After dinner, the sky was gloomy and the clouds were very low. Soon, the sky seemed to be torn apart and heavy rain poured down.
The road in Lao Tan's village is a dirt road, and landslides are very likely to occur during heavy rains, so we can't go on the road today.
Before nightfall, everyone discussed the arrangements for duty, and Zhao Yifan actively expressed his willingness to stand guard first.
This village has a strange smell everywhere. So we should leave someone to watch the night, just in case.
Old Tan, the villager listed in the household registration book, was beaten and interrogated again.
But he had been away from home for many years and knew less than Hong Xiqiao.
"I only know that this place is related to the Luo family. Luo Ou's brother Luo Ke is in control of it. It's one of the Luo family's secret bases, and it existed before the apocalypse!"
After Hong Xiqiao woke up, his mental state was still good. After all, he was a wood-type mutant and his recovery ability was quite strong.
"Xie Ji probably knows more about things here than I do. He's in the field department. I'm in mechanized agriculture and only know about my own area." Hong Xiqiao said to everyone, pointing at his companion who was still unconscious.
"Is it Luo Dafo, the second-in-command of the base?" Big Ear actually knew Luo Ou, but he asked this just to confirm.
Hong Xiqiao nodded. "That's him! Before the apocalypse, their company hired me with a high salary to run a mechanized agricultural base. I thought they were going to research and cultivate some rare or high-quality fruits and vegetables, but it turned out they were going to grow high-yield genetically modified corn and soybeans."
"I just find it strange that the Luo family is engaged in real estate development, but they don't develop this valuable land, but use it for agriculture."
This is really strange!
Everyone thought so after hearing this. After all, in areas with many mountains and little land, the economic benefits of planting are not good.
Hong Xiqiao continued, "Privately, I asked a classmate who works in microfinance to investigate, and they discovered that their company's behavior has been very unusual recently. They've taken out large amounts of mortgage loans, purchased a lot of grain, oil, rice, and flour, and shipped them by train. They also have farms, slaughterhouses, and freezers..."
Lin Qingqing's heart moved, and she interrupted Hong Xiqiao and asked, "Are you saying that they knew the end of the world would come?"
Hong Xiqiao nodded, a complex expression on his face, one that sounded like anger and self-blame. "I thought so, but at the time I thought I was overthinking it! Isn't the end of the world a joke? ... I asked a classmate to investigate, and he died in a car accident. Now I suspect... I killed him."
"Then why are you still following the Luo family? Isn't that a sin?" Platoon Leader Ye couldn't help but interrupt. If he had known that there would be the end of the world, he would have definitely reported it to the country as soon as possible.
Although Platoon Leader Ye has now left the army, he still believes in the state apparatus from the bottom of his heart.
In the army, even though there are a small number of people who are selfish and fight for power, the majority of officers and soldiers will still sacrifice themselves when faced with major issues. This is the duty and honor of a soldier!
"The Luo family held an event at the end of March. New employees and some veteran employees could travel abroad for free. They could also bring their families, and the company would cover all their food, accommodation, and transportation..."
Everyone: "..." This is indeed difficult for ordinary people to refuse.
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After nightfall, there were flashes of lightning and thunder, and the rain became heavier, as if the sky was about to collapse and the earth was about to split apart!
Hong Xiqiao, Liu Qiang and others were still verifying the information they already knew, and everyone was discussing what to do next day and the day after tomorrow.
They definitely couldn't stay here for long. With such a big incident happening at the farm, the Luo family would definitely have to send someone. But they only had so few people, not enough to serve others.
Lin Qingqing didn't interrupt. She was holding a surgical blade in her hand, slowly removing the impurities inside and rearranging the metal structure into the shape she wanted.
The nails she used before were almost all destroyed, and she needed to find new weapons from the bottom of the box.
There were quite a few blades among the old surgical instruments she had obtained from the hospital, and she had refined a small number of them when she had spare time. However, the number required to form the large wings she had envisioned was far from enough.
Blades are much sharper than nails, and if you combine blades into wings, it should help you glide. Maybe you can actually fly!
Just as I was working hard, I heard Qiao Mingyang's cold voice: "Lin Qingqing, come out for a moment."
After finishing his meal, Qiao Mingyang disappeared for a while and suddenly appeared again. He frowned and saw Lin Qingqing among the group of men, so he greeted her.
Lin Qingqing raised her eyes and saw that Qiao Mingyang's face was gloomy. She thought that he wanted to hurry to find Qiao Ruoran, so she flipped her hand and put the blade back into the space.
She stood up and followed Qiao Mingyang to the door.
Just as she was about to tell Qiao Mingyang that they had to wait until she refined a few blades before setting off for Gemini Lake, otherwise the power of the ordinary blades she used would be greatly reduced.
Finally, when they reached the door, Qiao Mingyang said, "Do you want to stay at my house?"
Lin Qingqing was stunned for a moment, then quickly shook her head after reacting: "No need."
She was a little surprised that he asked this. If Qiao Ruoran was there, it would be normal to go to his space to rest.
Now, we are a single man and a single woman, so let’s just forget it!
"...Aren't you going to share the hairtail?" Qiao Mingyang lowered his eyes. How could a girl be so careless living under the same roof with a group of men?
Hairtail?
Lin Qingqing thought: (⊙o⊙)…The hairtail head is here with me!
But she didn't plan to tell Qiao Mingyang. There must be a crystal core in the hairtail head, and her current body definitely couldn't withstand the energy inside.
Qiao Mingyang might be able to be used, but given the weak relationship between her and Qiao Mingyang, it is not worth sacrificing.
Lin Qingqing's mind raced as she tried to convince herself that she hadn't taken the hairtail head. She thought about how she had worked so hard for so long and suffered heavy losses, without getting any benefit from Qiao Mingyang at all!
Suddenly full of anger!
However, it is very abnormal for Qiao Mingyang to give it to her so proactively!
He is not Qiao Ruoran! How can he have a good heart?
Lin Qingqing didn't know what Qiao Mingyang was up to, but she wasn't going to be fooled.
She took off the small gourd hanging around her neck and handed it over, “Don’t worry about the hairtail… If you want to compensate me for my loss, fill me with some spiritual spring water?”
Qiao Mingyang looked at the small gourd and filled it with spiritual spring water to compensate for her loss?
Just a few barrels of gasoline and a few boxes of nails!
How can you be so good at settling accounts?
Moreover, he invited her to live in his house out of kindness for Ranran's sake, but she didn't even appreciate it.
Seeing that Qiao Mingyang didn't take the small gourd for a long time, Lin Qingqing's face gradually became unhappy.
She risked her life to catch cutlassfish just because she wanted Qiao Mingyang's spiritual spring water!
Otherwise she would be too full!
How could he possibly use up all his cards and put himself in danger?
"I used three hundred and sixty nails, all of which have been refined and can't be found now." Lin Qingqing's face was as cold as frost!
She dug the hairtail head with her own ability, and it has nothing to do with Qiao Mingyang!
Don't want to compensate her for her losses? Do you want to default on your debt?
Qiao Ruoran was her friend, so Lin Qingqing couldn't threaten Qiao Mingyang. To be honest, even if Qiao Mingyang didn't exist, if Lin Qingqing knew Qiao Ruoran's whereabouts, she would go to save her.
Because she already recognized Qiao Ruoran as a friend.
Lin Qingqing thought a lot at this moment. Although she didn't know why Qiao Mingyang wanted to stay here, it seemed that Qiao Mingyang wanted to go with her to find Qiao Ruoran.
Although her physical strength and supernatural powers had improved greatly, it was still not enough to make Qiao Mingyang pay attention to her and insist on traveling with her.
There must be some reason she doesn't know!
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