Chapter 16 Everyone Wants to Retreat
Yu Shuang couldn't think of any reason to stop the Zhou siblings.
They should even leave.
The entire team left, taking Zhao Bohan's brother and sister-in-law, Tang Long's mother and sister, if they were still alive...
Let Zhuang Xiao and his men go back to the logistics department, whether it's a robbery or not, grab enough car keys, and then go to the base parking lot to drive a sufficient number of cars.
This is a time when every second counts. Hesitating for even a moment longer might mean being swallowed up by the tide, and then we would all die.
However, Yu Shuang clenched her fists.
This is the base!
In Dongyingli, there is a dormitory where she has lived for almost ten years, and a lounge that they have used for three years.
Outside Dongying, there's a small commercial street with several bars that Xiao Su frequents.
North of Dongying is a four-lane road that runs through the base, lined with rows of ginkgo trees.
A little further north is the white research building, and the restaurant specializing in mutton hot pot on the main commercial street downstairs has become their gathering place.
There's also the imposing base administration building, which houses the logistics and production support department, the security headquarters, and so on...
If you walk south, you'll reach Zhao Bowen's residential area. A little further south is Qi An's residential area, the small apartment she lived in for three years.
There were several large willow trees downstairs from her apartment building, which Chen Yuezhou had once gently brushed aside.
This is the base.
Are they leaving? This isn't about joining a new base; the two locations are very close, and the exchange of supplies will become more frequent, so they can return at any time.
Are they going to watch their base become one of those already destroyed bases? Watch as flames engulf their 20 years of childhood, adolescence, and youth?
The Ash Priest's playful swooping attack outside the window was already halfway through, and the shrieking of the Fallen Insects could be clearly heard even through the torrential rain.
"Check on Tang Long and your brother and sister-in-law's situation..." Yu Shuang said with some difficulty.
Tang Long left the group to go find his mother when Qi An went into the operating room.
His mother didn't have a cell phone, nor did his sister, and the parasites had already spread outside the hospital.
Two minutes ago, Tang Long replied to Yu Shuang that the textile factory was in chaos and he had not yet found anyone.
Zhao Bowen should be at the insect oil refinery where there are more mutants. Zhao Bohan lost contact with him 5 minutes ago, and he hasn't been able to contact Cheng Xinruo since the pollution outbreak began.
"Are you coming or not? If you can't get a car in a short time, we have two trucks that can fit your whole team, including Dr. Liao and Teacher Tang."
"Hurry! We'll leave here at 9:15 and head straight to the North Gate. Our car is parked in Beiyingli; we can drive out in 5 minutes!" This was Zhou Yanying saying, while Zhou Yanhui had already gone downstairs to find the ambulance.
This amount of time was far from enough for Zhuang Xiao and his team to go back to Dongying, find more vehicles, and then drive over to pick up the people.
The South China team and the Southeast team have already left, and the North 1 team also set off for the new base two days ago. The majority of the original action team members are from the Martial God team.
They will all go with those two trucks.
Those people in the lobby on the 4th floor can't leave.
If they leave with the Martial God Team 1, they definitely won't be able to take these people with them.
Panic has replaced tranquility, and stress can lead to abnormal changes.
Lin Jiaran had just returned from patrolling the lobby on the first floor. She had no feelings for those strangers and didn't care whether they lived or died.
"Hurry up, hurry up!" she urged Qi An.
Despite the disaster and the unknown dangers ahead, the thought of fleeing with Qi An and everyone else somehow gave her a little thrill.
But Qi An, standing by the window, frowned and unexpectedly said, "We can make that preparation, but let's not leave yet."
Yu Shuang immediately looked at her. Chen Xi frowned. Qin Tianshuo said, "Leaving is the best option, but staying is understandable. Are you stalling to see how things go?"
You don't have a fever, do you?
......
Zhuang Xiao and the others, who had run not far from Dongying, also saw the figure in the air. Because they were closer, they could see it more clearly and were even more terrified!
Lu Sui was the only purification master still remaining in Dongying. She glanced at the people around her and then immediately turned her gaze away to check the pollution levels of the twenty-odd people around her.
There were indeed a few spikes, and they were all too close together!
Then they naturally came up with the idea of running away as soon as possible.
“They came with trucks, weren’t they in Beiying?” Gu Liansheng said. He immediately contacted Yu Shuang to ask if the meeting point could be changed to the vicinity of the North Gate.
Zhuang Xiao paused, somewhat at a loss, amidst the storm.
His life journey is similar to Yu Shuang's. He is younger than Yu Shuang, only 25 years old. His memories before the age of 5 are extremely vague, and his memories after the age of 5 are all from this base.
However, he didn't hesitate for long, because during his pause, he actually saw the 3rd Regiment Commander by the roadside!
At first glance, it wasn't certain, but his "farsightedness," which wasn't exactly a superpower, had recently improved, so a second glance confirmed it.
The 3rd Regiment Commander, Jiang Mo, seemed to have just been in battle. There were two corpses of fallen insects beside him, and a heavily injured guard leaning against a lamppost, who appeared to have undergone a level 3 mutation.
Zhuang Xiao saw Jiang Mo, and Jiang Mo also saw the group of fully armed people in the rain. Overjoyed, he immediately took a few steps forward and made a tactical hand signal to "meet up".
Unable to get a definite answer from Yu Shuang, Gu Liansheng decided to go to the hospital first, hoping it might be able to help them break through.
On their way to the hospital, they would indeed pass by Jiang Mo, and the group hurried forward in the rain.
As Jiang Mo saw them approaching, he felt even more hopeful, but when they got close enough to see their faces, he froze!
He thought it was a special forces team sent to rescue him on his orders, but it turned out to be the Wind Riding Team 2!
He froze. Gu Liansheng only glanced at him, and although he saw the heavily injured and mutated guard on the ground, he had no intention of stopping.
There are countless injured people along the way; can they afford to help them?
Zhuang Xiao, with his keen eyesight, clearly saw the fleeting change in the commander's expression as he looked at him, and snorted inwardly.
Although he still retains the instinctive awe that soldiers have for their superiors, this man has come to this.
He felt a little relieved, but it was a pity that the captain wasn't here.
They passed Jiang Mo and his companion without stopping.
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Qi An's words in the hospital confused everyone. Some people seemed to see a glimmer of hope and hurriedly asked her questions, while others thought she was delirious due to a fever and had no time or energy to argue, so they quickly made preparations for retreat.
They weren't the only ones wanting to retreat; the heavy troops on the two defensive lines outside the base also wanted to withdraw.
Aside from the guards near the tower, Zhang Kuanxin, the commander of the 2nd Regiment, was almost the first to see the Ash Priest.
The soldiers at this outpost and along this defensive line naturally saw the object in the sky, causing an uproar and a sharp drop in morale!
It was at this moment that the on-site commander of the 5-kilometer defensive line—the Wolf Pack Squad headquarters—lost contact with the command center for 3 minutes.
Guided by a bad intuition, he contacted Zhang Kuanxin through the emergency contact request to the second-line commander in the command channel.
When asked why she couldn't contact the command center, Zhang Kuanxin instinctively tried to hide it, but it was impossible to conceal!
The cicada soared into the sky, and the cry of "Ash Priest!" from the Snow Falcon Squad leader beside Zhang Kuanxin was transmitted to the ears of the Wolf Pack Squad through their earpieces.
The wolf pack was stunned.
The surging army of fallen insects ahead of him was already crossing the finish line. Artillerymen unleashed poison gas and rockets simultaneously, quickly turning the crests of the waves a blood-green hue.
But the swarm did not retreat; each wave of their charge grew more ferocious than the last! The soldiers were already feeling uneasy about the momentum of the fallen insects, and the commander's courage was teetering on the brink of collapse!
The Wolf Pack Commander is 33 years old. In his military career, he has never encountered an enemy of the level of the Fallen Insect Legion leader, nor has he ever experienced the desperate situation of his own commander being corrupted!
"Back to base! We...back to base!" he shouted.
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