The interior decoration of the small courtyard is not bad, the windows are bright and clean, there are three double bedrooms, and a dining hall.
"The conditions are good, Miss Chen has bothered." Zhou Rong turned around inside and outside, and said with a smile: "You don't need to make these specializations in the army."
Chen Yajing was pushed by Wan Biao and stopped in the living room. She sat at the square dining table, folded her hands on the blanket, and replied, "Captain Zhou, you are welcome. I am very impressed that you have escorted the surviving people for thousands of miles. The living environment is what it should be.”
She looks very demure, but she has an indescribable bearing when she speaks, she is generous, frank and resolute.
- It does not seem that the so-called cultists use mind control to brainwash the people. So what is her ability to lead this huge base
Zhou Rong had a smile on his face, but looked at her coldly and politely.
Chen Yajing seemed to be unaware of Zhou Rong's scrutiny, and made a "please" gesture to another chair by the dining table: "Captain Zhou, please take a seat."
Zhou Rong was leaning against the window sill. Out of the corner of his eyes, he noticed Sinan and Chuncao who were eating and chatting in the backyard, and said, "No, it's too tiring to drive all the way. I'll stand for a while."
"...Okay." Chen Jingya didn't reluctantly, she changed the words: "Today's matter is a misunderstanding. I brought Wan Biao here to apologize. In fact..."
Zhou Rong interrupted her: "Who are the robbers and why do they call themselves the army?"
Chen Yajing was silent for a moment before slowly saying: "They can no longer be called the army."
Zhou Rong said sensitively, "I can't?"
"Well. Our base was originally a large research institute directly under the G military region, so it is inextricably linked with the army. After the outbreak of the virus, some leaders within the institute and I were relocating nearby disaster-stricken people. Disagreement arose on the issue…”
Although Chen Yajing didn't say it directly, Zhou Rong could easily hear her overtones—the result of the disagreement was a violent mutiny.
Chen Yajing did not mention the bloodshed and casualties in the mutiny, but as a result, these opponents who disagreed with Chen Yajing eventually left the institute and went to the other side of the peninsula to establish their own base.
Compared with the research institute with complete facilities and sufficient materials, the new base is obviously very poor. While the opponents looted the urban area and passing vehicles, they did not give up their attempt to counterattack the original research institute. In recent weeks, the bloody clashes between the two bases have become more and more frequent, which has reached the point where Chen Yajing is very anxious.
- Yan Hao and Wan Biao acted together this time to combat the other party's half-way carjacking and guard the only way to the research institute.
However, Wan Biao didn't like Yan Hao's little white face in every possible way, and often tripped him up, so that he almost hurt Zhou Rong and Sinan who were passing by. This was purely a coincidence.
"Some of them did belong to the military region, but more of them were Li Gui who killed soldiers in the G military region during the conflict, robbed uniforms and guns, and came out to impersonate Li Kui." Chen Yajing sighed: "Wan Biao's behavior is indeed true. No, he beat people indiscriminately and almost accidentally injured Captain Zhou. I have to apologize to everyone..."
"Oh, it doesn't matter, Yan Hao doesn't mind." Zhou Rong forcibly hooked Yan Hao over and said easily: "Yeah, Yan Xiaohao."
Yan Hao snorted coldly.
Wan Biao, who had a bruised nose and a swollen face with gauze on his head, raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but burst out: "It's obviously that Yan Yan who didn't obey orders, and they even took guns—"
"Rong-brother!"
With a bang, the door slammed open, and Guo Weixiang burst into tears, rolling and crawling, like a ecstatic giant husky, swooped in the door and hugged Zhou Rong, wailing loudly: "Great, you are still alive! I will I know you're still alive!! We're looking for you every day to pray for you. Thank you, you're still alive woohoo woohoo woohoo woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Zhou Rong was caught off guard by his nose and tears, and hurriedly grabbed Guo Weixiang's collar and pulled him away: "Yan Hao, come and help him get him in the backyard and find Sinan and the others to play with..."
"Yan Hao, what's wrong with your face!" Guo Weixiang exclaimed in shock, "The corner of your eye is broken, who would dare to do something to your flowery and jade-like face?!"
Wan Biao: "..."
"Who!" Guo Weixiang rolled up his sleeves murderously: "I will find him to settle the account!"
Yan Hao hurriedly pulled Guo Weixiang, took him to the backyard, and went to eat and chat with Sinan Chuncao.
After a while, a terrifying scream came from the yard:
"Si Xiaonan! What did Brother Rong do to you? When did you take off the bill? Why didn't anyone wait for me?!"
Zhou Rong: "..."
There was an awkward silence in the living room, and Chen Yajing rubbed her forehead for a while.
"As you can see... Captain Zhou." She said helplessly: "Yan Hao and the others have been searching for your whereabouts desperately before. Now that you have reunited, what are your plans for the next step?"
She finally made the point.
"Yan Hao should have explained to you before that we hope to find a boat to go out to sea and go to the temporary headquarters on the Nansha Islands." Zhou Rong said politely: "If you are willing to send people to assist us, of course it would be better..."
"With all due respect," Chen Yajing said, "the headquarters you mentioned may no longer exist."
She had probably repeated the same words to Yan Hao many times, but Zhou Rong didn't refute it immediately, the two looked at each other quietly.
In the backyard, Guo Weixiang's elated shouting and Chuncao's babbling noise suddenly became very abrupt and obvious.
"Do you know where the first area of the country's virus outbreak was? It's the land under your feet. But what did the government do?"
"Cover up, blockade, suppress, refuse to report, and ban news." Chen Yajing said coldly: "Even when the situation became so serious that it was uncontrollable, I tried to use indiscriminate bombing to clean up the entire village and town."
"Bombing and cleaning are necessary." Zhou Rong replied calmly, "From a small coastal town to the heart of the country, as long as the spread of the virus can be controlled, all sacrifices are inevitable."
Chen Yajing retorted: "But what happened later? I spent countless manpower and material resources to repair the communication base station. Before winter came, I kept sending signals to the surrounding areas to ask for support. Where is the government? Where is the country? Where is the rescue?"
Zhou Rong was silent.
"If we hadn't opened our doors to accept the people, the coastal areas would have fallen completely. Captain Zhou, I admire you soldiers who are iron-blooded, determined and have faith, but unfortunately not all officials and soldiers have the same faith." Chen Yajing faintly Dao: "The country has abandoned us, we can only struggle to save ourselves in the end times, and use all means to continue the fire of survival as much as possible."
Zhou Rong was silent for a long time, then said slowly, "I don't agree with you, Miss Chen... What do you think a country is?"
Chen Yajing did not answer.
"A state is not a changing subjective state, nor is it a fixed objective territory. A state is not only a regime, institutions, armies, and territories, but you and I, who are standing here now, and everyone else who is struggling to survive."
"You are the widow of the deputy director of this institute. You have saved tens of thousands of people in the surrounding areas with the country's property and resources. Do you think this kind of behavior cannot represent the country? I am the major-level squadron commander of the 118 top-secret unit. Taking 21 team members thousands of miles south, sacrificing 17 comrades to carry out the mission and protect the masses, but never give up any ordinary survivors, do you think this kind of behavior cannot represent the country?"
Chen Yajing intuitively wanted to refute something, but she couldn't organize the words for a while, so she suppressed it again.
"I understand what you think." Zhou Rong said frankly, his voice still very calm: "The vast land is full of flames, you can't wait for any rescue, you feel abandoned; but now you have seen that we are constantly looking for the government And organizations, then in other places you can’t see, there must be soldiers like me, constantly searching and rescuing survivors, and slowly gathering into the army.”
"Where do you think the government's power to rescue the people comes from? That's how it's assembled bit by bit. If you stand on your own, I'm stuck, and everyone will become a piece of sand; then the country will be divided, and the government will never be centralized. The power to carry out the rescue, isn't it?"
The living room fell into silence for a long time, and the afterglow passed through the glass window and reflected on Chen Yajing's legs covered with blankets.
After a long while, she finally shook her head and said solemnly, "What you said makes sense, but the South China Sea is vast, I still don't think you have the possibility of finding the so-called... headquarters, and the possibility of dying in the sea is even greater."
Zhou Rong replied: "That's our business. But I can frankly say that successfully reaching the South China Sea base is a crucial part of our mission. Even if you refuse to provide any cooperation, we will definitely do it."
Chen Yajing stared at him with probing eyes, but Zhou Rong was indifferent.
Half of his face was bathed in the golden red afterglow, and the other half was hidden in the shadows.
If you just look at the appearance, even the so-called "military" who mutinied to block the road and loot looks a little more upright and awe-inspiring than him.
"... Forgive me, Captain Zhou." Chen Yajing finally said slowly:
"In today's apocalypse, the important task that an elite soldier like you can accomplish even at the cost of his death... is it related to vaccines?"
"Brother Rong!!"
The door slammed open again, Ding Shi burst into tears and cheered, like a giant Doberman pinscher just whirring and rolling, he flew in the door and hugged Zhou Rong, wailing loudly: "It's great, you're still alive! Sinan is also alive. Woohoo, I miss you so much! I knew you would never die if Brother Rong is so capable, I'm so happy..."
Zhou Rong was filled with tears and snot again, so he hurriedly comforted Ding Shi, or at least tried to persuade him to stop him. He took it to Yan Hao and motioned him to send the Doberman pinscher to the backyard to play with the husky just now. go.
"Yan Hao, what's wrong with your face?" Ding Shi said stunned: "Who hit you? Who dares to attack the face of our 118th Brigade?!"
Wan Biao said again: "..."
Yan Hao couldn't bear it any longer: "Who is your team flower!"
"Why not, don't you have to rely on your face to win awards for publicity performances? It's an important asset in our team." Ding Shi rolled up his cuffs and said angrily, "Whoever beat you, I'll ask Xiangzi to settle accounts with him! "
Yan Hao took three steps and took two steps, took him to the backyard, and slammed the door impatiently.
Zhou Rong covered his ears with a premonition, and three seconds later, a shocked voice sounded again in the yard: "—Sinan! You... Aren't you hated for cancer? You and Brother Rong... When did you do this?"
Sinan didn't know what to say, Ding Shi shouted loudly:
"What are you going to do for the wedding? How many children do you want? Have you decided on your surname or Brother Rong?"
Zhou Rong rubbed his forehead and took a deep breath.
"You're wrong, Miss Chen." Zhou Rong finally restrained himself, raised his head, looked directly at Chen Yajing and said, "For soldiers, any mission is the most important; but our mission has nothing to do with vaccines. It was received and executed before the end of the world, and now it just needs to be reinstated."
Chen Yajing nodded irrevocably, not knowing whether to believe it or not - Zhou Rong was not interested in exploring her thoughts. He knew that people like Chen Yajing would not take one-sided words lightly.
"I understand, since you have decided to go, I will try my best to cooperate." Chen Yajing said: "From tomorrow onwards, I will send someone to assist you in searching for available ships along the coast, and prepare materials and manpower. I hope you and you Good luck to all the players."
Zhou Rong was slightly surprised, and bowed his body and said, "Thank you very much."
Chen Yajing signaled that he didn't need to thank him, and Wan Biao pushed her wheelchair out of the courtyard.
"Miss Chen," Zhou Rongyi said loudly from the door of the room.
Chen Yajing tilted her head.
"This base will not be your eternal haven." Zhou Rong stared at her hideous left cheek and said, "The virus has begun to evolve, and the zombies gradually have the habit of hunting in groups. Once a large number of zombies begin to besiege this settlement Here, things can get very dire, and you need to be prepared to move at any time.”
Chen Yajing laughed briefly.
"No, that's not evolution, it's just a very rare phenomenon, don't worry."
Zhou Rong suddenly felt a little suspicious in his heart, only to see her calmly say:
"Just as you vowed to find the South China Sea headquarters, I will do whatever it takes to keep this base; even if you don't understand now, one day you will understand my insistence."
Wan Biao pushed her towards a nanny car that had been waiting for a long time at the gate of the small courtyard.
The car was obviously specially configured because of Chen Yajing's inconvenience. The driver's window was lowered halfway, revealing the driver's side face.
At first glance, the driver looked nothing out of the ordinary, a young man in his thirties, with fair complexion and black hair, described as thin, wearing glasses, and even a bit refined in demeanor.
He was wearing a light blue shirt and a white coat, as can be seen from his wrist casually draped by the car window.
- But for some reason, Zhou Rong's eyelids suddenly jumped, and his long-standing intuition for danger suddenly surfaced.
A certain unease swept through his sensitive nerves.
The driver noticed the gaze, and turned his head to face Zhou Rong.
"… "
Two seconds later, the car window slowly rose, blocking the view.
Zhou Rong narrowed his pupils, smiled indifferently, turned back to the house and closed the door.
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The car slowly moved forward, and Chen Yajing asked in a low voice, "Ning Yu?"
The driver retracted his gaze and pointed to the blue-and-white SUV in the courtyard that was almost scrapped with a shotgun but could still be clearly identified: "Isn't that the car driven by Romuel and his party?"
"Yes, it seems that the three A people... 80% are already dead."
"What did the surnamed Zhou say?"
Chen Yajing put her palms together, rubbed her forehead deeply with her index finger, and said tiredly after a while, "I decided to send these people away as soon as possible."
The driver named Ning Yu glanced at her from the rearview mirror, somewhat surprised: "Why, didn't you say try to keep as many special forces as possible?"
"The one surnamed Zhou... is particularly dangerous."
Chen Yajing paused slightly, as if she was looking for words to describe her feelings, and then shook her head resignedly: "He is different from other people, his will is very firm, his insight is particularly keen, I feel that he has begun to doubt something... I don't want to be forced to kill these soldiers in order to silence one day in the future, I can only let them get out of here as soon as possible."
Ning Yu nodded and asked suspiciously, "How come the Omega that Romuel was looking for is with these people?"
"This is the crux of the problem. Why does Romuel have to travel thousands of miles to find this younger brother, is it really his twisted emotions? Why did Captain Zhou leave the team to save this Omega, and he had to mark it himself, and then put him Bring it all the way?"
The carriage was slightly bumpy, and the survivors who passed by stopped one after another and saluted Chen Yajing.
"Zhou Rong's mouth is to complete the important task at the cost of his life," Chen Yajing said softly, "It should be to control this Omega, and then safely escort it to the South China Sea."
The nanny's car was parked in front of the office building, and the last rays of the setting sun sank into the earth. The dark blue, blue, dark gray and other large dyes in the sky rendered each other, and the twilight gradually closed.
Ning Yu buttoned up the white coat one by one, and suddenly said, "This person is very important, you can't let him go."
"Understood, I have a solution." Chen Yajing said in a low voice, "There is no turning back when I open the bow, and now there is no other choice."