Chapter 41 Yingjiang Shelter

Cheng Shenghu is not a fool, he naturally knows what this means.

In the dim sky and earth, in the vast world of white snow, the transport team moved forward slowly under the escort of the army.

The cold air enveloped everyone, and the survivors pulled the sled and hugged their bodies in order to keep themselves warm.

Compared with the survivors who were afraid of the cold, the army marching in a line seemed much more majestic.

They stood up straight, walked step by step, and raised the rolling snow. Every step gave people a very powerful feeling.

Perhaps because they went to the dock yesterday, all the strange beasts along the way were eliminated. The rest of the journey was smooth, and no strange beasts were encountered, nor any unexpected events. At noon, the army escorted the transport team to the dock.

"Don't rest, move, so that your body can be warm, hurry up, load all the coal on the sled, and have a good rest after returning..."

The cold wind was howling, and Cheng Shenghu shouted loudly at the dock.

The porter team that had just entered the dock did not rest for a moment. They dug through the thick snow and loaded coal onto the sleds with their hands and shovels. For a moment, the dock was noisy and lively.

Still in that position, Li Meng stood on the embankment beside the canal, looking at the vast river surface...

An imperial archer stepped forward slightly and said, "Commander..."

Li Meng waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about them..."

Without saying much, the imperial archer who took a step forward retreated again.

In the helmet, Li Meng looked at the opposite bank, this time at eleven o'clock.

Although he couldn't see with his eyes, Li Meng saw five people lying on the snow on the opposite bank on the map.

Li Meng didn't know whether they were the five people yesterday, but the shelter behind the five people today still did not move, which showed their caution.

Time passed bit by bit, and just like yesterday, half an hour later, the five people on the opposite side quietly retreated.

Looking at the five people retreating on the map, Li Meng's face looked thoughtful.

It seems that the shelter behind the five people is not close to the dock, otherwise, they would not leave so urgently.

Pulling out a landmark sensor stick from the bag on his waist, Li Meng said: "Follow them, find their shelter, don't be discovered..."

Behind Li Meng, an imperial archer responded, took the landmark sensor stick from Li Meng, then jumped off the embankment, entered the river, and hurried to the other side.

At this time, on the dock, the transport team had already loaded the coal, and as long as an order was given, they could embark on the return journey.

"Sir, you can set off..."

Looking back at Cheng Shenghu who came behind him, Li Meng said: "Then let's go..."

As he said, Li Meng turned around and strode towards the dock, and the imperial archers lined up on the embankment responded and evacuated the embankment.

Looking at the figure that was going away on the river, Cheng Shenghu's eyes flashed with a trace of doubt.

Where is he going alone?

Although he was confused, Cheng Shenghu did not dare to ask more questions. He had to retract his gaze and quickly followed Li Meng.

Soon, as the transport team gradually went away, the dock returned to its previous calm. Under the cold wind, snowflakes rolled and soon buried the black patches in the dock.

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The cold wind was blowing, the snowflakes rolled, and on the avenue between the buildings, five people were struggling to move forward on the thick snow.

They were wearing thick cotton jackets, with only a pair of eyes exposed in the hats, and they looked very bloated.

While walking, dull words came from the hats, and they were communicating.

"It's still the same group of people, but there are not as many as yesterday. It seems that they come here every day to transport coal."

"What should we do? The castle lord wants to stagger with them and try to avoid contact with them. If they come every day..."

"What else can we do? We can only rob them. It's not like we haven't done this before. Why, now the castle lord wants to be a vegetarian?"

"This is different. Those people are not from the Daguan Shelter. We don't know their background. It's always right to be careful..."

"Okay, let's go back quickly. We don't have the final say on what to do. The castle lord will make the decision..."

In the snow, the figures of the five people are gradually fading away. In the cold wind, only their low words echo between heaven and earth.

Heading west, before dark, the five people disappeared at a subway entrance.

Yingjiang District Subway Station, this is the name of the underground platform. Decades ago, this underground subway platform became a shelter for a group of people, and it has been so until now...

It is not dark underground. On the platform and in the tunnel, there are half-person-high iron barrels one after another, and orange flames burst out from the iron barrels, which dispel the darkness very well.

Under the firelight, on the platform, in the tunnel, there are people lying on the ground everywhere. They are wrapped in thick quilts, densely packed, and there is no end in sight. I don’t know how many people there are.

On the platform, there is a corner separated by a huge curtain. The fire behind the curtain is the brightest, like a bright lamp on the dim platform...

Behind the curtain is a man-made private space, which is very large.

There are beds, sofas, dining tables, wardrobes, everything...

In the dimness outside, a man came to the door curtain and whispered: "Lord, there is news from the coal terminal..."

In the space behind the curtain, under the bright firelight, a burly figure lifted up the quilt and got out of bed wearing a fluffy coat.

On the bed, under the quilt, a graceful figure loomed, and the touch of snow-white was covered by the slipping quilt.

Sitting on the sofa, leaning back, Sun Gaowu said calmly: "Come in..."

As Sun Gaowu finished speaking, the door curtain was opened and a person hurriedly walked in.

"Master, we can now confirm that the group of people are not from the Daguan Shelter, but from other shelters. There are quite a few people. Yesterday there were hundreds of people carrying coal. Today there are much fewer people. There are only more than a hundred people. According to the number of people we sent, The exploration team confirmed that those people seemed to want to empty the coal from the dock. If more than a hundred people were moved a day, the coal in the dock would probably be emptied in half a year at most. Castle Lord, we can't wait any longer. We finally found coal resources, but we can’t just give up..."

Looking up at the visitor, Sun Gaowu said calmly: "Chen Tianyou, you are the second-in-command of the shelter and my right-hand man. What do you think about this matter, use force or talk to them? "

"this……"

A trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes. Chen Tianyou lowered his head slightly and said: "If we talk, we can only take half of it at most. Although there are countless docks on the canal, there are only two coal docks within a radius of 20 kilometers. It has been evacuated by us. This one must not be shared with others. With so many people in the shelter, the amount of coal consumed every day is an astronomical figure. We lack nothing, not food, not even clothing. It’s just burning materials, but coal must not be shared with others. If the castle owner really doesn’t want to use force to rob it, he can use another method, barter for goods, and trade with them in food..."