Snowflakes fell, covering the earth with a white blanket.
Wrapped in a winter coat made of various tattered summer clothes, Jiang Li's exposed skin had turned purplish-black.
She looked at the entrance to the Fuguang Base, marked with four large characters, and saw small groups of people entering from the doorway from time to time.
Jiang Li felt a sense of disorientation, as if she had been transported to another world, and realized that she had finally arrived at the Fuguang Base.
Rumor has it that the welfare benefits at this base are excellent, and even the centralized resettlement housing has heating, which reduces the number of people dying in this cold winter.
Five years have passed, and the continuous apocalyptic natural disasters have swallowed up peaceful society for so long.
No one expected that the global acid rain was just the beginning of a natural disaster.
Her peaceful and beautiful life was completely shattered by this natural disaster.
A sudden acid rain poured down all over the world, eroding everything visible to the naked eye: corroded buildings, withered flowers and trees, rusty vehicles, and potholed roads, all exuding an atmosphere of decay and desolation.
At first, people thought it was just an ordinary rain.
However, when acid rain drips onto umbrellas and roads, a pungent odor emanates from the rising white mist, and people realize that this is not ordinary rainwater, but acid rain with extremely high acidity.
Some people, rushing to save time, ran naked in the rain and screamed in agony as the rain corroded their bodies, leaving one wound after another.
Some people didn't even have time to call for help before collapsing in the rain. By the time the ambulance arrived, they had already stopped breathing.
As a result, people were forced to stay indoors and wait for the rain to stop.
At that time, people thought the rain would only last for a day or two, but to everyone's surprise, it lasted for a month.
The anxiety of being unable to go out to work and the panic of food shortages continued to fester in the rain. The outer layer of the buildings teetered on the brink of collapse under the corrosion of acid rain. People went from being indifferent at first to becoming anxious, and finally to being fearful.
The internet is flooded with discussions about the end of the world, and even government denials haven't stopped the heated debate.
To maintain social order and provide essential supplies to the general public, the government developed a protective suit that allows people to walk in acid rain. However, it was very expensive, resulting in extremely limited production, and it could only be provided to community workers, government officials, and the military.
The month of acid rain caused great suffering for people living in peacetime.
As the acid rain subsided, people gradually returned to normal life, assuming it was just an ordinary natural disaster. Little did they know, an even more difficult future was beckoning humanity.
Following acid rain, earthquakes and plagues followed one after another, with earthquakes easily destroying houses corroded by acid rain.
In an instant, the sky collapsed and the earth cracked. Many high-rise buildings collapsed one after another. The air was filled with dust, which polluted the sky and turned it gray. Cries could be heard everywhere.
The earthquake not only left many people homeless but also claimed the lives of many loved ones. Those who survived, while grateful for their escape from death, were overwhelmed with grief at the desolate scene.
Even more frightening was the plague that followed the earthquake.
Initially, a small number of people experienced severe coughing and low-grade fever. Gradually, red rashes and itching appeared on their skin, and their eyes became red, swollen, and bleeding. Eventually, they began coughing up blood incessantly until death. As more and more people were infected, the death toll continued to rise.
Initially, the government had the capacity to control the situation, promoting the message of trusting the government and instructing all medical systems to do their utmost to treat patients. However, as supplies dwindled and medical staff contracted the plague, the medical system began to gradually collapse.
Those afflicted with the plague were dissatisfied with their inevitable deaths, while those lacking resources also craved survival, thus igniting unrest. Social order began to collapse, civilization was destroyed, and no country in the nation, or even the world, was spared.
At that time, Jiang Li thought that earthquakes, plagues, and acid rain were only temporary. She never imagined that the world would one day be in complete chaos.
She believed that apocalyptic disasters only existed in novels and fantasies, and that the power of the state was capable of resolving such a catastrophe.
But unexpectedly, the disaster has continued to this day.
"Look, the outing team is back." A voice filled with undisguised envy rang out beside Jiang Li, bringing her back from her reverie.
Jiang Li turned around curiously and saw eight figures wearing down jackets walking over, laden with various supplies.
When she noticed two familiar faces huddled together.
Jiang Li's pupils instantly shrank to the size of a pinhead, and the resentment in her heart enveloped her like dark energy.
It was those two sluts?!
A cold smile curled at the corner of Jiang Li's lips. So the person she had been looking for for so long was actually here.
Watching the eight people walk into the base, Jiang Li silently followed them.
Jiang Li went to the market to inquire about the situation and learned that the despicable couple were now nominally a couple. They not only liked to show off their affection, but also particularly liked the pre-apocalyptic style.
To highlight their superior status, they would host banquets for friends at the Fuguang Hotel on specific days each month.
Just two days later was the day of their banquet, and Jiang Li used all the food he had to bribe a waiter at the Fuguang Hotel to sneak in.
Looking at the various foods and drinks at the banquet, and the grand scale of the event, Jiang Li recalled the scenes she had witnessed in the slums and felt a sense of irony.
The lights only gradually dimmed late at night.
In the dimly lit corridor, Jiang Li, dressed in uniform, followed slowly behind the two drunken bastards with her head down.
Just as they were about to close the door, Jiang Li stepped forward and blocked the gap between the door and slammed it shut.
She pushed Liu Xueyi, who was caught off guard behind the door, and she fell to the ground. She was furious and said in a sharp voice, "What's wrong with you? Do you believe I'll make sure you can't work here anymore?"
Liu Xueyi glared at Jiang Li, assuming she was just a saleswoman who had come to promote her products.
The drunken Wang Yi looked Jiang Li up and down, licking his lips, thinking that this woman was very much to his liking.
"If you're willing to spend the night with me, this debt can be wiped clean," Wang Yi blurted out in a lewd and greasy tone.
Liu Xueyi was incredulous upon hearing this, but her current status and wealth depended on Wang Yi, so she could only glare fiercely at Jiang Li.
She wanted to rush up and scratch Jiang Li's face until it was covered in bruises, to see how Jiang Li would still use that pretty face to seduce people afterward.
But then Liu Xueyi realized that she had no strength left in her body, not even enough to stand up.
"Today, I will make you pay with your lives for Brother Mo." Jiang Li took out a sharp dagger from behind her back.
She swiftly thrust forward, piercing Liu Xueyi right through.
Jiang Li placed his hand on Liu Xueyi's shoulder and pushed her hard, causing a large amount of blood to spurt out instantly.
Liu Xueyi lay in a pool of blood, her eyes wide open, her face filled with disbelief.
Red flowers slowly bloomed on the white carpet.
"You...put...something...in our drinks...why?"
Liu Xueyi breathed her last before she could utter her final question.
Wang Yi, who was standing to the side, collapsed to the ground upon seeing this scene, a stench emanating from his crotch.
Looking at Jiang Li, whose face was covered in blood, she exclaimed, "You...it's you?!"
At this moment, Wang Yi finally recognized who Jiang Li was.
"Do you know what I regret most in my life? It's accepting your invitation to go out with your two good neighbors, which resulted in Brother Mo's death."
Jiang Li flicked the blood off her knife and stared coldly at Wang Yi.
If it weren't for saving her, Brother Mo wouldn't have been betrayed and killed by those two bastards.
"I can return two, no, three times the amount of food I stole from you back then. The dead cannot be brought back to life, so you can live very well with this food."
Wang Yi was terrified, but he still tried his best to offer terms, hoping that Jiang Li would let him go.
Jiang Li slowly lowered the knife, and Wang Yi's face showed a relieved expression; he believed he could survive.
After all, how can a dead person compare to real gold, silver, and food?
But the next moment his expression froze on his face as a sharp blade stabbed fiercely into his chest.
Jiang Li coldly stared at the two corpses on the ground, disdainfully throwing away the dagger stained with their blood.
She slowly walked to the fireplace in the room, took out some firewood, and lit the fire.
Feeling the rare warmth, Jiang Li's usually indifferent face broke into a bright smile.
Brother Mo, I've finally avenged you. Now I can go down and join you.
This world is too cold and too lonely; A-Li no longer wants to stay here.
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