Chapter 25

After getting the answer he wanted, Lou Tiannan gave the fugitive murderer the ending he deserved.

After killing the murderer, Lou Tiannan quickly explained the situation on their side to the other two groups through the intercom and notified them to assemble. He set the meeting place at a coffee shop next to the square.

Zhou Yu and Song Yan, who lived nearby, arrived first. As soon as they entered, they saw Lin Bai touching up her makeup in front of a small mirror with a powder puff.

Ignoring the three or two mummies on the cafe's island counter and the remains of limbs and flesh on the ground, for a moment, one has the illusion that ordinary people are sitting in the cafe, relaxing and enjoying their leisure time.

Xiya, who was standing by, was braiding the hair of the doll in her hand with a gaudy look on her face.

When they turned their attention, Lou Tiannan was standing aside without saying a word.

When Zhou Yu and Song Yan saw Lou Tiannan, they looked at each other and felt that the atmosphere was strange.

Song Yan wanted to break the strange atmosphere. She smiled and said to Xiya, "Xiya, did you go roll in the dirt? Why does your face look like a little cat?"

Xiya looked up in surprise, touched her face, and found that her fingers were indeed dirty.

She looked at Lin Bai who was still putting on makeup, and without thinking, she walked over with the baby in her arms, tilting her little face up to Lin Bai and said, "Mom, my sister said my face is dirty."

Lin Bai had just finished applying makeup and was applying eyeliner. Without even a glance, she pulled a white towel from the dozen at her side and covered Xiya's face with it. "Wipe it yourself."

After getting a towel from Lin Bai, Xiya happily sat on the chair next to her, swinging her legs and wiping her face randomly.

Song Yan wanted to ask Xiya for information, so he said, "Xiya, you haven't wiped it clean yet. Let me clean it for you."

Xiya jumped off the chair and handed the towel in her hand to Song Yan.

Just when Song Yan was wiping Xiya's face, Zhu Liang's group also arrived.

When they arrived, they heard Song Yan pull Xiya aside and whisper, "Xiya, what happened between Captain Lou and your mother? Why aren't they talking?"

Xiya tilted her head and replied, "When mom was beating the bad guys, the captain was standing there in a daze, and then mom didn't want to pay any attention to him."

Everyone: “…”

Lou Tiannan's number one fanboy, Lu Jia, blurted out: "Impossible!"

Xiya stared with round eyes, her face puffed up, and said angrily: "Xiya saw it with her own eyes!"

Lu Jia and Xi Ya stared at each other, neither willing to give in, and there seemed to be lightning flashing in their eyes.

"Meeting." Lou Tiannan's voice interrupted the people who were chatting nearby.

Lou Tiannan briefly explained to the others his encounter with Xue Gu and his possible attack on the New City Safe Zone. He then sketched a rough map of the area he and Lin Bai had explored. Finally, he said, "Qiu Tu is in Moda City in the South Third District. We must contact the New City Safe Zone as soon as possible and tell them to strengthen their defenses and be wary of a surprise attack from Xue Gu."

"Minister Xiang prepared a telegraph for us. Let me try it!" Zhou Yu took out the old telegraph machine from the last century that Xiang Cheng had prepared for them from his bag. He pulled the antenna and connected it for a long time. Then he shook his head in disappointment and said, "It doesn't work. Although this old machine can transmit telegrams, it has a distance limit. We are in Xihai City, which is more than 500 kilometers away from the new city. The distance is too far, and the signal can't be transmitted."

Zhu Liang asked, "Is there no signal station near Xihai City that can be connected?"

Zhou Yu shook his head: "I don't know why the signal in Xihai City is intermittent and almost unavailable."

When the end of the world came, all star domain networks were severely affected. The tools they used suddenly regressed to decades ago, and their limitations were also obvious.

Everyone was at a loss. Lin Bai was applying blush on the side. The powder made her skin look very vibrant. Xiya wanted it too, so Lin Bai gave her a monkey butt.

"It's already this late, and you still have the mood to put on makeup?!" Lu Jia was very dissatisfied when she saw Lin Bai like this.

Lin Bai glanced at him and said sarcastically, "Your captain is in a good mood to stare blankly while I'm fighting. Is there anything wrong with me putting on makeup?"

These words were said in front of Lou Tiannan. Lu Jia turned to look at Lou Tiannan, who stared at Lin Bai and said, "I will explain this to you later."

Lin Bai nodded: "Oh, you haven't figured out how to argue yet, right?"

Seeing the atmosphere becoming increasingly tense, Wen Xiaxia recalled Lin Bai's composure during the surgery. Without knowing what she was thinking, she said to Lin Bai, "Lin Bai, do you have any ideas?"

"Yes." Lin Bai said lightly.

"Really?!" Upon hearing this, several people stood up in surprise, "What's the solution?"

Lin Bai raised a finger and said, "A level three crystal core."

"You're a little dark..." Zhou Yu said.

"I didn't need this much originally. The extra money is compensation for my mental damage." Lin Bai glanced at someone and said meaningfully.

"Tell me what you're going to do first. Who knows if you're just bragging?!" Lu Jia hugged his shoulders and didn't quite believe Lin Bai.

"Will you give me the crystal core?" Lin Bai looked directly at Lou Tiannan. The principle she believed in was always to get the goods after payment, and never to give credit or loans.

Seeing her determined expression, Lou Tiannan took out a third-level crystal core from his pocket and gave it to her.

"Captain Lou!" Lu Jia was anxious.

Lin Bai didn't give them a chance to regret. He reached out and took the third-level crystal core. After putting it away, he opened the bag on the table and took out a parts bag from it.

This parts package looked familiar to everyone. Wasn't this the thing she had taken apart from the adult toy store in the West District?

Lin Bai laid out the parts one by one under the puzzled gazes of the crowd, picked up a black stone and said, "This is the magnetic stone embedded in the M-brand massage stick. M-brand products have always been advertised as being super sensitive even at long distances, and the root of this gimmick is..."

"Stop, stop, stop. Why are you talking so much nonsense?!" Lu Jia thought Lin Bai was playing tricks.

Lin Bai glanced at Lou Tiannan and said, "Tell the irrelevant people to shut up, otherwise my mental damages will be doubled."

Lou Tiannan raised his eyes and glanced at Lu Jia. Lu Jia suppressed his dissatisfaction, pursed his lips and retreated behind Lou Tiannan.

Lin Bai picked up a roll of wire and showed it, "This is the conductor."

Then he picked up the silicone shell of the massage stick and showed it: "This is an insulator."

"This is the source of the M brand's hype, a super-strong magnetic stone." Lin Bai said in front of them, holding the black stone. The magnetic stone can generate a magnetic field when electrified, thereby achieving the effect of sensitive control even at a long distance.

Before she could say anything else, Zhu Liang understood: "Wrapping a magnet with wire and then wrapping it in an insulator can multiply the magnetism several times. When electricity is applied, it forms an electromagnetic field. Then, using the existing ground wire to amplify the electromagnetic field, you can create a small signal station that can be used as a relay station to receive and transmit signals."

Lin Bai gave Zhu Liang an admiring look and said, "You are smarter than them."

Xiya was puzzled. What wire and what magnet? She didn't understand, but it didn't stop her from looking at Lin Bai with admiration again: Mom is amazing!

Zhou Yu poked his head, frowning, "But there's another problem. This small signal station, when connected to the ground wire, only generates a magnetic field of 300 kilometers at most. It's useless here. Do we have to drive back 200 kilometers to place the signal station?"

"No, I already put it away."

"It's ready?" Lin Bai said, and everyone was shocked again. "When?"

Lin Bai didn't say anything, but they already remembered that they had stopped once during the drive. After taking care of a personal matter, they set off quickly. "Was it time to stop for the restroom?"

"That's not right. Why couldn't I sense it just now?"

"Tune to the frequency 332***42." Lin Bai casually reported a string of numbers.

Zhou Yu immediately picked up the telegraph and tried it. Beep, beep, beep—

He pressed the signal light on the telegraph machine, and a moment later, under everyone's expectant gaze, he exclaimed in surprise, "Connected!"

A few minutes later, he successfully used the signal station placed by Lin Bai to connect to Xiang Cheng's communicator channel. As long as the channel was connected, it was easy to send messages. They used special Morse code to convey the information to Xiang Cheng concisely and received a reply from Xiang Cheng.

After Zhou Yu finished transmitting the message, he put away the telegraph and said excitedly, "Lin Bai, you are a genius!"

Lin Bai on the side didn't take it seriously. He returned to his calm demeanor and drew a monkey butt for Xiya. The two cheeks were so red that Zhou Yu couldn't look at them directly.

After resolving the issue, the group relaxed and began discussing the next steps. Song Yan glanced at Lu Jia, who was feeling a little uncomfortable after realizing what was happening, and warned him, "Xiao Lu, don't let your emotions get the better of you. Don't assume she'll do something before she actually does it."

Lu Jia lowered his head and said, "I understand, Sister Yan."

After informing Xiang Cheng that Xue Gu might attack the Xincheng Safe Zone, they did not stay long and drove to Tongtian Port according to the surveyed route.

Lou Tiannan and others acted quickly and covertly. Many people knew that they would go to East District 1, but no one thought that it took them less than a day to reach Xihai City from the New City Safe Zone. This was also thanks to the superior vehicles prepared for them by Xiang Cheng.

After leaving Xihai City, you are not far from Tongtian Port. Tongtian Port is the port with the largest cargo throughput in the star field. Because the east-west port area is extremely long, almost running through the west and east districts, the name Tongtian Port comes from this.

Not only does it have the largest cargo volume on the planet, but it is also in the top three in terms of passenger volume. Not to mention the arrival of the apocalypse, all aerial vehicles have failed, and cargo ships have become one of the options for people to escape and survive. Residents of surrounding cities, including Xihai City, all ran to Tongtian Port in an attempt to escape.

But with the large-scale outbreak of zombies, this place has become a hell on earth in the end times.

While driving, Lou Tiannan and others found that both sides of the road were littered with fallen trucks and corpses, and the number of active zombies captured by the specially made combat glasses also increased.

As the sky grew darker, zombie activities became more frequent at night. In this situation, they obviously could not drive forward.

Before they entered the range where the zombies would find them, they found a overturned truck on the road as cover and stopped to rest for the night.

"Mom, the sky is so beautiful." Xiya said while holding the doll, the colorful sky reflected in her bright black eyes.

Everyone looked up when they heard the words. The Tongtian Port in the distance seemed to be glowing in the setting sun. The afterglow gradually permeated the clouds in the sky. The distant sea was also scattered with golden light. A large cargo ship was floating quietly on the sea. Everything was quiet and beautiful, as if it was still the prosperous Tongtian Port before the end of the world.

The beauty of this moment glimpsed from the end of the world touched their hearts. Wen Xia Xia and Lu Jia's eyes were a little red when they saw this scene. They almost forgot what the world was like before the end of the world.