Xu Lin took the gun out of the spatial storage and gave it to Zhou Pin, who then quietly slipped out.
He returned half an hour later.
"The situation outside is not optimistic. If things don't work out, we'll leave."
"I'll go out with you, deal with everything we encounter, and try our best to protect the base."
As soon as the two stepped outside, they encountered Sun Wei, who was also holding a gun. The three of them nodded to each other in unison.
The rioters not only possessed firearms and ammunition of unknown origin, but they also seized weapons and opened fire indiscriminately on the base police who were maintaining order.
Xu Lin saw through her binoculars that base soldiers had surrounded more than 200 rioters, and dozens of them were shot dead on the spot. This decisive and ruthless suppression of rioters who seriously endangered the base and the lives and property of the people was truly gratifying.
The mastermind behind this riot is increasingly pointing to the base's management.
"Let's see how things go first," Zhou Pin said.
Although the soldiers had just killed dozens of criminals, more criminals gradually emerged, attempting to storm the villa area through a series of attacks.
“There must be an inside man. I’ll take care of it. You two be careful,” Sun Wei said.
Xu Lin and Zhou Pinchong nodded to Sun Wei, then Xu Lin took a mask out of her pocket and threw it to Sun Wei, who put it on and left.
The two realized the situation was dire; the base soldiers seemed to be out of ammunition, and the intruders were about to break in. Donning balaclavas, they joined the fight without hesitation. With their arrival, the base soldiers' morale noticeably increased. In reality, the enemy didn't have much ammunition left either; their earlier bluff was just a show of force.
Seeing that Xu Lin and Zhou Pin had come prepared, they immediately backed down and their morale plummeted.
Xu Lin and Zhou Pin eliminated all the thugs in one fell swoop, then left the villa area gate, leaving the rest of the work to the base.
Following the last riot, gates have been installed in the villa area, and entry and exit are only permitted with the user's ID card.
Nevertheless, an inside agent had infiltrated the villa area. When they arrived at villa number 5, Sun Wei appeared with two men. Zhou Pin helped him escort them to the gate before returning home.
Both of them are a bit of a germaphobe, and the first thing they do when they get home is to go into their personal space to shower and change clothes.
"We don't know how much longer the base can hold out. Let's leave in a couple of days!" Xu Lin said.
Xu Lin had previously thought about trying her best to preserve the base, but now it seems she has to leave. The riots keep happening one after another, and one day they will become the last straw that breaks the base's back.
Moreover, civil war is too time-consuming, money-consuming, manpower-consuming, and material-consuming. The base was already in a precarious state, with various natural disasters occurring one after another. If man-made disasters were added, there would truly be no peace, and the entire base would be wiped out sooner or later.
"Just tell them, but you don't need to say the specific time you're leaving or where you're going," Zhou Pin said.
Xu Lin took out her communicator and started editing in the group chat.
Xu Lin: We need to leave the base.
Sun Wei: Okay, we'll probably be leaving too. Have a safe trip.
Zheng Ming: Now that you've all left, there's no need for us to stay here. We'll meet again someday.
The chat in the group ended there. No one asked them when they were leaving or where they planned to go. This was probably the mental wall that survivors built after experiencing the apocalypse.
No matter how good they used to get along, they would all keep their distance when it came to matters of life and death.
After saying goodbye in the group chat, Xu Lin and Zhou Pin started dismantling the floorboards and first packed up everything that needed to be put away inside.
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