One morning later, Wang Sheng, Wu Qi, Gao Yuan, Zhang Bai, Yang Dongchen, Guo Baibo, including Little Red Fox July gathered downstairs at Wang Sheng's house. The sentry boy led Wang Sheng through the old town streets. Wang Sheng was not interested in the old buildings or the guys who were starving to death on the street. He took another cigarette, took a deep breath, and said:
"Hey kid, how old are you?"
The sentry boy is a young man with dark skin, a thin build, and a height of only 1.7 meters. When he saw Wang Sheng, his eyes were full of unattainable envy, and he said: "I am 16 years old."
"Sixteen years old? When I was your age, I was already a mercenary who fought with mutated beasts with guns." Wang Sheng smiled, seeming to recall his youth. But when he was 16 years old, he was already a powerful man with a height of 1.8 meters.
The sentry boy was a little flattered by Wang Sheng's talkativeness. Thinking about it, this may be a rare emotion for a big man. He said shyly: "I, I am also a member of the security team of the safe zone. I am in charge of sentry duty and keep an eye on the mutated beasts coming down from the mountains to the north day and night. Although I don't have a gun, I can still make a living."
"Yeah." Wang Sheng declined to comment on the happiness of people who grew up in a barren and dangerous place like the safety zone. In the wilderness, being alive is the greatest happiness.
Wang Sheng told the sentry boy that he was looking for Wu Qi, and the sentry boy took Wang Sheng all the way to residential area B. Residential Area B contains the houses with the best environment in the town. Two six-story old residential buildings with exterior decorations of white bricks and cement grids stand in the center. The buildings next to them were reduced to ruins in the turmoil of the Dark Ages. Materials such as steel bars that can be recycled have been picked up over the past fifty years. All the waste was gone, and the rest of the waste was swept aside, leaving an open space of more than twenty meters long and wide outside the two buildings.
Just as Wang Sheng was about to go upstairs, the sound of footsteps came from the stairs on the first floor. After judging that it was two people, Wang Sheng stood there and waited for the figure that came into view.
After turning a corner, two figures appeared at the end of the stairs on the first floor, then pushed open the iron door and walked out.
Yang Dongchen was dressed in simple casual clothes, the same as when he left. Wu Qi changed into an ordinary and clean black coat and pants. He was carrying a bag and a long knife wrapped in animal skin. There was a fiery red and energetic shadow jumping around at his feet. It was the cute and lively little red fox. July.
"Captain Wang?" Wu Qi was a little surprised.
"Hi, kid. How is your recovery?" Wang Sheng asked with his lips raised.
"He's all fine." Yang Dongchen pointed to Wu Qi with his thumb horizontally.
Wu Qi gave Wang Sheng a sincere look: "You saved me, thank you."
Wang Sheng waved his hand: "No thanks, you also saved us."
After that, Wang Sheng raised his eyes and looked at Wu Qi seriously again. After experiencing the battle in the Plague Seed Tunnel, he completely regarded this young man as a powerful man who could be equal to himself.
"Let me tell you straight to the point, Wu Qi, I came back this time to ask you to come with us."
After Wang Sheng finished speaking, he and Yang Dongchen both looked at Wu Qi. Wu Qi was not surprised, as if he was not the one who was invited. On the other hand, the sentry boy looked at the two big men and then at Wu Qi, with obvious envy in his eyes.
"Wait a minute, I want to see An Yi first." Wu Qi said.
Wang Sheng nodded.
An Yi's location is not far away, in another building in residential area B. The sentry boy was waiting downstairs, while Wang Sheng, Yang Dongchen, and Wu Qi walked up the stairs. When he reached the door of An Yi's room, Wang Sheng indicated that he could just wait at the door, while Wu Qi and Yang Dongchen walked in.
What came into view was a very empty living room. Except for a few minimal pieces of furniture, the electrical appliances that could only be used in civilized times and were now reduced to decorations had been moved out, making the entire living room look very empty. The walls without any hangings are a rare pure white color. There are only a handful of such simple white walls in the old town.
Turning into the bedroom, Wu Qi finally saw An Yi. An Yi was lying on a 2-meter-3 large bed with her eyes closed, covered with a thick quilt. Most of his body was buried in the quilt, with only his head and two arms exposed. A large ball of cotton wool was tied to his arms with tape to cover the wound bitten by the shark lizard. Through the transparent tape, Wu Qi saw a few particularly dazzling green spots on An Yi's arm.
Those green spots were composed of countless green mold spots, mixed with many purple spots, and were widely distributed on the outside of the cotton wool, covering most of An Yi's arm. This kind of spots can usually only be seen on the carrion of humans or animals. It is disgusting and scary.
"In the process of treating you, I am also treating An Yi. Unfortunately, he was unlucky and was infected by the virus." Yang Dongchen said from the side.
"When did An Yi become like this?" Wu Qi asked slowly, his eyes always staring at the green spots on An Yi's arm.
"There were signs five days ago, and now the virus spots have completely spread to his two arms and even his body. He won't live long."
As the last few words fell, Wu Qi felt the air gain a little weight, gently pressing on his shoulders. He subconsciously closed his fingers into a fist, and then slowly released them.
"Why? Aren't pure humans not afraid of viruses?" He had questions.
"The virus in the plague species is different from the viruses in the air, food, and water. It mutated very strongly and became aggressive. After two days of wrestling with the virus, the immune system in An Yi's body finally lost and was completely destroyed by the virus," Yang Dongchen explained He said, "It's a pity. I have tried my best to eliminate the threat of mutated bacteria, but against the threat of the plague virus, the medical equipment at hand is powerless."
"If you have anything you want to say to him, just say it quickly." After that, Yang Dongchen quietly retreated and closed the door.
Only Wu Qi and An Yi were left in the room. Light yellow curtains covered half of the glass window, and the sky outside the window was filled with thick lead clouds, as if it would rain heavily at any time. The air outside was very humid. Even through a glass window, Wu Qi could feel the oppression caused by the environment with his keenness.
Wu Qi walked to An Yi's side in small steps. An Yi's eyelids trembled, slowly revealing a gap.
"Wu Qi." An Yi's voice was very weak. It was inconsistent with his strong body that had been treated with genetic enhancement potions and experienced many battles. Instead, he sounded like a patient who had been ill for ten years and lacked vitality.
"An Yi, Wang Sheng asked me to go with them." Wu Qi met An Yi's weak eyes and said bluntly. There was no sad expression on his fair and delicate face, and there was no mist in his beautiful obsidian eyes.
For a dying person, this is a cold and even cold-blooded face. But An Yi smiled softly. He and Wu Qi had known each other not long ago, and they only had some exchanges of interest and the experience of fighting side by side. Ask yourself, he is not bad to Wu Qi, and it is enough for Wu Qi to remember to take a look at him before leaving.
"Let's go with them."