Chapter 91 Little Girl
Recalling the scene in the capital...
With Su Qing throwing out the small nuclear bomb to suppress them, those people became much more restrained. Only then did Lu Chen begin to discuss business with the Ministry of Government and the aristocratic families.
"Our base has obtained several hundred injections. Professor Gu spent countless resources to produce them. We'll keep three hundred of them, and the remaining three hundred can be sold to you."
"Three hundred? That's too few! We want five hundred." There are so many people from political families in the base, three hundred guns are not enough for them.
Lu Chen frowned and remained silent for a few seconds, then said in a very embarrassed tone, "Four hundred at most."
"Five hundred! We will issue one million new coupons!" someone from the aristocratic family spoke up.
Sun Zhiyong was a little displeased when he saw the noble families' high bids coming in right off the bat. If they were to take the prize, his Ministry of Finance wouldn't get much. He couldn't do that. He quickly said, "Chief Lu, our Ministry of Finance is struggling financially, but we're truly dedicated to the people. So, we'll give you one million new coupons in exchange for three hundred bottles of medicine."
"President, what do you mean by this?" an elderly man from an aristocratic family tapped his cane and demanded in a deep voice, "Do we think we can keep the potion for ourselves? Once we get it, we'll naturally donate a portion to the capital. We're all here for the base, so there's no need to haggle over prices here."
Sun Zhiyong cursed inwardly the old fox for his sweet words. If he believed them, he might not even be able to see the shadow of the thing.
"Mr. Shi, you're joking. Our government values fair competition above all else. How can we let you pay alone? We're all working for the people down below. Why not split the bill and each pay their own way?"
The old man, known as Mr. Shi, immediately frowned upon hearing this. "The amount was small to begin with, and they had to split it equally with them?" How could this be possible? The last thing their aristocratic family lacked was money. He knew the ins and outs of the Ministry of Finance very well. How could they possibly compete with the aristocratic families?
Old Shi raised his eyes and winked at the person beside him. The person understood and said in a loud voice, "I'll offer five million. I'll take whatever you can sell it for, Chief Lu."
Sun Zhiyong gritted his teeth, "Six million!"
"Ten million."
The Ministry began to hesitate.
Seeing this, Lu Chen added fuel to the fire. "I heard from Professor Gu that an important ingredient in the synthetic potion has been used up. If we want to get it again, we have to go abroad. It's not easy to go abroad in the current situation, not to mention whether those countries abroad still exist. So it seems that this may be the only potion in the world that can suppress the zombie virus."
"Our base just experienced a zombie siege. If used on humans, it can reach up to 60% effectiveness... Commander Qin saw it firsthand."
Qin Tianjiang and the others who had personally experienced this nodded in confirmation after hearing what Lu Chen said.
Sun Zhiyong's heart moved, and he raised the price, "Twenty million!"
"Fifty million!"
The two sides began to bid fiercely. The military had already finalized a procurement cooperation with Su Qing. After purchasing the supplies, they also received hundreds of Professor Gu's latest medicines for free. Seeing them bidding, everyone watched the fun in silence.
"One hundred million!"
When Sun Zhiyong heard the noble family raise the price to 100 million, his face was as gloomy as water and his lips moved a few times but no sound came out. The staff behind him whispered in his ear to dissuade him, saying that their Ministry of Finance could no longer afford this price.
He raised his head and looked at the military department who had been silent at the side. He gritted his teeth and said, "Commander Qin! We are a united army and government. Shouldn't the military department also do something for those civilians?"
Qin Tianjiang picked up the cup on the table and drank a few sips of water slowly. Seeing that Sun Zhiyong was about to bite his teeth, he put down the cup and replied, "President Sun, the military's assets have all been handed over to the Ministry of Government. Although we are full of enthusiasm, we are powerless. The military is now relying on you, the Ministry of Government. If the President buys something, I hope you can take good care of it and give us some."
Sun Zhiyong was extremely furious. The military department didn't contribute anything yet they were still waiting to get something for free. How shameless!
Someone from the aristocratic family urged, "Mr. President, are you going to raise the price? Don't waste time here. If you can't afford it, just give up as soon as possible."
Sun Zhiyong could no longer suppress his anger. He slammed his hand on the table and stood up. He glared at Qin Tianjiang fiercely, then adjusted his expression and looked at the old man from the aristocratic family with a forced smile. "Mr. Shi, our Ministry of Government is short of money, so I'll give this to you. I hope Mr. Shi will be sympathetic and sell some of it to us after you get it."
The old man smiled kindly and said, "Thank you, President, for your kindness. This is only natural."
Sun Zhiyong turned around and quickly left the room. Seeing this, his staff hurriedly followed him out.
In the end, Lu Chen sold 450 bottles of medicine to a noble family for 100 million yuan.
The military department holds the latest version of the vaccine, and the expressions of the people who have been watching the fun are also very interesting at this time: they made a hundred million for nothing!
Soon the family sent the money to the military. Su Qing looked at the money that filled up an entire cabin and was very excited. He wanted to rush over and take a photo with it!!!
Afterwards, they left the capital base and returned with a batch of arms and a bunch of small money that they had traded with Commander Qin.
The helicopter took off and flew away from the Xinjing base. Su Qing glanced outside inadvertently and was immediately shocked by several huge circular facilities in the desert not far from the base. The solar panels that looked like the Black Sea were densely packed on the ground to form several giant circles. In the center of the circle stood a tower with a dazzling light radiating from the top.
No wonder such a large area as the Xinjing Base can use electricity freely. It turns out that these tower-type solar thermal power stations are providing electricity. In Su Qing's original world, this place is the world's largest lava photovoltaic power station. It seems to be the same in this alien world. She sighed in her heart again that in front of the capital, the Dawn Base is simply powerless.
No one spoke on the plane except for the roar of the plane. The weather was hot and humid and Su Qing kept falling asleep and waking up.
I don’t know what these people did last night. Lu Chen and Li Yi fell asleep quickly after getting on the plane. They woke up halfway through the journey and replaced Qin Yu and Shen Kuo. The two of them also fell asleep as soon as they entered the cabin.
Just as Su Qing was about to fall asleep again, Li Yi's voice suddenly came from the noise-canceling headphones.
"Someone below is calling for help, preparing to land, everyone please be alert."
Su Qing woke up instantly and saw through the light-transmitting window that there was a small group of people on the ground below, waving things to attract their attention.
There was a sound of weapons being loaded nearby. Su Qing turned his head and saw Qin Yu and Shen Kuo fiddling with guns in their hands.
Qin Yu saw Su Qing wake up, and took out a small pistol and two magazines from his pocket and handed them to her, "This one suits you, it has less recoil."
Shen Kuo's eyes flickered at the side. No wonder the captain had someone find this gun before leaving. It turned out it was for Miss Su. He approached Qin Yu with some curiosity, "Captain, this gun you found with great difficulty was actually for Miss Su." He smiled brightly at Su Qing, "Miss Su, changing the magazine of this gun is a little different from other firearms. Let our captain demonstrate it to you."
As he said this, he raised his arm and touched Qin Yu, motioning him to come over.
At this time, the helicopter had begun to descend. Qin Yu glanced at Chen Kuo, stood up, walked over to sit next to Su Qing, took the gun from her hand, and quickly demonstrated how to use it. "When you unload the magazine, press here, push here with a little force, and it will come down." He returned the gun to Su Qing. "Do you understand? Try it?"
Su Qing nodded, her hands moving quickly to load and unload the magazine, load the gun, and take aim. "It feels a lot lighter." Before, she had either used system-made guns or guns issued by the military and police. The recoil was a bit too much for her, and it was always a bit difficult to use. This gun in her hand was much easier to hold. She smiled at Qin Yu and said, "Thank you, Captain Qin, for your trouble."
Soon the helicopter landed on the ground. Lu Chen stayed on the helicopter to be on guard, while the others got off.
The roar of the engine was deafening, and the propellers created a whirlwind around her. Su Qing's hair was blown into a mess. She raised one hand and held it while running forward quickly.
There were about twenty people standing in front, each of them was wrapped in tattered clothes, with a scarf or cloth on their head, their faces were pale and thin, their lips were cracked, and they looked at them with excited eyes.
"Where are you going?" Qin Yu asked.
"We...we're going to the capital. Are you from the capital?" the man at the front of the crowd said hoarsely, "Your helicopter looks like a military helicopter. Are you...are you soldiers?"
"We just came out of the capital, but the place we are going to is the Dawn Base."
"Dawn Base...what is that place? We want to go to the Xinjing Base in the capital. Please, could you take us there?"
"Yes, please, you have a helicopter that won't delay us for long. We have no car and no fuel, and we've been on the road for more than ten days. In this weather, we can't go far during the day, and at night there are zombies everywhere. Please do us a favor and save us."
"Our team originally had nearly a hundred people, but so many died along the way that only these twenty-one are left. Please help us!"
Su Qing stepped forward and said, "Everyone, listen to me. This place is very close to our Dawn Base. Why don't you come to our base? We offer unconditional membership, high security facilities, and abundant living supplies. As long as you work hard, you can easily earn a place there."
After hearing Su Qing's words, someone questioned, "At this time, where else can you find such a good place besides the capital? Are you lying to us?"
"That's right. I've never heard of the Dawn Base. Are they trying to trick us into going there and eat us?" They knew that supplies were extremely scarce and cannibalism was common. This person spoke so highly of the base, without any conditions. How could such a good thing exist in the world?
"We're going to the capital! Not to some Dawn Base."
"Well, we are good people. These two are officers of the Capital Group Army. Even if they don't believe us, soldiers should believe us, right?" Li Yi reached out and patted the broad chest beside him. "Brother, take out your officer certificate and show it to the comrades."
Shen Kuo took out his military officer's certificate from his pocket and opened it to show everyone.
They looked at the ID and Su Qing and the others suspiciously, and no one spoke for a while.
"Sister...can...can I go with you?" A tender and weak voice sounded from the crowd.
Su Qing glanced around a few times but didn't see anyone. "Who is talking?"
A small figure squeezed out of the crowd with great effort. It was a little girl of about eight or nine years old. She was wearing a tattered skirt, with messy hair hanging on the side of her face and her eyes full of helplessness.
She looked at Su Qing cautiously, "Sister...I want to go with you."
The little girl walked towards Su Qing timidly, stretched out her hand to grab something, then hesitated and put it down.
Su Qing half-knelt down, took the little girl's hands in his, and said softly, "Do you want to go to the Dawn Base with me?"
The girl seemed to have used up all her strength to tightly hold Su Qing's hand, and nodded quickly, tears flashing in her eyes, "I want to go."
Looking at the girl's appearance, Su Qing felt a little sad. "Where are your family members?"
"No...I'm gone. I'm alone. I...I can do a lot of work. I know everything. Sister, I'm very useful. Don't...don't leave me." The girl looked terrified, afraid that Su Qing would abandon her just because she had no family and was a useless child.
Su Qing didn't know what a little kid like this had gone through to be so panicked, fearing that others would dislike her and not want her.
"Does anyone know this kid?" Su Qing stood up and looked at the crowd.
An older woman spoke up, "We didn't know her. We met her on the road this morning and felt sorry for her, so we let her come with us."
"Sister, you're a good person. You said your base can survive as long as we work hard. I'm working hard... I can do housework, collect firewood and cook, and I have the strength to work." The girl's voice was tearful, her face flushed with excitement. "Please... take... me with you."
Then Su Qing felt her hand sink, and the little girl holding her hand slowly fell down, "Hey... little friend, little friend..."
Su Qing wanted to pick up the girl, but she didn't expect that the light-looking child was heavier than she imagined, so she couldn't pick her up.
"She probably has heatstroke. Let's go back to the helicopter first." Li Yi walked over and picked up the girl. Even after the child fainted, she held Su Qing's hand tightly and did not let go. She could only quickly catch up, leaving Qin Yu and Shen Kuo to talk to others.
"Hey, this child looks skinny and quite heavy to hold." Li Yi gently shook the child in his arms as he walked.
After putting the person into the helicopter, Su Qing took out two ice basins and placed them around the child. He then took out a towel from his backpack, wrapped some snow in it, and wiped her forehead, limbs, and armpits.
Lu Chen walked over and saw an unconscious child lying on the chair and asked in confusion, "What happened?"
"This child wanted to go to the Dawn Base with us, and she fainted in excitement. I think she had heatstroke." Su Qing kept wiping the girl's hands. Feeling that her breathing was gradually stabilizing, he put the towel wrapped in snow on her head.
Seeing that the girl was fine, Su Qing stood up and stood in front of the cabin door with Lu Chen, looking at the people still talking outside, and whispered to him about the situation outside.
As the two were talking, no one noticed that the girl lying on the chair opened her eyes. A hint of blood red flashed in the depths of her eyes. She stared at the ceiling and smiled silently, then closed her eyes again.
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