I'm Hoarding for the Apocalypse

348 Dealing with the Internet

After walking out of the door, Du Yue sat in the front passenger seat. He Xing turned around and locked the living room door before sitting in the driver’s seat. Their house was very close to the door. In less than a minute, their car arrived at the door. Du Yue picked up the walkie-talkie and told Yu Xinya that she and He Xing had arrived. A minute later, someone got out of the car and opened the door.

Yu Xinya said through the walkie-talkie that the person was specially here to guard the door. A car would come over in a while and wait at the closest position to the door. When they came back, the door would open for them immediately. Looking at the people who were struggling to open the door in the sandstorm, Du Yue felt that restoring communication equipment was a very important matter. With communication equipment, there was no need to wait at the door to open and close the door.

After they set off, Du Yue’s car and Yu Xinya’s car kept a distance that was neither too far nor too close. They had to ensure that they would not rear-end each other and that the distance between the two cars would not exceed the transmission distance of the walkie-talkie. They first drove toward Wu Yan’s real estate agency. That street was one of the more lively commercial streets in the base. Other than the real estate agency, there was also the grain store, Trade Center, and service hall.

Du Yue had learned before that internet connection and the payment of the internet and electricity bills were all handled at the service hall. Yu Xinya and He Xing stopped their cars at the intermediary center. He Xing greeted the staff there and drove the car to the entrance of the service hall. The distance between the service hall and the intermediary center was not far, and the walkie-talkie could still be used normally. Du Yue was relieved to know that Yu Xinya and the others had successfully entered the intermediary center.

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Du Yue had just put down the walkie-talkie when He Xing said, “Wait in the car. I’ll get out of the car to find out more about the situation.”

Before Du Yue could nod, He Xing had already gotten out of the car and left. The moment the car door was closed, the sound of sand whirling around outside could not be heard at all. Du Yue could only vaguely see that He Xing had already walked to the door of the service hall. After waiting for about ten minutes, He Xing returned to the car and knocked on the window. Du Yue immediately rolled down the window and heard He Xing say, “I’ve already asked. Just give me your identity card. I’ll go handle it.”

Du Yue handed her identity card to him and watched him leave. She rolled up the window again. In the time it took to open and close the window, Du Yue’s body and the car had already been covered with a layer of sand. Du Yue glanced at it and did not care too much. Out of sight, out of mind. As long as the sandstorm did not stop, no matter how clean the car was, it would be messy again once the door was opened. Cleaning it up was completely unnecessary.

After waiting for a few more minutes, He Xing walked out of the service hall. As soon as He Xing got into the car, he handed Du Yue a few cards. “Our identity cards have been connected to the internet. Use your phone to scan this code, enter your identity card number, and enter the initial password. You can go online after that. If you want to make payments, you can do it online, so you don’t have to make another trip here. Let’s go back and tell Sister Yu to see if they need it.”

Du Yue could not help but give He Xing a thumbs up. “That’s great! You’re so efficient! Now that the internet issue is settled, let’s go to the grain store. I don’t know how many days we’ll have to stay at home. We should buy some grains just for show so that no one will notice that something’s wrong.”

Du Yue was not worried about anything else. She was just afraid that Yu Xinya would think that they had no food to eat and think of a way to send food to them. The funds for the small courtyard were not sufficient, and she was not well-off. Du Yue did not want to trouble Yu Xinya. Their car had just stopped at the entrance of the grain store when Yu Xinya and the others rushed over.

This time, Du Yue and He Xing got out of the car together. On the other side, Yu Xinya also got out of the car with three people. The few of them arrived at the entrance of the grain store. The roller shutter door of the grain store was halfway pulled down. There was a thick quilt hanging inside the door to resist the wind and sand. The few of them lifted the shutter door, lifted the quilt, and quickly bent down to get in.

Although they were already very fast, the wind and sand still inevitably blew into the store. The few people who were standing in the store subconsciously turned around and closed their eyes. After a long time, the dust settled on the ground, and the air in the room became less turbid. Du Yue and He Xing had been here before, so they were no strangers to this place. At this moment, in the grain store, other than the staff members they had seen before, there were also a few others who came to buy grains like Du Yue and the others.