Qu Weiwei kicked Song Kaiji lightly under the table.
Song Kaiji suddenly realized that he hadn't seen Qi Zhan in the villa for a few days. Looking at Tang Wenjie again, although he always denied his relationship with Qi Zhan, his attitude today was very different, revealing a bit of calm loneliness.
Is this a quarrel?
Song Kaiji pondered it for a while, touched his nose, and didn't dare to ask in detail.
Actually, to be honest, when they lived in the same dormitory and were still in college, Tang Wenjie was a typical straight guy, and the image of the girls he liked was very simple: long black hair, big eyes, big breasts, thin waist and long legs... It was a very typical straight guy aesthetic.
When he first met Qi Zhan, Song Kaiji knew that it was Qi Zhan who helped Tang Wenjie overcome the difficulties when he awakened his superpowers, so he thought Qi Zhan's ambiguous words were just a joke and never thought that Tang Wenjie and Qi Zhan really had something going on.
Who would have thought that after teasing each other, the two of them would actually develop to this point. Song Kaiji has now begun to have sex and is no longer a young boy who knows nothing. He already knows how far Tang Wenjie and Qi Zhan have developed.
Song Kaiji was actually quite surprised. Although... although he was also with Shen Qing, it was different.
He had never liked girls before, although he had never liked boys either. He felt that he just liked Shen Qing. He liked Shen Qing as a boy, a boy, or a girl. He only liked Shen Qing, who was unique in the world.
But Tang Wenjie was different. He used to like girls. Could a person's sexual orientation really change so quickly? Did Tang Wenjie really like Qi Zhan, or was it just a temporary sexual interest? Song Kaiji couldn't understand it.
Finally, they chose a small village at the border of Lan Province, which is adjacent to Hongcheng. This village is exactly in Lan Province, but it is only 1,500 meters away from Hongcheng. Hongcheng's search and rescue team and the psychic team usually don't go there. After all, Hongcheng is a large urban area with many subordinate counties and cities. The psychic team often goes to less than one-fifth of the area for missions. Unless they receive any special missions, there is no need to go to the neighboring province.
This time when they went to Lan Province, in addition to Tang Wenjie and Qu Weiwei, Shen Qing and Song Kaiji selected four people with special abilities from the newly recruited team members. Ge Bingbing and Yu Le stayed at home, while Ge Bingbing led the remaining outer city team members to continue going out to kill zombies.
"It's okay if they don't go, but don't let them sit idle. Find them something to do, don't just sit there and do nothing." Shen Qing said. After all, with Tang Wenjie and Qu Weiwei leading the team, they used a combination of metal cages and vine walls, so there would be no danger at all. Now that Tang Wenjie and Qu Weiwei have left, it would be bad if Ge Bingbing led the team and someone got hurt.
As for work, he is not short of this little bit of food, but he cannot let people develop bad habits and be too complacent.
He can be a boss who is kind to his subordinates and provides them with many benefits, but he doesn't want to be a philanthropist for the time being.
Ge Bingbing lifted her hair and said, "I can save it, don't worry about it."
She planned to let the two newly recruited wood-type psychics in the team learn to build a vine wall like Qu Weiwei, and other psychics would assist. Even if they were not as good as Qu Weiwei and Tang Wenjie, they had to practice first to train their consciousness.
In the future, maybe they will go out on missions more often. How can they rely solely on Tang Wenjie and Qu Weiwei?
Before leaving, Song Kaiji asked Yu Le to find Chen Jiaqian's son and pass on some information to her. If the research institute urges them, try to delay the time. The general direction can be said to be northeast. Although they have selected a small village, they have not reached the destination. Who knows the specific situation? If it really doesn't work, whichever village in the northeast is convenient, just use that village.
After they come back and receive detailed information, Chen Jiaqian will report to the top management of the institute. Song Kaiji and his team will wait for the team from the institute to leave for a day or two, then pretend to have just returned and hand over the seeds to the top management. In these two days, Chen Jiaqian can strive for the reward first. Even if she fails, she can't be blamed in the end.
The preparations before departure were particularly thorough. They prepared five or six extra cars, both large and small, to prevent the last time when the car was scrapped and they had to find a car on the highway. Tang's mother prepared a lot of boxed lunches and buns for them, and Shen Qing also packed some starch sausage.
Lan Province is farther away than Zizhou. We stopped and walked along the way, killing zombies and digging crystal cores. Overall it was smooth. It was not until the sixth day that we reached the border between the two provinces.
The situation here was much better than they had expected before they set out. They saw a large area of farmland, with several villages connected to each other. There was no one, and not many zombies, with only a few wandering around the village entrances.
It was Shen Qing's first time to see the rural areas of modern society up close, and he was very curious. He had been in Hongcheng Base since he came to this world. Hongcheng Base was built based on the hotel, resort town and surrounding residential areas of the amusement park, and it was full of modern urban atmosphere. Usually, when he went on missions and went to Zizhou, he also wandered around the city. Now that he had seen the countryside of this world, Shen Qing felt familiar, but he was also curious about the difference between modern rural areas and theirs.
Unlike their village, where most of the houses were built with adobe or straw roofs, and only the wealthy could afford blue brick and tile houses, the villages here were all red tile and brick houses, and the houses were built neatly, all of them were similar two-story buildings. The gates were also wide, unlike their place, where building a gate depended on family background, and only the officials could have those wide red painted double gates.
If one does not hold an official position or have any honor, no matter how rich he is or how big his yard is, he can only open a small door.
The yard is paved with smooth cement floor. Rich families would also build flower beds, screen walls and lay tiles in the yard.
Shen Qing looked at it again and again, feeling extremely envious: When will their Lantang Village become like this, and every household can afford to build such a good house and live a good life?
Thinking of the workshop he was building, Shen Qing felt more confident. Although at first, he wanted to build power and build a workshop mainly for the safety of his family, but looking at the new countryside in front of him, Shen Qing's heart softened and he was moved.
It was as if they could obviously live their own lives behind closed doors, but Song Kaiji hoped that the grain seeds from Lantang Village could help the Hongcheng base. Just like what the book said, if you are poor, you can take care of yourself, and if you are rich, you can help the world.
Shen Qing has read books, learned knowledge, and vaguely understood some of the truths in the books. He hopes to become more and more "rich", not only in wealth, but also in mind, vision, and tolerance - it is not that he has been influenced by Song Kaiji to become kind and saintly, but he realizes that "poverty" makes him reluctant to share.
This "poverty" is not just about assets, but also about a mentality.
He is still Shen Qing, but he can become a better Shen Qing based on the good Shen Qing.
Tang Wenjie and his companions got off the car and quickly eliminated the few zombies in the village. "When the apocalypse broke out, it was neither the busy farming season nor the New Year's Day. Probably everyone in the village went to the city to work, leaving only the elderly and children in the village. Looking at the traces at the entrance of the village, someone must have come to plunder this village before."
There were only a few survivors left in the village. Some of the zombies were small but fast, and they were not easy to be spotted because of their short stature. If they were not protected by the iron cage, they might have been attacked successfully.
"But fortunately, we didn't encounter those mutant zombies again along the way." Song Kaiji sighed. The mutant zombies and mutant plants he encountered last time in Zizhou cooperated with each other, so that Shen Qing would not be attacked by zombies when he was in danger. Tang Wenjie and Qu Weiwei were fine, but this time they brought four new people with them, and they didn't develop any deep friendship. They couldn't let them find out the abnormality of Shen Qing.
Shen Qing and Song Kaiji have been tied together for the past few days, inseparable. The zombies attacking Song Kaiji looked no different from attacking Shen Qing.
"It's not bad to meet one." A metal vine sprouted from Qu Weiwei's fingertips, stringing together two elderly zombies that were slowly walking towards this side. "Mutated abilities are much stronger than ordinary abilities. If we can find a crystal core with fire attribute for Xiao Tang to use, maybe we can make iron juice. I used to play an online game, and the mage in it had a move called Fire Rain, which was like iron juice turning into rain and falling down. It was a group attack move, I wonder how powerful it is!"
Song Kaiji wanted to cover her mouth, fearing that God would hear her. She wanted what she wanted: "We have a serious matter this time, safety first, safety first!"
They entered the originally planned Dongniuyi Village. The four new team members who followed them didn't know why they came here, but just followed the instructions of Shen Qing and Song Kaiji. Shen Qing looked around and divided the village into two parts: east and west. "The four of you go to the east and search every house for useful supplies. Kill any zombies. Gold, silver, books, electrical appliances... anything useful, collect them and pile them in the living room. I will collect them one by one later. The rest of us will search the west. If there is any danger, run and shout to notify us."
The four of them nodded. They were the best among the Outer City team members. When they joined the team, they had already reached the third level of superpowers. Among them, the fire superpower Shen Yan broke through to the fourth level shortly after joining the team. Although Tang Wenjie and Qu Weiwei's superpowers were stronger, Shen Qing and Song Kaiji did not have offensive superpowers, so the strength of both sides was almost equal.
The two teams separated. Shen Qing and his team were ostensibly searching for supplies, but in reality they were looking for a good place to hide seeds. However, this village had probably been ransacked, and there was basically no food or anything. If there were seeds that had not been searched by the previous team, it would be suspicious. Finally, they found a cellar in a rather dilapidated yard, which contained some slightly rotten radishes and a few bundles of dried and wilted green onions.
Shen Qing did not touch the radishes and onions. He placed a few bags of radish seeds next to them, and stuffed a few bags of cabbage and celery seeds in the corner of the cupboard.
Chen Jiaqian has to complete a task. If the people from the research institute come and find nothing, it would be very suspicious. It would be better to leave them some seeds that already exist. In this way, Chen Jiaqian's task can be completed successfully and the research institute will not get the benefits in vain.
After finishing his business, Shen Qing relaxed and observed the modern countryside with interest. From time to time, he took out his mobile phone to take some photos and talked to Song Kaiji in a low voice.
"Houses are not built like this in our village. They are not regular. The main house is the main house, and the wing rooms are the wing rooms. I have never seen houses built in a curve like this... How is this building built? I have only seen second floors made of wood, but I have never seen one made of bricks and tiles."
"The roofs of the houses where we live are all pointed, with beams. Why are some of the roofs here pointed and some flat? Even if they are pointed, I can't see where the beams are?"
"Cement and steel bars? I know cement, it's what we use to mop the floor, but what are steel bars?"
As they chatted and searched, Shen Qing found some gold jewelry in the bedside cabinets of several families, several brand new quilts in a new house, and some elementary school textbooks in a children's room. When Shen Qing first found the gold jewelry, he was very happy and was very excited about the treasure hunt. But in the end, Shen Qing, holding the beige schoolbag filled with textbooks, looked at the award certificates covering half of the wall and slowly became silent.
Song Kaiji walked over and covered his eyes: "Don't look at it."
When Shen Qing came to this world, zombies had already broken out for a long time. In his eyes, zombies were just zombies, monsters. But after searching today, perhaps the village felt particularly familiar and intimate to Shen Qing. He looked at these traces of human life and gradually realized that these zombies were once living people.
The little zombie that was running very fast outside the village just now might be the little boy who was commended on the certificate.
Shen Qing sighed, feeling bitter in his heart: "How did the apocalypse...break out?"
How did such a good world become the hell on earth it is today?
Song Kaiji shook his head: "I still don't know. Maybe the officials knew but didn't announce it to the public. Maybe even the officials at Hongcheng Base didn't know... We only know that the news announced that there would be a meteor shower that day, and also said the best time to watch the view was from a certain time. As a result, when the time came, a few pieces of debris with sparks fell like hail, and the whole city... maybe the whole world, fell asleep at the same time."
The rubble with sparks was not big, and was roughly the size of a cigarette butt thrown by someone upstairs. At first, some people stood in front of the windows and under the eaves, marveling at the sight, but soon, as the first person slowly fell, everyone fell into a deep sleep, and slept for three days and three nights before waking up.
When Song Kaiji woke up on the third day, it was raining heavily outside and zombies were rampant on the streets.
"So it was the virus brought by the meteor shower? Is there any reason why people turn into zombies or remain the same? Is it because they come into contact with or are close to the rubble that they will change, or is it random, like when a mutant awakens?"
Song Kaiji hesitated for a moment: "It should be random, I'm not too sure." He once suspected that whether a person's transformation into a zombie might be related to his health status before death, such as immunity, but this was just his guess and there was no answer after all.
At night, they chose the most luxurious small building as their base. Shen Yan replaced Sun Cheng's function and was responsible for cooking. Shen Qing was recently addicted to instant noodles, and the taste of technology was fascinating. A large pot of braised beef noodles, with eggs added according to the number of people, Shen Yan sat next to the pot, controlling the fire while holding a small knife and twisting the starch sausage into it piece by piece.
"This sausage looks weird..." It doesn't look like the ones sold before the end of the world. Shen Yan tasted a piece and the taste was not exactly the same, but it was also quite delicious.
Tang Wenjie glanced at him and said, "This is not for sale. My mother made it herself."
"Auntie is awesome." The other three came back from outside and praised her: "Boss, we found some things that are worth some money. Even if we don't need them, we can still make some money by setting up a stall and selling them slowly. My sister is idle at home every day. Everyone else is rushing to do the cooking and cleaning work, so it's not her turn. If you think highly of her, let her set up a stall, which will also generate income for our team."
Shen Qing's team treated them very well. They had just joined and they were eager to establish closer ties with the team. They also wanted to seek more benefits and opportunities for their ordinary family members.
They were all recruited by Yu Le. The little girl was just an ordinary person without any special powers, but she was highly valued by the boss and was responsible for a lot of logistical work. They hoped that their families could also have such an opportunity.
The person who spoke was Lu Ji, a wind-type psychic. Shen Qing and Song Kaiji were very impressed with him. He was the only wind-type psychic in their team. The two looked at each other and felt that this was a good time to find a way out, so they said, "No need to rush. What's the big deal about setting up a stall? If we are lucky this time, maybe our team can also open a few shops and get to the upper level. Then we will naturally select a few people to look after the shops."
This is not to fool people. Even if there is no seed, Shen Qing is planning to open two shops. In the future, when the starch sausage workshop in Lantang Village starts operation, Shen Qing plans to sell it not only in Anping County, but also here.
Zhang Sujuan has been in a bad mood since Li Aiguo passed away. In addition, her broken leg makes it difficult for her to move around, so she always stays in the house. Originally, Yu Le was there to talk with her, but now Yu Le has to go out to work. Shen Qing plans to open a shop and let Zhang Sujuan work as a cashier, or just watch over the shop without doing anything. At least he wants to find something for her to do to change her mood.
Several people were stunned. After a long while, Shen Yan asked: "In fact, we don't know what mission we are on this trip to Lan Province, and what we are looking for?" In their opinion, this is really a meaningless operation. They came to a remote village with few supplies. Although they found some things, their value is far from worth running so far. If they go to the urban area of Hongcheng, they can find much more than this.
Shen Qing flipped his palm and a bag of seeds appeared in his palm: "We spent a lot of money on the black market to buy a piece of information... saying that this village has the seeds needed by the Hongcheng base. This is what we found in the village just now. Didn't you find it in the area you are responsible for?"
The four people stared at each other with wide eyes, "No?" Could it be that they didn't look carefully enough? "We'll look carefully later!"
Shen Qing nodded seriously: "We have to look for it. We have to look carefully in the other villages tomorrow as well."
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