Ying Ran showed a puzzled expression to Li Zhen, which means - why did you do this at this time?

But the next moment he got the answer.

Li Zhen turned around and strode towards the wasteland next to the airport runway. A group of soldiers from the Te An team looked at each other. Because everyone knew that there was a "program" next - they would be responsible for escorting Li Zhen back to the northern base, where there were still a bunch of imperial officials waiting for him.

However, this major general...

He walked very quickly, and in a daze, he had already walked under the barbed wire fence over there.

It was only then that Hu Yanling bypassed Ying Jueran and saw a scene in the distance. After being slightly stunned, she wanted to run over. But Ying Jueran gritted her teeth and tripped her to the ground with him, making a painful cry "Oh" sound.

After just a break, Li Zhen held the iron net with his hand and flipped up gently and jumped out.

So I heard a scream behind my back: "...Where are you going?!"

Of course he can't go back to the base. You should know that there are still many "same" self wandering elsewhere. If he stays well in a room in the northern base and news comes elsewhere that he meets "Li Zhen" again, his secret will be completely exposed.

It’s better to leave like this - others will only think that he is unpredictable and unrestrained.

Of course, Ying Jueran knew what he was thinking. This was also what the two of them had agreed on long ago. Li Zhen was not willing to be as hindered as before. He said that he had more important things to do. He knew that he could not convince the guy who was no longer a human being in a sense, so he could only cooperate with him.

The airport was in chaos, but he had already strided through the wilderness. It was impossible to easily climb over it in the past - those iron nets were powered on. However, all power facilities are almost paralyzed, and even lighting, radar, and drones have lost their function. Once he dipped into the vast jungle on the outside, he could not find it no matter how much effort he had spent.

When it was almost dusk, Li Zhen came to the city of Pingyang.

The city has changed a lot. At first glance, I thought it had just been baptized by war. Several tall buildings on both sides of the streets have become charred, and some buildings seem to have collapsed. They have only been cleaned up and have not been renovated. There are no more vehicles on the road, and only occasionally buses led by steam locomotives pass by, and people are crowded.

However, the roadside is more lively than before - the road has become a sea of ​​bicycles. The ringtones jingle, and the momentum is quite huge, and it is no less than the whistling sound of cars in the past.

The sky gradually dimmed, and Li Zhen found that there were street lights on the roadside. However, the electric lights were transformed into old-fashioned kerosene lamps. In front of him, a staff member in a blue uniform was lighting up a street light with the lighter in his hand and carefully closed the lid.

However, although there were many pedestrians on the road, they could not hide the decay. He only took a few glances and roughly restored what happened here a year ago.

Power outages may not cause panic, but if power outages are accompanied by large-scale astronomical phenomena, it is two concepts. Some equipment can still work after power outages, but the problem is that it was not a simple power failure at that time, but the electronic equipment failed.

In this case, whether it is due to human panic or the sudden failure of the security mechanism, the occurrence of fires is foreseeable.

Once a fire occurs in a tall building, it is difficult to extinguish it, not to mention that even fire trucks cannot be dispatched. As a result, the disaster spreads, people panic, and vehicles on the streets crash into a ball...

This level of disaster will not only cause fires, but also lead to even more terrible consequences - the modern industrial system of mankind is almost paralyzed, and a large number of machines are turned into a pile of scrap iron. Factory has to stop production, and a large number of workers are unemployed. Perhaps new employment opportunities will also be generated - such as the guy around you who ignites street lights.

However, new jobs will inevitably fail to meet the huge number of unemployed people. The financial order on which modern society depends for survival will collapse completely, which will lead to terrible economic disasters caused by purely human reasons.

Now Li Zhen has been able to truly understand the intuitive consequences of this economic disaster.

He is next to him. The price of braised beef noodles that used to be a bowl of gold yuan is now ten yuan.

It's only been a year.

An efficient and powerful government would not allow prices to rise so much—with the best of their ability. So does this mean...

Is there any sign of collapse in the Imperial government's control in some ways?

He looked at the pedestrians on the roadside - all of them were nervous and anxious. Most of them had expressions of "expressionless", as if everyone was under a heavy stone in their hearts.

Li Zhen sighed slightly. As far as he knew, the Philippines had entered a state of military control. And the empire in front of him... I really don't know what kind of painful struggles it took to recover slightly during this year, and it still maintains the original order of the old world.

But if the situation continues like this, how long can this order last?

He walked on the street for more than ten minutes and passed by four intersections. At these four intersections, there were almost all violent incidents, either because of food, or because of something else.

After a few hours, the sky became dimmer and the sky was dimming, and the tall buildings on both sides turned into shadowy blood-red monsters. Some small shops lit up the candles, and the business was surprisingly good. He walked through one dim street light after another and came to the street in his memory.

May in Pingyang is not as hot as the Philippines, or even a little cool. Logically speaking, from this point on, the barbecue restaurant business has gradually improved - once summer comes, there will be many plastic tables and chairs on the street. Diners sit around and eat and drink in the night breeze, brag and fuck, and they will have to make a fuss until after one or two o'clock in the middle of the night before going home.

But what he saw was that almost all the shops on the street were closed, and it was like an old town where no one lived.

Only one or two stores are open, but they are all deserted. Li Zhen looked carefully and found "Liu Ji Barbecue" - one of the two stores that opened the door.

He smiled slightly and walked over slowly.

If you don’t consider what kind of types, crisis, and those solemn people on the street will think the scenery here is quite good.

Three white candles were lit on a table nearest to the door. The candlelight swayed slightly, illuminating a dim space, and two figures sitting at the door were cut out. The figures sat opposite each other and were whispering something. They held a slightly steaming cup in their hands, as if they were bored after supper, drinking tea and chatting outside the door.

But after taking a few more steps, you will find that the issues they discussed are not as easy as they seem.

"Prepare it now. Alas... I bought more food after selling it for money - I don't know when this will happen." This was the voice of a woman. Li Zhen knew at the first time that it was Aunt Liu.

Then, the other person is naturally Qi Yuanshan. He made a habitual move - scratching his head: "Auntie, if you sell it, it will be difficult for you to find such a good location. What if the housing prices rise again in the future..."

"House price? I don't want that now. What is the most valuable in troubled times? It's the most valuable food." Aunt Liu snorted, "I might as well sell this store now--sell it more while it can still sell it, and then I will go to stock up on the grain. Haven't you looked at our store? How many people have come this month? You can count both hands. Now that so many people have a hard time eating, how can you have the intention to eat barbecue? If you lose so much, you must lose your old capital."

She spoke quickly and urgently, and Qi Yuanshan couldn't get into the mouth, so she had to drink hot water one by one.

After Liu Cui'e vented, she stood up again, as if she was talking to Qi Yuanshan, and as if she said to herself: "Just do it. Anyway, Master Wang and the others are gone, so let's close the door tomorrow and leave. You can just guard here, I'll go to the grain station to see the market."

After she said that, she walked into the door and greeted her: "Don't drink it anymore, go and see what's left in the kitchen. I made it together today. I ate rice and vegetables for a week today. Today we will improve our lives--"

She had already walked into the house when she was talking, but after a long time she had not heard Qi Yuanshan reply, so she turned around and took a look.

But when he saw Qi Yuanshan standing up, staring straight at the person in front of him, his expression seemed to have seen a ghost.

Liu Cui'e knew that she was not very peaceful recently, so she subconsciously jumped, pulled out an empty wine bottle from the box next to the table, and asked tentatively: "Yuanshan, what's wrong with you?"

However, what I heard was Qi Yuanshan's trembling sentence: "...Are you a human or a ghost?"

Just this sentence made Liu Cui'e feel her scalp numb and her pores all over her body seemed to explode.

The light was dim, and Qi Yuanshan and the man outside were bathed in blood-like red light. But the candlelight leaping at the door reflected the person's face again, and only outlined the shaking outline but couldn't see the person's appearance clearly - it was indeed quite terrifying.

She took a breath, gritted her teeth and took out the stinging spirit unique to middle-aged women, and snarled at her feet: "What are you saying! You are talking about it in the evening--"

But the man had already spoken: "I even have a shadow, what do you think?"

Then there was a smile in his voice: "I originally wanted to have a barbecue, but it didn't work."

This voice... is so familiar! Liu Cui'e was slightly stunned and frowned. However, at this moment, Qi Yuanshan had already reached out to the man, slapped his shoulder tentatively, and then howled and pounced on him to hug him and slapped and knocked: "You are not dead?! You are not dead?!!"

A name flashed through her mind, and then she burst into tears.
Chapter completed!