Closer to Revealing My True Self-Chapter 865 - 551: What Did You See?

Before the weather worsened, they had successfully entered the acquisition station.

The station master personally verified their identities before allowing Feng Shou and his group to enter.

After the arduous journey, their tense nerves finally relaxed, and the exhausted people settled down to rest.

The composition of the refugees inside the station was diverse, but there was a clear division of labor; the station master had someone provide Feng Shou and his group with simple food and water. This was already a privilege, as other people would not have received such offers from the station master during these difficult times.

It was inconvenient to make a fire, and the electricity system had been shut down shortly after their arrival. Given the current situation, it might be out for a long time, and mobile phones would soon lose their usefulness.

The signal was unstable. After entering the station, Feng Shou used the station’s communication equipment to send a message of safety to Feng Yi.

The station master showed great friendliness and enthusiasm toward Feng Shou. When Feng Shou wanted to understand the situation inside the station briefly, he explained everything.

Moments later, Feng Shou, weighed down by the canned food and water the station master had stuffed into his hands, returned to his team with a heavy heart.

The floor was simply covered with a moisture-proof mat, and everyone sat or lay on the ground resting.

Someone turned on the emergency light they had brought during the evacuation; it wasn’t very bright, but the room was dimly lit. However, Feng Shou quickly found his grandmother.

She was seen with her hands together, holding a zodiac coin in her palms, her eyes closed, muttering something.

"Grandma?" Feng Shou approached and whispered.

"Don’t disturb me, I’m praying to our ancestors!" the elderly woman said.

Feng Shou: "..."

Seeking refuge here was thanks to Feng Yi’s help. What use was praying to the ancestors?

Noticing that Feng Shou hadn’t moved, the elderly lady slightly opened her eyes, sighed, and said, "Don’t worry, I’m fine. If you don’t want to rest, go help out with the others, check for leaks, see where reinforcements are needed."

Feng Shou agreed and called a few people who were either too energetic or too anxious, to find the station master and get tasks assigned. Staying busy was also a way to alleviate psychological pressure, and moreover, they were helping themselves.

Before Feng Shou and his group had arrived, there were already quite a few people in the station, mostly the station master’s or employees’ relatives and friends.

Initially, when the evacuation notice came, the station master had planned to evacuate with his family. But seeing that the roads were impassable, he hurried back, seizing the time to stock up more supplies.

Born and raised during a period of abnormal climate, the station master had experienced that chaotic era and was both cautious and decisive in avoiding natural disasters.

Their small acquisition station didn’t possess the protective strength of a warehouse, so if they were to take refuge here, they needed to be well-prepared.

Of course, even though they were just a small acquisition station with little presence, they weren’t easy to take over!

When the evacuation chaos began, there were attempts to seize the station, but they were repelled by force.

This year, Feng Yi had emphasized upgrading security, and this peripheral acquisition station had also been modified, with enhancements in weapons and other tools.

In these circumstances, if one wasn’t an employee or didn’t have adequate permissions, entry was impossible, and the door wouldn’t even open!

For a young person experiencing this kind of extreme disaster weather for the first time, even if busy, it was hard to remain calm.

Someone asked, "Do we have any kind of emergency commander here?"

The station master scoffed, "Are you joking? Throughout Zone N7, except for the largest cities that had foreign support for emergency commanders, people in other places were left to their own devices! There’s no emergency plan either!"

"The typhoon shouldn’t last too long? Once the storm stops, can we go out then?"

"That’s not the case."

The station master, while checking the reinforcements, continued:

"This typhoon will bring widespread strong winds and heavy rainfall. We also need to guard against dam breaks, floods, and so forth."

"Do we need to take refuge here for a few days?" This was everyone’s concern.

"No one knows. Maybe soon, or maybe a few weeks. Don’t think so far ahead; just focus on staying alive. Being alive is already good!"

Older individuals, triggered by the scenery, talked about the past periods of abnormal climate. Those memories that were painful to recall yet impossible to forget.

"If the storm ends and the flood waters don’t recede quickly, if there’s no food, no drinking water, no network, no electricity... It will be quite hard! There will be rescue, right?"

The person who spoke sounded subdued, inevitably pessimistic at such times.

However, the station master firmly said, "Of course, there will be a rescue!"

He couldn’t guarantee other matters, but he was completely confident about the rescue:

"I don’t know about other places, but here, there will definitely be a rescue!"

A man in his forties who was moving items, recalling his past experiences, had a bitter smile, "If the evacuation work before the typhoon couldn’t be well managed, how can we expect a rescue? There’s no infrastructure or policy here for dealing with typhoons. Even if international rescue teams arrive, they won’t find us right away."

The station master raised his arm, "Hey, buddy, why don’t you take another look this way?"

He pointed at a serpent-shaped sign inside. Without power, the sign was not lit, but it was barely visible.

"This place is an Ancestral Factory acquisition station! In this matter, you can be optimistic!"

The station master thought to himself: Our little rundown acquisition station is on the big boss’s list!

He quickly glanced at Feng Shou.

The boss personally took care of it! Made a phone call!

"I don’t expect other rescue teams to find us quickly, but I believe that after the storm passes, people from Ancestral Factory will quickly come to rescue us!"