Chapter 379, Empty City
The three gates of Xiling Base opened in front of the man. As long as he gave the order, the zombies would enter the city and all the residents in the city would become their meals.
Just a decision of command.
Shi Yuzhi did not give any orders.
He was thinking about Jiang Ran's purpose.
Girls are cunning and good at using all kinds of conspiracies and tricks. He had witnessed her insidiousness at the Dongchao base. Now that she was so upright, he did not dare to act rashly.
The city gates were wide open, but the zombie horde remained motionless. Chen Feng gave Jiang Ran a thumbs-up: "I've finally seen the magic of the Empty City Strategy."
I don’t know what Jiang Ran has done to Shi Yuzhi, but this guy is so wary of her - he is so brave that he dares to challenge a woman like Jiang Ran who doesn’t care about her life. He really doesn’t know his place.
Shi Yuji didn't move. Jiang Ran leaned leisurely against the city wall, his expression mocking: "What a coward."
As if feeling bored, Shen Yang said: "If he doesn't come in, will we just wait here?"
Jiang Ran smiled: "That's great! If he really doesn't have the guts, then when Si Xu comes back, we won't have any chance of survival."
As soon as she finished speaking, the man under the city wall suddenly looked up at her.
Their eyes met.
Shi Yuji raised the corner of her mouth slightly and raised one hand: "Since Miss Jiang said so, then I will respectfully obey your command."
With the enemy at the gate, there is no point in hesitating.
No matter what Jiang Ran planned, facing overwhelming numerical superiority, everything she did would be a futile struggle.
The man's eyes seemed confident. On the city wall, Jiang Ran's smile faded slightly.
Without waiting for Jiang Ran's response, Shi Yuji waved down the hand he had raised.
The zombies standing motionless behind him received the order and rushed into the Xiling base.
Several zombies with special abilities jumped onto the city wall, but were killed by Chen Feng and thrown down again, landing right at Shi Yuzhi's feet.
Shi Yuji looked straight ahead, walked right past the zombie corpses, and followed the zombie tide into the city.
…
Because the door was wide open, not many zombies took the trouble to climb up the wall.
After all, they are not living humans, they cannot think, they can only follow their instincts and move forward.
The zombies formed a team like a long winding snake, squeezing into the Xiling base from the three gates.
Jiang Ran clapped his hands, shook off the dust in his palms, and looked at Shen Yang: "The road over there..."
"It's open." Shen Yang sneered, "I don't want so many zombie corpses piled up in the base. It will be very troublesome to clean up."
Jiang Ran laughed dumbly: "Yes, yes, I will let them die outside the base."
Chen Feng killed several zombies and reminded the two siblings who were chatting leisurely: "Have you guys talked enough? If you have, shall we retreat first?"
"Okay." Jiang Ran pushed Shen Yang and said, "Brother, follow Brother Shen to the back mountain. I'll deal with Shi Yuji and then join you guys."
Shen Yang was obviously worried: "Are you alone?"
Jiang Ran pushed him downstairs: "How is that possible? Brother, I'm not stupid. There are so many zombies on the other side. If I were alone, wouldn't they eat me alive?"
Shen Yang wanted to say more, but Shen Feng grabbed him and said, "Hey, you two brothers, if you have anything to say, wait until you've dealt with these zombies. Now let's do what we need to do. Don't waste time dawdling."
He pulled Shen Yang down the other side.
Jiang Ran walked in the opposite direction of the others.
…
The city was deserted.
There is not even a single living creature in the huge Xiling base.
The zombies walked through the streets of Xiling Base, but found no food, and their speed gradually slowed down.
The people on the city wall had long disappeared. Shi Yuji kicked open a door on the roadside and looked at the neatly packed luggage inside. He tried to hold back, but couldn't help it and kicked the suitcase to the ground.
Jiang Ran had calculated their plan accurately. She knew their ultimate destination was Xiling Base, and she was even quite aware that they were coming for her.
During the days when they were not here, she moved all the residents of Xiling Base elsewhere, leaving only an empty city for him.
Zombies were wandering around the city, and the stench of decay filled every breath.
In just over ten minutes, the entire Xiling base was occupied by zombies, and like other abandoned empty cities, it was lifeless.
A zombie staggered past Shi Yuzhi and bumped into his shoulder without realizing it.
Shi Yuji turned around and glared at the zombie, and her confused mind barely calmed down.
There are many residents at Xiling Base, and all of them were evacuated in less than ten days. Where did they go?
When he led the team here, he found no signs of human activity on the road. Those people couldn't have disappeared out of thin air.
If the other bases were not evacuated, there was only one possibility left - those people did not leave the Xiling base at all.
After figuring this out, Shi Yuji was about to order the zombies to dig deep into the Xiling base when a girl's smiling voice came from behind him: "Mr. Shi, are you looking for me?"
Shi Yuji turned around and looked in the direction where the sound came from.
Jiang Ran was squatting on the roof of the street across the street, shooting and killing passing zombies from time to time, looking very relaxed.
"Mr. Shi, I'm afraid your ability isn't to command zombies, right? These zombies obey you so well, is it Feng Ting's order?"
Feng Ting is an intelligent zombie, so commanding these brainless zombies should not be a problem. However, mobilizing so many zombies at once, and remotely at that, isn't he afraid that these zombies will suddenly lose control and eat Shi Yuzhi?
Oh, Shi Yuzhi might just be food to him, no different from other food.
Without Shi Yuzhi, he could still find another one.
He has power, and there are always people willing to contribute their ambitions to help him achieve his goals.
Jiang Ran stared at Shi Yuji for a moment, then suddenly asked a question unrelated to Feng Ting: "Mr. Shi, do you know Si Nian?"
She was just feeling strange at first - if Feng Ting was a secret weapon that Si Nian had left behind by deceiving his superiors and subordinates, how could it have fallen into Shi Yuzhi's hands?
After thinking about it, she could only think of one possibility.
Shi Yuzhi and Si Nian are old acquaintances, and perhaps even partners.
If this is true, then the rise of the Shi family and Shi Yujiao's return to Pei Qing in an attempt to replace Huo Zhijue and become Mrs. Pei are probably not coincidences, but planned.
Hearing this name, Shi Yuji was unexpectedly silent for a few seconds.
"It seems you two know each other." Jiang Ran said, "Si Nian chose you, handed Feng Ting to you, helped you eliminate your enemies, and helped you rise to prominence - Mr. Shi, what is your relationship with Si Nian? Are you lovers?"
"We are partners." The person was already dead, and he had already reached this stage of his plan. It was a good deed to let his prey die clearly. Shi Yuji said, "She chose me, twenty years ago."
When the man mentioned this woman again, his tone was calm, but Jiang Ran could hear a hint of regret and sorrow in it.
"Twenty years ago?" Wasn't that the fifth year after Huo Zhiju married into the Pei family?
"Twenty years ago, the relationship between my sister and Huo Zhigui was at its worst."
Because of the loss of Pei Wan'er, Shi Yujiao cried all day long.
He was still young at that time, and he knew who had abducted Pei Wan'er, but facing the power of the Huo family and the Pei family, he could do nothing.
Just when he was secretly regretting his own uselessness, Si Nian found him.
"We reached a cooperation agreement at that time—but unfortunately, that woman lost her patience and carefully planned for so many years, but in the end, she lost both her wife and her army for a half-human, half-ghost man."
At the end, there was a lot of gnashing of teeth.
Jiang Ran seemed to be lost in thought.
Concealing the news of Feng Ting, planting Xiao Lai as a chess piece, and choosing to cooperate with the Shi family... Now that I think about it carefully, every move Si Nian made was cautious and precise, completely preparing for his ambitions after the disaster.
However, why do Shi Yuzhi's last few words sound so disgusting?
After beating a zombie that jumped in front of him, Jiang Ran sighed: "Who made my dad so outstanding? Look, you've been working together for so many years, and she doesn't like you. My dad ignores her, but she tries to stick with him - some people are just cheap."
(End of this chapter)
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