Chapter 48
On the other side, Lin Nan, who had chased Wen Xin out of sight, finally found other teams that came to support him.
When they heard that all the people in the first and second teams were killed, the faces of the team members changed drastically.
They didn't dare to delay at all. They got in the car, stepped on the accelerator and rushed back to the base in a hurry.
Li Yongming is gathering the troops.
His face was calm, but his eyes could hardly hide a trace of anxiety.
It was because the team members who were sent back by Wen Xin just heard the news that other bases had intervened.
Now more than ten hours have passed, and emergency calls have been sent out several times, but there has been no response from the other end of the mission.
This means that something might have happened to the large troop, and even Wen Xin is in danger!
Li Yongming felt extremely regretful.
He only saw Wen Xin working hard, but he didn't expect that this kid would be so impatient and couldn't wait to accept the mission and leave the base to earn merit.
And what a coincidence, I received the task from Zhang Quanyong!
Li Yongming felt uneasy even when he was standing, and paced back and forth.
He knew that because Zhang Quanyong was related to the development of the zombie virus vaccine, this mission was classified as a special rescue operation, so the real mission content was only known by those few people, and it was kept strictly confidential from both superiors and subordinates. It was normal for Wen Xin to receive the debt clearance support mission without any defense.
But he still almost vomited blood.
Why did Wen Xin accept this mission when he didn't take so many simple, easy missions with little survival pressure?
Soon, Lin Nan and other members of the team came back.
The first thing he said was news that was enough to give Li Yongming a heart attack.
All members of the detachment were wiped out, and Zhang Quanyong was not at the target location at all.
Wen Xin was kidnapped by a group of foxes that looked like mutants and has been missing ever since.
Li Yongming: "Fuck his mother..."
Lin Nan and other team members lowered their heads, not daring to look at Li Yongming's ugly and furious face.
The latter took a deep breath and swallowed the rest of the swear words with all his restraint.
Li Yongming held his forehead, which was throbbing with veins, and turned to the clerk and said, "Right now, use all possible means to contact Officer Wen. Go!"
This matter is of great importance and is beyond his ability to decide.
According to the itinerary, Wen Jinfeng has entered the signal coverage range of the base station in City A. He no longer needs to find a signal tower that has not collapsed to send a telegram before contacting as before.
Li Yongming had just contacted Wen Jinfeng not long ago.
It was that time that Wen Jinfeng found out that Wen Xin had run out before he was about to come back, and he couldn't help but scolded him in a low voice: "Nonsense."
This time, Li Yongming reported all the current situations to the other party with sweat on his forehead, but the person on the other end of the line did not speak for a long time.
Wen Jinfeng's breathing rose and fell, sounding particularly heavy as he tried hard to suppress his emotions.
But he didn't hold back and curse like Li Yongming did.
He just said slowly, "I will be back in about an hour, no more than ten minutes at the latest."
"Invite them to my home until I come back."
Li Yongming's heart skipped a beat.
He swallowed and asked harshly, "Boss, what do you mean by 'they'?"
“Supervisors and everyone above.”
That pretty much covers all levels of management!
Li Yongming moved his mouth but could not speak.
By the time he came to his senses, Wen Jinfeng had already hung up the call.
Recalling the other party's calm voice, Li Yongming felt as if a terrible storm was roaring towards him, and his already sweaty palms became even colder.
Early in the morning of that day, before daybreak, the survivors who were not asleep in the A City base heard a series of orderly footsteps coming from outside the house.
They cautiously opened the window curtains and saw a large number of troops pouring out. They were so scared that they immediately retracted their heads.
.
Qiu Zhen, the third-in-command of City A, never expected that he would be snatched from his bed and held abducted in his own lair.
His first reaction was that people from other bases had entered City A. His eyes turned fierce and he was about to pull out the gun under his pillow.
But the next second, Qiu Zhen recognized the person in front of him.
"It's you!"
The last time they met, this guy was standing guard at Wen Jinfeng's office. When he saw him coming, he saluted him respectfully.
Now the man grabbed his arm forcefully, with only indifference on his face.
"We are just following orders. Please don't make things difficult for us, Commander Qiu."
Qiu Zhen: “…”
He was furious: "Wen Jinfeng, what do you mean by this?!"
Before he could finish his words, he saw the businesslike young man in front of him tear off the tape and seal his mouth.
Qiu Zhen's cheeks turned red: "...Mmmmm!"
He was still lying on the bed, wearing only a pair of underwear.
Seeing that Wen Jinfeng was not joking and was ready to fight for real, Qiu Zhen only had time to grab a bed sheet to wrap his lower body.
The soldiers forced him into the car.
Qiu Zhen was holding back his anger along the way.
It was not until he arrived at Wen Jinfeng's mansion and saw a room full of people tied up that he was shocked to find that he was only handcuffed on the wrists and was actually treated well.
Then, his rage became uncontrollable.
Considering that Qiu Zhen still had several troops under his command and there was a danger that he would rebel if forced into a corner, Wen Jinfeng's men did not dare to treat him too harshly and tore off the tape after arriving at the location.
As soon as a cut was made on his mouth, the other party's earth-shaking roar almost blew the roof off.
"Tell me, f*cking you, does Wen Jinfeng want to rebel?!"
A bunch of people were suddenly forced into the room. They arrived earlier than Qiu Zhen and were a little tired from the noise just now. They were listless and silent.
As a result, he was instantly perked up by Qiu Zhen's loud roar.
The angry and impassioned "Mmmmm!" sounds rose and fell in the house.
The sound is so noisy and the content is so vague, it's like putting a cat on a piano and letting it clatter around.
...It can be seen that everyone tried hard to express their resentment and anger, but the tape on their mouths really limited their ability to speak sweet words.
Qiu Zhen just wanted to know what was wrong with that moody lunatic Wen Jinfeng this time.
However, after listening for a long time, I didn't hear any useless information.
Most people were as confused and bewildered as he was.
Qiu Zhen looked around.
He found that everyone present was from the management of the A City base, and there were a lot of familiar faces. A strange thought popped into his mind.
Qiu Zhen knew that Wen Jinfeng and the old chairman of the Regulatory Commission had always been at odds. In fact, he also couldn't stand the old bitch who liked to do things behind people's backs.
But Wen Jinfeng shouldn't have done such a ruthless and almost hostile act to the old president, right?
Facts have proved that Qiu Zhen was wrong.
He underestimated Wen Jinfeng's courage.
When Qiu Zhen saw the old president with handcuffs on his hands, three layers of tape on his mouth, and a gloomy face sitting in a chair, his face began to twitch wildly.
The current power division in the base can be described as 4:4:2.
Wen Jinfeng is four, the old president is four, and he is two... Bah, no, two!
Qiu Zhen was abducted himself, so at most he would be angry for a while and then ask for some hush money and benefits.
But the old president was also arrested. If Wen Jinfeng didn't handle the situation well or couldn't give a reasonable explanation, all the land in City A would be overturned afterwards.
Qiu Zhen was unsure and increasingly suspected that Wen Jinfeng wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to seize power.
So he looked at the old president's wrinkled face, endured the disgust, and helped the man tear off the tape.
Qiu Zhen: "Hey President Zuo, do you know Wen Jinfeng..."
The old president ignored him.
The moment he was able to speak, he was like a silent speaker that suddenly exploded. He slammed his hands on the table and cursed in anger.
"When Wen Jinfeng came to discuss cooperation, I knew he had ulterior motives, and it turned out just as I expected!"
"Everyone has seen it today, right? Since he dared to send troops to round us up this time, he will dare to let the army point their guns at our heads next time and dominate City A!"
"How can we keep such an ambitious person?!"
Qiu Zhen: “…”
He looked at the people in the room who were incited by the old president's few words and were filled with resentment. He felt a stomachache for a moment.
I can’t control it, and I don’t want to control it.
Qiu Zhen looked at the troops surrounding the room, knowing full well that there was no possibility of escaping. He sat depressed on the sofa, waiting for Wen Jinfeng to come back and give an explanation.
People didn't have to wait too long.
About ten minutes later, the tightly closed door was pushed open.
A man in a black windbreaker appeared in front of everyone.
He was thin and bony, with long and narrow eyebrows and a pair of eyes as black as a cold pond. He gave people an inviolable aura. When he walked into the house, he seemed to be wrapped in the cold wind of the night, and the hem of his windbreaker danced fiercely.
When they saw the real culprit appear, the people who were cursing just now stopped immediately.
But when they remembered that they still had the support of the old chairman of the base supervisory committee, they immediately seemed to regain their position and opened their mouths to question.
Wen Jinfeng's movements were faster than theirs.
That was an action that no one expected.
Bang!
Along with the gunshots, a heart-wrenching scream rang out among the crowd.
“Aaaaaa——”
The warm liquid splashed onto the face of the nearest person.
They lowered their heads in confusion and saw the blood rapidly spreading out from the victim's thighs. Their blank faces were gradually filled with fear.
I didn't have time to scream.
Bang!
Wen Jinfeng's hand holding the gun was as steady as a rock. While the victim continued to scream and twist in pain, he accurately shot him in the calf again!
And then.
Bang! Bang!
Four shots in a row, one shot in the left thigh, one shot in the left calf, one shot in the right thigh, and one shot in the right calf.
It is not fatal, but it causes the person who is shot to suffer excruciating pain.
Wen Jinfeng handed the gun in his hand to Li Yongming, and walked towards the crying person with quick steps.
此時此刻，衆人的怒罵、質疑、憤恨全都被那四聲連貫且平穩的槍響給震回了肚子裏。
他們看着溫勁風來到傷者的面前。
什麽也沒說，什麽東西也沒問。
溫勁風将這人的腦袋狠狠地掼在了桌子上，又是一聲慘叫響徹屋內。
“啊——”
老會長渾身一震，怒喝：“溫勁風，你還有沒有王法？！”
盡管他努力忍耐，但看到這樣不按常理出牌的男人，聲音裏也帶上了一絲微不可查的顫抖。
“王法？”
聽到這個詞，溫勁風停下了手裏的動作，轉過頭來，眸色黑沉地盯着他。
明明男人臉上沒有什麽表情，卻讓所有人骨子裏發寒。
突然，溫勁風笑了。
他說：“我之前就是太講理了，才會讓一些老鼠雜碎敢從陰溝裏冒頭。”
話音未落，溫勁風又抓着手底下的人狠狠砸了下去！
這一下，連梨花木做的桌子都差點被震碎。
所有人都能看出溫勁風起了殺心，一舉一動根本就沒打算留手，包括被打的人。
他臉上出現了大片的空白，實實在在地感受到了死亡的恐懼。
溫勁風會殺了他。
真的會殺了他！
在男人又一次要下手的時候，那人終于在極致的痛苦不安中崩潰，眼淚鼻涕與血液混成一團。
“我錯了，我錯了，我不該對您的弟弟下手，我不該把他的行蹤賣給基地外的人，饒了我，求您放過我！”
聽到這話，不明所以的衆人終于知道了溫勁風突然對人來上這麽一出是為了什麽。
他們驚疑不定，面面相觑。
緊跟着又是一聲槍響，讓衆人哆嗦着回頭看去。
得到答案的溫勁風沒有再浪費時間，果斷地讓李永明解決了這個人。
末了，他接過副官遞來的帕子，将手指上的血擦幹淨。
“其實我這裏已經掌握了他對外出賣基地信息的确實證據，但走流程要花費的時間太多了，所以決定幹脆利落一點，讓大家見笑。”
大家……笑不出來。
這就是溫勁風的高明之處。
從他進門到現在，一句對方出賣信息的事情都沒提，招供的人卻忍不住說了出來，瞬間排除掉溫勁風屈打成招的嫌疑。
哪怕溫勁風之後沒有拿出什麽确實的證據，衆人也奈何不了他。
不然要怎麽說？
難道招供的人能夠聽到溫勁風的心聲，所以順着人的心意開口求饒？
簡直是滑天下之大稽！
那必然是死去的人心裏有鬼，清楚地知道自己做過了什麽違心事，才能如實招來。
死一般的寂靜中，有人戰戰兢兢地開口：“那，那這事算是解決了吧？我們什麽都沒做，能不能先放我們走？”
他承認自己平白無故被綁來，心裏憋着火氣。
但事到如今，他什麽都不想追究了，只想離溫勁風這個魔鬼遠遠的，能跑多遠算多遠！
和他同樣想法的人不在少數。
別說剛才衆人表現得恨不能将溫勁風撕了痛快，那都是紙老虎，活得好好的，誰想拼命？
“別急啊。”他坐在了早就說不出話來的老會長面前，低笑出聲，“第一個叛徒解決了，這不是還有第二個麽？”
“不知道你們中有多少人認識張泉勇這個人，據我所知，他可是研發出疫苗的關鍵。”
疫苗兩個字，讓所有人又一次震驚擡頭。
連對一切漠不關心的仇震，也跟着露出了錯愕臉。
“你說的難道是喪屍病毒的疫苗？”
“對，就是它，只要能夠得到了疫苗，就相當于得到了一切，金錢、名譽、名聲、權利，乃至于免死金牌。”
仇震眼睛都紅了，喪屍疫苗意味着什麽，活在這末世裏的人誰能不清楚？
“你說的那人在哪兒？”
“或許被人擄走了，或許死了。”
“什麽？”
“聽不懂話？”
面對情緒不穩的衆人，溫勁風充滿笑意的臉一點點地變冷，冷到像是千年不化的寒川。
“他可能死了，就像這一次從總隊中調遣出來參與到救援行動中的幾百名戰士。他可能被擄走了，就像我那天生腦子裏缺根筋兒、哪裏危險往哪兒竄的傻弟弟。”
他起身，踱步走在了汗流浃背的老會長身邊，一字一頓地說道。
“我的戰士們，經歷了嚴格苛刻的訓練，末世的風浪沒有打垮他們，喪屍的尖牙利爪沒有殺死他們，反而死在了自己人的手裏。”
“我的弟弟，我唯一的家人，也因此被卷入其中，到現在死活不知。”
溫勁風俯下身子，在老會長的耳邊輕聲說道：“您說說，我要是不生氣，是不是有點說不過去？”
他的話裏全是壓抑着的瘋勁兒，指尖點在老會長的後腦勺，讓人覺得那不是手指，而是一把上了膛的槍。
老會長喉頭鼓動，剛想說些什麽，就看見溫勁風的人突然搬來了幾個鐵罐子。
漆黑的液體潑灑在地板上，立馬就有人嗅出了那濃烈的味道。
“汽油，這是汽油！”
所有人肝膽俱裂。
“天啊溫勁風你想幹什麽，你要燒死大家？！”
溫勁風慢條斯理地挺起身，俯視衆人，笑道：“放寬心，我不是也在這？”
“那躲在暗處的人實在太狡猾了，也太陰毒了，要是放着這樣的人繼續禍害基地，可能要不了多久，我們就得被別人一窩端。”
“要真是這樣，破釜沉舟倒也不失為一種手段。”
“當然。”他強調道，“非必要，我還是不想這麽做。所以請大家配合調查，早點揪出叛徒，也早點放大家回去。”
看着溫勁風那張無懈可擊的笑臉，衆人只覺得遍體生寒。
那一晚，A市基地遭到了大清洗。
也因為管理層的突然消失，基地陷入了大半天的停擺，鬧出不少事，之後才陸續恢複運作。
溫勁風借着這個機會，将監管會那些貪污受賄、勾結外敵的蛀蟲清理了幹淨，監管會瞬間少了一大半的人，連老會長都差點沒了半條命。
此事之後，A市基地三大巨頭名存實亡，權柄天平也朝着溫勁風發生了墜崖式的傾斜。
再無人敢去觸及溫勁風的黴頭。
……
坐在辦公椅上，溫勁風眼下一圈黑影。
他已經熬了兩天兩夜，不斷按揉着額頭也沒有讓那困意消解半分。
溫勁風啞聲問：“……還是沒有找到？”
支隊成員的屍體已經找回來了，沒有感染成喪屍的，基本上都已經入土為安。
唯獨溫辛還沒有下落。
李永明神色黯然，話還沒出口，就被溫勁風揮手打斷。
“算了，我睡四個小時，等我起來後親自帶人去東南地區問一問。”
說是“問”，話裏全是壓不住的殺伐氣，令人不寒而栗。
李永明嚅嗫嘴唇：“可是長官，東南地區的唯心教已經沒了……”
溫勁風眼皮子一擡，皺眉淩厲看過去：“誰做的？”
李永明：“情報上說，是唯心教的主教，也就是他們的總教，親手滅了他們。”
溫勁風差點以為自己出現了幻聽。
李永明第一次聽到這情報的時候，和他一樣不敢置信。
他瞅了眼溫勁風的臉色，語氣艱澀地說：“還，還有一件事。”
“先前您讓我們把消息帶到其他基地，發布重金懸賞尋找溫辛的下落。”
“但我們的人去了，才發現不止是我們在找溫辛，西邊、東邊、南邊，處處都有人發布懸賞令，時間就在這幾天。”
“因為那些不明勢力組織發布的賞金是我們的五倍，所以，我們可能需要加價，才能得到雇傭兵們的優先權。”
溫勁風：“…………”
.
三天前。
看到粉色團子的那一刻，溫辛的瞳孔顫動不已。
等回過神來的時候，已經将團子緊緊地抱在了懷中。
“小七……”溫辛的聲線發着抖，“是小七，對麽？”
粉團子眼中還帶着難以言喻的怯縮和心虛，被青年這麽一抱，淚水差點奪眶而出。
只是它還沒來得及說話，溫辛不知道是情緒激動還是心力憔悴，再一次搖搖晃晃地倒了下去。
小狐貍吓了一跳，連忙甩出大尾巴幫他墊了一下後背。
嘭的一聲，柔軟的尾巴差點被砸扁。
但和沒有進化之前比，小狐貍感受到的只是一點輕微的疼痛，完全可以忽略不計。
即使是昏迷中，溫辛也下意識抱着小狐貍，生怕丢了它似的，力道非常緊。
緊到所有的近鄉情怯，都在這一個毫無保留的擁抱中，化為了一縷青煙，消弭散去。
小狐貍低下頭，看着溫辛那張蒼白到幾乎透明的臉，心疼地舔上了對方的眉心。
“嘤……”
對不起溫辛，我來晚了……
這一次昏睡過去，溫辛睡了整整一天。
當他再一次醒過來的時候，身邊已經沒有了小狐貍的影子，只聽見門外傳來充斥着冷意的斥問。
“你們差點害我失去了他，還來請求我的寬恕？”
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