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Chapter 81 Searching

After solving the problem of the mouse bird, Zhang Yi and Nan Shao naturally had to leave. However, after seeing the abilities of the two, Chen Changchun could not help but have some ideas.

"There are more than a dozen towns and villages nearby, large and small, and hundreds of villages. Do you want to search them one by one? And judging from the current situation, these places are probably all occupied by mutant plants, and it is impossible for people to survive in them. Even if you get there, you can't get in." He asked, and analyzed the situation for them, and then said: "I think you might as well go to Bowei with us. There are more people and more ways there, and it's faster to think of a way than to blindly bump into it here. After all, the companion you are talking about may not have fallen into any province, and it may be a waste of time to search around here."

Zhang Yi was silent for a long time, then looked at Nan Shao: "What do you think?"

Nan Shao smiled without any hesitation: "How big can Ziyang County be? It shouldn't take much time for us to search one by one, and we can also eliminate some dangerous things. Even if we search all the way from here to Bowei, it will only take a little longer."

After hearing his words, Zhang Yi's hesitant heart suddenly became clear, and he said to Chen Changchun: "We must search the county seat of Ziyun County and Wangyang Town. If you are willing to wait, we will go together. If not, forget it." How could he not understand the reason Chen Changchun said, but his worry about his son exceeded his reason, so he chose the stupidest way to find people. Of course, Nan Shao also understood, but not only did he not persuade him, but also made a decision considerately because he didn't want to embarrass him. He said it so lightly, what about eliminating some dangerous things and searching all the way to Bowei, doesn't Nan Shao really know how dangerous this approach is? It's not that he didn't know, but he just wanted to tell him with practical actions that no matter what choice he made, he was willing to go with him no matter how dangerous it was. It was precisely because he understood this that he was able to suppress his anxiety and rationally make the most sensible decision. However, he still insisted on searching the entire county and then going to Wangyang Town, because these two places were familiar to Li Muran, and he would not be satisfied if he didn't look for them.

Nan Shao didn't expect Zhang Yi to change his mind. He was stunned for a moment, but didn't say much. As long as it was Zhang Yi's decision, he would support it unconditionally. But Chen Changchun was overjoyed to see Zhang Yi give in, and hurriedly said: "Of course there is no problem, but you'd better give me a deadline so that I can explain to others."

Zhang Yi thought about it, and then said: "Twenty days."

Twenty days, searching the entire county, plus Wangyang Town, is not a lot of time. After all, it is not as peaceful and convenient as before the end of the world. There are crises everywhere at this time. If it is an ordinary person, it may not be possible to search a community in a day. So Chen Changchun agreed very readily, and even after consulting the team members, he decided to send some people to help them find it. Of course, this part of the people was also voluntary, probably because they wanted to build a good relationship with them after seeing the abilities of the two, and also wanted to take the opportunity to train themselves more. You know, hiding will never make a person stronger. Zhang Yi was grateful for this favor and kept it in his heart silently.

Chen Changchun's team had a total of five vehicles, two large buses, an off-road vehicle, a motorhome, and a large van carrying supplies. In fact, when they escaped from Shiqian, there were more than 20 vehicles in total. Halfway through, they had a disagreement and split into two teams, each going their own way. Later, they encountered mutant plants and animals and a group of zombies, and lost a lot of them. In the end, only these few vehicles were left. Chen Changchun lent the off-road vehicle to Zhang Yi and his team, but they had to find the gasoline they consumed by themselves. After all, they still had a long way to go, and gasoline could not be wasted at all.

There is a gas station at the entrance of the county town, and there is another gas station on the other side of the highway, but it has been emptied out long ago, so Zhang Yi and his team can only collect gasoline through other means, such as extracting it from some cars that have escaped the net, and looking for it in some repair shops, agricultural machinery shops and flea markets. Although it is not easy, it is indeed not close from the county town to Wangyang Town, and it is better to have a means of transportation than to walk. However, it is not very convenient to use a vehicle in the county town. Just like when Chen Changchun and his team arrived, the sound of the engine once attracted a large number of zombies to gather, and it was finally the arrival of the mouse bird that dispersed them. So they directly robbed a mountain bike store, rode mountain bikes through the county town every day, and killed zombies at the same time.

After experiencing the zombie outbreak, and the subsequent heavy rain and plant and animal mutations, Ziyun County has become a ruin like countless cities. Damaged buildings, flourishing plants, and zombies wandering around, bones can be seen everywhere. At the moment when darkness fell, this place has become the amusement park of the god of death.

A total of thirteen people followed Zhang Yi and his team to walk through the entire county, while the rest stayed in the supermarket warehouse, cleaning up the zombies with the supermarket as the center. For them, all zombies must be eliminated. Killing one more zombie means one less threat to humans.

Because of the help, the search progress was much faster than Zhang Yi had initially expected. They avoided the places occupied by mutant plants and searched every community and every building. They rescued several hiding survivors, but never saw the shadow of Li Muran and Zhang Ruiyang.

On this day, Zhang Yi took everyone back to the staff dormitory area where his home was. The familiar red brick building and the cement road covered with cracks of the years were hidden in the mutant locust and poplar bushes. The vines with silver-white trumpet-like flowers were entwined on the walls of the courtyard. Like many places occupied by plants, this place has become a paradise for mutant plants. Looking at the road that had been blocked by the branches and vines, Zhang Yi's eyes were filled with deep pain. He could never go back to the home that brought him countless warm memories and the deepest pain.

A hand quietly reached out from the side and held his hand tightly. He came back to his senses and saw Nan Shao's tender eyes from the side. He felt a little disappointed. He looked back and took a deep look at the past that had been sealed up. A smile appeared on his face: "Let's go to Wangyang Town." The county town has been searched thoroughly. After countless large and small-scale hunting, the zombies in the city have been blocked and there is no source of corpses. The number is no longer a threat to humans. If Li Muran and Zhang Ruiyang come back here again, as long as they are careful not to encounter more powerful mutant plants and animals, there should be no danger.

There are limited seats in the car, so including Zhang Yi and the other two, there are only six people going to Wangyang Town, and this is the result of squeezing again and again.

The road leading to Wangyang Town has been covered with vines climbing everywhere. From time to time, one or two mutant creatures with similar appearances but not belonging to any animal in memory will rush out on the road. Some of them just disappeared in a flash, while others rushed straight to the front of the car, as if they were going to fight with the off-road vehicle. Facing these fierce animals that suddenly rushed out and the mutant plants that occasionally entangled the car, Chen Changchun's people showed their rich experience in dealing with them. On the road that had been damaged by the entanglement and extension of plant roots, the off-road vehicle was like playing with heartbeats, and from time to time it used a difficult move to shake off the sudden attack, and the timing was just right, as if it could predict the future.

"After dealing with them more often, you will know their attack methods." Facing the surprised eyes of Zhang Yi and the others, the bald Lu Jun explained with a smile, and then pointed to the green vines clinging to the ground outside the car window. "We call this kind of vine stress thorn vine, which is the most common on the road. As soon as it feels pressure, hard steel thorns will extend from the surface of the vine to puncture the tire, and then wrap the entire car up, slowly digesting the flesh and blood inside. It sounds and looks terrible. We have encountered a car on the road that was completely digested, leaving only a broken iron frame. But in fact, this kind of thing will only grow thorns when it feels pressure. After there is no external stimulation, the thorns will retract, and its movement of wrapping around objects is very slow. As long as humans don't panic, there is enough time to escape."

"Although the mutant plants have some ability to act autonomously, their roots are still fixed in place, which determines that their attack methods are single. You will know how to deal with them after a few more encounters." He taught the two of them the tricks to deal with mutant plants without reservation, which were precious treasures accumulated in blood and tears. "Not all mutant plants are aggressive. If you don't provoke some of them, you can live in peace with them. Of course, in the end times, nothing is vegetarian. If anyone still thinks that he can take whatever he wants from these mild-tempered plants like before the end times, the end will definitely be ugly."

"Compared to mutant plants, mutant animals are much more terrifying." Lu Jun squinted his eyes and watched his companion driving the car to drift and avoid the whip of a vine. "They appear in groups, and even if they can't bite you to death, they will tire you to death. If you encounter one acting alone, it is either extremely powerful or has special skills. You will never forget it. If you see it again, I'm afraid the only thing left in your mind is to escape."

This sentence reminded Nan Shao and Zhang Yi of the strange bird they met for the first time, and the mouse bird that came later, which is indeed an unforgettable memory. Relatively speaking, the giant cat that attacked Yang Yang that time seemed to be weaker, and later they got a big white worm that they picked up cheaply because they didn't fight it directly, so they couldn't figure out the details. But overall, compared with the pre-apocalyptic world, everything now seems to be from another world. Just as Pei Yuan and the others guessed at the beginning, they fell into another time and space. Although they have a familiar environment, they have to face everything unfamiliar.

"Fuck! I'm going to die after running into this thing." The man driving the car suddenly cursed, braked suddenly, and stopped the car in an open space outside the attack range of the mutant plants, and then shouted to the others: "Get out of the car, get out of the car, hurry up, and prepare for battle!"

Although Lu Jun was talking to Zhang Yi and the others, he was also keeping an eye on the situation outside. At this time, his face changed, picked up his axe, opened the car door, and said to the two people in a hurry: "This is a turtle-skin tiger. It's faster than the car. There's no way to run. We can only fight." He said to fight, not to kill. From this, it can be seen that he had no idea about this sudden appearance.

Nan Shao and Zhang Yi had not just come to the end of the world from a peaceful world. They were mentally prepared for the dangers that could happen anytime and anywhere. Hearing this, they also picked up their weapons and quickly got out of the car with the others.

At first glance, it was a super-large turtle, as big as a small wooden house, blocking the middle of the road, lazily stretching out a leg from the shell and scratching the ground twice.

The two looked at each other, then at the others who looked serious, and swallowed the questions that were about to come out of their mouths. One person can make a mistake, but if a group of people make a mistake, it can only mean that the thing is not wrong at least on the surface. So it may be true that a turtle runs faster than a car, making people dare not even think about escaping.

Chapter 82 Killing the Turtle

"Everyone, spread out, don't crowd together..." Lu Jun shouted to his teammates. Before he finished speaking, he saw the big turtle that seemed to be basking in the sun on the beach move, and twelve legs stretched out from its shell.

Twelve legs! Zhang Yi and Nan Shao were still thinking that except for its large size, this turtle seemed to be no different from before the end of the world. They were immediately shocked by this sudden scene and lost all their thoughts.

The turtle, which didn't even stick out its head, waved its legs that were almost comparable to those of a centipede, and rushed towards them. The speed was like that of an accelerated racing car, and it turned into a residual image in the blink of an eye.

Damn, how can we fight this? This thought came to the minds of the two at the same time, but they didn't even have time to think about it. Nan Shao immediately activated his supernatural power and turned into an arrow based on his feeling and experience and shot at the location of the turtle's head. However, the turtle was too fast, and the shot fell in vain. Just as they were about to dodge, a wall of earth suddenly rose up, barely blocking everyone in front of them. Although it was soon knocked apart, it also gave others time to buffer. Everyone dispersed, Zhang Yi pulled Nan Shao, who had just used his superpowers, and another person tried to pull the person out of the earth wall. The two were a moment slower, and were caught by a big mouth full of sharp teeth. Most of their bodies were about to be cut in two. A splash of clear water poured over them, and then a thunderbolt appeared out of thin air. The water flowed with electricity, not only causing the turtle to pause, but also electrocuting the two people who were bitten half to death. No one dared to give the giant turtle a chance to breathe. Nan Shao used his superpowers again, and this time he was accurate, piercing straight into the deep blue. The giant turtle opened its mouth and raised its head in pain, howling silently, and the two people in its mouth fell to the ground, and it was unknown whether they were alive or dead.

Zhang Yi rolled out at the same time Nan Shao released his superpowers, and chopped the first leg of the giant turtle on its left side. Fortunately, the leg was only as thick as an elephant, and it was not as invulnerable as the strange bird he encountered the first time. Zhang Yi was very skilled in using the knife, and he chopped several times in the same place in a breath, and cut off the leg. The giant turtle lost its leg, and in anger, it ignored the lightning that kept hitting its body and the sudden pain in its brain, and turned its head to bite Zhang Yi. Nan Shao immediately rushed out, hugged the giant turtle's head, and gathered all his superpowers, and stabbed all of them into the turtle's brain at once. On the other side, Lu Jun stopped the thunderbolt that had no effect on the giant turtle, and rushed out with the water superpower user to drag his companion who fell to the ground back. The giant turtle had just had one leg chopped off, and was stimulated by Nan Shao's vigorous provocation. It started running wildly, rushing around and trying to get rid of the two people hanging on its legs and head. Lu Jun and the other man wanted to intercept it, but they were powerless to stop it, and they even had to be careful not to be stepped on. Nan Shao used up all his abilities and ran out of strength. After two or three times, he fell off the giant turtle's head and fell to the ground. He rolled to the left twice. The giant turtle's thick leg stepped down in an instant. He didn't even have time to dodge. Just as he was about to accept the force of the step, he felt a strong force coming and pushed him out a few meters. He knew something was wrong. He turned around and saw the last leg of the giant turtle stepping on Zhang Yi's back. He couldn't help but burst into tears, and his voice became hoarse and out of tune. "Zhang Yi——" He got up and stumbled back.

From the moment they encountered the giant turtle, everyone tried their best, but it only took a few seconds. At this time, the two people who were close to the giant turtle were thrown off. Everyone thought they could not escape, but they only heard a dull sound, dust flying, and the giant turtle that had been running around with its legs spread out fell to the ground with a thud, and never moved again.

"Zhang Yi! Zhang Yi..." Nan Shao had no intention of caring about what happened to the giant turtle. He ran to Zhang Yi and saw the blood sprayed all over the ground. His eyes were red. He didn't even dare to move the person on the ground who didn't know whether he was dead or alive. He just shouted hoarsely and frantically took out a few crystal cores from his body. While absorbing them, he put his hand on Zhang Yi's head. Regardless of how dangerous the environment was, he immediately began to warm his life, fearing that if he was a step late, he would never be able to save this person again.

Lu Jun and Jing Kang, the water-based superpower, first tested the giant turtle. After confirming that it was really dead, they turned back to check on their teammates. The two people bitten by the giant turtle had blood dripping from their thighs, and one had a deep cut on his waist. If they used more force, their internal organs would probably fall out. However, what caused them to remain unconscious was the supernatural powers that Lu Jun and Jing Kang used in a hurry. While stopping the giant turtle from biting them, they also injured them. However, at least they were not going to die for the time being. Lu Jun and Jing Kang quickly bandaged the wounds of the two people with the bandages they brought in the car, stopped the bleeding first, got them in the car, and then went to see Nan Shao and Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi's condition was not good at first glance. He was stepped on by the giant turtle's legs continuously, and he was almost killed immediately. Even if he was still alive, his sternum was broken and his internal organs were shattered. There was no way he could survive. Just looking at Nan Shao's crazy look, they couldn't tell him to give up anyway, but just tried to pay attention to the situation around them so that they could respond at any time. Jing Kang greeted Lu Jun and turned to get the giant turtle's crystal core.

Surprisingly, when he took great pains to cut open the hideous head of the giant turtle, he found that the crystal core in its brain had exploded into pieces and embedded in the brain tissue, which explained why it suddenly died. But why did this happen? He turned his eyes to Nan Shao who was saving Zhang Yi not far away. He thought that there seemed to be no other possibility except this person, and a chill rose in his heart.

Killing a giant turtle, seriously injuring three people, but without any gain, this result was not depressing, and he even felt a little fortunate that they were not completely wiped out. Jing Kang sighed and stood up, his eyes swept around the dense jungle on both sides of the road, worried that the smell of blood would bring more trouble.

Nan Shao did not let them worry too long. Five minutes later, he carefully turned over Zhang Yi and saw that the man's mouth and nose were full of blood foam, his face was as white as gold paper, as if he would lose this man forever in the blink of an eye. He was extremely sad, but he just gently wiped the blood off his face with his palm and sleeve.

"Wrap his chest to prevent the broken bones from causing more damage during the transportation." Lu Jun took a roll of bandage and said in a deep voice. He was actually very upset. He had seen Zhang Yi's skills. He was able to cut off a leg of the giant turtle in such a situation. This was something none of them had ever done before. If it wasn't for saving people, it probably wouldn't be so tragic. Not to mention that Nan Shao and Zhang Yi were originally partners, even if it was an ordinary teammate, it would be impossible to let him go easily after being saved like this. Along the way, they had seen a lot of such things, and had long learned not to comfort them. They only knew that the harsh environment would reduce people's pain to the greatest extent, because there was no time for them to mourn their loss. This might be the only benefit in the end times.

Nan Shao said thank you, took the bandage, and with the help of Lu Jun, he took off Zhang Yi's thick clothes. He saw that the chest wall collapsed, but the broken bones did not pierce the muscles. As for the internal organs, they were not doctors and could not tell. Nan Shao's thick Adam's apple rolled up and down, as if he was afraid of hurting Zhang Yi. He wrapped the bandage with his hands very gently, but he couldn't control the trembling.

"Tie it tighter, it's useless." Lu Jun shouted. He didn't want to say more. In his opinion, Zhang Yi was dead. He did all this just to make Nan Shao feel better. So how to tie it didn't matter. But when he found that Zhang Yi's collapsed chest wall seemed to be still rising and falling abnormally, his heart moved and he blurted out the words. I don't know what kind of mentality it was, but the words that should have been calm turned into a roar full of anger. After the roar, he regretted it a little, because he didn't know if Zhang Yi could be like a normal person even if he was saved.

Nan Shao's body trembled, but he didn't hesitate. He gritted his teeth and wrapped the bandage tightly. After sitting, his head was already sweating. The two helped Zhang Yi into the car. The three injured people squeezed into the back seat. Lu Jun sat in the co-pilot seat and Jing Kang drove.

"Let's go to Wangyang Town." Nan Shao let Zhang Yi lean on his arms, and said to the two people in front of him with a cold face, then began to absorb the corpse crystals, while stabilizing the vitality of the other two seriously injured people.

Jing Kang wanted to say something in disapproval, but was interrupted by Lu Jun with a wave of his hand, "Listen to Nan Shao, go to Wangyang Town." Like Chen Changchun, he had already taken a fancy to Nan Shao's ability, and if he wanted to win this person over, he had to start with Zhang Yi. Now that he had ventured here and paid such a high price, he couldn't let it go to waste. Since there were giant turtles around, there shouldn't be many other powerful mutant animals, so it was totally worth the risk.

After he spoke, Jing Kang didn't say anything more and drove on to Wangyang Town.

Just as Lu Jun guessed, there was nothing too dangerous on the road. The tall earthen wall of Wangyang Town was in sight, but it was just in sight, because there was no way forward, blocked by tall man-eating plants. The earthen wall was entangled with strange vines, and only a few small pieces of original color were vaguely revealed for people to identify its body. It was surrounded by a jungle, making people feel as if they were trapped in a primitive forest in a foreign land.

Seeing a piece of bone hanging on a vine, Nan Shao's eyes showed deep sorrow. He bowed his head and said to Zhang Yi in his arms: "Ayi, we are in Wangyang Town. Yangyang is not here. Let's go to Bowei to find him." The person in his arms was sleeping without responding, and even his breathing seemed so weak that people could not feel it.

Lu Jun winked at Jing Kang, and everyone turned back. When they passed the place where the giant turtle corpse was, they found that in such a short time, there was only an empty turtle shell left there, and one or two mutant animals with blood and flesh on their claws were circling around, and they were thrown away by speeding up.

Back to the supermarket warehouse in the city, the other two injured people had stabilized and were no longer in danger of life. They just waited for their wounds to heal. However, Nan Shao's face was very ugly because of excessive use of his supernatural powers. He could hardly stand. As soon as he entered and found the place where they were staying, he fell down while holding Zhang Yi, and didn't even say hello to Chen Changchun.

Chen Changchun learned the truth from Lu Jun and Jing Kang. He didn't expect that they not only escaped from the giant turtle's mouth, but also killed it. A glimmer of light appeared in his eyes, but when his eyes fell on the two people in the corner, he couldn't help but feel regretful. Obviously, he didn't think highly of Zhang Yi.

"Stay a few more days, wait for Gangzi and Aqing to recover before leaving." Finally, he whispered. In fact, the conditions of the two have stabilized and will not delay the trip. He said this just to give Nan Shao some buffer time. According to their estimation, Zhang Yi should not survive this night.

However, to their surprise, the next day Zhang Yi not only did not die, but his originally weak breathing became more obvious. Although he didn't wake up, his condition was indeed getting better. For several days, except for going to the bathroom, Nan Shao almost held him all the time, constantly absorbing crystal cores, constantly warming up Zhang Yi's vitality, feeding him some soup, and paying no attention to everything around him. Fortunately, they got a lot of crystal cores at the hotel, which was enough for him to use, so he didn't need to borrow from Chen Changchun and others.

On the ninth day, when the twenty days agreed by Zhang Yi and Chen Changchun were up and the team couldn't wait any longer, and was about to set off the next day, Zhang Yi finally woke up.

This was simply unbelievable. Because from the third day, the unconscious Zhang Yi had been coughing up blood from time to time, and it was obvious that he was not going to be able to survive. Nan Shao's eyes became more and more dim, and gradually became like dead water, but he still did those things meticulously every day, absorbing crystal cores, warming up Zhang Yi's vitality, feeding him soup, wiping the coughed up blood, and talking to him...

If it were in the past, most people would probably attribute Zhang Yi's awakening to the fact that God would not let down those who work hard, but now Chen Changchun and others know that all this is probably all the result of Nan Shao's supernatural power.

Chapter 83 After Bowei

swept through the pharmacies and hospitals in the county, the convoy set off, leaving Ziyun County and heading for Bowei. Although Zhang Yi woke up, he could not speak because of the severe damage to his internal organs. Judging from his condition, he would not be able to recover without a year or two. The convoy could not wait any longer, and Zhang Yi himself could not wait.

Several injured people were arranged in the RV, and Nan Shao naturally accompanied them, but he still only took care of Zhang Yi. He took time to see Gangzi and Aqing, and their vitality had stabilized, so he left them aside and let Chen Changchun's people take care of them. No one was dissatisfied, because Nan Shao was not a healing power after all, and could not make the wound heal quickly, but could only save his life and let the body regain vitality and heal faster than normal. Of course, even if they were dissatisfied, Nan Shao didn't mind, and at worst they would go their separate ways. In fact, he was reluctant to leave Zhang Yi like this, but he just couldn't stand Zhang Yi's anxious eyes.

"You are all I have now." Nan Shao said in a low voice while wiping Zhang Yi's face. He lowered his head and gently kissed the man's open eyes. Seeing his eyelashes trembling like butterfly wings, he felt that this person was still alive. "As long as you live, I will find Yangyang. If you... I will no longer have any attachment to this world, don't expect me to help you fulfill your wish."

Hearing these words, Zhang Yi's eyes dimmed, but soon ignited with light, the light of wanting to live. No matter how difficult it is, he must live, for Yangyang, and for Nan Shao.

Seeing him like this, Nan Shao felt as if someone was rubbing his heart with sandpaper, which hurt finely and sharply. He was holding back a ball of resentment and grief in his chest that could not be released, even if Zhang Yi woke up, it did not alleviate the slightest.

Outside the car, the vines were dense and the trees were dense, covering the original broad road into a wasteland. From time to time, towns and villages could be seen appearing in the woods, buried in ruins. The convoy ran straight through the small zombie group that gathered after hearing the noise, and sped up to get rid of the mutant animals that followed the convoy relentlessly. If they couldn't get rid of them, they could only fight with them, and then quickly escape before other animals came over after smelling the noise and the smell of blood.

Although there were many dangers along the way, they managed to get through it safely because of Nan Shao's presence, and no one died on the way, which was a very exciting thing for the convoy.

After passing Changshi, the road gradually became easier to walk on. Although there were not no zombies and mutant plants and animals on the road, it was much safer than the roads they had walked before. I heard Wang Yuanwei and others say that this section of the road had been broken through before, and now it seemed to be true.

At full speed, it only took six hours to get from Changshi to Xianze City, and only one hour from Xianshi to Bowei, which was less than a day in total. Of course, Xianze is a place that cannot be entered. There are two to three million people in a big city, and countless of them have mutated into zombies. The Bowei base is also unable to clean them up. It can only set up barriers on the highway and reinforce them from time to time to prevent the wandering zombies from cutting off the north-south passage that was finally opened.

It was already night when the convoy arrived at Bowei. The majestic stone city was closed. At the foot of the mountain, there were more than a dozen vehicles from all over the country that were also unable to enter the city. There were also some survivors who were walking on foot and were dusty and ragged. The arrival of the convoy attracted the attention of many people, and some even came to say hello and share the news they had heard, which was also considered making friends.

Nan Shao really wanted to take Zhang Yi down for a walk, but he was afraid of any accidents. In the end, he stayed in the car as usual and waited until he entered the city tomorrow. Zhang Yi's vitality has stabilized, but the problem of broken bones and broken organs cannot be cured in a short time. Nan Shao was still unwilling to give up. He tried more than once to use his supernatural powers to help Zhang Yi repair his damaged body, but it was always unsuccessful.

The people in the convoy made a fire and cooked below. After a busy period, Chen Changchun came up with two meals, one was pancakes with vegetable soup, and the other was boiled vegetable porridge.

Nan Shao thanked him and took it, put the pancakes and vegetable soup aside, and took the vegetable porridge to feed Zhang Yi first.

Chen Changchun lent a hand and helped him to help Zhang Yi sit up, then sat aside and said: "This base is said to be built by a group of people with military backgrounds. The specific situation can only be known after entering the base. There is no fee to enter the base, but you have to check your body. If you are injured, you will be isolated for a day. If there is no abnormality, you will be allowed to enter..." At this point, he looked at Zhang Yi, who had difficulty swallowing porridge, and sighed in his heart. In just over ten days, the man had lost weight rapidly. Originally, there were only some white hairs on his temples, but now silver hairs had quickly taken over most of them without anyone noticing, making him look ten or twenty years older. He occasionally couldn't help wondering, facing such a disabled and old man all day, would the deepest feelings be worn out one day, and in the end, only the impatience to get rid of him would remain? He was not the only one who had this thought. In fact, since Zhang Yi was rescued, some people in the team were not optimistic about the ending of the two. After all, in the end of the world, even the closest people would not be able to stand such a burden around them, let alone a homosexual couple who got together halfway.

Nan Shao didn't know that someone was already speculating whether his feelings for Zhang Yi could stand the test. When he heard Chen Changchun's words, his expression didn't change at all. He took a clean towel and gently wiped the porridge juice from the corners of Zhang Yi's mouth, and said softly: "Don't be anxious, eat slowly." If there were no one else around, he would have lowered his head to lick the porridge clean and be gentle for a moment.

Zhang Yi's eyes fell quietly on his handsome face, which was focused but full of fatigue. He did not show any anger or resentment towards his current situation. The emotion revealed was very gentle, just like before he was injured.

"Because there is no fee to enter the city, after entering the city, you have to solve the problems of food and lodging by yourself. I guess the cost should be not small." Chen Changchun continued to talk about the news he had inquired about. He actually did not want to disturb the two, but some things still require them to be mentally prepared in advance. "There are two healing abilities in the city, but their status is very high and ordinary people can't see them at all."

Nan Shao's reaction to the previous words was lukewarm. It was not until he heard this that he made a move and looked back at Chen Changchun: "Can the healing ability cure all kinds of injuries?"

Chen Changchun shook his head and replied: "This ability is very rare. Most people have never seen it. I don't know how powerful they are. However, the people in Bowei should know a little bit." In other words, it is still necessary to enter the base before you can find out clearly.

Nan Shao was a little disappointed, but still thanked him. After all, he still cared about Zhang Yi, otherwise why would he ask about the healing ability. Chen Changchun said a few more words of gossip and left.

"The people in this team are not bad." Nan Shao said to Zhang Yi. At this time, everyone in the car got off to move around. Although Gangzi and A Qing were also seriously injured, they were both superpowers and recovered quickly. At this time, they were able to walk with the help of others. After being stuck in the car for so many days, and staying in a stuffy and smelly warehouse before, it was not worth it to go out to a spacious and ventilated place, even if it was a little cold.

Zhang Yi hummed. It was not that he could not speak at all, but because his ribs were broken and his lungs were seriously injured, it was difficult to breathe, and it was naturally more difficult to speak. Nan Shao couldn't bear to see him suffer, so how could he allow him to sweat profusely just to squeeze out a few weak words.

In fact, both of them understood that the team treated them so well only because of Nan Shao's special ability, but no matter what, being able to do this was already a favor.

"Don't worry, I'll go find out about Yangyang when we enter the city tomorrow... Oh, and Fatty and Qiao Tou'er. Things will be easier when we find them." After feeding for most of the day, there was only a small bowl of porridge left in the bowl, which was already cold. Nan Shao reached out and stroked Zhang Yi's gray hair, feeling a sharp pain in his heart. Even Chen Changchun noticed the changes in Zhang Yi. He looked at the man every day, so how could he not know.

Zhang Yi pulled his lips lightly and silently said the word "good" with his mouth.

Nan Shao tightened his lips slightly, lowered his eyes, hiding the bitterness inside, picked up the bowl, drank a mouthful of the already cold porridge, held it in his mouth until it was warm, then lowered his head and slowly passed it to Zhang Yi. He had been feeding him like this these days. He couldn't finish a bowl of porridge before it got cold, and he couldn't ask anyone to help heat it up. If he wanted Zhang Yi to be full, this was the only way. Every time Zhang Yi swallowed, he felt pain in his internal organs, but he still swallowed it very slowly. If not for this, even if Nan Shao had been nurturing his vitality, he would probably have become too thin to be of shape, not to mention providing enough nutrition for the body to repair itself.

Maybe it was because they were close to the base and they cleaned the house diligently, so nothing happened overnight. However, it started snowing again when it was almost dawn. The temperature dropped sharply. Even sleeping in the car was freezing cold. They had to hug each other and cover themselves with several quilts. For those who came here on foot, sleeping outdoors was even more difficult. They could only get up and keep walking. They couldn't even think about sleeping. After waiting for the city gate to open, they couldn't wait to pack up and staggered up the mountain with their frozen bodies.

Snowflakes fell, and the majestic and simple stone city. When the city gate slowly opened, people couldn't help but have the illusion of traveling back to ancient times. It wasn't until the soldiers with guns and military coats appeared at the city gate that this illusion was broken. The sound of cars starting up one after another reminded people that they were not facing the ancient times without various convenient high-tech products, but the end of the world full of zombies and ferocious animals and plants.

As expected, Zhang Yi and the other two were stopped at the city gate and needed to be isolated for a day.

"Look, comrade, they are too badly injured. Let's go and take care of them." Chen Changchun handed a cigarette to the officer in charge of the inspection and said with a smile.

The officer shook his hand and refused to take the cigarette. He glanced at Zhang Yi who was carried on a stretcher, and then looked at Gangzi and Aqing who needed help to walk. Knowing that Chen Changchun was telling the truth, he did not make things difficult for them. He turned around and told the soldiers around him.

"You send the people in, leave two behind, and the others leave." The soldier took Nan Shao and the others to a row of bungalows with sealed doors and windows, opened a door, and said to them.

Nan Shao must stay. Chen Changchun had to go to arrange the people for the convoy and could not go with him. In the end, Lu Jun was left. Lu Jun was good at fighting and had thunder-related abilities, so he could be taken care of if something happened.

Chapter 84 Entering the base

Let's talk about two parts separately. When Li Muran and his friends returned to the shack, they found that the wooden board that served as the roof had been taken away. After searching for a while, they found nothing and had to go back.

Although the wooden board was stolen, the bedding and other items were still there. It was not necessarily that the thief wanted to leave a way out for the children. It was just because the wooden board was carried back and chopped up for firewood, and no one could recognize it. But the quilt was very easy to recognize, and if he was caught, he would be in trouble. After all, if he even stole the wooden board, it means that he didn't live a good life and was not a capable person.

"Sister Muran, what should we do?" After being angry, Fu Dan looked at Li Muran in frustration and asked. In such weather, it could snow at any time. There was not even a piece of wood left in the broken shack. Sleeping in the open air without even a fire, it would be strange if they didn't freeze to death. After a tiring day, I thought I could lie down and have a good sleep when I came back, but I didn't expect such a thing to happen. I was really angry.

Li Muran was also having a headache. She and Yangyang were lucky to fall into the children's shacks. Otherwise, they would have been embarrassed from the beginning. Now that it has been postponed for more than a month, they still have to face this problem.

"How did you live when you were driven out of the base?" she asked. According to the children, they were driven out of the base when the animals and plants mutated, and the weather was already cold. It was impossible for them to build a shack as soon as they came out, so she asked this question.

"Are you talking about that time? At that time, no one dared to go too far away from the base, so they gathered together and built a fire in a sheltered place, and people slept next to it. At that time, discarded firewood could be picked up everywhere... In fact, there were houses outside the city before, but they were razed when the base was built." Fu Dan answered with some regret in his tone, probably thinking that if those houses had not been razed, the people who were driven out of the base would have a place to live, and there would be no need to get red in the face and thick neck for fighting for one or two pieces of materials for building a shack.

Li Muran glanced at the crooked low shacks around him, and felt that no one could take in so many of them at once. After a moment of silence, he asked, "Do we have enough crystal cores to find a place to live in the base?"

Hearing this, Fu Dan's eyes lit up, as if he just remembered that they had earned a lot of corpse crystals that day. "The base divides crystal cores into primary and mutant levels. Primary ones are this kind of..." He took out the crystal cores of the zombies that had not evolved that he killed in the office building from his bag and handed them to Li Muran. "The mutant ones are larger and are the most common now. The crystal cores of mutated animals and plants are also considered mutants. One primary crystal core is one contribution point, and one mutant crystal core is ten contribution points. If there are less than five people entering the base, you need to pay one thousand basic contributions. Contribution points, if there are more than five people, then every five people will pay 1,000 contribution points..." As if afraid that Li Muran didn't understand, he gave a detailed analogy: "If six people come, then more than five people will have to pay 2,000 contribution points. This is not calculated based on how much each person pays."

Li Muran felt that this charge was a bit unbelievable. When he was wondering, he heard Fu Dan continue to say: "No one is allowed to sleep outside the base, so once you enter, they will arrange a place to stay. One thousand contribution points is like rent. Maybe the house they give you can only squeeze five people. If you want to live better, you can pay more contribution points, or you can rent or buy it yourself." That cost is huge, which he dared not even think about, so he didn't mention it again.

"After paying 1,000 contribution points, how can I pay the rent in the future?" Li Muran asked. She was not naive enough to think that 1,000 contribution points could completely solve the accommodation problem.

Fu Dan scratched his head and shook his head. They couldn't even pay 1,000 contribution points before, and they were thinking about how to fill their stomachs and find some firewood to keep warm every day. How could they have time to inquire about these things.

"Never mind for now. Let's go find a place to live before the gate of the base is closed." Li Muran looked at the few children standing next to him who were shivering with cold, and said decisively. They got more than a hundred crystal cores in one day, plus the ones they had stored before, which should be enough to enter the base.

When they heard that they could live in the base, Fu Dan and the other two showed joy on their faces, only Zhang Ruiyang didn't react when he was holding Dudu. Several people quickly packed up the things that could be taken away from the broken shed. Finally, Fu Dan pointed at Dudu hesitantly and said, "Will it also pay contribution points?" If so, it would have to pay two thousand, which they could n't afford

. Li Muran hesitated for a moment, thinking of what happened in the car, and worried that the base would not allow mutant creatures to be brought in. Finally, several people discussed it, emptied a schoolbag, and stuffed Dudu in upside down.

"Dudu will suffocate to death." Zhang Ruiyang looked at Dudu's fat butt that was exposed because the zipper could not be closed, and said with some entanglement.

So Li Muran used the tip of the pickaxe to make a few small holes under the backpack, which made Fu Dan and the others feel distressed. When they hurried to the gate of the base, there were no more people left.

"The base doesn't want to cut off your path, so we won't charge you any rent for the first two months, so that you have enough time to earn contribution points. From the third month onwards, you have to pay 1,000 contribution points per month, or you can pay the crystal core directly. You have to pay it yourself at the office in the district boundary before the lease expires. You must remember this, otherwise the house will be arranged for someone else." The receptionist at the entrance of the base saw Li Muran with four children alone, and felt sympathetic, so he couldn't help but say a little more.

Fu Dan's three children were nervously paying attention to the big backpack on Zhang Ruiyang's back, fearing that Dudu would not be able to help but move. Dudu didn't allow others to approach, so Zhang Ruiyang still carried him on his back, but he was too small and the backpack was too big, so it was too conspicuous.

The more you fear something, the more it will come. The receptionist soon noticed Zhang Ruiyang. At first, he thought it was cute for such a small kid to carry such a big bag, but soon he found a black and plump ball sticking out of the bag and was a little surprised: "Little guy, what's in your bag?"

"It's... it's a bit..." Zhang Ruiyang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly he became nervous and stammered to tell the truth.

"It's a mutant insect we killed." Li Muran quickly replied, and at the same time stretched out his hand and stroked Zhang Ruiyang's head, suggesting that the little guy should not speak.

Unexpectedly, this sentence attracted a lot of attention. A head popped out of a car and shouted at them: "Mutated insects? We are greedy for this. Let's exchange it with you for crystal cores."

The meat of mutant insects tastes delicious, but it is not easy to hunt, so the exchange price is relatively high. The man saw that Li Muran and his group were either women or children, and they should not have a good life. He didn't think that his request for exchange would be rejected. But when he heard his words, the faces of several children changed, and of course Zhang Ruiyang had the biggest reaction.

"No... can't change!" The little guy tried to cover the schoolbag on his back with his backhand, but his hands were too short and he was wearing too many clothes, so he couldn't reach it at all. In a hurry, he said "can't change" instead of "don't change".

Fu Dan saw that the schoolbag seemed to move, and sweat flowed down his forehead. He hurriedly took Li Yuanzhuo and Wu Ziran to block behind Zhang Ruiyang. Li Muran suddenly remembered the scene of several people blatantly carrying Dudu around during the day, and secretly said in his heart that it was not good, so he squeezed out an apologetic smile to the man, grabbed the card in the receptionist's hand, thanked him, and then took the children to the base as if there were zombies chasing behind.

"Hey! Hey, I said, don't leave, the price can be negotiated..." The man's shouting came from behind, but it didn't stop them, but made them walk faster and faster.

"Tsk, am I that scary?" If the vehicle hadn't been checked, the man might have asked his companions to drive after him. At this time, he could only shake his head and sit back.

Not to mention how the man's companions teased him, Li Muran led Zhang Ruiyang and others into the base quickly. They breathed a sigh of relief when they no longer saw the people behind them. They were afraid of meeting the people from the convoy again on the road, so under the leadership of Fu Dan, they almost ran to find District 9 where they were going, got the key from the management office, and then spent more than half an hour to find the house they were assigned.

The base was built on the basis of the ancient city. At that time, in order to protect this thousand-year-old ancient city, the government did not allow the construction of modern buildings in the city, so the entire city almost existed as a material cultural heritage and a tourist destination. The buildings inside are very old-fashioned, with large courtyards and narrow houses. Of course, there are inns for tourists to stay in, but in general, the existing buildings cannot accommodate more than 200,000 people in the base, especially since a large area of ​​the base is occupied by powerful people, so the space left for the lowest level residents is very cramped.

The ninth district where Li Muran and his friends are located is a low-quality bungalow built entirely with discarded bricks and stones from the buildings outside the ancient city. There are only a dozen square meters inside, with a layer of cement on the ground and a large bunk bed made of bricks and wooden boards. There is nothing else. Even so, it is already many times better than the small shack of Fu Dan and his friends. At least they don't have to sleep on the ground, at least there is no wind leaking from all sides, at least they don't have to worry about zombies and mutant animals coming at any time, and the door can be locked. The three children are very satisfied.

There was nothing to start a fire, so after entering the house and closing the door from the inside, several people collapsed on the wooden board, and it took a while for them to recover. And Dudu didn't need anyone to help him, he climbed out of the backpack on Zhang Ruiyang's back, and then spread his wings that seemed to be useless, and flew to the bed to occupy a place.

Fortunately, there were some biscuits and candies among the things they brought back, otherwise several people would probably have to starve for a night, because there was no food left in the shack.

"We will go out tomorrow and bring back some quilts and firewood." Li Muran told them. There was nothing to put under, and sleeping directly on the wooden board made people ache all over. But they only had two quilts in total, which were not enough to cover themselves, let alone put on.

"But those people refused to take us." Fu Dan said worriedly.

"There will always be a way." Li Muran knew this was a problem, and thought to himself that if it really didn't work, the worst that could happen was to shamelessly ask Director Song for a ride a few more times, even if he was disliked.

Chapter 85 Song Yan

was too tired, and there was no need to worry about someone breaking in, so after saying a few words, several people fell asleep. However, because of the experience during the day, the room was unusually lively that night. People who had nightmares, screaming and crying in their dreams, calling for mom and dad, could almost catch up with a kindergarten. Even Zhang Ruiyang was woken up, and he was reminded of his father, so he hid in Li Muran's arms and cried bitterly. Li Muran was slightly relieved. He had been worried that the child would have problems, and this time he finally vented. When

they got up the next day, they were all swollen and looked at each other. They felt funny and embarrassed, and finally got through it with laughter. The base also provides free purified water like outside. As for the water produced by water-based abilities, it needs to be exchanged with crystal cores or contribution points. In such weather, several people could only get water to rinse their mouths. They didn't even dare to wash their faces because they would chapped. Moreover, for Li Muran and several young boys and girls who were in their prime, it would be better to be a little dirty. In the end times, without the constraints of laws and regulations, some dirty behaviors would become more unscrupulous. For example, in the ninth district where they lived, there were several houses where women or some men relied entirely on their bodies to earn the capital to stay in the base.

After eating a few biscuits in the morning, Li Muran set off with the four children. However, Dudu was always a trouble. It was embarrassing to go in and out. It couldn't be packed in a schoolbag all the time, but there was no other way to think of it for a while, so it had to do this first. Fortunately, it was used to playing dead, and it didn't make a fuss when it was put into the backpack upside down.

When they arrived at the exit of the base, many people had gathered there early, looking for temporary partners. Li Muran and his friends went around, but they didn't find anyone with a car willing to team up with them. In the end, they could only leave the base and wait for the convoy to pick up people there like the people outside.

"Get in the car." After being rejected twice, Song Yan's highly recognizable military off-road vehicles appeared at the gate of the base and stopped in front of them. The door of the co-pilot seat opened, and a heroic woman stepped out. She glanced at Li Muran coldly, and then walked to the car behind, obviously making room for a few people.

The four children, one big and one small, were all very thin. Although they were wearing a lot of messy clothes, it was no problem for them all to sit in the car. Li Yuanzhuo and Wu Ziran, the two youngest, squeezed into the co-pilot seat. Li Muran held Zhang Ruiyang on his lap, and Fu Dan leaned against the door, trying to shrink his body as much as possible to leave enough space for Song Yan, who was also sitting in the back seat.

"I remember that the base provides free water." Yesterday, because they were standing outside, it was cold and windy, and although several people had a smell on their bodies, it was not obvious. Now that they were all squeezed in the warm car, the stench immediately made Song Yan almost suffocate. He frowned and said that he began to regret letting them get in his car.

Because of his strong aura, Li Muran and several children were so nervous after getting in the car that they didn't even dare to breathe. When they heard this, their brains were a little numb and they didn't react at all. They just nodded stupidly: "Yes."

Song Yan rubbed his forehead and wanted to ask the bodyguard to open the car window, but after looking at Zhang Ruiyang who was looking at him in confusion, he gave up the idea.

"We will be out for a few days this time. You have to find a way to come back... The convoy of the base that takes you to the place often goes there, so you should be able to get a ride." He spoke again. "If it doesn't work, just report my name."

"Thank you, Director." Li Muran replied hesitantly. Only then did he realize the meaning of Song Yan's previous words. His face couldn't help but get hot, but he could only pretend that he didn't understand. Then he hesitated for a while, and finally didn't dare to ask the other person's name. It was a favor that others were willing to take them there. It would be too much to take someone else's casual words seriously.

Her reserved look not only made Song Yan shake his head, but even the bodyguard who was driving could not help but look at her sideways, thinking that this woman did not know how to seize the opportunity. With Song Yan's status and position, she could help them get rid of the current difficult situation with just a casual word, but she did not know to take the opportunity to ask for help, which was really dull and made people anxious. However, it was not annoying.

"Thank you, Director Uncle." Immediately after Li Muran finished thanking him, Zhang Ruiyang blinked and said something. The other three children looked at each other, a little shy, but also said thank you one by one.

Song Yan was slightly stunned and uncomfortable for a moment, so he changed the subject without leaving a trace and asked Zhang Ruiyang: "What's your name?"

"My name is Zhang Ruiyang, and my father calls me Yangyang. My aunt is Li Muran, my big brother is Fu Dan, my little brother is Li Yuanzhuo, and my little sister is Wu Ziran." Zhang Ruiyang was not afraid of strangers at all. When he introduced himself, he also introduced the names of the others. After thinking for a while, he said, "I have a father named Zhang Yi, a pumpkin uncle named Nan Shao, a fat uncle named... Meat Tower Chen, and a mustache uncle, Shi San uncle, monk brother, Pei brother..." He said all the familiar people in the hotel, and finally said, "Uncle, are you going to a far place? If you see them, can you please tell them that Yangyang and Aunt Muran are here? Dad can't find me, he must be very sad." This is the most the little guy has talked since he arrived at the Dongzhou base. The child is intuitive and obviously thinks that the uncle in front of him is very powerful and can do anything, so he said so much abnormally.

Song Yan heard the child's tender and innocent voice in his ears, and he responded unconsciously. When he said it, he saw a happy smile on the child's face, and his regret faded. Seeing that there was still a lot of time, he asked about Li Muran in detail and learned that Li Muran was actually a superpower, and this superpower was quite awesome. Of course, the premise is that he can control it. If you can't control it, it will be a tragedy.

"You wear it so far!" For some reason, Song Yan always felt that this matter was a bit funny.

Li Muran was depressed.

"Since the end of the world, there seems to be an invisible force around us suppressing us. Not only can various communication equipment not be activated, but even planes can't fly, so so far there is no way to contact other bases." Song Yan didn't discuss too much about her ability, but roughly talked about the current situation, which was a tactful explanation that he might not be able to help in this matter.

Li Muran was a little nervous under his serious gaze, and unconsciously touched Zhang Ruiyang's little head, and said "oh", and wanted to remain silent, but felt that something was wrong, so he added: "I know, director." In his heart, he was crying silently, knowing that he had been in awe of teachers since he was a child, and he had been severely scolded by this person, so he couldn't change his mentality until now.

"I know too." Her nervous mood affected Zhang Ruiyang, and the little guy unconsciously said something.

Song Yan originally thought that Li Muran was still treating him with the same attitude as the interns in the department, which was interesting. When he heard the child's words, he couldn't help but laugh out loud and teased: "What do you know?" This little guy reminded him of another child of the same age but much stronger and with a much worse personality. He felt a little annoyed and his smile faded a little.

"I know... I know..." Zhang Ruiyang was asked and stuttered for a while. Then a light bulb suddenly flashed in his mind. He leaned his head back on Li Muran's shoulder and said: "We have to kill a lot of zombie monsters, that is, 10,000 zombie monsters before we can see Dad." While speaking, he also made a gesture of "a lot".

Song Yan was stunned for a moment, and the smile that had already faded on the corner of his lips deepened again. He reached out and touched the little guy's head and asked: "Can you kill zombies?" This sentence was just a casual joke to tease the child, and he was not serious at all. After all, such a young child could easily hurt himself with a knife, let alone kill zombies.

"Yes." Zhang Ruiyang nodded heavily, "I will kill many, many monsters. When all the monsters in this world are killed, I can see my father earlier, and grandma won't be afraid anymore."

Song Yan smiled slightly, just treating it as a child's childish talk. Li Muran saw his reaction and knew that he didn't think Zhang Ruiyang was telling the truth at all, so she didn't say much. But her silence didn't mean that the children could hold back.

"My brother is very capable, more capable than many adults we have met." Fu Dan is the oldest and more stable, while Li Yuanzhuo is more introverted. They did not speak, and it was Wu Ziran who spoke. The little girl threw away her previous restraint and gestured as she spoke, describing the process of Zhang Ruiyang killing zombies. Her face was full of admiration and pride, as if she was proud of it.

"Really?" Song Yan was very surprised and asked Li Muran for confirmation.

Li Muran hummed and continued to remain silent. He felt that there was really nothing to brag about. If adults were not unable to provide a safe enough growth environment for children, how could they be willing to teach such a young child to kill zombies.

Since she did not deny it, it was obviously the fact. Song Yan and his bodyguard who seemed to have kept his eyes and ears outside the car were a little surprised, but they were both good at concealing their emotions and did not show it on their faces. Of course, before seeing it with their own eyes, they still had reservations in their hearts. After all, even if the child was really capable of killing zombies, he would still be limited by his strength and body shape.

"Not bad, he's a man." Song Yan praised, completely from the heart. No matter how far the child can go, this courage is rare.

Zhang Ruiyang couldn't help but smile when he heard the praise, and then he buried his face in Li Muran's arms shyly.

The car fell into a brief silence. Song Yan's eyes fell on the schoolbag that was still carried by Zhang Ruiyang. He saw a black lump exposed in it, which looked very much like the strange thing that was on the child's shoulder yesterday, so he stretched out his hand and asked at the same time: "What toy is this?" Are children's tastes so strange now?

"Don't touch it!"

"Uncle, that's not a toy..."

"Be careful!"

His action scared Li Muran and others, and they all spoke out to stop him. Li Muran tried to stop him directly, but he was still a step too late. So in the stunned eyes of everyone, Dudu was pulled out upside down with his legs curled up, so honest that people couldn't believe it.

Chapter 86 Helper

"What's wrong?" Song Yan glanced at the nervous crowd and asked curiously. Even the bodyguard was frightened by them and almost stepped on the brakes.

"This, this..." Li Muran quickly retracted his hand that was holding the other's wrist as if he was burned, and laughed awkwardly twice, not knowing whether to be glad that Dudu didn't hurt anyone or to scold this guy for bullying the weak and fearing the strong.

"Uncle Director, Dudu is alive, not a toy." Zhang Ruiyang said, reaching out his hand and gently turning Dudu upside down. He touched the chubby belly with heartache and breathed a sigh of relief.

After holding it in his hand, Song Yan immediately found that Dudu was very heavy, but seeing that Zhang Ruiyang seemed to have no feeling at all, he was surprised and believed that the child could kill zombies. But soon he was diverted by Zhang Ruiyang's words.

Alive? He used his hands to pick at the black giant bug-like thing that was still stuffed back into his hand, but saw that it curled up its legs and didn't move. It really didn't look alive.

"Director, this is a mutant insect." Li Muran was frightened by his action again and broke into a cold sweat. He said nervously, and at the same time, he reached out and quickly took Dudu back and put it on Zhang Ruiyang's shoulder.

Then, Song Yan magically discovered that the thing that was originally like a dead object quickly stretched its legs and clung to Zhang Ruiyang's body firmly. Its two black agate-like eyes moved slightly, and its fat belly was just placed on the schoolbag behind the child. If it weren't for the wrong appearance, it really looked like a tamed eagle. He couldn't help laughing. He had seen all kinds of mutant animals, plants and insects, but this kind of ghostly and clever one was the first time he saw it.

"Mutated creatures are almost all cruel, why does this one look so docile?" He stretched out his finger and pointed at Dudu's head and asked.

Tame? Li Muran was silent. He really didn't know how to answer this question. You know, this thing almost took someone's life some time ago.

"Because Dudu was given to me by Uncle Pumpkin using a black stone, and we are good friends." Zhang Ruiyang felt that his friend was praised, and was very happy. He turned his head and kissed Dudu's big head, and immediately Dudu rubbed him intimately, which made the other children very envious.

Song Shao watched this scene, and then heard the child's words, and then he remembered that he seemed to have heard a very familiar name just now.

"You said Uncle Pumpkin's name is..."

"Nan Shao." Zhang Ruiyang said with his black eyes wide open. He looked a bit similar to Dudu on his shoulder. I don't know if it's because they have been together for a long time. "Uncle Pumpkin is the best. He can make seeds grow tender green vegetables." It turned out that the child finally remembered Nan Shao's name. I wonder if Nan Shao would be so happy to cry after hearing this.

Is it really Nan Shao? Song Shao raised his eyebrows slightly, and his eagle-like eyes narrowed slightly. I don't know if they are people with the same name. He thought about it, but didn't ask further about it. He thought that if it was really that person, he should take better care of the people in front of him for the sake of the relationship between the two families, not to mention the factor of Li Muran. Although he never said thank you, he still remembered the fact that he was rescued. But if it was really the eldest son of the Nan family, making the seeds grow... wouldn't it be a wood-related ability? Almost immediately, he rejected this inference, because he remembered that the child said that the insect in front of him that seemed to be very human was also created by that guy. What kind of supernatural power is this?

Once he fell silent, the others in the car didn't dare to speak again. Yangyang looked at Li Muran uneasily, as if asking himself if he had said the wrong thing just now, until Li Muran shook his head slightly and touched the back of his head soothingly with his hand, he was relieved.

Fortunately, not long after, tall and short buildings began to appear in front, and the convoy stopped.

"You can get off here." Song Yan came back to his senses, his eyes swept over the large and small people who looked like refugees, and spoke slowly. He originally thought of taking them to Yuping, but the task was too dangerous. Taking these women and children who were obviously not very capable would only harm them, so he finally gave up the idea.

Li Muran and his friends felt relieved, thanked them quickly, and got out of the car as quickly as possible. The posture that was like escaping from a cage made Song Yan laugh. After the car door was closed, he asked the bodyguard to lower the window to disperse the stuffy air in the car, and at the same time gave a command. The bodyguard's eyes flashed with surprise, and he responded respectfully, got out of the car to pass the message to the people in the car behind. Just as Song Yan had said to Li Muran and the others before, for some unknown reason, there was no way to send and receive signals, so even if they had a walkie-talkie, it was useless. Everything returned to the most primitive state, and the message needed to be transmitted by manpower, and there was no laziness at all.

Li Muran walked a distance with a few children, and heard hurried footsteps from behind. Looking back, it was one of Song Yan's men who had been in the same car with him yesterday. He is not tall, only about 1.7 meters, with ordinary facial features, the kind that you can't find in a crowd, but he has a bold and resolute demeanor that makes people dare not underestimate him.

"My name is Xiao Sheng, Mr. Song asked me to come." Even his words were concise.

Li Muran wanted to refuse, but when he turned around, he found that Song Yan's motorcade had disappeared, so he had to give up. After all, it would not be kind to chase people away at this time. Fu Dan and others were very happy, because they always felt more confident with an adult man around. Although Li Muran and Zhang Ruiyang were good at fighting, they were still a woman and a child after all, and it was inevitable that they would be targeted by some people with ulterior motives. But now there was a man to support them, it was different, not to mention that this man was sent by Mr. Song.

Xiao Sheng didn't ask Li Muran where he was going or what he was going to do, he just followed him. Song Yan probably hinted that on the way, he told Li Muran that the team would only set out as a team when they received a big mission, just like yesterday. Normally, most of them would go out of the city separately to hone their abilities. The Corpse-luring Team did not need this kind of training. When there was no mission, they could stay in the base with peace of mind. Although the treatment was not as good as that of the combat team members, compared with other people in the base, their life was already very good.

Li Muran then understood why there were only a few off-road vehicles today, and all the military trucks and other things yesterday were gone. Xiao Sheng said this, probably to tell her in a tactful way that joining the Corpse-luring Team was actually the best choice for them. In fact, this was what Song Yan meant. Although he was willing to help, he could not support several people for nothing. On the contrary, if they joined the Corpse-luring Team, as long as they were flexible enough and had someone to take care of them more, they could actually live a good life. However, even though she understood this, Li Muran still did not plan to bring Yang Yang to join. In addition to the existence of Zhao Ru and others, she was also afraid that a life that was too comfortable would make people weak and dependent. As for Fu Dan and the other two, she would let them choose for themselves.

Overturned abandoned vehicles can be seen on the roadside from time to time. Xiao Sheng said that they were cleared by the convoys that often come here to facilitate the entry and exit of vehicles. Xiao Sheng doesn't talk much, but he always says a word or two at the right time, so that Li Muran has a deeper understanding of their convoy and the entire Dongzhou base.

There was a car coming from behind, and the group stepped aside and watched three iron-shell buses rumble past. Some people on the bus cast sympathetic or contemptuous glances, but they did not stop and soon went away.

"That's the car of the Flame Team. The leader is Wei Yan, a gold-type superpower, and all his subordinates are superpowers." Xiao Sheng said lightly. When he walked, his body was straight and his steps were powerful. At first glance, he was a well-trained soldier.

Later, three more convoys passed by. Some of the cars were tattered, and some were equipped like iron beetles. The strength of the team could be distinguished just from the cars. Yesterday, Li Muran and a few children were only concerned about getting on the bus, so they didn't pay attention to these things. Today, because of Xiao Sheng's seemingly casual explanation, they were able to roughly judge which of the teams were likely to be those of superpowers, which were ordinary people, and which were a mixture of superpowers and ordinary people.

"Superpowers have a high status, try not to provoke them." This was the last sentence Xiao Sheng said before seeing the zombies. It was a reminder and a warning.

They walked on a road that no one had ever passed. There were only two or three zombies surrounding a rotten and blackened corpse, and some randomly discarded limbs and internal organs. Obviously, a battle had taken place here many days ago, and some people could not go back. This is a common thing in the end of the world, and no one showed even the slightest fear or pity for it.

Seeing a few people, the zombies immediately threw away the rotten food that they no longer liked and ran over excitedly. Xiao Sheng wanted to see their abilities, so he didn't do anything. But soon he couldn't keep calm. When he saw the youngest kid carrying a fat bug on his shoulder, climbing up the back of a zombie as flexibly as a monkey, and stabbing it to death with a dagger, he felt that his understanding of the end of the world was refreshed again, so that he completely ignored Li Muran's neat and nimble skills and Fu Dan, who was also young but could deal with zombies and kill them.

After being strengthened by Song Yan, Fu Dan's knife became very useful. He no longer needed to chop several times to kill the zombies like he did yesterday. Therefore, he was still grinning and laughing until he got the corpse crystal back. During this period, Wu Ziran and Li Yuanzhuo had quickly pulled up a knee-high rope in the middle of the street, which they put in their bags when they went back yesterday. They were too tired yesterday, and the shack was stolen, so they had to go to the base. After a series of things, Li Muran did not have the energy to let them summarize their experience in killing zombies in the daytime, but the children already knew that the method of tripping zombies with ropes and then killing them was quite useful, so they naturally thought of continuing to use this method.

"Sister, uncle, don't rush away, wait for us here." Wu Ziran said to Li Muran and Xiao Sheng, and then pulled Li Yuanzhuo and ran away quickly.

Xiao Sheng vaguely guessed what they were going to do, but when he really saw the two children running back in panic with a group of more than 20 zombies behind them, he was still a little scared. Then some of the zombies were tripped, and Li Muran, Zhang Ruiyang and Fu Dan rushed to deal with the zombies that did not fall, while Wu Ziran and Li Yuanzhuo turned around and ran back to kill the zombies on the ground. Xiao Sheng moved his fingers, resisted the urge to help, raised his hand to look at the watch, and silently calculated the time.

Half an hour. Xiao Sheng found that a woman and four children only took half an hour to deal with 23 zombies. Although this speed cannot be compared with that of a superpower, it is not inferior to some ordinary adult men with good skills in the base.

"You cooperated well." Finally, he said to Li Muran when he walked over to help dig out the corpse crystal.

Li Muran smiled. She knew what he said was true, because she also felt that today was easier than yesterday. The three children did not worry her anymore, and even helped to relieve the pressure. If it were not for the good cooperation, these twenty or so zombies could be dealt with, but it would take a lot more time. For them, the more time they spent, the more disadvantageous it was, after all, their physical strength was limited.

Chapter 87 Follow

Xiao Sheng had no chance to make a move during the whole day. Mr. Song ordered him to follow one girl and four children, and not to make a move unless there was a life-threatening situation. And Li Muran obviously did not regard him as a life-saving card, and he was still cautious and cautious with the children, not daring to be careless. So on this day, they killed more than 70 zombies and broke into several houses. Except for Zhang Ruiyang, everyone carried a quilt, and also collected a bucket, three or two basins, pots and bowls and other daily necessities. And Xiao Sheng's existence was not completely useless. At least because of him, Li Muran and others dared to take so many things, and it was also because of him that there was a car willing to take them, and only 30 corpse crystals were collected. Although according to the rules, 30% of the things obtained should be collected, but these quilts, buckets and other things are not rare in the car team, but they take up space, so naturally they have to use corpse crystals to express it. Li Muran and the children were very satisfied with this result. If Xiao Sheng was not there, let alone whether there was a car willing to take them, even if they were taken, I am afraid that it would be difficult to leave a corpse crystal. Even if Li Muran was not very worldly, he knew that Director Song was taking care of them, and he was grateful.

When returning to the base, Xiao Sheng greeted the people guarding the gate of the base, and from then on, Dudu could enter and exit the base with his arms around Zhang Ruiyang's shoulders. After asking Li Muran where they lived, he left and did not follow them.

Li Muran and his companions returned to District 9, carrying large bags and small buckets, which attracted a lot of attention. Things like bedding are nothing to those who can build a team, but they are very important to those who live outside the base and in the lower three districts.

The Dongzhou base is divided into the upper three districts, the middle three districts, and the lower three districts. The upper three districts are where the powerful people of the base live, the middle three districts are where ordinary teams and mercenary organizations live, and the lower three districts are inhabited by a group of people with the lowest status but who can barely make up the contribution points for the residence base. The living conditions of the people living in District 9, which is known as the lowest among the lower three districts, are self-evident. In the case of a serious lack of heating fuel, bedding and thick clothes naturally became the most valued things. Therefore, when Li Muran and others brought back four clean, thick and warm quilts, they immediately attracted the envy of many people.

"Hey, sister, where did you get all these good stuff? Tell me, I'll get two quilts to sleep in tomorrow." A woman with greasy curly hair, bright lipstick and nail polish, and a red plaid knee-length coat with a worn collar and cuffs that was shiny and dirty, leaned against the door frame between the two rooms, picked up a plum she got from the patron and put it in her mouth, and said in a coquettish voice. Li Muran

glanced at her, ignored her, and quickly went into the house with a few children, and then closed the door tightly. The woman spat with a sound of "Puh!", but the plum pit was still in her mouth, and she cursed unhappily: "Puh! A bunch of unlucky people, what are you proud of!" After that, she twisted her waist and went back to the house.

Li Muran and Wu Ziran were there padded on the wooden board with tattered old quilts, and used them as pads for the two beds, and used the four beds they brought back as covers. This way, everyone didn't have to squeeze together. After all, the three children were not small, and it was always not good for them to all sleep in the same quilt. Fu Dan and Li Yuanzhuo were there to clean up the buckets and basins, as well as some things they brought from the shack yesterday. Yangyang followed them and helped from time to time. As for Dudu, he finally jumped off Yangyang's shoulders and followed the children step by step.

"Sister Muran, we don't even have a stool."

"Sister Muran, we still need to pick up some stones to build a stove. Do you think it's okay to build it here?" "

Sister Muran, it's really nice here, there's no cold wind at all."

"Sister Muran..."

"Sister Muran..."

The children were busy and chattering with Li Muran, their excited tone revealed their hope for future life, and they were no longer the resigned people who lived day by day. Even though the light in the room was extremely dim, it couldn't block the light in their hearts.

After Li Muran made the bed, she asked Yangyang to bring the dagger over. She found a piece of cloth to wipe it clean, and then, in the stunned eyes of the children, she grabbed her shoulder-length hair and cut it short in a few strokes, returning to the ugly hairstyle that was close to the scalp and looked like a dog's bite. Coupled with the thick winter clothes, at first glance, she looked like a teenager who was only a few years older than Fu Dan. After being with Zhang Yi and the others, she didn't pay much attention to her hair. It was only when she saw the woman just now that she thought of this problem again. This place is not like the outside of the base. There are all kinds of people here, and there are many capable people coming and going. It is natural to reduce as many factors that attract attention as possible.

After cutting her hair, she called Wu Ziran over again, and with a few scissors, she cut the little girl's long hair into an unsightly appearance. Wu Ziran pursed his lips, tears rolled in his eyes, and he felt very distressed, but he did not resist.

"Fu Dan, go get a bucket of water. We'll wash our hands and get some food." Li Muran squatted down and said as she picked up the hair that fell on the ground. After such a long time, the people watching the excitement outside should have dispersed. It was not completely dark yet, so it was just the right time to go out. It would be unsafe if it was any later. Thinking of the unsafe situation, she hurriedly reminded him, "Take the knife with you."

Fu Dan responded and went out with the bucket that she had just found today. Li Yuanzhuo felt that he had nothing to do in the house, so he followed with a knife. Zhang Ruiyang wanted to go too, but was stopped by Li Muran. Although the child could protect himself, he was not wary of others, and he was too young, so she was not at ease letting him leave her side. Zhang Ruiyang was obedient. When he was stopped, he turned back obediently and squatted aside to play with Dudu, not making any noise at all.

Li Muran and Wu Ziran gathered the hair and threw it into the garbage dump not far away. When they came back, Fu Dan and Li Yuanzhuo also came home with water.

"No broom, no firewood, no towel..." Wu Ziran muttered while washing his hands, and was given a big eye roll by Fu Dan and Li Yuanzhuo.

"I'll slowly gather them in the future." Li Muran replied, but suddenly remembered another thing, "Do you want to join Mr. Song's corpse-luring team? If you do, I'll help you talk to him." Fearing that the three children didn't understand what it meant to join the corpse-luring team, he patiently and carefully told them the benefits.

"Sister Muran, what about you?" After listening, Fu Dan did not answer directly, but asked.

"Me?" Li Muran was a little surprised. She unconsciously touched the head of Zhang Ruiyang who was holding her skirt and said, "Yangyang and I won't go. I have to find a way to take Yangyang to find his father."

Hearing this, Fu Dan's eyes suddenly turned red, but because the light in the room was dim, no one noticed. After a moment of silence, he spoke, "Sister Muran, can we follow you?" Because he was the oldest, Wu Ziran and Li Yuanzhuo were almost taken care of by him. Of course, he was more sensible and clearer than the two younger ones. Li Muran was only with them temporarily and had no obligation to take them with him all the time. So when he heard her question, he immediately grasped the key point.

Li Muran was stunned. She didn't expect Fu Dan to make this request. As Fu Dan thought, she never thought of staying with three children all the time, and she never thought that they would give up the safe life at their fingertips and choose to follow her. She couldn't help but hesitate for a while. After all, taking care of one Yangyang and taking care of a bunch of children is not simply the sum of the number of people.

"Is it not possible?" After a long time without a reply, Fu Dan almost shed tears. Although he had only been out killing zombies with Li Muran for two days, he had unconsciously developed a motherly and sister-like dependence on her. Being rejected at this time, the pain in his heart was like being abandoned by his loved ones again.

Hearing the sob in his tone, Li Muran's heart softened, and blurted out: "It's not impossible for you to follow me, but we must make it clear first that you have to listen to me in everything. If you can't do it, it's better to separate early." After saying this, he regretted it, but it was too late.

Fu Dan was originally desperate. Hearing this, he was surprised and happy. He didn't even consider it. He was afraid that if he answered a second later, Li Muran would change her mind. He kept saying: "Of course I will listen to you, of course I will listen to Sister Muran..." He was just looking forward to getting rid of the burden on his shoulders.

Li Muran looked at the other two children who were still a little confused, "What about you? Are you following me, or going to the zombie-luring team?"

"With Sister Muran." Wu Ziran and Li Yuanzhuo answered without even thinking.

Li Muran was speechless, feeling like she was about to turn into an old hen and lead a brood of chicks to the end of the world. She wanted to warn them again, but her tone was not strong enough when she said it, "But we agreed that if you don't listen, I won't want you anymore."

"I know!" The three of them answered in unison, and then they laughed happily as if they had found support.

"Aunt Muran, I'm obedient too." Zhang Ruiyang, who had been ignored for a long time, tugged at Li Muran's clothes, raised his head and said seriously, fearing that he would be left aside.

Li Muran couldn't help laughing, and felt an inexplicable sense of relief in his heart. He bent down and picked up Zhang Ruiyang, and kissed his freshly washed cold face, "I know, our Yangyang is the best." After that, he said to the others, "Let's go and have dinner." There is a cafeteria in each district, which is what they were told when they first came in. In the cafeteria, you can exchange crystal cores and contribution points for dry food, or you can order food directly inside. Of course, the taste is definitely not as good as that of restaurants outside. However, in such cold weather, after a tiring day, being able to eat a hot meal is something everyone looks forward to. So when they heard this, several children cheered.

For safety reasons, they also brought weapons with them when they went to the cafeteria and locked the door tightly. The cafeteria is at the entrance of District 9. It is an antique inn-like building. When several people went in, there were only a few people sitting inside. I don't know if it was past meal time or if there were not many people willing to spend crystal cores to eat here. Li Muran asked for a large bowl of brown rice, a small dish of smelly pickled cabbage lumps that should have been pickled before the end of the world, and a bowl of soup with some chili sauce, pepper and old ginger, and a few drops of vegetable oil. In total, they spent twenty crystal cores. The expensive part was the soup. Water is not valuable, but those seasonings are resources that are difficult to regenerate.

The children ate heartbrokenly, not even leaving a drop of soup. Perhaps they would not even look at these foods before the end of the world, but now they can be regarded as the best meal since their parents left. Even though the pickles have gone bad, they can't compare to the mutant plants. Zhang Ruiyang is not picky about food, but the child's mouth is tender. After drinking the soup, the spiciness made his mouth red. Tears hung on his long eyelashes, but he continued to blow hot air into his mouth, sweating all over.

Li Muran did not stop him. It was not easy to drink ginger soup with chili peppers now. He just wiped the sweat off the child's head carefully to prevent him from catching a cold when he went out later. As for Dudu, who insisted on following him, he occupied a stool alone. If it weren't for the tentacles on his head moving once or twice, it would almost make people suspect that he was just a lifelike marble statue.

In any case, it was a pleasant dinner.

Chapter 88: Parting ways.

Bowei's isolation room has no heating facilities, only a row of large bunk beds made of wooden boards. It is colder than the RV. The superpowers can barely bear it, but the non-superpowers and the injured have a hard time. Fortunately, Nan Shao and the others brought quilts and food, otherwise the situation would be worse.

Before they went in, there were already three people in the isolation room, and then four more people went in. With Zhang Yi and the other five people, it was really crowded, and the air was naturally not good. Before the team, a large group of people lived in a warehouse that was smelly and stuffy, where they ate, drank, defecated and urinated. They didn't think much of it, just thinking that they could just get through the day, but others might not be the same as them.

"Hey! Manager, manager! There are too many people in here, I want to change rooms! I want to change rooms--" A man with sleek hair, neater clothes than others, beautiful eyebrows, red lips and white teeth, and a pretty face turned around and knocked on the door as soon as he entered the room, shouting as he knocked.

Nan Shao looked up at him, with displeasure in his eyes, but he didn't say anything after all. He just lowered his head to tuck the quilt for Zhang Yi, leaned over and whispered: "Are you uncomfortable with the noise?"

Zhang Yi shook his head slightly. Nan Shao saw that his lips were pale and black, obviously cold, so he reached into the quilt and touched his hand. It was icy cold. After thinking for a while, he took off his coat, got into the quilt, and gently hugged him in his arms. Lu Jun and the other two were used to this. However, Gangzi and A Qing were injured and couldn't stand the cold, so they squeezed into the same quilt. Only Lu Jun sat cross-legged next to him, so that he could take care of him at any time.

The man's shouting and knocking on the door finally attracted someone, but what he got was an unceremonious scolding: "Why are you shouting? Do you think you are staying in a hotel? You can stay wherever you want? If you don't want to stay, get out of the base!" After scolding, he walked away again.

The pretty boy who knocked on the door paused for a moment after being scolded, and then flew into a rage: "What's your attitude? I'm going to complain about you! I'm going to complain about you all!" Although he shouted like this, he didn't dare to knock on the door anymore. He just kept cursing there, complaining that the house was small, cold and smelly, and that the wooden board was too hard and hadn't been stripped. He even complained about the dust on the sealed window frame for a long time.

Although the others were a little annoyed, most of them had developed the habit of being cautious in their words and deeds in the end times, so as not to accidentally cause disasters of killing, so no one paid attention to him. Who knew that the man kept talking to himself for a long time, and finally he turned his eyes to Zhang Yi, "Brother, you're like this, you might as well commit suicide. Anyway, you'll be abandoned sooner or later, so you might as well do it directly, so as not to wear out all the friendship, and in the end, you'll only be annoyed and disgusted..."

"Get out!" Before he could finish, Nan Shao had already shouted angrily. He was afraid that Zhang Yi would think in this way, so he kept using Zhang Ruiyang to stimulate his desire to survive, but he did

n't expect to meet such a person inexplicably. "Why are you so fierce!" The pretty boy snorted and pouted. Seeing that there was an empty space in the corner, he immediately turned his waist and walked over, muttering: "People nowadays just can't listen to the truth. Honest words are unpleasant to the ears... Honest words are unpleasant to the ears..."

Nan Shao hated it so much that his teeth ached, but he couldn't leave Zhang Yi to beat him up. He could only lower his head and kiss Zhang Yi's eyes looking at him, and whispered: "Don't listen to him, I will definitely find a way to cure you." These words were not comfort, but determination.

"Yeah." Zhang Yi raised the corners of his lips and responded softly. He knew he was selfish, but he couldn't let go of Yangyang, and he couldn't bear to... bear to let go of Nan Shao, so he could only harden his heart and watch Nan Shao's shoulders bear a heavy burden.

"Damn, dead gay! Isn't it disgusting?" At this moment, a voice suddenly interrupted, full of disgust and contempt.

Nan Shao looked up, his eyes piercing coldly at the person who was speaking, and found that it was one of the three people who came in earlier than them. His nose was thin and pointed without flesh, and his two round ears with no flesh droop at all made people think of a disgusting rat. Before he opened his mouth, Lu Jun had already jumped up.

"Fuck you, what did you say? Say it again if you dare!" Lu Jun used to be a gangster, with a hot temper, but he was the most loyal. Since he regarded Nan Shao and the other two as companions, he would not watch them being humiliated without saying a word.

Gangzi and Aqing, who had already been lying down, also sat up again, staring at the man with unfriendly faces.

"What? Do you want to bully the few with the majority?" The rat-like man felt timid when he saw this, but he still stiffened his neck and said fiercely, but he did not dare to mention words like gay and perverted.

"No need for others to do anything, I can easily crush you to death by myself." Nan Shao snorted coldly, and said in a cold tone, without even getting up, a trace of supernatural power shot out like a needle, hitting the rat-faced man's eyebrows.

"Ha! With you...ah——" The man sneered, but before he finished speaking, he screamed, holding his head and rolling on the bed, wailing.

Everyone in the room was shocked, even Lu Jun and the other two were a little surprised, because it was the first time they saw Nan Shao use supernatural powers to deal with people, and they didn't expect it to be so powerful.

"Psychic supernatural power!" Someone shouted out, and the others were silent after hearing it, even the most verbose pretty boy shut his mouth tightly.

Nan Shao did not refute, nor did he want to take the man's life, so he only released a trace of supernatural power to make the other party suffer a little, so the rat-faced man was fine after a while, but he was sweating profusely, his face was a little pale, and his spirit looked a little weak. Naturally, they dared not provoke again, but the eyes they looked at Nan Shao and his group were full of sinisterness and viciousness.

If they were outside, seeing such a look, Nan Shao and others would definitely find a way to get rid of the people to avoid leaving behind troubles, but this was the isolation room of the Bowei base. Killing people here would be a direct slap in the face of the base and cause unnecessary trouble, so they could only be vigilant in their hearts and did nothing else.

The next twenty hours were relatively peaceful. Zhang Yi couldn't eat too coarse and hard food at this time, so Nan Shao spent a lot of corpse crystals to ask the guards outside to make porridge and feed him carefully. This porridge is certainly not as good as the one made by the team itself, but it can barely fill the stomach. No one said anything about Nan Shao's mouth-to-mouth feeding method, and as for what they thought in their hearts, no one knew.

It was also lucky that there were no corpses in the room where they were, and they were released at dawn the next day. Chen Changchun and Jing Kang were waiting outside, and their faces seemed a little bad, but seeing that they came out safely, they also showed a bit of happiness.

"Someone in the room next to you had a sudden change in the middle of the night, and everyone in the room died." On the way out, Chen Changchun lowered his voice and told them the news he heard when he came to pick them up in the morning. He was extremely angry. You know, everyone went through a lot of hardships to reach the base, and they were about to live a stable life, but at the last moment, they died because of the base's rough arrangement. This feeling is more uncomfortable than being killed by zombies or mutants on the road. Of

course, Nan Shao and his friends heard the noise in the middle of the night, but they didn't expect it to be so serious, and they couldn't help but feel lucky to have escaped. Just when everyone was preparing to leave as soon as possible, Nan Shao suddenly realized something and looked back in a certain direction. At a glance, he saw the rat-faced man who had a dispute with them yesterday was talking to a few other people while looking at him with unfriendly eyes. He snorted in his heart, memorized the faces of the few people, and ignored them.

"The base is short of housing, and we only rented a two-story stone house." Chen Changchun explained to them.

"There are more than 60 of us, how can we accommodate them?" Lu Jun was stunned and asked with a frown. We are already at the base, who wants to set up a bed anywhere like in the supermarket warehouse?

Hearing this, Chen Changchun's face changed slightly, and he did not respond immediately. Instead, Jing Kang spoke: "It's enough to live in... There are not more than 60 people."

"What?" Lu Jun thought he had heard it wrong, and subconsciously raised his voice a little.

"I said there are not more than 60 people, there are only a dozen people now." Jing Kang was obviously holding his breath, and when he heard Lu Jun's loud voice, he shouted unconsciously. "There are only 15 people, 15 people! The others all dispersed, all dispersed!"

Speaking of which, this matter is also related to Nan Shao and Zhang Yi. Chen Changchun wanted to win over Nan Shao, so he always treated him and Zhang Yi well. Before, because they were on the road, everyone knew that if they didn't work together, they might not be able to reach the base. Moreover, Nan Shao's ability could save their lives, so naturally they didn't raise any objections. But now that they are safe, they began to consider Zhang Yi's existence. They didn't want to raise such a useless person in vain. Moreover, if they really encountered danger, Nan Shao would definitely take care of Zhang Yi first, and only take care of them when he was free. Thinking about it this way, it felt too uneconomical. In addition, there were some ordinary people with weak abilities in the team. They had no relatives or friends, and no one wanted to drag anyone else. Therefore, when they found that some mercenary teams in the base were recruiting people, some people with strong abilities had the idea of ​​leaving the team. Once there was one, there would be two. In the end, not only the superpowers, but also many ordinary people left. Chen Changchun didn't keep them, but only divided the supplies they brought with them, and each took them away, which was considered a bridge to a bridge and a road to a road.

"If you want to leave, you can also take some supplies with you." After Jing Kang finished speaking, Chen Changchun looked at Lu Jun and said. Lu Jun was very capable and would not worry about no one wanting him wherever he went, so he said this.

"Mr. Chen, who do you think I am?" Lu Jun was furious and cursed, "Damn, you are all heartless bastards..."

"Okay, you are not afraid of losing face on the street. Everyone has their own ambitions. Why force them? No one owes us anything." Chen Changchun interrupted. Although this was the case, he was actually not happy, otherwise he would not have looked so unhappy just now.

In this way, Nan Shao and Zhang Yi would not be able to leave. Fortunately, Nan Shao did not plan to leave. After all, he was the only one with Zhang Yi, and there would always be times when he could not take care of both, so it was always good to have someone familiar to help occasionally.

The stone city was not big, and all the buildings inside were built with huge square stones and slabs. Because the buildings were built on a stone mountain, there were almost no wild plants and trees, which was why this place was the least damaged in the mutation of animals and plants. Even if some people used flower pots and flower pots to grow onions, garlic and flowers before the apocalypse, they were solved by the supernaturals in the city before the climate was formed. However, there are pros and cons. Because of the lack of plants, there is a serious shortage of firewood for heating. Therefore, the upper echelons of the base organized many collective actions of supernaturals in the city. In addition to opening up the north-south passage, they also went to the coal mine a hundred kilometers away to transport coal many times. At the same time, a small power station was built on the other side of the stone mountain where the river was turbulent to provide lighting and heating for the base. Of course, the bulk of heating still depends on coal. Anyone with a little ability can burn coal, and those with less ability can only find firewood by themselves.

The place rented by Chen Changchun and his friends is located in the middle of the city. A wide stone staircase runs through the entire stone city. It takes more than half an hour to walk from the place where they were isolated to the middle of the city. Of course, this is when they deliberately slowed down because they were afraid of bumping Zhang Yi. When they walked into the yard, Nan Shao did not notice that on the opposite side of the street there was a young man in thin clothes and with a pale face looking at his back with suspicion and disbelief.

Chapter 89 Reunion

It was not until they entered the house that Nan Shao and his team realized that the remaining fifteen people included them. Apart from them, there were only two mutants, and the rest were all old, weak, women and children, with nowhere to go. The originally strong team was in disarray overnight, which was really a pity. The

slate house had a kitchen and a large living room on the first floor, as well as a small storage room, and two bedrooms on the second floor. It was really small, so both the living room and the storage room had to be used. There were two young women, a middle-aged woman, an old man in his sixties, a boy of eight or nine years old, and a thin little man with glasses in the team, and then there were the two mutants and Nan Shao and seven others. The three women got a bedroom, Zhang Yi and the three wounded and Nan Shao got another bedroom, the old man, the little boy and the little man with glasses slept in the storage room, and the remaining five people all squeezed into the living room, and the supplies were piled in the kitchen. No one had any objections to this arrangement. After all, the conditions were there, and there was nothing to argue about. As for the toilet, it was built behind the stone house, a relatively primitive squat toilet pit. When it was full, you had to dig and clean it yourself. Fortunately, there was no smell in winter. If it was a hot day like before, the people living in the house would suffer.

After making arrangements, Chen Changchun took Lu Jun and Jing Kang out for a trip, brought back a lot of coal, and started a fire in the stove in the house. When the warmth gradually melted into the cold stone house, the group was temporarily settled.

"The base will issue some tasks regularly for survivors to choose freely, so as to earn base points. These points can be used as crystal cores in the base." Chen Changchun told everyone the news he had inquired about, and his eyes swept over the old, weak, women and children, and sighed in his heart. Although these people can take up weapons to defend themselves when necessary, they are still too weak after all. However, he couldn't bear to ignore them.

"Although you don't need to pay anything to enter the base, the base points or crystal cores you need to pay for water, electricity, coal and rent in the base are not a small amount. It's definitely not okay to live off the mountain, so we still have to take on missions in the future." At this point, he paused, "Of course, we can also not take on missions. We can kill zombies by ourselves, but the car is out of gas, which is a big problem." The others did not ask for the car when they left, and it was also for this reason that at this time, finding gasoline was really more difficult than walking hundreds of miles.

"I won't take any missions until Zhang Yi gets better." Nan Shao came down from upstairs with a backpack in his hand. He threw it to Chen Changchun while speaking, and then turned back upstairs. When

the others heard his words, their faces looked a little ugly, but when Chen Changchun opened the backpack, no one complained anymore. The backpack was full of crystal cores, some from rats and birds, and some from zombies. Even if there were not ten thousand, there should be several thousand, enough for Nan Shao and Zhang Yi to eat and drink for free for a long time. Qiao Yong and his team left in a hurry, and they were unable to take away the corpse crystals they had obtained. The number was quite large. Later, the two killed countless rat birds. Not to mention those that were not taken out and were devoured by the rat birds, the ones they dug out alone amounted to tens of thousands. Although Nan Shao's ability consumed a large amount of crystal cores, they had more than enough crystal cores in their hands. Apart from the ones used to pay for daily needs, the remaining ones were enough for him to absorb for a long time. Of course, Nan Shao's move was not conducive to building a good relationship with the people in the team, but compared with Zhang Yi, the others didn't matter.

"What a pity!" Chen Changchun sighed suddenly.

Others reacted quickly or slowly and realized that he felt sorry for Zhang Yi. You know, when Nan Shao and Zhang Yi came to help their team, their skills and the tacit understanding between the two had amazed everyone. Perhaps because of this memory, those who were originally dissatisfied with Nan Shao's behavior were relieved. Things are unpredictable, and no one knows whether they will end up like Zhang Yi one day, but they are very clear that they also hope that there is someone who can stay with them like Nan Shao did to Zhang Yi. If you put yourself in his shoes, you will feel that Nan Shao's attitude is not only forgivable, but you will even have a lot of good feelings and respect for him.

Nan Shao didn't know that other people's views on him had changed drastically with Chen Changchun's sigh. After accompanying Zhang Yi to sleep, he got up and left, ready to go out to inquire about the news of Qiao Yong and others.

After careful consideration, Chen Changchun also arranged for someone to help find them. It's not that he didn't think about the possibility that Nan Shao would take Zhang Yi away after finding the person, but he also saw another opportunity that was in their favor. Maybe that team might be willing to accept their people together. The team that can make Nan Shao so obsessed must be very simple.

With the help of the team, Nan Shao did not stay outside for too long. He did not want to ask others to take care of Zhang Yi, and Zhang Yi did not want to trouble others either. Even if he wanted to urinate or defecate, he would rather wait until Nan Shao came back. Fortunately, Bowei was not big, and it would not take a whole day to go through it all, so in the evening, Chen Changchun took the two people upstairs.

Seeing the two people, Nan Shao's eyes flashed with light, and he got up from the bed, tucked the quilt for Zhang Yi first, and then greeted: "Qiao Tou'er, Shi Sange." He looked behind the two people, but did not see the familiar fat figure, and could not help but feel a little disappointed.

Shi Pengsan nodded slightly in response, while Qiao Yong strode over, stretched out his hand and gave Nan Shao a big hug, and said in a deep voice: "Welcome back to the team." He let go of him, looked down at Zhang Yi on the bed, was silent for a moment, and suddenly laughed a big smile, "You are not injured like this because of this kid Nan Shao?"

Zhang Yi showed some smile in his eyes, opened his mouth and tried to utter two words: "Yeah."

"It seems to be more serious than last time." Qiao Yong touched his mustache with a thoughtful expression, then shook his head and sighed: "If you keep going on like this, I'm afraid your body will need to be replaced in a few times." A

helpless expression appeared on Zhang Yi's face. He opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but Nan Shao covered his mouth with his hand, "Okay, don't talk nonsense to him." Then he turned to look at Qiao Yong, said with a bad look: "Can't you see that he is very uncomfortable even saying a word now?"

"I see you are uncomfortable." Qiao Yong chuckled, his mustache curled up, full of provocation, obviously intentional.

Nan Shao felt so angry that he wanted to punch him, but he was still rational and didn't continue to dwell on this issue. Instead, he asked, "Why didn't Fatty come?" Although he disliked Routa Chen, it was undeniable that he had regarded that guy as a friend because of the relationship between Zhang Yi and Zhang Ruiyang.

Hearing this question, the playful smile on Qiao Yong's face unconsciously subsided, his eyes became deep and gloomy, and he didn't answer immediately.

"What's wrong with Fatty?" Seeing his expression, Nan Shao's heart skipped a beat, and he had a bad premonition, so he asked again. Zhang Yi also stared at Qiao Yong's face, as if he didn't want to miss the slightest change in his expression, and a little nervousness revealed in his eyes.

"Routa Chen, Xiao Peiyuan and Jie Chen were separated from us on our way from Ziyun County to Bowei because they were attacked by the mouse bird and mutant plants at the same time."

Chapter 90 The one who spoke

was Shi Pengsan.

It turned out that when they escaped from Ziyun County that day, two people who came with Wang Yuanwei died because of their serious injuries. Those rats and birds kept chasing them, not giving them a chance to breathe. A group of people could only drive their cars and run for their lives. As a result, before arriving in Changshi, they encountered a strange forest of snakes that could bend and twist. The car was trapped, and finally everyone had to abandon the car and run for their lives. Perhaps because the people were scattered, the rats and birds were also scattered. When they got rid of the rats and birds that were chasing and blocking them, they found that many people were missing. At this time, they dared not look back to find people, so as not to lose more companions. They could only continue to move forward, hoping that the lost people would gather in Bowei by themselves. Later, they really reunited, only missing Routa Chen and his three men. However, Cui Rui, Tang Youfu and Jiang Ke left the team a few days after arriving at the base and went to other places. Now they only have eleven people left. In terms of numbers, they are not better than Chen Changchun's team. As for strength, it is of course another matter.

When they first arrived at the base, they were in a very embarrassing and difficult situation because their car and supplies were lost. Fortunately, the base did not charge entrance fees, otherwise they might not even be able to enter the gate. At the beginning, they could not even afford to rent a house. It was not until they took on several base missions that the situation improved. Although Cui Rui and Tang Youqian already had a certain ability to fight zombies and mutants, they still hated the days of being scared every day and not being able to sleep well, so they chose to leave. Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer women, and their own conditions are not too bad, so there are many people willing to take over. Chen Wei did not leave, but no one knows why. As for Jiang Ke's departure, it was very unexpected. The young man was shy and Liu Xia took good care of him. He taught him the experience of using wind power without reservation. So his departure was not a big deal to other people, but it really broke Liu Xia's heart. Huang Shijue, who looked cold and unpleasant, stayed. This was another surprising thing. You know, water power is many times more popular than other powers. It is easy to find a good place.

"Since there is a good place to go, just go. Why ruin someone's future?" Qiao Yong shook his head and smiled, looking indifferent. Jiang Ke, Wang Yuanwei and his group joined later. There is really no deep affection between them. Besides, he has no ambition. The more people there are, the heavier the burden. It is better to be with a few honest friends. When encountering problems, they can advance and retreat together, and there is no worry.

"Guanlun, Binzi and Zhaochun are also injured and are still lying down.

We are short of one person, and now with you, Ayi, we are almost there. We will go to Xianze City tomorrow to get you a set of mahjong." He always has the ability to make the dead angry, but it must be said that after he said it so lightly, the heaviness lingering in Zhang Yi's heart has been dissipated a lot. It was for this reason that Nan Shao patiently listened to his nonsense.

"I think your place is crowded enough, otherwise, you two should move over today." After roughly explaining what happened after the separation, Qiao Yong brought it up.

Chen Changchun, who had not left, couldn't help but show a nervous look on his face when he heard this. If Nan Shao and Zhang Yi left at this time, their team would really have no hope. Fortunately, Nan Shao was not the kind of person who would burn bridges after crossing them. Hearing this, he said, "No, Zhang Yi's body is not convenient to move."

Although he used this reason, Qiao Yong and Shi Pengsan were the kind of people who could guess that there was something else going on just by looking at Chen Changchun's relieved expression, so they didn't force him. They just said, "Then come with us to get familiar with the route, and call us when you can move. Also, check on the injuries of Guanlun and the other three. They can't get medicine, and this is not a good thing."

Nan Shao was just about to talk to them in private, and at the same time avoid Zhang Yi to ask about Li Muran and Zhang Ruiyang, so he agreed. Qiao Yong and Shi Pengsan greeted Zhang Yi, told him to rest assured and not to worry about other things, and then turned around and went downstairs with Chen Changchun first, leaving space for the two to talk.

"Don't talk, listen to me." Nan Shao sat back on the bed, leaned over and touched Zhang Yi's gray hair, and said in a low voice. Although Gangzi and Ah Qing also lived in this room, they didn't want to lie down all the time, so they stayed downstairs with the others to warm themselves by the fire and would not come up until bedtime.

When Zhang Yi sat down beside him, he looked over and hummed softly.

"Although Chen Changchun is a bit utilitarian, he is a good person overall." Then he told the remaining people in the team. At least Chen Changchun did not show any disdain for the old, weak, women and children, or even try to drive them out of the team. This alone proved that this person was quite upright. "Among the people who stayed, except for those who had nowhere to go, most of the others are worth getting to know. I plan to discuss with Qiao Touer about merging the two teams." Chen Changchun's team has cars and supplies, and Qiao Yong's team has strength. If the two join forces, everyone should have an easier time. Judging from Chen Changchun's appearance, this matter is obviously no problem. As for Qiao Yong, he is not so sure, after all, there are too many people in Chen Changchun's team who can't contribute.

Zhang Yi's head moved slightly, indicating that he understood.

"You take a nap, I'll be back soon." Nan Shao kissed him gently on the lips, with a look of reluctance.

"Knife." Zhang Yi opened his lips and uttered a word imperceptibly.

"It's too cold, let's not..." Nan Shao understood what he meant as soon as he heard it, and showed a look of disapproval in his eyes. However, when he saw his stubborn eyes, his persuasion stopped abruptly, and finally compromised and took the cleaned machete and put it in his hand.

Feeling the cold handle touching his palm, Zhang Yi immediately retracted his fingers and clenched it. Nan Shao had no choice but to pull the quilt a little closer to cover Zhang Yi's hand and the machete.

"Don't worry..." Zhang Yi uttered the two words with difficulty, as if he wanted to tell Nan Shao through this action that even in this state, he still had the ability to protect himself.

Nan Shao's eyes were hot, and he suddenly leaned over and hugged the man. After a while, he coughed dryly, and said in a tense voice, "There's nothing to worry about. Be careful not to cut yourself with the knife, otherwise I will be angry and the consequences will be serious." After that, he stood up and left without letting Zhang Yi see his face.

Zhang Yi watched Nan Shao go out, watching him close the door without looking back. He seemed to still feel the warm water stains he dropped on his neck. He was confused for a moment, wondering if it was wrong to drag this man like this. However, this thought only came up for a moment, and was replaced by Zhang Ruiyang's cute little face in the blink of an eye. He missed his son's birth and the first five years, and he didn't want to continue to be absent in his son's future growth stage. He was not a competent father, but he still wanted to work hard to make himself worthy of the title of father. He was not a competent lover, but he still hoped that one day he could make Nan Shao's face show the bright smile from the heart when he heard him agree to be together. There is also Routa Chen, whose life and death are unknown, and Li Muran, who protected Zhang Ruiyang with his life... They are all the reasons for him to continue living, no matter how painful it is.

Thinking of this, his somewhat disordered mood slowly calmed down. He retracted his gaze and focused on the knife in his hand. I don't know if the handle of the knife cooled his hands, or his hands were originally cold. In short, except for his fingers still curled, he almost didn't feel that he was holding something in his hand, as if the knife had merged with his hand.

Maybe this is not a priceless sword, but it is his support for survival and protecting the people around him in the end of the world.

He fiddled with the handle of the knife with his fingers to make sure that the knife was still in his hand. The arm cannot move too much, so as not to involve the muscles of the chest and back, just like breathing cannot be too big, which will drain all the strength in the body and make life worse than death. However, because Nan Shao helped him warm up his vitality, he was in a good mental state. With a strong spirit and a broken body, there is probably nothing more painful than this, because he cannot use sleep to pass the time and fight against pain.

He closed his eyes, and slowly stroked and played with the handle of the knife that Shi Pengsan had transformed into metal. He was afraid that it would be too cold and freeze his hands, so he wrapped a thick cloth belt around it to make it easier to hold. However, after holding it for a long time, the cloth belt had become a little damaged. The coldness of the metal came from below, carrying a sinister and murderous aura, as if telling how it was transformed from an ordinary axe into an indestructible weapon, drinking countless corrupt blood. It didn't want to be idle, just like Zhang Yi didn't want to be idle all the time.

Because of the activity, the fingers gradually became flexible from the initial stiffness and stagnation. With the suppression of the quilt and the limited movement of his arms, Zhang Yi couldn't hold and swing the machete, so he could only move the handle from two fingers to another two fingers to regain the feeling of it in his hand. This was originally an extremely boring training, but for him at this time, it was the best way to pass the time and forget his situation.

The fingers went from being cold and stiff to being flexible, and then from being flexible to being cramped. Zhang Yi's forehead was covered with cold sweat because of the pain, but his facial expression did not change at all. His fingers continued to move slowly, and he relied on his stubborn will to make the cramps loosen by themselves. After this round of torture, the originally numb fingers regained the feeling of the knife handle again, and even its shape, the thickness of the cloth layer, and the subtle changes in the arc were transmitted to his mind through his fingers, forming a vivid and vivid picture.

Faintly, Zhang Yi felt that he seemed to be grasping something, but at this moment, the sound of the door being pushed open instantly pulled him out of that mysterious feeling, and he opened his eyes and looked over.

It was Lu Jun who came in, holding a cup of freshly boiled water in his hand. Nan Shao was not there, and he came up to help see if Zhang Yi needed anything. He was startled by Zhang Yi's sharp eyes, as if he was being stared at by a tiger or wolf. He stood there and felt that he dared not move. Fortunately, after Zhang Yi recognized him, his eyes returned to their usual gentleness, which made him breathe a sigh of relief, but he was still frightened.

"I've boiled some water downstairs. I'll bring it up for you." He walked over and put the water on the cabinet next to him, saying. "I'll help you get up and drink some."

"No...drink..." Zhang Yi refused. Because it was inconvenient to urinate and defecate, he would try his best to control his water intake. Only when Nan Shao was around and forced him, would he drink some.

Lu Jun didn't think too much about it. He thought he was really not thirsty, so he didn't force him. Instead, he pulled a bench and sat by the bed, talking about the Bowei base to entertain him. Knowing that the other party was well-intentioned, although Zhang Yi wanted to continue practicing, he could only stop temporarily. He couldn't answer, so he listened more attentively, which aroused Lu Jun's interest in talking until Nan Shao came back.

Nan Shao brought back good news for Chen Changchun and others, that is, Qiao Yong and others agreed to merge the two teams. Chen Changchun was also a bachelor, or he really wanted to unload the burden on him. As soon as he got the news, he took the initiative to give up the captain's position, on the grounds that the two teams would not have conflicts due to this reason, which would be detrimental to integration.