Chapter 632: Zhao Gang's Past
"Really, there will always be a way." Zhou He shook his hand back with such strength that it seemed as if he wanted to pass his courage to the other person through the clasped hands.
"Yes, yes, take care of yourself first," Qu Zhu responded immediately.
Sun Cheng also said, "You have seen your legs. In this case, I suggest amputation directly."
Several people looked at his legs which were like mud, and they all admired him for running all the way without even a word of pain.
"The treatment system here is of a very low level and cannot repair the disease. If it goes on for a long time, it will easily become infected. There is a lack of medical care and medicine now. Once infected, the consequences will be immeasurable." Sun Cheng put the seriousness of the situation in front of Zhao Gang and let him make his own choice.
Zhao Gang lowered his eyes and looked at his legs, then turned to the unconscious Zhao Lei. He shook his head as if he had made a major decision, and looked directly at Zhou He, "I want to tell you."
Qu Zhu took the remaining two people away, leaving behind a few people who were still unconscious. Zhou He looked at Zhao Gang, "What do you want to say?"
Zhao Gang reached into his chest, took out two crystal cores from the innermost part and handed them over, "These are two S-level crystal cores. If you don't need them, you should be able to exchange them for a lot of supplies."
Zhou He knew without even looking where a person living in Panshui base got the crystal core from. He became more and more frightened about the situation in Panshui base. His current level was considered to be at the top in Yueban Bay, but someone easily took out the crystal core of an S-level mutant.
"I'm not far from upgrading to SS level, and then you can take my crystal core away," Zhao Gang said seriously. When he looked at the sleeping person next to him, he flexed his muscles and smiled. His sinister eyes softened a lot. "He used to call me and often mentioned you, saying that you took good care of him. I'm sorry to trouble you this time. Please... please, take him back and cure him."
At this point, there was nothing Zhou He didn't understand. The unconscious Zhao Lei had already become a burden, and Zhao Gang himself was unable to take care of him. He could only do his best to offer benefits and find a way out for his brother.
Just think about it, a day ago, they were still in a fight to the death with each other, who could have thought that it would turn out like this now.
Zhou He stuffed the crystal core that Zhao Gang handed over back to him. "Zhao Lei is my comrade-in-arms. As the captain, I will definitely do my best to bring him back. As for you..."
"Your knowledge of Panshui Base is very useful to us. You can return to the base with us. As for what you will face next, we need to wait for our base commander to make a decision. How about that?"
"You...you want to take me to the temporary base?" Zhao Gang couldn't believe it.
"For Zhao Lei's sake, I believe I won't be willing to make things difficult for him, so please abide by the rules over there and..." Zhou He's eyes swept across his zombie-like face, without saying it directly, "control certain behaviors."
"You can ask me anything you want to know, and I will tell you everything I know." Zhao Gang was ready to die peacefully. After all, the temptation of a close to SS-level crystal core was not something that everyone could ignore. But when he heard that he also had a chance of survival and the opportunity to watch his brother recover, he couldn't help but want to seize it, "I won't cause any trouble for you."
Zhou He patted his shoulder and discussed his surgical arrangements with Sun Cheng.
"We don't have a completely safe surgical environment and necessary medicines, so we can only arrange it as best we can." Sun Cheng didn't ask them what they said, and spoke objectively about the current situation. "We can perform the surgery when we return to our temporary base, but without a healing psychic, postoperative recovery will be a problem."
"After the operation, if we just ask a healer with special abilities to recover, wouldn't that eliminate the possibility of infection?" Zhou He didn't quite understand what he meant.
"Yes, but... there are no anesthetics or hemostatic agents here." A major operation like amputation, if performed hastily, could very likely result in death from heavy bleeding. "Also, I asked Mo Tiantian, she has no experience in cooperating with surgeries, and she's too old to be able to help during the operation."
It would have been great if the teenage girl didn't faint when she suddenly saw the bloody scene, but she also wanted to cooperate. Sun Cheng felt that it was really difficult for her.
But it is not realistic to return to the temporary base now.
"No need to bother, just do it." Zhao Gang's voice came from the room, "I will use my supernatural power to freeze the wound, so that there will be no heavy bleeding. When you come out, ask the medical department to recover."
"Amputation surgery is not as complicated as you think..."
Sun Cheng was halfway through his words when he saw Zhao Gang smiling at him with a ferocious face. He grabbed Zhao Gang's leg, which looked like a layer of skin and meat paste, with one hand and asked, "Is this really necessary?"
"..."Sun Cheng.
"Since you have made the decision, I will ask Mr. Mo for any painkillers. Once Mo Tiantian's abilities are restored, we will prepare for the surgery," Sun Cheng finally made the decision.
The issue of the wounded was temporarily resolved, and Zhou He could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Fang Tang, who had been watching the group, stepped forward and said, "Auntie Tan has arranged a house next door for you to temporarily live in, so that it will be convenient for you to take care of the wounded. Do you want to go take a look?"
"Little brother, let me go with you. It happens that we both have the same supernatural power, and I would like to ask you for advice. Is it convenient?" Yun Bai asked proactively.
"Of course." Seeing that Zhou He did not stop her, Fang Tang nodded and took Yun Bai to the next door.
Qu Zhu brought the nutritious soup that Grandpa Mo made for Mo Tiantian to take care of the little girl whose superpowers had been overdrawn. Sun Cheng had already discussed the details of the operation with the old man. Zhou He looked around and finally sat at the door of the medicine room to guard the injured inside.
"What do you think of this place?" Zhao Gang's voice came faintly.
"It looks like another Moon Bay," Zhou He replied, his eyes constantly scanning the surrounding plants and trees, but in his heart he was considering the possibility that these were mutated plants, and whether they were sent by some wood-type mutant to monitor their every move.
"Yuebanwan..." Zhao Gang's voice was full of emotion, and his tone sounded like he was talking about something he was longing for. After a while, he asked, "Can you tell me about your post-apocalyptic life?"
Knowing that he wanted to know about Zhao Lei's experiences after the apocalypse, Zhou He did not hide it. They were all unimportant matters and he was not worried about anyone overhearing them. He told him in detail about their experiences after the apocalypse.
Zhao Gang sighed from time to time, which eventually came down to one sentence, "Thank you for your hard work in taking care of me."
"He is the one who is taking care of everyone," Zhou He said without taking credit for it. "He awakened his abilities early and has been taking care of the other members of the team. So you don't have to worry. His teammates won't abandon him. What about you?"
"I remember that Zhao Lei's hometown is in the northeast. The base has been issuing information about looking for his family members to various bases. Among the several bases in the northeast, the reward for Zhao Lei is second only to that of the base commander."
Zhao Gang chuckled, glanced at his brother, his eyes reddened, "You've been a stubborn person since childhood."
He sighed and talked about his experience.
Brothers Zhao Gang and Zhao Lei lost their parents when they were young. Zhao Gang was six years older than Zhao Lei. No relatives were willing to adopt the two boys, so Zhao Gang took Zhao Lei with him to make a living.
Needless to say, the hardships involved were profound. After Zhao Lei had finally grown up, Zhao Gang didn't want him to end up like himself, with no future, so he asked someone to send him to the army.
Before the end of the world, Zhao Gang took a long-distance freight order. Because the source of the goods was a bit irregular, there were naturally some dangers during transportation. Zhao Gang didn't want Zhao Lei to know, so he didn't tell him specifically. Who knew that the end of the world would come and trap him here.
In the early days, Zhao Gang did not have any special powers, and his life was extremely difficult under the rule of a group of people with special powers. The only belief that supported him was to see his younger brother.
He survived the initial zombie infestation and endured the period when ordinary people were enslaved, but ultimately he could not escape the fate of being thrown by a psychic to attract zombies.
However, luck favored him this time - he awakened his supernatural powers.
The awakening of his superpowers stirred up waves in his hopeless heart, and he rekindled the idea of looking for his brother. When the entire Panshui base was hiding underground due to the mutated animals, he sneaked around alone to hunt and kill the mutated animals, just for the insignificant bit of energy on them.
He worked hard every day to make his control over his superpowers more proficient. However, no base dared to help the Panshui base in Yueban Bay after it offended it, and this place eventually became the world of mutant animals.
"Then you..." Zhou He didn't continue speaking, but his meaning was obvious. There was a mountain god base he could choose, so why did he become what he is now?
Zhao Gang's eyebrows were frozen for a moment.
When the Panshui base was captured by mutant animals, the people fled aimlessly, attracting the siege of zombies.
"Most of the people in the Mountain God Base are ordinary people. When I left with them, I overdrawn my supernatural powers," Zhao Gang sneered, "and was left behind by them."
Zhou He looked at him in surprise. He didn't expect that he had such a connection with the people at the Mountain God Base.
It seems that the people at the Mountain God Base are not as friendly as they seem.
Zhao Gang was seriously injured at that time. Between dying cleanly and living a shameful life, he chose the latter.
"I've heard that the flesh and blood of people with superpowers can make people's bodies better. It's a matter of life and death, so I want to take a gamble." Zhao Gang said calmly without any regrets.
Zhou He had never put himself in his shoes and did not comment on his choice.
Zhao Gang killed a low-level psychic. His flesh, blood, and crystal core allowed Zhao Gang to survive for a few days, but the serious injuries could not be fully recovered by that little energy.
The recovery of his body and the improvement of his superpowers allowed Zhao Gang to finally choose another shortcut.
After listening to what Zhao Gang said, both of them fell silent.
Zhou He had saved countless people in the early days of the apocalypse. However, when they were expelled from the base they had built and were left no chance of survival by the people and other bases, he watched countless comrades die tragically along the way, and he resented everyone.
But when he saw every helpless face and every helpless situation, his initial cynicism was gradually soothed.
He has found salvation and is still living an upright life. What else is there to be dissatisfied about?
"I sympathize with your situation, but I don't have the power to forgive the mistakes you have made." Zhou He looked at him, "For Zhao Lei's sake, I will plead for you."
Zhao Gang didn't want to get the other party's approval. On the one hand, he was just chatting, and on the other hand, he wanted to hint to the other party that the people in the Mountain God Base were not as good as they seemed.
The fact that he did not make indignant accusations was already a good result. Zhao Gang smiled heartily and said, "Thank you in advance."
The two chatted for a while, and no one mentioned more important news.
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