Chapter 125 Smash His Hands

Xinchuan is a county-level city near the river. It is not a large place and has a small population.

But before the apocalypse, Xinchuan was famous throughout the country because it was home to Xinchuan Changsheng Auto Parts Manufacturing Co., Ltd., a well-known auto parts factory, and Xinchuan's famous specialty, navel oranges.

Xinchuan Changsheng Parts Manufacturing Co., Ltd., a well-known enterprise, has boosted the GDP of the entire small city.

About one-third of the city's residents are closely related to Xinchuan Changsheng Parts Manufacturing Co., Ltd., either working directly in the factory or having immediate family members working there.

The distress call received by the "Dawn" base came from this company.

At this moment, Xinchuan is filled with low-rise buildings. Unlike Nanhua, there isn't a dense cluster of office buildings here. Most of the high-rise buildings are in residential areas.

The green belts on both sides of the road were neglected and overgrown with weeds. Signs, backpacks and other miscellaneous items were scattered on the street, some of which were stained with dried red blood.

There were no living people, and even zombies were few and far between, with only a handful scattered on the streets.

The auto parts factory they were going to was on the other side of Xinchuan, and the shortest route required passing through the city center.

Lu Wei: "Our primary task is to rescue the survivors. Save people first, then fight the zombies."

Xiang Xin explained, “My dad used to work at Changsheng Enterprise. I visited the place, and it not only had sturdy outer fences, but also many workshops inside that used solar charging panels. The employees inside might still be alive.”

Everyone knows that the zombie virus has contaminated the water cycle, and people who drink untreated water will suddenly fall ill and, if poisoned to a certain extent, will turn into zombies.

Therefore, the survivors now have clean water and food, and most of them have solar charging devices.

Lin Xi's team's mission was to rescue the survivors and bring back as many supplies as possible, such as solar panels and steel.

Xiang Xin observed through binoculars and said, "There are many buildings in the city. Crossing through them might result in an attack by a group of zombies."

Lin Xi: "Since the primary task is to save people, let's not fight the zombies for now."

Xiang Xin nodded and pointed in another direction: "Going around from outside the city will take you past two navel orange orchards, where there may be survivors as well."

Upon entering Xinchuan, the convoy entered alert mode, with everyone on the trucks fully armed and ready to engage in combat at any moment.

However, the first "opponents" Lin Xi and his friends encountered were not zombies.

The convoy entered the enemy's defensive line 500 meters from the orchard. A group of people were fully equipped, and apart from the lookouts on the outer edge, everyone inside was armed and aimed at the orchard.

Lin Xi suddenly felt a pain in her right hand. She stared intently at the leading figure: "Could it be Yang Yicheng?"

In her previous life, Lin Xi met Yang Yicheng in Yunxiang, but due to changes in the timeline, Yang Yicheng's activities may also have changed. Just like they had met in the building before.

The familiar figure turned around and stopped Lin Xi's group's car. Since they didn't really make things difficult for anyone, Lin Xi and his group couldn't just come up and start hitting people.

There were three trucks parked inside the defensive line.

Yang Yicheng, who was in charge, was leading his men in an attempt to enter the orchard.

Upon seeing the familiar faces Lu Wei and Lin Xi, Yang Yicheng put aside his confrontation and simply said, "This area belongs to the Iron Wolf Base. You can go to the next one."

Lin Xi has been fighting and killing for the past few months, and has seen all kinds of dangers and even fought all kinds of terrifying zombies.

But the image of Yang Yicheng holding a gun has always been a shadow in her heart, and every time she sees it, her arms tremble.

It's like an old injury recurring.

He was both afraid and eager for revenge.

The injury to her left hand in this life was sustained during peacetime. Yang Yicheng shot her to stop her "murderous operation" at Hongwen Hospital, leaving her speechless.

But the injury to my right hand in my previous life...

Lin Xi looked at the orchard behind Yang Yicheng. The fence was intact and there was an electric fence on it.

In the distance, the solar panels on the rooftops peek out from amidst the lush greenery.

She seemed to know what Yang Yicheng was doing.

Lin Xi took a deep breath, suppressing the gloom in his heart, and said solemnly, "We are here to rescue people. No matter what you are doing, you cannot stop our rescue operation."

Iron Wolf Base is not a refuge base announced by the relevant authorities, but Lin Xi had heard of the base's name at the training camp. It was said to be a highly capable base, filled with armed and prepared personnel.

They are a warlord-like organization that formed itself after the zombie outbreak, breaking away from the control of relevant departments and having its own independent stronghold.

Although they are not subject to the allocation of relevant departments, they can be considered friendly forces to some extent.

Lin Xi disagrees with this.

People don't easily change their nature. A person who would shoot at civilians would point at other civilians even if he didn't shoot Lin Xi this time.

Yang Yicheng replied coldly, "Save them? The people inside don't want to be saved. You should save your breath."

Lin Xi: "What does this mean?"

Yang Yicheng: "I have already negotiated. I will take them back to the safe base and guarantee their livelihood, on the condition that they use solar panels as a replacement."

Lin Xi sneered inwardly. This "negotiation" sounded so familiar.

Yang Yicheng once said the same thing to her, hoping she would contribute solar panels, and they would exchange them for supplies.

The other party initially tried to be polite, but then resorted to force, seemingly instigated by Lin Jie, and ended up grabbing the item directly.

Lin Xi turned around and glanced at her teammates behind her.

Some of them had heard of the Iron Wolf base and considered it an allied force. Since allies were saving this farm, they didn't want to get involved and instead went to support the next farm and Changsheng Enterprise, which had a larger number of survivors.

But Lin Xi knew perfectly well what the people on the farm would encounter next.

She is no longer a weakling hiding behind the railings; she has strong allies.

Her friends all looked at her with trust.

Lin Xi felt emboldened and said to Yang Yicheng, "Your negotiation is just wishful thinking on your part, a cover for your actions of seizing solar panels."

Yang Yicheng looked away, sighed, and completely ignored Lin Xi. He then instructed the communications officer next to him to hack into the orchard's surveillance system.

Xiang Xin couldn't hold back any longer and was about to shout and speak up when Yang Yicheng beat her to it: "Then what are you here for? Aren't you also here to take people away and take the solar panels along the way? It's just that you are from the 'Dawn Base' and we are from the 'Iron Wolf Base'."

Lin Xi: "But we will not attack our fellow citizens to seize solar panels."

Yang Yicheng glanced at her impatiently.

He didn't want to pay much attention to Lin Xi, but he remembered her.

This person was the first to discover the zombies and contributed to the elimination of them in the stadium and on the subsequent battlefield.

He felt that Lin Xi and the others were useful people in the apocalypse, so he was willing to help them before, even though they were not on the same path.

Yang Yicheng sighed and patiently explained, "They have solar panels, but they just cower here and try to survive. We need electricity more; we are the ones who can wipe out the zombies."

They are useless, so these resources should be taken by the strong like them.

Lin Xi seemed to understand why she had been shot in her previous life.

Yang Yicheng: "But since I've taken the solar panels, I'll bring them back to the base to support their livelihoods."

He added, "'Iron Wolf Base' originally did not accept refugees."

Xiang Xin sneered: "So they should thank you for taking away their solar panels and bringing them with them? You think you're right to force a sale?!"

Lin Xi seemed to be defending her past self: "They just wanted to hide in the existing safe haven if they didn't want to leave..."

"Then I can only ask them to return to the base." Yang Yicheng seemed to ignore her completely, turning away without a second thought.

Xiang Xin had heard Lin Xi talk about her past life before, and she understood Lin Xi's feelings very well. She was just as angry as Lin Xi.

Lu Wei stepped forward and asked, "If he opens fire inside..."

Lin Xi: "Then I'll smash his hand first."

Her mission is to protect survivors. The "Dawn" base takes in refugees and collects supplies, but does not force anyone to comply. That's the difference.

Bringing survivors back to the base is contingent on ensuring their safety.

If someone tries to plunder resources or endanger their safety, it is not wrong to shoot.