A few days later, another big incident happened in the Zhengyang Brigade. Their magic plane was stolen. To be more precise, it was driven away secretly.
When the magic plane took off and flew away, everyone thought that the people from the Zhengyang Squadron were going to use the magic plane to go somewhere again. Later, they found out that the people in the magic plane were not from the Zhengyang Squadron at all, let alone Ye Xiao, but the original pilot of the magic plane, Wu Lin, and several thieves.
Unfortunately, most of the leadership of the Zhengyang Brigade were not there that day, so their reaction speed was slow. By the time they realized that the magic plane had been stolen, the triangular plane had already flown away and even its shadow could not be seen.
As for why most of the leadership was not there, it was because they went to the city to find suitable machines, materials, and equipment, preparing to build a military factory in the Ning City base, and the things they were going to produce were of course the magic machines.
Lin Tan Tan also came out. It was Ye Xiao who took the initiative to ask her if she wanted to go out with him. Thinking about her own career of scavenging, Lin Tan Tan naturally agreed. Then they went to a place and dug up crystal cores all over the ground. They filled bags one after another, and burned piles of corpses.
The June sun was already very hot. Watching the last zombie's body being thrown into the fire, Lin Tan Tan controlled the flames to not be too high and tried to wrap every body, then ran back to the factory building in the distance.
This place was originally very messy, and it is still very messy now. Various equipment that Lin Tantan could not understand were turned over by the crowd. The useful ones were put into the space of the space ability user, and the useless ones were thrown here. Of course, there were fewer useless things. As long as they were not garbage, even a piece of scrap metal was collected. After all, they could be used for iron smelting in the future if conditions permit.
It was time for dinner. Lin Tantan washed her hands and sat next to Ye Xiao, who had already received her meal.
"Is it hot?" Ye Xiao raised his hand, and a cool breeze blew out from his hand, making Lin Tan feel very comfortable. She brushed her slightly sweaty hair and said, "Let the wind be stronger."
Ye Xiao increased the wind speed, it was like a human-shaped electric fan, with a 360-degree rotation. Lin Tan wrung out a wet towel and wiped his face and neck. When the wind blew, his temperature dropped. He squinted comfortably and waved his hand: "Okay, let's eat."
When going on a mission, everyone usually brought their own food, but if it was an important mission initiated by the brigade, then the brigade would usually provide meals at their expense, which was the case today. The food was brought by the space ability user, a multi-grain cake, and a bowl of mung bean soup.
Lin Tantan picked up a pancake. It was the size of a palm and one finger thick. The main ingredients were bean dregs, flour, animal oil, sugar, and a little eggs and milk powder. They were all very fresh ingredients. The bean dregs were squeezed from ripened soybeans in the field, the eggs were fresh eggs picked up that day, and the animal oil was freshly boiled. It was soft and a little rough in texture, but tasted very good, oily, fragrant and sweet. Most importantly, the whole pancake had a fresh and healthy taste that could not be found anywhere else.
She was full after eating just one and drank her mung bean soup slowly.
A serving of mung bean soup is not much, its main function is to give people a sweet taste and relieve heat. Under the cooling effect of the ice-type mutants in the team, it is icy and cool all the way down to the stomach, which is very refreshing.
It was the first time that Lin Tantan had a general-level work meal. Even in the clinic, her work meals consisted of two dishes, one soup and rice. This was her first time eating the multi-grain pancake and it felt pretty good.
Looking at the others, they were also eating with gusto, and were obviously satisfied with the food. Looking at Ye Xiao again, he had already eaten his fifth cake. Lin Tan pushed his remaining cake to him: "Do you want more? I'm full."
Ye Xiao knew that she had a small appetite and had a lot of snacks on her, so she wouldn't be hungry. He didn't bother to be polite with her and took the cake to eat as well.
At this time, Ye Xiao's communicator rang. He raised his wrist and looked at it, his eyes slightly narrowed. Lin Tantan took the last cracked green bean in the bowl and put it into his mouth, feeling the delicate sandy feeling, and looked at him: "What's wrong?"
"Something happened in the compound. Let's go back immediately." Ye Xiao said after swallowing the food in his mouth.
As soon as Lin Tan Tan heard it, he knew that something serious had happened, otherwise he would not have said that he wanted to rush back. The group immediately finished their food and returned to the base at noon when the zombies were at their weakest. After returning, they saw that the place where the magic machine was originally placed was empty. Lin Tan Tan then realized that such a big thing had happened.
Bai Cheng rubbed his forehead, looking very annoyed. "I just went to Chief Lu's place, and I didn't expect that in such a short time... those mercenaries rescued Wu Lin, and knocked out the last two people guarding the magic machine while everyone was having dinner, and just drove away with the magic machine. I was careless."
Ye Xiao said in a deep voice: "The fault is mainly mine. I didn't follow any procedures the first two times I drove the divine machine. I just drove away when I was told to. Otherwise, everyone wouldn't have seen the divine machine in the sky and not woke up."
He frowned and said, "But the team's discipline should be improved. It's so easy for someone to take advantage of it."
Bai Cheng also agreed, so the two bosses began to discuss how to enforce discipline.
Lin Tan Tan watched the whole process from the side and always felt that something was odd. A magical plane was lost, so were their reactions too calm
The noise outside was very loud and much more normal. Many people were laughing at the Zhengyang Brigade, saying that even if they got the magic machine, they couldn't keep it. It was easily stolen before they could even warm up to the world. Even more people felt sorry and upset about the loss of the magic machine.
The leader of the base, Lu Jianping, also came over to ask. No matter where this magical machine came from, it would be a great honor for him as the leader to have such a treasure in the base.
He blamed Ye Xiao for not handing over the magic machine to the base, and now it was lost in vain. In the middle of the conversation, Ye Xiao said that it didn't matter if one was lost, he could build one himself. So the magic machine factory started to operate from that day, and soon everyone in the base knew that the Zhengyang Brigade was going to build the magic machine themselves.
It is not a modification, but building an airplane from scratch, from one part at a time.
People find it incredible. Even before the end of the world, it was impossible for a private person to build an airplane. Now, when there is nothing to buy, it is even more unrealistic. With the current industrial conditions, you can't even build a new car!
The news quickly spread back to the capital. Commander Fan laughed when he heard it. His subordinates said tactfully, "They just retired and they did this. It's really embarrassing. It took the research institute ten years to build five such amazing aircraft. With nothing, they are considered good for building a shell."
Commander Fan smiled and said, "Okay, young people, you are full of youthful vigor. Let's not talk about them. The magic machine should have been taken back by Min Yande's people, right?"
“It should be.”
"Min Yande is really patient. He waited until now to take action. You should have people move faster and get the energy cannon out as soon as possible. Our magic machine cannot be worse than theirs."
Commander Fan took it for granted that it was Min Yande who was commanding from thousands of miles away that made it possible to retrieve the magic machine. Ye Xiao was still a little naive in his thinking.
At this time, Min Yande was overjoyed: "This Wu Lin is good, he is finally useful. I will reward him when he comes back!" Thinking of Ye Xiao's expression when he found out that the magic machine was stolen, he felt very happy. What kind of leadership ability is it? Is it really capable of letting someone drive away the magic machine in broad daylight in front of everyone? Zhengyang Brigade is simply a joke!
But soon he wrinkled his chubby face again: "He said he wanted to build his own divine machine. That divine machine has been in their hands for more than 20 days. Could it be that they have really studied it thoroughly?"
His confidant flattered him, "What can they come up with in just 20 days? Besides, without detailed information, professional talents, or even a workshop, what can they do? Ye Xiao must have felt ashamed of losing the magic machine, so he said such crazy words."
Min Yande agreed and stopped thinking about it, waiting for the return of Shen Ji.
However, a few hours later, he was severely slapped in the face. The magic plane flew back, but it did not fly to him, but stopped at Chen Xing's side.
Although Min Yande and Chen Xing were in the same camp and had a close relationship, they both had their own forces and territories, but their territories were just closer. And now, the magic plane flew to Chen Xing.
Min Yande realized something was wrong and sent someone to inquire. The answer he got was that the magic machine was obtained by Chen Xing's grandson with his own ability and was his private property, and had nothing to do with Min Yande.
Min Yande was so furious that he forgot for a moment which one was Chen Xing's grandson and ran over to ask for an explanation.
The Chen family was delighted by Cai Chengliang's return. Cai Chengliang talked about the difficulties on the road. They encountered two groups of mutant birds and the energy cannon was broken and had not been repaired yet. Fortunately, they opened the energy shield in time and escaped the disaster.
Chen Xing looked at his grandson who had changed a lot from what he remembered, and comforted him: "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back. Grandpa is incapable of saving you. Ye Xiao has imprisoned you for half a year, and I will make him pay the price!"
Chen Xing is already over sixty years old, but after the end of the world, he awakened supernatural powers and suddenly became more than ten years younger. His aura became more and more powerful, and a glare from his two tiger eyes could scare people to death.
If it was the original Cai Chengliang, he would certainly be happy to hear this, but now he is not. He is a brainwashed person, and the first person he hates in his mind has long been Min Yande. After hearing what Chen Xing said, he gritted his teeth and said, "Grandpa, Ye Xiao can't be let go, but the culprit is another person?"
"who?"
"Min Yande, he was the one who ordered Ye Xiao to lock me up!"
Chen Xing frowned: "Why would he do that?"
Cai Chengliang's mother wiped her tears and said, "Dad, can't you see this? If Liangzi doesn't come back, you won't have an heir. No matter how powerful you are, you will end up giving it to others."
Chen Xing frowned even more tightly, looking at the skinny Cai Chengliang. To be honest, he never considered Cai Chengliang as an heir. He was destined to have no children, and although he loved his daughter, after all, his daughter was married, and his grandson had to take a stranger's surname.
Before the end of the world, he was a soldier and had no family business that needed an inheritor. After the end of the world, the situation changed, and he had more power in his hands. He was also a well-known figure in this huge capital base. Only then did he start to think that he needed an heir.
By then, Cai Chengliang had already fallen into Ye Xiao's hands. Even after several months, he no longer had any expectations for this grandson and thought he was dead. At this time, his nephew Chen Xianyi frequently appeared in front of him. He loved the child's excellence very much. Although he was not his own grandson, he was still his own child after all, so he began to bring him up by his side.
Although his grandson is back now, he has never thought about him as an heir.
When Cai's mother saw her father's expression, she gritted her teeth and said casually, "Where is Xianyi? His cousin is back, why is he missing? Oh, I forgot, his father seems to be sick again. This child is so filial, he wants to be with his father all day long."
Chen Xing's expression changed slightly.
Chen Xianyi was filial, and Chen Xing liked his nephew's filial piety very much, but the first person he was filial to was his father, his own nephew. He didn't care about him before, although that nephew had never been kind to him, but a sick man would die eventually. Once he died, Chen Xianyi only had himself as an elder, so naturally he could only be filial to himself.
But now Cai Chengliang is back. In comparison, although Cai Chengliang is a grandson and a person of a different surname, his mother is his only biological daughter, and there are no elders on his father's side. The whole family depends on him...
Cai's mother looked at her father's face and made a gesture to her husband. Cai's father immediately understood and continued, "That's right. Speaking of which, General Min is also very concerned about our family's affairs. Last time, he seemed to have personally interceded and asked Doctor Liu to come forward to save Xianyi's father's life. Xianyi seemed to have mentioned it several times and said that he was particularly grateful to General Min."
Chen Xing glared at him fiercely, and Cai's father immediately shut up. However, his words that were obviously meant to sow discord still penetrated into Chen Xing's heart.
It seems that his nephew is indeed too close to Min Yande. He didn't care before. As a young man, it's a good thing to be good at socializing. Moreover, his contact with Min Yande was through Chen Xianyi. But if Min Yande deliberately detained Cai Chengliang in the south, the matter became very delicate.
If Cai Chengliang had come back successfully, perhaps Chen Xianyi would not have had any problems. It was because of Cai Chengliang's accident that he felt that there was no one to succeed him, so he paid attention to Chen Xianyi. Chen Xianyi was not close to him before the end of the world, but after the end of the world, he ran to him and showed off...
Once a person follows a line of thought, he cannot stop doubting and imagining. The more Chen Xing thought about it, the uglier his expression became. So when Min Yande's people came to ask about the Shen Ji, he didn't give them any face and said directly that the Shen Ji had nothing to do with Min Yande.
He said, "That pilot must be Min Yande's man, get rid of him." He then asked Cai Chengliang, "Is there anyone among the people you brought back who can fly a magic plane?"
Cai Chengliang said: "No."
"It's okay if there's none. Didn't our people also participate in pilot training? Find someone to give me emergency training for those people. Remember, those are the people who drove the magic plane back. They have nothing to do with Min Yande!"
Chen Xing snorted coldly and said, Min Yande, don't even think of using any excuse to get this magic machine back! Now that this thing is in his hands, you want him to hand it over with just a few words? Dream on! Chen Xing narrowed his eyes and thought about something.
Elsewhere, next to the divine machine, four mercenaries who had followed Cai Chengliang back were waiting anxiously under the guard of several soldiers.
The mission of the four of them was to "rescue" Wu Lin, cooperate with Cai Chengliang to escape back to the capital on the magic plane, create the illusion that he had escaped with great difficulty, and then preferably be able to lurk by his side.
Now that they have arrived successfully, the next step is to see if they can stay.
Even if they can't, as long as they leave safely, their mission will be accomplished, and Ye Xiao will do what he promised them.
Next to them was Wu Lin, who kept whispering to them, "Are you stupid? What future can you get by following Cai Chengliang? You should have listened to me and followed me to General Min. It's not too late to leave now. The magic machine is very fast and they can't catch up."
Sister Ni said coldly: "Shut up, if we didn't see that you can fly the magic machine, we wouldn't bring you with us. It's good enough that you can get out alive."
Wu Lin wanted to say something, but suddenly someone came over. The leader looked at the five people and pointed at Wu Lin: "You must be Wu Lin, take him away."
The people behind him rushed forward, subdued Wu Lin, covered his mouth and dragged him away like a dead dog. The leader said to the four people, "You four follow me."
The four of them looked at each other, and Sister Ni asked in a hoarse voice, "Where are you going? What are you doing?"
The man was a little surprised that the one who spoke was the only woman among the four. It seemed that this woman must be very capable.
He did not show any contempt, and only said: "Go and learn how to fly the magic machine. You rescued Master Cai, and Master Cai has instructed that you will not be treated unfairly."
The four of them breathed a sigh of relief and followed him.
Sister Ni walked in silence, and suddenly remembered what the man said to her in the interrogation room a few days ago: "The reason you came here is to buy the divine machine?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"My family is on the other side of the ocean. I need to go to see them, but ordinary planes can't get there."
The man showed a slightly surprised expression: "So that's how it is, but the current divine machine does not have the ability to sail long distances, and neither the energy shield nor the energy cannon can last long."
She felt bitter, and she knew it, but she could only put her hope in the divine machine.
The man said, "You said you wanted to work for us. You probably also hoped that we could improve the divine machine and one day be able to cross the ocean."
She licked her lips and said nervously, "Yes."
"Then from today on, you can start accumulating contribution points. I have a dangerous task here that may not even produce any results. Are you willing to do it? If you are willing to accept it, I will give you the priority to purchase the divine machine when it is improved in the future."
Sister Ni looked at the other three people. She knew that these three people must have their own requests, and this request could only be achieved most quickly and confidently by listening to Ye Xiao. Therefore, the four of them would never betray Ye Xiao and ruin the plan. From this point of view, they are all very reliable and trustworthy to each other.
Thinking of this, she felt relieved. She saw from a distance that a group of people got off the car and walked into the gate aggressively. She recognized that the fat man surrounded by people was Min Yande. Seeing his dark face and the posture of looking for trouble, she couldn't help but admire Ye Xiao in her heart. He did nothing but send Cai Chengliang and Shen Ji back, which caused a crack in the cooperative and mutually beneficial relationship between Min and Chen.
And this crack will only get bigger and bigger in the future.
…
"So, everything was just a show. You did all this and sent Cai Chengliang and Shen Ji away just to make them feel at odds?" Lin Tantan asked this question at the Ning City base.
Ye Xiao smiled bitterly: "Yes, when did you realize it was just a show?"
Lin Tan Tan shrugged. "I just feel something is wrong. You are not an idiot. How can you let someone take away such a large plane in broad daylight so blatantly? After thinking about it, you deliberately transferred most people out to make the compound empty, right? You also deliberately blurred your actions so that most people didn't know where you were. Oh, and you took me out of the base as well. Was that intentional as well?"
Ye Xiao smiled and said, "Yes, I was worried that if you saw the divine machine flying up to the sky and knew that it wasn't me inside, you would use a rope to pull it down."
Lin Tan Tan: “…” Don’t describe her as so barbaric.
"But isn't the divine machine very important? Why do we need to send it back?"
Ye Xiao said: "We have studied the Divine Machine thoroughly and are about to create a new Divine Machine. It is difficult to hide such a big move as setting up a factory. That would be equivalent to telling everyone that we not only got the Divine Machine, but will also make more Divine Machines based on it... Many people will be unable to sit still."
Xu Qin, Jiang Xiaotian, and some other experts were each responsible for exploring a part of the divine machine. In just over twenty days, they worked day and night to figure it out thoroughly. Afterwards, Xu Qin and Jiang Xiaotian had a burst of inspiration. Not only did they add the design of an energy cannon, they also had new ideas for the energy shield and other aspects of the structure. However, it was difficult to realize these ideas on the original divine machine, so creating a new divine machine was inevitable.
So it would be better to give away the old magic machine that they had dismantled and reassembled and modified until it was about to fall apart, so that some people would let down their guard, and then they could produce new ones safely.
Under the current conditions, no one would believe that they could produce a new machine out of thin air if they lost the prototype.
Lin Tan Tan understood: "So that's how it is. But I'm really surprised that you let Cai Chengliang go. I thought you would lock him up for life. Wouldn't he retaliate against us? And does Meimei know about this?"
Ye Xiao thought to himself that Cai Chengliang was not just a casual move. His main purpose was to let Cai Chengliang go back to play a psychological trick on Chen Xing and sow discord between them. The magic machine was just brought along by the way. Otherwise, he could have just destroyed the magic machine directly. Why bother to let it fly back thousands of miles
But it's fine to let her feel that way.
He said: "Meimei knows, and he agrees with it, and Cai Chengliang has been brainwashed, the person he hates the most now is Min Yande, not me."
Lin Tantan was surprised for a moment, then realized: "You took Zhang Jiujiu away just to let her do this?"
Ye Xiao nodded: "We have roughly figured out the pattern of Zhang Jiujiu's new ability. Her so-called brainwashing ability is only temporary for normal people. Her two friends have gradually awakened from the memories caused by brainwashing."
"What about Cai Chengliang?"
"Cai Chengliang is different. He has been locked up for half a year and his mental state has long been disturbed. Even without brainwashing, he can be easily hypnotized or guided. So for him, the brainwashing effect is likely to be permanent."
Ye Xiao said: "In short, now that Chen and Min are at odds, Min Yande has no time to come and pick a fight for the time being. We also have more time to plan where the base should be located in the future."
Lin Tantan immediately gave him a clue: "Do you have any idea?"
Ye Xiao said: "Follow me."
He took Lin Tantan to Cheng Qinan's place.
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