The members of the special forces had more or less heard about Jiang Chuyi's "life experience", and when they saw her staring blankly at the culprit who had caused her misfortune, they felt a little sorry.
He Shizhao and Lian Riqing stood on Jiang Chuyi's left and right, vaguely showing a protective posture.
The two men looked at the person who was struggling to survive on the ground with cold and disgusted expressions.
They were waiting for Jiang Chuyi to speak, and Jiang Chuyi was also waiting for them to explain. The atmosphere was eerily quiet for a moment.
Seeing that man lying on the ground, looking up at Jiang Chuyi, he was furious.
He pressed the back of the man's head and pushed him face down on the ground: "What are you looking at? Don't you know him?"
The man groaned, his voice hoarse and muffled: "If you want me dead, there are many names you can use. You don't need to force one on me, right?"
Wuyi was immediately furious: "Long Pengfei, you dare to play dumb even when you are about to die!"
Hearing the name, Jiang Chuyi finally recognized the person.
No, actually, I didn't recognize him. Long Pengfei was covered in dirt and blood, and his face was beaten so badly that you couldn't see his original facial features. It was obvious that he had been beaten up.
"Oh, it's him." Jiang Chuyi said calmly, "Just kill him. Bring him here to show me what you want."
A dagger was placed in her hand. Jiang Chuyi was stunned for a moment and looked up at He Sizhao.
"Xiaoyi, if you want to kill him yourself, go ahead."
Jiang Chuyi looked down at the dagger in his hand, his eyes still a little dazed.
What is going on? Why do they think she wants to kill such an ant with her own hands?
Whether Long Pengfei was alive or dead had no effect on her at all. If he hadn't been mentioned in the plot, she wouldn't even remember his name.
With this confusion, Jiang Chuyi never took any action.
This hesitation and astonishment naturally led to different associations in the eyes of others.
Sure enough, no matter how spoiled and willful she appeared, she was ultimately a weak girl who had been persecuted for eighteen years. When facing the person who had hurt her, no matter how much she hated him, she found it difficult to do anything.
I'm afraid this scene is like a dream to her.
Wuyi felt even more hatred when he saw this. He swung his fist and punched Long Pengfei's head again and again, and blood came out after a few hits.
"I'll let you play dumb! I'll let you play dumb! I'll let you play dumb!"
Long Pengfei was beaten so hard that his face was covered in blood and he couldn't even open his eyes. Despite such a painful beating, he still let out a sinister laugh.
The laughter was like a poisonous snake in the gutter, sending chills down one's spine and scaring one so much that even the hands that had no intention of hitting someone slowed down.
He Sizhao shifted his gaze away from Jiang Chuyi, put away the heartache in his eyes, and looked at him coldly.
"Even if I bullied her, so what? I've had so many women in my life, who would remember her face? This is her blessing, worth remembering for the rest of her life."
"You can kill me with any trumped-up charges, but you won't live long." Long Pengfei's voice was low and hoarse, and blood foam and internal organs overflowed from his mouth with every few words he spoke.
He suddenly raised his head, his swollen and dirty face full of fanaticism and hope. He didn't look at anyone, but looked at the distant horizon, his voice trembling with excitement.
"A brand new world is coming. All of you hypocritical people will die. All of you will die! Hahahahaha!"
At the end of his speech, he burst into wild laughter, which was really weird.
He almost spat out a mouthful of blood onto Wuyi's hand, but Wuyi threw him away in disgust, his worried eyes falling on Jiang Chuyi.
With a chuckle, Long Pengfei's laughter stopped abruptly.
His swollen eyes were wide open, and his body trembled violently as he fell to the ground.
A huge bloody hole suddenly appeared on his chest, and the dagger that was in Jiang Chuyi's hand was stuck in the ground behind him.
Someone threw the dagger, and it pierced the chest and killed him instantly.
He Sizhao withdrew his hand, as if he had just slapped a mosquito to death, and slightly turned his body to block Jiang Chuyi's view of that direction.
"Treat the wounded," he ordered.
The stunned team members came to their senses and moved in an orderly manner.
Team doctor Su Mo was not there this time, but everyone had been fighting for a long time and had rich experience. With the medical supplies in Jiang Chuyi's space, they took care of each other to stop the bleeding and bandage the wounds.
He Sizhao said softly, as if afraid to scare her: "Let's go back to the car, Xiaoyi."
Everything just happened so fast that Jiang Chuyi was still pondering the sudden turns of the plot.
However, he was just a cannon fodder, so he died. Jiang Chuyi didn't take it seriously. He nodded and returned to the car with He Sizhao.
No one disturbed them. As soon as He Sizhao got into the car, he took off his coat, revealing a tight-fitting vest. Jiang Chuyi then realized that he was also injured.
A long, deep wound was carved into his forearm.
But his breath was not disordered at all, and his whole body was filled with the smell of gunpowder and blood, but Jiang Chuyi didn't smell it.
She cried out "Ah" and poured out all the medical supplies prepared in the space. However, there were too many of them and they filled the entire car and buried them both.
He Sizhao was a little amused and helpless. His expression softened as he reached out and took out a roll of bandages: "This is enough for me. Put the others away for now."
Jiang Chuyi waved his hand, and everything disappeared instantly.
He Sizhao certainly didn't expect Jiang Chuyi to help bandage him. He bit one end of the bandage with his teeth and wrapped it around his forearm. When he was about to bite it off, he lowered his head and glanced at the book that had fallen at his feet.
He continued his actions calmly and said, "I've been away for so long, Xiaoyi, are you worried about me?"
"What's there to worry about? You're not one of those weaklings." Jiang Chuyi took out a comb and combed his messy hair. "Isn't this a natural result?"
"Really?" He Sizhao stretched out his arm and picked up the book under his feet.
Some of the pages were so badly damaged that the book could not be closed, which looked particularly awkward.
He Sizhao didn't say anything, but there was an obvious smile in his eyes, and the expression on his face looked smug no matter how you looked at it.
Jiang Chuyi felt a little toothache and reached for the book: "Give it back to me, I haven't finished reading it yet."
She leaned forward and He Sizhao came face to face with her.
He hugged her tightly.
A familiar warmth enveloped her whole body. Although the person was not as strong as her, he brought incomparable security and comfort at this moment.
Jiang Chuyi was stunned for a moment, then placed a light kiss on the top of her head and the tip of her ear.
She trembled sensitively and heard He Sizhao's magnetic and mellow voice sounding above her head.
"Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission and brought back victory."
Somehow, Jiang Chuyi felt the tips of his ears getting hot.
"Yeah." She responded lightly, snatched the book from He Sizhao's hand, and sat back in her seat.
Apart from that, she showed no other expression, except that her skin was so white that it was almost transparent and could reflect light under the sun. Now, reflecting the morning sun, the light red on her ears was particularly obvious.
He Sizhao looked at her, a gentle smile appearing on his face.
Jiang Chuyi looked at the wrinkled pages in his hand and felt a little annoyed.
There was no suspense in the first place. He Sizhao is very strong, so why is his hand not obeying him?
Noticing He Sizhao's smile, she raised her chin and said in a commanding tone, "What's there to be proud of in such a small matter? Isn't it natural?"
"Yes." He Sizhao said with a smile, "It's natural for me to be happy."
Jiang Chuyi glanced at him and saw that he was smiling like a fool. He was suddenly angry and amused, and could only roll his eyes.
In fact, she knew that destroying the teahouse headquarters was not an easy task. In the original plot, Su Mo died here, and Lu Qianzhi was also seriously injured. They suffered heavy losses.
Although Su Mo didn't come this time, the number of special forces members was not reduced. This was not because of anything else, but simply because He Sizhao's strength was much stronger than Lu Qianzhi's at the same time in the original plot.
He Sizhao always manages to do things that others think are impossible; he seems to be omnipotent.
Jiang Chuyi's eyes fell on the wrinkled pages of the book, and a smile appeared on his face.
For a "pet", of course the more powerful it is, the better, so she doesn't have to worry too much.
It took the whole morning to settle the wounded and do some simple repairs.
After a simple lunch—others had a simple meal, while Jiang Chuyi had a separate meal—the convoy set off on the road and returned to the base.
There was still the familiar three-person configuration in the car, and Jiang Chuyi listened to Wuyi's passionate voice and drooled all the way.
"Xiaoyi, you don't know, that Earth Control Awakener has actually reached the fourth level! The fourth level! And it seems to have reached the middle stage. I'm only in the early third level. When he appeared, I could hardly move. No one in the team could move. Only the boss seemed to be unaffected. He actually rushed directly towards that person!"
Level 4? This is actually higher than in the original storyline.
Jiang Chuyi looked at He Sizhao and asked, "Was the wound on your arm caused by that earth controller?"
"I was just careless." He Sizhao's expression was calm, and an invisible aura of a big boss spread throughout the car. "He is very strong, but I happen to be stronger than him."
His impassioned speech was suddenly caught in his throat. He looked at He Sizhao in astonishment through the rearview mirror: "Boss, this doesn't sound like something you would say. Didn't you always say 'it was just good luck' before?"
Jiang Chuyi looked over in confusion, but saw that He Sizhao's eyes were calm, but he actually reached out and touched his nose.
He never does anything unnecessary.
"Even if I'm a little stronger than him, I can still beat him. I can do this kind of work." He Sizhao said, "Any problem?"
Jiang Chuyi looked at him, and his vision seemed to show a big peacock with its gorgeous tail spread out.
This image was extremely incompatible with He Sizhao, so she quickly shook her head, trying to get rid of it.
However, when he saw her shaking her head, He Sizhao's eyes softened, revealing a hint of shyness.
"There probably aren't many pets that can do the job I do, so I still got a good deal," he muttered.
Jiang Chuyi...
Why is he still struggling with this issue!
At this time, Wuyi also came to his senses. It turned out that the boss was showing Xiaoyi his strength in different ways. He was just giving Xiaoyi a pillow when he was sleepy. The clown was actually himself.
Wu Yi kept his mouth shut and the atmosphere remained silent for a while, then He Sizhao suddenly spoke.
"And the part about dealing with the water-controlling awakener, I kind of forgot." He said, "Noob, help me recall it."
Unintentional: ...
Jiang Chuyi: ...
It doesn't have to be that way, really.
Overall, the atmosphere on the return trip was much more relaxed than on the way there.
It was still late at night when they returned to Kawase City. They returned the same way they came. It was dark at night, and in order not to attract zombies, they did not turn on the car lights.
Fortunately, everyone had walked this road several times and was familiar with it, so they didn't run into any unknown obstacles.
Jiang Chuyi was lying in He Sizhao's arms, drowsy.
Suddenly, she felt the car body shake and inadvertently gave an emergency stop signal to the rear.
"What's wrong?" She snorted.
"There's something stuck in the tire." He Sizhao answered her softly, "I didn't mean to go down and check it out."
He Sizhao has always been like this. No matter big or small, whether Jiang Chuyi understands it or not, as long as she asks, he will patiently answer her and tell her the truth.
It didn't sound like a big deal. Jiang Chuyi turned over in his arms and was about to continue sleeping when Wu Yi's tense voice rang out.
"Boss...you'd better come down and take a look."
He Sizhao paused, gently placed Jiang Chuyi's upper body on the seat, and got up and got out of the car.
Jiang Chuyi suddenly felt uncomfortable. She turned over twice, and seeing that He Sizhao had no intention of coming back, she also got up.
Through the car window, she saw that everyone had gathered in front of the car, and everyone's expression was very solemn.
Jiang Chuyi looked for a few seconds, then opened the car door and got out.
As soon as she landed in the center of the encirclement, the special forces members made room for her, allowing her to see He Shizhao who was half-squatting next to the front wheel.
His eyes also looked a bit heavy.
Jiang Chuyi took two steps and saw at a glance the reason why they were hesitating.
What was stuck in the tire was not some foreign object, but... a corpse.
It was not a long-dead mummy or zombie, but a fresh corpse that had just died and whose blood had not yet dried out.
Jiang Chuyi thought of the general term humans used for car accidents that killed people and asked, "Was there a car accident?"
"No!" Wuyi immediately retorted, "My driving skills would never allow me to hit anyone. This guy was lying here from the beginning. I didn't see him and ran over him. He was already dead before that!"
"His body just went stiff. He's probably been dead for less than twelve hours." Lian Riqing said softly, "I remember this face."
"Come to think of it, I have the same impression..."
"That's right, there's no mistake. This is someone from the base!"
Someone in the base?
Jiang Chuyi looked carefully, but she really couldn't remember the faces of insignificant people, and the face had turned blue and deformed, so she couldn't recognize it.
"He lives next to my building and is helping to paint the walls of the new building. I remember it very clearly. I ran into him when I went out two days ago." Someone said with a trembling voice.
A feeling of unease began to spread among the team members.
Life in the base is comfortable and stable because the military is there and they never force civilians to come out to search for supplies or anything like that.
What happened that made the people in the base prefer to run away, or even die... rather than stay in the base?
"Why think so much? Maybe it's just an accident." Wuyi deliberately used a light tone. "There are always idiots who want to come out and take a look. Maybe this guy is one of them."
"No."
He Shizhao stood up and looked towards the base wall.
"The watchtower is not lit tonight."
As soon as these words were spoken, it was as if a cold wind blew past.
Jiang Chuyi looked up along with everyone else and looked over there.
Beneath the dark sky, there seemed to be faint heart-wrenching screams.
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