S City Base Central Control Room...
"What's going on? Where are the people? You actually came back like this?" Roars came from the mouth of a young officer with a red face and thick neck.
The men standing in front of him lowered their heads in silence.
They are also full of guilt and self-blame, but soldiers must obey orders as their duty. This principle has been deeply embedded in their bones and blood since they joined the army.
The leader made that decision at the time, and they absolutely trusted and obeyed him, believing that he would definitely find a way to come back alone.
But now, three days have passed and the head has not appeared yet. If this matter is known by the upper echelons of City B, it will probably cause another turmoil.
"No, send more people to look for him. If they can't find him..." The young officer tried to calm himself down, then looked at them coldly and said.
Even if the final words were unspoken, everyone knew them clearly. This was probably more than just a military punishment. They were not afraid of that. But if something really happened to the leader, they would have no face to live.
After Gu Xiao calmed down, he realized that he had gone too far. He took a deep breath and spread out the map of City S. Pointing at the place where Song Yuan disappeared, he asked in confusion, "What was he doing there?"
Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads in confusion. At that time, when their leader took them there, they had no idea what the mission was.
If Qin Qing was here at this moment, she would be able to tell at a glance that the place Gu Xiao was pointing to was actually the university where she had studied before.
Qin Qing ate and slept in the space. After waking up, he ran along the well and chopped in the air with a machete to exercise his physical fitness. When he was tired, he rested and repeated this process.
She didn't know if it was her illusion, but after she repeated this exercise, when she woke up on the fourth day, she stared blankly at the box of instant noodles she had opened, which was originally two meters away from the well. Now it was only about one meter away from the well.
The other supplies were scattered on the ground, as if they had not been properly stacked before. But this was absolutely impossible. Every time she was exhausted from training, she would carefully check these supplies and put them in order if they were slightly messy, just like Grandet looking at his gold coins.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look up at the land where she was planting. This time she knew it was definitely not her eyes, because the soil at the very edge of the land where she was planting vegetables was arched up. The green vegetables that were originally planted in the land were now turned over on the soil, and the soil on the roots was still quite fresh.
Qin Qing walked over and picked up the vegetables that had fallen to the ground, roots and mud all over them. He was filled with confusion and wonder, what on earth was going on?
Looking at the traces of soil, it feels as if the vegetables were turned over by a bulldozer pushing them forward.
Could it be… Qin Qing looked around in disbelief. The space was shrinking?
If that's the case, then her original dream of collecting enough supplies and then living in the space, even if it meant living alone, wouldn't it be just empty talk?
Qin Qing tried hard to recall what happened after he had this space. The materials he collected before the expansion did not seem to have shrunk in such a long time.
Then, she absorbed the energy of the jade pendant and did things after the space expanded. Could it be that she planted vegetables, dug a fish pond, and raised chickens and ducks?
Qin Qing calculated the time. It had been about a week since he absorbed the mutant zombie's crystal core. Could it be that this space needed to absorb enough energy to maintain itself? Conversely, if the energy was insufficient, the space would shrink?
Thinking of this, Qin Qing couldn't help but want to curse.
She used her consciousness to check whether there were no zombies outside the space, and then she slipped out of the space.
The sky outside was gray. Qin Qing looked around and found himself near a mountain range on the outskirts of City S. In the distance, high mountains stretched out in a continuous line. It was unclear whether Li Xiong and his companions were heading towards that mountain range, as the man surnamed Lu had said the base seemed to be in the middle of it.
Under normal circumstances, Qin Qing would naturally go that way or return to his original warehouse to look for Li Xiong and the others after leaving the space. However, he thought about his own proud space. If it didn't absorb energy, it would shrink. When the space couldn't hold all the supplies, would it all fall out?
Moreover, she felt very upset when she thought that if these supplies did not belong to her...!
It seems that now it is not only important to collect supplies, but also to collect the crystal cores of mutant zombies and jade pendants containing energy, which should be the top priority.
Qin Qing hesitated for a moment, thinking about the agreement she had made with Li Xiong and the others. Since she had agreed to team up with Li Xiong and the others, and Li Xiong had obeyed her every decision, she naturally had a responsibility to them. If she only cared about protecting herself, how could she be considered a teammate?
Although she sometimes felt that they were a burden, dragging her down, but when people get along with each other for a long time, feelings naturally develop. This was also one of the reasons why she avoided people and lived alone in the beginning. She couldn't guarantee that she would get rid of them like a burden after the end of the world!
Thinking of this, Qin Qing looked back at the mountains, then headed straight for his warehouse. If Li Xiong and the others went to the base, their personal safety would naturally be guaranteed. If anything else happened later, they were adults and would make their own choices.
If they returned to the warehouse, she would naturally be responsible for everyone.
Because they had driven here, Zhou Shan had taken many shortcuts to escape the zombies chasing him. On the other hand, Qin Qing had to walk for over two hours on his way back to the national highway to City S.
At this moment, cars were whizzing past on the national highway, coming out from the direction of the city. These people were the ones who had seen the zombies being killed by the soldiers sent by the government and had bravely driven away with their families after seeing the zombies being reduced.
This was completely different from the previous situation where Qin Qing walked on the road and saw no one. People now gradually lost the desire to wait for government rescue. Smart people knew that only by saving themselves could there be hope of survival.
Unlike those who were fleeing S City at a rapid speed, Qin Qing was heading towards S City. As a passing bus passed in front of Qin Qing, a girl with a sweet voice stuck her head out of the window and shouted, "Girl, the city is full of those monsters now! Hurry up and get on the bus! Don't go back!"
Before she could finish, she was pulled back by the people in the car. The bus showed no intention of stopping and instead sped up towards the highway.
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