Lin Cheng immediately went to find Lin Man. Since he had someone follow Lin Man, he knew that she and Du Chun were together. However, when he called the subordinate who followed Lin Man, the other party did not respond.

Lin Cheng's heart sank, and at this moment he heard a noise saying that there was a fire somewhere.

He went out and saw a faint glow of fire in the northern sky.

That is exactly where Lin Man should be at this moment.

The fire alarmed many people. It was still very hot this season. The sun was shining brightly every day, and it was like a big oven during the day. It was not much cooler at night. There had been a heavy rain more than two months ago, and there had only been a few drizzles since then, so it was very dry everywhere.

The most feared thing at this time is fire, so as soon as they saw the fire, those who had pretended to be dead before ran out to put out the fire.

Then, a patrol team arrived and many people came to see what was going on.

Lin Man saw the disheveled Du Chun and several other people sneaking into the crowd and finding the person who seemed to be the most capable to report the case. Someone killed people in the middle of the night and killed so many people at once. The base also took it very seriously and immediately organized people to check the situation.

Du Qiula said to Lin Man: "Let's go too."

Lin Man saw a figure swaying outside the crowd. It seemed that when it saw no chance to attack, it left quietly. Just by looking at the figure's appearance, Lin Man knew that it was one of the killers.

Lin Man said, "You go meet up with Du Chun. I have something else to do. I'll come find you later."

She no longer called him uncle or aunt. Her calm face and plain words made people dare not object. Du Qiu whispered, "Then you better be careful." Then she quickly ran to Du Chun.

Lin Man also left the place and followed the assassin who had escaped.

She wanted to know who was the mastermind behind the tragedy that night.

She took out a clean piece of cloth from the space, wrapped the wound that had not healed after being covered for a long time, and followed the man quietly.

"Lin Man, be careful and don't get too close." Guan Guan said worriedly.

"I know. Please help me keep an eye on his location." If Guan Guan hadn't helped her, she might have really lost him, but with Guan Guan's vague perception, things were different.

The person in front was like a firefly in the dark night. Although the light was dim, it was definitely hard to ignore.

Then she saw that the man walked into the yard where Lu Youjie lived!

…

"What? Failed?" Lu Youzhuo didn't expect to receive such news. "What happened?"

"Those people in the west had no power to resist and they all died, but those in the east were very alert and ran away early. However, there should be a master among them. The fifth one is dead and there is no news about the seventh one. I'm afraid..." said the only person who came back.

They sent out three people in total, one died, one went missing, and only one came back alive. This was beyond Lu Youzhuo's expectations. He thought that he was just dealing with a bunch of talking and moving trash who could be crushed to pieces with just a few steps.

Lu Youzhuo thought for a moment and said, "Let's go now." He pointed at someone and said, "Go tell the leader of the Southern Ming Dynasty."

The man who came back hesitated and said, "But Old Seven..."

"If he's still alive, he'll come back to find us. Even if he can't make it back, he can still find the third brother and the others." Lu Youzhuo always addressed the people around him by number. He found it very convenient and saved him the trouble of remembering names. After all, he had 20 or 30 people under him, and how could he remember everyone's names? This time, he sent the third and fourth brothers to track down the Zhao family, and the fifth, sixth, and seventh brothers to kill and silence them.

But what if Lao Qi is seriously injured and needs our help? What if he gets captured without help?

Lao Liu thought about it in his heart but didn't dare to say it out loud. Lu Youzhuo was very strict and arbitrary, and would never allow anyone to question his orders.

Lu Youjie was able to get out of bed by himself. He said, "If that Old Seventh is not dead and is arrested again, will he betray us?"

"Do you think that even without him, Nanming would not know that I sent someone?"

Lu Youjie was speechless. Big brother isn't worried at all?

Killing someone else on their territory is always unfair, but Lu Youzhuo is not worried. Even if Nanming finds out that it was he who sent the people, they will say that Zhang Chengtao offended Lu Youjie, and he wants to vent his anger for his brother, so he wants to kill everyone related to Zhang Chengtao. Can Nanming still ask him to apologize?

What worried him was that he hadn't killed all the people, and he didn't know whether Lu Youjie's special ability would be leaked, but there was no way he could do anything now. In that case, it would be better to leave as soon as possible.

So Lin Man, who had been squatting outside, saw a man who looked a bit like Lu Youjie come out with Lu Youjie, carrying a stretcher and two large and heavy black bags. He got into the car surrounded by a group of people and drove out of the gate.

She saw clearly that the killer was among them.

But why did Lu Youjie kill Zhang Chengtao?

Lin Man looked at the yard after the people left: "Guan Guan, is there anyone else in there?"

"Let me see, it's gone."

There's no one left. They're going to run away. Killing someone and then running away? Dream on!

Lin Man stared at the direction the car left, touched his arm which was still aching, gritted his teeth and followed.

At this time, Lin Cheng was squatting in a narrow alley with a corpse at his feet. It was the corpse of Lao Qi, who was killed with a single knife, very quickly and neatly.

Judging from the fact that this person died with his eyes open, he must have been very shocked in the last moment before his death. He had no idea that he would be killed.

"That's the guy! That's the guy who twisted my neck." The tall, thin man clutched his neck and yelled, "I was staring at Miss Lin when I realized something was wrong. I turned around and saw this guy standing behind me, ready to attack me."

"As a result, you were knocked unconscious," Lin Cheng continued.

The tall and thin man muttered, "This guy is quite skilled. He attacked me from behind, so I lost the initiative. Fortunately, I reacted quickly enough in the split second between life and death, making him think that my neck was broken. Otherwise, I would be a corpse now. But in the blink of an eye, he was killed here. It really is a case of evildoers getting evil consequences. But who killed him?"

Lin Cheng didn't say anything. The knife wound on the chest of the corpse was very narrow. All the weapons on the body had been taken away, and there were no other clues.

"Boss, what's this?" One of his subordinates suddenly brought something to Lin Cheng's attention. It was a silver-white iron spike with sharp points at both ends. Lin Cheng had seen this thing a few days ago. He immediately took it in his hand and said, "See if there are any more of these nearby."

Soon someone found another one, this one was stained with blood and basically matched the wound on the left eye of the corpse.

The iron spikes that appeared at both scenes, the women's shoe prints, the cloth shoes, the forest...

Lin Cheng put a series of clues together and easily came to a conclusion.

He sighed slightly. It really was her. This girl, who looked like the commander's daughter, was truly remarkable.

Someone was coming from a distance. Lin Cheng stood up from the corpse and put the two iron spikes into his pocket.

A large group of people came, and Du Chun and Du Qiu were among them, looking frightened. Lin Cheng took a closer look at them, and when he glanced around, he didn't see Lin Man among them, and he felt a little uneasy.

The leader of the group was surprised to see Lin Cheng: "Captain Lin, why are you here?"

"I saw a fire here, so I brought people to check it out. I didn't expect to find a murder here and saw this body here."

This person certainly did not suspect that Lin Cheng was the murderer. He said, "We just learned about this serious incident and the leader sent us to investigate."

As soon as he finished speaking, Du Qiu whispered, "That's the guy. He was the one chasing us just now."

The man hurriedly asked, "Are you sure you know him?"

Du Qiu hurriedly shook his head: "I don't know him."

"Who killed him then?"

Du Qiu was speechless.

Lin Cheng looked at her and said, "I have met this lady and her entourage several times. Let me ask them some questions."

The team leader was very troubled by receiving such a hot potato. Seeing that someone was willing to take over, he nodded hurriedly. He sent people to check the body on the ground and took people to the scene of the crime.

Lin Cheng called Du Chun and Du Qiu alone and asked, "Where is the girl with you?"

Du Qiu said, "Are you talking about Lin Man?"

Lin Cheng sighed slightly in his heart. As long as he found the right person, he could ask Lin Man's real name with just a few words. He shouldn't have let Lin Man interrupt Du Chun and change the subject. Otherwise, he wouldn't be unable to find him now.

"Yes, it's her."

Du Qiu glanced at his brother, unsure whether to speak. Lin Cheng said, "You've seen it too. Miss Lin and I know each other and we have a good relationship. Now that something like this has happened, and you're all here, she's gone. I'm very worried about her."

Du Qiu breathed a sigh of relief and whispered, "She dragged me along to escape. After being caught up by this man, Xiaoman killed him, and then we hid. When everyone came out, she asked me to come and stay with my brother and the others, saying that she had something else to do."

"Do you know where she went?"

Du Qiu shook his head.

Lin Cheng asked again: "Is she injured?"

Du Qiu nodded: "She was injured in the arm by this man and bled a lot."

Lin Cheng frowned and said, "Lin Man killed the man. Don't tell anyone else about this. If anyone asks you again, just say someone suddenly appeared and saved you."

Du Qiu nodded quickly. She hesitated whether to say it or not because she was worried that this matter would bring trouble to Lin Man and lead to revenge from the person behind the killer.

Du Chun asked: "Mr. Lin, do you know where this man comes from? We have just arrived at the Nanming base and have been behaving peacefully. It is impossible for us to make any enemies, but these people want to kill us all." Thinking of the death of so many brothers, Du Chun's eyes were red.

Lin Cheng shook his head: "I have no clue yet. Let's wait for the results of the base's investigation."

In fact, he already had an idea. The corpses on the ground, including the one in the shed, were obviously well-trained people. They basically did not come from small places. Judging from their clothes, although there were no clear identification marks, it can be seen that they had the style of the northern base.

But he hadn't seen these two people in the past few days. Thinking about it, he thought it was only Lu Youzhuo who had just arrived at the Nanming base today. But what he couldn't understand was why Lu Youzhuo did such a thing? However, none of this mattered. He only cared about Lin Man now. At present, it seemed that she was just accidentally involved, but where could she have gone?

He thought carefully about his several meetings with Lin Man and the things she had done, especially the fate of Lu Chengjie and his group. He seemed to understand something: this girl seemed to be a person who would never give up until she had a grudge.

He immediately went to Lu Youjie's residence. However, halfway there, he learned that Lu Youzhuo and Lu Youjie had gone to the helipad and were about to leave the Nanming base. His brows jumped and he immediately turned and went to the helipad.

The helicopter that Lu Youzhuo brought from Dongyang Base was super large and could easily accommodate thirty or forty people. The word "Dongyang" was painted in large letters on it. Such a domineering guy was his exclusive plane, which showed his status in Dongyang Base.

At this time, they were stopped by Nan Ming before boarding the plane.

Nan Ming was no fool. With such a major incident happening at the base tonight, he knew who was responsible. The current death toll was at least forty or fifty people. His base had been established for over a decade, and there hadn't been many major incidents like this.

He believed he had good management skills and that the policies implemented at the base were quite lenient. Although people died every day for various reasons, most people were still living well. But tonight, these forty or fifty bloody lives were like a slap in his face, questioning his ability and mocking the base's security and defense.

Lu Youzhuo is going too far!

You came all the way here, killed dozens of his men, and now you just want to walk away? Dream on!

"Mr. Lu, why are you mobilizing so many people in the middle of the night? Where are you going?" He said with a forced smile. He looked at the group and quickly counted them in his mind. He had personally met them at the airport a few hours ago. He knew exactly how many people Lu Youzhuo had brought with him, and now four people were missing. Besides the two who died, where were the other two? Could they have gone into hiding, waiting for Lu Youzhuo to leave before going on a killing spree in his base?

Lu Youzhuo smiled faintly and said, "My brother is weak. I want to take him back to the base to recuperate. I won't bother Chief Nan here."

"No matter how urgent it is, there's no need to rush for a moment. It's too dangerous at night. What if we accidentally encounter a few zombie birds on the way, and then accidentally crash the plane and encounter a few more zombies? That would be terrible."

Lu Youzhuo's face darkened. This was a curse on him!

He smiled and said, "Don't worry about that, Chief Nan. My machine is very sturdy. Even if ten or eight zombie birds attack, nothing will happen. But Chief Nan, the conditions are quite scarce. Xiaojie really can't recover well here. It will be better for his health if he returns a day earlier."

Haha, are you dissatisfied with the poor conditions at the Nanming base? Just because the conditions are poor, you, Lu Youjie, have been hanging around here for so many days. Just because the conditions are poor, you can kill my people so recklessly?

Nan Ming felt that this was a naked mockery of his incompetence. How could he tolerate this?

While they were confronting each other, Lin Cheng hurried over, and the tense atmosphere between the two sides became even more tense, because no one knew who Lin Cheng was helping by rushing over at this time.

It has to be said that he got along well with the Southern Ming during this period, but after all, he and the Lu Youzhuo brothers came from the same large base in the north, and the two bases were not far from each other. The consequences of falling out with the Southern Ming and with Lu Youzhuo were different.

Lin Cheng had no intention of helping either party. He came here to look for someone. He looked around but didn't find the person he was looking for. Could it be that she didn't come here?

He was about to look away when he noticed a small shadow on the back of the helicopter.

Nanming Base was short on electricity. Unless it was a crucial location or occasion, they wouldn't easily turn on lights to avoid wasting electricity. The same was true on the helipad. Only on Nanming and Lu Youzhuo's side were a few people holding flashlights, providing some light. The helicopter's open hatch, facing them, had several rows of small lights on, emitting a pure white glow. The back of the helicopter was completely dark. If Lin Cheng hadn't been so sharp-eyed and attentive, he wouldn't have noticed that tiny shadow.

Coincidentally, when Lin Cheng was looking over there, half of a face quietly poked out from the tail of the helicopter, as if wanting to observe the situation, and his gaze met Lin Cheng's.

Lin Cheng had a blank expression on his face, but the half of his face that was hiding seemed startled. His eyes widened, and then his eyeballs rolled around half a circle, just like a fish that emerged from the water and found that the situation was not good. He silently and quietly dived back down.