Near the gas station.
Fei Lichao and Lu Jing stood 200 meters north of the gas station, using binoculars to observe it, but they didn't spot anyone.
They had been here more than three hours earlier and had not found anyone. They had been searching around for some time but had not been able to find any trace of each other.
So the two returned to the place, hoping to find some clues.
“There’s no one over there. Let’s go take a look,” Fei Lichao said.
"Um"
The two got into the car and soon arrived at a gas station.
The supermarket, now empty of gas station attendants, was deserted, not even filled with zombies.
The two men got out of the car and entered the gas station's convenience store. Just in case, they were both carrying weapons. After checking the area, they found no one. Then, they went to the warehouse behind the convenience store.
Fei Lichao went into the warehouse and checked it, but there was no one there.
However, Sister Jing looked at the warehouse that had been emptied and felt a little helpless.
Fei Lichao then walked out of the warehouse, saying, "There's no one inside."
Jingjie said, "They should all be gone."
Fei Lichao asked in confusion, "How did you know?"
Sister Jing said, "When we were here before, there were quite a few things in this warehouse, but now it's all empty. It must have been taken away by those who came after us."
Fei Lichao turned to look at the warehouse and said, "If what you said is true, they've probably all gone back."
"Why?"
Fei Lichao said, "They came here to hunt down that guy named Fang Yuan, but they stopped after they got here. I guess they probably thought that someone with Fang Yuan's injuries wouldn't live much longer. Plus, there's so much stuff here, why not take it? That's what I think, but I don't know if I'm right."
Jingjie said, "That's very possible, but we can't let our guard down. Let's be cautious. We'll find a place nearby tonight and keep watch for them. If they don't show up, we'll leave."
Fei Lichao had no objection and nodded, saying, "I'll listen to you."
The two left the gas station and found a secluded house nearby to stay in temporarily.
They brought food and drinks, so spending the night here shouldn't be a problem.
After contacting the research institute via walkie-talkie, Sister Jing began preparing dinner.
Dinner was simple: a can of food, two loaves of bread, and some other snacks. The bread had gone hard because it had been sitting out for a while, but these days it's good enough to have something to eat, so there's no need to worry about anything else.
During the meal, Sister Jing asked Fei Lichao, "What are your plans for the future?"
Fei Lichao expressed his confusion at this question and asked in return, "Plans? What plans?"
Jingjie lowered her head, opened her mouth but didn't know how to ask. After thinking for a while, she asked, "Well, about life in the future, if nothing unexpected happens at the research institute, we'll probably be living there forever, right..."
"And then?" Fei Lichao looked at Sister Jing, who was looking down, not understanding what she meant.
Sister Jing looked a little helpless and remained silent for a while. "Exactly, what are we going to do in the future? Do we have to keep living like this? Don't you have any thoughts about your own life?"
Fei Lichao was a little confused, still not understanding what Sister Jing was asking, so he blinked and said, "We'll talk about it later. These things can't be rushed. Anyway, Xiaonan definitely has plans for the future in mind. You know, I'm not good at these kinds of things, so I'll just listen to you guys."
Upon hearing this, Sister Jing sighed and said, "That's not what I meant."
Fei Lichao was confused again. "That's not what it means? Then what does it mean?"
Jingjie said, "Forget it, I'm not talking to you anymore. You're really stupid."
After Jingjie finished speaking, she took the bread and water and left the house. She went to her car outside and picked up her binoculars to observe the situation at the gas station in the distance.
It's not dark yet, so we can still see what's happening at the gas station.
Fei Lichao was left alone in the room, somewhat confused about what Sister Jing had just said. He took a bite of bread, too lazy to think about it anymore, so he simply stopped thinking about it. Who could say for sure what would happen in the future?
"Fei Lichao, Fei Lichao, come out quickly, someone has arrived at the gas station!"
Just then, Sister Jing's voice came from outside the house.
Fei Lichao rushed out and asked, "Where? Where?"
"See for yourself."
Fei Lichao took the binoculars and looked closely, and saw the figures appearing in the gas station.
The figure looked ragged and dirty, like a homeless person, not someone in the group.
Fei Lichao said, "This guy should be a homeless man, and has nothing to do with those looters."
"Really?" Sister Jing looked carefully through the binoculars and confirmed Fei Lichao's words. She had been too excited to see someone coming and had overlooked some obvious things.
Since he's a homeless person, we don't need to worry about him.
Jing stared at the homeless man for a long time. Just as she was about to give up observing him, a car suddenly appeared in the distance and drove towards the gas station.
When Sister Jing saw this, she was immediately surprised and said, "Fei Lichao, look! A car has passed by the gas station."
Fei Lichao took the binoculars again and saw a car appear at the gas station.
The homeless man who was looking for food at the gas station immediately hid there after seeing the car, fearing he would be discovered.
A short while later, the car stopped in front of the gas station. There were three people in the car. After they got out, Fei Lichao saw that the three men had guns on them.
Moreover, judging from their equipment, it seems to be standard equipment, that is, the equipment standardly issued to the military.
Fei Lichao couldn't help but wonder where they got this equipment from.
Meanwhile, Fei Lichao saw the three of them enter the supermarket at the gas station, where the homeless man was hiding.
Not long after, Fei Lichao saw the homeless man inside being dragged out by these three guys and thrown onto the asphalt road outside the gas station, seemingly being interrogated about something.
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Recorder Diary 6:
"It's the 8th. Something really upsetting happened today. All the samples we obtained were burned due to some idiot's mistake. The experimental data we were already halfway through is now useless, and we have to start from scratch. Now they're struggling to find experimental samples. The bodies have already been returned to their families and are probably cremated, so there are basically no experimental samples left. But I think they definitely have backups; there can't be only this many samples."
(End of this chapter)
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