Chapter 87 Chapter 87 Are you scared by what happened today?

After explaining everything that needed to be explained, Su Qing had no desire to sleep at this time. As soon as she closed her eyes, those bloody scenes filled her mind. So she gave the room to Fang Qing to rest and opened the door and walked out.

"Why don't you get some more sleep?"

Su Qing heard the voice and looked up to see Lu Chen leaning on the chair opposite her, looking at her. "I... came out for a walk." She walked over and sat down next to Lu Chen. "Why didn't you go to rest?"

Lu Chen looked at Su Qing sideways without saying a word. Seeing that her face was still a little pale, but her cheeks were flushed, he raised his hand without thinking and touched Su Qing's forehead.

A cold touch came from his forehead, and Su Qing subconsciously dodged backwards. "What are you doing?"

Lu Chen withdrew his hand and apologized, "I'm sorry, I saw that your face was a little red, and I wanted to confirm whether you had a fever again."

Su Qing reached out and stroked her cheek. "It's probably because it was too hot in the room just now."

Lu Chen lowered his head slightly, stared at her and said, "Are you scared by what happened today?"

Su Qing was stunned, staring at Lu Chen, and didn't say anything for a long time.

"I'm afraid even Commander Qin has never encountered such a scene before. You, a little girl, must be very scared when you go through this..." Lu Chen smiled at her gently and praised her, "You remained calm in the face of the enemy and successfully defended the base. Su Qing, you are amazing!"

"As members of the Dawn Base, we are honored to follow a leader like you."

After being in this world for so long, it seemed like no one had ever asked her if she was frightened or afraid.

He is the first one.

How could she not be afraid? Before she traveled through time, Su Qing was just an ordinary person from an ordinary family. She was still in college and hadn't even come into contact with society.

Arriving in a strange world, the apocalypse where zombies were everywhere, she was always terrified even with the system.

Su Qing was alone here, forced to learn all the survival skills, holding heavy guns and wielding sharp daggers. He kept practicing fighting skills with bruises all over his body, fighting zombies and humans, and constantly running on the road to find all the resources to build the base.

As a flower grown in a greenhouse in a peaceful country, she should never have experienced these things in her life.

She worked hard to make herself stronger to support a base, and only she knew the hardships involved.

Su Qing knew that she would have to leave one day sooner or later, so she didn't dare to be too open with the people here, for fear that she would be even more sad in the future. She endured everything silently by herself, without even anyone to talk to.

Hearing these words at this moment, her eyes reddened slightly, and a warm current surged in her heart. Su Weiwei raised her head and tried hard to suppress her tears from falling.

A sigh came from the side, and a tissue was handed to her. "I wanted to encourage you, why are you crying?"

Su Qing raised her hand and a string of cold water stains passed through her palm. It turned out that tears had already rolled down her cheeks uncontrollably. She took the tissue and gently wiped away the tears, then calmed down.

"Want to tell me about your nightmare?"

Su Qing turned sideways to look at Lu Chen. He was lazily leaning against the back of the chair, with one hand on Su Qing's chair and the other hand holding a pack of tissues and handing it to her.

Did this person realize that something was wrong with her before?

"Have you... studied psychology?" She choked up as she spoke. She took the paper, pulled out a piece, and rubbed her red and swollen eyes. "How do you know everything?"

Lu Chen smiled and said, "Yeah, I took psychology as an elective when I was bored in school, so I have to be careful next time."

Su Qing widened her eyes slightly when she heard him say that, and seemed a little surprised. No wonder this man could always guess what she was thinking.

Lu Chen Zhuozhuo looked at her and sighed with a smile: "I'm just kidding. When you were having a nightmare, you were shouting that it was all your fault, so I guessed that you were scared."

Su Weiwei lowered his head, his fingers unconsciously rubbing the tissue. After a while, he spoke in a low voice, "I dreamed that the zombies attacked again. We failed to resist this time. Everyone turned into zombies and I was the only one alive. Everyone was saying...I was incompetent and couldn't protect everyone."

"Don't put too much pressure on yourself. You've done a great job. If someone else were in this position, they might not get the results they have now."

"But... I could have done better. The casualties today are all my responsibility. When I was recruiting people for the base, I promised to guarantee their absolute safety." Those people who were thrown off the wall by zombies, those who struggled and screamed in the research institute, the fall of the base that seemed like a prophecy, and the accusations of everyone, scenes kept appearing before his eyes and became an indelible nightmare.

If... she had worked harder to accumulate resources, if the base's defense system had been activated a little earlier, then today's casualties would not have happened.

Lu Chen looked at the little girl in front of him who was looking down in regret. He stretched out his hand and paused a few centimeters away from the top of her head. He curled his fingers, then took them away and slowly placed them on Su Qing's shoulders, patting her twice as if to comfort her.

"Humanity has its limits, and reality is always helpless and cruel. Don't blame others for everything."

"Your nightmare is a warning from deep within you about the dangers you face. Now that you've identified your shortcomings, you should strive to address them and prevent them from happening again. Since ancient times, humanity has always had to sacrifice blood for survival. What we need to do is ensure that those who sacrifice die a worthy death, protecting the millions of people behind them whom they desperately sought to protect."

Lu Chen's words greatly comforted Su Qing's somewhat desperate state of mind. She rubbed her face with both hands and stood up with a firm look, "You are right!"

"I plan to follow Commander Qin to the capital. The base needs a lot of money to maintain its defense system, so I need to do some big business this time."

Lu Chen looked at the man in front of him who had shaken off his dejected look and was now full of fighting spirit. He raised his eyebrows casually and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, I will help you make a big profit from them." Then Lu Chen stood up and raised his hand to check the time. "It's already five in the morning, so, can I go to bed now?"

Su Qing glanced at the table and was about to stand up when he suddenly remembered something. He looked up and said hurriedly, "Today I saw a mutant zombie that was almost indistinguishable from an ordinary human. If it weren't for its pale skin and bloodshot eyes, it would be difficult to notice its abnormality. This zombie seems to be the leader of the zombie group. I feel that today's attack was controlled by it."

"And...it also appeared when we went to rescue Professor Gu."

Lu Chen's eyes darkened slightly after hearing this. "If that's the case, then send someone to investigate."

There was no surveillance or communication outside, and Su Qing couldn't think of any way to find the zombie leader among the millions of zombies.

She asked, "There are no cameras or communication equipment outside, how can we check?"

Lu Chen said, "Don't worry, since it dares to walk in front of people, it will definitely leave some clues. Go back to sleep."

After watching Su Qing enter the room and close the door, Lu Chen sat back in his chair. He took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket but didn't smoke them. He just flipped it over in his hand nonchalantly. "You've been standing for so long, come and sit down?"

A tall figure walked out from the corner and sat down next to Lu Chen, one seat away from him.

"Captain Qin likes to eavesdrop?" Lu Chen turned his head and glanced at the person next to him.

"I just happened to hear you talking when I passed by. I didn't mean to disturb you so I didn't come out." Qin Yu looked straight ahead and explained in a faint voice.

"Oh, what a coincidence... But since you've heard it, why don't Captain Qin do something as well?" Lu Chen said as he handed over the cigarette in his hand.

Qin Yu reached out to push the cigarette back and looked at him gravely, "You want me to investigate that mutant zombie?"

Lu Chen withdrew his hand and looked at Qin Yu, then said leisurely: "Leave professional matters to professionals. Instead of wasting a lot of manpower to look for a needle in a haystack, I believe in the ability of the military." He knew that the military could still use satellites. Although the signal was sometimes good and sometimes bad, it was faster than using people to search.

Qin Yu nodded without hesitation, then stood up and walked away with steady steps.

…

When he opened his eyes again, the sky was bright. Su Qing felt a comfortable and warm feeling filling his whole body, and all his previous fatigue was swept away.

There was a simple washbasin in the room. Just as she finished washing up, she heard a knock on the door. Su Qing walked over and opened the door. Fang Qing was standing at the door with two breakfasts in her hands. "Wake up, breakfast has just been delivered. Eat it while it's hot."

"Come in."

Fang Qing put the dinner plate on the table and placed a bowl of porridge in front of Su Qing. "I just asked, Commander Qin is leaving for the capital this afternoon. I've already said hello for you. They've drawn up a list of supplies. You can go take a look later."

"Okay." Su Qing nodded, picked up the spoon and sipped the porridge. "How is the situation outside?"

"Everything is normal outside the base. The remaining 67 injured personnel in the institute are all stable and only need to slowly recover from their injuries. Professor Gu and his team drew blood from these people for testing this morning, but they haven't come out of the lab yet."

Fang Qing continued, "Also... compensation has been planned for the families of the deceased members. I submitted a compensation package to the military on behalf of the base, but Commander Qin refused."

"I'll take care of this." Su Qing's eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice, "Find a time to properly bury these people. If the bodies can't be found... ask the family members if they have any clothes and build a cenotaph."

After that, they didn't say anything more. They quickly finished their breakfast and Su Qing came to Liang Zheng's ward.

The door of the room was wide open. Su Qing looked inside and saw many people surrounding Liang Zheng's bed.

"Alright, Lao Liang, if you survive a disaster, you will surely have good fortune in the future! Get well soon, we'll be waiting for you in the capital."

Li Song's deep and powerful voice came out.

"Commander, I...actually I can walk now." Liang Zheng's voice was weak.

"Okay, just stay here and heal your wounds. Don't try to be tough."

Everyone in the room was talking, and Su Qing hesitated at the door for a moment whether to go in.

Zeng Li was about to go out to get some hot water with the kettle when she saw Su Qing hesitating at the door. Zeng Li put down the kettle and walked over to pull her, "Hey, Su Qing, you're here, why don't you come in?"

Hearing Zeng Li's words, everyone in the room looked towards the door.

Zeng Li pulled Su Qing into the room and brought her to Liang Zheng's bedside. She greeted him, "Commander Qin, Chief Li, and Chief Liang."

"Chief Su." Several people nodded with a smile.

Li Yi brought out a chair and placed it behind Su Qing, "Come, sister, sit here."

Su Qing saw that there were only a few leaders sitting in the room. She felt a little embarrassed and waved her hands to indicate that they were not needed.

Zeng Li pushed her down and said, "Oh, don't be polite, we are all family."

Su Qing leaned against the chair helplessly, looking sideways at Liang Zheng who was sitting on the hospital bed. He looked pale, weak and haggard. She asked with concern, "Chief Liang, how are you feeling now? Are you feeling unwell?"

"Thank you for your concern, Chief Su. I'm fine now." Liang Zheng smiled kindly.

After talking with Liang Zheng for a while, seeing that he looked tired, everyone stopped disturbing him to rest.

After leaving the ward, Su Qing discussed in detail with Commander Qin about going to the capital. After finalizing all the details, they began to prepare the supplies for the transaction.