Chapter 34
No one noticed Xiya's abnormality, they were all making plans for the next step.
Elena seemed to have made all the preparations early on. Not only were all the residents of East District 2 moved underground, but the management and arrangements of the underground city had also been assigned to her subordinates long ago. Everything was arranged in an orderly manner.
It gives people the feeling that even if the people from the Military Defense Team 3 did not come, she would still leave East District 2 and go to East District 1.
Elena is a very organized person. After making sure Zhu Liang and Lin Bai were safe, they quickly discussed their next route.
It has to be said that Elena's joining has been a great help to Lou Tiannan's team. Elena has a very detailed understanding of the surrounding situation, and each area has special tables and maps to record the situation.
"The central region, even South Districts 1 and 2, have already fallen. Now they're all strongholds for the apocalyptic thugs. The border area between central and southern China will be even more chaotic. The only good thing is that they're all operating in separate camps, and their factions are in disarray. We can try to sneak through in disguise."
Lu Jia agreed: "That's fine. Besides, there are traces of Aurora's activities in several areas nearby. Didn't the Minister say that Aurora would help us, too?"
Hearing Lu Jia mention Aurora, Elena's brown eyes flashed with deep emotions, and she smiled: "Speaking of which, there is one thing I must inform you of in advance."
She looked up and said to the crowd, "As far as I know, the Federation has reached a cooperation agreement with Aurora. Your mission will likely involve Aurora's assistance. I won't do anything to you, but I can't guarantee that I won't do anything to Aurora."
Elena's calm words did not conceal her dislike for Aurora.
"Captain Elena, why is this happening?" Wen Xia Xia asked in confusion. Although she didn't like those mysterious priests, it was rare to see Elena's disgust so obvious.
"Because I suspect he has kidnapped my friend, in my eyes, Aurora is not a church, but a gang of criminals." Elena did not hide anything and frankly stated her guess.
Those who know Elena know that she never easily expresses doubt, and when she does, it means she is 90% sure.
"Aurora kidnapped your friend?"
This reason was somewhat unexpected to everyone. Song Yan was stunned: "Aurora is so powerful, he kidnapped your friend?"
"What does your friend do?" Zhou Yu asked hesitantly.
Lu Jia and Wen Xia Xia were also curious.
Elena only said: "Her name is Mi Xing."
When Lou Tiannan heard this name, his eyes paused. He was one of the well-known wealthy businessmen in the Federation.
Lu Jia touched the back of his head: "The name Mi Xing sounds familiar."
Xiya whispered, "There used to be a lot of toys with this name in toy stores..." She had a lot of toys of this brand before the end of the world, but she couldn't take them with her when she ran away, and now she has none left, only the dolls she picked up.
After Xiya said this, they also remembered: "Ah! Yes, yes, it's the founder of the Federation's largest toy brand, Mi Xing!"
"I heard that her production skills are very good. Before the end of the world, many of her toys were sold well in the Federation. Could it be that your bracelet was also made by her?" Song Yan asked.
Elena said: "It's her."
"This is even more wrong. Why did Aurora kidnap the toy maker? To make toys?" Zhou Yu couldn't figure it out.
"I don't know their purpose, but some clues I found show that Aurora is very likely to have done such a thing." There was a hint of coldness in Elena's gentle words, and it was not difficult to see that she cared about this friend very much.
Lou Tiannan nodded slightly and made a decision: "I understand what you mean. I will carefully consider cooperating with Aurora in the future."
"Then it's a pleasure to work with you." Elena extended her hand.
Lou Tiannan also extended his hand, "Happy cooperation."
Their disguise plan was implemented that night.
Elena made the grouping arrangements. "Song Yan, Zhu Liang, and Lu Jiaze will disguise themselves as thugs and leave first in the dark. Zhou Yu and Wen Xiaxia will set off as siblings. Lou Tiannan will be a black market bounty hunter. Lin Bai and her daughter will be with me."
Hearing Elena's arrangement, Lou Tiannan frowned and shook his head, saying, "I disagree. Right now, we are in a temporary partnership, and I can't completely hand over Lin Bai and her daughter to you."
The implication is clear: I don't trust you being alone with Lin Bai.
During the conversation with Elena in the office, Lou Tiannan suddenly realized the importance of Lin Bai in their mission to the 621 Pharmacopoeia Research Institute. Lin Bai had the alien key to the 621 Pharmacopoeia Research Institute. Maybe she knew something about the security and safety locks of the 621 Pharmacopoeia Research Institute. He could not completely trust Elena. If Elena lied to them at the last moment, the danger would be fatal. Lin Bai was very important to them.
Lou Tiannan's objection hit the nail on the head for Lin Bai. She knew exactly what Elena was thinking by arranging the two of them together. She didn't want to get along with Elena. Moreover, if she followed Elena's arrangement, she would not only be under surveillance, but she would also be unable to replenish her energy.
"Captain Lou, what do you mean?" Elena asked good-temperedly.
"I'll take Xiya and Captain Lou with me," Lin Bai offered. "I was in the same team with him before, and I trust Captain Lou more."
When Lou Tiannan heard Lin Bai's words, "I trust Captain Lou more," his brows relaxed unconsciously.
"Are you in the same group with him?" Elena raised her voice, questioning.
"Isn't it possible?" Lin Bai asked.
"It's not impossible," Elena looked back and forth between the two of them: "But what roles will you two play as a group? Husband and wife?" She did not really advocate the identity combination of husband and wife. This combination in the end times was too eye-catching.
Lou Tiannan's heart tightened.
Lin Bai said without hesitation, "Sister and brother, right? I'm almost thirty this year, and Captain Lou is two years younger than me, so it's just right."
"Just right?" Lou Tiannan stared at Lin Bai with his eyes slanted. This time he was no longer nervous, but instead gritted his teeth.
"Sister and brother? He doesn't look like your brother." Elena shook her head.
"It will look just like it after a few changes." When it comes to dressing up and transforming, Lin Bai is really an expert.
Hearing that Lin Bai was going to transform Lou Tiannan, the others were very interested and gathered around to watch, wanting to see how Lin Bai was going to transform Lou Tiannan.
Lin Bai took out all the cosmetics in her bag one by one, including concealer, foundation, lipstick, eye shadow and so on.
After staring at Elena for a moment, he hesitantly asked Song Yan beside him, "Is this all in her bag?"
"Yes, she loves makeup very much...um..." Song Yan thought for a few seconds before coming up with a suitable adjective, "passion."
Lin Bai, who "loves" makeup, stood in front of the seated Lou Tiannan and started to work. She held the brush very close to Lou Tiannan and moved her hands very quickly. With a few swipes, a small scar appeared on Lou Tiannan's face. Lin Bai used some darker colors to create a birthmark on half of Lou Tiannan's face. In less than ten minutes, Lou Tiannan's transformation was completed.
Lou Tiannan, who originally had a strong and upright face, now had a birthmark as big as half a palm on the left side of his face, and there were also scars of various sizes on his cheeks. His originally beautiful pair of narrow eyes were made one larger and one smaller by Lin Bai using some unknown method. His whole temperament suddenly became much gloomier. His facial features were deep and sharp, and now when he looked at people with his brows pressed down, there was a bit of coldness in his eyes.
Looking at the transformed Lou Tiannan, Elena had to admit, "Your makeup skills are really good." In the law enforcement department, she often saw some prisoners changing their appearances to avoid being hunted down. The makeup skills that Lin Bai used on Lou Tiannan were considered to be of a high standard among the many cases she had seen in her career.
"Wow! Lin Bai, you have such skills! Why don't you help me modify it?" Zhou Yu looked up and down at Lou Tiannan, amazed.
Lou Tiannan also saw his current appearance in the mirror and did not express any opinion. He was indeed more suitable to appear in the area where thugs were frequent. Lin Bai was pestered by Zhou Yu and Song Yan to put on makeup, and he took the clothes prepared by Elena and went to change clothes.
Once he put on the gray clothes, Lou Tiannan looked completely different, and Zhou Yu, Song Yan and others were amazed.
Only Elena was still not satisfied, "Lou Tiannan, you have to pay attention to your posture." He was too stiff. Even if she didn't look at Lou Tiannan's face, she could tell something was wrong just by looking at his walking and standing posture.
"Captain Lou, let's lame our legs," Lin Bai suggested.
This is indeed the most suitable and fastest way to change your body shape. Lou Tiannan added a height-increasing pad to one of his shoes, and when he walked again, he almost didn't look like "Lou Tiannan".
Elena provided makeup and clothes, and everyone was quickly disguised.
The groups were also redistributed. The nine of them were divided into groups of four, three, and two, and set out from East District 2 at different times. They were all equipped with walkie-talkies in their ears.
Zhu Liang led the team, including Lu Jia, Wen Xia Xia and Zhou Yu, and set off first, codenamed Blue Pigeon.
Elena and Song Yan's team codenamed Snowbird also set off half an hour after they set off.
The last three to set off were Lou Tiannan, Lin Bai and Xiya, codenamed Black Hawk.
Only Zhu Liang's team set out in a tattered car, while the others were walking with loaded equipment. They tied their equipment to their bodies and approached the border area between Central and South China together.
They traveled all night, and when they were about to reach East Fourth District, they could see with the naked eye that there were more people on the road.
Small-scale battles can also be seen all the time.
Fights for territory, food, or unexplained battles can get you caught up in them if you're not careful.
The further south you go, the more such battles there are.
Zhou Yu's quiet report came over the intercom: "There's been too much fighting. Blue Pigeon abandoned the vehicle. We've arrived at the agreed location, on the western edge of the Central and Southern border area. It looks like there are no fewer than five forces here. We'll stay here to investigate."
"Snowbird received. It is expected to arrive at the agreed location from the eastern part of East Fourth District in twenty minutes."
"Black Hawk received. Estimated arrival time from the west side of East Second District is 45 minutes."
After that, the intercom kept transmitting the news that Zhou Yu had gathered. For example, in the border area between Central and South China, zombies were rare due to the long period of scorching sun and various large-scale battles. About one-third of the territory was occupied by Blood Bones, and another one-third was in the hands of Red Sand. The remaining forces had been fighting for the remaining territory.
For example, in front of them, Blood Bones and Red Sand were engaged in a large-scale battle, with many casualties.
For example...
Zhou Yu's panicked voice rang out over the intercom: "Oh no! Brother Liang has been kidnapped by Hongsha's men!!!"
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