"Lord Chen, the Dawn Base has only just been completed. I don't quite understand what benefits our alliance with you would bring to the P Base."
Chen Zhe didn't expect the other party to hit the nail on the head, and after thinking about it, he decided to tell the truth.
"When K Base was attacked, the fact that zombies could dig tunnels was something that only psychic beings could do. Psychic abilities are the strongest type of ability, and cooperating with the strong is what our P Base needs right now."
"Then let me put it another way: how can you help Dawn?"
Chen Zhe's expression froze. He hadn't expected her to be so ruthless. His face also turned a little pale. "P Base is the largest base in the north. We can provide you with resources and protection."
Xia Yixin neither refused nor agreed, which frustrated Chen Zhe, who had always easily resolved cooperation with other bases.
Just then, Chen Qian laughed out loud without giving his brother any face, patted his stiff back, and bluntly said, "Brother, you're just too honest. If Captain Xia really didn't want to cooperate with us, would we still be here having a proper talk?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Zhe realized that he had been tricked by Xia Yixin.
Xia Yixin gave Chen Qian a closer look, meeting his smiling eyes. This young man seemed more cunning than Chen Zhe despite his young age, but she didn't have a good feeling about him. Perhaps it was because she knew that his proposal of "sharing" was a pervert's idea?
Xia Yixin suppressed this strange thought. "Indeed, I do have the idea of ​​cooperating with you, and the alliance between Dawn Base and P Base does more harm than good. I apologize for my previous aggressive behavior."
Xia Yixin's affirmation made Chen Zhe's expression relax slightly.
She changed the subject, "However, as you both know, I have no authority to make such a big decision on my own. It's late tonight, so you can rest here for now. I'll give you an answer first thing tomorrow morning, okay?"
As dusk fell and the pollution from humans subsided, the sky regained its clarity. The night was deep, the stars were dazzling, and the Milky Way was even visible. If it weren't for the low growls of the zombies roaming around, it would have been an absolutely beautiful scene.
For various reasons, Xia Yixin arranged for Hongfeng to lead a "special operations team" to "protect" the people at the P base nearby. Although Hongfeng did not want to see Chen Qian, she knew that a mission was a mission. However, after Xia Yixin left, she became like an ice block, and people who got close to her could feel her coldness.
The Chen brothers' team consisted of only seven people besides the two of them. The seven of them laid out sleeping bags in the supermarket and couldn't help but complain as they looked at the team of superhumans "protecting" them nearby.
"This Dawn Base is such a small base, yet we're putting on airs when we want to cooperate with them."
"That's right. We're the largest base in the north, with over a million people. Other bases can't even cooperate with us."
"Exactly! It's so late at night, and they won't even let us in through the base gate. It's infuriating..."
They were talking when they suddenly caught sight of Chen Zhe passing by and quickly shut up.
Chen Zhe walked out of the small supermarket and looked at the special team outside who were "protecting" them. They had cleared out a warehouse next to the small supermarket and set up an outpost there. Ostensibly, it was for protection, but in reality, it was for surveillance.
A delicious aroma was wafting over from their direction; they were cooking over a fire using their military equipment.
The pot was filled with large cans of luncheon meat, and the team members at the P base, who were munching on compressed biscuits, couldn't help but swallow hard.
Resources are extremely scarce in the post-apocalyptic world, and they haven't seen portable gas stoves like these in a long time.
Moreover, it was the dead of winter, but their clothes were very thin, the best warm and lightweight outdoor jackets before the apocalypse. Their weapons were also clearly professional, even newer and better than those at P Base.
Moreover, he could sense that these people were all at the peak of the third rank, or even the fourth rank.
Chen Zhe glanced around and saw that Chen Qian had returned empty-handed from the special operations team. The two brothers exchanged a look and then walked towards a deserted place in the distance.
Chen Qian fiddled with a Zhonghua cigarette, glanced at the special operations team, and said in a deep voice, "This is the first time I've encountered a team that isn't interested in cigarettes. It seems they don't lack this stuff."
Chen Zhe thought further, "It's not just that they don't lack anything; their equipment is all brand new. The resources of the entire T City are a terrifying number. I'm afraid we underestimated the power of Dawn. After the apocalypse, these industries almost all came to a standstill. The fact that they were able to gain a foothold in T City means that, besides the fact that she might be a psychic, these superhuman teams are also stronger than we thought. If all the more than twenty teams and a hundred superhumans in the Dawn base are at this level, it's only a matter of time before Dawn rises to prominence."
Chen Qian clicked his tongue, put away his cigarette, and looked at Chen Zhe with a mocking expression. "Looking at it this way, we shouldn't have let her go three years ago. And who knows, maybe I'd have gained another sister-in-law?"
Chen Qian was not afraid of the chill emanating from Chen Zhe at all, and a cynical smile appeared on his lips. "But it's not too late now. Now that she's single again and so strong, those old guys at P Base can't wait to get her back, right? Bro, you should step up your game."
Just when Chen Qian thought he had successfully teased his older brother, Chen Zhe changed the subject, "How are you going to handle her situation? You can't just keep ignoring it forever."
Chen Qian was speechless. Looking at the small girl who exuded an aura of 'keep away,' a faint image of her blushing face from many years ago flashed through his mind. All the smile on his face disappeared, replaced by seriousness.
"I'm here to deal with this matter."
On the other side,
Before returning to the base, Xia Yixin summoned two more owl monsters. One stayed at the service area to follow the people from P base, while the other continued to search for Lu Yan nearby.
When she returned to the base, it was already curfew time. The streets of the base were deserted, with only the warm glow of lights from every household.
The conference room lights were on in the medical university's office building.
Xia Yixin summoned the base's senior management and told them about P Base joining the alliance. Hong Feng also returned temporarily to attend the meeting.
Surprisingly, everyone reached a consensus and agreed to form an alliance.
This coincided with Xia Yixin's decision. Putting aside the fact that P Base is the largest base in the north, the benefits of Chenxi's alliance with them outweigh the drawbacks. Furthermore, if P Base serves as the starting point for the distribution of the virus vaccine in the future, it will save a lot of problems.
Only Hong Meng had a furrowed brow. Xia Yixin noticed his hesitation and called him aside after the others in the meeting room had left.
For the past five years since the apocalypse, Hongfeng has been following Xia Yixin. Hongfeng has never mentioned her past, and the original owner of this body has never asked. All she knows is that her mother mutated after the apocalypse, and she and her father, Hongmeng, fled from the north together.
Based on Hongfeng's cold attitude before, Xia Yixin intuitively felt that there might be something between them.
She tentatively asked, "Uncle Hong, is there something you want to say?"
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