The terrain here is quite high, surrounded by high-rise buildings, and several ships are docked in front of the buildings.
The water below has not flooded up for the time being, but it is still precarious in such a dangerous apocalypse, especially the deck under your feet... It is shaking and feels like it will crack in the next second.
She managed to stand firmly, and raised her hands to block the vegetable leaves and unknown objects thrown at her.
Ying stepped forward to block it: "Stop it, or don't blame Franlun for enforcing the law."
"Flanlun? Whatever you call France or Lun, everyone at headquarters has fled. There's no need for you to be so hypocritical!"
"That's right! No matter who you are, we're all going to die anyway, so who's afraid of who?"
"Come on! Don't think we're really afraid of you people in the base! If you dare, just kill us all! We'll turn into zombies, parasites, and come back to haunt you little villains!"
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"Everyone." Pei Xiqing came out from behind the figure, looked at the group hiding in the dark, and said, "I know how you feel right now. I'm here to solve your problem. Time is running out. If you continue to resist like this, it will waste our time together."
"Who are you……"
Several children ran out from a small corner at the back of the boat, all of them covered in dust and dirt, but filled with joy and surprise: "Big sister! It's you!"
"It really is the older sister who treated us to dinner at the restaurant last time!"
Pei Xiqing wasn't surprised to see them. He patted the little girl's head and asked, "How are you? Have you been resting well since you were discharged from the hospital?"
The little girl held her hand and said, "I feel much better. My head doesn't hurt anymore. I'm just very hungry..."
Pei Xiqing squatted down and chuckled, "I'll treat you to a good meal when we get to a safe place. Now, just have some compressed biscuits and drink some water, okay?"
"Uh-huh."
Several other children also came over.
I was a little scared when I saw the masked figure.
After hesitating for a long time, he dared to move closer and asked, "Sister, what are you doing here?"
"Looking for you."
"Looking for us?"
"Xiao Xiao! Come here!" someone behind him scolded, "Why are you standing with them? They are the culprits who harmed us!"
The child called "Xiao Xiao" raised his head and retorted, "Uncle! This sister is not a bad person! She treated us to a meal at the restaurant before and even took my younger sister to the hospital. Don't you remember? If this sister hadn't spoken at that time, we would all have been bullied and kicked out of the restaurant by that bad guy!"
"Yes, yes!"
After these children explained, everyone's attitude towards Pei Xiqing improved a little, but their faces were still very sour.
One of them asked, "So it's you, but what are you doing here? Or are you in cahoots with them?"
Pei Xiqing stood up and said, "I'm here to discuss with everyone the best way to evacuate. Let's leave here and go to the new continent."
"You? What makes you think I'll believe you? If you're anything like those people at headquarters, won't we be fooled again? We've already lost a lot of lives because of your tricks before. What can you say now to guarantee what you say? What can you say? What guarantees can you give us?"
"That's right! These guys at headquarters are beasts in disguise! Not a single one of them is a good person!"
"God damn it, if you thought we were a burden, why didn't you let us into the base? We finally got in, and we've been bullied and targeted everywhere, but we've endured it all. If one of us hadn't overheard their conversation when they were about to evacuate, we probably wouldn't have known until now. We wouldn't have had any idea that we were going to evacuate, or that we'd discovered a new base!"
"Yes! Everyone at headquarters is a jerk! Worse than a fucking beast!"
"I heard there are still people staying here. We don't want your hypocrisy!"
"Enough." Pei Xiqing frowned. "You want to live, and there are people who want you to live even more. It doesn't matter if you scold those who ran away first, but you have no right to point fingers or complain about anyone who chose to stay."
She turned around and said, "Sometimes your destiny is in your own hands. If you don't want to hear me, I can choose not to speak."
As he said this, he was about to leave with Ying.
Everyone fell silent.
They looked at each other, not daring to speak for a moment.
It was Xiao Xiao who ran over and grabbed Pei Xiqing's sleeve, "Sister! Why isn't the big brother who shined my shoes last time here?"
"Shoe shine?"
"He's also wearing a mask." He pointed at the figure beside Pei Xiqing: "At first I thought it was this brother, but after a closer look, it doesn't look like him."
"Oh... I think I know who you're talking about." She bent down slightly: "What's wrong?"
"That brother still owes me two compressed biscuits."
"Really? I gave it to him."
Xiao Xiao leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Sister, if you want to say something, why not tell me? A lot of people have died in the past few days, and everyone is in a bad mood. My uncle gets angry all the time and has beaten me several times. Just tell me what you want to say."
The adults who had been so aggressive just now also came over, their tone slightly more relaxed: "Miss, I'm sorry, we were indeed too impulsive just now."
"For over a month now, we've been tortured beyond recognition by this natural disaster. Over a dozen of our brothers and friends have died in the past two days, and we just learned that someone from headquarters has abandoned us. That's why I'm so angry and talking without thinking."
Pei Xiqing said, "It's good that you can think of it. The people at headquarters are gone. It's the people at headquarters who owe you. The people of Franlun don't owe anyone anything."
"Yes, yes, we made a mistake. Miss, tell us whatever you want to say. If you can really make it to the new base alive, we will definitely cooperate with you."
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