Chapter 75 Yang Yicheng Reunited
As Lin Xin was watering his crops, he saw in the distance that the zombie-hunting team at the village entrance had not yet left.
As soon as she left, a small group of people came out of the camp and walked in along the path.
He would knock on doors every few houses, choosing households without any particular pattern.
Logically speaking, they had already visited each household yesterday, and there were almost no living people in this village, so why are they coming again today?
As they got closer to Lin Xi's house, Lin Xi didn't want them to hear her, so she put away the hose and prepared to go home.
For some reason, her eyelids were twitching violently, and the increasingly rapid pace of those people seemed to be urging her heart to beat faster.
She felt inexplicably nervous.
An inexplicable sense of crisis compelled her to quicken her pace.
Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a dark figure that suddenly stood up on top of her "birdcage"!
Lin Xi's pupils contracted sharply as she instantly met that face.
He had a figure very similar to Lu Wei, but lacked some of his cold demeanor—
Yang Yicheng stared sharply at Lin Xi, while also keeping a close eye on the gun in his hand.
"!"
Lin Xi instantly took a step forward and raised the water gun, aiming it upwards.
But it was too late!
"Bang--"
As the gunshot rang out, a sharp pain knocked Lin Xi to the ground. In her eyes, Yang Yicheng was looking down at her, his hand rapidly pulling the trigger and turning the bullet.
But the water jet from Lin Xi's water gun also splashed onto the top, and the splashing water blocked Yang Yicheng's view.
Right now!
Despite the pain, Lin Xi's will to live compelled her to stand up and walk quickly towards the door.
"Bang--"
"Bang--"
Two rapid gunshots followed her, but Yang Yicheng, hindered by the splashing water, ultimately missed his target.
As the door closed, Lin Xi collapsed to the ground, finally regaining her senses and glancing at the spot from which the excruciating pain had erupted—
Blood gushed from her right forearm.
It was a pain Lin Xi had never experienced before, a pain so intense that her thoughts were completely jumbled, and she couldn't even think about what was happening.
What's going on outside?
How should she handle the current situation?
But the gushing blood didn't wait for anyone. Lin Xi crawled and dragged herself back to the bedroom. There was no time to reach the first-aid kit, so she grabbed a set of pajamas and pressed them tightly against her wound.
She gasped for breath, gritting her teeth to keep herself from fainting.
Outside the window, Yang Yicheng was still standing on top of the "birdcage," while the team that had just entered the village was also climbing up the "birdcage" one after another.
Lin Xi was looking directly at Yang Yicheng from her angle, but because of the one-way privacy film, Yang Yicheng couldn't see Lin Xi.
What's going on?!
How could he be on his own rooftop when the entire house is under surveillance with no blind spots, and an alarm would sound if there was any unusual movement on the screen?
The surveillance alarm didn't go off!
Lin Xi glanced at the surveillance footage not far away—
The screen is completely still, and there is no one around the house; everything seems normal.
And now, a group of people have clearly appeared at my doorstep.
The surveillance system is malfunctioning.
Lin Xi guessed that Yang Yicheng might have used some technology to hack her surveillance system or interfere with the signal, causing the surveillance to remain on a normal screen, so that she didn't know when Yang Yicheng climbed into Lin Xi's house.
Pain surged through Lin Xi's nerves in waves, but she endured it and didn't faint.
Lin Xi stared intently at Yang Yicheng. The once righteous young man's eyes were now filled with ferocity. Among his subordinates beside him, Lin Xi recognized a familiar face—
Her cousin, Lin Jie.
Lin Xi immediately understood.
Yang Yicheng had no grudge against her and probably didn't have much of a relationship with Lin Jie, so he certainly wouldn't retaliate against Lin Xi because of Lin Jie's old grievances.
Lin Xi recalled that when Yang Yicheng came to recruit soldiers, he said in front of her door, "If you have any new equipment such as surveillance cameras, drones, or photovoltaic panels, we hope you can contribute them to the 'Iron Wolf Base'. We are willing to exchange them for survival supplies."
Perhaps Lin Jie told Yang Yicheng about Lin Xi's situation, and perhaps Yang Yicheng had his eye on Lin Xi's family at that time.
This "Iron Wolf Base" is probably not an official base set up by the relevant departments. The name "Iron Wolf Base" is not listed among the refuge bases announced online, so it is most likely a privately established one.
Lin Xi had no interest in knowing their qualifications, but their purpose was already quite clear.
Lin Xi clutched her wound tightly, barely managing to raise her right hand and place it on the bed. She remained seated on the floor, keeping her arm elevated to some extent to alleviate the surging blood.
She endured the pain, waiting for the bleeding to stop, but her gaze refused to leave the window.
Yang Yicheng and his men fired shots at her windows and doors, but the windows and doors were made of bulletproof material and could not be broken. They then discussed other methods.
Half of the men climbed onto the "birdcage" to observe Lin Xi's house, trying to find a breakthrough, while the other half ran back to the camp to get their equipment.
Lin Xi suddenly sensed something was wrong. She had previously thought her home renovation was flawless, but Yang Yicheng's team had already breached her surveillance and alarm defenses. She had no idea what other tricks they would pull next.
Just as she thought that all guns in China were in the hands of the government, now her self-organized mercenary group actually has firearms.
But an even more surprising weapon appeared. The men who had gone back to camp to get their gear pushed a small cart over. On the cart, a metallic barrel was slightly raised – it was a cannon!
They're going to storm Lin Xi's house!
Lin Xi forced herself to stand up, but the pain intensified with every movement. She gritted her teeth and persevered.
She struggled to remove the clothes that were already soaked in blood from her wound and used her pajama bottoms to tightly bandage it.
Inevitably, I saw that deep, blood-stained hole.
Lin Xi gagged.
"boom!"
The bright light was blinding, and Lin Xi felt a tremor; the outside world was already launching an attack.
Time is running out!
Once she was sure her arm wouldn't bleed any further, Lin Xi, with a surge of strength from who-knows-where and a will to survive, ripped off the bed sheet and used her feet to wipe away the bloodstains. She then threw all the bloodstained clothes and sheets by the door.
After making sure there was no blood on the floor, she rushed to the bedroom.
"boom!"
Another hole appeared in the ground. Out of the corner of Lin Xi's eye, he noticed that the glass wall at the main entrance was shattered, and the "birdcage" railings were beginning to deform.
Lin Xi picked up the first-aid kit, opened the wardrobe, crawled inside, and touched the valve.
The tension and pain caused her to tremble uncontrollably, making it difficult to open the complex valve.
The ground shook once more.
Lin Xi took a deep breath and finally forced his trembling hands to open the valve in the basement, then dragged the first-aid kit inside.
She practically collapsed inside, gritting her teeth and getting up to pull the valve shut, not even bothering to look at the injured area.
This valve was obtained by Yu Shiyun using special methods; it is fireproof and bulletproof, and once the inside is closed, it cannot be opened from the outside.
The entrance to the underground chamber was also well hidden. Lin Xi wiped away the bloodstains on the floor, figuring that even if those people broke through the layers of defenses, they wouldn't be able to easily find the entrance to the chamber.
"knock"
The sound of the valve closing rang out, and Lin Xi's tense nerves suddenly relaxed. She could no longer hold on and fainted on the steps by the valve.
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