Quick, female general, I traveled through time to save my father

Chapter 203 Another Me in a Parallel World

After the world has become ruins, you can still collect usable supplies from the original shopping malls, residential buildings, wholesale warehouses and the like as long as you look carefully.

For the first two years, Zhan Rong's father relied on his modified vehicle to travel between various shelters, delivering supplies to them. The family was able to barely survive.

Of course, this job is also quite dangerous, as the outside of the city is full of violence and crime.

First of all, chemical toxins in the air will penetrate into the body through breathing and skin.

Even wearing protective clothing and filtering masks, you are not immune.

Secondly, there are dangers along the way. If you want to survive in this disorderly world, you must first be strong enough.

There are too many starving people on the road who are willing to risk their lives to stop a car just to get a bite of food before they die.

Even if they could snatch it, it would only be a small bag of dog food.

As time went by, the food and water available became less and less. Zhan Rong's parents tried their best to find effective ways to survive, and Zhan Rong's father went out to deliver supplies more and more frequently.

This means that Zhan Rong's father is exposed to more and more radiation.

Due to irregular diet and poor living conditions, Zhan Rong's father was the first to have health problems.

He began to show signs of physical illness from malnutrition and a lack of fresh air. During this time, he became weak, his skin ulcerated, he developed a persistent cough, and he fell into a high fever.

Seeing her husband seriously ill and unable to do anything to help him, Zhan Rong's mother was extremely anxious.

Normally, when Zhanrong's father went out to deliver goods, she would leave little Zhanrong at home, wearing protective clothing, and search for some supplies not far from the underground shelter to supplement the family income.

This time she decided to seek help from the outside world. She successfully found a group of survivors who formed a group to obtain more resources. If she teamed up with them and went to a farther place, she might be able to find some medicines.

But even so, it could not prevent Zhan Rong's father's condition from worsening, and late one night, Zhan Rong's father left them.

The death of her husband almost destroyed her last bit of hope and persistence.

Zhan Rong's small family lost its pillar, and her heartbroken mother began to feel tremendous pressure. She tried to force herself to continue living. After all, Zhan Rong was still too young. If she also fell, her daughter would have little chance of surviving alone.

She took Xiao Zhanrong with her and quietly carried her husband's body out.

Far away from the camp, a deep pit was dug to bury the body. In this world, human corpses were also a kind of material and could be traded, not to mention prions.

Those people living on the periphery, all of them are living one day at a time. Who dares to hope for a good end?

But it is really too difficult to survive in this world.

When Zhan Rong's mother found herself coughing up blood, she made a deal with the leader of the organization that had formed a team to find medicine.

She used her own body and all the supplies in the shelter where they were currently living in exchange for a spot for Zhan Rong to be a servant in a rich man's bunker.

Although the mother and daughter didn't have much food, the shelter contained various vehicle parts that Zhan Rong's father had collected when he was still alive.

These things are still very valuable in this world.

Zhan Rong's mother had previously taken out a portion of it and exchanged it for food in batches.

But the big heads were hidden by the mother and daughter.

The leader was also a man of his word. He made Zhan Rong's mother watch little Zhan Rong walk into the bunker before killing her.

Little Zhanrong, who couldn't bear to leave his mother, turned around to take another look at her, but what he saw was his mother's body lying on the ground with blood gushing from her neck and her eyes wide open.

There was a broken basin under the mother's neck, and blood was flowing out.

The impact of that scene was so great that a child in his teens could not bear it.

My mother looked like a slaughtered pig.

But Zhan Rong could do nothing. Even the gate of the bunker had a gap that allowed Zhan Rong to get out.

But what will happen if I go out?

She couldn't beat these people, had no way to avenge her mother, and couldn't save her mother. The only thing she could do now was to remember the appearance of those people.

Until one day, she becomes strong and avenges her mother.

When we were outside, everyone imagined that the bunker would be like a fairyland.

But it was not as good as I imagined. There was a musty smell in the air which was free of toxins.

All light sources come from artificial electricity, so those who are approved to work here are not qualified to enjoy a bright environment.

Except for a small number of rich people who can enjoy sufficient lighting, most other places, in a large area, only rely on a five-watt light bulb to keep working.

Everyone who entered the bunker had to be stripped naked, all hair removed, and rinsed with sulfur water for disinfection. After washing, they were sprayed with cheap perfume to cover up the disgusting sulfur smell that remained on their bodies.

This process is very shameful, but everyone who comes in will grit their teeth, endure it, and cooperate to the best of their ability.

They have no right to resist. Dignity is not as important as life.

Zhan Rong was previously assigned to the planting area, working 18 hours a day to look after the vegetables.

The reward is two meals a day, simple meals mixed with plant roots, and the air here is free of toxins.

It is impossible to eat enough or well, and I can only barely maintain my vital signs.

Even such a life can be considered as a rare peaceful time for Zhan Rong after losing his parents.

Why did the bunker accept her in the first place?

Part of the reason was that the leader who had done business with her mother was able to have a say in the bunker's manager.

Another part of the reason is that Zhan Rong is a girl, and this is a resource that is replaced very quickly in the bunker.

There was no need to wait until they became adults. When Zhan Rong was 16 years old, she was taken to a brightly lit room and stood in a row with other girls for selection.

At the beginning, Zhan Rong, who knew nothing, was beaten like a rag doll by them. It was the older sister who taught her some tricks to please others, so that she would not be beaten to death.