Chapter 340 Blind Fool
Liu Teng looked at the handful of cigarettes in Meng Shiwan's hand, probably about ten, and swallowed hard.
With so much power-enhancing fluid, no one could remain so calm.
Even though the deputy base chief is his cousin, the ability enhancement liquid isn't something you can just drink on a whim. You have to go through the proper procedures, or you have to buy it yourself with crystal cores. There's no such thing as a free lunch.
But all of this is truly free.
He was somewhat surprised. "Given to me?"
Meng Shiwan smiled and said, "It's just a small gift, nothing more. I hope you'll take care of me in the future."
Being able to control the expenditure on ability-enhancing fluids suggests a high status within the Fierce Bear Base.
Most people don't have access to such core work.
Liu Teng quickly took it, carefully holding it in his hands, his face beaming with joy. "No problem, no problem. You're such a generous friend. I'm definitely going to be your friend."
Meng Shiwan closed the lid, hugged the box, and said, "See you next time. We still have to line up at the main gate to wait for inspection before entering the base."
Liu Teng's eyes widened. "Queue? What queue? Do my friends need to queue? You can just come in through me, no need to queue."
Meng Shiwan looked in the direction he was pointing, and there was a passageway leading into the base next to it.
It's not as big as the main gate, but driving in is no problem. It's probably an internal staff passage, and ordinary people aren't allowed to use it.
Meng Shiwan asked, "Is it convenient?"
Liu Teng held about ten vials of ability-enhancing fluid. "What's inconvenient about it? The gate check is just to see if anyone is carrying the zombie virus, and it's for identity registration and stuff like that."
"We've been arguing here for so long. If you had the zombie virus, you would have been infected and turned into zombies by now. As for identity registration, it's useless. There are so many people in the base, who remembers who? Just come in from this side."
Meng Shiwan smiled and said, "Thank you so much! We're leaving now. We'll come back to visit you again if anything comes up."
Liu Teng replied enthusiastically, "Sure, I love making new friends."
This is a complete reversal of how she acted at the beginning.
Liu Teng opened the door to the passageway, and the three of them drove into the passageway.
Seeing that they had no chance, the people who were planning to rob the base hurriedly left and headed towards the entrance.
Only Liu Mancang and his group were left with conflicted expressions.
"Boss, should we go?"
Those two groups of people entering the base clearly weren't planning to let those three women go.
Liu Mancang scratched his head hard, and finally made up his mind, "If we want to survive long, we have to learn to play it safe when we go back to Shangguan City. These three people don't look simple, so we'd better not provoke them."
Meng Shiwan drove through the passageway. Ahead was a main road leading to the center of the base, with many makeshift sheds on both sides, where a large number of people lived.
Under the sky, it is safe and can withstand many natural disasters; every piece of land under the sky is precious.
Looking ahead, there are all kinds of buildings, and a lot of people live there.
The overall environment felt dense, dirty, and noisy.
Meng Shiwan parked the car in a less crowded area and got out.
The road was fairly open, with few people stopping and only a few vehicles passing by.
It seems that people know that those who can drive around are all capable people, and they wouldn't be foolish enough to provoke someone they can't afford to offend. As a result, not many people are blocking the main road.
Meng Shiwan raised her hand to beckon Ye Sangyu and Sai Xishi to get out of the car.
Ye Sangyu ran over and asked, "Sister, what do we do next?"
Sai Xishi squeezed between Ye Sangyu and Meng Shiwan, speaking in a very manipulative way, "I'll listen to Wanwan."
Ye Sangyu: ...
Meng Shiwan put the three cars into the space, saying, "Let's take a look around and find out what's going on here."
She learned a lot of information from Wu Ming, but often, it's not enough to just listen to what others say; you have to see for yourself to be on the safe side.
The slums are where rumors fly everywhere, and they are also the place that best reflects the situation of a base.
For example, at the seed base in Haicheng District where Meng Shiwan previously worked, although there were incidents like robberies, the overall situation was relatively stable.
Ordinary survivors have a system in place and a direction to strive to support themselves, so they are doing alright.
The three of them turned into a small alley. On both sides were various boards and plastic sheets, and makeshift shacks pieced together. There was also garbage piled up by the roadside, and the stench was overwhelming.
That smell was much more intoxicating than the smell on the three of them.
Unable to bear it any longer, Ye Sangyu secretly took out a small towel, sprayed some perfume on it, and pressed it tightly against her nose.
The mixture of fragrance and stench was even more intoxicating, and she almost rolled her eyes and passed out.
"Is this a place for humans to live? It's dirtier than a pigsty. How could the Fierce Bear Base be so disgusting? Although the survivors in my base also have a hard time, at least their living conditions are not bad. This place is really disgusting."
Ye Sangyu tiptoed over a dark brown object that looked like feces, only to find even more trash waiting for her ahead, leaving her with nowhere to hide.
Ye Sangyu felt that if she stayed here for any longer, she would probably be pickled and marinated.
There were no snowflakes under the sky, but as the temperature dropped, it was very cold inside, a dry, biting cold.
The ground was covered with all sorts of trash, and there was a lot of excrement, much of which had solidified as the temperature dropped.
Passersby were wearing layers of clothing, seemingly unfazed by the litter on the ground, and instead looked at Meng Shiwan and her companions with strange expressions.
The three of them, with their aura and disdain for their surroundings, seemed completely out of place here.
Most importantly, all three of them have fleshy faces. Even with heavy makeup, you can still see that their eye sockets are not sunken, their skin is not wrinkled, and it is elastic.
This shows that these three people had food and were often able to eat their fill, which is why they weren't as thin and bony as the others.
In a corner, several heads peeked out, their faces gleaming as they stared intently at the backs of Meng Shiwan and her two companions.
"Three women are easy prey."
"Should we make a move? If we're even a step too late, someone else might snatch it away."
"Let's do it."
After saying that, the group quickly walked towards Meng Shiwan and her two companions, each carrying a steel bar, clearly intending to strike them from behind.
The moment they raised their sticks, the three women turned around in unison, as if they had eyes in the back of their heads, their eyes filled with mockery.
Meng Shiwan sneered, "You blind fool."
She kicked each of them in the chest, sending them flying several meters before they crashed to the ground, motionless.
A woman wearing a red cotton-padded jacket, standing in the corner, took two steps back in fright, afraid of getting into trouble.
But when her gaze fell on the faces of the people lying on the ground, she suddenly froze.
These men were bleeding from all seven orifices, their eyes were bulging, and their gazes were blank.
She's seen too many dead people; people in this state don't seem very alive.
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