Chapter 2 Uncle Zhang Lei
Chapter 2: Second Uncle Zhang Lei
Zhang Lingfeng came to the cafeteria and received two bowls of sticky yellow rice porridge, a piece of bloody rat meat weighing about one pound, half a cabbage, and a dull apple.
This is the only meal allowance I enjoy every day as a senior high school martial arts student.
In order to fight against alien invasions, humans used nuclear weapons on a large scale for a period of time, resulting in fewer and fewer planets suitable for human survival.
South City has also been invaded by alien races and extraterrestrial creatures.
Not only is the city's infrastructure severely damaged, but radiation levels in many places exceed standards. Not to mention growing flowers, fruits and vegetables, even places for human habitation are becoming increasingly scarce.
Often, thousands of people can be crammed into one building.
The food allowance that Zhang Lingfeng received was already too generous for many people in South City.
I don’t know how long it has been since many people last ate fruits and vegetables. Even the rice and meat they eat contain mostly pollutants.
Due to the shortage of survival supplies, it has become extremely difficult for humans to become warriors.
In order to allow the human race to continue and to have powerful warriors to fight against alien races, the Alliance of Seven Star Systems stipulates that the academy should provide each senior martial arts student with a meal subsidy every day.
It requires meat, vegetables and fruits.
The meat they eat almost every day is rat meat. Since the outbreak of the nuclear war, many creatures in major galaxies have become extinct, but rats are rampant and have evolved.
Some can even grow to several hundred kilograms in weight.
At first, humans did not dare to eat this mutated creature. Later, as survival supplies became scarce, humans finally let go of their prejudices and treated Jerry as the second brother.
And developed equipment that can remove pollutants.
At the same time, not only animals and plants are mutating in recent years, but humans are also mutating. After two generations of elimination, humans slowly moved towards the radiation zone and built a new home inside the radiation zone.
South City is a home full of radiation.
Zhang Lingfeng picked up the bloody piece of rat meat and tore it into two halves. He ate half on the spot and put the other half away. He also kept a portion of each of the apple and cabbage.
There were only two bowls of yellow rice porridge, which were eaten up in one go.
"At 8 o'clock tonight, student Teng Qingshan will represent the Ninth High School and compete with the genius Hu Bin from the First High School in the Star Realm. I hope that students will not miss the live broadcast and go to the Star Realm to watch and learn useful content from them."
At this time, a holographic projection broadcast appeared in the cafeteria. A handsome boy with a bright smile appeared on the broadcast, and there was a cheer at the scene.
Zhang Lingfeng then learned from the bracelet that Yang Liru asked the whole class to go to the Star Realm tonight to watch the martial arts competition between Teng Qingshan and Hu Bin.
Zhang Lingfeng just glanced at it indifferently, packed up the other half of the food and took it away, left in a hustle and bustle, took the nuclear-powered levitation tram at the school gate, and came to the Xicang community in the south city.
This community is the largest slum in the south city. Not only is it crowded, it is also the place with the strongest radiation. There are more than 300,000 people living here.
"Teacher Liu."
Zhang Lingfeng met his junior high school physics teacher in a narrow corridor.
Humans can only adapt to radiation slowly and cannot become completely immune to it. Teacher Liu became an entry-level warrior at the age of thirty. Under the influence of radiation over the years, his bones became very stiff before he was fifty years old, and he walked like a robot.
"Xiao Feng, I heard that you will be eighteen in two months. You should be smart when you go to the front line. It would be best if you ask your uncle to spend some money to let you stay in the logistics department. Hey, Da Wu was half a head taller than you, but he died at the hands of the fish monster less than two months after he arrived at the front line.
Teacher Liu sighed.
"Uh... Da Wu is dead."
Zhang Lingfeng's expression froze. After a while, he heard the crying of Dawu's family deep in the corridor.
The Seven Star System Alliance stipulates that everyone who is over 18 years old and fails to become an entry-level warrior, except for a few rare cases, must go to the front line to participate in battles against alien races for a period of two years.
If you return safely after two years, you will no longer be forced to be sent to the front line unless foreign races invade your native cities. During your service, your family will receive three resource subsidies every day.
And earn points, it may be possible to redeem the points and move to an inner-ring city in the future.
Once sacrificed, the family will receive survival allowance for two consecutive years.
Da Wu was the original owner's playmate. He was four months older than Zhang Lingfeng. He was assessed two months ago and his combat power value reached 9.7. He also attended the Ninth High School.
Unexpectedly, in less than two months, news of Dawu's death spread in the community.
When passing by Dawu's house, Zhang Lingfeng stood outside and watched for a while. He saw Dawu was put in a box, and a female leader, with two armored warriors, was comforting Dawu's father.
In this era, especially in a place like Xicang Community, few families are complete.
Da Wu and his father depend on each other for survival. His father lost a leg and an arm while serving in the military. He now has mechanical legs and arms installed and works as a water delivery worker in the community.
Once he used a mechanical arm to catch a mouse weighing more than ten pounds, and the children in the community called him Iron Man.
Iron Man lay on the table and cried loudly.
Zhang Lingfeng walked away silently.
Things like this happen almost every day, except that Da Wu was the original owner's playmate, so he was more familiar with him.
"Uncle? Why are you here so early today?"
After a while, Zhang Lingfeng returned home, or to be more precise, his second uncle and second aunt's home. After opening the door, he saw his second uncle and said with surprise.
When Second Aunt saw what he had in his hand, she winked at him.
Zhang Lingfeng understood instantly and hid the things behind.
"Bring the stuff over here."
Second uncle Zhang Lei knocked on the table and said.
"Second uncle, I..."
Zhang Lingfeng hesitated.
"I asked you to bring it over."
Zhang Lei said angrily.
Zhang Lingfeng had no choice but to hand over the lunch box.
Zhang Lei quickly opened the lunch box and saw rat meat, cabbage and half a yellow apple inside. He closed his eyes and clenched his fists.
"Xiaofeng, why don't you finish your food at school?"
Second Aunt said hurriedly.
"I have a small appetite and can't finish it. I plan to eat it later."
Zhang Lingfeng explained.
"Snapped!"
Zhang Lei slammed the table hard.
Pointing at Second Aunt Liu Feng's nose, he said, "How dare you talk nonsense in front of me? Did you ask him to leave half for Qingqing?"
After the original owner's parents died, Zhang Lei became the original owner's guardian. He has a son and a daughter, and usually drives to deliver goods to areas with large radiation.
The son is a technical student, serving in a nuclear power plant. Although he did not become an entry-level warrior at the age of eighteen, he was exempted from military service due to his outstanding academic performance, and successfully entered the nuclear power plant to develop new nuclear weapons for mankind.
Like Zhang Lingfeng, his daughter is a student at the No. 9 High School, only four months younger than Zhang Lingfeng.
Both will turn eighteen this year.
"Why are you yelling at me? Am I that kind of person?"
Liu Feng retorted angrily.
"Uncle, you misunderstood. I really can't eat much. Don't blame Aunt."
A memory of the original owner emerged in Zhang Lingfeng's mind.
"Xiaofeng, look, Qingqing's combat power has reached 9.3. As long as you are willing to help her, she will definitely be able to become an entry-level warrior before she turns ."
"Second Aunt, how do you want me to help her?"
"Can you see if you can leave half of the subsidy the school gives you to Qingqing? To be honest, if it weren't for taking care of you these years, Qingqing might have already become an entry-level warrior, or even entered the elite class for training."
"That's...okay!"
Under Liu Feng's pleading eyes, the original owner nodded in agreement.
Because of the loss of this half subsidy, the original owner practiced even harder, and eventually died from over-exertion.
(End of this chapter)