doomsday pilgrimage

Tang Mo was woken up by the yawning Li Dao, and looked at his watch at five past five.Nodding to Li Dao, he turned over and sat up from the sofa.The cat Xiaomiao on the quilt opened her eyes, moved her body and continued to whine.

"Ah!" Tang Mo rubbed his nose, the dry and cold air irritated his nasal lining.Why is it so cold all of a sudden?Cover Mao Xiaomiao with some quilts, Tang Mo puts on his clothes and goes out.

Pulling aside the curtain on the window, Tang Mo looked outside in surprise.Snow was flying all over the sky, and the whole world was shrouded in a vast expanse of whiteness.Snowflakes like goose feathers covered the ground layer by layer. Tang Mo opened the door and measured the thickness of the snow, which was as deep as an adult's palm.

"So deep?" After shivering a few times, Tang Mo patted Can Xue off his hands.Back in the workshop, he added a few more pieces of wood to the brazier to heat up the fire.The basin is the kind of large iron basin used for kneading noodles in the kitchen, and the firewood is split with office furniture.I found an abandoned chair and put it on the shelf, and put the kettle full of water on it to make water.

Tang Mo sat on the sofa in a daze. How many years has there been such a heavy snow in Shanghai?At least, not since he could remember as a child.Soon he thought about the situation outside, how many people could really escape and ascend to heaven under such a bad situation.

Although the cold weather reduces the flexibility of the zombies, the corresponding amount of heat required for human activities has also greatly increased.In this bad weather, how many people dare to risk being frozen to death to seek food for help.Modern people who are accustomed to heating and air conditioning, and eating refined grains and fine cooking, few of them can endure hardships and stand hard work like the elders.

Various diseases caused by hypothermia, even healthy people may not be able to survive in this era of antibiotics.Even humans who have resisted the virus infection will lose a large number in this blizzard, and the mortality rate of children and the elderly is higher.

Although from known memory, humanity has not perished.But watching God wash away human beings so mercilessly, Tang Mo felt a sense of sadness in his heart.His incomplete memory prevented him from judging the next direction of the world, and the only thing he kept in mind was not to expose his identity as an awakened person in the early days of the end of the world.

The rattling sound drew Tang Mo's attention back. It turned out that the water was boiling.After mixing some water that had been boiled and cooled last night, Tang Mo simply rinsed.I started to prepare breakfast. I didn't want to waste gas to cook porridge, but now that the brazier is on, I can put the pot on it to burn.When the porridge boiled, put Shi Dai's noodle cakes on the lid to bake, and cut mustard greens later for a meal.

When Tang Mo returned from his inspection tour, he found that Mu Zheng had already woken up.I looked at my watch, it was 10 minutes before six o'clock. "So early?" Tang Mo carefully removed the lid of the pot, and used a spoon to stir the porridge in the pot to prevent it from sticking to the bottom.

"Just woke up." Mu Zheng, who was a little sleepy, yawned while sitting under the covers.Moved left and right, stretched a big lazy waist.

"It's snowing outside, it's heavy." Tang Mo turned over the pancake on the pot cover, "Are you getting up?"

"I'll hang out again. Is it snowing?" Mu Zheng slowed down putting on his clothes, thinking that it's no wonder it's so cold.He woke up from the cold, rubbed his itchy nose but couldn't sneeze.

"Very heavy snow, I've never seen such a big one." Tang Mo added his quilt to Mu Zheng, and the cat Xiaomiao, who was rolled up under the quilt, meowed displeasedly.Tang Mo had no choice but to bring the kitten over and stuff it under the corner of the quilt.

"Are there a few water towers on the roof of the factory building next door? I'd rather have trouble getting water there." Mu Zheng, wrapped in a quilt, stood at the window and looked out, then walked back frowning.The snow was a little scary, and he had a bad premonition in his heart.He had lived in the Northeast for a while, and he had never seen such a heavy snowstorm.

Tang Mo thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay!" Anyway, they had already prepared a lot of water yesterday, so there is no need for such trouble in a short time.

"Hey, it's the Chinese New Year tomorrow!" Mu Zheng grabbed his hand and squeezed it in his palm. He originally planned to take Tang Mo to Harbin during the Chinese New Year.

Tang Mo blinked his eyes twice, only then remembered that today is New Year's Eve! "If you don't tell me, I'll forget it! The 31st is New Year's Eve!"

Mu Zheng patted his head, and said dotingly, "Aren't you willing to eat dumplings? Later, let's find some frozen meat and make dumplings for you today and tomorrow."

Tang Mo showed a big smile and nodded repeatedly. "It would be great if there was mutton, otherwise pork and cabbage would be fine too." Thinking about adding a dipping sauce with balsamic vinegar and sesame oil, Tang Mo felt his saliva was uncontrollable.

"Look at this greedy face, don't drip your saliva on the quilt. Little greedy cat!" Mu Zheng pretended to drink water, but Tang Mo gave him a supercilious look.

"Meow?!" Mao Xiaomiao yawned and got out of the quilt, as if someone called it just now, do you want to eat?

Tang Mo pinched the kitten's face, what a blessing.Mao Xiaomiao tried to escape from the clutches of her head by shaking her head, but after a long time of trying, she lost consciousness.

"Meow..." The dizzy kitten let out a mournful cry, it's too bullying the cat!

Mu Zheng flicked it on the head, "What a little idiot." Tang Mo hugged it back and stroked its fur, but the little guy ignored it with great backbone.It made the two of them laugh out loud.

At about ten o'clock, the whole team was ready to go, and they were going to get a batch of fuel this time.Because it was snowing heavily outside, the four of them temporarily found a few raincloths and cut them into raincoats and rain boots, and made up for it temporarily.

The heavy snow covering the sky covered the whole world, and through the windshield, one can see a vast expanse of whiteness between the sky and the earth, and the snow on the ground is much thicker than before.

Following the direction Li Dao pointed, everyone walked with difficulty.Every step down will bring out a deep pit.The four of them pulled out their weapons and prepared to enter at any time after scraping away the snow that had accumulated at the door of the warehouse.

Feeling the cat Xiaomiao in his pocket scratching him with his paws, Tang Mo hurriedly grabbed Mu Zheng who was about to open the door and gave him a careful gesture.

The two heavy iron doors painted with fire ban signs were slowly opened, and the harsh creaking sound continued.Suddenly, before Li Dao had time to let go, a dry claw with blue and red spots grabbed his left sleeve.Followed by a zombie with a big distorted face, roaring and rushing towards him.

Mu Zheng kicked the zombie away, Shi Dai's fire ax followed closely and chopped off its head with one axe.Tang Mo pulled away Li Dao who was still in shock, and Mu Zheng's long knife pierced the zombie's mouth.Just beheading this creature's head won't kill it for a while, and we must be careful not to jump up and bite people again.

"How is it?" Shi Dai walked to the base of the wall with the ax on her shoulders, watching Tang Mo inspecting Li Dao.

"Fortunately, there is armor, but the coat is all torn." Tang Mo said, pointing to the exposed iron sheet, and there were a few clearly visible scratches on the gleaming iron sheet.

"It's fine." Mu Zheng packed up the zombie and walked over. "You boy, you are really lucky."

Li Dao leaned against the wall and took two deep breaths. He didn't expect so many storms to come, and he almost fell into the hands of his former colleagues today. "Okay, it's all right! Come in quickly, it's early." He straightened his sleeves and went to the warehouse with a mace.

The four-person team entered the room vigilantly, and saw the arrangement of the room clearly by the light.Since the place where the gasoline was placed was not very far inside, they only walked twenty steps before seeing the green tin barrel.

Only about half of the twenty or so 25L iron drums are full, and there is a lot of diesel on one side.It's a pity that their car doesn't burn this stuff.Mu Zheng thought for a while and felt that gasoline was precious, so it would be okay to use diesel to make diesel bombs in the future.So the team was divided into two groups, and all eleven and a half barrels of gasoline and 24 barrels of diesel were transported back.

On the way back, the team stopped by the cafeteria to bring out some frozen meat, fish and shrimp.It's just snowing now, so I'm afraid I won't be able to hold some frozen meat out now.

Mu Zheng shook his head and stomped his feet at the door, and the dry floor was immediately wet. "It's snowing, and it's like this just after going out for a walk." Pulling off the semi-finished raincoat, I saw that the coat underneath was also quite wet.

Shi Dai sneezed four or five times in a row. The temperature difference between indoor and outdoor was too great for a while. "It's...too cold!"

"My god, I've never seen such a heavy snow." Li Dao took off the iron leather armor he was wearing, and felt relaxed.Looking at the things in his hand, he said, "Brother, thanks to you today."

Tang Mo took off his raincoat and released Mao Xiaomiao, washed his hands and went to the counter to cut ginger. "Change your clothes quickly, and be careful not to get sick. I'll make some ginger tea for everyone to drink."

Mu Zheng added a few pieces of firewood to the brazier, and turned the fire higher. "This snow is too abnormal, and I have never seen it in the north."

"You said today's big transfer of the whole city, can it still be successful?" Li Dao changed his clothes and squatted in front of the brazier to warm his hands. He was so cold that his nose was dripping with water.

"Ah, we didn't listen to the radio this morning." Shi Dai ran to turn on the radio in the car like a little rabbit.

"Isn't it? I said why I always feel that there is something I didn't do." Mu Zheng slapped his forehead, and then remembered.In the past, when they had breakfast, they always had the habit of listening to the radio.Today, it was forgotten.

"We don't plan to go either. Naturally, we don't care if we listen or not." Tang Mo walked over with a pot and poured half a cup for everyone. "Drink it while it's hot. It won't work when it's cold. Shi Dai, come and drink ginger tea."

After a while, Shi Dai came over with her mouth pouted, and said angrily, "The government doesn't understand how people without cars go out in such heavy snow. It seems that there was a special broadcast in the early morning, saying that the original plan would not be cancelled. It’s just an appropriate extension of the gathering time for half an hour. I didn’t say anything about increasing the chance, wouldn’t it be fatal to go out in this kind of weather!”

Li Dao stuffed the cup into her hand and urged, "Drink it quickly, look at how you sneeze just now."

"The unlucky ones must be those old people and children. Modern people are used to heating. Such a heavy snow is really killing people." Mu Zheng was also afraid. Just now they went out for less than half an hour, and they froze into this kind of virtue.Not to mention those who are not in good physical condition, maybe they will die before reaching the safe zone.

"Take care of yourself, the world has changed." Tang Mo added some tea for everyone, "Today is New Year's Eve, let's make dumplings together later."

"Eh? Really? I've been so confused!" Shi Dai raised her head, her eyes were slightly red.With a confused expression on his face, it makes people feel like a bullied rabbit.

"Isn't the 30th the New Year's Eve?!" Li Dao turned around in a circle, snapped his fingers and shouted.

"I'll mince the minced meat later, and Li Dao will boil the cabbage. Mo Mo will mix the noodles, and Shi Dai will help." Mu Zheng arranges things for everyone, so they won't think about things.

"What kind of food do you want to eat, now we have all the food. If there is meat, vegetables and noodles, we will cook the noodles according to the standards of the landlord's family." Tang Mo didn't want to think about bad things during the Chinese New Year, and cooperated with Mu Zheng to handle the food. The atmosphere was mobilized.

"I want to eat meat, I want to eat meat." Li Dao hurriedly raised his hands.

"You are a pig, as long as you have something to eat." Shi Dai smiled through her tears, she just thought of her parents far away.

There was bursts of laughter in the workshop, a moment of warmth in the last days is also good.Even though, it's short-lived.