the ground.

"This is fine." Jiang Mi looked around. The room was very empty. Apart from the altar, there was basically nothing else except a copper basin for burning paper money and a futon.

(End of this chapter)