Lin Tantan's right hand was like a machine gun that could release flames. A flame would burst out one after another, and the sky was burned red. The mutant mosquitoes fell down with a crackling sound.
Ye Xiao used his supernatural powers to envelop the two of them while simultaneously unleashing wind blades and wind nets to strangle the mosquitoes. As they walked, the mosquitoes fell from the sky, until they dared not approach any further.
They walked down the hillside and into the courtyard. Wherever they passed, mosquitoes scattered in panic, but they were eventually swept away by the wind and fire. Soon, the mosquitoes in the courtyard fled or died, and there were only a few left. The dense black tide on the wall was quickly fading away.
The earth-type psychics who were sealing the wall outside and the other psychics who were escorting them discovered the two and shouted excitedly. Ye Xiao asked them to continue doing their own things, and left the compound after talking with Lin. They did not go to District 3 because they knew that the protection measures there must be very good. They went straight to the street and headed for the most backward shantytown nearby.
The situation here was indeed quite tragic. The tents made of tattered or even just rags and sticks could hardly resist the mutated mosquitoes. People tried their best to hide in the shelter and wrap themselves up into balls, but the screams continued to be heard. Once a breakthrough was found, a swarm of mosquitoes would fly over immediately.
As the two arrived, they happened to encounter a man wrapped in various cloths being pushed by a swarm of mosquitoes. He hugged his head and fled frantically, but was tripped by the rags dragging by his feet and fell down. He was quickly overwhelmed by the swarm of mosquitoes and screamed miserably.
Ye Xiao immediately created a hurricane, instantly dispersing the swarm of mosquitoes on the man. Lin Tantan raised his hands in tacit understanding and released flames. The thick tongues of fire split into five or six branches in the air, circling in different directions, wrapping up all the fleeing mosquitoes and burning them all.
Along with the popping sound of insect bodies being burned, a strange burning smell spread, and fire mosquitoes fell one by one. Lin Tantan also smelled the smell of blood. It was obvious that many mosquitoes here had sucked blood.
The man lying on the ground, who had thought himself dead, raised his head in shock and looked at the two people showing off their magical powers. He was stunned for a moment until the man said in a deep voice: "Find a place to hide."
He nodded blankly. At this moment, a mud house suddenly appeared on the open space by the roadside, rising from low to high. There was only a door that was wide enough for one person to enter and exit. The woman in the middle of the two people spoke clearly, "Let's hide here for the time being. Just block the doorway."
Her voice was silent, but strangely, amid the buzzing of mosquitoes and the sound of burning, as well as the screams for help from far and near, the man heard it clearly, and he subconsciously did as she said. There were also people nearby who had nowhere to hide and heard it, and they rushed into the mud house with cloth bags, quilts and other things on their heads as if they had grabbed a life-saving straw.
During this process, Ye Xiao and Lin Tantan did not stop, and they killed mosquitoes as they moved forward. After walking a certain distance, or when they found that people's houses and tents were destroyed by the swarm of mosquitoes and had nowhere to hide, Lin Tantan would go back and build a mud house for people to hide in.
Each mud house is not big, only about ten square meters, but if they squeeze in, they can accommodate dozens of people. In order to prevent suffocation, Lin Tantan also left ventilation holes, so it is not a problem to hide for a while.
They quickly passed through a shantytown, killed countless mosquitoes, and left behind many mud houses. Then they went to the next shantytown without stopping.
Probably alarmed by the noise of wind and fire, some people gradually came out to kill mosquitoes. Although their power was much weaker than theirs, there were more and more such resistances, and some people recognized the two men.
But a moment later, Lu Jianping contacted Ye Xiao, and Ye Xiao said calmly: "It's just my personal behavior, Chief Lu, don't worry about it."
Logically speaking, except for the three areas of Zhengyang Brigade, other places are Lu Jianping's territory. Ye Xiao can't do anything. Even if he wants to do something, he should inform Lu Jianping first. So Ye Xiao didn't pull out the people from Zhengyang Brigade to do anything, but just sent out two people alone. A personal act could also make Lu Jianping look better.
Otherwise, it was someone else's territory, and the people on their territory, he himself hadn't taken any protective measures, but Ye Xiao was showing off his prowess here, as if he was trying to win fans on someone else's territory. Ye Xiao was quite aware of this. He also explained that it was because Lin Tantan felt sorry for her that he accompanied her out to kill mosquitoes.
Lu Jianping sighed, said some words of thanks, and after hanging up the phone, he thought about it and sent several teams to some shanty towns to kill mosquitoes.
One of his lieutenants frowned upon hearing this order: "Brothers, we really don't have the time to spare."
With a base this large, their forces only numbered one-tenth of the total population, leaving them with limited resources to cover. They had no time to bother with the shanty towns on the outskirts. Things had their priorities, and people came in different ranks. Generally speaking, when danger arose, they couldn't rescue everyone, so they naturally prioritized those with the highest value.
Obviously, those in shanty towns are ranked last and are the most likely to be abandoned.
Lu Jianping said, "We should at least send some people. Ye Xiao has already expressed his opinion. It would be inappropriate for us to do nothing."
The adjutant was still dissatisfied, somewhat blaming Ye Xiao for meddling in his affairs. Saving those slum dwellers was pointless; who could blame them for their own failures? Wasting manpower and energy on them simply wasn't worth the effort. If he truly had a paternal heart attack, he could have just pulled out the entire Zhengyang Brigade to exterminate mosquitoes, but wasn't there?
Although he was complaining in his heart, the adjutant still did as he was told.
Lin Tantan naturally didn't know all this. She was a little tired of setting fires, so she released a water ball. The water ball suddenly turned into a misty fog. Under her control, the fog spread and surrounded a swarm of mosquitoes. Then the fog suddenly condensed into a water film, like a huge plastic belt, covering the mosquitoes inside and constantly tightening, and finally was thrown at Lin Tantan's feet.
She then placed a huge earth trough, and placed a tightly fitting earth cake on top, pressing it inside.
But this mosquito was really tough. Even such a dirt cake couldn't flatten it. It was still buzzing around underneath trying to escape.
Lin Tantan waved to a few people who were peeking out to watch the fight and said, "Can you please crush the mosquitoes down there?"
"Okay, okay!" The people who didn't want to hide at this time and were watching the fight on the side were not completely ordinary people. They either had special abilities or were good at fighting. In short, they were all brave. They took on the task immediately, and then stood on the dirt cake, jumping and hopping to crush the mosquitoes underneath.
All that could be heard was the strange sound of insects being crushed and liquid splashing out. The earth cake sank, and a black and red juice mixed with red blood slowly overflowed from the edge of the earth trough. The fishy smell of mosquitoes being crushed also spread.
The corner of Ye Xiao's eye twitched, and he couldn't help but think of the scene when Indians were building a house, with a group of people standing on the horizontal planks of the piles, singing a very rhythmic tune while pushing down, and forcibly pushing the piles down.
Lin Tan Tan thought this was a good idea. If you set fire to something, you have to be careful not to burn down the house or something. But this way, you just need to catch the mosquitoes and hand them over to others to crush them.
It saves her a lot of energy and she doesn’t have to smell the unpleasant smell of burnt mosquitoes. It’s so environmentally friendly.
So she began her mission of catching mosquitoes. She spread mist, which turned into a water film, and then scooped the mosquitoes back like catching fish. She then put out a soil trough, threw the mosquitoes in, covered them with a soil cake, and left it to others to deal with.
As for the other people... there wasn't much difference between the shanty dwellers, except that there were just a lot of people, and they hated mosquitoes. Lin Tantan only needed to shout and a group of people would rush out to smother the mosquitoes.
Of course, this is also because people feel safe staying around them. After the two people walked past, these people still hid obediently.
But there were also some brave or capable people who wanted to follow the two of them and kill mosquitoes together. Lin Tan didn't care about this and just focused on his own output. Ye Xiao looked at these people and didn't say anything. He tacitly allowed them to follow, but he went from half output to no output at all. He just kept a good shield and always paid attention to prevent these people from being bitten by mosquitoes.
So the mosquito extermination team inexplicably became larger and larger.
Two hours later, they passed the seventh shantytown. The sky in the east began to brighten, and Lin Tantan noticed that there were fewer and fewer mosquitoes. Finally, there were so few that she couldn't catch many even with a net. She said, "It's dawn, and the mosquitoes have retreated."
Ye Xiao looked at her and said nothing. Someone said, "Doctor Lin, it's not that they retreated, but that they were all beaten to death."
Lin Tantan instinctively turned around and was startled. Why were there so many people behind her? There must be hundreds of them, all staring at her with gleaming eyes.
Ye Xiao said, "These few remaining mosquitoes are not very harmful. Everyone, please disperse. We should also go back."
These people were reluctant to leave, but they still made way and let them go back. Those who were hiding in the house also came out, saying words of thanks and watching the two leave.
Lin Tantan felt a little embarrassed to be stared at and thanked by so many people, but as a doctor she was used to being thanked, so after a moment of surprise she finally let it go and waved to these people with a smile.
Some people tried to put gifts in her hands, but she refused them all.
In order to avoid meeting more people, after leaving the shantytown, she and Ye Xiao chose to walk on the normal streets outside the shantytown. There were actually more mosquitoes here than in the shantytown, but they were limited. Lin Tan Tan did not kill them again. Occasionally, a few fearless ones were killed by Ye Xiao before they got close.
Lin Tan Tan held the back of his neck and turned his head. Ye Xiao asked, "Does your neck hurt?"
"I've been tilting my head back all the time, and it feels a bit sore." Ye Xiao reached out and started massaging her. His warm hands applied moderate strength, which was very comfortable. Lin Tantan, who was about to use her supernatural powers to relieve her fatigue, decisively gave up using her supernatural powers and just enjoyed his service with a sweet voice.
At this time, people were still hiding in their homes, and everything was dark. There were few people on the street, and only the sound of their footsteps could be heard. As Lin Tantan walked, he suddenly said, "Do we feel like we're back from an all-night date now?"
Ye Xiao thought to himself, who goes on a date to slap mosquitoes?
His little girl always turns things that others think are hard and difficult into something easy and enjoyable.
Lin Tan Tan asked again: "What is it called walking on the street together? I remember there is a noun for it."
Ye Xiao thought about it, and a word popped up in his mind. He said uncertainly: "Walking on the road?"
"Yeah, yeah, that's the word." Lin Tantan grabbed his hand, intertwined their fingers, and swung them back and forth exaggeratedly. "It's called 'walking on the street.'" She looked at the road below and skipped along. "I saw videos of people walking on the street with their best friends or boyfriends, and I wanted to try it myself. It feels really good."
Ye Xiao looked at her with indulgence.
The two went to the third area first to take a look. There were no mosquitoes here either. People were coming out one after another. The earthen walls outside some buildings were slowly peeling off and turning into sand. The people inside were released.
During this mosquito invasion, the response here was timely and there were no casualties.
Afterwards, the two returned to the compound. Compared to when they left, there were only a few more charred mosquito corpses here. The logistics team responsible for cleaning up began to clean up. Some people were still talking about the mosquito swarm. When they saw the two men return, they greeted them. Someone said, "Captain, we saw the fire kept getting colder, so we knew it was you. Why didn't it light up later?"
Some people even asked whether their combat team should be dispatched if something like this happened again, saying it would be boring to just sit around like this.
Ye Xiao is approachable and does not have the cold and solemn temperament of a leader in non-combat times. These people are not afraid of him normally, but are more hesitant to act rashly in front of Lin Tan Tan.
The mosquito swarm attack at Ning City Base did not cause too many casualties, but mosquito swarms appeared in more places than just Ning City Base.
It is July now, the hottest time of the year. In previous years, mosquitoes appeared in large numbers at this time. The mutated mosquitoes have obviously inherited the habits of their predecessors and reproduced in large numbers after the weather got hot, especially in places with poor sanitary conditions, where mosquito swarms appeared in large numbers.
Perhaps due to a lack of thorough research into the mutated mosquitoes' habits and characteristics, or perhaps due to a lack of preparedness, some bases and human settlements were completely overwhelmed by the mosquitoes' rampant nights, suffering heavy losses. Countless lives were lost in a single night, leaving behind piles of mummy-like corpses.
The capital base was also severely affected. The bosses had to hold meeting after meeting, all on the topic of how to prevent and kill mosquitoes. After receiving reports and requests for help from the bases below and knowing that swarms of mosquitoes were everywhere in the country, the bosses felt very heavy-hearted.
The threat of zombies never stops, and mutated plants and animals are also eyeing humans. Food, water resources, energy crises, etc., all kinds of threats are everywhere and becoming more and more severe. Now there is a mutated mosquito. Moreover, it seems that if the summer does not pass and the mosquitoes do not disappear, they will be in great trouble.
Then, among the many reports, they found that the losses at the Ning City base were very small. After asking carefully, they found out that it was because two talented people came out and killed and scared away the mosquitoes.
In other places, humans were no match for the mosquitoes and were severely sucked dry by them. Many people died, but the mosquitoes got nutrients and reproduced even more. However, in the Ning City base, the mosquitoes suffered heavy losses, while humans suffered almost no losses. From the first day, the mosquitoes did not gain any advantage, and as the situation became more and more difficult, they were no match for humans.
Sure enough, swarms of mosquitoes would still appear at night for the next few days, but as soon as they appeared, Lin Tantan would drag Ye Xiao to kill the mosquitoes. More and more people in the entire base took the initiative to participate in mosquito extermination, and the enthusiasm for mosquito extermination was high. After such a period of time, the mosquito swarms completely gave up this big piece of fat meat, and the few remaining populations moved away from the vicinity of the Ning City base.
So just as mid-July began, the mosquito infestation in other places became increasingly serious, but the Ningshi base was very peaceful.
It's really enviable.
When the bigwigs in the capital inquired, they learned that one of the two powerful men leading the mosquito extermination was Ye Xiao, and the other was also Ye Xiao's subordinate. One of the bigwigs who was not in the best state sighed: "This guy is not bad. I remember he is one of our soldiers. Why didn't he transfer him back to the capital?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the other people present at the meeting became a little strange.
Commander Fan of the First Seat said calmly: "Ye Xiao has retired."
"What? Retired!" The person who asked the question was surprised and regretful, "How can such a talent be allowed to retire." The person who asked the question obviously did not pay much attention to some news. In their military system, the news of the retirement of Ye Xiao and seven others had been circulating for many days, and many people knew about it.
Ye Xiao was a well-known name, and many knew him. The older generation knew him because of his background, while the younger generation knew him because of his incredibly fast promotions. Although it was curious why he retired at this time, those with inside knowledge speculated that it was because of the intensified conflict between him and the military. However, seeing that they all retired after being promoted, which was considered a glorious retirement, these speculations were muted.
As soon as he heard Ye Xiao's name, Min Yande's face darkened.
He hasn't had a good time lately. Chen Xing has been inexplicably irritating him, making all kinds of sarcastic remarks, and not cooperating when he should. Whenever there is a decision within their ranks, Chen Xing disagrees with anything he agrees with, and goes against him in every way. Min Yande is fed up with it, and it has also caused unrest within their camp.
He didn't think it had anything to do with Cai Chengliang. He just thought that Chen Xing was dazzled by a magical machine.
Ultimately, it was Ye Xiao's fault!
At this time, the guy who asked the question sighed and said that although he had retired, since the current situation of the Ning City base was related to Ye Xiao, it would be better for him to share some experience with other base organizations. Everyone agreed, and Min Yande's face became even darker.
After the meeting, he called his subordinates to learn about the Ning City base's fight against the mosquito swarm. The details were unclear, but it was certain that Ye Xiao was the leader.
Lu Jianping didn't do anything, but this person who was living on someone else's land was very active. Who would believe him if he said he had no plans?
Does Lu Jianping, this idiot, know what it means to raise a tiger to harm yourself?
Min Yande smiled coldly and whispered something to his subordinates. After his subordinates left, he sat leisurely on the leather armchair. Suddenly, someone reported that Chen Xianyi was coming, and he felt a headache.
Previously, he and Chen Xianyi were very close, because everyone could see that Chen Xianyi was the successor trained by Chen Xing, but now the situation is complicated. Chen Xing seems to value Cai Chengliang more and has the intention of suppressing Chen Xianyi. Chen Xianyi is living a worse life than him.
Cai Chengliang seemed to be hostile to Min Yande.
He must have suffered at Ye Xiao's hands and is holding a grudge against me!
So it’s still Ye Xiao’s fault!
Min Yande hesitated for a moment, a sinister look flashing in his eyes. If Chen Xianyi could completely take over Chen Xing's position, it would be beneficial to him in every way, so he said, "Let him in!"
At the Ning City base, Ye Xiao received the latest intelligence and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Min Yande and Chen Xianyi are going to take action against Chen Xing."
Bai Cheng laughed and said, "You really can't keep your composure."
It had only been a short time since Cai Chengliang returned, and it had only been a short time since Chen Xing targeted these two people, but they could no longer tolerate it.
However, if they were to take action against Chen Xing, they would definitely be very busy. But even in such a busy schedule, Min Yande still wanted to make some small moves here, which shows that he is really persistent.
"How do we deal with the rumors?" Bai Cheng asked.
"Please ask everyone to keep a low profile recently. I will talk to Lu Jianping again." Ye Xiao said lightly.
"That's all we can do," Bai Cheng said. "The crops in the new area are almost ripe. Let's transfer some to Lu Jianping."
Ye Xiao thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay."
On that day, a rumor spread from the Ning City base that Ye Xiao stood up to the mosquito swarm and saved countless people. In comparison, Lu Jianping's team only protected a small number of powerful people, and Ye Xiao was more qualified to lead the entire base than Lu Jianping.
At the same time, some people brought up the Zhengyang Brigade's highly efficient response to the zombie tidal wave, with its extremely low casualty rate, and how, in less than six months, the Zhengyang Brigade had built a fully functional Third District, while Lü Jianping's team had yet to achieve any significant positive changes to the base. Furthermore, Lin Tantan of the Zhengyang Brigade had been providing free medical treatment to the residents of the shantytown from the very beginning, while Lü Jianping's team remained indifferent to their lives.
To sum up, Ye Xiao is better than Lu Jianping, Zhengyang Brigade is better than Lu Jianping's team, and they are more humane and more righteous.
For a while, the Zhengyang Brigade was praised to the sky, and the names mentioned most often were Ye Xiao and Lin Tantan.
Lin Tantan didn't think much of it when he first heard it, he just thought it was too much praise, but the more he listened, the more he felt something was not right, as if someone was deliberately praising the Zhengyang Brigade.
This is not a good sign, after all, Lu Jianping is still the one in charge of the Ning City base.
Lin Tan Tan frowned and asked Ye Xiao that night if someone was fanning the flames behind the scenes.
Ye Xiao was a little surprised: "You can see that?"
Lin Tan gave him a blank look and said, "I'm not stupid. This is obviously not normal."
Ye Xiao said: "It's okay, let them talk. As long as the parties involved don't pay attention, it won't have any effect."
Lin Tantan was still worried: "Can Lu Jianping be so open-minded?" These remarks were like slapping Lu Jianping in the face. Anyone would feel uncomfortable, right?
"So we have to keep a low profile recently." Ye Xiao talked about giving Lu Jianping a batch of grain. Although the quantity was not large, fresh grain was still rare and precious. This was a bribe and also a flattery. If Lu Jianping still couldn't let it go, there was nothing he could do.
Facts have proved that this bribe is still very useful. Lu Jianping was indeed uncomfortable with the rumors outside, but he was able to restrain himself. His nephew Ruther also advised him to relax. Anyway, the Zhengyang Brigade will leave sooner or later, so there is no need to be unhappy, and they are still cooperating to produce the magic machine.
However, the people under Lu Jianping were very angry and wanted to find trouble with the Zhengyang Brigade.
When they learned that the Zhengyang Brigade was going to give them a batch of food, they felt much more at ease.
They also took a few glances at the plantation in the new area of Zhengyang Brigade from the city wall. It was a lush and green area with all kinds of corn, soybeans, potatoes and sweet potatoes. Because the planting-type psychics spared no effort in investing, and there was sufficient irrigation and fertilizer, the crops grew fast and well.
They also grow crops here, but their performance is nowhere near as good as others and the yield is very limited.
In this world, a bite to eat is very important, and eating well is even more difficult, so this bribery really touches people's hearts.
Those who thought they could get a share of this grain based on their status were appeased and were no longer so angry. They were just waiting for the day when they would get the grain. They were still wondering whether corn was more delicious or sweet potatoes were more filling. It would be best to get some of those juicy vegetables as well.
As long as these people don't cause trouble, the rumors won't matter.
However, Ye Xiao hadn't anticipated that Min Yande was about to make a big move of his own. He truly hadn't forgotten about this place, determined to make him unhappy. Soon, a second wave of rumors spread through the base, saying that Lin Tantan was a five-element psychic, capable of fighting and healing, proficient in everything. It was because of her that the Zhengyang Brigade had thrived. Having her was half the battle, and she was indispensable for their quest for dominance.
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