Chapter 14: Human Flesh Shop
Under the blue sky and the sun, more than 20 large trucks were driving in the dilapidated streets in the direction guided by the corona. The buildings on both sides were in ruins and dilapidated. Traffic was seriously congested. Sometimes they had to stop to push the cars parked in the middle of the road away. On the road, zombies with their bodies torn into two pieces could be seen from time to time.
Ye Chen leaned against the cold guardrail, his body swaying from side to side as the truck bumped along. He looked up at the white clouds in the sky with a dazed look in his eyes. Xu Tianguo and three others beside him sat around the truck, looking at the desolate and desolate streets and broken buildings around them with a somewhat lonely look on their faces. The once colorful lights, magnificent buildings, and bustling world had all turned into ruins. A glorious civilization had fallen into silence.
Looking back at history, how many dynasties that were once glorious eventually became ruins, buried under the yellow sand, and covered up by the rise of the next dynasty. Throughout history, how many geniuses and extraordinary people, once brilliant and outstanding, finally turned into a cup of yellow earth...
"General Ye."
Next to him, a young man at the level of a regiment leader came over, looked at Ye Chen in awe, and said, "The subordinates are going to hold a party after we return. All the captains will attend. Are you going?"
Ye Chen withdrew his gaze from the sky, glanced at him, shook his head slightly, and said: "No, you guys go and have fun. You will be more relaxed without me."
The so-called gatherings were nothing more than drinking, eating meat, and playing with women. Every time they carried out a thrilling mission, these soldiers would treat themselves well. Drinking could numb themselves and forget the sorrow of losing their loved ones; playing with women could be enjoyable and tell themselves how sexy they are now, which made their hearts fall even more. Only by falling even more could they continue to live...
Behind the sound of laughter at a party, there is a sense of emptiness, sadness and loneliness!
The young man looked at him regretfully, nodded, turned and left, walked to the side, and started chatting with the group leaders.
Ye Chen leaned against the guardrail, squinting his eyes, enjoying the tranquility of the moment. The breeze blew on his body and hair, which was extremely comfortable. He listened to the laughter of those people chatting, felt a ray of warmth in this sadness, and let his thoughts fly, thinking about his previous life...
"Wang Long, Xue Dashan, Sun Yun..."
These names emerged in Ye Chen's mind. In that life, after joining the army, he lived in the same dormitory with these people. They killed monsters in the wild together every day and earned military merits.
Let’s find a woman together…
Bullying together...
Another time, the three of them accidentally peeped at a general’s wife taking a bath, and fled away in a panic until they were exhausted. Then they sat on the ground, looked at each other, and burst into laughter...
However, during a mission, they encountered a powerful monster and their bullets were used up. In order to cover Ye Chen's escape, they sacrificed themselves one after another.
When they were under the claws of the monster, they still had a smile on their faces...
Ye Chen will never forget it in his life!
That's a brother!
Friends who can stand up in the face of death! They were also the only few friends Ye Chen met in the early days. They were all passionate young people who could confront their superiors out of anger, shout their dreams to the sky together, and walk on the street, laughing like fools without fear of the contemptuous eyes around them.
The cruelty of the end of the world did not erase their personalities.
Thinking of this, a tear fell from the corner of Ye Chen's eye. He opened his eyes, a flash of grief passed away, he stood up, looked at the dilapidated buildings and the ruined streets in the distance, opened his arms, and the wind blew freely on his body, as if he could soar into the sky!
The once dormant blood in my body burst out, and the emotions that disappeared in my heart also surged out. Although I experienced a lot in the end of the world and no longer trusted anyone, how could I forget the companions who had fought together and the laughter that lingered in my ears?
He wanted to shout to the whole world.
Perhaps it was a sudden impulse, Ye Chen had never been so eager for power before. After his rebirth, his goal had always been to protect his sister and not let her lose her again. Fundamentally speaking, he was just a coward who was afraid of loneliness and emptiness!
But at this moment, he had another idea in his mind. He wanted to hold on to those beautiful memories and touching moments that had disappeared from his memory. Some people or things, once lost, can never be recovered...
If you don’t want to lose, it’s not enough to just protect the other person, but you also need to make the other person stronger!
Let’s work together!
Laugh together!
Xu Tianguo and the other person standing next to them were startled when they saw Ye Chen standing on the car with his arms open. They suddenly had a feeling that this man was not standing on a car, but on the top of the world!
As the truck drove along, it occasionally encountered some zombies, which were all killed. Under the leadership of Ye Chen, they did not encounter any powerful monsters and arrived at the base city smoothly.
"Woo woo..." The sound of the exhaust pipe sounded, and many people around who came to seek refuge with yellowish faces and tired expressions made way and dared not block the way.
After entering the city, Ye Chen saw a shabby and simple house on the side of the road. There were a few words on it: Meat! He thought to himself, I haven't been back to visit my sister for so long, so I might as well buy some meat today to visit her. So he jumped out of the car and walked towards the store.
As I walked into the house, a strong smell of blood hit me. There were several wooden tables inside. The owner was a big man with an apron hanging around his waist. There were many cut meats on the table.
Ye Chen frowned, his expression quickly became gloomy, he turned around, left the store, and got into the car.
Seeing that he returned empty-handed, Xu Tianguo was stunned and asked, "Didn't you buy anything?"
Ye Chen shook his head and said, "This is a human flesh shop without a business license. What's sold inside is human flesh."
Xu Tianguo shuddered all over and got goosebumps.
Generally, all shops in the base city have new business licenses issued by the Ministry of Commerce. Only with a business license can they be considered as allowed to sell goods in the base city. Selling goods privately without a business license is a violation of the base city rules.
As soon as Ye Chen walked in and smelled the smell in the air, he could tell that it was the smell of human flesh. Usually, if it was the flesh and blood of a monster, there would be a little bit of the monster's smell left on the skin and flesh, such as pork, which would have a little bit of fecal odor, and mutton, which would have a little bit of rancid smell. After all, the skin and fur could not be washed to remove any smell at all.
"Don't you care?" Xu Tianguo looked at Ye Chen and said.
"The law enforcers from Base City will be here soon to clean up this place." Ye Chen said indifferently. He turned around and called a few soldiers to carry the several hundred kilograms of base-transformed meat to his residence. Then he said to Xu Tianguo and others, "Get out of the car with me."
Xu Tianguo knew that Ye Chen had something to do, so he didn't ask any more questions and got out of the car.
"General Ye, where are you going?" a regiment commander asked curiously.
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Ye Chen waved his hand and said, "You guys go back to the barracks first."
"Oh." Seeing that Ye Chen didn't say anything, the regiment commander didn't ask any more questions. More than 20 large trucks formed a huge team and headed towards the military camp.
After they left, Ye Chen brought Xu Tianguo and others to an office building and rented a room with three bedrooms and a living room. When the service woman saw the "General's Order" on Ye Chen's chest, she was surprised, and then gave him a 30% discount on the rent, spending only seven or eight hundred military merits.
After arriving at the room, Ye Chen looked around and was relieved when he saw that there was no surveillance camera. He walked to the sofa and sat down, saying to Xu Tianguo and the others, "You will live here from now on. If you need anything in the future, you can come to me. I will come here often."
Huang Tianci nodded and said, "Thanks to you this time, otherwise we would still be wandering outside."
Ye Chen said casually: "No need to say these things, I just hope that you can help me wholeheartedly in the future."
"Don't worry, I will do my best!" Huang Tianci said with his chest puffed out.
Ye Chen nodded and said, "I will write a list later. Your task is to try to find the people on the list. Then I will buy some shops for you to run."
Xu Tianguo pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "I will try my best to complete it!"
After briefly explaining the task, Ye Chen wrote down all the celebrities, big and small, who appeared in China in his previous life. Although some of them had been forgotten, most people still remembered them.
Among these people, even if only a small part of them can be gathered, they can form an extremely powerful force, and their future potential is extremely terrifying!
"Wang Long, Xue Dashan, Sun Yun... these three people must do their best to help me find it!" Ye Chen said solemnly.
Xu Tianguo was startled, took a look at the three names, then nodded slowly, "I'll try my best."
After explaining everything, Ye Chen got up and left.
The sky gradually darkened, and stars appeared in the sky. The base city was dark and there were no lights. The power station built now was only enough to supply the information department and other departments of the base city. Others who wanted to use electricity could buy it, but the price of electricity was extremely expensive and ordinary people could not afford it.
After dark, most people went to bed early. After 10 o'clock, a curfew was imposed in the base city, prohibiting people from wandering on the streets. This lasted until August of the Dark Calendar Year Zero. By then, the technology of the Atlantis civilization had been widely used in the base city, and some people would go out into the wild to fight monsters at night with high-intensity spotlights.
It was still early, and Ye Chen was walking leisurely on the street. There were many people around him who had just returned from fighting in the wild. They were chatting and laughing with each other, talking about what they had gained today, or which women were beautiful, or which former star had now become a waiter in a certain building, etc.
"Ye Chen!"
Suddenly, a crisp sound came from behind.
Ye Chen turned his head and looked.
The night wind blows.
Brush on face.
On the busy street, a tall and slender girl, wearing a white short-sleeved shirt, a baseball cap, and denim shorts, with a pair of slender legs, waved her hand here.