When he woke up early the next morning, Zhou Rong felt his head dizzy—the biochemical car was gone.
He took a gun and turned twice in the open space, roaring up to the sky, "Si Xiaonan!"
"Si Xiaonan, get out of here, don't joke with you, hurry up!!"
The sound of the engine came from far to near, the biochemical car slowly drove from the other side of the long street, and stopped in front of Zhou Rong who was furious. Then the car window rolled down, milk powder, candy and dehydrated cakes were piled on the driver's platform. Sinan was carrying a submachine gun and holding a honey jar in one hand, his cheeks flushed slightly.
Zhou Rong saw that his shoulders were stained with black and red rotten blood, and it was obvious that he had just robbed the supermarket single-handedly, and he exploded on the spot: "Leaving the team without authorization! I have no discipline! Comrade Sinan, if you are an official team member, I will beat you up! Don't think about the consequences?!"
Sinan stared at him coldly.
"What are you looking at?! If you refuse to obey, give it to me..."
Zhou Rong was still waiting to scold, when suddenly Sinan threw two cigarettes in the face, then quickly raised the car window, stepped on the accelerator and drove to the road.
"Hey! You bastard!" Zhou Rong was smashed by two soft Chinese, jumping his feet and roaring behind the car.
Sinan was seriously angry.
Zhou Rong finally ended his journey of searching for supplies, driving in front of him with two cigarettes in his arms. The two vehicles drove out of City B from the highway one after the other. They returned to the suburban industrial park before dark that evening. The biochemical vehicle suddenly advanced and turned a corner and went straight to the backyard of the fertilizer plant.
Are we going to part ways
Zhou Rong slammed the steering wheel to catch up, far behind Sinan. A few minutes later, the biochemical car stopped at the back door of the factory. Sinan grabbed some food, jumped out of the car, and turned over the wall.
Zhou Rong asked Chuncao to come over to watch the car, he followed quietly, took two steps to jump up the wall, and then jumped to the ginkgo tree behind the wall, sneaking a look down.
Sinan walked straight ahead, following the barren path to the vicinity of the anhydrous ammonia treatment plant. There was an abandoned truck garage surrounded by weeds.
A slender figure was squatting in the open space under the rear window of the garage. After hearing the footsteps, he turned around and came forward in surprise.
—It is Wu Xinyan.
Even from such a distance, I couldn't hear what they were saying. Zhou Rong looked at it for a long time, feeling rather unhappy in his heart, and let out a long breath.
What am I delusional about, he wondered sarcastically.
It's obviously a Beta rights protection association, so it's good not to hate Alpha, what else can you expect? Besides, he is so good-looking and skilled, in this apocalypse, there are probably not many little girls who are willing to post it.
Zhou Rong's throat was a little sore, he jumped up the fence with his backhand hooked on a branch, and jumped out from the back door.
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"Back?" Feng Wentai said in disbelief.
Men nodded.
Feng Wentai rushed out the door, trotting downstairs almost all the way to the front yard of the factory. There were more than a dozen people gathered in the open space, all of them surviving people who escaped from City T with the special forces; the three Alpha bodyguards of the Feng family were also guarding there, blocking those people faintly, and staring at the outside.
A military riot-proof armored vehicle was parked in the barbed wire. Zhou Rong and others were tired and embarrassed. They were carrying the injured and unconscious Yan Hao and the bag containing Zhang Yingjie's body, and they were getting down from the car one after another.
When Feng Wentai saw their dirty clothes and mental state, he understood everything, and his heart sank.
However, when the captain surnamed Zhou turned his head, the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, and his eyebrows were full of jokes: "Brother Feng! Don't come here, everything is okay in our family?"
Without waiting for Feng Wentai to answer, he turned his head and instructed his subordinates: "The materials will be counted and put into the warehouse and registered, and Yingjie's body will be placed and waited for me to deal with." Then he waved to the crowd and said with a loud laugh, "Doctor Zheng! My brother has suffered A little hurt, please bring two people to carry him up to see!"
In addition to these special forces, the thirty or so survivors were vaguely led by Dr. Zheng. Hearing the words, they immediately stepped forward and carefully took Yan Hao's stretcher.
"Hey - I've only been gone for a few days, it's like a lifetime!" Zhou Rong moved his stiff neck bones after driving for a long time, making a crisp click, first beckoning to the onlookers, and then patted Feng Wentai on the shoulder with a smile: "This is It's been really hard for a few days, Brother Feng! I'll give you a big credit!"
Blood clots lose their pheromone breath after being exposed to the air for a period of time, just like a corpse loses its fingerprints after a few days. The excessively strong alpha pheromone on Zhou Rong's body has long since dispersed, otherwise he would walk around like a long-legged male hormone atomic bomb, which Sinan would never accept.
But Feng Wentai didn't know.
He only felt that Zhou Rong immediately assumed the attitude of being the master of the house as soon as he came back, which made his originally disappointed mentality even more subtle. But he didn't want to show it either. Hearing that, he said with a smile: "It's all good, all good, there's no hard work or hard work. Has Captain Zhou contacted Deputy Minister Guo?"
Zhou Rong shook his head.
Feng Wentai's smile faded: "Then... we are... "
Zhou Rong hooked his shoulder: "Come on, let's go to the cafeteria and talk while walking."
"That's the way it is." Ten minutes later, at the dining room table, Zhou Rong shrugged.
It was dinner time, and all the survivors were queuing for dinner, and there were only multigrain porridge and boiled potatoes in the window. Not far away, Feng Wentai's bodyguards sat on another small table, each with guns on their backs, and in front of them was rice with four small stir-fries, with meat and vegetables, and opened two bottles of beer.
Zhou Rong didn't seem to see:
"Next we have to leave the fertilizer plant. All the surviving people will take the CMB to the headquarters in the South China Sea. We have obtained the latest information on virus research, which is of great significance to the development of vaccines..."
"One of your people died and another was seriously injured?" Feng Wentai interrupted.
Zhou Rong said, "Yes."
"And a little brother who looks like...?"
"I lost it," Zhou Rong said succinctly.
"In other words, there are only four of you now."
"Yes."
Feng Wentai was silent for a moment, and when he spoke again, he changed his tone with a slight indifference: "Forgive me, Captain Zhou. We'd better stay in the fertilizer factory now, don't act rashly, you will send a positioning signal to the Nanhai headquarters and ask for a helicopter to pick it up. . If the information you mentioned is really that important, the central government will take the initiative to pick us up... "
"There is no 'Central' anymore." Zhou Rong said calmly, "The positioning signal cannot be received. Before contacting the South China Sea, it is doubtful whether the headquarters of the other party has fallen."
"Then we should go to the northeast," Feng Wentai said immediately.
"My family has some territory in the northeast, and there is a food processing factory. If the brothers raised by the hometown are still alive, they will be a considerable armed force. Besides, the severe cold weather in the north will restrict the movement of zombies, no matter what. It's safer in every way than going south to the densely populated coastal areas."
Feng Wentai obviously had a plan for a long time.
"Captain Zhou and several brothers are loyal to the country, which is respectable, but in this last world, people still have to plan for themselves. If Captain Zhou is willing to bring his subordinates to join us, Feng will never dare to neglect you and arrive in the Northeast. In the future, I will make sure that you all live comfortably—it’s not necessary to talk about glory and wealth in the apocalypse, at least it will not be worse than before the apocalypse, what do you think?”
Chun Cao, Guo Weixiang, and Ding Shi registered the supplies and entered the cafeteria with their lunch boxes. From a distance, they saw Feng Wentai and Zhou Rong sitting opposite each other in the corner, and a few bodyguards of the Feng family were drinking with malicious intent.
Chuncao immediately took two steps forward, only to see Zhou Rong with his hands behind his back, and shook her.
"How do you say it," Zhou Rong laughed: "As special forces, the country has cultivated for so many years, and now is the time when we need us the most..."
Feng Wentai was impatient: "I understand the truth, but Captain Zhou also has to think about his brothers. Two of you have already sacrificed, what can the country give them? Medals? Pensions? Even the entire B military region can afford it. Lost! The government is afraid that it can't even take care of itself, can the state still issue pensions?"
"Boss Feng," Zhou Rong teased, "Yan Hao isn't dead yet."
Feng Wentai choked.
Zhou Rong watched his words and expressions, and coughed at the right time before his attack:
"Speaking of which, if we leave for the north, what will happen to this room full of men, women and children?"
Feng Wentai looked around, and people in the distance were queuing up for meals. Many people shook the gruel in their bowls, and looked at the fried vegetables and beer of the Feng family bodyguards, showing dissatisfaction.
"We don't have much stock," he said in a low voice.
Zhou Rong stared at him quietly.
"With all these people, I'm afraid that the food will be eaten halfway. If it's freezing in the cold weather and can't replenish the supplies, I'm afraid everyone will have to explain it."
Feng Wentai pondered for a moment, and finally spoke again: "In my opinion, those who are inconvenient to move and weaker are better off staying in the fertilizer factory. There are also some who may not obey, in order to avoid escaping halfway. If there is an internal dispute, just letting them go out and make a living on their own is a way to get the best of both worlds…”
Zhou Rong didn't say anything, the more he listened, the deeper his smile grew.
Feng Wentai's meaning is obvious. Women, old people, and children don't need to be brought. It's better to leave the one who looks more thorny. He is Alpha, and his destination is his hometown. It is impossible to say that he can't be expected to open a warehouse to put food in the northeast. Only those who are willing to submit to him and obey him can take them along on the road.
As for the food materials accumulated in the fertilizer factory, it must be taken away.
After returning to his hometown, Boss Feng will naturally be able to lead everyone to make a comeback and form a utopia with a strict hierarchy - of course, at that time, Zhou Rong and others who have followed him from the beginning will not be treated lightly.
"Boss Feng is really far-sighted," Zhou Rong sighed with a slap.
Feng Wentai smiled modestly.
"However," Zhou Rong said sincerely, "we are still going to the South China Sea."
"… why?"
"Zombies retain many basic biological instincts, one of which is warming. Once winter comes, a large number of zombies will gather in the south, and at this time, the north will collide with the countless zombie tides. This is one of them."
"Second," Zhou Rong's unruly smile gradually disappeared, his face with deep eye sockets and sharp facial features finally showed his true expression - rebellious and full of hostility, no matter what he looked at, his eyes were from top to bottom. With a sense of oppression like a wolf: "The virus research materials Zhang Yingjie exchanged for his life must be sent to the military. Even if the South China Sea headquarters falls, we will go on the road again until the day we find the military."
"On this road, we will not give up any surviving people. The elderly, women, pregnant women, and children, as long as we meet, we will save as much as we have. When the food is eaten, we will plant it, and if there is no material, we will find it, as long as we The soldiers are there, the country is there, and no one will be left behind.”
Zhou Rong leaned back on the chair, raised his head slightly, raised his thick and sharp eyebrows, and looked down at Feng Wentai.
His thin lips like a knife, his dark and sturdy neck, the muscular outline of his shoulders and arms that the camouflage uniform can't hide, and the submachine gun slung over his right shoulder, all show his domineering male strength.
Feng Wentai was a little bit out of breath. When he recovered, he realized that he had been threatened by a Beta, and suddenly became a little embarrassed and angry: "You said it nicely, you soldiers are not..."
"You can go and persuade the person you want to take away." Zhou Rong said lightly, and made a gesture of "please," which was a bit elegant: "I will never stop anyone who is willing to go with you, just You can't take a single bullet, go ahead."
Feng Wentai stood up suddenly, and several bodyguards followed, and pressed their hands on the back waist.
Three special forces not far away immediately stepped forward, each carrying a submachine gun, Chuncao coughed coldly.
Zhou Rong sank deep into the back of his chair, as if he was unaware of the tense atmosphere in front of him. Feng Wentai gritted his teeth and stared at the abominable curvature of the corner of his mouth. He wanted to say something cruel but didn't have the guts to say it. He waved his hand and said angrily, "Let's go!"
The Feng family's Alpha bodyguards followed the boss out of the cafeteria, and Chuncao walked over slowly, staring at their backs: "The surnamed Feng can't hold back anymore."
"I know," Zhou Rong interrupted her.
He pondered for a moment, then slowly made arrangements: "Tonight, everyone will take people to take turns on duty. The granary, garage, and front and rear doors are all optimistic. Pay attention to Feng Wentai's whereabouts. Sinankai's biochemical car window has been replaced, and it is not bulletproof. Everything and weapons were removed from the top and moved to the armored vehicle to be locked."
He said something Chuncao nodded, and suddenly Zhou Rong seemed to remember something: "Where's Simon?"
"I just got back to the dormitory and got a blanket and said that I would sleep in the back factory area at night." Speaking of this spring grass, he felt strange: "What is he doing there?"
Zhou Rong remembered Wu Xinyan who was waiting behind the garage in the back factory area, she was silent, her eyes were dark and uncertain.
His cold expression made the three team members feel a little nervous, Chuncao leaned on the back of the chair and asked in a low voice, "Brother Rong?"
"Comrade Xiao Si is an adult - you guys have time to take care of other people's affairs, why don't you think about when you will get off the list?" Zhou Rong stood up and rubbed Chuncao's hair, smiled, and returned to his usual dangling attitude: " Good girl, bring some potatoes for Dad, don't forget the chili and soy sauce."
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"That's mine," Sinan said coldly.
Wu Xinyan: "…"
Wu Xinyan's outstretched hand turned consciously, gave up the bottle of honey, and turned to vacuum-packed marinated eggs.
Sinan raised one eye, obviously not strong in his desire to monopolize the braised eggs, and his thick eyelashes drooped down again.
There were no lights in the abandoned garage, and it was dark in the winter night. There was the sound of the cold wind whistling through the cracks of the windows, as if hordes of zombies were whimpering in the distance.
Wu Xinyan shrank under the blanket while eating the marinated eggs, apparently unable to bear the silence, she said, "Hey...why do you like sweets so much?"
When facing outsiders, Sinan rarely takes the initiative to speak up, but he also answers his questions, saying, "I don't know."
"Do you like sweets as long as they are?"
"no."
"Don't you feel bad?"
"do not think so."
"… "
"My body needs sugar." Sinan said flatly, "I often have low blood sugar."
Wu Xinyan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief: "I was thinking just now that people who have experienced a lot of hardships like to eat sweets. If you have a sad story, I can't stand it. Phew—fortunately, I think too much."
Sinan: "...you're normal."
Sinan took out the bag of candied apples from his pocket, which he was not willing to eat, and began to eat it carefully. There was a sound of smacking in the darkness.
After a while, Wu Xinyan's voice sounded again, this time she was a little hesitant: "You said, will the surnamed Wan really come tonight?"
"meeting."
"… why?"
With half a piece of candied fruit in his mouth, Sinan said vaguely: "If Zhou Rong asks you where you have been, Feng Wentai will definitely say that you ran away and disappeared. His bodyguard surnamed Wan knows that, and Zhou Rong will find someone else to ask tomorrow. After the situation, he has no chance to attack you, so he will definitely seize this last chance tonight."
"And you also said that the man surnamed Wan followed you here today," Sinan swallowed the candied fruit and licked his sticky fingers: "Tonight when everyone is asleep, he will definitely come."
Wu Xinyan turned pale and nodded.
Two rolls of bedding were placed side by side on the ground floor. Sinan and Wu Xinyan were wrapped in blankets, with a pile of snacks in the middle. After Wu Xinyan finished eating the marinated eggs, she wanted to eat a piece of chocolate. She suddenly realized something as soon as she picked up a piece in her hand, and asked humbly, "Can I eat it?"
"Yes." Sinan said, "Chocolate is the only thing I don't eat."
"… why?!"
Before Sinan could answer, there was a burst of light footsteps not far away, and then stopped under the rear window.
coming!
Wu Xinyan shivered, and the cold air rushed from her internal organs. Her eyes for help immediately turned to her side, but she saw that Sinan looked back with all her thoughts: "... Zhou Rong?"
He stood up suspiciously wrapped in a blanket: "What are you standing there for?"
The person who had never made a sound under the back window coughed, and it really was Captain Zhou's characteristic mellow bass, and somehow he sounded a little guilty: "Yo, Comrade Xiao Si! I... I can't sleep and just walk around, you eat Are you done?"
Sinan is indifferent.
"..." Wu Xinyan greeted tremblingly: "Zhou, Captain Zhou, good evening..."
Sinan waved at her, signaling to ignore it.
Zhou Rong was very embarrassed: "Good evening, good evening, why don't you two go back to the dormitory? How cold is it to be here in the dark?"
"We..." As soon as Wu Xinyan said two words, Sinan waved at her again, this time even frowning unhappily.
Wu Xinyan: "???"
She tilted her head and looked at Sinan, who frowned at her.
Zhou Rong laughed a few times outside the window: "You should go back to the dormitory, it doesn't matter, what should I do if I catch a cold outside today? My brother is a visitor, everyone knows it, you young people hehehe..."
Wu Xinyan deeply felt that she should explain, very much. However, Sinan's face made it clear that she was not allowed to speak. The two silently fought for several seconds, and Wu Xinyan finally couldn't hold back her madness: "What the hell is going on with you?!"
Sinan said, "He yelled at me."
Zhou Rong outside the window: "..."
"And he said he wanted to beat me." Sinan said coldly, "Who beat whom? I'll let him have one hand."
Wu Xinyan was stunned.
Zhou Rong's embarrassment rose to the peak of his life: "Si Xiaonan! Brother is wrong, can I come to apologize to you? I shouldn't yell at you in the morning, don't be angry, I got you something to eat..."
The sound of the plastic packaging bag was Zhou Rong pulling something out of his arms:
"Here," he said, "come out, and I brought you a large Dove chocolate."
Simon: "..."