Reborn in the end of the world, I scavenged in the empty city and bought for free

It hadn't rained that day, so everyone had relaxed their vigilance a little. Especially from 2 a.m. to 6 p.m., the weather remained clear and there was no sign of rain. At 6 a.m., the sunset even covered the entire base with a layer of rosy clouds.

The acid rain started to fall around 7:30 because the biker gang incident that occurred the night before had caused extremely bad consequences. Although no bloodshed had occurred, the affected residents were already complaining, and many reports had appeared on the forum about witnesses of biker gangs disturbing residents in the middle of the night.

This time, the Self-Defense Forces specially organized a commando team to search for chaos in key areas, such as the crowded small streets and alleys in the outer circle, and near several major blocks. In the inner circle, network control was strengthened, and some surveillance equipment that had been corroded by acid rain was replaced with anti-corrosion waterproof covers. Surveillance alarms were even set off, and three shifts of personnel were working to conduct 24-hour surveillance and observation.

This acid rain came suddenly. 7:30 was originally the time when most people would go out for a stroll after dinner. However, due to the biker gangs and the acid rain period, few people were willing to go out during these days. Instead, members of the Self-Defense Forces had to organize their personnel and begin orderly patrols.

At the guesthouse, Xiaoli and the proprietress had just finished their meal. The two young girls, Xiaoli and Lan Cen, were about to use their mobile phones to browse the latest hot posts on the Internet when they heard a voice asking for help from downstairs.

"Sister Xiaoli, there seems to be some movement downstairs?" Lan Cen is young, and although he is only the lowest level psychic, his five senses are still stronger than Xiaoli's. He noticed the footsteps the moment there was a knock on the door downstairs.

"Don't go down yet. We don't know what's going on. Oh, take the baseball bat in the corner."

Xiaoli bit her lower lip and jumped off the bed. She swiftly picked up an iron hammer from the bedside. She used it for self-defense. After all, as an ordinary person, she didn't have the conditions to get hot weapons like pistols. Xiaoli could only find a way to put some handy tools by the bed so that if a criminal really broke in, she would have something to defend herself with.

Lan Cen moved quickly. After Xiaoli got out of bed, he quickly grabbed the baseball bat from behind the door and grabbed it tightly in his hand.

At this time, I felt that the knocking on the door downstairs was getting stronger and stronger, and the frequency of the knocking was more rapid than before.

At this time, the voice of the proprietress came from outside the door, "Xiao Li, you and Lan Cen stay in the room for a while, I'll go down and see what's going on."

Because it was not yet time to go to bed, the lights were on in most of the nearby floors. In addition to Lan Cen and her husband and wife, there was also a family of three who had just moved in some time ago on the third floor of the guesthouse. The second floor was still occupied by the old couple and another young man. The only room on the first floor was given to Old Zhang and a young waiter in the kitchen as a staff dormitory.

However, ever since the biker gang incident last night, even though the weather looked good today, the proprietress closed the business early at 6:30. Besides, business was bad recently and few people were willing to spend money to stay at the guesthouse, so anyone knocking on the door at this time seemed very suspicious.

The proprietress went downstairs nervously and saw Lao Zhang and the young waiter standing at the door, looking like they were about to open it.

"Lao Zhang, why are you opening the door?"

The proprietress was shocked and thought that Lao Zhang was confused. How could she open the door for anyone like that?

Lao Zhang already had his hand on the door handle, and the guy next to him had already unlocked the first lock.

I looked up and saw that it was the boss and his wife who came downstairs in the dark. There was a tremor in their voices, so I quickly explained to them, "They are not the motorcycle gang, but Deputy Captain Zhang. It seems to be raining outside, and he and a few team members want to take shelter from the rain here for a while."

The proprietress still had her hands on the stair railing, and she had obviously not come to her senses yet. Instead, her husband glanced at the rain outside the window and said softly, "It seems to be raining."

"Lao Zhang, could you please hurry up? There are several of us, and the eaves outside are a bit crowded. The rain is splashing all over us."

A man's urging voice came from outside. The proprietress recognized him immediately, with a puzzled expression on her face, "It really is Deputy Captain Zhang."

"Madam, it's raining acid outside, and it's raining heavily. Deputy Captain Zhang and his men are not in a hurry. They are out on patrol on bicycles. It started raining heavily as soon as they arrived near us. The only place to hide from the rain is the eaves outside the guesthouse, but they have so many people, and it will be difficult to deal with if the rain gets heavier. I think they are all acquaintances, and we trust Deputy Captain Zhang, "

Deputy Captain Zhang used to be a frequent visitor to the guesthouse, and his wife and the proprietress’ husband worked in the same unit, so the two families were quite familiar with each other.

The boss lady realized later that it was really raining heavily outside. Because they were worried about the biker gangs, her husband and Lao Zhang repaired all the windows in the morning. The boss lady closed the windows tightly and even added a few iron plates from the inside, fearing that those people would go crazy and shoot indiscriminately. After all, there is no shortage of extremists in the apocalypse.

Lao Zhang and his assistant quickly unlocked the last lock. As the rolling door opened, five or six figures were reflected on the transparent glass window outside.

After the glass door was finally opened from the inside, Deputy Captain Zhang and his men walked in hurriedly.

Several people were wearing long-sleeved uniforms. The Self-Defense Forces here wear dark blue short-sleeved uniforms in the summer and dark gray long-sleeved jackets in the autumn and winter.

Deputy Captain Zhang was not tall, about 1.7 meters, with a very square face. He was also a C-level earth-type mutant. When he first came in, the proprietress saw a pile of earth about 15 centimeters high appearing on the glass door about one meter wide, as if it had emerged from the concrete floor.

This should have been created by Deputy Captain Zhang using his supernatural powers, so as to temporarily prevent the acid rain from flowing to the place where they were hiding from the rain.

However, the rain was indeed heavy enough. The water flowing under the eaves could not be described as water columns, but more like basins of water pouring down. The pungent smell brought by the heavy rain outside rushed into the restaurant in an instant.

There were six big men following Deputy Captain Zhang, all of them were dressed neatly, their hats were wet, and even their clothes were wet to varying degrees.

"Xiao Luo, come here, did the rain just get your neck wet? Come and take a look."

A tall young man was pulled over, and the proprietress immediately said to her husband, "Go upstairs and get the first aid kit." Then she turned and pointed to the bathroom on the first floor, "Lao Zhang, take them there. Wash the areas that were just touched by the acid rain with soap. Don't touch the areas that have blisters. You may need to take some anti-inflammatory treatment later."

At this time, the lights in the restaurant on the first floor had been turned on. The proprietress led everyone to the dining table. There was another sound of footsteps upstairs. Xiaoli and Lan Cen had already run down after hearing the news. Although they had prepared themselves mentally, they were still a little surprised to see so many more people downstairs.

There were seven people in total, including Deputy Captain Zhang, and five of them only had minor burns, which were fine after being washed with running water. But Xiao Luo and another young man were slightly more seriously injured, one had rainwater from the brim of his hat poured onto his neck, and the other had it on the back of his hand. Both of them had a series of blisters at the wound site and began to fester, but fortunately they were treated in time, and as long as the pus was drained out and anti-inflammatory work was done, they should be fine.

"Where is your motorcycle now?" Lao Zhang stretched his neck to look outside, but there was no trace of the motorcycle.

Deputy Captain Zhang sat on the stool and sighed, "We were in the pit next to us. The situation was urgent and we had no time to think about the car. If we had driven a car, we could have rushed back to the bureau. But we didn't dare to drive a motorcycle. We were closest to your guesthouse at that time, so we had to run here."

Xiao Luo endured the pain in his neck and couldn't help but complain about the weather. "Before, the weather was fine. He said it was rare that it didn't rain. So when we went out, the deputy director said that in order to save fuel, he asked us to ride three motorcycles. Now, the motorcycles are broken. I want to see how painful the deputy director is. But this weather is really abnormal. The rain comes and goes, but our class has to go all the time."

"In fact, it's not just your unit. It seems other units have also gone back to work this afternoon. I think everyone is relaxing too quickly. They should at least stay home for two or three days first." The proprietress complained as she slowly packed up the first aid kit.

"Aunt, the weather in the apocalypse cannot be described as normal. What if it doesn't rain for the first three days, but it starts raining on the fourth day? Can you prevent it? The most important thing is that many natural disasters are beyond the range of scientific prediction. Even the Meteorological Bureau couldn't predict the acid rain in advance. Ordinary people can only live one day at a time."

Xiaoli lowered her head, holding a rag with some clean water on it, which she used to block the gaps in the window where water easily seeped in.

The acid rain during the day the day before yesterday affected the water source. Fortunately, there are many water buckets at the guesthouse. The proprietress installed water storage buckets on the balcony a few years ago. There is a 300L bucket on the first and second floors. Now each room is supplied with 1L of water for free every day, and 15 points are charged for 1L for more than that. Although the water bill has skyrocketed, all this water can be used to save lives. Together with the water used for drinking in a day, each person will consume at least 5L of water. However, the water is still not enough. If it goes on like this, together with the water filled in large and small buckets before, it can only support ten to fifteen days at most. If the water plant does not have a corresponding solution within the next half month, the entire base will face an unprecedented water crisis.

At this time, the rain outside was getting heavier, and the rain hitting the glass door made a crackling sound.

Xiao Li thought of a possibility, took a deep breath, and after struggling for a while, she asked in a low voice: "Deputy Captain Zhang, was there anyone else on the street when you came here just now?"

At first glance, Xiaoli's words don't sound like a big deal, but if you think about it more deeply, it's quite terrifying.

If there are other people on the road, if they fail to take shelter in time in such heavy rain, or if there is no deliberate shelter nearby, then can they survive such concentrated acid rain?

Deputy Captain Zhang wiped the sweat from his forehead, not knowing whether it was hot or cold sweat, and his expression became extremely solemn. "The situation was urgent at the time, and I didn't pay attention to other people on the way here. But this time happened to be after dinner, so I was worried that some residents would go out for a walk. If it was near an office building, there would be a glimmer of hope, but if it was in a narrow alley or a wide central road..."

The conversation ended here because everyone could imagine the worst possible outcome.

At this time, a rustling sound of electricity came from the wireless walkie-talkie that Deputy Captain Zhang used to perform tasks, followed by an intermittent sound that continued for a while, and it gradually became clear after about half a minute.

"Team Three, Team Three, this is Chengnan Branch. Please report the location of your personnel and the current situation."

"Lao Kong? I'm Zhang Che. I'm at the Manman Hotel at Sanjiekou now. Seven people have been dispatched. Everyone is safe now, but all the three-wheeled motorcycles are scrapped." Deputy Captain Zhang picked up the walkie-talkie and spoke slowly.

"The safety of personnel is the most important. We are temporarily unable to contact the second team. Can you get in touch with them?" the other side asked immediately.

Deputy Captain Zhang thought about the area patrolled by the Second Squadron, and his heart tightened a little, and his tone became more serious. "The Second Squadron patrols the small streets and alleys, which are less than two kilometers away from the branch office. They usually patrol on foot."

There was silence for about a minute or two, and then a low voice said, "Five teams have been dispatched. Except for Team 4, which came back for lunch during the shift change and did not go out to avoid the acid rain, Team 1, Team 3, Team 2, and Team 5 are all out on missions. Team 3 is currently stranded in the office building and is not in any danger of life for the time being. One person from Team 5 was seriously injured and is currently staying at a resident's home for treatment, but Team 2 has been unable to be contacted."

Everyone could hear the hesitation in the liaison officer's tone, probably trying to explain that Team Two was most likely to be in danger. After all, there were basically no buildings in the small streets and alleys that could block the acid rain. Unless some kind-hearted people could open their doors to let them take shelter from the rain temporarily, the atmosphere near the outer circle was tense during this period of time because of the previous Illuminati terrorist attack and yesterday's biker gang riot. Everyone was dissatisfied with the Self-Defense Forces' neglect of duty. There had also been conflicts between residents and Self-Defense Forces members before, so it was hard to guarantee that anyone would accept them during the acid rain.

Seeing that the atmosphere was becoming heavy, Xiaoli quickly winked at Lan Cen.

Lan Cen was smart and guessed Xiaoli's thought at once, so he said softly: "I'll go boil some brown sugar water for everyone to keep warm. It's easy to catch a cold if it's cold at night." As he said that, he was about to walk towards the kitchen, but before he had taken a few steps, he heard a loud "bang" from upstairs, which made everyone's heart skip a beat.

Is there something going on upstairs?