Chapter 310 - Ilya - You wouldnt get it. (1/2)

I was shaking my head in amus.e.m.e.nt at how they filled Vera's head of random sponsorship names that's not existing anymore in our time. Aside from that, the two are keeping the morale up by making up random funny bits to run alongside our little broadcast. They're even preparing for a radio play every weekend that other people would participate in. It makes the people inside something to look forward to and it is sometimes the talk of elderly. It was pretty much all they've grew up with when televisions weren't around yet.

We shortly heard Ilya's voice and the two greeted each other with a joyful tone.

”So Nikolas is over there now, is that right? Can I talk to him? Is he there?” Ilya asked.

I'm clearly hearing his voice but I'm trying to listen to the background noise for anything I might catch up on.

”Yeah, he's here. Nikolas, here.” Vera made him sit down on the chair she was on.

”Hey, Vera told me you're tending to animals now, is that it?” Nikolas spoke though a smile is plastered on his face.

”Hah! She told you huh? Well, that's right if shoveling up manure to a truck is called taking care of them. It's like my old life before I was in the army. How are you guys holding up there? Alexei said your leader is a crazy f.u.c.k.” Ilya mentioned.

The radio station suddenly became quiet.

”Hello? Hello~? Nikolas? Vera? Hello~? Is this working? *knock* *knock* *knock* You guys still there?” Ilya was confused.

Alexei and Nikolas are sweating bullets while the rest are holding their laughter. I on the other hand has this smile with a sharp glint in my eye.

”He's not lying though, go on, just talk to him… it's gonna be a fun ride when we pick him up… hehehehe~” I said while the room's temperature is slowly getting colder.

”Umm… *gulp* Ilya… he's right behind me and we could all listen to you...” Vera took the mic away from Nikolas.

”Oh.” Ilya muttered.

*line disconnects*

”Hah! I like this guy!” I thought to myself.

Vera hurriedly contacted him again and he profusely apologized with Alexei.

”No worries, I get called that a lot and even my family members do. Tell me, is there any chance I could talk to the person running that place?” I asked.

”Umm, that's a negative. I could only meet her when it's sundown. Everyone's really busy here when the sun is up and I only have 15 minutes to talk to you everyday. After this, I would be walking around their fences to see if there's a breach of some sort.” Ilya replied.

”Is that so? Is she with a group going at runs outside for supplies? I hope you have the fuel for it because of how the buildings are spaced there is unlike our own. You'd travel for a while just to get to a general store. They have those there but the other ones would be spread out several kilometers. How are you all on supplies?” I asked.

”Well if we're talking about supplies, food-wise, it's pretty good here because of all the animals, fruit-bearing trees, and crops. They don't use the generators here as much so all the fuel goes into the vehicles. She's just looking for stranded people outside that need help. If you do come here, you two should at least have a talk of some sort. Oh yeah, my time's about to run out, any more questions?” Ilya replied.

”I guess I could just ask you more when we get there- wait, how many are you all there?” I asked.

”Our numbers? There's around sixty working a.d.u.l.ts here and around the same number for children plus the elderly.” Ilya replied, half-sure.

”How about soldiers? There's at least a DDR Camp there, right?” I asked.

”There's only six including me. They said there used to be more but they just left on their own, taking most of the guns and military vehicles. Oh, I really have to go since my time's up, bye.” Ilya disconnected the call.

”What do you think?” Tatiana asked while Nikolas is in deep thought.

”Just from that conversation, that place is definitely one of the camps that has gone AWOL though it's not one of the hostile ones. We're not sure why the other soldiers left though. A place that has an abundance of food is something I wouldn't just leave like that. We'll know once we reach the place.” I replied.

”Isn't their numbers a little… little?” Kaley added.

”Yeah, before this thing hits, that barangay by itself just has a population of 3000+ and the land they have is several times larger than a barangay here. I'm guessing their leader thinks that most of the residents of that place got stuck in the city next to them and she's trying to get them back. Not only that, like you said, their numbers are too little for a place that big. She's trying to recruit anyone she encounters but the thing is that the population over there is too scarce. They're not in the urban areas like us.” I replied.