Epoch of Twilight

In the early hours of the next day, Luo Yuan was awakened by the loudspeaker of the publicity vehicle outside.

"Dear citizens! Dear citizens!"

"In order to maintain stability, suppress prices, and protect people's livelihood, so that citizens who have not bought food can also eat enough food. From now on, food, drinking water, meat, and vegetables will be rationed. Set up a supply point, citizens with ID cards, limited supply.

"Dear citizens! Dear citizens!"

The speakers outside played over and over again!

He disappeared from his drowsiness, got up quickly, got dressed, and opened the door.

"What's going on outside?" Zhao Yali walked out of the bedroom door in her pajamas, yawned, and said with a confused face.

"The government has taken measures. Can food and vegetables be rationed in the future?" Luo Yuan asked anxiously with a happy face.

Although he has stored a lot of food and other materials, it is difficult to buy those fresh vegetables and meat, because they will be looted soon, and sitting on the mountain, how long can such a small amount of food last. Now that the municipal government has finally taken measures, it means that there is no need to worry about it in the future, which is undoubtedly a great happy event.

After all, except for careerists and some lunatics, no one likes troubled times.

"I'll go and see first, see if I can buy it?" Luo Yuan laughed.

"Then let's go together, at least we can get a double share." Zhao Yali said with a smile on the corner of her mouth.

"Alright, you go and put on some clothes, don't wash up yet, go there early, there will definitely be a lot of people later, and there will be a long queue by then."

"Ah!" Zhao Yali noticed at this moment that she was still wearing pajamas, her face was reddish, and she hurriedly closed the door.

The woman puts on her clothes relatively slowly. Ten minutes have passed since she got dressed and opened the door. Judging by her appearance, she seems to have dressed up a bit.

Luo Yuan smiled wryly, and went out with her. As soon as he walked out of the building, even though he was mentally prepared, Luo Yuan was taken aback.

The community is crowded with people. He has never discovered that there are so many people in this community. These people seem to be pulled by an invisible force and gather into a huge flow of people, slowly flowing towards the gate of the community.

Residents with private cars kept honking their horns, but could not move in the crowded crowd. Some wise people opened the car door and got out of the car, and walked along with the crowd.

These people were carrying vegetable baskets, washbasins, and even a suitcase, but most of them were like Luo Yuan, with empty hands.

At first, I thought that the flow of people in the community was already spectacular enough, but when I got to the street, I realized that it was nothing at all.

It's like a river flowing into the sea. As it keeps moving forward, countless small streams of people continue to flow into the street, and the whole street is almost gradually filled with people. Luo Yuan and Zhao Yali were pushed back and forth in the crowd, they didn't even need to move, their bodies were automatically pushed forward by the flow of people.

He usually only saw this kind of scene on TV, but he didn't expect it to happen around the real world.

"It's so lively!" Zhao Yali said slightly excitedly, as if she was enjoying it: "I used to feel that this city was very indifferent. There are so many people in the city, and there are only three or four people who have a good relationship? It makes people feel very lonely. I didn't expect it to be so When it’s lively, it’s like going to the market as my mother told me when I was young.”

Luo Yuan shook his head, unable to understand: "When the time comes, you will be the bustling one. If I had known that there would be so many people, I would not have come. When this continues, it will be our turn."

He regretted coming out.

"Maybe it's because I'm about to leave this city. I thought I would stay in this city for the rest of my life, marry a husband, and have a child... I didn't expect to go back in the end." Her expression was low, and her eyes quickly became pale. moist.

"Don't think about sad things. In fact, the countryside is not safe now, and there are many mutant beasts. You should persuade your parents to move to the city or town, at least it will be safer."

"Well, thank you anyway, if it wasn't for your help, I wouldn't be able to hold on." Zhao Yali looked at Luo Yuan gratefully, and said.

"Thank you and we'll see each other. How can we say that we've been renting together for so long?" Luo Yuan said with a smile.

"No matter what, we must keep in touch in the future!" Zhao Yali said seriously.

"It's like a farewell to life and death. I will send you back tomorrow, and we will talk about it when you get home." Luo Yuan was a little jealous of Zhao Yali's words, and interrupted quickly.

The two chatted and walked, and the time passed quickly. After an hour, the flow of people finally rushed to the door of the nearest farmers market.

Two rows of heavily armed armed police stood upright, holding automatic rifles in their hands, maintaining the order of the team. Under the deterrence of the armed police, the crowd was slightly agitated, but soon calmed down again.

Luo Yuan and Zhao Yali followed the flow of people into the market, and all the facilities in the market had been cleared out, replaced by a mountain of supplies. A yellow warning tape circled the market, and every one meter there was a heavily armed policeman guarding it.

And every five meters, there is a simple metal trading window similar to a police booth. Looking along the road, there are more than one hundred trading windows. If you add the other three sides, there are four to five hundred. trading point.

But even with so many trading points, the movement of people is extremely slow.

There were too many people, and the air seemed stuffy and hot. After only ten minutes, he and Zhao Yali were already sweating profusely.

He is fine. After all, he is strong and strong, and he has never been sick since he got the system. Whether it is physical strength or energy, his recovery speed is far faster than ordinary people, but Zhao Yali is not good. I am afraid they will do it before it is their turn. I have heatstroke.

"How about we squeeze in front?" Luo Yuan said.

"I'm afraid I can't squeeze in?" Zhao Yali used her hand as a fan, trying to cool herself down. She looked at the crowded flow of people and said eagerly.

"Leave it to me, hold my hand?" Luo Yuan said.

Zhao Yali was hesitating when Luo Yuan grabbed her hand, and then he pulled her body and squeezed her forward.

Luo Yuan's strength was great, it was close to eleven o'clock, almost 1.5 times that of a normal person, and his movements were quick, his eyes were quick and his hands were quick, his body was like a fish swimming, and he kept moving towards the gap between the crowd.

There was a lot of complaints from around, but this kind of behavior abounds in the flow of people, and Luo Yuan is not obvious among them. Chinese people have a high tolerance for this kind of behavior. In fact, most office workers do not have to deal with traffic jams for a day.

After a while, Luo Yuan pulled Zhao Yali and finally squeezed to the first trading window.

"Why am I so much less than others, are you making a mistake?" an elderly middle-aged woman said loudly.

"Because you are not registered locally, please refer to the bulletin board outside for details." The young waitress sitting behind the computer said impatiently, "Don't occupy the space, come to the next one."

The middle-aged woman wanted to argue, but was quickly squeezed away.

"I want it all, give me the biggest share." A bald man with a huge gold necklace on his head and neck shouted, waving a stack of banknotes.

"Each person can only buy shares for three days with their ID card, and you need to buy the rest after three days." The service staff glanced at the stack of banknotes and said calmly.

"Can you be more accommodating, money is not a problem." The bald man said loudly.

"There is no way to do this. The policy stipulates that there are two hundred in total!" the service staff explained.

"It seems that I can only buy it on the black market!" The bald man muttered, after paying the bill, he took the two large plastic bags handed over by a staff member at the window.

At this time, it was finally Luo Yuan's turn. He took out his ID card and two hundred dollars, handed them to the waiter, and asked, "It's also for three days."

The service staff took the money and ID card, entered them into the computer, and soon someone handed over two bags.

After Zhao Yali finished shopping, he took Zhao Yali's bag, and the two squeezed out of the market with difficulty.

"I was sweating all over, and finally came out, suffocating me?" Zhao Yali let go of Luo Yuan's arm, looked at the still dark crowd behind, and said with lingering fear.

"See what's in there?"

"One bag contains rice, which seems to be only five catties, and the other bag contains one catty of meat, two catties of vegetables, three apples, five catties of drinking water, oh, three pieces of chocolate, and a small packet of toffee." Luo Yuan nodded and said.

"It's so dark, it costs two hundred for such a small amount, and the money is becoming less and less valuable. It used to be less than fifty yuan!" Zhao Yali said secretly.

"It's already very cheap, so what do you want? At least it's much cheaper than the black market." Luo Yuan said disapprovingly. He knew the black market market, and now the grain on the black market has risen to 25 yuan a catty, and meat is even more expensive. It's astonishingly expensive, at least one hundred yuan a catty. At this price, there is nowhere to buy it. In this way, two hundred yuan is already very cheap.

"That's restricted by the government. How can it be so dark? The government is robbing money like crazy. Fortunately, I'm going home, otherwise I can't afford to live in the city?" she said angrily. She works as a clerk in a foreign-funded company, and her monthly salary does not exceed 3,000. Even if the company does not go bankrupt, at such prices, it is difficult to support herself.

"That's true!" Luo Yuan smiled, but the smile was a bit bitter.

In fact, what about the countryside?

Captain Chen from the Gaotang Town Police Station called eight days ago to ask him to stockpile some food and get ready. He didn't say much at the time, but what he said was dignified.

Luo Yuan was curious, so he went to Gaotang Town.

After a large area of ​​tree felling and burning, the situation in Gaotang Town is very stable, and there is nothing abnormal.

But when he walked to the intersection, he discovered a strange phenomenon. The farmland in Gaotang Town has been replanted with rice for a new season. Although it is almost the Chinese New Year and it is still winter, due to the abnormal climate, rice should grow very luxuriantly like other plants.

But this was not the case. He saw that the weeds were overgrown in the paddy field, growing very densely and densely, and they were two or three inches taller than the rice. The living space of the rice had been completely occupied by weeds, even Can't even get sunlight, can't compete with it at all.

He asked an old farmer passing by and learned that this kind of weed cannot be removed with pesticides at all, and he can only slowly pull it out of the farmland by the old method, but now the field is full of insects and snakes, and they are poisonous and vicious. If you dare to do this, you can only let it be abandoned.

He was stunned at that time, confused, didn't even know how he got back, only knew that the world was about to change.

At 12:30 noon the next day, Luo Yuan and Zhao Yali packed up.

Luo Yuan took her two boxes, walked out of the community, hailed a taxi, and drove towards the station.

"Why are you holding a wooden box?" Zhao Yali looked at the things in Luo Yuan's hands and asked curiously.

"A handicraft." Luo Yuan smiled.

"Actually, you don't need to give gifts. This will cause them to misunderstand." Zhao Yali obviously misunderstood, and said a little weakly. If Luo Yuan came to the door with a gift, I am afraid that her parents would not believe her explanation.

"You are mistaken. This is not a gift. I forgot the gift. I will buy it when I get to the train station." Luo Yuan replied with a smile.

"Don't buy it, or I will have a headache for a long time." Zhao Yali quickly stopped her, but she forgot to ask what is in the wooden box?

"Are you going home to meet your parents? If you want to buy a gift, why don't you send a bag of rice? The mother-in-law will be happy." The driver said while hearing the conversation.

Two red clouds quickly flew up on Zhao Yali's face.

"Actually, we are just ordinary boyfriend and girlfriend, so she is afraid of misunderstanding." Seeing Zhao Yali's face turned red, Luo Yuan made a relief.

"I think it's coming soon. Of course, my wife and I are here. Where are you going? I mean where are you going by train?" the driver asked.

"Yushui City!" Luo Yuan didn't want to talk too much, so he said concisely.

"Yushui City, is there a place called Yushan?" The driver suddenly asked.

"Yeah, Yushan is on the edge of Yushui City, a famous tourist attraction, driver, have you ever been there?" Zhao Yali said excitedly when talking about her hometown.

"I've never played it before, but you have to be careful. I heard from my friend that a lot of people died there recently, and even armored vehicles entered and fired guns all day." The driver said seriously.

Zhao Yali turned pale with fright.

Luo Yuan patted her on the shoulder, comforted her, and asked solemnly: "It's so serious, is your news reliable?"

"How can I lie to people about this kind of thing? It's not good. My brother is from Yushui City, but he works in Donghu City. Now he has brought his parents here. Now it seems that Donghu City is safer. Many The place is already in chaos," the driver said.

"Is this news a few days ago?" Luo Yuan continued to ask.

"Three days ago, it should be calmed down now." The driver said, "But it's not a big mistake to be careful!"

"Thank you, master! If you don't tell me, we don't know yet?" Luo Yuan thanked immediately.

"No, it's not easy for anyone now. I see, the end of the world is coming, and the government is still so strict? Let me say that everyone is issued a gun, it's better than being in fear every day."

"Xiaoyuan, what should I do? Do you think my parents will be okay?" Zhao Yali asked in a daze.

"Didn't you call last night, call again?" Luo Yuan reminded.

"Oh, yes! Yes!" She quickly took out the phone.

"Hey, Mom! Are you and Dad okay... It's okay, I'll just ask, our train at half past one, we should be able to get home from half past three to four... Another colleague came to see me off... Yes The man... It's not what you think... By the way, Mom, did something happen to Yu Shui... The rat plague... Oh, Mom, I'm fine, I'm hanging up!" Zhao Yali hung up the phone and breathed a sigh of relief .

"Fortunately, it's okay. It seems that there was a rat plague there, so it should be fine?" Zhao Yali said.

"Is it just a mouse?" Luo Yuan thought, but there was an ominous premonition in his heart.

Because he knows that the F+ task is definitely not so easy to complete.

The two came to the train station, but during the inspection, because the Zhanmadao couldn't pass the security check, it was useless to explain that it was a handicraft. He only needed to check in urgently, and Luo Yuan was relieved until he was sure they would arrive at the same time.

Without Zhan Saber, Luo Yuan would not have the confidence to complete the F+ mission at all.

The train station was so crowded that people almost thought it was the arrival of the Spring Festival travel rush. Most of these people had heavy faces, with unresolved melancholy and worries about the future.

The two didn't find a seat, so they stood in the aisle!

Luo Yuan found that the trains were very late. In just half an hour, there were four or five trains, all of which were delayed by coincidence. When it was almost half past one, the bullet train bound for Yushui also showed a delay. It seemed that something happened on the way. whats the matter.

"Why is this moving car also showing that it's late? It's too inaccurate!" Zhao Yali complained

"Take your time, as long as you can get there." Luo Yuan comforted, but his heart gradually sank.

Fortunately, there was no accident this time. Half an hour later, the bullet train finally pulled into the station.

After Luo Yuan finished cutting the ticket, he and Zhao Yali walked into the platform. Suddenly, everyone was in an uproar, and some even jumped up. I saw that the whole motor vehicle was covered in blood, a mess, and some places were stained with some feathers.

Luo Yuan bent down and picked up a half-foot-long dark gray feather with a hint of metallic luster, and performed an identification technique.

"Sparrow's Feather"

"Use: Material"

"Rarity: White."

"Weight: 10 grams."

"Evaluation: This is the feather of a mutated sparrow."

Mutated sparrow?

Could it be that this moving car has been attacked by sparrows?

He looked at the feathers that were half a foot long, and roughly estimated that this sparrow should be close to a foot long.

If even the birds were to mutate, things would be a little worse, and the route might become very unsafe, or even completely closed. What's more, birds are more difficult to defend than beasts, and their hunting distance is too large, let alone some particularly large birds.

Even if the trees were cut down and the forests were burned, they could not stop the coming of these mutated creatures. He couldn't help shivering at the thought of the giant bird covering the sky above the city.

I hope this will not happen in Donghu City. Luo Yuan comforted himself, but even the most optimistic estimate is hopeless. With the burning of mountains and forests across the country, some mutated birds that can't eat may target humans for food.

"How could such a thing happen?" Zhao Yali panicked, holding Luo Yuan's hand tightly, her body trembling slightly.

Luo Yuan responded silently, and really didn't know how to comfort him.

"Let's go, let's get in the car." Luo Yuan said, "Otherwise we will drive away."