Seeing that the room was empty again, Jiang Baimian walked towards a wooden back chair and said with a smile:
"Our company, as you can tell from the name, studies biotechnology, and the relationship between biology and medicine has always been very close, so we are also relatively strong in the corresponding field."
While speaking, she had already lifted the wooden chair and walked to Tian Erhe's bed.
During this process, her eyes swept across Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong, Bai Chen, Li Zhengfei, the radio transceiver and the window on the other side of the bed.
She originally planned to let Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong return to the jeep, guarding the most valuable property of this "old-fashioned group", the spare batteries and a lot of food inside.
But she quickly gave up on the idea.
In this night that is likely to be turbulent, it is better that the members of the "Old Key Group" should not be separated.
"Anyway, if the car is lost or something is robbed, the company will make up for it...
"The most important people right now are Mayor Tian and Li Zhengfei, and the most important item is this radio transceiver that keeps in touch with the company. They don't need to send their staff to the jeep when they are here...
"If something really happened, it's not easy to run there, it's easy to be surrounded, and it's not that easy to climb over the wall...
"There is a wall behind this room, and you can see the fields not far away. If you can't stick to this place, just open the window and jump down, and you will be half successful...
"It's not difficult to fight guerrillas over there until the company's people arrive...
"Well, the pistol and the corresponding bullets are all on him..." Jiang Baimian's thoughts were spinning, and he had already considered how to deal with the worst situation.
She immediately put the chair beside the bed, sat down, and introduced Tian Erhe, Li Zhengfei and the two members of the town guard in the room about the "Pangu Creatures", focusing on the treatment of regular employees and other vassal forces. situation.
Of course, before Shuiwei Town was officially accepted by "Panga Creatures", some things must not be said, including the existence of the underground building, the location of the company's entrance, etc.
Here, Jiang Baimian also deliberately understated topics such as genetic improvement. She knew that on the dusty soil, many people hated these technologies that they thought were seriously contrary to nature and would bring disaster, but she couldn't be sure whether Tian Erhe and Li Zhengfei on the opposite side were such people.
Although the name "Pangu Creature" can make everyone associate with similar aspects, since the other party didn't show it, Jiang Baimian would not be stupid enough to take the initiative to provoke sensitive topics.
Tian Erhe's mental state is obviously not as good as what he just said, so he will close his eyes or sleep for a while after listening to it. Li Zhengfei and Bai Chen originally wanted everyone to leave this room and let the mayor have a good rest, but Tian Erhe always woke up quickly and stopped him.
As they stopped and chatted like this, the sky outside the window gradually became shimmering.
Morning came.
Seeing that the most dangerous time period has passed, Jiang Baimian secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Throughout the night, she did not rest, she just left the chair from time to time to move her body, but there were arrangements for Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong and Bai Chen to take turns to sleep to maintain energy.
Jiang Baimian was about to ask the team members to bring breakfast when he suddenly heard a sound from the wireless telegraph.
"There is a telegram..." Jiang Baimian explained to Tian Erhe and Li Zhengfei, and walked over.
In the eyes of everyone's expectations, she quickly translated the content of the telegram.
She raised her eyebrows and said:
"Someone from the company has arrived at the entrance to the swamp."
"So fast?" Long Yuehong asked questions on behalf of everyone.
According to the normal process, the company should start to arrange the staff and prepare the medicine now, which takes almost an hour.
If nothing happens on the way and everything goes well, the team should be able to arrive in the evening or earlier.
Compared with the expected situation, it is now a whole day earlier.
Jiang Baimian thought for a while and said:
"It's not uncommon to have a rush march at night.
"Moreover, the road conditions for the company to get here are relatively good."
She didn't say that at least half of the journey was within the company's actual control area. Many combat teams of the Ministry of Security had already figured out the situation in that area, and they would not step into the pit with their eyes closed.
Of course, driving at night is indeed prone to problems. After all, the line of sight will be limited, but sometimes, people have no choice, and the environment is definitely not an empty word.
Based on this, the senior management of the "Pangu Biological" Security Department consciously allowed each combat team and action team to add night marches to the training subjects.
This is the difference between a regular army and a wilderness bandit.
"Could it be that there is a team nearby?" Bai Chen saw that Tian Erhe and Li Zhengfei were still surprised, so he put forward his own guess.
Jiang Baimian shook his head:
"I have emphasized to bring doctors, medicines and equipment, and there should be no teams going out."
Having said that, she smiled at Tian Erhe and Li Zhengfei:
"Let you guess the approximate distance between the company and here."
The distance a team has to march in a hurry at night.
"That's fine, come early and feel at ease." Tian Erhe gave up his worries just now and breathed out with a smile.
This made him cough a few more times, and Bai Chen patted him on the back worriedly.
Jiang Baimian glanced at it and said directly:
"I'll pick them up. The route into the town is twisty and winding, and the first-timers will definitely get lost."
"Okay." Tian Erhe didn't think there was any problem.
Li Zhengfei thought about it and said to Ding Ce, the "dog" who was guarding the room:
"Xiao Ce, you go with her."
When he said this, his eyes were solemn and his head slightly nodded.
Ding Ce immediately understood what the boss meant:
If you find something wrong on the way, and you desperately don't want it, you have to notify the people in the town.
"Yes, boss!" Ding Ce's blood surged, and he puffed out his chest.
He was a little scared, but he felt it was worth it.
Jiang Baimian did not refuse, and said to Long Yuehong:
"You are with me."
Compared with the people who went to pick up the company, it was obviously more dangerous to stay here, so Jiang Baimian asked Long Yuehong to follow him.
At that time, if the situation in the town suddenly changes, Shang Jianyao, who is good at "making friends", and Bai Chen, who is familiar with the environment, will have a higher chance of survival.
"Yes, team leader!" Long Yuehong replied louder than Ding Ce.
It's habit.
When the three of Jiang Baimian left, Bai Chen said to Tian Erhe:
"Should you be at ease now
"Sleep a little longer, they're not that fast."
Her tone was like soothing a child.
"How can they really feel at ease until they enter the town?" Tian Erhe shook his head stubbornly.
He looked at Bai Chen and coughed twice:
"I wanted to ask you before, why are you always wearing this scarf?"
There is a stove in the room, the temperature is not so low.
Bai Chen's expression changed slightly, and then he smiled bitterly:
"There is something bad..."
Tian Erhe didn't ask any more questions, and half closed his eyes, as if his energy was no longer able to support him and he needed to slow down.
Seeing this, Li Zhengfei turned his attention to Shang Jianyao, as if he wanted to spend the rest of the time by chatting—this might get more information.
However, Shang Jianyao used his fingers to pull the zipper in front of his mouth and hummed twice.
"Ah?" Li Zhengfei looked blank.
Bai Chenyin tried to explain with some guesswork:
"What he means is that he is inconvenient to speak."
He may be afraid that his brain will twitch and destroy the somewhat sad and solemn atmosphere... Bai Chen finished the rest of the words in his heart.
Shang Jianyao nodded heavily and said that was the case.
Seeing that his guess had been confirmed, Bai Chen looked at Shang Jianyao with a softer look.
She didn't expect that this teammate who had mental problems and was very detached would make such great efforts and sacrifices silently.
However, Bai Chen also felt that Shang Jianyao's situation seemed to be a little more serious than before.
Li Zhengfei couldn't understand why it was inconvenient for Shang Jianyao to speak, and could only think that this was a more euphemistic way of refusing to reveal more information.
He had to turn to look at Bai Chen, but Bai Chen got busy, packed the spittoon, opened the door to ventilate, and cleaned the room.
After an unknown time, Tian Erhe woke up. He turned his head, listened for a while, and asked weakly:
"What's the sound outside
"come yet?"
Bai Chen walked to the aisle outside in a few steps, put his hands on the railing, and looked at the gate of Shuiwei Town.
There was no outsider yet, only the voices of "one, two, three, four" and "one, two, three, four" were vaguely floating.
"The voice outside is 'one two three four', 'one two three four'." At this time, Shang Jianyao imitated what he heard.
Tian Erhe's expression quickly softened, and the wrinkles unfolded in turn:
"It's the children doing morning exercises..." He said to himself with a smile, his mental state seemed to have improved.
…
Outside the swamp, Ding Ce followed Jiang Baimian and Long Yuehong to see the team sent by "Pangu Creatures".
He was deeply shocked by the cars shining with metal and glass, the soldiers in gray-green uniforms, and the weapons that gave people a brand new feel.
Jiang Baimian nodded slightly, and praised the person in charge of this matter in his heart:
"The company is still very experienced...
"Knowing that similar receptions must be bright and subdued without fighting..."
…
Shuiwei Town, outside Tian Erhe's room.
Bai Chen didn't know that this was the first time he had been urged by the mayor to the corridor to see if Jiang Baimian and the others had returned.
Finally, she saw the convoy slowly approaching the town, and saw the familiar gray-green jeep.
"It's here! They're here!" Bai Chen quickly turned around and shouted into the room.
Tian Erhe instantly relaxed.
He took a few breaths, turned his head to Li Zhengfei and said:
"You arrange the manpower and maintain order.
"When we meet, we will convene everyone and announce this matter."
Li Zhengfei got up and answered:
"Go right away."
Bai Chen still stayed in the corridor, pressing his hands on the railing, and kept turning back to report the situation to Tian Erhe, like a little excited girl:
"They passed the gate."
"They got out of the car."
"They're lining up, crossing the square.
"Everyone was a little bit chaotic, but order was restored quickly."
Returning here, Bai Chen suddenly stopped.
She felt the room was eerily quiet, not a single echo.
Bai Chen turned and looked around, only to see Shang Jianyao standing closer to the door, staring at the bed with a solemn expression, while Tian Erhe had shrunk down at some point, from sitting to lying.
A bad premonition instantly emerged, Bai Chen's expression changed, he ran in quickly, and squatted beside Tian Erhe.
She saw that the mayor's face was already bluish black, without a hint of luster.
She stretched out her fingers tremblingly and brought them to Tian Erhe's nose.
After more than ten seconds, she suddenly retracted her hand and shouted tentatively:
"Mayor!"
This time, there was no response.
Bai Chen's vision suddenly blurred, his knees lost support, and he slammed to the ground.
She grabbed the edge of the bed in a gaffe, and shouted as if her voice had been blocked for the most part:
"grandfather!"
…
Under the gaze of the townspeople with messy and dirty clothes, Jiang Baimian took the people sent by "Pangu Creatures" through the area where the mud houses, brick houses, and tents were chaotically built.
As soon as she walked to the flag-raising platform, she suddenly heard a neat and immature voice from the deepest building in Shuiwei Town:
"On the way of the Dao, the world is public, choose the virtuous and capable, and keep faith and cultivate harmony.
"Old people do not only kiss their relatives, nor do they only have sons and sons, so that the old will die, the strong will be useful, the young will grow, and the poor, widowed, orphans, alone, and disabled will all be supported..."
Note 1: Quoted from the Book of Rites