PNB Chapter 169 A Family Reunited
Chapter 169 A Family Reunited
"The situation in Kangcheng is more serious than I thought..."
However, it seems that the rate of human evolution is not very high?
Following behind the fisherman, Cang Nian walked silently, glancing left and right to observe his surroundings.
It can be seen that most of the high-rise buildings have collapsed, and now tunnels are being dug out to rescue the victims and retrieve buried supplies.
The people, meanwhile, set up tents or simply laid out blankets on the ground to sleep in the open spaces.
Clearly, almost all of the modern infrastructure was destroyed in that earthquake, and there were few places with lights on at night. With no entertainment options, people simply went to bed early.
But some of them look much more glamorous, living not in tents that can't even provide shelter from the wind and rain, but in simple model houses with electricity.
Along the way, Cangnian saw an area with such simple model houses, where people were eating and drinking around a table in front of the houses, looking at the people in the tents with a sense of superiority in their eyes.
Meanwhile, the people on the other side of the tent stared longingly at the people in the makeshift model house, their eyes filled with a desire for food, but they dared not approach.
The street is divided into two distinct sections on either side.
Cang Nian noticed that many people in the model apartment area felt fluctuations in spiritual energy.
Clearly, just as he predicted, disaster combined with evolution would breed ambition, and power would gradually tilt toward the evolved ones who had mastered the power of evolution.
Seeing the situation in Kangcheng, Cang Nian estimated that the number of people who died in the earthquake was probably staggering. Even if Kangcheng lost its long-distance transportation channels and received external resources, the number of people consuming resources had decreased by more than half, so food should not be in short supply yet.
However, those evolved beings who possess the power of evolution use force to seize the food they dig up and band together. The smallest group of people ends up with the most resources, while the others go hungry.
"Brother Wang... what happened?"
Cang Nian noticed this situation, as did the fishing expert Yi Chen, who turned his head to look at Brother Wang and asked.
"Well... well, it's hard to explain in a short time. We also want to change things and make them better, but we have no choice but to accept this situation."
When asked this question by Yichen, Brother Wang shook his head and sighed.
Upon hearing this, Yichen simply nodded.
……
A short while later, the two arrived at the Kangcheng Police Station.
Because this is just a two-story low building, plus police facilities, it is much larger than civilian buildings. So there are only some cracks on the exterior walls, which does not affect normal use. It is one of the few original buildings in Kangcheng that can still be inhabited.
"Uncle Yi! Aunt Mo! Director Qin! Look who's back!"
Knowing that Yichen most wanted to see his parents, Brother Wang led him directly to the conference room and announced loudly.
Yichen's parents were discussing something with Uncle Qin when they heard someone interrupting them, and they all frowned and looked up.
But when they saw Yichen's appearance, all three of them were stunned.
"Chen'er... Am I dreaming? Chen'er's soul has returned?"
Yichen's mother rubbed her eyes, looking dazed.
"What soul! It's real! Chen'er is back!"
Yichen's father then realized what was happening and shouted excitedly.
"Mom and Dad, I'm back! I'm back alive!"
Looking at his parents, whom he used to not care about not seeing for a long time, but now missed day and night after less than a month apart, Yichen couldn't hold back his longing. He took two steps forward, put his long arms around his parents, and embraced them together.
"Chen'er, my Chen'er... he's really back... he's really back..."
Feeling Yichen's real touch and warm body temperature, Yichen's mother finally believed that this was really her son. Overjoyed, she was speechless and burst into tears.
"Good lad! No wonder you're your grandfather's grandson! You managed to walk all the way back!"
Looking at his son, whom he thought was dead but who suddenly appeared, Yichen's father patted his shoulder heavily, suppressing his emotions and refusing to shed tears.
"It's so good that the whole family is reunited..."
The old man squatting to one side was quite pleased for the fisherman.
Previously, Tiger Dad and his companions were captured by poachers, and Cangnian had also experienced the feeling of being separated from his family.
Now, the fisherman is reunited with his parents, both alive and well, which fills him with emotion.
The family of three looked after each other for a while before stopping.
"Yichen, where did you run off to? And how did you manage to come back after being outside for so long? Did you awaken some kind of superpower?"
At this moment, Uncle Qin Changyi, who was standing to the side, finally spoke up.
This is the same criminal police captain that the fisherman called over earlier to steal the credit.
"Well... I went fishing in my car. I did awaken the superpower you mentioned, Uncle Qin, and Pipi did too, which is why we were able to come back."
Upon hearing this, Yichen spoke according to the words he had prepared beforehand.
As previously requested, he did not reveal the existence of Cang Nian's family, attributing his return entirely to his and Pi Pi's strength.
"Great! Our Chen'er has superpowers, and Pipi has superpowers too. Let's see who dares to block our door now!"
At this moment, Yi's mother, standing to the side, raised her eyebrows in triumph.
"What's blocking the door? Mom, is someone causing trouble for you?"
Upon hearing this, Yi Chen frowned and quickly asked.
"What else could it be? It's because your father built almost half of the houses in Kangcheng. The earthquake destroyed them all and killed so many people, and now it's all your father's fault."
Mother Yi rolled her eyes and said indignantly.
"How can you blame me? My construction team all followed national standards and didn't cut corners at all. No one in the entire Northeast China built houses to a higher standard than me!"
But who knew this place would experience such a massive earthquake? Even with top-tier earthquake resistance, how could a building over five stories not collapse?
Yi's father smiled wryly.
"What can we do? If it weren't for your good relationship with Lao Qin, which allowed you to hide in the police station for safety, we would have been smashed into mincemeat by those people."
Yi's mother said with lingering fear.
"Smash it into mincemeat? What's going on?"
Yichen was a little confused and quickly asked.
"Literally, some of the people who were in the real estate business in Kangcheng, just like your father, were buried during the earthquake."
Some were found at home by the enraged crowd and beaten to a pulp with fists and kicks.
Luckily, I was quick-witted. I took nothing with your mom and went straight to the police station to find your Uncle Qin, otherwise you wouldn't be seeing either of us!
Mr. Yi chuckled and shook his head.
"Has the situation gotten this bad...?"
Upon hearing this, Yichen found it hard to believe.
Clearly, this was worse than he had imagined.
Judging from the current situation, those who beat people to death have probably not been punished by law.
Whether there is any law left in Kangcheng now is a question.