This is a good idea. The inspection at Hongcheng Base is quite strict when entering the city. Blood tests are required to check whether the person is infected with the zombie virus and whether the car is carrying dangerous substances: including but not limited to live mutant animals, mutant plants, zombie rotten flesh and limbs, etc. Except for researchers from official research institutes, no one is allowed to bring these into the city.
But the inspection was not so strict when leaving the city, so there was no need to search the trunk. If they secretly put the two of them in and took them out, it would just be two people missing from the base. In this world, if you take off your shoes and socks tonight, who knows if you will mention it tomorrow? Population death and migration are normal, and the base has never conducted a census. Who knows when the two missing people will be discovered.
"That's it, we'll tie them up tightly and gag them. It'll be a short while before we pass the city gate, so there shouldn't be any trouble." As they were talking, they suddenly heard a noise outside the door. No one rushed forward to see, but held their breath and listened quietly.
Two fast knocks and three slow knocks. Five knocks sounded, and Qu Weiwei heaved a sigh of relief and went to open the door: "The boss is here."
As expected, it was Shen Qing who came. Now that everyone is together, they can set off at any time. Qu Weiwei reported all the matters that had been prepared to Shen Qing one by one, and then said: "We also plan to recruit two more high-level psychics to accompany us. It is still a bit dangerous for just a few of us to go to Zizhou. We have already picked out the candidates, a fifth-level fire psychic and a sixth-level ice psychic, a couple, and the asking price is not very expensive. But they hope to either advance half of the salary first, or take care of their families temporarily, preferably to take them over for protection."
Qu Weiwei was a little undecided about this. The couple had three elderly people, a child, and a brother-in-law in his early twenties. In fact, she thought both were fine. After all, their supplies were actually in Song Kaiji's space, and they could take them all away without worrying about being stolen. The couple's family could also take care of each other with Tang's mother.
"No!" Shen Qing had no objection to Qu Weiwei's arrangement, but he immediately said, "Pay them half of the wages, and don't bring anyone to our house unless there are special circumstances." After thinking for a while, he said to Tang's mother, "When we are not around, it is best for Auntie not to leave the house, and keep the doors and windows closed. Safety is the top priority."
When the Wang family came to steal, Shen Qing seemed calm on the surface, and handled the matter decisively and forcefully, but only he knew how panicked and terrified he was at that moment. They didn't keep supplies at home, but outsiders didn't know. If the other party thought that they had a lot of supplies stored at home and attacked Tang's mother, where could they go to seek justice?
Now that Tang's mother needs to stay at home by herself, isn't that the same situation as Miao's? Although the security of Hongcheng Base is quite good, Shen Qing would rather be overly cautious and not want Tang's mother to encounter a similar situation.
Shen Qing's sudden toughness surprised everyone: not because of Shen Qing's decision, but because of Shen Qing's attitude. Although Shen Qing was the boss, he was always easygoing and gentle, and rarely had such a fierce attitude.
"Then don't let them come." Song Kaiji noticed Shen Qing's abnormality and quickly comforted her. He also winked at Tang's mother, who immediately joined in: "I won't go out. I'll stay at home, watch TV and clean up. When you leave, I'll use the sofa and table to block the door."
Shen Qing nodded, and felt that he had overreacted: "...I'm fine."
"You're right in thinking this. It's the end of the world now, so we should be more prepared. Besides, if we all leave, only Auntie will be left alone, but they have a big family. How will Auntie take care of them and protect them? It's unreasonable for them to make this request. It's not wrong for us to be cautious." Song Kaiji said.
"Also, Chen Jiaqian's son has recovered and been discharged from the hospital. Now his family has rented a room near the iron house." Qu Weiwei also changed the subject and continued to report: "She came to ask a few times and said she was willing to go to Zizhou with us." Qu Weiwei glanced at the bedroom: "She said that those two people were tied up by us and must have been unwilling to go. They might not tell the truth about some things. She can help."
This makes sense, and with Chen Jiaqian here, it might be helpful to find someone there. Shen Qing rubbed his forehead and asked, "Did she put forward any conditions?"
"No conditions." Qu Weiwei shook her head: "She said she wanted to repay us, and she doesn't want anything. Her son's condition is quite critical, and he might not survive if he hadn't received timely treatment. Although her husband is an ordinary person now, he has good physical fitness and great strength. He applied for a job building the city wall and can get three whole-grain cakes a day. Her eldest son is very sensible and can take care of the younger ones." Because Shen Qing paid the full amount of the entrance fee for them, Chen Jiaqian's family now still has some crystal cores that they had saved before, and if they are frugal in the base, it will be enough for them to survive for a while.
Although Chen Jiaqian took the initiative to say no, Shen Qing was not a stingy person, so he asked Qu Weiwei to send fifty crystal cores and some food to ensure that the children would have enough food and clothing during his absence, so that Chen Jiaqian could go with them with more confidence and ease.
Everything was packed up and all the people who needed to be called were gathered. At around three o'clock in the afternoon, the group set out for Zizhou.
The two recruited psychics and Chen Jiaqian could drive, so the three of them took turns. Before leaving the city, the ice psychic passed by the trunk and heard a sound inside, but did not ask anything.
They took out an 11-seat luxury business car, which can also be considered a passenger car. It has a very spacious space and luxurious interior. There are also water purifiers, car audio, and projectors in the car. At that time, they were in Yucai Middle School, and they liked it at first sight. At this time, Song Kaiji and Shen Qing sat in the back row, keeping an eye on the movement in the trunk at all times, and they were relieved until they left the base smoothly.
Shen Qing got in the car and lay there with a gloomy face. Although Song Kaiji knew that Shen Qing didn't like others to pry into his affairs, he couldn't help but ask when he saw him like this: "Did anything happen to you? You were so excited before..."
Shen Qing shook his head first, then sighed and nodded gently. He couldn't explain it. Obviously, there was no substantial loss. He quickly thought of a countermeasure. He sent Miao to her parents' home and taught Miao Yu to make her own crossbow. But he had been feeling a little anxious since that incident. This anxiety was instantly ignited when Mother Tang encountered a similar situation today.
"My mother...my mother, when I was away, she almost met with danger." Shen Qing had never told anyone about his inner fear, and he didn't know who to tell. When Song Kaiji asked, Shen Qing didn't want to say it rationally, but he couldn't help it after all.
He has always been holding on to his breath, making himself stronger and stronger, and keeping himself in a state of learning and progress. But he also gets tired, exhausted, and afraid, and wants to have an outlet to talk.
Shen Qing didn't have many friends in the village. When other boys played shuttlecock and handkerchief together, he had already been running all over the mountain to fill his stomach. From childhood to adulthood, he could only tell Miao some of his inner thoughts, and there were some things that even Miao couldn't say: if he fell down and became afraid, Miao would be even more unable to hold on.
He is the backbone of the Miao family.
And what is Song Kaiji? Is he his friend? Shen Qing thought, like his mother and Aunt Lian, is he someone who can support each other in times of trouble?
It seems that it is good to talk to Song Kaiji occasionally about these things that I can't talk to others in my own world. "Sometimes I hate myself so much, why am I not strong enough, not smart enough? Why can everyone bully me, everyone thinks I can be bullied? And I hate this world so much, why are there so many bad people?"
Shen Qing covered his eyes with the back of his hand. He thought that what he said must be very childish in Song Kaiji's eyes. Song Kaiji grew up here since he was a child, read so many books, and seemed to have gone to college - is he more powerful than the scholar? No one dared to bully Miao Xiucai's family!
Song Kaiji looked at Shen Qing like this, and his heart was full of heartache. He didn't know how to comfort Shen Qing, and he didn't even understand Shen Qing's dilemma: he didn't know where Shen Qing's mother was, and he originally thought that where Shen Qing's mother was was safer than the base - otherwise why didn't Shen Qing bring his mother to the base?
So, he would also encounter danger? Song Kaiji didn't understand, but he could feel Shen Qing's emotions. He and Qu Weiwei had always been eating and using Shen Qing's things, relying on Shen Qing for life, and later added Tang Wenjie and Tang's mother. In their hearts, Shen Qing has always been strong and independent, with great energy accumulated in his small body.
It turns out that he also has pressure and is not always so confident.
However, before Song Kaiji could think of words of comfort, Shen Qing had already opened his eyes. His fragility, fear, and confession seemed to exist only for a moment. With a blink of an eye, he turned back into the strong and determined Shen Qing: "It's okay, it will be fine, everything will be fine in the future, I can handle it."
He smiled at Song Kaiji: "Thank you for listening to me."
He didn't need Song Kaiji's advice. In fact, in his heart, because of his past experiences, Shen Qing subconsciously didn't trust or want to rely on anyone. If you rely on a mountain, the mountain will fall; if you rely on people, they will run away. All problems can only be solved by yourself. When you become stronger, these difficulties will be solved.
He also didn't think that Song Kaiji could offer any useful suggestions: Song Kaiji didn't even know the existence of that world!
He just needs to keep working hard to become stronger and get stronger faster. It is enough for him to have Song Kaiji occasionally be a trash can and listen to his negative emotions.
But this smile was even more painful and glaring in Song Kaiji's eyes.
After driving for more than 40 minutes, we got on the highway and the road conditions became worse. Zizhou is a small city under Hongcheng. The pace of life is slow and the residents are self-sufficient, which is very suitable for retirement. The population and area are relatively small. It is only thanks to the rich mineral resources underground that it can become a prefecture-level city. It is surrounded by mountains in the east and west, plains in the north, and rivers in the south.
Before the apocalypse, it only took about three or four hours to drive from the Rainbow City Base. However, nowadays, there is no electronic navigation route, and there are many scrapped cars blocking the road on the highway. You have to stop and go, get out of the car from time to time to move the abandoned vehicles, and then clear out the surging zombies.
Fortunately, there is Song Kaiji, a space expert. If the cart is pushed by manpower, it will take much longer. Since the upgrade, Song Kaiji's space has become a large space of 100 meters long, 100 meters wide and 3 meters high, which can store more things. Sometimes when "moving the car", Song Kaiji will check if there is anything useful in the car and collect it. He actually got a small harvest - many people fled with all their property when the apocalypse broke out. People died on the road and turned into zombies, but the things were left in the car.
The two hired superpowers originally thought that they would be the main force in the battle and would have to go through several fierce battles. However, when they first saw Song Kaiji's team's iron cage tactics, the couple was shocked and soon joined in. The group walked and stopped, and only walked one-third of the way before dark.
They found a gas station, but of course it had run out of gas, but the house was just right for staying overnight. After clearing out the zombies inside, Tang Wenjie solidified metal plates to block the doors and windows.
Anything useful in the gas station had long been looted, leaving only some tables, chairs and other sundries. After Qu Weiwei and Tang Wenjie had simply cleaned up, Song Kaiji put out a few quilts, including the couple and Chen Jiaqian. The environment was so comfortable that it didn't seem like a mission, but more like a self-driving tour.
When the steaming and fragrant lunch boxes were taken out one by one, the couple with special abilities were even more amazed.
"It's so easy to go on a mission with you guys. Not only can we get crystal cores, but we also get such good treatment." The wife of the couple is an ice-type mutant named Ge Bingbing. It is a kind of fate that she can awaken the ice-type mutant power.
They killed a lot of zombies along the way. With the iron cages and Qu Weiwei's vines to isolate and resist, the efficiency of killing zombies was greatly improved, and the danger was greatly reduced. They didn't ask Shen Qing, who they killed themselves, to hand him over. It was safe when digging for crystal cores, and even Chen Jiaqian got a lot.
If Zizhou wasn't so far away, they would feel unworthy of the salary.
"Are you still hiring? How about we join your team?" Holding the fragrant celery and pork rice bowl in his hand, Ge Bingbing's husband Sun Cheng was also tempted. Such a good team is hard to come by!
"Let's talk about it after the mission is over." Shen Qing neither agreed nor refused. The two men's abilities were indeed good, but they had just worked together for one day and were not sure about each other's character. Shen Qing planned to observe them more along the way. "Bring them up as well, and stop running away."
Tang Wenjie agreed and went down to pick them up. After they left the Hongcheng base, they let Li Liang and Li Li out of the trunk. Perhaps because of the change of environment, or perhaps because he knew that Song Kaiji would not let him go, Li Liang, who had been honest for a few days, started to curse again: "Song Kaiji, you ungrateful bastard, you bully the weak and fear the strong, you dare to show off your ability to your own family, why don't you go find the person who punctured the tire! I didn't kill my second uncle and second aunt, my parents were in the car too, go find them! If you treat me like this, my second uncle will not let you go!"
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