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Chapter 144: Fragile Team
"Everyone has been busy all night, injured and tired, I didn't want to say much." Wang Meng closed the box of the medical kit and handed it to the next person in need, then turned to face You Xi, "First of all, I want to thank you for the sparrow meat that day--"
Before Wang Meng finished speaking, Zheng Feng's mother spoke loudly: "You are sick! Why are you saying thank you now!"
Wang Meng's face froze, and she was almost broken by this roar.
She rolled her eyes in her heart, and tried to maintain a clean face: "She killed the mutant sparrow, you ate it, and I ate it too. I should thank those who should be thanked. This is a matter of course."
Hearing this, Ma Tiantian, Xia Xuan and Chen Tong, who were sitting in the corner wiping each other's blood and tidying each other's hair, looked at each other.
Ma Tiantian sneered and mouthed "bad acting", Xia Xuan shook her head at her.
Here, Wang Meng looked at You Xi: "Now that we've said thank you, let me talk about what happened last night. Everyone knows that you are the one with the highest combat power in our entire team. You said before that you had something to do, and asked Xu Yan to tell you not to disturb you for the time being. Although everyone wanted to have a meeting with you to discuss things, they held back and didn't disturb you because they respected you.
The mutant pigs attacked us for nearly twelve hours from yesterday evening to before dawn today. Everyone was desperately trying to protect the small building we live in - you You also live in this building! I don't understand what important matter you have that can be more important than what happened yesterday? Don't say that you and your family were asleep and couldn't hear anything. Yesterday, several people called you and knocked on your door for help. Even if you were busy, you could at least give a response!"
Wang Meng seemed to be angry and her voice gradually rose. She was originally a singer, and when she raised her volume, not only the people in the activity room, but also the people from other small buildings who came to check on the situation could hear it clearly.
"Why? Wasn't it Xu Yan who knocked on the door for help yesterday? You are capable, but that doesn't mean we can't do without you! Now that we have worked together to drive away the mutant pigs, you suddenly appeared again, pretending that nothing had happened, deliberately pretending to be rational and calm, and acting like you want to command others. Who do you think you are? Why should we listen to you? Answer your questions! Get out of here if you know what's interesting!"
Wang Meng's words made the already angry people even more furious, especially Zou Yan.
He stayed in his room well yesterday, but his house was almost destroyed by the mutant pigs. After Zheng Feng's parents knocked on the door to no avail, he also knocked on the door twice, but got no response.
He experienced firsthand the feeling of asking for help in vain in a critical moment, so he became even more angry: "Disappearing at the critical moment, you are really something!"
Someone agreed: "She did it on purpose, she knew what happened outside and she deliberately didn't come out?"
"Of course she knew. There was such a big commotion last night, everyone in the B&B knew about it, how could she not know?"
"Then why did she deliberately come out or not?"
"Didn't you hear Wang Meng say that it was because the person knocking on the door was not familiar to her, this is called serving people according to their appearance!"
"I think she served people according to the 'man'..."
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You Xi glanced at the angry crowd and looked at Wang Meng: "Are you done?"
What Wang Meng hated most was the calm look of the person in front of her. They were both young girls, and they were both facing the end of the world, but she was always calm and composed. No matter what happened, she could deal with it without changing her expression, and she never showed any timidity.
She has been an artist for so many years, especially after she became famous, she has always been praised by others. Now that the situation has changed, she can't change her attitude and recognize a girl who is not as good as her in all aspects (?) as a strong person and agree with her. She can't do it at all.
Especially when she felt that the smartest man in the team had a good impression of her, when she found that she was no longer the focus of the group, her disgust for You Xi appeared almost instantly and automatically, and she couldn't get rid of it even if she wanted to.
"Now no one wants to see you, why don't you get out!"
Huang Hui glanced at Wang Meng's expression. As an artist she had been bringing along, how could she not know what she was thinking? She just didn't expect that she would deliberately say these things to anger the public at this moment.
Huang Hui frowned and was about to speak up to save the situation, but You Xi suddenly smiled: "You are so anxious to get me out, you seem to be afraid of me - you have something to say next."
"Who is afraid of you! I just don't want to waste time listening to you say some inexplicable things here. No one will believe you, get out..." Wang Meng's voice gradually became lower as You Xi approached.
The other party was too close to her, so close that as long as the other party stretched out his hand, he could strangle her neck and suffocate her.
Wang Meng didn't know why she had such a thought. Even though the person in front of her was smiling, she felt a chill and became speechless subconsciously.
You Xi retracted his gaze from Wang Meng and turned his head to look at the others: "Now that you have finished talking, let me tell you why you should listen carefully to my words and answer my questions.
Humans are not food for mutant pigs, and mutant pigs will not come to the B&B for no reason. Even if they really broke in accidentally, they would not just pick two neighboring small buildings and fight to the death all night long.
From the above, we can draw a conclusion that one of you did something, so you were targeted by the mutant pigs. Their departure now is just a temporary truce. If they finish resting, they may appear again to attack the small building. Do you want to continue fighting with the mutant pigs all night long? Can you guarantee that you can win again? If not, everyone should recall carefully and then answer carefully.
In the past ten days, has anyone in our team done anything to attract these mutant pigs? The reason why I ask this is because everyone knows that our family of three has not stepped out of the room in the past ten days, so we are the only ones who are not suspected. On the contrary, everyone present may have done something to attract mutant pigs, or you may have seen something, know something, and you can tell us even the smallest details. Only by finding the cause can we avoid the next fight. "
The angry people thought that You Xi wanted to defend herself, but they didn't expect that she would talk about this matter. Just hearing that they were targeted by mutant pigs and they might come again in the future, everyone's legs began to tremble.
Someone struggled and said, "You are talking nonsense! You are trying to scare us!"
"It seems that you like fighting with mutant pigs, so just treat me as nonsense. The smell of urine in this yard is so strong that everyone must have been stained with it. It can't be washed off by taking a shower."
Everyone had been fighting all night, and they were shocked, tired, and injured. In addition, the most capable You Xi did not show up, so they were angry and wanted to vent.
But now after her analysis, some of their rationality returned to their minds, and they naturally began to think.
They were still very angry about You Xi's inaction, but they were more afraid that the mutant pigs would attack them again. People are like this. Once they find that another thing will drag them down, they will temporarily put aside something that has nothing to do with them.
"Do you remember who was roasting braised pork the other day? The meat smelled so good, and I was wondering where the meat came from, since the breeding area is temporarily closed for a while..."
"It must be Zheng Feng's family. They said it was the meat they had stored before. I wanted to buy it but they said their son loves meat, so they wouldn't sell it to him."
"Don't talk nonsense! What does eating meat in my family have to do with mutant pigs!" Zheng Feng's mother was anxious and angry.
"Isn't braised pork pork? Could it be chicken or duck? The pigs in the breeding area ran away a long time ago, and there is no pork at all... Did your family catch a pig and then poked the pig's nest and caused revenge!"
"Okay, to tell you the truth, we spent money to buy that meat from Lu Bin's family!"
Lu Bin's parents were not happy and immediately said, "This has nothing to do with us. The meat was bought from the second son of the Gou family!"
"Why does it involve my family? My son was seriously injured yesterday to save you, and this is how you repay us?" Gou's parents were furious.
"If you want to get rid of suspicion, let your son stand up and explain everything clearly!"
Wang Meng looked grim, and subconsciously wanted to leave the activity room, but was held by Wang Yin's hand.
Gou Mingfeng was seriously injured and unconscious, and everyone's focus was on him. This matter had nothing to do with them, and they would only arouse suspicion if they withdrew now.
Sure enough, the Gou family was almost surrounded by people at this moment, and they were all asking about the source of the pork, saying that Gou Mingfeng alone harmed the entire team. Some people even thought that since it was Gou Mingfeng who attracted the mutant pigs, he should be held responsible for this matter alone.
"What do you mean, you want my son to die! Why don't you let your son go! Your family didn't eat meat!"
The scene began to become chaotic, and Xu Yan wanted to speak several times, but couldn't get a word in.
He wanted to go forward, but he didn't know who pushed him. Because of his injured arm and unsteady steps, he almost fell down. Fortunately, Xiao Gao and Huang Hui behind him were quick-witted and supported him on the left and right.
Chen Tong, Xia Xuan, and Ma Tiantian, three girls, sat together, looking at the once united team with sadness in their eyes.
In the crowd, Gou Yaoyang's patience reached the end. He grabbed the medical box beside him and threw it to the ground.
With a bang, the medical box was broken, and the things inside fell to the ground, but at this time, no one cared.
They looked at Gou Yaoyang angrily, but Gou Yaoyang spoke and stopped Wang Meng and Wang Yin who had quietly retreated to the door of the activity room.
"The pork matter has nothing to do with my brother's parents. It was Wang Meng and Wang Yin's idea. They said they wanted to go out privately to try their luck. In addition to the three of us, Lu Bin also went that day. We found a few piglets in a cave. We wanted to take them all away, but we couldn't drag them. In the end, we slaughtered one on the spot and took it away. Now more than one family has eaten the pork, and everyone is involved. If anyone says another word like let my brother bear the consequences alone, I will knock out his teeth!"
Wang Yin's body froze. She didn't expect that Gou Yaoyang not only knew the whole thing, but also took the blame for her brother.
Lu Bin opened his mouth, received Gou Yaoyang's gaze, and finally did not speak.
There weren't many people in the whole team, and now the people involved accounted for nearly half of them. They were the loudest ones who wanted to curse and beat before, and now they all started to deny their responsibilities.
Blame it on others, the responsibility is on the one who came up with the idea. Wang Meng and Wang Yin can't get away now. The people who just spoke for Wang Meng turned their guns around and cursed them.
The entertainment industry is really not clean. The girl who looks decent really knows how to use men. She used to use the second son of the Gou family to run errands for them. It's not like everyone is blind, but they just didn't bother to say it before...
But this is too cheap, just for a little food, there is no bottom line at all.
When has Wang Meng ever been insulted like this? He was so angry that he trembled all over.
Wang Yin's face was even paler. Gou Mingfeng was seriously injured yesterday to protect her. One of his sons went hunting with them and attracted mutant pigs. The other son was half dead because of her. Gou's parents were holding her and refused to let go, making her and Wang Meng in a mess.
The scene was too chaotic. Huang Hui and Xu Yan tried to step forward several times, but it was useless.
In the end, Xu Yan didn't want to care anymore: "Forget it, let them make trouble. This matter is not over yet. I'm afraid that as You Xi said, the mutant pigs will come again after they have rested. One building has been destroyed. If this one is destroyed, everyone will have no place to live."
More importantly, because Wang Meng was too loud before, now except for the people in their own team, everyone in the whole B&B knows that they have provoked the mutant pigs.
The other party doesn't care who in their team did it and who didn't. In the eyes of others, their team is a whole.
He now has to consider the problems in the future. The B&B may drive them away because of this incident.
"I am friends with the boss, and he will give me a little face." Huang Hui said, but turned her head to see You Xi's back slowly leaving the activity room. She couldn't help but called out to her subconsciously.
You Xi turned around: "What's wrong?"
"Sorry, it may be a bit rude to ask this, but I still want to know, why didn't you come out to help last night?"
"I was sick and only got out of bed this morning." You Xi looked at the other party with no expression on her face, "Also, whether I have the ability or not, I have no responsibility to you. Helping you is a favor, not helping is my duty. If I were you, I would never put my hope on others, let alone question others because they don't help."
As she said, she looked at Xu Yan: "I know you don't want to admit it, but the team has disbanded."
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That night, the mutant pig came again.
After the chaos in the morning, Xu Yan had to continue organizing people and set up several defense lines outside the small building.
But the mutant pigs were thick-skinned and they were determined to fight to the death. Even though some of them were injured, they kept crashing into the small building.
Youxi planned to go back to S City after adapting to the plant affinity for a few days, so she had no plans to move out of the B&B for the time being. After all, this place is relatively close to S City, and it is more convenient for her to go back.
Therefore, the small building cannot be destroyed for the time being.
Although it will not affect the Star House after it is destroyed, she will not be able to take them out for training in the next few days. After all, in public, it was too horrifying to see their family suddenly appear from the second floor.
But to be honest, she didn't want to kill all the mutant pigs. They were living freely and well, but they took away their children and killed them for food. How could the mutant pigs not be crazy? What had they done to anyone? So
, when the battle was fierce, she stood at the fence on the second floor of the B&B, aimed at the right position, and threw two tear gas bombs into the pigs.
The irritating smoke made both people and pigs feel sick, and the mutant pigs' sense of smell was amplified, so this stimulation was particularly significant, and they finally fled away.
Xu Yan glanced at her downstairs with a complicated expression.
He knew that Youxi had the ability to rob and could directly kill the group of mutant pigs, but she didn't, and he had no reason to ask why.
In the next few days, Youxi stimulated various plant seeds to adapt to superpowers in the Star House at night, and took her fully armed parents out to the mountains and forests for training during the day.
Now for her, walking into the mountains and forests is more comfortable than staying in the house. The feeling of being surrounded by plants makes her feel very at ease. Plants can't talk, but she can sense the state of plants by touch, whether they are healthy or not, happy or not...
She can also convey to the plants the emotion of not harming her parents, and let the surrounding plants know that the two people around her are very important to her. They will not harm them, and she hopes that they will not harm them.
In the past few days, Fan Qi and You Feng have gone from stumbling and being harassed by some mutated small animals to being able to respond and fight back immediately when faced with attacks. They have been trying very hard to adapt.
During this period, they have been able to obtain some changes in the outside world through the occasional network.
In addition to S City and several surrounding cities that experienced a second outbreak of plants earlier, other cities have also been continuously invaded and compressed by animals and plants.
From the satellite footage, it can be seen that the city and the countryside are almost completely indistinguishable. Except for particularly tall buildings and towers, other low buildings have been gradually covered by dense vegetation.
In the farmland, crops mutate; in the farm, mutated animals rebel collectively; in the factory, as long as a seed falls somewhere, it will gradually sprout and eventually grow into green vines that cover the entire wall and machine...
Some mutated plants and animals are harmless, but some are extremely lethal.
The stagnation of social order slowly radiates from one city to another.