Read Novel Full Chapter 877 - 322: Joining the Firebird_2
Chapter 877: Chapter 322: Joining the Firebird_2
Zhou Pei, with red eyes, said, "That’s right, now that we’re out, even if I die, I don’t want to go back."
Everyone sighed upon hearing this.
Under everyone’s joint efforts, the raft quickly paddled towards the outside of the residential area.
When encountering some floating packages, the girl and several children also tried hard to retrieve them.
The middle-aged man and several other adults kept a close watch on the surrounding water surface to prevent a sudden attack by mutant fish.
The raft passed through building after building, and as they passed by some of them, they could hear the roars of monsters.
Li Xiaojun knew that it happened when someone in that building failed to awaken and became a mutant monster.
In such cases, if the mutant monster isn’t dead, it means the humans in the building have all died.
When the raft passed buildings 53 and 54, he looked up and saw Qi Delong and Yan Congjun leading people, lowering a raft from the top floor.
Both sides saw each other and waved a greeting.
Li Xiaojun thought for a moment and intentionally slowed down, saying, "Let’s wait for Uncle Yan and Uncle Qi."
"Why wait for them?" the girl asked, puzzled.
The middle-aged man behind her said in a deep voice, "We should wait. In case the people outside the residential area have other ideas, it’s better for us to have Old Qi and Old Yan with us as backup."
Everyone agreed with this, so they slowed down and waited for Qi Delong and Yan Congjun’s raft.
Meanwhile, the sound of arguing came from several other buildings.
It seemed that the black market merchants had returned and were now quarreling with those in the building.
Li Xiaojun and the others waited anxiously and impatiently.
Soon, Qi Delong, Yan Congjun, and the rafts from two more buildings gathered around.
The group met, exchanged greetings, and then paddled toward the entrance of the residential area in tacit agreement.
As the five rafts continued moving, avoiding a large amount of floating debris on the water surface, they finally approached the north gate of the residential area.
Then, a massive cargo ship suddenly appeared in everyone’s view!
"A ship! A ship!"
"Wow! It’s really a ship!"
"What a huge ship!"
"Hahaha, I knew it, I knew Mr. Liang wouldn’t lie to us. He had no reason to lie."
"A ship this big, it could definitely accommodate hundreds of people."
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On the raft, everyone instantly shouted excitedly upon seeing the massive cargo ship.
Yan Congjun, upon seeing that huge cargo ship, couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
That Mr. Liang really had a ship, and it wasn’t an ordinary small freighter, but a medium-sized cargo ship.
Qi Delong couldn’t help but laugh, looking at Yan Congjun and said, "Old Yan, I guess we overthought it. Mr. Liang and his people have such a ship, there’s no need for them to deceive us."
Yan Congjun also laughed, "Indeed, such a big ship, we don’t have to worry about being attacked by mutant beasts in the flood, they really had no reason to deceive us."
Given the disaster situation with the floods, the value of a ship was immeasurable.
And if the other party didn’t have a shelter, they would certainly strictly control who boards the ship.
Since there’s only so much space on the ship, without another place for people, every spot on the ship is extremely precious.
But since Mr. Liang was willing to rescue those women and children with no combat capacity without hesitation, allowing them on board.
This indicates Mr. Liang didn’t mind the lack of space on the ship, nor did he mind these people consuming the ship’s provisions.
All these details suggest that the shelter Mr. Liang spoke of likely truly exists.
Yan Congjun and Qi Delong realized this and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Xiaojun also finally seemed relieved, grinning widely.
He turned back to look at his friends and saw Zhou Pei staring dazedly at the huge ship with tears streaming down his face.
He couldn’t help but be slightly stunned and asked, "Zhou Pei, what’s wrong with you?"
Others also turned to look.
The young man named Zhou Pei suddenly wailed.
"Wuwu... ah... just a few more days, just a few more days, Xiaojun, Yuanyuan and the others, they would have endured long enough to wait for this ship, I’m so heartbroken..."
He cried and howled, tearing his heart apart.
Everyone behind him couldn’t help but have their eyes reddened, and they showed sadness as well.
The incident of the mutant monster attack at building 76 happened not long ago, just as Zhou Pei said, only a few more days, and those departed companions could have waited for this ship.
However, fate is so unpredictable.
Li Xiaojun sighed and said softly, "At least, we survived, didn’t we?"
Everyone was instantly shaken by these words.
The girl took a deep breath and said, "Yes, at least we survived."
"Zhou Pei, the world is like this now, it’s not easy for anyone to stay alive."
The middle-aged man beside the girl also said, "Yes, actually, everyone must die eventually, Zhou Pei, try to accept it, sooner or later, all of us will die someday."
"How long we live is fate."
Zhou Pei sobbed and ignored them.
Their raft approached the ship, and soon they saw Mr. Liang on the deck, along with a group of people watching them.
Yan Congjun hurriedly shouted, "Mr. Liang, we’ve come over, there are a total of 32 people on my side, please take us in."
The others also quickly reported the number of people on their raft.
Five rafts, totaling over 130 people.
On average, there were less than thirty people per raft.
Of course, some people didn’t come over with them due to disagreements.