Shi Zijin's feat of capturing the reptile alive caused quite a stir in the south.
In the past month or two in the south, no base or settlement has been able to escape the attacks of the reptiles. After exhausting all possible means, only a few bases have managed to seriously injure the reptiles, but before they could be captured, they escaped underground again.
No one expected that Dongyang would be the first to capture the reptile alive.
Even the Xindu base sent people here, just to buy one or two parts of the reptile from Dongyang and take them back for research.
Changjing also made a special call and even directly dispatched two senior researchers to the south to assist Dongyang in dissecting and studying the reptiles, making sure to uncover the reptiles' weaknesses and origins as quickly as possible.
The people of Dongyang spontaneously organized themselves to welcome the victorious return of the pioneer army. Almost all men, women, young and old came out. Even most of the tenants in Taoyang rushed to the scene to watch.
Su Tao also took Zhuang Wan and others with her.
Chen Yang tiptoed and tried to look at the crowd, and said excitedly:
"I heard that Major General Shi used himself as bait and captured him alive single-handedly. He also found a zombie lair and wiped it out with his men. He's incredible! He's my role model!"
Chen Xi retorted, "Didn't you say before that Captain Lei was your role model? Why are you jumping ship so quickly now? You're a fence-sitter, huh!"
Chen Yang was troubled: "Brother Lei is also very capable. They are all my role models."
Chen Xi persisted: "You are a fence-sitter. You will side with whoever is more powerful!"
Chen Yang felt increasingly guilty and felt very sorry for Brother Lei who had always taken good care of him.
But it seems that Major General Shi is indeed more powerful.
Zhuang Wan has always been a brainless fan of Shi Zijin. She waved her hand and said:
"Major General Shi has to protect 40,000 people, and Lei Xing only needs to take care of his dozen brothers. What's there to argue about?"
Chenxi seconded the motion.
Chen Yang argued hard, trying to save some face for his elder brother:
"Brother Lei didn't have the chance to protect so many people, and he didn't use his full strength. If he had, he might have been able to catch a living reptile."
Chenxi: "That's a fan filter!"
Su Tao saw Shi Zijin amid their argument.
He was still wearing his neat military uniform, standing on the carriage where the reptile was imprisoned, with a solemn look on his angular face.
As if he noticed her gaze, he suddenly lowered his eyes and fixed them on her.
Su Tao saw his expression soften for a moment, and he nodded slightly, with a slight curve at the corner of his mouth.
Su Tao gave him a brilliant smile in return.
The scorching sun was not as hot as her smile, which dispelled the solemnity and coldness in his eyes.
Su Tao looked at him from afar and didn't see any injuries on him, but when they actually met in the evening, she discovered that there was a deep scar on the back of his neck, extending from behind his right ear into his collar.
But he concealed it very well by pulling up his collar, so it was impossible to notice unless you looked carefully.
Just as Su Tao was about to take a breath, she discovered something was wrong again.
She looked Shi Zijin up and down, frowned and said:
"Have you 'inherited' someone's supernatural powers?"
It was that strange yet familiar breath again, like a different person, yet also like the same person.
It seems that this mission is very dangerous. He not only killed zombies, but also killed people.
She was just about to ask what danger they encountered and how they escaped.
Shi Zijin suddenly hugged her and said, "Shh."
Su Tao's words and heart stopped at the tip of her tongue.
The man rested his chin on her shoulder, his voice low and ethereal:
".I almost couldn't come back to see you."
The reptile was much more difficult to catch than he had imagined, and its tail had extremely strong attack power.
The wound on the back of his neck was caused by the reptile's barbed tail, which almost tore his body apart.
This was not the greatest danger he encountered.
On their way back, they encountered the biggest bandits in the south, who specialized in highway robbery and murder.
Most of these people are powerful psychics.
There are those who can enter other people's dreams and control them to create fear.
There are things that can magnify everyone's desires, tempt people to fall into error, and create chaos.
There is even one who has an immortal body and can heal and be reborn even if his head is severed.
What feared him most was that there was a "plague messenger" among this group of bandits who could spread infectious diseases with extremely high mortality rates in a short period of time.
The pioneer army was almost wiped out by an infectious disease.
But many brothers still died at the hands of these bandits.
He became ruthless and faced these people head-on.
When he crawled out of the sea of blood and corpses, these people became his "inheritance".
No one knows the danger involved.
Although Su Tao didn't know what he had been through, her heart sank when she heard these words.
She didn't dare ask him what he had experienced along the way, and could only hug him tightly and remain silent.
She couldn't help but let her mind wander.
Since he is fine this time, did he escape her "prediction"?
Or is it that the danger has not yet arrived?
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but tighten her arms.
Shi Zijin hugged her back even tighter, and they could feel each other's heartbeats.
After a long while he suddenly said:
"I'll accompany you to the Alliance Summit this time."
Su Tao was stunned. She was happy in her heart, but her rationality made her ask:
"Don't you need to guard Dongyang? You know that Gu Yi will come to Dongyang soon, right?"
Shi Zijin said seriously, "I know, but the roads have been quite uneasy lately. More and more people have become bandits out of desperation, and there are many powerful psychics among them. I'm worried about you going. As for Dongyang, if anything happens, I'll have Zhou Hai and Zhou Yang call me back. There's still time."
Su Tao had heard about the bandit incident.
Lin Fangzhi had two customers who had just picked up supplies from Taoyang and were robbed the next day on their way back.
Not only were the supplies lost, but the people were also silenced.
Because of this, although Taoyang has many online orders, most of them only require a deposit, and less than one-third of them actually come offline to pick up the supplies and receive payment.
It is even possible that some bandits have secretly set their sights on Taoyang and regard vehicles leaving Taoyang as their favorites.
If Shi Zijin accompanied them, the safety factor would be almost increased to 90%.
"I also brought you a 'weapon'."
Shi Zijin handed her a palm-sized box and said, "Open it and take a look."
Su Tao took it, opened it and saw that there was a black bracelet inside?
"Bracelet?" she asked uncertainly.
I have never seen such an ugly bracelet. And this thing doesn't seem like a weapon. Can you pick it up and smash the zombies' heads with it?
Shi Zijin simply took the black bracelet, pulled her hand up, and put it on her.
Unexpectedly, the moment it touched her wrist, she suddenly felt that the bracelet came alive!
The next second she found herself holding a black whip covered with barbs in her hand, and it was waving in the air like a headless black snake.
She was so scared that she wanted to throw it away.
Shi Zijin grabbed her hand and said, "Feel it, control it, it can become a part of you."
Su Tao slowly calmed down in his voice and tried hard to "feel".
She really felt that the whip was slowly obeying her. If she wanted to go east, the whip would never hit west.
After practicing for a while, she became more and more proficient, as if the whip was her other powerful hand.
Even if she just thought about it, the whip, which was originally in the form of a bracelet, could be instantly swung towards the person she wanted to attack, exerting tremendous power.
Shi Zijin nodded. "Not bad. Use it with caution. Otherwise, even a mutant with special abilities would be severely injured if it hits them. In serious cases, it could even split the person in half."
Just like the scar on the back of his neck.
Su Tao used it smoothly and was very happy, but the more she used it, the more she found that the whip seemed a little familiar.
A bit like a reptile's tail?
This thought flashed through her mind, and Su Tao turned to look at Shi Zijin, and asked with a startled look:
"You captured more than one reptile?"
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