Song Kaiji pulled Suo Binhai to the window.
The office building they were in was a supporting hotel for the amusement park before the end of the world, with a total height of twelve floors. At this moment, they were on the top floor, the twelfth floor. Looking down from the window, they could see from afar that the city gate had been opened, and a large number of refugees from outside the city were pouring into the base. Some timid refugees found a corner to hide after entering the city, fearing that the people in the base would change their minds later.
But more people are living in refugee camps outside the city, not having enough food to eat every day and facing the risk of starvation at any time. Hunger and the instinct for survival make them take advantage of this chaos to desperately look for food.
Some people pulled the original residents of the city to beg, and the people living in the base were obviously richer than them. They pulled the original residents' trouser legs and knelt on the ground, saying reasonable or unreasonable words of begging, but they refused to let go no matter what; while some people had already started to fight directly, breaking into the iron houses of the residents in the city and starting to rob.
The patrol team that always arrived on time in the past was no longer known where they had gone in the melee, and whether they were still alive. The supernatural beings who had been forced into the house finally couldn't help but fight. There was a flash of lightning and fire, and several refugees were injured. They lay on the ground wailing but still refused to let go of the food they had just snatched, cursing wildly.
However, some refugees who were trying to rob were deterred. Those who could afford the entrance fee and rent to live in the Rainbow City Base either had superpowers in their families or were strong young people who dared to kill zombies. The refugees who had been starving outside the city for so long could not compare. After a short confrontation, the refugees reluctantly retreated and left to find weaker residents to attack.
An old woman and her little granddaughter were holding the broken door of the tin house tightly. The pillar of the family had gone to nowhere, and the two of them were no match for a group of hungry refugees. The old woman shouted for help, and the little granddaughter was scared and cried, but the neighbors next door were busy with their own affairs, so how could they spare the energy to help them?
Song Kaiji threw a wind blade from the upstairs. The distance of the twelfth floor gradually weakened the power of the wind blade, leaving only a shallow blood mark on the refugee's hand. But it was enough to scare the refugees. They looked around vigilantly for a while, thinking that the pillar of the family had returned, and left the iron house cursing. The grandfather and grandson leaned against the door, hugged each other and cried.
"Look, your idea isn't that great," Song Kaiji said. "If you want to do good things, you should invest energy and money to arrange this matter properly so that other innocent people don't suffer. Just like what you did to our base - is the situation better now than when the government was in power?"
Wanting to save more people and saving people without any threshold is a good thing, but order should be maintained and rules should be set, rather than just leaving the gate open and ignoring everything. Song Kaiji and his team's own small base also requires Chen Jiaqian to spend a lot of superpowers, and everyone has been carefully screened. In the past, the official threshold was based on corpse hunting ability and economic strength. Although it was a bit one-size-fits-all, it was much better than the current chaos.
Suo Binhai's face was uglier than a pig's liver. He was not embarrassed by Song Kaiji's squeeze, but he really didn't want to admit that his ability to govern was not as good as the official group he had just killed. But the facts were in front of him. Everyone has his strengths and weaknesses. He was good at deploying troops and arranging search and rescue, but when it came to managing the base...
Song Kaiji also looked downstairs. They had agreed to open the city gate early in the morning, and Shen Qing and Qu Weiwei also took the opportunity to enter the base when the city gate was opened. They had anticipated today's situation early in the morning, but did not remind or stop it.
Because it is good for them. Song Kaiji felt that his heart was hardening little by little. Besides, sitting in Suo Binhai's position, wouldn't he have thought of these things without being reminded by others?
Or maybe Suo Binhai actually thought of it, or he didn't care whether he thought of it or not. As long as the seizure of power was successful this time, he could make up for it later. Suo Binhai didn't care that much about the innocent aborigines or refugees who died in the chaos.
Or maybe they care about it normally, but when it comes to seizing power, they don’t care so much.
Song Kaiji sighed. As people who grew up in a peaceful era and had always believed in the government and the military, it took them a long time to realize that the military was the military, Suo Binhai was Suo Binhai, and Shao Nan was Shao Nan.
In the current situation where the communication has been cut off for a long time, and the major bases are basically independent and without supervision, can Suo Binhai still represent the military before the end of the world? He is just a person with seven emotions and six desires and selfish ambitions. Can every decision he makes represent the fairness of the military?
Neither they nor Suo Binhai should take credit for the platform's achievements.
"Did you also intend to take advantage of this power grab to get rid of us?" Song Kaiji whispered. They knew too much, and Song Kaiji needed to kill several senior officials to create chaos. After Shen Qing and his men entered the city, they were like a deserted place, and there was no military to guide or stop them. They successfully seized the grain depot, the arsenal, and the experimental data of the entire research institute. If Song Kaiji had not kidnapped Suo Binhai, Hongcheng Base - no matter who won the struggle, would the person who finally took charge of Hongcheng Base let them go easily?
Even if they didn't loot the warehouse of Hongcheng Base, would they be let go?
Since I had no intention of letting them leave, it didn't matter what they took, because they would have to stay eventually.
Suo Binhai's pupils suddenly shrank, and after about three or four seconds, he smiled awkwardly: "How could that be? You have such a good relationship with Xiao Shao, and you have helped us so much before. We are cooperating, cooperating..."
"Since it's a collaboration, then it's not too much for us to ask for a share of the fruits of victory, right? I've made great efforts, and my hands are covered in blood." There was a noise outside, and Song Kaiji put his hand on Suo Binhai's shoulder. Tang Wenjie waved his hand, and the solid metal wall instantly turned into a fence, still isolating Shao Nan and others from the outside.
Outside, Shen Qing and his team came with hundreds of mid- and high-level psychics and were confronting Shao Nan and the military. Because Suo Binhai was still in Song Kaiji's hands, the military did not dare to take action first. Shao Nan's face turned red and white: "Is there any misunderstanding between us? Song Kaiji, let go of the deputy commander first, and we can talk it out."
When the apocalypse broke out, 50% of the people turned into zombies, and the commander of the Hongcheng Military Region was one of them. In addition, people who were bitten and turned into zombies, eaten directly, or starved to death in their homes due to the lack of response, the total loss was as high as 70% or even 80%.
Several deputy commanders also suffered casualties, and finally Suo Binhai emerged as the highest military leader of Hongcheng Base. The high-ranking military officers lost a large number of lives in the disaster, which led to a breakdown, so Shao Nan and other young officers who were previously at the grassroots level were quickly promoted, resulting in the current military becoming Suo Binhai's one-man show.
Song Kaiji exchanged a glance with Shen Qing behind the crowd, and tightened his grip on Suo Binhai's shoulder: "There is no misunderstanding, but now that everything has been settled, we should sit down and have a good talk about how to reward people for their contributions, right?"
They cleared out a large number of military personnel and the mid- and high-level psychics brought by Shen Qing, and stood guard outside the room. Only Shen Qing, Song Kaiji, Suo Binhai, Shao Nan, Tang Wenjie, Qu Weiwei, Chen Jiaqian and two officers with Shao Nan were left in the room, barely evenly matched. Only then did they relax a little and really sit down.
Shao Nan's eyes moved around Suo Binhai's face, and he opened his mouth again, but in the end he didn't say anything. He didn't know if Suo Binhai had any other plans for Shen Qing, Song Kaiji and others afterwards, but he knew very well that Suo Binhai didn't want to share anything with Shen Qing and others in his plan... Maybe the soldiers subconsciously hate division. Hongcheng Base is Hongcheng Base. You can seize the management rights as a whole, but you can't split it in half! Or, if you kill the official people and then work together with Shen Qing and others, and the salt and grain continue to be controlled by Shen Qing and others, what's the difference between that and continuing to cooperate with the official? !
Shen Qing shook his head: "We don't want the Hongcheng base."
Shen Qing had considered building an inner city and an outer city for the new base. But then he thought, since Suo Binhai was so willing to accept all refugees into Hongcheng Base unconditionally, why didn't they just use Hongcheng Base as their outer city? If there were refugees coming to seek refuge, Hongcheng Base would accept them unconditionally, so there was no need for them to come to their base, right?
"We want all the land outside Hongcheng Base, from the amusement park in the east to Hongcheng Airport, as our own base - the twin city of Hongcheng Base. After that, Hongcheng Base can only expand to the west and cannot enter our territory." They want to build their own base with large farmland, an airport, and most importantly, a cave entrance. "We can also continue to trade with Hongcheng Base, salt, sugar, food, herbs... in exchange for arms and gasoline."
Of course, it is okay not to change. Shen Qing's base can bring food and many necessities from another world, so there is no need to travel long distances to find supplies. The people in the base only need to be responsible for infrastructure and self-sufficiency. To clean up the zombies, you can use superpowers and crossbows. It is best to have guns and ammunition, but you will not be unable to move forward without them.
Suo Binhai remained silent, still somewhat hesitant. The main reason was that Hongcheng Airport was too important, and he was unwilling to see Shen Qing become bigger and own such a large piece of land to build a new base. In his plan, after this, Shen Qing's small base should also belong to Hongcheng...
But Shen Qing didn't have the patience to waste time with him, so he directly handed it over to Chen Jiaqian to discuss the details. Shen Qing and Qu Weiwei went to find Shao Nan who was stunned.
They also took Shao Nan to the window. "In fact, I later understood why you chose the military over us," Qu Weiwei said. "If I were in your shoes, I would definitely choose Shen Qing. But you have to understand, which one you chose, the military or Suo Binhai? And how much do you know about Suo Binhai?"
They asked Shao Nan to look at the chaotic scene downstairs. The struggle between the government, the military, and Shen Qing had come to an end, and the important personnel were now guarding this building. The streets in the city were full of struggles between the newly influx of refugees and the indigenous people. From fighting for food and drink to fighting for clothes and houses... "Is this what you military want?"
There are some things that Shao Nan can't imagine, but he just subconsciously avoids thinking about them. Now being forced by Shen Qing and Qu Weiwei to face the chaotic scene below, Shao Nan hugged his head in pain, trying to cover his eyes.
Shen Qing pulled his hand down. "The military doesn't belong to any one person. Before the end of the world, Suo Binhai wasn't the highest commander of the Hongcheng Military Region, right?"
"For ordinary people, a military that can let them live a stable life is a military that is supported by both the military and the people. It may not be that important which soldier becomes the top leader."
"You are also from the military, a soldier with a good family background."
Shao Nan was still stunned, but suddenly a shrill scream sounded behind him. He turned around and saw Suo Binhai limp on the ground. Chen Jiaqian was holding a piece of paper in her hand. After a long while, she said in surprise: "Ah... I just tried it, I didn't expect this."
She waved the paper in her hand slowly again: "…but he signed the contract."
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