Chapter 95 Chapter 95 Zombies
next day
5:40 p.m.
He Junxia arrived at the box twenty minutes early.
Just as the door was opened by the waiter, the sound of laughter and conversation could be heard faintly. He Junxia raised her eyebrows slightly, strode in and said with a smile, "It seems I'm late."
Everyone in the box turned around when they heard him. Seeing him, Zhang Hongmeng laughed out loud, "What's the point of being late? We came too early. Come and sit down."
He Junxia pulled out the chair next to her and sat down, taking in the people chatting and laughing in the box.
There were people he was familiar with and people he was not familiar with, people from the weapons department and people from other departments, men and women, young and old, but they all had one thing in common - on the surface, they were all the direct subordinates of the base commander.
The real host of this party is self-evident.
It's just that the base has just been in such a big mess, and the base commander summoned all his direct subordinates. It is obvious that he encountered a serious problem, or perhaps he had doubts about their loyalty.
The people present were obviously aware of this and tacitly avoided certain risky topics, only talking about trivial matters in life during the conversation.
I don’t know if it’s due to personality or genes, but when people reach middle age or old age, they like to act as matchmakers for unmarried people.
Seeing He Junxia and Zhang Hongmeng, two unmarried men and women, sitting together, several older people at the table teased them and wanted to pair them up.
He Junxia and Zhang Hongmeng looked at each other and smiled awkwardly.
fall in love?
Impossible, impossible.
marry?
Even more impossible.
Although He Junxia is not a person who has no feelings or love, and he believes that beautiful love exists in the world, his special job means that he cannot stay in one world for a long time. Falling in love and getting married would be irresponsible to both parties.
Anyone or anything that prevents him from returning home is his enemy.
As for Zhang Hongmeng
She is also a staunch non-marriage advocate.
Growing up in a rural family that favored boys over girls, I have seen countless bad men.
She had long lost faith in so-called love.
She would rather be single for the rest of her life than get involved in those bad things.
After becoming the only top female psychic in the Yunjiang base, she became more determined not to marry or have children.
Because after a female superpowered person becomes pregnant, the level of their superpower active factor in their body will fluctuate significantly. Perhaps one second the superpowered person's active factor level was 34%, and the next it instantly dropped to 10%, with a very small chance of remaining fixed at 10% forever.
This extremely unstable state will seriously affect her strength, affect her performance in combat, and in turn affect her career and future life.
When masters fight, every move is fatal.
If you are unlucky, it is not impossible that one person and two others will die outside while on a mission.
In addition, you also have to worry about the covetousness of the person next to you.
Countless siblings, parents, and close relatives have fallen out over money, even to the point of bloodshed. A level six alien core is priceless; who can guarantee that the person beside you won't be tempted?
Or maybe he is a beauty trap used by some force to obtain the alien core.
Only a fool would do something like this with high cost and very low return.
He Junxia and Zhang Hongmeng tacitly began to change the topic, but the other people at the table decided that marriage and love were a safe topic. Seeing that the two of them were not interested in each other, they began to introduce their grandchildren, nephews, nieces, cousins, etc.
I won't stop until I find a partner for them both.
He Junxia: ...
Zhang Hongmeng: ...
If I had known they were coming, I wouldn’t have come.
The two of them were struggling to cope with the introductions given by others, hoping that someone would come and interrupt this terrible topic soon.
Perhaps God heard their prayers, but the door of the box was pushed open again, and Minister Pang, dressed casually, walked in with a smile.
As the Minister of the Weapons Manufacturing Department and a close confidant of Major General Bing Feng, her arrival immediately aroused warm welcome from everyone, and the topic also changed.
Everyone tried to ask her in a roundabout way about the meaning of this meal. After all, bringing so many people together was definitely not just about having a meal.
Considering the recent events, both big and small, and the turbulent situation beneath the surface, it is hard not to let people wonder whether the base commander needs them to take some actions that can change the power structure of the base.
Minister Pang smiled.
She answered everyone's questions with the same roundabout way, but the inner meaning was already clear.
The old foxes in the box had no change in expression and still had smiles on their faces, but it was unknown what they were thinking in their hearts.
He Junxia was really curious about the base commander's specific plans and was looking forward to the upcoming dinner.
5:55 p.m.
The base commander, Major General Bing Feng, came to the box, accompanied only by a young assistant who looked a little unfamiliar.
Where is Assistant Zhang, who was the most common in the past?
Everyone tacitly agreed not to ask about this topic. The fate of the missing person in this situation is self-evident.
Being abandoned is already the best outcome. If it is found out that he was involved in something, I am afraid that even his life will be in danger.
This is not a peaceful era where the law is upheld.
The young and unfamiliar assistant pulled out a chair and Major General Bing Feng sat down in the main seat. After he sat down, the others took their seats one after another.
Unexpectedly, after everyone was seated, the young assistant took out a stack of folders from his briefcase and distributed them to each seated person in turn.
He Junxia opened the folder. The first few pages recorded several projects and policies that the base planned to implement in the future, as well as all the people involved in the zombie meat case.
He Junxia continued to flip through the pages, and when she turned to a certain page, her breathing suddenly stopped, and her expression and movements became a little stiff.
——The content on this page of paper was actually detailed information about the Zhongshui Base, and it stood out among the internal information of the Yunjiang Base, as if someone had forcibly inserted this piece of paper in it.
He Junxia observed the base commander in the main seat calmly.
Unlike yesterday's serious and solemn expression, there was a more amiable smile on his face, as if he was the grandfather next door in my childhood.
But a strong sense of oppression could still be seen in those eyes that had experienced many things in life.
The old man in the main seat keenly noticed He Junxia's gaze and nodded slightly to him.
Their eyes met and then disappeared. He Junxia lowered her eyes with a polite smile, and her back felt cold.
The appearance of this information was definitely intentional.
He guessed wrong.
He Junxia completely overturned his impression of the base commander. Their base commander was definitely not a clown who was played around by others.
But what role did the base commander play in recent events?
He Junxia thought, maybe they would get an accurate answer today.
Or rather, he already had the answer.
Their base leader is like the oriole watching the mantis stalk the cicada, a hunter disguised as prey.
I'm afraid everything was within his expectations.
A tasteless dinner ended. On the surface, everyone was just chatting and eating to keep in touch with each other, but in fact, the base commander had assigned tasks to everyone, and the people and things involved were terrifying.
But can the base commander guarantee that everyone present is trustworthy?
Or is this not-so-secret gathering another consideration and test?
He Junxia lay on the bed with her head covered with a pillow.
He was not a smart man. The family education and school education he received since childhood did not teach him how to deal with such a complicated situation.
He Junxia told Xie Liqing the news he learned from the party today in a different way. He did not think it was shameful to seek advice from elders.
Unexpectedly, Xie Liqing burst out laughing after hearing this.
"I was wondering why you came back a little unhappy today. It turns out it was because of these things."
The woman lovingly smoothed his frown.
"Don't overthink it."
"As long as you complete the tasks assigned by your superiors conscientiously and do your job, others will naturally take care of the rest."
"Although you are a level five mutant, your position is not high and your power is not great. You are just a technician. No matter who wins or loses, it will not have much impact on us."
"Will the winner kill us all?"
"It's not a big deal. If it doesn't work out, let's just leave. There's a big world out there, and there's no place for us to stay."
He Junxia seemed to be lost in thought.
Xie Liqing looked at him seriously: "Don't think I'm nagging. I'm old and don't understand the affairs of you young people, but there is one thing I must say."
"My child can be unsuccessful and incompetent, and can be an ordinary person, but he must never do anything that goes against his conscience!"
"There will be retribution."
He Juanxia nodded: "Mom, don't worry, I've figured it out."
He figured it all out.
Xie Liqing's words cleared the clouds and pulled He Junxia back from the dead end.
After all, he is just a technician with little influence. Even if he has been labeled as the base commander, what does it matter? If the sky falls, there are still tall people to hold it up.
If anyone is worried, it should be Minister Pang.
Besides, judging from the base commander's performance and condition in the afternoon, he did not seem to be unprepared.
Instead of worrying in vain, it is better to wait and see.
However, this incident also reminded He Junxia of several things - he still had a lot to learn about how to calculate people's hearts, and he had to expand his information channels as much as possible.
It is best to look three steps ahead.
It is his luck to be able to become a high-level psychic in the mission world and have no worries about food and clothing, but it does not mean that he will be so lucky every time.
If he encounters a similar situation in the future and he is just an ordinary person, how can he avoid the zombie meat mixed in the food, how can he make the most correct choice, and seize the glimmer of hope at the critical moment.
He Junxia couldn't give an answer for the time being, but he already knew that this was the direction for his future learning and improvement.
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