Outside, Bai Cheng was waiting for the two people inside to finish their conversation and come out, still thinking about the information he had just received.
Ye Xiao has irreconcilable conflicts with the capital, so they have nothing to worry about. It's time to make a decision.
He planned to wait and see if Ye Xiao was still in a good mood, then have a good talk with him. Then, the door opened with a click, and Lin Tantan came out with a sullen expression... Hmm, that expression wasn't quite right. Before he could say anything, Lin Tantan said to him, "Bai Cheng, do you still have the potion you gave me when I lost blood last time? Ye Xiao needs fluids, and do you have any blood-replenishing ingredients? He needs a good restorative."
Bai Cheng was slightly startled, thinking something had happened to Ye Xiao, but he saw the man following him out safely, with a somewhat embarrassed look on his face.
Bai Cheng blinked and said readily, "Yes."
Then Ye Xiao was given the medicine.
In the large room, except for the people who were currently patrolling and on night duty, everyone else was here, talking in low voices or resting. Beside one wall, a tall, pale-faced man changed into black clothes again, his hands and face were wiped clean, a needle was inserted into the back of his hand, drops of medicine flowed into his body through his blood vessels, and he was ordered to sit or lie down. If he thought of anything, the housekeeper-like girl next to him would glare at him.
Then I could only sit back down in embarrassment.
Next to him, Bai Cheng was cooking porridge. He threw in red dates, red beans, longans, and purple rice, all the ingredients that could replenish blood. He was concentrating on cooking the huge pot, as if he didn't notice his friend's predicament at all.
"Oh right." Bai Cheng suddenly said, "Let's have some barbecue. I have some fresh beef. Beef is good for your blood."
Then he took out a large piece of red, bloody raw beef from the space, and then cut it, marinated it, and grilled it on the fire. The group of people who needed to rest but couldn't get a break became excited. Although they often ate meat, good beef was rare. At this moment, everyone had only eaten some dry food, so a piece of steak would be the best.
With everyone helping, the work was naturally very fast. Soon the aroma of meat wafted through the room, making people's mouths water. Lin Tan Tan also came over to watch with great interest. The first batch of steaks were freshly baked, so she was given two pieces.
She took it with a smile, and without a knife and fork, she used her supernatural power to cut it into small pieces. She picked up a piece for Ye Xiao with a toothpick and ate a piece for herself. The soft and tender beef was effortless to chew, and the fat flowed out, making her mouth full of oil but not greasy. The spices were just right, slightly spicy, which added to the mellow flavor of the beef. However, it would have been even better if there was sauce.
Lin Tantan felt a little regretful. He gave each of the mutant animals that came over a piece of meat and asked Ye Xiao, "Is it delicious?"
Ye Xiao paused: "Too tender."
Lin Tan gave him a blank look. A man who only knew how to eat meat really didn't know how to enjoy the beauty of tender beef.
So when the second batch of beef came out, she asked for the oldest piece and cut it for Ye Xiao: "Hey, how about trying this."
Ye Xiao took a look at it and thought that someone had roasted it badly. It looked dry and woody. He gnawed on it silently, eating in silence.
Lin Tantan smiled and sat cross-legged beside him with the plate on her legs. They divided the meat piece by piece. Of course, she still ate the tender beef. After eating the meat, the porridge was ready. The flame of the superpower cooked very quickly and it was soon soft.
She went to get a bowl, watched Ye Xiao finish eating, and said, "Okay, go to sleep, lie down."
Ye Xiao looked at her and lay down obediently. He didn't think he could fall asleep. The severe pain all over his body was really not pleasant. Although he had adapted to the situation to the point where he could remain calm, it didn't mean he could really ignore it.
Sure enough, he couldn't fall asleep even after closing his eyes. Lin Tantan had been paying attention to him. Seeing his eyes rolling around, he leaned over and whispered, "Can't sleep?"
"Um."
Being unable to sleep is not good for recovery. Lin Tantan frowned and thought about it. A moment later, Ye Xiao felt a hand covering his forehead, and warm and soothing energy slowly came in.
He opened his eyes: "You..."
"This is the only way I can try. Relax, don't resist, and close your eyes."
Her low voice became distant, and Ye Xiao's consciousness gradually sank, as if he was in a sweet dream, and soon he fell asleep.
Lin Tantan was a little surprised. It really worked. She raised her lips, her eyes soft. She had used her own healing method to make Ye Xiao fall asleep. She had used this method on him in Yang City, and it worked very well, but she didn't use it much later.
It was dark where they were, and Lin Tantan was a girl, so few people looked over here. When Bai Cheng went to change the medicine for Ye Xiao, he found that he was already asleep.
He was a little surprised. Ye Xiao was very alert. It was impossible for him to sleep normally without noticing someone approaching him, not to mention that they were outside now, and the cries of zombies and beasts could be heard from time to time.
He glanced at Lin Tantan, then sat back quietly.
The night passed peacefully. Lin Tantan did not sleep all night. When it gradually became brighter outside, people woke up one after another and started to eat breakfast.
Breakfast was freshly cooked white rice. When the aroma of rice gradually wafted away, Lin Tantan opened his eyes, withdrew his hand from Ye Xiao's forehead, and turned his sore shoulders.
She touched Ye Xiao's clothes, thinking she would feel sticky blood, but she found that his clothes were dry, or to be more precise, hard, and covered with coagulated blood.
She exclaimed and wanted to unbutton his clothes to see if there was any bleeding on his body, but her hand was suddenly held down.
Ye Xiao opened his eyes. Lin Tan asked, "Ah, you woke up so quickly?"
Ye Xiao's eyes were extremely bright. He sat up from the ground, smiled and whispered, "If you don't wake up soon, you'll strip me of my clothes again."
"..." What do you mean again? I had no choice on the boat before, okay? Lin Tan said seriously: "I'm a doctor now, don't let your imagination run wild."
She looked at him carefully: "How is your recovery?"
"Very good. I rested well last night and recovered much faster than I expected." It is no exaggeration to say that this was the first time Ye Xiao woke up so refreshed. The weakness and pain in his body were greatly reduced. He was in high spirits and could even use his supernatural powers. "Let's talk. Thanks to you."
Lin Tan Tan smiled and said, "That's good to know. You should listen to the doctor's instructions on your daily routine. I'm a professional."
Ye Xiao pointed to the window: "I'll go take a look."
"good."
Ye Xiao stood up and walked to the window. The people in the room greeted him. They didn’t know what injury he had suffered, but it looked like... he had recovered?
Ye Xiao nodded one by one, walked to the window and opened the curtains, and dim light came in. The processed wall outside was only three stories high, and they were on the fourth floor, so they could still see the situation outside clearly.
At a glance, there were many pale zombies, but they were helplessly blocked by the high and smooth walls and could only be blocked outside without any way to do anything.
Such densely packed zombies may seem scary, but they are nothing to the twenty or so people. Especially since Ye Xiao is now able to use his supernatural powers and is no longer a useless person like before, he felt at ease after watching for a while.
Lin Tan Tan looked at his back, scratched his hair, felt a mess of hair, and poked the little hamster: "Give me my comb."
The little hamster spit out a comb, and she grabbed it to comb her hair, then took a towel and spread it on her hands. Slowly, the dry towel became wet, and the flat edges fell off. She covered her face with the towel and wiped her face. As for brushing her teeth, she could only bear with it.
After cleaning himself up and putting on his shoes, he was about to clean up the floor where he had lain. However, when he turned around, he saw a large human-shaped blood mark where Ye Xiao had lain. It looked very scary. Several mutant rats nearby were looking at the mark in amazement, and some were running around the edge.
Lin Tan Tan scratched his face and thought, forget it, this floor mat looks useless, so he just left it here. He came to Ye Xiao and looked outside together: "Ah, there are so many zombies."
"Don't worry, they are all low-level zombies."
The room was a bit stuffy, so Lin Tantan pushed open the window. However, the wind blowing in her face was filled with a foul smell. She quickly closed it again with a miserable look on her face. She didn't think it smelled so bad yesterday.
Seeing her reaction, Ye Xiao released a gust of wind to change the air in the room, then asked Bai Cheng for a small ripe mango and asked her to hold it in her hand and smell it.
Lin Tantan was a little embarrassed: "Oh, I'm not that delicate."
Ye Xiao rubbed her hair: "You are not squeamish, it is me who wants to protect my doctor and girlfriend."
Lin Tantan smiled happily, holding the mango that was emitting a rich fruity aroma. It was so fragrant that he couldn't help eating it after smelling it.
Ye Xiao: "..." As long as she is happy.
After a while, when it was time for breakfast, Ye Xiao asked everyone to sit over and discuss how to break through and which way to go back. Lin Tantan held the rice ball that Ye Xiao had made for her and ate while listening. After listening for a while, she found that everyone had arranged something and she had nothing to do, so she stopped listening and concentrated on fighting the salted egg and sausage in the rice ball.
After dinner, it was dawn. Everyone packed up and went downstairs. Lin Tan Tan carried the mutant animals and plants onto the small truck, closed the door, and then after Ye Xiao nodded, he dismantled one side of the tall siege.
The zombies outside rushed in all of a sudden, and the psychics killed them with just a raise of their hands. The rotten zombies fell to the ground in groups. These psychics were all at level three, while these zombies ranged from level one who moved slowly, to level two who moved quickly and could run and jump, and at most level three who had awakened their powers but were not good at using them. They were no match for the psychics at all and died quickly and efficiently.
In the face of absolute strength, there is no need for a detailed plan. Just one word: kill.
Lin Tantan had already gotten into the car while everyone was chopping zombies. When the zombie corpses covered the entire yard, Ye Xiao used the wind system to clear the corpses, leaving a path. Everyone got into the car, and the cars drove out one by one, driving away along the deserted and dilapidated street, leaving behind a field of garbage that was blown into the air.
The road back to the base was long and full of bumps and bruises. Lin Tan was drowsy in the car, which kept stopping and starting and taking detours. Ye Xiao still sat beside her, pressing her head on his shoulder: "If you want to sleep, take a nap."
His body was no longer fragile, so Lin Tan Tan leaned against him with confidence. However, not long after, the car braked suddenly again, and Lin Tan Tan almost crashed into him. Ye Xiao hugged her, and at the same time, a heart-wrenching howl came from the front.
Lin Tantan opened his eyes and looked ahead, only to see the back of a car. Then, a hurried voice from the car ahead came over the communicator: "Captain Ye, there's a tiger! It's a mutant tiger!"
Before he could finish his words, he heard a tiger roar, and then the car in front was quickly frozen. With a plop, a white shadow jumped high into the air, and the next moment it landed on the roof of the car in front, pressing the roof down slightly.
"Roar--" This is a white tiger with black stripes on its white fur. It is full of wildness and looks very beautiful. However, Lin Tantan frowned. She suddenly remembered that the people in their Zhengyang Brigade had encountered two mutant tigers, one of which had ice-type abilities.
It is said that they are two very powerful mutant tigers.
At this time, there were bright red bloodstains on the white tiger's mouth. Combined with the miserable howl just heard, it was obvious that it was gnawing on a human.
As the white tiger opened its mouth, a vast white mist was about to erupt from its mouth. It was obviously an extremely icy breath, the kind that could freeze a car.
Lin Tantan raised his hand without hesitation, and a red light pierced the front glass window. It quickly expanded after leaving the car, turned into a fireball, and hit the white tiger's mouth heavily.
The white tiger immediately realized that this was the fire that he disliked the most, so he immediately closed his mouth, turned around and flicked his tail.
The thick tiger tail knocked the fireball back, and it was about to hit the car. Lin Tan clenched his fist and the fire was extinguished.
The White Tiger was not in a good situation either. Its first reaction to the fireball was to use its tail to deal with it, so it closed its mouth. However, it had a breath of cold air ready to be released, and this closure almost choked itself. Its body paused, and during this pause, an invisible drill formed by air pierced heavily into its ear. It was completely caught off guard, and it fell from the roof of the car with a wail, and was captured by two psychics who flew over and captured it.
The pneumatic drill was naturally emitted by Ye Xiao. He got out of the car, and Lin Tantan followed him down. They came to the side of the white tiger and looked at the big guy up close.
It was much larger than an ordinary tiger, and each white hair on its body was as thick and sharp as a needle. Ordinary attacks could not break through such a defense, but Ye Xiao directly attacked its ears. For this guy, the ears and eyes were weaknesses, and the weakness of the eyes was too obvious, so it must have been on guard, and the ears were easier to attack.
At this moment, the tiger fell to the ground, its belly heaving, blood flowing from its ears, a low roar rolling in its throat, and its two tiger eyes were filled with beastly ferocity.
"Captain Ye, what should we do?" asked the man who captured him.
Ye Xiao looked at Lin Tantan and asked, "Do you want to raise one?"
"..." Lin Tantan was speechless. Didn't she look like someone who would want to pick up a mutated creature and raise it?
She's also very picky, okay?
She shook her head. "It should eat people, right? I don't keep things that eat people, and I don't like it."
Ye Xiao: "Which one do you like?"
"It has to be something we like, right?"
Ye Xiao thought of the mouse and the silly goose on the pickup truck, and understood. She just needed to go in the silly and cute direction, which would suit her better.
Just at this time, the others went to the front and brought back a wounded man. This guy was obviously the one who had just let out a scream. At this time, one of his legs was bitten off by the tiger, and he had many scratches on his body. His intestines were leaking out and he was dying. If the tiger had not been attracted by them, he would probably have died.
Ye Xiao said: "Kill the tiger and bring it back. As for this man..."
Lin Tan Tan had already gone over to check on the man's injuries. He was sweating and pale, but still conscious. He begged for help. When he saw Lin Tan Tan, his eyes suddenly widened: "You——"
Lin Tantan didn't find it strange. Many people in the base knew her. She was suddenly excited when she found out that she was one of the people who saved her. She felt that her hope of being cured was very high.
But Ye Xiao narrowed his eyes and pulled Lin Tan to talk: "Don't be in a hurry." He looked at the injured man, and the other party's face changed when he saw him.
Ye Xiao asked: "Do you know us?"
“I, I…”
"You're not from the base, are you?" Ye Xiao squatted down and rummaged through his body, pulling out a military knife and a magazine. "These are from the military factory, from the Capital Military Region. Are you from the capital?"
The injured man stammered that he had gotten it from someone else.
Ye Xiao ignored his explanation and continued searching him. His technique was very professional, and he soon found a blood-stained ID in his underwear pocket. He opened it and saw a few lines of words. His pupils shrank slightly. Lin Tantan leaned over to take a look and was also surprised: "A pilot of a magic plane? A magic plane!"
She looked at the injured man. He looked ordinary. How could he be the one operating that magical machine?
Sympathy immediately filled her eyes. The magical plane was bound to explode sooner or later. Others might not even see the explosion after taking one or two rides, but the pilot would definitely die with the plane.
Ye Xiao's eyes sharpened as he looked at the injured man and said, "You are Min Yande's man. You are the one who was responsible for picking up Ding Jinbo and his group? Are you still staying here?"
He had known about the existence of Shen Ji from He Fan a long time ago, and had sent people to look for it, but they couldn't find it. He thought he had left because he saw that things were hopeless, but this person was still here. What did he want to do?
The man kept his mouth shut and looked very tough.
Bai Cheng said, "He doesn't seem to be doing well. He must be out looking for food. If he's still guarding the divine machine, his activity radius must revolve around it. He should be nearby."
As he spoke, he kept an eye on the other person. Seeing a subtle change in his expression, he exchanged a glance with Ye Xiao. It was obvious that he was right.
Just as Bai Cheng was about to ask again, the man's eyes rolled back and he fainted.
Well, it's normal to faint because of the serious injury and excessive blood loss.
Lin Tantan couldn't help but complain to Ye Xiao: "Other people will faint if they lose too much blood, but you seem to be bleeding fake blood."
Ye Xiao: ...
They couldn't ask anything for the time being, and they didn't have enough manpower, so they could only note the location and think of a way to find the mysterious machine later.
After this episode, everything went smoothly. In the afternoon, they returned to the base safely. Lu Jianping, who had received the news in advance, was already waiting in the compound. As soon as he saw Ye Xiao get out of the car, he came up to him and repeatedly said that he had no knowledge of the assassination.
Ye Xiao said that of course he believed him, and that everything was Han Ying's conspiracy and had nothing to do with Lu Jianping. He said a few words to appease Lu Jianping before bringing up the matter of the zombie tide again.
"A tide of corpses?" Lu Jianping was a little stunned.
"Of course." Ye Xiao said, "Although the four cross-river bridges are destroyed, the zombie tide can still come back by the same route. We just bought more time, but the crisis has not yet begun."
Lu Jianping had been so preoccupied with Han Ying's incident from yesterday that he hadn't given much thought to the zombie tidal wave. Upon learning that all four bridges had been destroyed, he'd assumed the situation was over for now. But when he was reminded of this, he became serious. "What do you mean?"
"I mean, before the zombie tide reaches the base, we need to weaken its power to the greatest extent possible..." Ye Xiao and Lu Jianping began talking as they walked. Lin Tantan glared at him, gnashing her teeth. If she were still the same therapist, such patients would be the most annoying and would definitely be rejected.
But now, they were talking about important and urgent matters, and she couldn't spoil it.
She went back to her little house on the hillside.
After washing herself and the mutant plants and animals thoroughly, she sat by the pool and watched the people working in the planting area below. As she watched, she curled up in the chair and fell asleep, but she was suddenly awakened after only a few moments.
It was still the same dream. She couldn't find Ye Xiao in the dark water and was extremely anxious. The panic and fear seemed to still remain in her heart. She felt a little depressed. Was she kidding? Was it really a shadow left behind?
She rubbed her head and saw that there were personnel movements in the compound, as if they were about to set out to do something. She was at a relatively high altitude and could see many places in the compound, so she could see many movements clearly.
What are you doing in such a hurry?
In fact, not only the Zhengyang Brigade, but also Lu Jianping's troops were dispatched, and the command was handed over to the Zhengyang Brigade. This operation had only one purpose, to find out the movements of the zombie tide.
Lu Jianping's subordinates were confused: "Commander, those are 3,000 elites, and they are all handed over to Ye Xiao..."
Lu Jianping waved his hand: "Our common goal now is to fight the zombie tide. He won't do anything unnecessary. You have to trust him."
The subordinates looked at each other, confused as to why he trusted Ye Xiao so much. Lu Jianping smiled and said, "Do you know why everyone in the capital has fallen out with Ye Xiao?"
Subordinates: “?”
"Because they don't trust him. They could have been united with him, but because of distrust, they pushed him away, even to the opposite side. Isn't that asking for trouble?" Lu Jianping laughed. "This time, Han Ying suddenly attacked, even using artillery shells, but they didn't kill Ye Xiao. Who could kill Ye Xiao when he was on guard? You see, those people will definitely regret it."
As he spoke, a fierce look flashed in his eyes. He was very dissatisfied with Han Ying's behavior this time. "If you have the ability, go kill Ye Xiao yourself and use his fighter plane as a weapon on his territory? You don't even need to pay for your feelings!"
Now he's lost his only fighter jet, one of his few remaining helicopter gunships, and is nearly accused of collusion with Han Ying... If Ye Xiao truly dies, who will handle the remaining Zhengyang Squadron? There are tens of thousands of them, including Bai Cheng and a host of level three and four psychics. What if Han Ying leaves and they blame him?
So when he learned that Han Ying didn't kill others but killed himself instead, he felt very happy. When he thought of the frustrated face of someone in the capital, he felt even happier. At the same time, he became more optimistic about Ye Xiao.
Ye Xiao arranged some matters related to the zombie tide and went to see Han Ying's people.
Han Ying left only a few dozen people, of whom only about twenty were his subordinates, and the rest were mostly their rescue targets.
These rescue targets are often high-level, such as relatives of important figures in the capital, or important figures themselves.
And these people are now detained.
Han Ying's men were placed in the prison, and the others were placed in the yard next to the prison.
The prison of the Zhengyang Brigade was not in the main compound, but in the new district, a square courtyard filled with single-story houses. It was heavily guarded. Currently, there were more than 20 mercenaries living there, all of whom came for Lin Tantan and were undergoing labor reform. When Han Ying's 20 or so subordinates arrived, the courtyard suddenly became very crowded.
Ye Xiao has not yet decided what to do with these people. According to interrogation, only a few of them knew about the A017 mission, and the others were unaware.
When Ye Xiao went over to see them, those who didn't know the situation looked confused and angry, while those who knew the situation rushed over to ask him where Han Ying was.
Ye Xiao stood outside the door, looking at their hateful gazes. After a moment of silence, he said calmly, "The zombie tide is coming. Don't you call yourselves soldiers who defend your country? Everything you do is for the country? Then go and contribute to the fight against the zombie tide. If you can survive, I will let you go."
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