Chapter 399: Winter
Xu Yi thought of what Li Zhuang said when he saw the mottled old scars on his body. It would be strange for people who live on the edge of a knife not to get hurt.
"Little brother, is my body too charming?" Qin Yu's teasing voice came.
Li Zhuang suddenly stood up and took a big bite of the half-peeled sweet potato in Xu Yi's hand, then walked out, breathing heavily due to the heat, and said, "Back to work."
"Li Zhuang, I'm going to scald you to death." Xu Yi looked at the half left in his hand and yelled at him angrily.
Li Zhuang waved with his back to him and said, "The person who is going to pick you up is on vacation now. I will pick you up later."
"You are abusing your power for personal gain again. I am going to report you—" Xu Yi's voice entered the corridor, and several doctors on duty looked calmly without even raising their eyes.
Zhuang Mingxu looked at them curiously, "Do they do this often?"
"Not often," said the doctor, "maybe three or four times a week."
I work two days a week and three or four times...
Zhuang Mingxu smiled and listened carefully to what the doctor said about the old man's condition.
**
The arrival of Eric and Qin Jin's parents meant that there were fewer people at the dinner in the villa, but a lot of food was packed up and left.
When he came back in the evening, Zhuang Mingxu told him about the situation of Qin Jin's parents. The city where they lived after the apocalypse was attacked by zombies not long after. They followed the large army to the Pingjin base. Old Qin was an earth-type mutant, and he and the old lady lived outside the base.
It was only recently that the conflict with their base escalated, and I heard their name. I knew that this base was built by them, and I thought Qin Jin was also with them, so I followed them and came here.
"Is the old lady okay?" Lu Weiyi asked.
"It's okay. He has caught a cold and needs to rest," Zhuang Mingxu said. "I asked Uncle Qin to work as a security guard at the children's home and also arranged an apartment for them to live in. I don't know where Qin Jin has gone?"
"Maybe the distance is too far. Wait until the communication is restored and then expand the search area." Lu Weiyi knew that he was worried, so he comforted him with a few words and talked about Gu Qingji.
"He asked me if we needed people on the periphery if a fight broke out between us and the Pingjin base."
"He wants you to arrange for him to go?" Zhuang Mingxu didn't seem surprised at all, "Because he has a different opinion with Gu Qingyue."
"Well, he didn't say the reason." Lu Weiyi habitually asked Zhuang Mingxu for his opinion on such proposals with ulterior motives, and he would not be careless this time since it involved his teammates.
"Just ask him directly what he wants to do. If he doesn't tell you, then arrange for him to go to the completely opposite place," Zhuang Mingxu said deliberately.
Lu Weiyi's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he asked, "Wouldn't it be bad to do this on purpose?"
"You can say righteously that you are responsible for everyone in the team, and his ability itself does not belong to the combat type. The psychics sent out this time are all highly offensive."
Lu Weiyi nodded seriously, lay on his back on the bed and exhaled, thinking about the things at the base in his mind, and asked, "Have we arranged everything we need to arrange?"
"Everyone is in place, just waiting to receive news from the other side and prepare for battle." Zhuang Mingxu reached out and smoothed his brow, thinking that he had not been idle since returning from the Pingjin base, and he felt a sense of being protected.
This feeling is very strange, they used to be in a relationship of protector and protected, at the end of the year their identities changed, but the one thing that remained unchanged was this relationship, and now they are side by side.
In the past, he would never have thought that there would be such a day, but don't say...
It feels pretty good.
"Go to sleep. I have arranged everything. You can take a good vacation." Zhuang Mingxu whispered softly, talking about a series of things that had been arranged. Lu Weiyi fell asleep in this peace of mind.
**
The attack on the Pingjin base came before the attack of zombies.
When the first batch of zombies came towards Yueban Bay intermittently, Zhuang Mingxu knew something was wrong.
Lu Weiyi has always been wary of the zombie siege and the huge mutant animals in the sea, plus there have been people coming to him intermittently.
It takes a long time just to queue up on the shore for inspection. The base military team will clean up the surrounding area every week to ensure safety as much as possible.
Now that the zombies are coming with a purpose, something is obviously wrong.
Zhuang Mingxu asked several people at the Pingjin base, but they all couldn't explain clearly. Even Tang Bai said that there was no problem. Finally, Cheng Chuan went out and brought back the news.
Someone deliberately scattered the dismembered bodies across the city and used their flesh and blood to build a road to Yueban Bay.
"I only walked about forty miles in radius, and the other party set up ambushes along the entire coast, spreading radiating from Yueban Bay to the land. If this trend continues, anyone who is attracted by the flesh and blood will eventually be led here, including... the city center."
After thinking it over, Cheng Chuan was willing to cooperate with Zhuang Mobai's research. Zhuang Mobai used a machine to delay the energy riot of the zombies in his body. The effect was average, but it could prevent the situation from getting worse.
"If this trend continues, eventually all the zombies in the city will gather here, and there are now tens of thousands of people along the coast waiting to enter the base every day."
These tens of thousands of people will eventually become a source of attraction for zombies.
"Fuck, there's tens of millions of zombies from the entire Pingjin city gathered in the uninhabited area in the center of Pingjin City. Usually when the team goes out, they tacitly avoid it. They don't leave anyone a chance to survive at all."
"If we are destroyed, can they retake this place?"
"How can a normal person understand the thoughts of a psychopath?"
"Send someone to notify the people gathered outside, telling them that this place is about to be surrounded by zombies. If they don't find a way to leave..." Zhuang Mingxu stopped talking halfway through. Most of the people who could come here were ordinary people, and in this weather, many people had frozen to death. Where could they go?
"They will definitely find a way to let us into the base. Otherwise, we will either become part of the zombie army or become the force that attacks the base in advance." Ever since the entire legion was expelled by the residents, Li Qing no longer has any expectations for human nature. Sometimes, one can even detect a hint of hostility from him.
"Hasn't the East Island of our base been uninhabited? Otherwise, can we let them stay there first?" It is still hard to bear to see tens of thousands of people die at the hands of zombies.
"Let them live there peacefully while the rest of the teams help resist the invasion. Will this cause dissatisfaction among the teams below?"
"I think so too. Besides, who can be sure that there are no spies among them and whether they will work together with the people outside?"
"There is a gap in strength between us. We cannot afford such a situation. We must nip any possible accidents in the bud."
Several team leaders expressed their opinions at the same time, and finally looked at Lu Weiyi in unison.
"Leaving them outside is almost like sending them to their deaths. At worst, it may force the other party to cooperate with the Pingjin base." When people are forced into a corner, they will do anything to drag others to death together. Lu Weiyi doesn't want any accidents to happen at this critical juncture.
"Let them choose whether to stay in Dong Island for the winter, and make it clear in advance that they are not allowed to leave Dong Island."
No one commented, and Lu Weiyi took a few people to go there in person.
The entire Moon Bay is like an artificial ice volcano. Several small islands are located right at the crater, making it extremely difficult to enter and exit.
Since the base was closed, all those who came to seek refuge gathered a thousand meters away from the entrance.
This place used to be a dock, and there were some containers here before, but they were later taken to the South Island warehouse by Lu Weiyi. The surrounding area became deserted and there is not even a complete house to be found.
"They dug a temporary residence underground in small groups, so there is no problem with keeping warm." Wu Yue, who deals with people here more often, leads the way in front, pointing to the long, square and sized grooves drawn on the ground, "This means that the area underneath is occupied. Others should not come over."
"Be careful," Wu Yue pulled him and pointed at the one-meter-square grass-covered grid at his feet and said, "This is the ventilation hole. You might fall if you step on it."
Lu Weiyi was embarrassed and moved away a little, looking at the empty grids in the distance, thinking about the days they spent last year. Fortunately, they had a station above to shelter them from the wind and rain.
"What do you do?" Someone wearing a vest made of some unknown animal fur shouted towards us.
"We are from Yuebanwan Base, and this is our base commander, Mr. Lu. Where is the person in charge on your side?" Wu Yue greeted him.
"Hello, base commander, hello, I'm the gatekeeper here. I'll ask them to come see you right away." The man strode away, holding a broken gong and started banging it. Soon, "doors" made of various materials appeared on the ground.
Without waiting for anyone to ask, the man shouted first, "Everyone come out quickly, the base commander of Yueban Bay is here."
After a few shouts, dozens of people gathered in front of him in a short while. Many of them were shivering from the cold. They walked forward with their hands in their pockets and asked cautiously whether the base was going to be opened.
Before the "temporarily closed" announcement, residents would receive base subsidies in the winter. Many of these people had supplies that were not enough to sustain them throughout the winter. Yueban Bay could not afford to support so many people, and the huge gap could easily cause conflicts, so the two places had to be separated.
"I came here to tell you that a large number of zombies are expected to move in this direction within a week. The number is difficult to estimate for the time being. You gathering here will easily become the target of attack." As soon as Lu Weiyi finished speaking, the surroundings immediately became noisy.
"Why are there zombies coming this way?"
"What should we do then?"
"Can't we enter the base? Your base clearly has enough space to accommodate people, why don't you let us in?"
"That's right. We have lived here for such a long time, and there is no new zombie. This proves that none of us are carrying the zombie virus. Why are we still not allowed in?"
"We heard that your base accommodates ordinary people and we came all the way here. It's so dangerous to bring orphans, widows, elderly people and children along. Now you say you won't let us in, and there are zombies everywhere. Aren't you forcing people to death?"
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