Chapter 288 Unexpected

The exchange meeting on the second day continued as usual.

But Qiao Yu, Jiang Zhan, Cheng Sinian and Luo Zhenzhen did not go to the conference room with Professor Kang, Professor Shen and Yu Qingchuan today.

Instead, he took Hua Yue, Xiang Heng and Yan Zijin, and the seven of them went to the parking lot and gathered in the RV.

Because Wang Zha is too big, it cannot enter the dormitory building of the research institute, so it has been staying in the parking lot for the past two days. Every day, Qiao Yu and Jiang Zhan or Cheng Sinian and Luo Zhenzhen come to feed it only in the morning and evening. It is almost going crazy because of the constipation.

Seeing Qiao Yu and the others coming together, it wagged its tail almost to the sky. When it landed, it slapped the ground with a loud clattering sound. Qiao Yu was afraid that it would use its tail to smash a big hole in the parking lot.

“Mmmmm——”

Wang Zha rubbed his huge head happily against Qiao Yu's body, and from time to time he stretched out his tongue to lick Qiao Yu's hand.

“Tsk.”

Seeing this, Jiang Zhan clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction. After hearing this, Wang Zha lay down his ears and silently retracted his tongue, but his head was still gently pressed against Qiao Yu. His pair of dark green eyes would glance at Jiang Zhan from time to time, as if expressing his last stubbornness.

Yan Zijin looked at Wang Zha, who was so humane, with envy in his eyes that was about to overflow. He tried to hold it back, but finally couldn't help it and leaned over to ask softly, "Captain Qiao, where did you pick up this black wolf? How did you tame it?"

Qiao Yu pursed her lips and said, "We met Wang Zha by chance on the way to the survivor base in City G. He's not tamed, but he recognized me as his master on his own."

???

Yan Zijin was stunned when he heard this.

After the apocalypse, mutant beasts could even recognize their own masters? Is this even possible?

Why can't he meet her?

Yan Zijin curled his lips, but ultimately said nothing more.

Sometimes he had to admit that no matter how smart or capable he was, he still needed luck.

Seeing Wang Zha's timid and stubborn look towards Jiang Zhan, Qiao Yu felt a little amused. He patted its big head and while everyone was getting on the bus, he quickly took out a large piece of raw beef from the space and stuffed it into Wang Zha's mouth.

Wang Zha was caught off guard and almost got choked by the raw beef that Qiao Yu stuffed into him, but after he came to his senses, he chewed it hastily and swallowed it quickly.

The man and the wolf were so fast that Yan Zijin didn't even notice.

Wang Zha ate the raw beef he had not tasted for a long time and licked his lips with satisfaction.

These two days, because there were many people in the parking lot, when Qiao Yu and others came to feed Wang Zha, they didn't dare to give him raw meat. They only fed him some bread, biscuits and the like, and even canned food was very rare.

Wang Zha has been following Qiao Yu since he was weaned. He has been fed delicious food and drinks every day, and his taste has become so picky that he can't get used to these things.

But after all, I remember the kindness of my owner, so I eat a little bit politely every day as a token of my appreciation.

Now that I can eat meat again, I am so happy.

After Qiao Yu finished feeding the meat, he patted Wang Zha's face again, and then followed everyone into the car.

"Captain Qiao, you called us here today. Has the plan been made?"

After everyone sat down in the car, Yan Zijin was the first to ask.

Qiao Yu nodded and said, "A Zhan and I have indeed come up with a plan. We would like to discuss it with everyone in advance to see if it is feasible."

Cheng Sinian opened a drawer nearby and pretended to pull out a bag of melon seeds. After unpacking them, he gave everyone a handful. Then he picked up a seed for himself and said to Qiao Yu while peeling the kernel: "Okay, you talk, and we're listening."

Seeing this, Yan Zijin and Xiang Heng also picked up the melon seeds silently.

Although melon seeds are not precious in the end times, they are also an uncommon thing. Now that they can eat them for free, of course they won’t be polite.

How does that sentence go?

If you don’t take advantage of a good opportunity, you’re a bastard!

Seeing that they were all drinking tea and chatting leisurely, Qiao Yu silently reflected on his previous behavior.

Was she too calm before, so now they couldn't be nervous anymore?

Qiao Yu sighed silently, and amidst the sounds of people cracking melon seeds, he resigned himself to his fate and said, "We discovered a secret place on the mountain north of the base."

"There are many mutant plants of the same species growing there."

"We encountered this kind of plant on the road before we went to the survivor base in City G. They absorb human flesh and blood, and then precipitate water and medicinal powder."

"Water?" Yan Zijin paused in her melon seed-crackling, a complex expression flashing in her eyes. "City A is employing people to feed these mutant plants?"

Qiao Yu glanced at Yan Zijin and nodded.

Or maybe he was smart. After she had just said the beginning, Yan Zijin had already guessed it almost exactly.

"There are a lot of plants there. We took a rough look and estimated there are at least several hundred of them."

Yan Zijin raised an eyebrow and continued, "Are you planning to use these mutant plants to create some noise, attract the base's attention, and then take advantage of the chaos to find what you want?"

Qiao Yu nodded again, "That's right, Captain Yan, do you think this plan is feasible?"

Yan Zijin did not answer immediately. Instead, he lowered his eyelashes, thought for a few seconds, and then slowly nodded and said, "It's feasible, but it's not enough."

Qiao Yu raised an eyebrow and said, "I'd like to hear the details."

Yan Zijin put down the melon seeds in his hand and patted the residue on his hands. "After you contacted me for cooperation, I took the time to go scout and found a very interesting phenomenon."

"What phenomenon?"

"I discovered that outside the A City base, there is also a settlement similar to the peripheral dependents in G City."

Qiao Yu frowned slightly when he heard this, and Cheng Sinian also noticed this.

Those dependents are in the dense forest west of the base.

But they didn't think there was anything wrong with this.

Because the dependents cannot enter the base because they cannot afford the "taxes and fees", they can only rely on being "black households" around the base to seek peace of mind.

Theoretically, wherever there is a base, there will be dependents.

Yan Zijin saw Qiao Yu's confusion and continued to explain, "I know it's not unusual to have dependents outside the base, but the reason I call this phenomenon 'interesting' is because I discovered that there are military personnel among the dependents' settlement."

"What?!"

When Yan Zijin said this, everyone looked surprised.

Generally speaking, the top management of the base is very disgusted with the existence of dependents. This can be seen from the attitude of the military in City G towards the dependents.

Otherwise, those dependents would not be forced to set up camp far away from the base.

But how could the military personnel from the City A base appear in the dependent settlement?