"That guy named Han seems to have some ideas." Jiawu said lightly.
Nan Muran could guess what Han Yingting was thinking, but she didn't care: "Our goal is to get the mutant fruit. We don't need to care about unimportant people."
Nan Muran looked through the photos of the five mutant fruit trees and compared them with the locations Chen Jianguo gave her before he left. The coldness in her eyes grew deeper and deeper.
There was one tree in particular, its bright orange fruits that looked like lanterns looked so familiar.
"What's wrong?" Si Ye felt her subtle emotional changes at the first moment.
“Are you familiar with the fruit of this tree?”
After taking the military tablet from her and looking at the fruits on the tree, Si Ye's eyes darkened: "This kind of fruit was among the mutant fruits you gave us that day."
"I got those fifteen fruits from the Botanical Research Institute outside the underground laboratory." Nan Muran did not hide anything.
Regarding the underground laboratory, Si Ye and Eagle had experienced it before.
Jiawu had heard her mention it many times, and probably knew what was going on.
"What do you think? Is it a problem within the base's official system, or is it just a pure coincidence?" Eagle couldn't help but ask as he looked at the fruit.
Ever since the safe house attack, Eagle's trust in the base officials began to waver.
He still trusts Chen Jianguo and the Special Operations Brigade, but he must remain skeptical of others.
Si Ye looked through the pictures of several other trees and said, “Only this tree has fruit in the underground laboratory.
We cannot determine how the military knew the location of the tree, so we cannot determine which link went wrong.
But you still have to be cautious.
We will reach Jinzhen, the town closest to the Luan tree, this afternoon. Let's take a nap first, as we have to take turns to keep watch at night."
Jin Town is located at the foot of Emperor Mountain and is not very big.
Before the group entered the town, they saw the sign of the roadside agricultural demonstration base fluttering in the wind.
After entering the town, the brick-gray two-story houses on both sides were already dilapidated. They were not very exquisite, but they were unified.
There are only two streets in the whole town. The east-west street is longer, about less than 500 meters along the main road.
The north-south street was very short, less than 200 meters. Because it had been soaked by the flood at the beginning of the apocalypse, the skin was peeling everywhere.
What was strange was that although the spacious street was extremely desolate, there was not a single wandering zombie. It was obvious that someone had cleaned up this place.
As the cold wind blew, the gray building exuded an unusually eerie atmosphere before nightfall in winter.
There were windows on the second floors on both sides of the street that were slightly opened, through which one could peek into three military trucks on the street and the soldiers in military uniforms and holding weapons who had jumped out.
Han Yingting jumped out of the car and walked to Si Ye and his friends' car immediately.
It was obvious that he wanted to ask Nan Muran what she thought.
"There are people on the second floors of the shops on both sides." Si Ye glanced over and saw that at least five or six windows were cracked.
Nan Muran looked at Han Yingting and said, "Let's just find an uninhabited house and stay there."
"Those people..." Han Yingting hesitated. He was considering telling those people the location of the base.
But after seeing Nan Muran's cold eyes, he subconsciously gave up the idea: "Okay, I'll notify them."
What they didn't expect was that even though they didn't take the initiative to find others, those people came to them.
Five men came, led by a middle-aged man about fifty years old.
After seeing Han Yingting's military uniform, the other party's faces were squeezed together, and they were very enthusiastic: "You are here to rescue us, thank you so much, our town..."
Through the other party's narration, everyone knew that this middle-aged man was the mayor of the town.
Live in this town with the survivors.
The entire town originally had more than a thousand people, but now less than one twentieth of them are alive, and the rest are gone.
There are two girls in Han Yingting's team of military psychics.
Listening to the group's experiences, I couldn't help but comfort them. One of the girls with braids even had tears in her eyes.
The last group of people were warmly invited to the courtyard where they lived.
There were more than thirty men of different ages and a dozen women in the yard.
"You haven't eaten yet, right? The terrain here is relatively high. After the disaster, we found a lot of food and poultry in the nearby villages, so we are not short of food for the time being." The mayor immediately led everyone into the largest house in the middle.
There was a long wooden table in the room, just enough to seat everyone.
Han Yingting couldn't help but frowning when he saw the mayor's enthusiasm. This situation was inexplicably strange.
He had participated in more than one search and rescue mission before, but this was the first time he had seen these people perform like this.
However, several people in the military's special forces team were already grateful to the mayor: "We definitely can't eat your food, we have dry food."
The mayor smiled and waved his hand: "You are all doing great things. It's just a meal. We still have it. And there are some vegetables in the greenhouse. I guarantee you will have a good meal."
The apocalypse has lasted for so long, and everyone has been surviving on the supplies left over from before the apocalypse.
I was lucky enough not to starve to death and not to eat moldy food. How could I get fresh food?
Nan Muran looked at the mayor with a deeper look in her eyes: "We are not hungry, so we won't eat.
Mayor, please find us a house to stay in, preferably a suite."
"How can you not be tired after such a long journey?" The mayor came up to them with a smile and was about to pull them to the dining table to wait for food.
Si Ye stood in front of Nan Muran, his eyes were cold and his tone was so frightening that people couldn't help but tremble: "Is it difficult to arrange a house for you to stay?"
The mayor didn't expect the other party's attitude to be so tough. A vicious look flashed across his eyes, and then he hurriedly smiled and said, "It's not difficult. Second brother, take the others to the house in the east to stay."
The girl with pigtails in the military superpower team at the back couldn't help but frown: "The mayor means well, if you don't want to eat, then don't eat. What's your attitude?"
"Idiot." Nan Muran said in a cold tone behind Si Ye.
"What did you say?" The girl couldn't believe it when she heard Nan Muran's blunt curse.
Nan Muran tugged at Si Ye's sleeve: "Let's go."
"You just scolded me." After the girl came to her senses, she was so angry that she refused to give in.
Nan Muran turned back impatiently: "Yes, what's the problem with calling you a moron?"
"What kind of quality do you have?" Another girl who was traveling with the girl also stood up, and even some of the men who didn't speak showed dissatisfaction.
Although they regard Nan Muran as their priority, they cannot be so unreasonable.
"Well, enjoy your meal." Nan Muran was too lazy to talk to these idiots and simply pulled Si Ye out.
A dark-skinned man waiting outside watched the four people go out and hurriedly led the way.
After entering the house, he closed the door immediately and sighed: "Han Yingting is not a fool, can't he see the problem?"
It's not surprising that there are only so many people living in a town of thousands of people.
But with more than thirty young and middle-aged men and a dozen women who are obviously good-looking, this is a big problem.
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