Shen Qing was infamous in his village as a fierce ger who no one wanted to marry. After being “kicked out” of his home alongside his mother by his biased grandparents and a father who was desperate...
Day 15.
Today is the day that Shen Qing and Song Kaiji agreed to meet in the apocalypse. Regardless of whether Song Kaiji killed Feng Hao or not, and what Chen Jiaqian found out, he had to go back and meet Song Kaiji first before making a long-term plan.
He was on his way to the Rainbow City Base.
Shen Qing has had a poor appetite these days. After he killed the wolves that day, perhaps because of the smell of blood and the sudden hot weather, he had no appetite for anything. He could only eat a few bites every day, and he felt nauseous if he ate too much meat.
The person was visibly thinner.
Miao teased him about his richness and luxury while cooking for him in various ways. This morning, I made a dish of cold wild vegetables with mashed garlic, sesame oil, and some balsamic vinegar. It was so refreshing that Shen Qing ate a few more bites and drank half a bowl of porridge with it.
I don’t know if it’s because I haven’t eaten properly for a long time, but I ate a little more this morning. Some of it felt like something was stuck in my stomach, making me feel uncomfortable. Shen Qing was burping and stroking his chest, so he didn't pay much attention. When they reached the gate of the base, a child suddenly rushed out from the side of the refugee camp and ran straight towards Shen Qing.
After all, Shen Qing had been hunting and fighting for many years, so even if his brain wasn't paying attention, his muscles still reacted. He subconsciously moved sideways and barely avoided the child. A trace of panic flashed across the child's face. He gritted his teeth, turned his feet, stretched out his hands and touched Shen Qing directly, and wiped Shen Qing's coat.
Shen Qing: Hey!
After the child succeeded, he ran away and disappeared into the refugee camp. Shen Qing took a few quick steps and turned to a corner where no one was. He held onto the wall and began to vomit violently, vomiting out all the porridge and wild vegetables he had eaten in the morning. Looking at the vomit on the ground, Shen Qing's stomach churned again. Coupled with the smell of blood on his coat, he couldn't stop vomiting.
Shen Qing quickly turned around, avoiding the vomit on the ground, then took off his coat and threw it far away.
No one knew what the child was doing, his hands were covered in blood, and there seemed to be some minced meat mixed in, which he was forcing into Shen Qing's pocket. At this moment, Shen Qing's nose was filled with a faint smell of blood.
Shen Qing didn't want to use the dirty coat anymore. He took out a new one from the space and found a bottle of perfume to spray on himself. Only then did he suppress his nausea.
Today's luck doesn't seem to be very good. Shen Qing sighed, feeling a little uneasy.
The base looked no different today than usual. Shen Qing passed by his two shops. Both were open, but Zhang Sujuan was not sitting inside. Instead, there were two familiar girls looking at the counter, not looking very serious, with their heads down, wondering what they were thinking. The boss Shen Qing passed by and the two girls didn't notice.
But at this moment Shen Qing was in a hurry to find Song Kaiji, so she just kept it in her mind and didn't go over to argue with them.
He quickened his pace and arrived at his villa.
In broad daylight, people in the villa area, including Shen Qing and his family’s home, would usually go out on missions. So it was a little quiet and Shen Qing didn't notice it. After entering the password, the electronic lock opened with a sound. Shen Qing opened the door and was about to go in when he suddenly felt a fishy wind blowing in his face.
The hunter's muscle memory allowed Shen Qing to roll on the ground without thinking. A long knife instantly appeared in his hand and he stabbed forward with his backhand.
A zombie was nailed to the end of his long sword, and its two arms were still struggling.
Shen Qing's pupils suddenly shrank, he immediately let go of his hand, stepped back a few steps, took out his pistol and shot at the zombies.
The zombie fell to the ground and finally became motionless. Shen Qing held the pistol in his hand. There was silence inside the half-open door. He wondered if there was anything hiding behind it.
His mind was in a mess. What's going on? How come there are zombies in the base and they appear in their villa? !
And...why would the zombies attack him? ! Shen Qing's brain was working rapidly. The zombies were attacking him... In a flash, Shen Qing thought of something, including the strange child that appeared before -
"Is Mr. Feng satisfied now?"
A voice came from behind him, and it sounded familiar. Shen Qing turned around and saw Shao Nan who had walked out from the shadows outside the yard first, followed by a group of people. Shen Qing took a closer look and saw Song Kaiji, Qu Weiwei, Tang Wenjie... all the people in his team, including the ordinary person Yu Leju, were among them. However, they were handcuffed with a kind of silver chain they had never seen before, and their bodies were tied tightly with ropes, and their mouths were gagged.
Several people looked at Shen Qing anxiously.
Shen Qing was so shocked when he saw their expressions that his eyes almost popped out. He looked at Shao Nan with a cold gaze: "We have some friendship. Sister Weiwei and Xiao Tang have helped you a lot. What are you doing?"
Shao Nan touched his nose. He felt very guilty facing Shen Qing, but there was nothing he could do. What Feng Hao said was too shocking. As long as there was a slight possibility, who could resist giving it a try? Fortunately - Shen Qing is not what Feng Hao said.
"Misunderstanding, this is all misunderstanding." Shao Nan said hurriedly, and ordered his men: "Quickly untie them."
The soldier who was escorting Song Kaiji and others quickly responded and began to help untie Song Kaiji and the others in a hurry.
"Wait." Another person walked out of the shadows, his face gloomy as hell, staring at Shen Qing.
Shen Qing also looked at him.
What's not clear at this moment? This person is Feng Hao. He showed his white teeth to Shen Qing and said with a sinister smile: "Long time no see, Boss Shen."
Shen Qing didn't say anything. He didn't know whether he should admit that he had met Feng Hao or deny it. He just turned his head to Shao Nan: "Let them go!"
"Let them go. It will be difficult to catch them again. Commander Shao, you know how strong they are." Feng Hao also looked at Shao Nan.
Fifteen days ago, as soon as Shen Qing left, Feng Hao reported to his official superiors that he had found a person who would not be attacked by zombies. The authorities immediately dispatched personnel to surround their villa. When you are at home, disaster may come from the sky. Qu Weiwei, Tang Wenjie and others naturally would not sit and wait for death. Although fighting was prohibited in the base, they could not care less since the officials started the fight first. The two sides fought fiercely. Qu Weiwei, Tang Wenjie and Ge Bingbing cooperated seamlessly and seriously injured dozens of officials. It was Feng Hao who cheated and had Zhang Sujuan and Nannan arrested, which distracted the three and allowed them to be captured by the officials.
But since the official people made such a big fuss, Shen Qing and his backers immediately got the news. Shao Nan brought people to the scene, originally to rescue Qu Weiwei and the others, but who would have thought that Feng Hao would throw out a piece of news that he could not refuse.
Shen Qing will not be attacked by zombies.
"We are not here to hurt them this time." Feng Hao pointed at Tang Wenjie, Qu Weiwei and Ge Bingbing who were tied up. They were all tied with a silver chain. This was a new product developed by the research institute that could limit the superpowers of people with superpowers. Once a person with special abilities is tied up with these chains, he will be no different from an ordinary person and will not be able to use his special abilities. "Instead, we would like to ask their boss Shen to cooperate and help our vaccine research laboratory for the benefit of all mankind."
Shao Nan was silent. Personally, of course, he is on good terms with Shen Qing and the others. He has had a lot of conflicts with official people recently, and he looks down on those termites in the research institute. But, but if it can really benefit all of humanity and end the apocalypse...
Shao Nan hesitated. He sent someone to report to the higher-ups, and the answer he got was to temporarily cooperate with the authorities to see if Shen Qing had zombie antibodies. But no matter whether Shen Qing had the drug or not - if he didn't, he would immediately release the people who were sent over, slide on his knees to apologize, and offer more compensation. But if it really exists, Shen Qing must be immediately brought to the hands of the military!
After receiving such an answer, Shao Nan felt very complicated. He did not take any action, but just stood by and watched Feng Hao use Zhang Sujuan as a threat to capture Song Kaiji. Song Kaiji and others have been locked up in the research institute these days, but they haven't been bullied much. The only difference is that they can't use their supernatural powers and have lost their freedom.
Seeing the zombies pounce on Shen Qing with his own eyes, Shao Nan didn't know whether he should breathe a sigh of relief: Shen Qing, whom he was good friends with, was fine. But the hope of all mankind is gone.
Shao Nan looked at Feng Hao and said, "We have verified that the zombies would attack Shen Qing. You were either chased by the zombies and lost your mind, or your eyes were blurry. Under the watchful eyes of the public, what everyone saw, can't it be better than your own words?"
Feng Hao was a little angry. Why was he dizzy? Shao Nan's words were undoubtedly an insult to a brain-based mutant! But he couldn't afford to offend Shao Nan at this moment: there were many soldiers brought by Shao Nan around.
He could only suppress his anger and said coldly: "There were only Shen Qing and the zombie in the villa at that time. Maybe the zombie heard the sound or noticed that the door was open, so it pounced over. We still have two zombies locked up in our institute. Let's try again. Let Shen Qing stand in front and the others stand in the back. See if the zombie will jump over Shen Qing. We need to draw another tube of Shen Qing's blood--" Before he finished speaking, a space blade flew past his ear. It was the bodyguard beside him who helped block it, and Feng Hao was saved from having half of his brain cut off.
He was shocked and angry. He looked over and saw that Song Kaiji had been freed from the handcuffs. The spatial blade just now was released by him.
"Don't do it!" Shao Nan hurriedly stopped Song Kaiji from attacking Feng Hao again. Killing people in public at the base, and killing precious brain-powered people, even he himself could not protect Song Kaiji! "Don't you think you're ridiculous when you say that? Zombies have no hearing or vision, they rely entirely on their sense of smell! According to the surveillance footage, the zombies in the room were already agitated before Shen Qing even reached the door of the villa. You're a researcher at a research institute, and you're talking nonsense with your eyes open!"
Song Kaiji glared at Feng Hao fiercely, and after a while he shook off Shao Nan's hand and ran towards Shen Qing.
"Are you okay?" He held Shen Qing's hand anxiously, not knowing whether he should be thankful or not. Why did the golden finger suddenly fail to work, and the zombies attacked Shen Qing? Fortunately, the zombies attacked Shen Qing - that hateful Feng Hao!
Shen Qing shook his head. He just felt the zombies running towards him, and a gust of rotten and fishy wind blew towards him, making him feel like vomiting again. Shen Qing suppressed his nausea and asked Song Kaiji with concern: "Are you okay too?"
Needless to say, we know that Song Kaiji failed to assassinate Feng Hao, but we don't know whether he carried out the action or whether he was injured.
Qu Weiwei twisted her body wildly and whimpered: They are still tied up!
Song Kaiji's face turned cold, and he looked at Shao Nan with anger and a bit of betrayal: "Commander Shao, are you going to stand with the institute and become our enemy?"
Shao Nan gritted his teeth and made a decision immediately: his superior had already said in advance that as long as Shen Qing was not attacked by zombies, he would immediately slide down and apologize. Whatever new ideas Feng Hao has are Feng Hao's business, and the military will never interfere. So he immediately had Qu Weiwei and the others untied. Feng Hao was so anxious that he stamped his feet, "Stupid! Just for that little favor you gave up the great cause of all mankind defeating the apocalypse. Do you deserve to wear this leather?"
Shao Nan's face was a little embarrassed, and he looked at Feng Hao with a sneer: "I feel sorry for my skin? What about you? Just because you say someone has a problem, I have to ignore what I saw with my own eyes and believe you?"
"If that's the case, then you can just take anyone to the research institute to draw blood if you say there's something wrong with them!" The more Shao Nan thought about it, the more he felt that it was true. Could it be that Feng Hao had a grudge against Shen Qing and was looking for an excuse to eliminate dissidents? "I think you are unworthy of that white coat you are wearing!"
Feng Hao was almost mad with anger. It was obvious that Shen Qing would not be attacked by zombies that day, and he was wearing such strange clothes. Why is it that today... there is a problem, there must be a problem!
The two of them argued and almost got into a fight in the villa. Finally, they reported to their respective superiors, and it was an official leader who remembered: "Since the two sides are arguing, we should give the military a face and not use Shen Qing to test the zombies in person, and forget about drawing blood. Feng Hao insisted that he saw with his own eyes that Shen Qing would not be attacked by zombies. Maybe it was true at that time. What happened now? Why is it not working?"
"No one knows the details. But our institute happens to have a brain-powered person who can probe people's memories. Let her try and see what happened between Feng Hao and Shen Qing that day."
Feng Hao had a bad feeling. He actually began to distrust Chen Jiaqian a little, but it was just a feeling and he didn't have any evidence at all. If such words were told to the leader, it would only reinforce the fact that he was a person who spoke without any evidence. Feng Hao had no choice but to agree.
Of course Shen Qing didn't want to agree, but he had no choice. Fortunately, Chen Jiaqian had sworn not to explore his memory. Now it all depended on how Chen Jiaqian would make up the story.
Chen Jiaqian was soon found. The advantage of pretending to be unfamiliar was reflected at this time. At least in the eyes of several senior leaders, Chen Jiaqian was a complete outsider and would be fair.
Chen Jiaqian looked at Shen Qing.
She found out the next day that Song Kaiji and others were arrested. Because Qu Weiwei did not go to work at the Third Farm, her husband told her the news when he came home. After a quick check, Chen Jiaqian found out that it was Feng Hao who attacked Shen Qing.
The little child who escaped from the refugee camp today was also arranged by her.
She knew that Feng Hao had been waiting for Shen Qing for a long time. There was a zombie locked in the villa, and he just had to verify with his own eyes whether Shen Qing would be attacked by the zombie. But Chen Jiaqian knew that Shen Qing would indeed not be attacked by zombies, and she had also seen the scene of Shen Qing and Feng Hao meeting in Feng Hao's mind. She had no other choice but to finally come up with an idea: zombies were very sensitive to the smell of human flesh other than Shen Qing, so if she smeared someone else's blood on Shen Qing...
We can only try our best to save the situation.
She knew that once Shen Qing entered the base, many eyes would be on him, and she could only bribe a child in the refugee camp.
The child smeared human blood on Shen Qing's coat and secretly stuffed some minced meat into Shen Qing's pocket.
Unfortunately, Shen Qing didn't understand her good intentions and changed his coat. Chen Jiaqian is so disappointed with her! !
But in the end, Shen Qing was still attacked by zombies.
I have to say, Chen Jiaqian was full of curiosity at this moment. In addition to why Shen Qing was suddenly attacked by zombies, there is also Shen Qing's origins, and whether he is a time traveler...
Shen Qing stood opposite Chen Jiaqian and saw Chen Jiaqian pretending to concentrate her mental energy to prove to the leaders that she did need some external conditions to explore other people's memories. However, at a certain moment, Shen Qing suddenly found that Chen Jiaqian's eyes widened and her pupils trembled.
Shen Qing, who was originally very confident that Chen Jiaqian would not break her promise, suddenly felt his heart sink.
However, Chen Jiaqian quickly withdrew her gaze, trying her best to hide her inner shock. After a while, he glanced at Song Kaiji and Tang Wenjie again. Nearly a minute later, she calmed down, held her forehead and pretended to be exhausted, and reported: "He is always attacked by zombies."
"You're lying!" Feng Hao almost jumped up. "You're colluding with them, aren't you? I've suspected you were colluding with them for a long time!"
Chen Jiaqian's expression immediately turned cold: "Mr. Feng, if you say this, you must provide evidence, don't slander me! It turns out that all the results that don't conform to your ideas are fake, and others are the bad guys?"
Feng Hao was choked by her and was speechless. Chen Jiaqian snorted coldly and sneered, "But since Mr. Feng said so, I can accept it. After all, I don't want to die unclearly like Professor Zeng."
Feng Hao's face turned pale instantly.
Professor Zeng was the woman who was pushed out by Feng Hao to block the zombies that day. At that time, he and Professor Wang were both stranded outside, and the base sent Xiao Wang to rescue them and bring them back. On the way back, Xiao Wang was infected with the zombie virus. He and Professor Zeng ran forward desperately and met Shen Qing.
Professor Zeng is much higher than me in both rank and professional level. Upon learning that Professor Zeng died on the road, the institute's top management were very sad. If they knew that Professor Zeng was pushed out by me to stop the zombies...
Feng Hao had no doubt that the senior executives of the institute would rather see him, Feng Hao, die and Professor Zeng survive.
He chuckled twice, put away all his temper, and was very flexible. He asked Chen Jiaqian in a gentle tone: "That's not what I meant... I was too anxious. I apologized to Director Chen. Director Chen and I are on the same level. I shouldn't have spoken to Director Chen in that tone anyway."
Chen Jiaqian snorted lightly, then showed an expression that showed she was not going to bother with him anymore.
"But if you look at his memory, you should know what happened that day. I am not lying..."
Chen Jiaqian interrupted him: "You didn't lie, but your perspective is wrong. You were running in front of Professor Zeng, and Professor Zeng fell off the motorcycle, and the back of his calf was cut and bleeding. Could you see it?"
Feng Hao was stunned. He really didn't remember whether Professor Zeng was injured at that time.
"At that time, you kicked this Shen - Captain Shen, right? You kicked him down, hoping that he would block the zombies for you." Chen Jiaqian did not say the cause of Professor Zeng's death, but still exposed half of Feng Hao's face. Shao Nan and the people he brought with him, including Qu Weiwei and others, immediately stared at Feng Hao with contempt.
Feng Hao's face turned purple. He wanted to get angry, but he couldn't do it to Chen Jiaqian, so he had to suppress it and smiled awkwardly.
"The zombies did chase you at that time, but that was because blood was more attractive, so they chose to chase Professor Zeng first." Chen Jiaqian's palms were sweaty. She made this up. She hoped that if someone was bored enough to do this experiment in the future, two out of ten zombies would give her some face.
But now it seems that this reason makes some sense. Chen Jiaqian said firmly: "Except for that time, Shen Qing would be attacked by zombies at any time."
"So that's how it is." Shao Nan believed it immediately, "Engineer Feng didn't do it on purpose. This is a misunderstanding. Let's just forget about it." He also advised Shen Qing and the others: "He is also trying to develop vaccines and make contributions to all mankind. For this reason, I hope you, Boss Shen, can forgive him."
Shen Qing snorted coldly and didn't say anything.
Feng Hao's face was full of reluctance, but he also knew that the situation was hopeless and there was no point in saying more. Chen Jiaqian learned from Shen Qing's memory that he was the one who pushed Professor Zeng to block the zombies. If they continued to fight, it was unclear who would suffer. He had no choice but to ask Chen Jiaqian some scattered questions: for example, Shen Qing's life experience, why he was wearing a shabby ancient costume that day and had long hair, and he still has the same hair now.
Everything seems strange.
Fortunately, Chen Jiaqian was well prepared. She had just peeked at the memories of Song Kaiji and Tang Wenjie, and she knew that these two were college roommates before the end of the world. At this time, they directly applied the identity of another classmate to Shen Qing.
"He wears ancient costumes because he is a costume enthusiast. He also wore ancient costumes before the apocalypse. It's not normal for his clothes to be torn in half a year!" Chen Jiaqian said confidently, "As for why he has long hair, it's not normal for Hanfu enthusiasts to have long hair!"
Feng Hao asked again and again, but didn't get any useful information. He became even more suspicious of Chen Jiaqian, but he had no direct evidence. Shao Nan was already impatient: "That's enough, Mr. Feng. I understand that your obsession is suddenly discovered to be a joke, and it's hard to accept for a while. But we have offended Boss Shen and his team before, so let them rest for now."
He turned to Shen Qing and the others and said, "We are sorry for the injustice you have suffered this time. We in the military will compensate you well. I will send someone to disinfect your villa later."
After all, the zombies have been in there for several days.
Shen Qing and the others didn't say anything. After this incident, it was difficult for them to treat Shao Nan as a friend again, and grudges had already appeared. Shao Nan also understood and felt a little regretful, but since things had come to this point, there was no point in regretting.
Whether they were willing or not, this group of people eventually left Shen Qing's villa. Chen Jiaqian was walking at the end. When she looked back, she saw Shen Qing staring at her. Chen Jiaqian half lowered her head and followed Shao Nan away.
But Feng Hao was not willing to give up. What Chen Jiaqian said sounded somewhat reasonable, but since he already suspected Chen Jiaqian, it was hard for him to completely believe her. Instead, he trusted his own intuition more.
Blood… Feng Hao thought of something, "Did he have his blood tested at the city gate when he entered the base today? Find his test strips for me!"
Shen Qing in the villa could no longer hold on, and fell into Song Kaiji's arms, holding her stomach.