131: Chapter 131 "Jiangcheng can rot in my hands, but it can't be eaten away by wild dogs outside."
Tiangong No. 1, first-floor dining room.
On the table were steaming spicy crawfish, sizzling grilled lamb chops, and rich seafood soup.
The world outside was eating people.
Yet here, it was just like a private banquet for the rich before the apocalypse.
Liu Qing was not at the table.
She was kneeling on the carpet, a laptop in front of her knees, her fingers typing rapidly.
On the big screen, a red dot was moving slowly.
When Chiba Sakura dropped the tracker, the signal was captured by Liu Qing.
Su Muxue pushed up her glasses, her gaze falling on the screen.
"That secretary is bleeding all the way, and the attraction for zombies is strong."
"If he can still return to the South Suburbs safely, it means someone is following him."
She paused.
"Those Japanese folks made two preparations. One living beacon, one tailing confirmation."
Captain Han Xue sat at the end of the dining table, her hands clenched tight.
She knew the South Suburb Military District was already rotten to the core.
Director Li Wenhui was not worth saving to maintain his power.
But out there, thousands of innocent refugees were crowded together.
The elderly, children, the wounded.
"If we don't warn them…"
Captain Han Xue's voice was very low.
"Many people will die."
The dining room went quiet instantly.
Only the sound of the soup pot bubbling could be heard.
Su Xiaonuan put down her cutlery and looked up at Captain Han Xue.
She didn't raise her voice, but the temperature in the dining room seemed to drop a notch.
"Captain Han Xue."
"You are wearing the clothes of Tiangong No. 1 right now."
Captain Han Xue lowered her head.
She did not refute.
"I know."
Captain Han Xue bit her lip.
"I just… wanted to ask once."
Qin Yumo was tearing apart the shell of a crawfish.
She glanced at Captain Han Xue, threw the shrimp meat into the bowl, and didn't speak.
Wang Ya was holding a hot towel to wipe Lin Motong's hands, her movements pausing for a beat.
They all understood.
Captain Han Xue was not a saint; she just hadn't shed the skin of the old world yet, still carrying a bit of responsibility for the living.
The atmosphere was stiff.
Tang Qiqi rolled over from the sofa, hugging a Pikachu plushie in her arms.
"Judy Rabbit."
Tang Qiqi leaned in with a grin.
"If you're willing to plug in that furry tail, maybe when Great Demon King is in a good mood, he'll go out."
Captain Han Xue's face flushed red.
"Tang Qiqi!"
Tang Qiqi stood up immediately, trotted to Qin Yumo's side, and took away the full bowl of shrimp meat in front of her.
"Don't be so anxious. The rabbit tail saves the world, what an inspiring script."
Lin Yuan sat at the head of the table, picking up the wet towel handed over by Su Xiaonuan to wipe his hands.
He ignored Tang Qiqi's teasing and didn't look at Captain Han Xue's conflicted face.
"Warning Director Li Wenhui is useless. A pig knows the butcher is coming, but besides running faster, it can do nothing."
Lin Yuan stood up.
"But I do need to go out."
Captain Han Xue raised her head abruptly, as if there was light in her eyes.
"Jiangcheng can rot in my hands, but it cannot be gnawed on by wild dogs outside."
He tilted his head and looked at Qin Yumo.
"Bring the blades."
Qin Yumo's eyes lit up. She immediately threw away the half-peeled shrimp in her hand, sucked her fingers, and grabbed the twin blades by the table.
"Yes. Master."
Tang Qiqi was anxious, still chewing on a crawfish.
"Sister Yumo is leaving, no one is peeling shrimp for me!"
Until Teacher Xia couldn't stand it anymore and promised to peel them for her, this little drama queen beamed with joy.
Su Muxue covered her forehead, you all just spoil her.
Lin Yuan walked to the entryway and put on his coat.
"Su Xiaonuan, watch the house."
"Yes!" Su Xiaonuan stood straight immediately.
george patton drove out of Cloud Top Palace.
Lin Yuan didn't go to the South Suburbs immediately.
The ninja's blade hadn't fallen yet; he wanted to confirm if the seeds he had planted casually had sprouted.
The car went down the mountain and passed by Ston School.
The originally dilapidated school gate now looked completely different.
The outer wall was welded with three layers of barbed wire.
Scrapped cars were connected end-to-end, piled up into solid roadblocks.
Two simple sentry towers were erected on both sides, and people could be vaguely seen on them.
Disciplined, with defensive lines.
The engine sound of the george patton immediately attracted the attention of the sentry tower.
A large flashlight lit up, shining ten meters in front of the car.
"Who goes there!"
Jiang Hao ran out from behind the bunker, holding a homemade crossbow and a spear.
After seeing the license plate clearly, Jiang Hao immediately lowered his weapon and trotted over.
Lin Yuan lowered the car window.
"Boss!" Jiang Hao stood straight, his eyes full of fanaticism.
Lin Yuan glanced at the interior of the school.
Several rows of simple tents were set up on the playground.
Not far away, there were a few stoves made from gasoline barrels, steaming with heat.
There were many more people than before, about a hundred.
Next to the registration office, a wooden sign hung, with the exchange rate for crystal core written on it.
"It looks like something now." Lin Yuan tossed out a cigarette.
Jiang Hao caught it with both hands; he didn't smoke, but he tucked it behind his ear in a proper manner.
"Recently we have been conducting search and rescue in the surrounding area, and we have gathered a batch of survivors who can work."
"The cafeteria has been built, and a medical corner has been set up."
Jiang Hao pointed behind him. "We also recruited a new Esper."
A short-haired woman in sportswear walked over.
She was about twenty-five or twenty-six, looking clean and capable.
"This is Zhou Lan." Jiang Hao introduced.
"We saved her from an unfinished building in the south. She is willing to stay."
Lin Yuan looked at her.
Zhou Lan bowed slightly.
"Hello, Boss. I have awakened [Superpower: Sonic Vibration]. At a short distance, I can stun ordinary zombies for two or three seconds."
Lin Yuan tapped his fingers on the steering wheel.
This woman was interesting.
She dared to reveal her trump card to him right away.
It seems Jiang Hao and the other had done a good job managing this place.
At this time, Liu Bin also ran over, holding a bag, and handed it to Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan glanced at the number of crystal core inside and nodded.
Several boxes appeared out of thin air in the trunk of the car without making a sound.
Lin Yuan pressed the trunk switch.
"Move the stuff."
Jiang Hao waved his hand immediately, calling a few lackeys over.
Two large boxes of high-calorie compressed biscuits, one box of water purification tablets, and two boxes of first-aid bandages.
Zhou Lan's eyes stared straight.
"Don't turn on the lights tonight."
Lin Yuan left after dropping that last sentence.
Jiang Hao was stunned.
The car could only see the taillights.
Jiang Hao turned around immediately.
"Extinguish the fire! Turn off the searchlights! Everyone get into the teaching building, lock all the first-floor doors!"
A newcomer who had just arrived asked his companion beside him: "Aren't there no zombies recently? Do we need to be so strict?"
The old-timer beside him immediately signaled him to be quiet: "The Boss's words are the oracle. If you still want to hang out in Ston, you must remember it!"
george patton drove on an abandoned viaduct in Jiangcheng.
The terrain was high, and the line of sight could just cross the unfinished building complex to overlook the entire South Suburb Military District.
The night wind was very cold.
Qin Yumo pushed open the sunroof, half her body probed out, and she raised high-magnification binoculars.
In the line of sight.
The periphery of the South Suburb Military District was crowded with broken tents.
That was the gathering place for thousands of refugees.
The Inner Circle was a thick wall, with searchlights sweeping back and forth.
The huge cylindrical buildings in the core area were the granaries of the South Suburbs.
Lin Yuan looked up at the distant night.
Director Li Wenhui wanted to feed the dogs with trucks of water.
The dogs would naturally follow the bones to find the refrigerator where the meat was kept.
"Master."
Qin Yumo suddenly lowered her binoculars, her voice tense.
"It's on fire."
Lin Yuan looked over.
Inside the South Suburb Military District camp.
The forage warehouse outside the granary and several abandoned oil drum storage points exploded into flames at almost the same second.
The flames shot up extremely high, illuminating half the night sky.
The alarm sound tore through the night of Jiangcheng.
The searchlights in the military district began to sway chaotically.
Immediately after, the refugee camp on the periphery also exploded.
Thousands of people were frightened by the sudden fire and alarm.
Crying and screaming mixed into one.
A woman holding a child rushed to the gate of the inner wall, and the muzzles of the soldiers inside the gate had already been raised.
In the loudspeaker, Director Li Wenhui's voice was still playing in a loop: "Please trust the organization."
The next second, the shadows of the woman and child were torn apart by bullets.
The crowd behind stepped over her arms, and no one stopped.
In the communicator, Liu Qing reported in real-time.
Lin Yuan leaned on the seat.
He lit a cigarette, the fire illuminating his expressionless face.
Just as he expected.
The South Suburb Military District was rotten from top to bottom.
Encountering such a professional-level precision demolition, it could not organize a decent counterattack at all.
"Let's go."
Lin Yuan stepped on the accelerator.
The armored vehicle rushed into the darkness like a black beast along the viaduct ramp.
"Where are we going?" Qin Yumo asked.
"Wait outside the granary."
Lin Yuan exhaled a puff of white smoke.
"Once the wild dogs are full, they always have to return to the den."
"I'm also a bit craving dog meat."
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