Lin Man in the Apocalypse

For seventeen years in the apocalypse, the fields yielded no crops. Lin Man and her mother struggled daily on the brink of starvation and thirst, until one day, she obtained a space.

Chapter 81

It only takes one hour to fly from Dayan Mountain to Nanming Base. Lin Man left home on time, so when she arrived, Lin Cheng should have arrived as well.

This is indeed the case. From afar, we can see rows of planes flying from the north, heading towards the Nanming base, and landing in an orderly manner.

Lin Man said to the driver, "Let's just follow them."

"Okay." The pilot obediently maneuvered the plane sideways, attempting to tailgate the opposing team. Then, belatedly, he asked, "Boss, have you greeted Captain Lin?"

“No!”

Pilot: “…”

"We're going to be beaten down, right?"

"Huh? Is that going to happen?"

At this moment, the pilots in the planes on the opposite side slowed down and prepared to land in order.

"Hey, what's going on with that fighter up ahead? Where did it come from? It's not from our team, is it?"

"Look at the model, it's from our reunion base. There's even a logo on it."

"Ah, it's coming!"

"Should we intercept it?"

"Captain Lin, there's an X-series fighter jet with the base's logo flying towards us. The situation inside is unclear!"

Lin Man and the pilot hurriedly opened the intra-channel call and notified the other aircraft group, which allowed them to retract their cannons.

It was scary. I almost got mistaken for an enemy and was attacked!

Lin Cheng only received Lin Zhongrong's notification after landing. Looking at the lone transport plane in the sky, squeezed out of the group, he seemed to see a hint of pity in it. He shook his head slightly and said in the channel, "It's one of us."

He then connected to Lin Man's transport plane and asked the pilot to join the team.

The pilot breathed a sigh of relief, and Lin Man also breathed a sigh of relief. Returning to the cabin, he saw that the nine people were still wailing, immersed in grief and unable to extricate themselves. No one noticed their mistake, and they secretly felt lucky.

Lin Man's transport plane was the last to disembark. The Nanming base's helipad was already quite large, and it had been expanded for today, making it a fairly large airfield. But with so many transport planes, reconnaissance planes, helicopters, and fighter jets arriving at once, the runway was practically full, leaving only one empty.

Fortunately, Lin Man's driver was very skilled and parked the car beautifully.

Lin Man got off the plane, listening to the calls and whistles that came one after another, and looking at the teams of all sizes that were arranged in an orderly manner and moved in unison, which was both busy and orderly. He felt like he was in the army.

Why did everyone who walked past her turn their heads to look at her? Although she brought nine... well, red-eyed, sad-looking, listless second-generation rich kids with her, they didn't fit in with the atmosphere here and looked like intruders.

She stood there waiting, and finally saw someone she knew. She waved quickly, and Lin Cheng walked over from several lines and stood in front of Lin Man. "The plane couldn't receive any communication from the base, and I just learned you were coming. I have something else to do here, so I'll leave those 300 people to you first."

Lin Man nodded and pointed at the second-generation rich: "Do they want to go with you now, or wait a while?"

Lin Cheng looked over and saw the second-generation rich shaking their heads frantically, shrinking behind Lin Man, pretending to be stubborn. Wasn't Lin Man going to take 300 people back soon? Maybe they could take advantage of the situation and follow him back.

Lin Cheng: “…”

Lin Cheng said, "Let them stay here first." Then he waved his hand and called a team that was lined up not far away and did not leave the airport like the other teams to come over.

It was a square formation of 300 people. When they came over, they were divided into two columns and walked along the runway in a very orderly manner.

Lin Man thought of the first 300 people who had just arrived at Dayan Mountain. Their movements were so orderly that they looked like machines. They were serious and stern, and full of style. But not long after... those who were migrant workers went to be migrant workers, and those who were construction workers went to be construction workers. Until now, none of them have behaved properly. They have no image when fighting for food, and sit in groups of three or five on the ground and chat during breaks. They are all thinking about those few apples from top to bottom, and they can haggle with her for a meal of noodles for ten days.

Recently, we have been holding meetings and arguing every day to vote on which style of boots to make. This one wants to be warm, and that one wants to be handsome. It’s really ruining our image!

Lin Man almost thought that they were like that from the beginning.

Now she finally remembered that the queue looked like this when they first arrived!

Lin was filled with emotion. He saluted and shook hands with the temporary captain of the 300 people.

Seeing Lin Man's calm and composed demeanor, Lin Cheng smiled and said to the temporary captain, "Qiu Tong, from now on, the three hundred of you will follow Miss Lin. From this moment on, you only need to obey her orders."

Lin Man waved at him: "Just go about your business, I'll tell you something later." She pointed to the long knife on her back. The knife was wrapped in cloth and blocked by a big bag, with only a small part of it sticking out. People who didn't know might have thought it was a stick.

Lin Cheng took another look and said, "Knife?"

Lin Man smiled and nodded.

Lin Cheng smiled and said, "I've greeted the people here. If you want to walk around, you can. They won't stop you. You can just wait for me here." After giving a few instructions, he finally left.

"Lin Man, flowers!" Guan Guan felt Lin Cheng walking away and immediately called out. He hadn't gotten his flowers yet! He had been looking forward to it since Lin Cheng appeared.

"Be good, now is not the time, I'll give it to you later."

"Woo..." The big white bird spread out like a pancake in the space.

Lin Man brought three hundred people and found an open space to sit in several circles and asked everyone to introduce themselves. In addition to the second-generation rich people, she also brought three other people including the driver. They were all the most powerful team leaders who came to keep the place in order.

They were now holding notebooks and pens, taking notes seriously, and asked, "What's your name? What's your specialty? Can you farm or build houses?"

New Three Hundred: “???”

Well, does this mean I'll have to work hard after this? That's fine, I'm already prepared for it.

After a brief exchange, Lin Man was very satisfied with these 300 people. Each of them was a tough man. They shouldn't be like their predecessors, who suddenly transformed into an unrecognizable appearance for no apparent reason, right?

After half an hour, Lin Cheng showed no sign of returning, so Lin Man wanted to take this opportunity to see how Du Chun and the others were doing. After saying goodbye to everyone, she left alone.

The new three hundred men were a little worried. The temporary captain—who was no longer one—Qiu Tong asked, "Don't we need to follow?"

The three team leaders waved their hands and said, "No, no, the boss is very powerful. You will know it later."

Besides Zhou Ji, no one could currently surpass her in strength. As for fighting? I'd never seen her show off her skills, but she was a disciple of Lin Cheng, so her spear skills were definitely spot-on. She was a formidable figure who could kill three zombie birds in one go in the dark of night!

The newcomers listened to the old captain talk about the new leader's glorious deeds and felt that their future was bright. At first, they had some doubts when they saw that it was a young girl, but now their doubts have been basically dispelled.

At this moment, the old captains took out their notebooks again.

"What else do you want to record?"

"It's okay, it's okay. Just a few more questions. Um, do you like apples or dates?"

Like apples? How can you be good friends if you have the same hobby? X!

"Do you prefer nice shoes or warm shoes?"

Should shoes still be warm and practical? Haha, how can someone with no aesthetic sense and no appreciation for enjoyment, with completely opposite ambitions, be a brother through thick and thin? X!

New Three Hundred: “???”

Is this some new personality or psychological test? I've never heard of it before. And why do those second-generation rich kids look so resentful when they hear these questions? No, they've been looking so resentful from the beginning.

Never mind, they seem very serious when asking questions, so just cooperate with them.

Because Lin Cheng had made a request, the Nanming base also specially sent someone to serve Lin Man. This reminded Lin Man of his last experience here, where he had to be careful and sneaky in doing everything.

Lin Man asked this man to take him to the area where Du Chun and his friends were currently living. However, before he even got there, he ran into Du Chun and Du Qiu. Instead of delivering water, they were pushing carts and delivering firewood everywhere.

Moreover, the two of them seemed to be older than before.

Lin Man tapped his arm slowly, turned around and left, asking the person next to him: "Is it hard to survive in winter here?"

"Well, of course it's not easy. We have nothing to eat or drink, and the firewood has to be transported from far away mountains... But it's like this every year, and we're used to it. This year we have the support of the Reunion Base, and it's better than previous years." The man thought that Lin Man was from the Reunion Base, and his words were full of praise and gratitude for the Reunion Base.

Suddenly, a dozen ragged men approached, carrying various bags. They didn't look like the people from the base. The man explained, "After the thunderstorm, the number of refugees suddenly increased. For ten days, there weren't even a single one, but now there are over a dozen a day. They're here, but we can't chase them away. Sigh."

Lin Man stepped aside to let them pass, and his eyes suddenly fixed on one of the women. The first impression of the woman was that she was skinny and pale. She was wearing several pieces of loose clothes, like a sack. Her hair was messy, covering her cheeks. She lowered her head and supported an old woman while walking very slowly. She looked very silent.

Her image is quite common, but for some reason Lin Man feels that this woman is a little special.

The people next to her followed her gaze and said, "Oh, that woman!"

"What's wrong?" Lin Man was stunned.

The man realized he was too excited and said embarrassedly, "It's the one with the long, messy hair. I have a very deep impression of her. She was like this when she came in the day before yesterday, and she's still like this today. I told her to take care of herself and get her hair cut. Why hasn't she cut it yet? She's so sloppy!"

Lin Man was a little surprised: "So he came in two days ago?"

"That's right. She's a family of three, and the husband is relatively clean. She and her child are both in this state. They say they've been traumatized, their minds aren't right, and they can't speak. We even assigned her husband a job. It's really damaging the image of our base!"

"You're not in your right mind yet and you let her out?"

"She's just slow to react, but she doesn't have any other issues. She just likes to hang out with the refugees, and no one cares about her."

Lin Man didn't think there was anything wrong with what he heard. He just watched the woman walk away. The indescribable strange feeling disappeared, and he didn't take it to heart anymore.

But she didn't notice that the woman she had been staring at was particularly stiff. A sense of crisis that came from the nature of a wild beast made the woman's already inflexible body even stiffer and heavier, and she seemed unable to walk.

"Hey, don't use so much force. Are you supporting me or pulling me?" The old woman she was supporting spoke in dialect, sounding particularly fierce and complaining.

She was already very weak, and she had to grit her teeth to walk, and even breathing was labored. The woman kept pulling her arms down.

The woman looked up at her, and the old woman suddenly didn't dare to speak. This woman... looks so strange, with such a straight look in her eyes and a pale face. Could she be a psychopath?

When the refugees arrived at the destination, the woman let go of the old woman, but at the moment of letting go, her pupils shrank to the size of needles, and her nails grew longer, turning from normal pale white to purple-black, and she scratched the old woman's arm.

"Ouch!" The old man cried out in pain and cursed at her back, "Who are you?"

But because her voice was too low and weak, and the people around her were so indifferent, no one even looked at her.