Chapter 415: Jin Province Military Region
"What do you mean?" Ning Yuan asked.
"The PLA here never carry guns, and they won't point guns at farmers." Liu Laoliu looked through the men. "Besides, your clothes are too new. You don't look like people from here. You..."
He asked loudly in surprise, "Are you from outside?"
Ning Yuan glanced at Lu Weiyi and nodded, "Yes."
"Really? Outside?" Liu Laoliu turned his gaze to the steep cliff in the distance, choking with sobs, "Did the government come to rescue us? Does the country still care about us?"
"You are also comrades in the People's Liberation Army, right? I will take you to my house, to my house, and I... I will let someone notify the soldiers here. They will definitely be very happy too." Liu Laoliu wiped his face and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation.
Lu Weiyi gestured for him to follow, and Ning Yuan immediately put down his gun and apologized, "I'm really sorry, old man. We encountered a lot of dangers along the way, and we didn't know the situation here, so we were a little cautious. We are all soldiers, and we won't harm civilians."
"I know, I know. I can see from your demeanor that you are soldiers. You are well-trained people." Liu Laoliu led a few people along the wide dirt road towards the village. The little girl he was with turned her head and looked around curiously.
Lu Weiyi took out a malt lollipop that he had made by hand from the space, handed it to her, looked around, and finally chose Li Qing among the group of big men.
Li Qing's mouth twitched, and he resigned himself to his fate and forced a kind smile. He teased her with candy and casually asked about the situation here.
Thousands of meters later, the houses they had seen before came into view, and they could faintly hear the clucking of chickens and ducks, the grunting of pigs, and the barking of dogs.
Ning Yuan has also inquired about the situation here. When the big earthquake happened, the ground subsided here immediately. Apart from being squeezed by the surrounding terrain, there was not much damage.
There are four villages in the surrounding area, plus more than 7,000 people who survived in the garrison, with a total population of 15,000. They organized to help the people rebuild their houses as soon as possible after the disaster. After finding that they could not get out, they also tried to send out messages for help, but all fell on deaf ears and it has been delayed until now.
What is even more incredible is that there has never been a zombie incident here, nor have any people with special powers appeared, and no mutant creatures have ever appeared in the surrounding area. Everything remains in the state before the apocalypse.
It seems to have been abandoned by the progress of the times.
"Village chief, Sun Laoer, everyone come quickly, people from the government are coming to rescue us." Liu Laoliu's loud voice came out as soon as he entered the village.
Before long, people appeared in each courtyard, looking out to watch the excitement. Some were laughing and scolding Liu Laoliu, but when they opened the door and saw a group of people, they were unable to speak.
Compared to people outside, this place is like a backward village before the end of the world. The villagers' clothes are washed white and patched, and some people are even wearing hand-woven linen clothes, which looks extremely backward.
But there was no worry about life or death on their faces, and their bodies were well-proportioned, not looking like people who were suffering and starving at all.
"Hello, I'm the village chief of Liujiabao, Liu Jianguo." An old man in his sixties looked at them and walked forward to shake hands.
"Hello, I'm Ning Yuan, a member of the national special forces." Ning Yuan didn't know how to tell the other party that the situation outside was in complete chaos, so he could only ask first, "Can you take us to the military headquarters here? We need to hand over information to the other party first."
"Of course, the majority of the People's Liberation Army still lives in their previous base, but the guards change posts every half a month. It's located in the center of the four villages. Usually, the People's Liberation Army is there to help if you need any help. I'll have someone take you there." Liu Jianguo looked around and finally fixed his eyes on Liu Laoliu.
"Liuzi, take a few comrades over there."
"Come on, uncle."
"Uncle, I'm going too. I just happen to be going to see Wang Qing. I'll lead the way for the soldiers," said a young girl with a high ponytail, and she stood up, holding a short-haired girl on her wrist.
The short-haired girl glanced over here, lowered her head and blushed.
The old village chief was not very vigilant and said directly to the two girls, "Okay, then you two take them for a walk."
"Hey," the girl with a high ponytail responded, and turned to the leader Ning Yuan and said, "My name is Jin Sui, and this is my good sister Mu Wan. Brother Soldier, how should I address you?"
"Ning Yuan" Ning Yuan said, and then he saw a group of people around him who were really brave enough to let the two girls take them away, without any worries about facing this group of men.
Apart from the people on both sides of the road who occasionally peeked out to see the commotion, no one thought there was anything strange about it.
Along the way, Jinsui introduced the situation in the village to Ningyuan, and from time to time greeted people who came out to see the wonder, saying, "The government is here to save us."
"This is someone sent by the government."
The honest Lu Weiyi and his group felt a little embarrassed.
"Aren't you villagers afraid that we are bad people?" After leaving the village, Ning Yuan finally couldn't help asking.
Jinsui chuckled, as if she heard a joke, "We have a police station here, and we also have the People's Liberation Army. Besides, if you really dare to do anything, the country will punish you. This is China."
There was pride in her tone, which made Ning Yuan look reluctant. He didn't know how to tell her that the country she was proud of had become torn apart and its moral laws had disappeared completely.
Jinsui didn't notice his emotions and turned to talk about the situation here. There were a total of four villages in the surrounding area. In addition to Liujiabao, there were four villages of similar size gathered nearby, with a total population of no more than 8,000 people.
The surrounding terrain changed after the earthquake, but with the help of the People's Liberation Army, not many people were injured. Later, after they discovered that this place had sunk underground, they tried to find a way to climb up, but the surrounding soil was loose, and they were forced to give up after being injured several times.
The subsequent interruption of communication made this place completely isolated from the outside world. They could only hope that the government would come to support them as soon as possible.
"I thought the country had forgotten us." Jinsui kept talking for a long time and then sighed softly.
“……” Ning Yuan didn’t know how to answer.
No one answered, but she was not embarrassed. She looked at Ning Yuan curiously and asked, "Brother Bing, how old are you? Are you married? Do you have a girlfriend?"
The topic changed so quickly that no one reacted. Fortunately, Ning Yuan had been around many women before, so he said with a smile, "I'm not married, I don't have a girlfriend. What's the matter, little girl? Do you want to introduce me to a girlfriend?"
"Yes." Jin Sui pushed the silent Mu Wan between the two without hesitation, "What do you think of my sister? She is 22 years old. She was a student in the dance department of Southeast University before the earthquake. She never had a boyfriend before. This is her first love..."
"Sui Zi" Mu Wan looked at Ning Yuan in panic, her neck even turned red. She reached out to pull the golden spike, and she looked so embarrassed that she could cry.
"No, we have a rule that you can't fall in love before retiring," Ning Yuan said confusedly.
"What team has such a rule? Why didn't Wang Qing tell me about it?" Jin Sui looked at the people following him suspiciously, "Are you lying?"
"There are foreigners among our country's special forces?" Jinsui seemed to have just realized something. "Are you guys some kind of mercenaries or assassins?"
Antonio met her gaze and shrugged, "Congratulations, you guessed it right."
Mu Wan's face turned pale instantly. Jin Sui managed to maintain a smile on her face, but her eyes became obviously alert.
"He's just teasing you, ignore him." Ning Yuan glared at Antonio and asked gently, "Is Wang Qing your boyfriend?"
"Well," Jinsui spoke less, but still forced himself to remain calm and said, "He is from the troops stationed here, and he's a captain."
Ning Yuan didn't know which unit was stationed here, so he looked at the others inquiringly. Li Qing thought for a moment and asked Li Yan in a low voice, "Jin Province Military District?"
Li Yan nodded, "Central Theater Command, Shanxi Military Region, 52nd Division."
Jin Sui's eyes suddenly turned around, it seemed that Li Yan was right.
The young girl was not able to hide her emotions and was obviously more relaxed. She asked which military unit they were from.
"Keep it secret," Ning Yuan said.
After further detailed questioning, several people truly believed that this place was indeed not affected by the apocalypse, and everything was exactly the same as before the apocalypse.
Lu Weiyi had never heard of such a place in his previous life, and he was still a little surprised when he heard about it now, but he was more concerned about the reason.
We are on the same planet, is it just this place that is like this, or are there other places like this? Then why is this place not affected?
Could it really be because of the ground subsidence?
His gaze inadvertently turned to Jin Sui and Mu Wan who were walking in front of him, or maybe there was something else going on with them.
After walking for nearly half an hour, the group finally saw a building similar to a courtyard house. The bricks on the wall were blue and red, and many of them could even be seen half-broken. It was obviously built after the earthquake. The surrounding area was all reclaimed farmland. Several men were watering the fields, and women could be seen holding crying babies.
"Suizi, are you here to see Captain Wang?" The man in the field grinned at this side, revealing a mouthful of white teeth that contrasted starkly with his skin.
Then, when he saw the people following Jinsui, he quickly stood up and jumped over, saying vigilantly, "Come here."
Jin Sui and Mu Wan were frightened by the sudden change of expression and carefully moved behind the man.
"How many..."
"We are from outside." Ning Yuan did not wait for him to ask and took the initiative to report the number of his former unit. He raised his chin towards the soldiers behind him. Li Qing and others also stated their unit numbers promptly. "I want to see your top leader."
"I am," a man in his thirties walked out of the yard and looked at these people, "Captain Wang Qing of the 52nd Division, Shanxi Provincial Military Headquarters."
"Are you... the highest level?" Li Qing asked.
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