Chapter 48: Escaping

Noticing the bald youth looking up, Lin Shi quickly turned his back and dodged behind a tall figure to avoid being recognized.

"What are you hiding from?" A slightly familiar voice sounded from behind his head.

Lin Shi's body stiffened slightly, and he turned his head to realize that the person he had used as a shield was none other than the officer who had brought him here earlier, Wang Chao.

Wang Chao's eyes were sharp, staring straight into Lin Shi's eyes as if trying to discern something.

Lin Shi knew he was suspected.

Before Lin Shi could answer Wang Chao's question, another group of soldiers arrived in the open space.

"Report! We found two students at the port exit, claiming they are lost!"

Lin Shi turned his head at the sound of the voice.

Upon seeing one of the two students brought over, his expression immediately became quite interesting.

Wang Chao glanced at Lin Shi and walked towards the two students.

For some reason, his years of military intuition told him that this boy named Lin Shi was not simple.

Wang Chao approached the two female students and asked the soldier who brought them:

"Which school do they belong to? Have their identities been verified?"

"Report, sir, they are from Sha City Art College, and it has been confirmed!"

"Soldier brother, we've been walking around here for a long time and can't find our way.

It's getting dark, and we're so scared! What happened to Sha City? Why can't we use our phones suddenly? Ugh, I want to go home..."

One of the girls burst into tears upon seeing Wang Chao.

Wang Chao frowned, wanting to ask more.

Lin Shi narrowed his eyes and waved at the other female student:

"Xu Qin!"

Xu Qin had been out shopping with her roommate the day before yesterday, carrying the 20,000 yuan given by Lin Shi.

Somehow, she fainted.

When she woke up, she found her phone dead and only learned about the drastic changes in Sha City when she went outside.

With no vehicles and no phones, she and her companion tried to return to school following their memory but got lost.

Seeing the soldiers, she was initially very happy to ask for help, only to be brought here.

In this unfamiliar and solemn environment with unfamiliar people and so many soldiers with guns, Xu Qin's face was full of unease and tension.

"Xu Qin?!"

Suddenly hearing a familiar voice, Xu Qin turned her head and saw,

"Lin Shi?!"

Xu Qin responded with a face full of surprise and joy:

"Why are you here too?!"

In such an unfamiliar and solemn environment, having a known male undoubtedly greatly increased the sense of security.

Seeing the familiar appearance of the two, Wang Chao asked Xu Qin:

"Do you know each other?"

Xu Qin nodded repeatedly, her expression very happy: "Yes, we are classmates!"

Xu Qin got excited and spoke faster, omitting the word "high school."

She originally wanted to say high school classmates, but since it was already said, it didn't matter.

Wang Chao's gaze softened when he heard this and looked at Lin Shi.

It seemed he had thought too much.

"Wait here, and I'll find a comrade familiar with the terrain of Sha City to take you to school."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Lin Shi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

"Xiaoqin, who is this?" Li Xiaoxiao, who was still crying, asked with a sob.

"I am a student in the sculpture department."

Lin Shi winked at Xu Qin.

Xu Qin was wondering when Lin Shi had become a sculpture major, but as soon as she met Lin Shi's eyes, she understood immediately.

He wanted her to play along.

Lin Shi was so generous, and she could help with this trivial matter.

"Right.

He is also a freshman."

Xu Qin said ambiguously.

The three chatted for a few words, and soon Wang Chao brought a soldier who looked not much older than the three of them.

"This is Li Wei, he is also from Sha City, and he knows the way to your school, you follow him."

Lin Shi and the two thanked him gratefully.

"This is what we should do.

Be careful on the road, if you can't see the night road, come back tomorrow morning."

Wang Chao said, the latter half was to Li Wei.

Li Wei agreed and led the three away.

Not long after Lin Shi and the others left, a soldier came to Wang Chao and reported:

"Sir, we have found the murderer who killed the nearby management personnel.

And the murderer confessed that those people were all killed by him and his accomplices.

But his four accomplices have been killed by someone, according to this bald man, it was a young security officer in a black raincoat who fired the gun!"

"A young security officer in a black raincoat?"

Wang Chao didn't know why Lin Shi's face flashed in his mind for the first time, and said:

"Take me to the murderer."

...

After walking a distance, Li Wei found that the two girls were walking very slowly, so he urged:

"We have to walk faster, it will be dark soon, the city is power out, there are no street lights, it's not safe to walk at night."

Lin Shi glanced at the mechanical watch, it was already 5:27.

He had memorized the map of Sha City, and it was about 5 kilometers from here to Sha City Art College on foot.

At the current speed, it would take about an hour to walk back like this.

Lin Shi is now disguised as a student of Sha City Art College, in order not to expose his identity, he has to go back to Sha City Art College with Xu Qin and then leave.

The previous officer had already suspected him, if he left halfway without going to the college, then his identity would be exposed after this soldier went back.

Sha City is so small, if he runs into it again, it will be a trouble.

Forget it, it's just a few kilometers, he still has a flashlight, not afraid of walking at night.

Xu Qin and Li Xiaoxiao slightly sped up their pace, hanging behind Li Wei.

Lin Shi walked beside Li Wei.

"Brother soldier, why is Sha City power out?"

Li Xiaoxiao asked.

Li Wei thought about it, the higher-ups didn't let them hide the news, so he said:

"The day before yesterday, a solar storm destroyed the city's circuit."

"How long will it be repaired? How can we live without electricity? My phone was also destroyed, do you repair it? If you can't repair it, I don't have money to buy a new phone!"

Li Xiaoxiao seems to be a chatterbox, as soon as she opens her mouth, she chatters endlessly.

Li Wei was somewhat confused by this series of questions, and replied:

"The leaders have already sent people to repair the power, before the power is restored, you all stay in the school and don't come out again.

In a couple of days, there will be other troops going to the school to distribute emergency supplies."

"What emergency supplies?"

"Food, candles, matches, lighters and so on..."

"What?! Candles? Oh my God, I'm going to live with candles in the future, how scary at night! Xiaoqin, what should we do?"

Xu Qin's face was also full of worry.

The two girls complained about how inconvenient it would be without electricity for the next period.

But Lin Shi knew.

When the extreme cold comes, even if there are wires that are not burned, as long as they are exposed outdoors, they will all be frozen.

All machines that process precision parts have been damaged, and no one can repair the power station and transformer by hand.

Not to mention having to reconnect the wires in the blizzard.

Power will never be restored again.