After chatting for a while, Sister Xia returned to the RV next door in a good mood.
After this chat, Xia Jie seemed much more at ease than before, and she returned to her previous relaxed state when interacting with Li Xin'er.
Li Xin'er returned to her space to wash up and take a bath. The mutated beasts had been spending all their time in the space lately, having a great time and forgetting all about home.
They ran all over the mountains and fields, drank from the spring water, and became all shiny and healthy, each one more beautiful than the last.
Following the supply list given by Lu Chen, they sorted out the medicines to be traded in the space. The quantity was not large, just enough for the base for about a month.
With the supplies ready, Li Xin'er left the space, spreading her soul power to find a suitable location in the base.
The tents that were originally set up on the playground have been dismantled in recent days, and the survivors have been assigned to houses in the safe zone.
With the space vacated, it becomes much more spacious.
The open space in front of several office buildings was also specially cleared to make it easier for vehicles to drive in.
Li Xin'er had her eye on that location; it was right in front of the office building, easily visible, and convenient for them to move and relocate.
She manipulated her soul power to place the supplies in that open space.
Due to a recent shortage of manpower, the patrol teams inside the base have been canceled and deployed to the outer safe zone.
A pile of medicines in cardboard boxes suddenly appeared in what was originally an empty space, and no one noticed it for a while.
With the supplies taken out, Li Xin'er went to sleep with peace of mind.
That evening, there were quite a few people coming and going in the office building, but no one questioned the pile of things.
Everyone assumed it was brought in from somewhere by higher-ups, and no one suspected anything was amiss. Quite a few, upon seeing the names of the medicines on the cardboard boxes, were overjoyed and even started chatting about it.
"The base commander is incredibly fast! He got his hands on the medicine so quickly!"
"Yeah, we were saying we'd go to the city center to look for them, but that occupied area is so dangerous. It's the base commander who has the idea. I wonder where these medicines came from?"
"Exactly, is there a hospital around here? When was it brought back? I had no idea."
"What do you know? Do you think you can find out what the higher-ups are doing beforehand?"
"Looks like there's still a safety net; the base isn't completely out of stock."
No one had a different opinion or viewpoint, but everyone tacitly agreed to discuss it privately and no one asked their superiors.
This resulted in both managers only finding out about the matter when they woke up in the morning.
Before dawn, the second-in-command, Jiang Yong, arrived first, accompanied by his assistant, from the dormitory building to the office building. He was wrapped in a thick, long down jacket and was breathing out white vapor from the cold.
When I got downstairs, I saw a pile of cardboard boxes outside. Curious, I went over to take a look.
"What is this? Why is it here? It's covered in frost, and the box is all wet."
You won't believe it until you see it, and what you find will shock you.
The moment he saw the words clearly, he almost simultaneously exclaimed in surprise.
"medicine!"
The assistant also circled the pile of cardboard boxes, looked around, and excitedly added:
"Director Jiang, these are all medicines, which our base urgently needs right now."
After confirming that he hadn't misread it, Jiang Yong's eyes lit up, and he slapped his thighs excitedly.
"This Qi Hongshen is quite something!"
As he spoke, he rushed into the office building, seemingly unable to wait any longer.
They made their way upstairs to the office of the top leader, Qi Hongshen, only to find that he hadn't come at all. Upon asking, they learned that he was actually in the security zone ahead.
Within the security zone, each street has a designated office space.
Firstly, it's to facilitate the management of survivors within the safe zone; secondly, the weather is too cold, and those patrolling and on duty outside need a place to rest and coordinate.
Qi Hongshen was originally from the military and was used to working hard on the front lines. When he was busy, he would work day and night. Yesterday, he was busy at the front and didn't come back to rest at all.
After Jiang Yong found out, he called again. He was eager to know how Qi Hongshen had obtained these medicines.
They were worried about the list of people to be sent out to find medicine, but now they don't even have to worry about medicine anymore, so how could they not be happy?
When the call connected, Qi Hongshen was quite nervous, thinking that something urgent had happened at the base, which was why he was being called.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Jiang Yong joked happily, "Hey, Lao Qi, you're something else! You solved this so easily without leaking a single word, making me worry and get stressed these past two days!"
Qi Hongshen on the other end of the phone was completely confused.
"What do you mean, 'easily solved'? What did I do?"
Jiang Yong sensed something was wrong. Finding medicine was such an important matter; even if Qi Hongshen was slow to react, he couldn't possibly not understand the meaning behind his words.
"The medicine! Those medicines downstairs in the office building, weren't they the ones you found?"
Upon hearing that it was medicine, Qi Hongshen, who had been sitting, instantly stood up.
"Medicine?! You're saying there's medicine in the base? Not me! If I could find medicine, would I need to borrow someone from Long Yan?"
"Then...you...I see it's all medicine, that's Lu..."
At this moment, Jiang Yong's phone suddenly stopped working and became intermittent, making it impossible to hear anything. Qi Hongshen was so anxious that he walked outside, holding the phone up to find a signal, raising his voice several octaves.
"Hello! Hello! What did you say? Say it again, the signal is bad!"
"I said! ...You..."
I still didn't hear it; the call was disconnected.
Qi Hongshen didn't have time to complain about the phone signal at this moment; he hurriedly led his men to the base.
Jiang Yong, who was at the base, was not so anxious after the phone call ended. Since he had already asked Qi Hongshen and it was not him who found it, it could only be Lu Chen!
"No, I have to ask President Lu."
He immediately turned to leave the office, and his assistant quickly followed.
As Jiang Yong reached the door, he suddenly slammed on the brakes, nearly causing his assistant to hit him on the back.
The assistant asked, puzzled, "Director Jiang?"
Jiang Yong turned around, somewhat uncertainly asking his assistant, "..."
"Old Qi definitely won't sit still, he'll have to come back soon. Before he gets back, I went to see President Lu first. Is that a bad idea?"
The assistant was quite young, in his twenties or thirties, and looked very shrewd and quick-witted.
He had been with Jiang Yong for some time and knew his temperament well, so he immediately gave Jiang Yong the answer he wanted to hear.
“Director Jiang, it’s still early. Maybe President Lu hasn’t even gotten up yet, and Commander Qi won’t be back for more than a few minutes. Why don’t we wait for him together?”
"You can have some breakfast now, otherwise you'll be busy later and it'll be delayed again."
These words struck a chord with Jiang Yong, who nodded in agreement and calmly sat back down at his desk.
"You're right."
The assistant quickly took out the breakfast that had been picked up from the cafeteria in advance from the insulated bag on the table and helped to put it on the table.
When Qi Hongshen rushed back to the base, Jiang Yong had just finished his breakfast. The timing was perfect, so the two of them went directly to Lu Chen's place.
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