These deformed individuals not only looked problematic, but they also ate people. When the camp was attacked, more than twenty people were killed, and their bodies were collected by the deformed individuals. If they consumed two bodies a day, it was clear what these deformed individuals would do to the living within ten days.
The captured survivors immediately realized the danger, but these deformed individuals guarded them very closely. After several escape attempts, a small number of survivors managed to get out. Gu Yunyun was one of them, and her younger sister also escaped with her, but they unluckily encountered mutated hornets. Under the hornets' pursuit, the two got separated. Gu Yunyun was eventually caught by the mutated hornets and taken back to the hive, while her sister's whereabouts remained unknown.
Originally, Gu Yunyun thought she would die in the mouth of the hornets, but she was fortunate to be rescued by the passing Feng Jun. Although she fainted after being rescued due to severe blood loss from her injuries, she still clearly saw Feng Jun's face before completely losing consciousness, which is why she immediately asked to see Feng Jun after waking up.
After Gu Yunyun stopped crying, Feng Jun asked her about the location of the Refuge, hoping to get the exact location from the child.
However, to Feng Jun's surprise, Gu Yunyun remembered the location of the Refuge very clearly, almost describing the location in detail.
Gu Yunyun said, “After we escaped from the camp, we kept heading west until we encountered the swarm and scattered. Although I was caught by the hornets, I could still tell that the hornets were flying northwest with me for twenty minutes. At the hornets’ speed, that’s about fifteen kilometers. If you search fifteen kilometers southwest, the approximate location of the Refuge is to the east of that area.”
Feng Jun hadn't expected Gu Yunyun to be able to describe it in such detail. With the general direction, he quickly pinpointed the approximate area on the map, calculated the distance, and found it was located in the eastern part of Yanqing Industrial Park, near the harbor. Feng Jun immediately ordered Zhong Chen to lead a small team, preparing to rescue the survivors there, and ideally, to occupy the newly opened Refuge.
Just as everything was ready and Feng Jun was about to lead his people to depart, Gu Yunyun, disregarding her injuries, forcefully ran out of the room. “Wait, take me with you. I need to find my sister.” Gu Yunyun’s wounds had just healed, and her shoulder was still bandaged. But Feng Jun had no intention of taking her along.
To prevent the child from causing trouble, Feng Jun walked over to her, squatted down, and put his hand into his pocket, which was actually his storage space. He took out a bar of chocolate and offered it to Gu Yunyun, saying, “Be a good girl, Little Gu, wait for me here. Big Brother will give you chocolate.”
Gu Yunyun was visibly stunned and did not take the chocolate Feng Jun offered. “My sister’s whereabouts are unknown right now, how can I be in the mood for chocolate? Uncle, please take me with you.”
Before Feng Jun could say anything else, she directly hugged Feng Jun's leg, looking so aggrieved as if she might burst into tears at any moment.
Having no other choice, Feng Jun could only take her along to the target area. Because the distance was relatively short, Feng Jun had dispatched many UAVs for advance reconnaissance upon departure, and they quickly discovered the camp Gu Yunyun had mentioned, as well as the nearby Refuge entrance.
The rest of the matter was quite simple. The group of deformed individuals numbered only forty or so, and their most powerful weapons were just a few old Bolters. After surrounding the camp, Feng Jun's soldiers directly launched an attack. These deformed individuals did not cause much of a stir; after a dozen or so were killed, they all dropped their weapons and surrendered.
After the battle ended, Gu Yunyun immediately got out of the vehicle and ran into the camp. At this time, the survivors had already been rescued. They were queuing up, following the soldiers' arrangements. Most of these survivors were wearing blue jumpsuits, and only a very few, three or four individuals, wore white jumpsuits like Gu Yunyun.
Feng Jun was somewhat disappointed. According to the hierarchy within the Refuge, blue indicated ordinary civilians, while white clothing was for research personnel. According to Gu Yunyun, most of the people there should have been wearing white clothing like her, but now Feng Jun saw mostly blue clothing.
Just as Feng Jun was wondering if Gu Yunyun had lied to him, Gu Yunyun, who had been following behind him, suddenly spotted her sister in the crowd. She immediately ran from Feng Jun's side and embraced her sister.
Gu Yunyun's sister was named Gu Yaoyao, and the two sisters were twins. After they separated that day, due to being chased by hornets, Gu Yaoyao fled back near the camp and was captured by the deformed individuals. Fortunately, these deformed individuals did not like to eat people who were too thin, so after capturing Gu Yaoyao, they merely locked her up again and did nothing else.
After the sisters narrowly escaped death and reunited, they naturally embraced and cried bitterly, sitting on the ground, their faces tear-streaked. Feng Jun walked around for a bit, unable to interject, and could only help the two sisters to the side and have a soldier watch over them, while he prepared to go check the Refuge entrance.
The survivors of QD10096 Shelter chose to set up tents directly at the entrance of the Refuge after exiting it. They used many simple building materials stored within the Refuge to construct houses that, while appearing to be plastic, were very sturdy. This camp had already erected over a hundred houses, and although they all followed the same template, their vibrant colors made them look quite dazzling.
In addition, Feng Jun also discovered a small cultivated area and many unknown machines in the camp. It seemed that these Refuge personnel had already begun attempting to cultivate plants after arriving in the Doomsday. Feng Jun walked to the cultivated land and turned over the soil, finding that the sown seeds had not survived. Due to the radiation in the soil, these seeds had all turned black and shriveled.
It seems that farming is truly a memory etched into the genes of the Huaxian people; the first thing they do after leaving the Refuge is try to find a way to farm. Feng Jun looked at the various machines nearby, which were labeled with various names in Chinese or English. Some looked very high-end at a glance. Those deformed individuals were not interested in these machines and had simply piled them together carelessly. Thinking that these instruments might be of great use, Feng Jun ordered several soldiers to collect the machines first.
The entrance to the Refuge was in the center of the camp, a huge circular metal cover resembling a missile silo lid. However, this place had been used by the deformed individuals as a cooking area. Feng Jun took just one look and almost vomited.
The deformed individuals had set up several large pots here, boiling various human remains. It was clear that Feng Jun's attack had coincided with their mealtime, as some cooked meat soup had already been served. There was also a person directly placed over a fire, being roasted like a whole human, and this person was roasted to death alive; the deformed individuals directly placed a living person over the fire to roast.
Several soldiers nearby had already vomited directly. These deformed individuals in the Doomsday had a unified designation: “Cannibals.” The definition of Cannibals is quite broad; for example, the group of deformed individuals Feng Jun encountered now belonged to the category of deformed children resulting from radiation mutation, generally having low intelligence. It is not uncommon for these intellectually impaired people to have cannibalistic habits, possibly forming tribes after growing up in the wasteland due to radiation-induced deformities. However, there are still many normal people who have a liking for cannibalism, perhaps out of necessity or perhaps they are inherently perverse, but there is also a unified regulation in the wasteland regarding how to deal with “Cannibals.”
Feng Jun simply made two gestures with his hand across his neck, and Zhong Chen, standing nearby, understood Feng Jun's meaning. Those deformed individuals who were still alive would naturally be dealt with immediately.
The Refuge was built a thousand meters below the surface in the rock layer. To enter the Refuge, one needed to open the metal well cover and then descend a thousand meters underground via an internal elevator. However, this only led to the Refuge's main entrance; to truly enter the Refuge, a heavy, 40-ton alloy gate also needed to be opened.
Before coming, Feng Jun had thoroughly inquired with Gu Yunyun about the situation inside the Refuge, including the configuration of the entire Refuge's equipment and the status of the remaining personnel within the Refuge.
QD10096 Shelter was designed for 200 people, equipped with an experimental Quantum Computer and a primary intelligent AI. All personnel entering the Refuge would go into hibernation pods. The director and military officer of the Refuge held the first and second authority respectively. After all personnel entered hibernation, they too would go into hibernation, and then the Refuge would be fully managed by the AI. However, the director, military officer, and some maintenance personnel would wake up once every three years to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the Refuge.
According to the setting, the Refuge was supposed to fully open in 2263, but due to issues with key components of the energy system, it had to open prematurely. However, theoretically, being only a year early shouldn't have caused too much trouble, but coincidentally, they encountered a group of man-eating deformed individuals.
Moreover, Feng Jun also discovered some problems with the design and planning of the Refuge. A Refuge for 200 people was only equipped with twenty armed security guards, and there was only one professional soldier, a military officer dispatched by the government. The combat power of the deformed individuals was not particularly strong; even with such poor combat effectiveness, they easily defeated these few armed security guards. Fortunately, at that time, a portion of the people had not yet come to the surface, and coupled with the military officer's desperate resistance, some managed to escape back to the underground Refuge.
Just as Feng Jun was pondering how to open the Refuge gate, Gu Yunyun approached with her sister. The two twins looked exactly alike; if it weren't for Gu Yunyun's injuries, Feng Jun really wouldn't have been able to tell them apart.
Gu Yunyun's timing was perfect, and Feng Jun immediately asked her how to enter the Refuge. Feng Jun was somewhat concerned that those survivors might completely cut off contact with the outside world after returning to the Refuge, choosing to hibernate for a hundred years before emerging again.