Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

To thank all the friends for their support and to celebrate the release, I will update more tonight~

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run! run! run!

Run to death.

Everyone wishes they could grow a few more legs.

Even Doctor Qiao and Chun Xing on the carriage, who usually were reluctant to whip the animals, didn't care enough to do so now. They whipped the cows and mules several times in a row. The pain was so severe that they ran forward at full speed.

The road was dusty and people and horses were stumbling. They ran for three miles until they were so tired that they had to stop to rest, gasping for breath on the side of the road.

"I can't go on, I can't go on, I need to take a break, I can't run anymore, I need to take a break." Lin Zhaodi pushed the shopping cart away, not caring whether it was dirty or not, and fell directly to the ground with her arms and legs spread out, gasping for breath.

The situation was similar for the others. Ergou's mother sprained her ankle while running and started limping. Ergouzi simply picked her up and threw her onto the cart and continued running.

Xiao Si and Xiao Wu were sitting on the cart, but their short legs couldn't run fast, so Lin Xiaoyue held them in her arms and they were tossed back and forth on the cart together, almost having their buttocks broken in two.

After finally stopping, the two little ones took their short legs, not caring about their broken buttocks, and ran with water bags to give water to the people who were exhausted and collapsed on the ground.

Miao originally wanted to sit next to Old Man Lin on the mule cart, but she was afraid that the mule would get tired and throw a tantrum, and would also feel uncomfortable from being jolted around, so she asked Chun Xing, who was driving, to slow down halfway through the journey, and she jumped off the cart and ran behind.

Since setting out on the journey, Miao has grown tremendously in both physique and fitness under Lin Xiaoyue's special care. Now she can barely keep up with the pace when she jogs a mile or two. Compared to when she first set out on the journey, when her legs and feet would tremble after walking for a while, she has made great progress.

I don’t know whether to be happy or sad.

The sun was scorching high above their heads and they rested on the side of the road for more than half an hour before they recovered.

Doctor Qiao asked everyone to continue on their way, and try to get as far away from the village as possible. God knows, those rats might chase after them.

Everyone froze when they heard the words, and immediately their waist pain and leg soreness stopped. They jumped up from the ground nimbly, shook their arms and legs, and hurried to catch up.

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We went on for several more miles and it was the third time we got on and off the wheel to take a rest.

As they walked, they noticed that there was no grass growing on the roadside. It was bare ground, with nothing left. Only occasionally they saw one or two trees with their leaves plucked out and even their bark stripped clean.

From time to time, a few rats would run by, but they would not attack them. Instead, they would gnaw on the corpses of animals or their own kind that had been dead for who knows how long.

Everyone's hair stood on end with fear. They held sticks, hoes and other weapons in their hands, and were on high alert, prepared to fight back immediately if the rats jumped up.

Suddenly, I saw a person lying face down on the side of the road far ahead, motionless.

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. They didn't know whether the other person was dead or alive, just blocking the road. Should they go around him or not?

In the end, everyone decided to respect the deceased and carefully walked around him.

I don't know how Ergou walked, but he accidentally slipped and fell to the ground with a thud. The horse meat, bedding, and pots and pans on the cart also fell down and hit the dead man right on top.

The bag of horse meat was not tied tightly, so when it was thrown, all the horse meat fell out, and the dead man's body and the ground were covered with large and small pieces of horse meat.

It was this kick that turned the person on the ground over. When they saw the man's horrible face, they were so scared that they screamed unconsciously and everyone's face turned pale.

They saw a skinny woman lying on the ground. All the flesh on her body that was exposed outside her torn clothes had been gnawed away and was in a rotten state. Looking at the horrible holes on her flesh, everyone guessed that it was mostly eaten by rats.

It was such a hot day and the meat was already rotting and festering. With Ergou's action, a foul smell suddenly spread out, making everyone cover their mouths and noses and quickly retreat.

"Oh my, my meat." Ergou's mother cried out in panic, and rushed over with an anxious look on her face to pick up the pieces of meat scattered on the ground.

"Hold her, hold her quickly." Doctor Qiao immediately shouted, "Be careful of the plague. The body has been eaten by rats. It must be infected with plague toxins (bacteria). Don't touch it. Don't touch it. If you touch it, you will get sick and it will be over."

Ergou was startled and quickly reached out to pull his mother back.

Lin Zhaodi also rushed over and hugged Miao, who almost came with them to pick up things.

Oh my God, these things have been in contact with dead people, how dare you take them? Are you trying to live?

"Then... the pots and bowls... and the bedding and other things, pick them up and wash them..."

"Forget it. Forget it all. Forget about washing with water. Can it really be washed clean? If we accidentally use those bowls and pots that are contaminated with the plague to cook, every one of us will be doomed."

Doctor Qiao was so anxious that he jumped up and down, angrily scolded the two women and children, and immediately warned everyone, "This cart and the things that fell from the cart have been touched by dead people. They are all thrown away. Don't pick them up or touch them. If you touch them, you will be infected with the virus. If one person infects two people, none of us will be able to escape, and we will all be finished."

Er Gouzi just came to his senses from his dazed state because he accidentally let the wheel of the cart hit the dead man's leg, which caused the whole cart to overturn and destroyed everything on the cart.

Everyone saw the supplies scattered all over the ground. Most of them were collected by everyone with great effort, and some were bought at the cost of their lives. At least one-third of the supplies were gone just like that. Everyone felt heavy and bitter in their hearts and was very upset.

But what can we do?

Things have come to this point, and in order to survive, I can only bear the pain and let go.

"Alright, alright. Let's go, hurry up and don't stay here." Doctor Qiao looked unhappy and his tone was not a bit bad. He was not targeting Er Gouzi deliberately, everyone would be careless and distracted sometimes, but the epidemic came unexpectedly, and everyone was caught off guard.

At the urging of Dr. Qiao, everyone supported each other and dragged those who were too weak to walk around them to leave the place as quickly as possible.

On this day, they first encountered "uncovered corpses and exposed bones in the wild" in the deserted village, and then they encountered "starving people lying on the streets and no life at all". What kind of horrible disaster will this disaster turn into next?

Everyone was in a mess and walked forward aimlessly. No matter how tired they were, they did not dare to stop, for fear that if they stopped, they would be like those dead people, never able to stand up again, and never see the sun the next day.

Lin Xiaoyue on the cart also closed her eyes. She showed no emotion at all. The messy hair on her forehead was blown to her pale cheeks by the rolling heat waves. She didn't expect that she had luckily escaped the end of the world and was reborn here with great difficulty, but why did she encounter such a great disaster again.