After they bought the arms at the black market, they made an appointment with the stall owner for the next transaction. Song Kaiji returned to the villa at the Hongcheng base, but Qu Weiwei separated from him at the city gate and hid in the refugee camp.
The villa in Hongcheng Base was empty. The leather sofa and marble dining table that were originally placed in the living room were gone. There was only a folding dining table and a few chairs. During the few months when Shen Qing returned to Lantang Village to take care of her pregnancy, two major events occurred.
The first thing is that Song Kaiji and his team finally decided to build their own base, or a small personal base. The Hongcheng base is located in the suburbs of Hongcheng and was formerly an amusement park. Twenty-five kilometers away from the amusement park is the Hongcheng Airport. Between the airport and the amusement park are villages and farmland.
Song Kaiji certainly didn't intend to occupy the airport. After the panic at the beginning of the apocalypse, humans have gradually mastered the methods of dealing with zombies, especially after their iron cage tactics were discovered, improved and spread by the military, the human casualty rate has been greatly reduced. If the zombies don't evolve, the end of the apocalypse is only a matter of time.
Even though zombies are evolving now, their evolution speed is not as fast as that of superpowers. The apocalypse may be difficult to end, but humans are slowly recovering their lost territory, and some pre-apocalyptic equipment is slowly recovering, including communications. If things continue like this, the country will sooner or later restore some of its transportation and use airports.
It would be very uncomfortable to ask him to vacate the room at that time.
There are two hotels supporting the airport, just seven kilometers away from Hongcheng Airport. One is a four-star hotel, and the other is a budget chain hotel, only 900 meters apart. The hotel has its own iron fence, and the surrounding area is still farmland, which is a unique advantage.
If they set up their base here, the straight-line distance to Shen Qing's cave is only 20 kilometers, which only took half an hour to drive before the end of the world. Now, including killing zombies, half a day is enough. If Shen Qing returns to Lantang Village once a week, this place is still very convenient.
Many of the superpowers they recruited in the outer city were willing to follow Song Kaiji and his team. Everyone knew what Feng Hao had done before, and they were very angry. Although some people felt sorry that Song Kaiji and his team's relationship with the military was no longer the same as before, there were not many bosses in Hongcheng Base who were so generous. As long as they were safe, they could live anywhere. Besides, it was not far from Hongcheng Base, and they could come to exchange supplies every once in a while. Even if they did not enter Hongcheng Base, they could still get what they needed at the flea market and black market at the south wall.
More importantly, as long as they are capable, they can just go out on missions. Why do they need to exchange with others? After following Song Kaiji and his team to raid the small commodity wholesale market several times, these team members also tasted the sweetness. The new base has a well-equipped hotel building and farmland nearby. They have wood-type mutants, so they are completely self-sufficient.
Therefore, the people with special abilities who decided to follow Song Kaiji and the others should work harder to cultivate their special abilities during this period of time.
Song Kaiji led the team to go there several times, and the earth and gold-type superpowers cooperated to quickly build a wall mixed with steel bars. It was not as good as the brick wall of the Rainbow City Base, but it was enough to prevent some small groups of zombies. Moreover, to put it bluntly - there were fewer zombies in the suburbs and more zombies in the city. If a zombie wave really broke out, it must come from the direction of the city, and there was still the Rainbow City Base blocking it.
It took more than a month to finally repair the base. The two hotels were surrounded by a three-meter-high wall, and another piece of farmland was enclosed by fine metal railings. The only thing that couldn't be compared with the Hongcheng base was that it was inconvenient to use water, electricity and gas. However, they had water-based superpowers, and for electricity, they purchased some solar panels on the black market. Qu Weiwei had been traveling frequently in the refugee camp recently, selecting and looking for technicians who could modify circuits.
There is no way to use gas. Just wait until the circuit is repaired, then you can cook with the induction cooker and take a bath with the electric water heater.
Now most of their industries in Hongcheng have been moved there. Ge Bingbing and several high-level psychics from the outer city are in charge there. Zhang Sujuan, Tang's mother, Ge's father, Nannan, Yu Le and several young girls "supported" by Shen Qing, as well as the families of psychics from the outer city, have moved there. Those who have no ability to protect themselves have moved there. Only Song Kaiji, Qu Weiwei and Tang Wenjie are left living here in Hongcheng Base. One reason is to wait for Shen Qing, and the other is to select as many potential stocks as possible from the refugee camp and recruit them there.
Those who can make bricks, burn charcoal, make coal briquettes, build stoves... as long as they have a skill and can help build their small base, even if they don't dare to fight zombies, they are considered potential stocks and not freeloaders.
Thirdly... let's talk about the second important thing. Song Kaiji looked up and saw the door of a bedroom on the second floor opened. Qi Zhan poked his head out from the second floor: "Finally you're back. What are you having for dinner?"
Song Kaiji: “…”
That's right, Tang Wenjie and Qi Zhan got back together. Song Kaiji didn't know the details of what happened between the two of them, but one day Tang Wenjie was absorbing the crystal cores of mutant zombies at home, and he absorbed several of them at once, and something went wrong, and his superpowers became disordered. He was sent to Hongcheng Hospital, and several healing superpowers couldn't sort it out. After a long time, Qi Zhan came over with a dark face.
Then they reconciled. And no one knew what the two of them said in private. Compared with the previous secretive and joking, this time it was really a thunderbolt that set off a fire. The strongest evidence was that Qi Zhan finally gave in and was willing to leave Hongcheng Hospital, join their team, and go to the new base with Song Kaiji and others.
Song Kaiji suspected that Tang Wenjie absorbed several mutant zombie crystal cores at once on purpose! !
But I don't know if it was because Qi Zhan helped Tang Wenjie sort out his abilities on the day he awakened, and the two of them had some special connection. Qi Zhan's ability sorting was very helpful to Tang Wenjie in improving his abilities. This time he knocked on several mutant zombie crystal cores and directly jumped two levels at once. Now Tang Wenjie is not only the number one gold-type ability user in Hongcheng Base, but he can also be ranked in the top five.
Song Kaiji took out a few lunch boxes from his space and placed them on the folding table: "Just eat whatever you have. There's no one at home to cook now. If you want to eat something good, why don't you go there early with Wen Jie." His space was filled with mission lunch boxes and simple meals made by Tang's mother.
Qi Zhan yawned, went downstairs to pick up two lunch boxes and went back upstairs: "My mother-in-law doesn't like me. If I go there, the food might be worse than it is now..." She thought he didn't know that most of the technicians that Qu Weiwei had rescued from the refugee camp had been starving and freezing for a long time and had some minor ailments. Song Kaiji wanted to urge him to go over and work quickly.
It's not a matter of life and death, I'm at work, I can put it off for as long as I can...
Rainbow City Research Institute.
Feng Hao died, and his laboratory was vacant for a while and was assigned to another researcher. A few blood test strips scattered on the table, a pile of test reports, Shen Qing's information... Lu Yanghui, the new researcher who took over the laboratory, knew Feng Hao and had worked with him. He had also heard his "crazy talk" with his own ears, and he also knew that the outside world was saying that Feng Hao's death was caused by Shen Qing's men.
Lu Yanghui picked up Shen Qing's information and took a look at it, then glanced at the pile of reports on the table, and suddenly his eyes fell on one of the reports.
He stared at it for a long time, and then slowly turned his sight back to the test papers scattered on the table. A few days later, Lu Yanghui looked at the new test report in disbelief: Feng Hao was not talking nonsense. There are actually people who will not be attacked by zombies... He suddenly covered the test report. Others did not know about Feng Hao's arrest of Shen Qing, but everyone in their institute knew it. If what Feng Hao said was true, then why did Chen Jiaqian say that she did not see Shen Qing's memory?
They all have smart minds, and Lu Yanghui reacted quickly.
Chen Jiaqian... is a traitor! Then what Chen Jiaqian said about Shen Qing's identity must not be true!
Shen Qing secretly told Miao Chunlei about the life-saving spiritual spring, saying that he felt full of strength and did not feel uncomfortable at all. Miao Chunlei ignored him and forced him to sit for a month and a half.
"It has nothing to do with how strong you are! Many people in the village are also strong. They go to work in the fields three days after giving birth and are just as strong. But giving birth will stretch your bones. If a little wind blows in, you will suffer a lot when you are old!" Miao Chunlei herself suffered a lot from birth damage, so she naturally didn't want Shen Qing to take any risks: "What can you do with that? What's the use of going to the fields earlier? Are you not happy with someone serving you?"
Shen Qing was so annoyed by her nagging that he felt his head hurt. He discovered that his mother's temper had really changed since that day. Just then, a burst of intermittent crying sounded at the gate of the courtyard. Miao Chunlei's face changed, she threw the bowl on the table, picked up a feather duster and rushed out with the two dogs.
Lin Ning came with soldiers and arrested all those who broke into Shen Qing's house and took them to the county government office. When County Magistrate Lin found out, he was very angry. He was angry that Lin Ning secretly brought people to the village to arrest people, and he was even more angry that these unruly people used the name of village rules to commit murder and robbery.
Although County Magistrate Lin is the county magistrate, the clans and village rules in some places do not take the law seriously. If you talk to them, they will lower their heads and look timid, but when they turn their backs, they will do what they are supposed to do and will not listen to you at all!
County Magistrate Lin hated these old rules that flouted the law, so he decided to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys. He sentenced them as Shen Qing said and sent them to the bitter cold land in the far north to open up wasteland. Shen Qing shot those people through the knees with a crossbow. Without proper treatment, it was unknown whether they could arrive alive.
The families of these people were afraid at first, but when Old Lady Shen took the lead, dragging the paralyzed Old Man Shen to Shen Qing's door and crying, others followed suit and started crying. They were not as crazy as Old Lady Shen, but they just thought that Shen Qing had just given birth to a child, so they were soft-hearted and wanted to spare their head of the family, so they let the children in the family kneel in front of the door and cry for mercy.
At this moment Miao Chunlei rushed out with a feather duster and two dogs. The children were so scared that they cried loudly and ran away. Only Mother Shen was left crying even louder.
She was not afraid of Miao Chunlei, or she had given up. Shen Zhigao was taken away by the government, and her only support was gone. She had to take care of the old man paralyzed in bed. Even if Miao Chunlei let the dog bite her to death now, she would only feel relieved!
Seeing her like this, Miao Chunlei didn't do it after all - she felt that if she didn't do it, the old woman wouldn't live for a few more days. After a moment of silence, she said, "You know how you poked Shen Zhigao and beat me in the old Shen's house. Qingge'er and I will not be soft-hearted towards you and will never forgive him. If you make trouble again, I will tell the government to let them beat Shen Zhigao with twenty boards. You come once, and I will add twenty boards, and beat him until he dies. I should return the beatings I suffered in the past!"
Old Lady Shen opened her mouth wide, but couldn't howl. She could still vividly remember how Miao Chunlei had been beaten. After a long while, she dragged the stretcher and Old Man Shen on it and walked slowly back. But before she even entered the house, she fell down at the door.
…
Seeing her leave, Miao Chunlei was relieved. She looked at the children who ran away but dared not run far, and her face turned cold: "Go back and tell your family, if you do it again, I will let the government beat them up. If you don't believe it, just try it!" After that, she raised her voice again: "If you really can't bear to leave, why not pack up your things at home and go there with them, so that your family can be reunited. You can also take care of them on the way, so that you won't die because of your injured leg!"
She glanced into the distance and said, "If I stay in the village, what good life can I have? If I go over there, how can I get land for free?"
After that, she turned around and went back to the yard. Da Huang and Er Hei also shouted at the children fiercely, scaring the two children to tears, and then followed Miao Chunlei back home contentedly.
After a long time, a few adults came out from behind the tree, hugged the crying child, and also started crying softly.
Because of these things, the atmosphere in the village was not very good. Shen Qingsheng didn't hold a big celebration for his little girl's third-day bath and full-moon celebration. He just invited people he knew to his house for a meal, just to make it lively.
Miao Chunlei felt a little regretful that her child's good life had to be caught up in these annoying things. Shen Qing didn't think much of it. The old people didn't get along well with each other, and even secretly cursed their own family in their hearts. It would be better for the families of the good friends to get together warmly. Although it might not be grand, it was guaranteed to be for their own good.
The child changes every day. On the day of the baby's third day of birth, the wrinkled red monkey was gone, but a fair, tender and pretty little girl. Lin Ning's eyes widened, and he doubted whether this was the same child as the one that day. But now when he looks at the child again, he no longer thinks Shen Qing's man is ugly - although he doesn't have blond hair and blue eyes.
Lin Ning, Lin Zaoer, the Xie brothers and sisters, Lian Ou and Lian Rong surrounded the baby, unable to get enough of looking at him: "Brother Qing, what's the baby's name?"
"The nickname is Quan Jie'er." Shen Qing said. The child and his life were actually saved by the spiritual spring. Since that day, the spiritual spring has become a very small well, with only shallow water in it, as if it would dry up after two scoops. Shen Qing did not dare to use it. "Let her father come up with a full name later."
Maybe Sister Quan will never be able to truly see her biological father in her entire life...so having a name given by her father can be considered a consolation.
But... not necessarily. A month and a half later, after Shen Qing finished her confinement, she could not wait to take Miao Chunlei and Quan Jie'er up the mountain.
The cave was still there, but Miao Chunlei couldn't see it. Halfway through, there was a mountain wall in front of her. Shen Qing held Quan Jie'er carefully in his arms and walked forward. He could still see the exit of the cave, but it was as if there was an invisible hand pushing the child in his arms, making it difficult for him to move forward.
Sister Quan felt like her head was resting against a hard rock, and she started to cry. Shen Qing quickly stepped back and rocked the child to comfort her. Miao Chunlei saw this and felt bad for Shen Qing and Xiao Song. They were a good family, but they would never be reunited.
Quan Jie'er was a good-tempered little girl, and she stopped crying after a little coaxing. Shen Qing handed the child to Miao Chunlei, lit a fire in the cave, and spread straw mats and quilts on the ground: "Mom, wait for me here for a while, I'll go find Brother Song."
Although he couldn't see them, he also wanted Song Kaiji and the child to be a little closer. This was the only way for the three of them to be closer.
After not being here for a few months, the Hongcheng base didn't seem to have changed much, but the inspection line at the city gate was twice as long as before. Shen Qing was a little curious, squinting his eyes to look carefully. The blood test at the city gate seemed different from before, and after the blood was drawn, he had to queue up at another place. The two lines were mixed together, which made them look particularly long.
Shen Qing was a little annoyed and muttered in his heart, and whispered to the people around him: "What are they doing at the city gate?"
Someone who was more enthusiastic asked, "You just arrived at the Rainbow City Base? Have you saved up enough money for the entrance fee? There is no one who cannot enter, so it's useless to queue up here. Do you see the tent over there? Those who can't pay the entrance fee can only stay there."
"I live in Hongcheng Base. I was on a mission before and had some troubles... I was delayed outside for a few months." Shen Qing said: "I remember that it was not like this before going into the city for inspection?"
"Oh, then you don't know. This rule has only been implemented for half a month." The enthusiastic person said, "The method of blood collection has changed. They said that there was a problem with the previous test paper. Now the research institute has developed a new test method that is more accurate."
When Shen Qing heard the word "research institute", he subconsciously rejected it. However, the man's next words made Shen Qing want to back out.
"Hasn't our Hongcheng base improved the iron cage tactics before? We rented it to the psychic team and shared it with other bases. We were commended by Beijing... Beijing sent a special envoy to bring a lot of good things to our Hongcheng base. The most important thing is that the Internet in Hongcheng has been repaired and can be connected to the Beijing base!" This person was excited when he talked about it. The person next to him also smiled a little and took out a mobile phone from his pocket: "I thought this thing would never be used in this life, and I can only watch some cached videos."
"Now that we are connected to the internet, everyone entering the city must fill in their ID number, fingerprints, and blood sample to verify their pre-apocalyptic identities, making it easier for everyone to find their relatives."
"If your friends or family are in the Beijing base, or other bases connected to the Internet, you can pay some fees and the system can help you connect and chat on WeChat!"
When this policy was first announced, there was a commotion in the base. It was mainly because some people had done bad things before or after the apocalypse and felt guilty. But the majority of people wanted to know the whereabouts of their relatives, so in the end, the policy was implemented forcefully at the request of the base.
Shen Qing felt bad when he heard the ID number and fingerprint. He thanked the person who explained it to him and walked out of the line. The person was stunned: "Where are you going? Don't you want to line up? Come back later, but don't get in front."
Shen Qing pulled up the hood of his coat and walked out with his head down. But countless people had been staring at him as soon as he appeared. Suddenly, several people jumped out from the refugee camp nearby and grabbed Shen Qing's arm: "Let's go!"
Shen Qing was startled and almost pushed the person away. When he looked carefully, he found that it was Song Kaiji, followed by Qu Weiwei, Tang Wenjie and Qi Zhan.
There was no need to ask any more questions. Shen Qing had already sensed the danger from the news just now. He instinctively knew that anyone who had anything to do with the research institute was coming for him. Now that Song Kaiji and the others had appeared, they no longer had to hide anything. The four of them ran away wildly. The guards standing at the city gate also seemed to come alive at this moment and chased after them.
Qu Weiwei didn't even need to look back, she just casually threw a handful of seeds behind her. Almost instantly, each of these seeds grew as big as a truck, and the vines as thick as pythons twisted and twisted, as if they could break a person's neck at any time.
These plants blocked the pursuers, but it only lasted for a moment. The fire-type mutants among them spewed out huge flames and roasted the plants dry.
But Shen Qing and the others had already run a distance, leaving them behind, and also distanced themselves from the people queuing to enter the city and the refugee camp. The people at the city gate looked at this scene in shock, and Song Kaiji was no longer soft-hearted. At this moment, except for Qi Zhan and Shen Qing who were slightly weaker, the others in their team were all high-level psychics, and they were not afraid of being threatened by them again.
He turned his head and said to Tang Wenjie and Qu Weiwei, "Take Qi Zhan and go first. Go to our base and wait for me."
Tang Wenjie was a little worried, but then he thought that Song Kaiji could teleport Shen Qing, so he nodded, picked up Qi Zhan and put him on his shoulders, and ran away. Qu Weiwei kept scattering seeds behind her while running.
Compared to the difficult Qu Weiwei, the pursuers naturally chose Song Kaiji and Shen Qing. The most important thing is that they just want to catch Shen Qing, so it would be useless to catch Qu Weiwei and Tang Wenjie.
Song Kaiji took out a grenade from the space. Although he had never expected such a thing to happen, he bought these grenades just to prepare for this moment! Song Kaiji bit the grenade with his teeth and threw it back at the pursuers. At this moment, he saw a golden light flying towards Shen Qing——
Song Kaiji didn't care about anything else and dodged in front of Shen Qing. The metal spike of the gold-type superpower instantly pierced through Song Kaiji's left shoulder, and blood splashed all over Shen Qing's body and face. The spike disappeared instantly and returned to its owner, leaving only a bloody hole on Song Kaiji's shoulder, bleeding out.
He endured the pain, turned around, hugged Shen Qing with his arms, and disappeared from the spot with Shen Qing the moment the grenade exploded.
The next second, they appeared at the entrance of the cave. Shen Qing's face was still stained with Song Kaiji's warm blood, and he was so shocked that he didn't know what to do. But Song Kaiji reached out and wiped his face, "It's okay, it doesn't hurt. We have Qi Zhan. You may not know that Wen Jie has made it, and he really brought Qi Zhan back. He is so powerful that he can heal me in no time."
His eyes moved down again. Shen Qing's belly had already returned to being flat, but Song Kaiji still put his face against his belly: "Is our baby okay?"
"Okay, she's fine," Shen Qing shed tears, "It's a girl, very pretty and healthy. I listened to you and recorded a video for her..." Song Kaiji's shoulder was still bleeding, even more violently than his tears. Shen Qing turned his head and saw Miao Chunlei walking back and forth in the cave with a child in her arms. For some reason, the child was crying.
Shen Qing put the phone with the video of the child into Song Kaiji's hand: "She cried, did you hear it?"
Song Kaiji couldn't hear anything, but he still smiled and nodded: "You should go back soon and hide for a while. Don't come over recently. I have to teleport to find Qi Zhan right now. We can talk later. I'll leave a letter here for you in a few days and write down the details of the meeting."
There was a noisy voice coming from under the rockery. Someone was chasing after them. Song Kaiji was worried that they would search on the rockery, so he gently pushed Shen Qing and said, "Hurry up!"
Shen Qing was full of reluctance, "Then, then be careful."
Song Kaiji watched Shen Qing's body gradually disappear into the mountain wall. He had deceived Shen Qing. He had teleported with an adult like Shen Qing once, and most of his abilities had been used up. Now he was seriously injured, and there was no way he could return to their new base. Whether he could escape the pursuers below, whether he could survive... it all depended on luck.
But he couldn't let Shen Qing stay here with him and try his luck.
Due to excessive blood loss, Song Kaiji's vision went dark for a while, but he knew that Shen Qing must be watching him from the other end of the cave, so he pretended nothing had happened.
Shen Qing returned to the cave covered in blood, which frightened Miao Chunlei. The child in her arms cried even harder: "What happened?"
"I'm fine... This is Brother Song's blood." Shen Qing said this, but he still felt weak. The exhaustion from running just now seemed to finally hit him at this moment. He swayed, and his hand stained with Song Kaiji's blood rested on the large bluestone at the entrance of the cave.
The next second, the wall of the cave that had been blocking Song Kaiji's sight suddenly disappeared and the sky became bright.
Song Kaiji vaguely saw a woman holding a baby at the other end of the cave, looking towards him. The baby was crying loudly, as if it was newborn.
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