Chapter 602 Searching for the Armory
Hu Fei's question was a bit abrupt, but it was also something I wanted to know. It was really unusual that there wasn't a single daughter to be seen on the entire second floor; I couldn't believe that there wasn't a single woman among this group of survivors.
I followed up on Hu Fei's words, saying, "Yeah, Brother Fan, why isn't there a single woman here? Is it because there aren't any women?"
Fan Xian slapped me hard and said, "You brat, you're already thinking about women as soon as you get here, that's going too far!"
I laughed and said, "I was just curious, Brother Fan. So, there really are women here? Could you tell me where they are?"
Fan Xian said, "Since you've already joined us, I won't hide it from you. Actually, there aren't any women here at all."
Hu Fei and I looked at each other, completely baffled as to why there were no women here.
"Why? Is it because we don't need women here?" I asked.
Fan Xian said, "Well, it's not that we don't need women, it's just that this is only a temporary base set up by our boss. Our real base is outside Hangzhou, where my wife and daughter live."
Upon hearing this, I immediately understood the meaning of this place. Ah, so that's how it is—life and work are completely separated.
This office building is practically a resource gathering center; the people here are probably collecting resources all over Hangzhou.
Subsequently, Fan Xian's words confirmed my guess.
"Our base is used to collect resources and then transport them back to headquarters. There are many bases like this everywhere."
I asked, "So, what do we usually do here?"
Fan Xian said, "Actually, we're usually quite leisurely. We don't have to do much. We just go out for a stroll every day. If we can find something to eat or use, we'll bring it back. If we can't find anything, then we'll just leave it. After all, so much time has passed, and we've basically ransacked this area. If we want to look for something else, we'll have to go to a more distant place."
I then asked, "Brother Fan, have you been to even more distant places?"
Fan Xian shook his head. "I've never been there. If we venture deeper into Hangzhou, who knows what might happen? There are so many zombies in there. If we get trapped, we won't even know how we died. I have a wife and daughter to take care of. I don't want to die out there."
I raised an eyebrow, smiled, and didn't say anything more.
Now that we've joined, we can wander around here.
Just then, someone at a nearby card table shouted, "Old Fan, are you still going to play or not? Hurry up!"
"Coming, coming!" Fan Xian said hurriedly, then told us to make ourselves at home and went to his card table to play cards.
After Fan Xian left, everyone else was mostly playing cards, and no one paid any attention to the two of us.
Hu Fei and I exchanged a glance and said, "Let's split up and search."
"Okay." Hu Fei nodded and turned to leave.
I walked in the opposite direction from Hu Fei and began looking for the armory.
During my search, I also kept thinking about how to solve the problems with the primary school.
If this office building is just a resource gathering base, then their real base must contain even more firearms. Even if I take the weapons here, they can probably still transport more from their main base. In that case, our act of stealing the weapons will only provoke their anger.
If they get angry, they might just wipe out the entire elementary school.
For a moment I was at a loss, not knowing how to solve this problem.
But if we don't do that, the people in the office building will continue to exploit the school, which will definitely not end well.
I frowned and thought about it carefully, and a very absurd result came to my mind.
"Should we bring in the students from the elementary school?"
If the people from the elementary school join here, there are basically only two outcomes: either they are all killed by Liu Tian and his group after joining, and then the resources of the elementary school naturally belong to the office building.
Either the students from the primary school were relocated to the headquarters, or if the leader here is truly an enlightened person, given the current conflict between primary schools and office buildings, there shouldn't be any problems as long as the primary school agrees to join.
"It seems we need to investigate this thoroughly. If possible, it would be best to go to the headquarters to see what's going on there. If possible, let's get Xiaoshu and the others involved."
I walked around on the second floor and occasionally saw some people standing by the window smoking. After we appeared, they would look at us with a puzzled expression.
Half an hour later, I searched the entire area on the east side of the building, but I still couldn't find the armory. I even went into various offices to look around, but I still couldn't find any weapons or firearms. It seems that the weapons and firearms are not here at all. I wonder what the situation is with Hu Fei.
I went to the cinema and waited for about ten minutes. Hu Fei came back and whispered to me, "Couldn't find it. What about you?"
I said, "I didn't find it either."
Hu Fei frowned. "You didn't have any either? Then it seems they really did leave the weapons upstairs?"
I shook my head and said, "Not necessarily. There must be something we missed. Since they wouldn't hide it in the room, there's only one possibility."
"What's possible?" Hu Fei asked curiously.
I said, "This is just my own guess. I don't know if it's true or not. You stay here, I'll go take a look."
"Um."
Then, I walked over to Fan Xian's card table.
Fan Xian and his friends' card table was surrounded by several open desks, so they couldn't see inside from the outside. They could only see inside after getting close.
When I arrived, Fan Xian saw me and said with a smile, "You want to play too?"
"No, no, I just wanted to take a look."
Then I saw the gun.
The firearms were placed in the corner of the desk. There were many of them, not only handguns, but also submachine guns, grenades, bulletproof vests, batons, and so on.
It looks like they looted these things from the police station.
Sure enough! The most dangerous place is the safest place. At first, Hu Fei and I were wrong. We both thought the guns must be hidden somewhere, but we didn't expect them to be right next to them.
However, this is also the safest approach, since firearms are safest when kept close at hand; otherwise, they might be stolen. Moreover, this method is advantageous for fighting off the enemy.
Once the enemy rushes in, they can immediately grab a weapon and fight back.
(End of this chapter)
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