288 Cannibals and Blue Skins (1/2)

Chapter 288: Cannibals and Blue Skins

Translator: _Min_Editor: Rundi

The New Year celebration continued till three in the morning. People who couldn't keep their eyes open finally returned to their beds and fell asleep with a joyful smile.

It was the first time, in many years, there was so much happiness on the wasteland.

The bonfire was extinguished and the smell of the barbeque lingered on the square.

With the help of the participants, the logistics department collected and put the utensils and cooking equipment back into the kitchen and transported any uneaten food back into the storage space and recorded the amount of food consumed that night.

As the proposer of the celebration, Jiang Chen, unfortunately, didn't get to join in on the celebration.

As when he finished talking to Cheng Weiguo, he returned straight to the mansion.

It was still three hours before the celebration ended.

When he went back the mansion, Yao Yao was still not asleep.

The adorable girl sat in front of the window, counting down on New Year and thinking about her own things with her hands against her chin.

Counting down on New Year. Only a few people remembered this tradition.

Being with family was a luxury on the wasteland.

Everything was so sudden. From the light of the nuclear bomb to the airdrop soldiers from the sky. People were still working; students were still in class. But the ”Holy Shield” only left ten minutes for people to prepare.

After rushing to the nearest fallout shelter, squeezing into temporary nuclear bunkers, or being wiped out by the shockwaves.

The hibernation chamber was like a wormhole.

For the people that hid inside, when the door closed to when it opened again, everything felt like it happened instantaneously. But outside of the chamber, twenty years have passed by.

A tear rolled down her face and as her tender fingers gently moved towards it, a warm hand wiped off the droplet at the corner of her eyes before she did.

”Do you miss home?”

”Mhmm.”

”Yao Yao slammed her head into Jiang Chen's chest as her small head tightly pressed against his shoulder, she quietly sobbed.

”I, I am strong.” Her voice was muffled by her repressed sobbing, but Jiang Chen could still hear the frail strength in her voice.

”Mhmm, Yao Yao is strong.”

”I, I am not crying.”

”Mhmm...”

Jiang Chen lightly patted her soft back as he scanned the clock on the wall.

The hands of the clock happened to pass 12 o'clock.

At at the same time, the breathing on his shoulder became more rhythmic.

The entire night, he stayed with Yao Yao.

Although he didn't do anything.

...

The transport elevator slowly descended into the fallout shelter below the earth's surface.

Around twenty-something soldiers in PAC security force uniform stood on top, everyone's expression was down and flustered.

A lot of people carried gun wounds; the bulletproof vests were covered with spiderweb-like cracks which signified the intensity of the battle.

Fortunately, they didn't lose anyone.

Shi Yongtian curled up in the corner of the elevator; his sight was unfocused as if something had provoked him, he seemed like he lost his spirit.

The captain of the team, Tian Feng, was blankly staring at the lead cylinder in his hand covered in blood - nuclear fusion core.

As to where this came from, the story began three hours ago.