Chapter 51: Early Sun
The weather in Ningcheng is ever-changing. Yesterday, it was a rainy day with rolling dark clouds, lightning and thunder.
Today, it is sunny and the sky is clear.
Ningcheng, which was hit by artillery shells again, is even more devastated. The concrete floor is cracked, the yellow mud is turned outward, and the pits and pits on the ground are full of tiles and rubble. The iron frame of the building is exposed, and the broken walls can be seen everywhere.
The air is filled with a faint smoke and dust.
The sky cleared up, and several survivors like zombies gradually walked out of the ruins. Their faces were covered with black smoke and dust, their wounds were scabby, and the dripping blood coagulated on their cheeks. They looked up at the ruined Ningcheng with numb expressions and confused eyes.
A breeze blew by, and a few people sobbed, followed by more people covering their faces and crying.
They didn't know what happened, why the shells fell mercilessly again, destroying their homes.
Clearly... they had been trying very hard to live.
However, their family and friends did not die because of the siege of zombies. Instead, it was their compatriots who dealt them a fatal blow.
Zheng Yunshu's eyes were hollow. What she held in her arms was a male corpse with the lower half of his body missing.
The boy's face was pale blue, and his clean face was dotted with blood. The exposed skin was cold, and it was obvious that he had no vital signs.
And this boy was the perceptive psychic.
He was low-level and did not completely avoid the impact of the shells. His body was violently torn apart, leaving only the body above the abdomen. When Zheng Yunshu found him, he had already died for some time due to excessive blood loss.
Why?
Why did the base do that?
Two tears flowed down Zheng Yunshu's cheeks. She looked at the survivors crying around her, and then looked down at the boy with his eyes closed.
He just came of age... and he hasn't waited until the end of the doomsday.
What about these survivors? What did they do wrong?
Wasn't the mission this time to wipe out the corpse tide and protect the survivors?
Why did the base do this?
Zheng Yunshu clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, with a surge of sadness and resentment in his heart.
Gu Bingchen and Jiang Yunqi, who had come to their senses, looked at each other in silence.
Hearing the sound of sorrowful crying, Gu Bingchen opened his mouth and said in a hoarse voice: "In ancient times, there was a proverb, 'I didn't kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren died because of me.'" "
Jiang Yunqi, you say..." He stared at the bonfire with a small flame and said softly, "You say, if we didn't get involved in those things, would the survivors of Ningcheng not have died?"
"In the end, it was us who brought them a devastating disaster."
Jiang Yunqi broke off two branches and threw them into the fire. The flames were a little higher. His dark eyes were filled with self-mockery and disdain. He
was mocking himself.
He was disdainful of the dirty tricks of some people in the base.
"Let's... build a city." Jiang Yunqi stretched out a hand, his eyes slightly bright, "Let's also build a base, a base... for the survivors to live well."
Gu Bingchen's heart trembled, he slowly raised his head, and bumped into a pair of phoenix eyes filled with stars and hope. At this moment, the wind in the mountains seemed to stop, and he heard himself say, "Okay."
A pair of bony hands rested on Jiang Yunqi's palms.
A ray of sunlight shone on the two through the sparse clouds.
They bathed in the sunshine after the rain, and the gears of the world seemed to start turning again.
In the cracks of the ruins, a small grass broke free from the shackles of the soil and revealed tender green leaves.
......
The sun sets in the west, and the afterglow of the evening makes people's shadows very long. Several staggering backs support each other and walk on the neat cement road.
A young man asked: "Where are you from?"
The thin old man said: "From Meicheng."
Hearing this, the young man asked again: "Meicheng? Isn't there a base in Meicheng? Why do you have to come all the way here?"
The old man smiled lightly, and a glimmer of light appeared in his cloudy eyes: "Of course I came here to find a chance to survive."
The young man suddenly realized that the rumors about the Meicheng base have been intensifying in recent months.
The old base chief of the Meicheng base was found dead at home for a long time. The murderer is unknown. Many ordinary survivors who are confused are guessing whether it was the deputy base chief who did it. After all, after the death of the old base chief, he can legitimately become the new base chief.
When everyone was talking about it, Yao Dong came out with a woman with scars all over her face. She suddenly took out a USB flash drive and exposed the heinous crimes of the research institute. For a moment, everyone was furious and shouted loudly that Gu Mingyuan should pay the price.
Gu Mingyuan didn't think twice and wanted to push Zou Rui to be the scapegoat.
Unexpectedly, Zou Rui had been prepared and fled with his people before Gu Mingyuan took action.
Gu Mingyuan was immediately imprisoned, but died mysteriously that night.
As for Secretary Shao, because he had a gentle and polite image outside, and his work was impeccable, and there were many survivors who pleaded for him, after repeated consideration, he was only demoted.
On the third day after Ningcheng was bombed for the second time, a handsome young man who claimed to be the youngest son of the old base chief came to the base in a hurry. The first thing he did was to accuse Shao Lin of murder.
His father died at the hands of Shao Lin.
The survivors generally did not believe it until the boy produced solid evidence.
However, the inspection of Meicheng Base was like playing house, with leaks everywhere. After Zou Rui led his men to escape, Shao Lin also disappeared on the day of imprisonment.
Before the unrest subsided, the top superpower teams left Meicheng Base one after another.
Yao Dong, who was believed by everyone to be the new base chief, also left with his elderly father late one night.
Even the scarred woman and the beautiful boy disappeared in Meicheng Base.
According to insiders, the destination of those people was the devastated Ningcheng.
Why?
What were they going there for?
No one could answer these questions.
Until three months later,
a base named "Chuyang" appeared.
The base is located in Ningcheng.