End of the World

After getting Fang Xiaoyun's reply, the vehicle started and left the place. Fang Xiaoyun simply cleaned up the back of Qiao Xinghua's RV, threw all the blood-stained sheets and clothes out of the car, and sprayed perfume on the door and windows of the RV to cover up some of the bloody smell.

Dafeng's RV led the way, and it was no problem to lead the way with the modified front of the car, so there was no need for an infantry fighting vehicle to lead the way.

The car speed is not fast. To prevent bumps, the vehicle dare not make turns at large angles and must be careful to avoid potholes.

After driving in the dark for more than an hour, we barely got out of Shanggongguan Town. Since it was almost dawn, the convoy stopped to rest, and almost everyone got up after a short nap.

The sun was about to rise in the morning and the surrounding environment was vaguely visible. Everyone got out of the car to breathe the air, and everyone had a tired look on their face.

The north wind was howling and the weather had already become a little chilly, at least in the morning.

"Crack!"

Dafeng got off the car and was about to stretch when he heard a crisp sound under his feet. He looked down and saw that he had stepped on the hand bones of a dead body.

"Pah, pah, pah! How unlucky!" Dafeng jumped away. It was really unlucky to step on a dead person with his first step.

"Sister Yun, how are they?" Wu Bin went to visit the wounded and asked Fang Xiaoyun.

"The situation is not optimistic. Without exception, they all have fever. What we are most worried about is wound infection, but we don't have any antibiotics!" Fang Xiaoyun briefly described the situation, and she asked Cheng Xiaochun to pay attention to their wounds.

"Xiaochun, take good care of them. Someone will come to deliver breakfast later. Sister Yun, come with me!" Wu Bin greeted Cheng Xiaochun.

"Don't worry!" Cheng Xiaochun agreed.

On the other side, Chen Guangjun was chatting with Chen Haitao, and it was time for Chen Haitao to make a decision.

"Brother Jun, are you really not going back?" Chen Haitao sighed.

"Go back? This is my home, you know? If it weren't for them, I would have died long ago!" Chen Guangjun smiled. Wu Bin and his people are pretty good people. They are very nice to them and make them feel like home.

"Haitao, I know you don't have any family in the shelter, why don't you pursue what you want? Sometimes, you can't go wrong if you follow your heart!"

"Brother Jun, I don't really have much feeling about the shelter. Ever since my family members left, I've felt lost and often asked myself why I'm alive. I'm not willing to live like this, but I still haven't found the answer!"

"You have lost your faith and you don't know what you are doing or what you are doing!"

"Brother Jun knows so well that you have had this experience too?" Chen Haitao asked, looking up.

"A little bit! Think more about beautiful things, even if they are incompatible with this world!" Chen Guangjun patted Chen Haitao on the shoulder. Some words don't need to be too straightforward, he will understand.

Looking at Chen Guangjun's back, Chen Haitao fell into deep thought. Beautiful things, faith, follow your heart!

"Everyone come here, let's have a small meeting!"

When everyone heard Wu Bin's voice, they put down their work.

"The situation is very serious for us. Basically, we are short of all supplies, including food, medicine, fuel, ammunition, etc." Wu Bin said straight to the point: "The most serious situation now is the three injured people in the car. They are in danger due to the lack of medicine!"

"Now let's ask for everyone's opinions and determine the order of arrangements for the next things!"

"Since the wounded are more important, let's gather some medicine first!" He Yuxin spoke first. She felt very sympathetic towards the three girls lying in the car and could not bear their painful expressions.

"Yes! And it will be needed when Sister Wen gives birth to her baby later!" Meng Zihan echoed, agreeing with He Yuxin. She and He Yuxin had just checked the various supplies and knew they could last for a few more days.

"I also agree to find the medicine first!" Lu Qiqi naturally had no other opinions.

An Wenwen was very moved when she heard the girl's proposal. She was not afraid, but she was afraid of losing the child. The current conditions were difficult, and she had to give birth to the child no matter what. If there were doctors and medicines, it would undoubtedly be more secure.

"What are your opinions?" Wu Bin looked at Qiao Xinghua and the others. Qiao Xinghua was speechless. How dare he oppose his wife's proposal!

"no comment!"

"Okay...!" Wu Bin was about to make the decision when he accidentally saw the two timid girls. They were not used to it. Fortunately, there were other girls in the team and they were not oppressed. They felt much more at ease.

"I almost forgot, come here!"

When they heard Wu Bin's voice, they couldn't help but shudder, not knowing what he was going to do.

"It's okay, you guys go over there!" He Yuxin went up to comfort them. It was normal for girls to be timid when facing strangers, especially those who had been oppressed.

"Well, it's okay, he wouldn't dare to do anything to you!" Meng Zihan also comforted them. They will be sisters in the future, so they must take care of each other.

The two girls then came to Wu Bin timidly.

"Don't be nervous, introduce yourself to everyone!"

"Yeah, don't worry, no one here dares to bully you. If anyone does, just tell me and I'll help you knock out his front teeth!" Dafeng also interrupted. His carefree look made it easy for him to win people's favor.

The two girls adjusted their mood and started to introduce themselves.

"Hello everyone, my name is Wen Anyuan, thank you for your help!"

"My name is Su Yuling, thank you all!"

"Okay, welcome everyone!" Wu Bin clapped his hands first. Now there was an interesting phenomenon in the team. There were more girls than boys. Perhaps there was no other team like Wu Bin's team. Of course, the premise was that the other three could recover safely.

As for the other two middle-aged men who were repairing cars, they were not as restrained as the young girl and quickly got to know everyone. However, Wu Bin was not so confident about them and asked Dafeng to keep an eye on them secretly.

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After a simple welcome ceremony, everyone studied the feasibility of the plan together. Considering the condition of the injured, Fang Xiaoyun suggested that it would be best to go to the hospital, where the necessary medicines for treatment are available in a full range of varieties. Ordinary pharmacies only have ordinary over-the-counter drugs.

"There are only small clinics nearby and no large hospitals. However, there is a town hospital about ten kilometers away!" He Yuxin searched on the map for a long time before finding a hospital that barely met the requirements, but she was not sure because she had never seen the town hospital.

"If there is really no other option, we can only go to the health center!" Fang Xiaoyun was not very clear about the resource allocation of town-level hospitals. She had always worked in a city hospital.

"Then let's go to the health center. I hope we won't be the last group of people!" Wu Bin had no choice. He had been to the town health center for medical treatment when he was a child, but he was too young at the time and only had a vague impression.

The wounded might not be able to hold on for too long, so Wu Bin and his team rushed to the hospital after breakfast. Although it was only a dozen kilometers away, with the current bad traffic, they didn't know how much time they would spend on the road.

There is only one county road leading to Meishan Town. As a county town near Dongzhou City, Meishan Town is relatively isolated, surrounded by mountains on both sides. There are only two roads in and out of the town, at least there are only two on the map.

When the convoy was about to enter the territory of Meishan Town, the county road ahead was blocked by black car wreckage. Several heavy trucks were stuck in the front, and only their black frames were left. Behind them were rows of burnt vehicles, and it was obvious that a fire had occurred here.

"These cars are a bit strange!" Several people got out of the car to check, and Chen Guangjun noticed something strange.

"Strange?" The others looked at the burnt vehicle for a long time and didn't think anything was wrong!

"These cars were burned about half a year ago!" Chen Guangjun used to be a special police officer and had participated in some car burning cases, so he could roughly distinguish them.

"How did Brother Jun know?" Wu Bin was stunned. How could the time of burning be determined by looking at the charred vehicle?

"We can roughly infer that, judging from the degree of corrosion on the wreckage, steel plates that have been burned at high temperatures are more likely to rust. High temperatures will change the properties of metals, especially the frame!" Chen Guangjun explained: "Fire is the process of quenching metals. Once the metal is stable, quenching it again may change its original properties!"

The others were a little confused and didn't quite understand. Wu Bin had studied mechanics and knew a little about metal materials. Not all forging is beneficial to metals, and temperature has the greatest impact on metal properties.

Chen Guangjun knew that everyone might not understand, so he said, "We have also encountered burnt cars on the road. How do they compare with these?"

"This one seems to be more rusty!" Dafeng said as he took a look at the wreckage of the truck.

Chen Guangjun couldn't help but want to cover his face when he heard this, blaming him for not explaining it clearly. Well, the shells of cars are basically made of aluminum alloy and will not change much for a long time, while the bodies of trucks are all made of iron plates!

"Don't worry about it, think about how to get there!" Wu Bin already understood what Chen Guangjun wanted to say. Could it be that there were survivors in Meishan Town? It didn't seem too much to think that there were dozens of survivors left in the entire town.

"There is a winch on the front pole of the RV. We can use the RV to move them away!" Qiao Xinghua believed that the horsepower of the RV was definitely sufficient.

"Maybe it's feasible, but only my RV winch can be used, which will take a lot of time!" Wu Bin agreed. The winches of the other two RVs were blocked by the welded buckets and could not be used. This was a design flaw of the bucket, and he would ask Zhao Bofeng to improve it later.

"Not everyone has to go in. We're just going to the hospital to get medicine, so we can just send a few people to act together!" Wu Bin touched his chin. The town hospital was not far away, and they had infantry fighting vehicles on hand, which was suitable for the team's action.

"I think it's a win, count me in!" Chen Guangjun took the lead without hesitation. It was so uncomfortable to stay in the team, and he was more keen on adventure.

"Let's do this! Dafeng, Jun and I will go, and the rest of you will stay in the convoy!" Wu Bin looked towards the direction of Meishan Town, turned around and said to everyone.

Qiao Xinghua had a different opinion, but He Yuxin spoke before him.

"No, I want to go too, you guys are still short of a driver!"

Wu Bin couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Yu Xin, you are injured, this...!"

However, He Yuxin gave Wu Bin a look that made him realize that he probably couldn't refuse her. After all, he was also injured, so he would not go either.

"Okay, let's just treat it as training a veteran driver!" Wu Bin had no choice but to compromise.

"I want to go with you too!" Fang Xiaoyun suddenly spoke up from the side, in a tone that did not allow for refusal.

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