Chapter 12 The End of the World 12
"What are you looking at?"
Qin Ling sat at the table with a serious face, staring at the information in his hand.
Tang Ji pushed open the door and gently placed the steaming tea in his hand next to Qin Ling's hand. The bottom of the porcelain cup collided with the wooden table, making an inaudible collision sound.
Qin Ling took a sip with one hand free to pick up the cup of hot tea. "Recent registration list of people entering and leaving the base."
Before Tang Ji asked, Qin Ling added unconsciously: "Many people reported that someone was missing in the base in recent days, which caused a little panic."
"The missing people are all ordinary people. In addition, there is a large turnover of people in the base every day, and the monitoring facilities are not complete. The reason for the disappearance cannot be determined for the time being."
Since the end of the world, there have been new people joining the base basically every day. Of course, there are also some lone rangers who do not live in the base, but occasionally enter the base to trade.
There are also the most powerful people who are on solo or team missions.
The daily flow of people is not small, and the total number of missing people cannot be counted for the time being.
People have enjoyed peace in this base for so long, and any chaos will cause panic in their hearts.
The top management of the base is afraid that they will conduct a thorough investigation of the base personnel.
After all, they are also afraid of losing their lives in this base that they think is extremely safe.
This has made it difficult for the operatives under their command. Headed by the first and second teams, they were all transferred to deal with this missing incident.
"If it was just a simple population transaction, it would be easy to solve. The base now suspects that a high-level zombie has sneaked in..."
The people in the base obviously already knew something about the high-level zombies.
They
Qin Ling sighed with a headache and rubbed his eyes that had been sore from seeing it.
"Brother Qin...if, zombies are really found in the base, how will you solve it?"
After Qin Ling explained the situation, Tang Ji stood silently beside him and asked inconspicuously.
"Of course, kill them on the spot."
Qin Ling answered without hesitation.
"Zombies are something that should die as soon as possible."
"My biggest wish in this life is that all zombies in the world disappear."
In this way, we can have a peaceful life.
In the end times, Qin Ling has seen too many separations of life and death, and has experienced too many separations of death, all of which were brought about by those ugly zombies.
Qin Ling still remembered that he had seen a mother hugging her daughter who had become a zombie. They embraced each other in the wasteland and walked hand in hand to another paradise-like world.
He also could not forget that his teammate who had promised to fight side by side was infected, endured the great pain of zombie transformation, and struggled to put the muzzle of the gun to his forehead.
Blood splashed.
Qin Ling will never forget those pictures that have been frozen in his memory.
Despite having experienced so much, Qin Ling still found it difficult to learn to say goodbye gracefully.
For a while, Qin Ling was immersed in those nightmare-like scenes. As a captain, he comforted many people, but in the end he became the one who needed comfort.
Qin Ling, who was reminded of his past, naturally did not notice Tang Ji's slightly stiff body and deep eyes.
Tang Ji hid his clenched hands behind his back, looked down at the ground, half-closed his eyes, and covered his red eyes.
"What's wrong with you?"
Qin Ling, who finally came to his senses, looked at the boy who was obviously not feeling well, and pulled his shoulder with concern.
"...Nothing, I just suddenly felt a little uncomfortable."
Tang Ji dodged Qin Ling's hand, his body stiffened, and he strode out of the room with his head down and eyes downcast.
"I'll go back to my room to rest."
Qin Ling looked at his empty hand without knowing why, frowned worriedly, thought for a few seconds, and continued to look at the information in his hand.
...
"Hey, did you notice?"
Rong Xinze poked Ruan Heyu, who was sitting next to him, with his elbow.
"What are you doing again?" Ruan Heyu frowned in dissatisfaction and turned her eyes from the data in her hand to Rong Xinze who was making a face.
"Let me tell you," Rong Xinze leaned close to Ruan Heyu's ear, "did the captain have a quarrel with Xiao Tang?"
"Xiao Tang was so attached to the captain before. You could find him wherever the captain appeared. Now he hasn't been seen for several days."
"You think too much. We all know the captain's personality. With Tang Ji's attitude towards the captain, how could they have a quarrel?"
Ruan Heyu obviously disagreed with Rong Xinze's speculation and was not particularly interested in it. After glancing at Rong Xinze, she turned her attention back to the data in her hand.
Now their entire team is busy investigating the missing persons in the base. On one hand, they arranged people to check the personnel registration form and the entry and exit form of the base, and on the other hand, they arranged patrols in various parts of the base to search for suspicious persons.
Today, it was Rong Xinze and Ruan Heyu's turn to look at the data. Liang Baiying took Zhizhi and the captain to conduct inspections and patrols in two groups.
After watching for a while, Rong Xinze couldn't bear his jumpy temper and was ready to make a move towards Ruan Heyu beside him.
"That's true... but the two of them are obviously not right now! Aren't you curious?"
Rong Xinze chose to continue harassing Ruan Heyu.
"Not curious."
Ruan Heyu chose to coldly block Rong Xinze's chattering mouth.
But the more Ruan Heyu acted like this, the more Rong Xinze couldn't control his gossipy heart, and analyzed seriously:
"Do you think it's possible that the captain has reached menopause?"
"No, considering the captain's age, he doesn't seem to have reached menopause yet."
"Is that Xiao Tang's belated rebellious period? Speaking of which, Xiao Tang is also an unconventional kid. I remember that when I was his age, I was a naughty monkey who jumped around all over the place. After the captain brought me back to the base, he couldn't stand it anymore and threw me to Sister Baiying. Sister Baiying's beatings really hurt..."
Rong Xinze couldn't stop talking once he opened his mouth, and the topic would immediately deviate to how many times Liang Baiying had given him the "Iron Fist of Justice" before he was eighteen years old.
"...No wonder the captain likes Xiao Tang. There is no harm without comparison."
Ruan Heyu thought silently when he heard Rong Xinze recounting his past glorious deeds.
"Come to think of it, the captain personally made a cake for Xiao Tang on his 18th birthday. Wow, even I didn't get this treatment when I was 18. You say the captain is so partial to him that it's like outer space..." "
And the captain actually went home on time for Xiao Tang. He used to be a mission-crazed person, and it was common for him not to go home for several months. Although this was partly because Xiao Tang often ran to the hall to catch the captain..."
"And I feel that the captain has smiled more since Xiao Tang came. In the past, the captain either had a cold face or a sullen face, which scared away many suitors. Such a good face is wasted. No wonder the captain doesn't have a partner at such an old age..."
"And that time..."
"…If this happened in ancient times, Xiao Tang would be the captain's biological son, and I would be the cheap son brought up by a stepmother!"
Rong Xinze's topic had already deviated to the issue of his own positioning, and he looked at Ruan Heyu with an unwilling look, "Just tell me if my analogy is right?"
"Ah, yes, yes, yes..."
Ruan Heyu didn't listen to Rong Xinze's nonsense at all, nodded, responded casually, and didn't even raise his eyes, calmly flipping through the information in his hand.
"Hey, are you listening to me? Damn it!"
"I'm expressing my true feelings so sincerely, why are you so perfunctory!"
"Forget it, forget it, I won't say anything, let's look at the information."
Rong Xinze talked nonsense, and felt much more comfortable with this mouth, and put his attention back on the task.
...
Liang Baiying took Zhizhi to walk on the busy street.
The two people in casual clothes scanned everyone's face, trying to find something unusual.
Liang Baiying had a high ponytail, a simple sportswear, and a disguised bag containing a gun and a dagger hanging around her waist. Her bright face and hot body made her look extremely heroic.
Although Li Zhizhi was dressed similarly, her temperament and figure were completely different. Her face was a little fleshy, less heroic, and more lovely.
While the two chatted, they observed the situation around them half-heartedly.
"It seems that I rarely see Tang Ji recently." Li Zhizhi said casually.
"The captain is busy with the mission and may not have time."
"But in the past, no matter how busy the captain was, Tang Ji would come to see the captain. I feel that the captain and Tang Ji have been a little strange recently." Zhizhi tilted her head, a little curious.
"Could it be that the captain and he had a quarrel?"
"Well... but according to my observation and a woman's sixth sense, I think it's more of a one-sided cold war." Liang Baiying thought for a moment and said.
"The captain behaved as usual, it seems that Xiao Tang was unilaterally in a cold war with the captain."
"But that's not quite right. It feels like Tang Ji is just not as clingy to the captain as before, and it's not a cold war." Zhizhi corrected Liang Baiying.
The two chatted casually, and suddenly Liang Baiying caught a glimpse of a familiar figure in the corner of the street.
"Wait, isn't that Xiao Tang?"
Liang Baiying pointed to a figure at the corner at the end of the street.
Perhaps sensing the gaze of others, Tang Ji turned his head sharply and looked straight in the direction of the gaze.
Seeing Liang Baiying and Zhizhi stepping over, Tang Ji's eyes flashed with surprise, and he shook his body subconsciously.
As they approached, they saw that there was another person beside Tang Ji, a young man with red hair, wearing a loose sweater and jeans.
There was a hint of hostility between the two people.
Before Liang Baiying could ask, another voice suddenly interrupted:
"It's really lively today, and I met so many familiar faces."
Xu Nianci walked leisurely from the side of the street with a smile on her face.
"Dr. Xu."
Liang Baiying nodded and greeted Xu Nianci.
Behind Xu Nianci, one step away, stood a man who looked like a bodyguard in a black suit. He was obviously a person arranged by the base to protect the precious researchers.
"Oh, by the way, Baiying, you are here. Please pass something to your captain for me." Xu Nianci took a step back, turned around and stretched out his palms to the bodyguard behind him.
The bodyguard got the signal and reached into his pocket to take out a syringe-shaped light pink test tube.
Just as the two hands were about to meet, a scream came out:
"Be careful--"
"Pah--"
Before anyone could react, the glass test tube fell heavily to the ground and instantly broke into pieces.