"You can't!" A middle-aged man with a stubble on his face suddenly rushed out of the crowd, spitting everywhere.
"Mr. Zhou and Mr. Ding are both dead! If you guys are gone, what will we do if those mutant trees come again at night?!"
This sentence was like a spark thrown into a frying pan, and the survivors immediately exploded:
["This is going to kill all of us!"]
["If you don't spray those trees, they will eat people!"]
["Stop them! Don't let them escape!"]
["Yes! Seal the door!"]
["Can't let them leave."]
["Quick, stop them!"]
......
In the noisy crowd, the short-haired girl who had met in front of the mutant tree today squeezed to the front with difficulty.
"Everyone, listen to me! Calm down! The mutant trees have been destroyed by them today! From tonight on, we will never again..."
"Xu Lin!" the middle-aged man interrupted sharply: "Are you in the same group with them?"
"Squeak---"
A series of sharp brake sounds suddenly sounded behind the crowd.
The moment the car door opened, everyone's eyes were involuntarily drawn to it.
The first to get off the bus were a group of men and women in black uniforms. They stood in separate positions in a well-trained manner, with silver badges on their chests.
In the third car, a tall and slender boy jumped out nimbly. He turned around and took out a folding wheelchair from the trunk and unfolded it with skillful movements.
Then, he carefully helped up a sick woman.
The woman's pale skin was almost transparent in the sunset, and her eyebrows and eyes were similar to the boy's.
The woman sat down in the wheelchair and said, "Everyone."
Her voice was not loud, but it miraculously quieted the noisy crowd: "I am Pei Qique."
The crowd suddenly burst into whispers:
["Pei Qique? Isn't that Mr. Zhou's sickly lover?"]
["Now it's going to be interesting. She must be here for revenge..."]
["Quickly retreat, don't get dragged into this..."]
The crowd took a few steps back...
Pei Qique's weak but clear voice penetrated the noise: "Everyone, listen to me, Zhou Muyun is my husband, but he is a complete hypocrite. The mutant plant in Jiayuan Center was raised by Zhou Muyun..."
This sentence caused an uproar:
["That plant was actually raised by Mr. Zhou?"]
["No wonder, our base is the only one that has potions to prevent plant invasion..."]
Pei Qique: "After the end of the world, Zhou Muyun cultivated that plant. The fundamental purpose of his establishment of the Jiahu base was not to provide you with a place to live, but to treat you as feed in captivity!!!"
["I told you! Every time there were large numbers of people on patrol, Zhou Muyun and Ding Feng said they were in trouble..."]
["I thought Zhou was a good person, I would always bring him along when I prayed to the gods..."]
["God damn Zhou Muyun..."]
["brute!"]
"Si Yu and I... accidentally discovered his secret." She lifted her sleeves tremblingly, revealing the dense needle holes on her wrists: "Zhou Muyun injected us with neurotoxins... Our lives are tied to each other..."
She closed her eyes in pain: "Including the Pei family's superpowers behind us...all of them have become his puppets."
When she looked up at Lu Nange and his group again, tears had already slid down her thin cheeks: "If it weren't for these distinguished guests... I'm afraid that the tens of thousands of people in the entire Jiayu base would have become fertilizer for that mutant plant sooner or later..."
[That sounds nice! Zhou Muyun is a bad guy, but at least we are alive. Now that Zhou Muyun is dead, who will protect us?]
[That is, what should we do?]
[At night, if mutant plants attack us, we will become fertilizer as well!]
Zhou Siyu, who had been standing behind the wheelchair in silence, took a step forward.
The young face still had a bit of childishness, but the eyes were firm: "Everyone, I am Zhou Siyu. Our Pei family's investigation team has confirmed that the mutant plants in the center of the city have indeed disappeared. The world has changed, but as long as everyone is united..."
[It's easy to say that we are united, you are just afraid that we will cause trouble.]
[Yes, everyone can say nice things, you just want us to continue working for you!] Several voices echoed.
Lu Nange and the others were a little tired. He Zhuo said with a serious face: "We won't leave tonight. We will stay here and make sure there are no mutant plants attacking us before we leave, okay?"
The road is still tightly blocked.
Lu Nange: "Confusion and fear can make people weak, I understand. But the world has changed, only by becoming stronger can you protect yourself and the people you want to protect."
The restless crowd quieted down unconsciously.
Xu Lin squeezed to the front of the crowd, her sunburned cheeks red with excitement: "Do you still have any conscience? They fought desperately to eliminate the mutant plants and the culprit, and now they are bleeding from their wounds, and you are still pestering them here!"
Zhou Siyu: "Everyone, we can discuss the later planning of the base. Now everyone disperse first. Can we let the distinguished guest treat his injuries first?"
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