Half an hour later, inside the military helicopter.
"The masses were evacuated to the wharf, and the headquarters was notified to send a ship to respond, and three 118 top-secret special forces were rescued, belonging to the sixth squadron, their names are... "
"I know." Tang Hao interrupted his subordinate's report in the headset and glanced back. In the darkened cabin, a strong silhouette sat on the ground, holding the head of the man in his arms.
He hummed: "I also have two 118s here, and a major."
Tang Hao took off the headset, motioned for his subordinates to continue driving, and turned towards the cabin amid the slight bumps in the flight.
Zhou Rong leaned his back against the cabin wall, closed his eyes slightly and rested, the thick eyebrows and straight bridge of the nose were shadowed by the lamp shadow, and the outline of the muscles appeared under the blood-stained military shirt.
Sinan in his arms had already been treated urgently. He was inhaling oxygen drowsily. The military doctor was pushing out the last drop of medicine in the needle. Seeing Tang Hao coming over, he stood up and gave a military salute.
"what?"
"Sedatives with inhibitory effect. Otherwise, there will be too much bleeding, fearing that Omega pheromones will cause soldiers to riot."
Tang Hao nodded, indicating that the military doctor could leave.
"How's the situation?" Zhou Rong opened his eyes and asked in a hoarse voice.
Tang Hao retracted the foot he was about to kick Zhou Rong, and said condescendingly, "This is something outside your authority, Major."
Zhou Rong didn't take it seriously: "Then what happened to my people?"
Tang Hao clicked his tongue, raised his trouser legs, and squatted on the ground, looking directly at Zhou Rong's bloodshot eyes.
"You said that you people from 118," he asked with interest, "why are all of them as hard as Xiaoqiang?"
Zhou Rong said indifferently: "Because the ones that are not hard enough are already dead. I have the ashes of a team member in my bag. They were sacrificed when they went into the underground laboratory of the B military region. Do I want to show them to you?"
Tang Hao was immediately moved: "You went to the underground laboratory of the B military region?!"
Zhou Rong lazily raised half of his eyebrows.
"What did you find? Why did the B military area fall? Did you find any information?!"
"This is something outside your authority," Zhou Rong said, "Lieutenant-Colonel."
Tang Hao closed his eyes and took a deep breath. After three seconds, he opened his eyes and said, "Let's make a deal, Team Zhou. You answer a question for me, I'll answer a question for you, a fair deal, do you accept it?"
Zhou Rong looked at him with great interest.
"The fortifications of the survivors' base were breached by zombies. Fortunately, our armed helicopters arrived, and most of the people were evacuated with high firepower. The warships will soon drive to the port to pick up people. It is temporarily impossible to count the surviving people, but your three Team members Yang Chuncao, Guo Weixiang and Ding Shi have all been rescued and placed on another plane."
Suddenly, a tired voice came from the side: "—Where is Chen Yajing?"
Tang Hao tilted his head to see that Ning Yu was trying to sit up despite the military doctor's obstruction.
"You mean the disabled female Omega?" Tang Hao reacted after thinking for a while and shrugged: "It's a pity. When the zombie horde invaded the gate of the base, our people just arrived and threw the sling from the helicopter. Save her, but she didn't catch her... It happened too fast, and it was too late to send someone to force her up."
As if she didn't understand, Ning Yu checked again: "She died?"
"She's dead."
There were many soldiers in the cabin, but apart from the loud noise of the propellers turning, no one moved or spoke.
Ning Yu seemed to freeze, but she couldn't see his expression under such dim visual conditions. After a while, she seemed to smile briefly: "...I guess it's the same."
Ning Yu lay back, turned over on the stretcher, and turned her back to them. Tang Hao looked at him for a moment, but felt a little familiar, as if he had seen him on the list of important search and rescue targets named by the military. But after the fierce battle, everyone's image was not much different from that of a ghost, and it was dark in the cabin, and it was impossible to see why for a moment.
Tang Hao retracted his gaze and raised his chin: "It's your turn, Team Zhou."
Zhou Rong was inexplicable: "What should I do?"
"… Answer question."
"what is the problem?"
Tang Hao took a deep breath again: "What did you see in the fallen underground military region? What did you find? Did you find any data or research results?"
Zhou Rong leaned back, and this action made half of his face hide in the shadows, only the corners of his eyes flickered with a wicked gleam: "It was already October last year that we went deep into the military region, and since the beginning of winter, the headquarters has not sent Has anyone gone to investigate?"
Tang Hao said stiffly, "No."
"No?"
"… they're all dead."
The two looked at each other for a moment, and Zhou Rong slowly raised the corners of his mouth: "Then, you can also treat me as dead. The dead will not tell you any secrets beyond your authority, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel."
Tang Hao was furious: "You!"
Zhou Rong returned with sharp and provocative eyes.
The air in the narrow space became tense, the soldiers looked at each other covertly, and Yan Hao quietly moved towards Zhou Rong.
In the focus of all eyes, Zhou Rong put one hand on his knee and put his arm around Sinan, casually looking at each other with Tang Hao.
"..." After more than ten seconds, Tang Hao finally forced himself to let go of his fists and said in a low voice, "I organized a death squad that entered City B."
"But City B has become a complete hell. The zombie tide from the south has swept away every corner, and tens of millions of zombies have filled every high-rise building, every sewer pipe and every underground bunker you can think of. The virus continues to mutate and begins Infected animals, zombie cats and dogs, and zombie birds have occupied the entire city, and all the teams that ventured into City B have gone nowhere, not to mention the grave-like underground military area, which has completely become a black hole in human cognition.”
"If you have ever entered the B military area, anything you have seen or brought out is very precious information, and you will be fully protected immediately."
"But if you just use this method to deceive people after being infected, then Captain Zhou, I promise you won't live until the plane lands." Tang Hao stared at Zhou Rong's pupils, saying slowly and sternly: "I We will not bring any infected person back to headquarters, not even suspected infection, understand?"
The plane swayed left and right, and after a long time, Zhou Rong said without any emotion: "I said we were not infected."
Tang Hao sneered and looked up and down at his wounds with mocking eyes, meaning who are you kidding.
Zhou Rong said: "Don't believe it."
"..." Tang Hao tried to inhale for the third time, but failed.
With a bang, Tang Hao suddenly got up, strode to the bridge, and without turning his head told the soldiers: "Take care of those two 118s! If there are any signs of illness, shoot them!"
"Yes!"
Zhou Rong said just right: "Ha."
The laughter stimulated Lieutenant Colonel Tang Hao's sensitive nerves even more, and he didn't want to scold him: "Pull that Omega from him! Isolate it immediately! Don't get infected and harm others!"
The soldier stepped forward in response, and was about to pull Sinan away from Zhou Rong's arms. But before he could do it, his arm suddenly tightened, and the wrist bone suddenly made a terrible creaking sound.
Before the soldier could cry out, he was speechless in pain. Looking up, he saw that the back of Zhou Rong's hand was bulging with blue veins, like a steel forged animal trap, but he was smiling in stark contrast. , that smile even had a somewhat condescending attitude.
"Not so good, Lieutenant Colonel?" He laughed so loudly, everyone in the cabin could clearly hear his slightly teasing voice: "This is my wife, so good, you let me rob me What does the wife want to do?"
Tang Hao: "..."
Tang Hao stood still, trembling slightly, his face was bluish and red as if he had opened a dye shop, and after a while, he burst into a roar: "Zhou Rong! I think you are infected with rabies!"
The helicopter crossed the sea of clouds, swept across the dark sea, and dived towards a brightly lit aircraft carrier behind the layers of fog.
Before the plane came to a standstill, the hatch was slammed open. Chuncao's army green short skirt fluttered in the strong wind, and rushed forward: "Brother Rong!!"
Zhou Rong got out of the helicopter under strict surveillance, leaned over and kissed Sinan's cold and white eyebrows, and carried him to the medical stretcher that had been waiting for him. Immediately, he turned to hug Chuncao, and Yan Hao also jumped out of the cabin door, hugging Ding Shi and Guo Weixiang who survived the disaster, with red eyes.
The deck was full of people, ambulance and security personnel hurried to and fro, and distant searchlights blazed brightly on the sea.
Suddenly, a scream came from not far away: "Ning... Dr. Ning!!"
Several researchers in white lab coats rushed over as if flying over, rushing to hold Ning Yu's hand, each of them overjoyed. Ning Yu was already very weak and could barely stand by being supported. The researchers quickly carried him on a stretcher and sent him away. The posture of the stars was like escorting a national treasure panda falling from the sky.
"The research institute has been looking for Dr. Ning for a long time, and there is no news after several searches and rescues. I think he is dead." A middle-aged scholar wearing glasses held Tang Hao's hand and said excitedly, "Did you find Dr. Ning? Really? You have made a great contribution, and we will report your credit to your superiors immediately!"
Tang Hao was helpless and impatient: "It has nothing to do with me, I don't even know who he is. Go and ask the guy over there surnamed Zhou... "
"Some special forces from the 6th Squadron of the 118th Brigade took me out of the laboratory and took me to the helicopter lift on the roof." Ning Yu's extremely weak voice came from the crowd, and it seemed that she suddenly remembered something. : "Oh, yes. The Omega and Captain Zhou of 118 that you sent away just now, both of them are my important experimental subjects... um, yes, help me with the report application, you must wait for me to arrange it in person, don't let me Anyone can handle it without authorization."
Tang Hao almost didn't come up in one breath, Zhou Rong couldn't help but smile.
"Captain Zhou," an old voice suddenly sounded.
Zhou Rong turned his head, and behind him stood an old man with gray hair and a straight posture, with two generals on his shoulders.
Zhou Rong's expression was solemn, and he turned around and stood at attention. Yan Hao, Chuncao, and others, who were in a circle asking each other about their respective battles, also stopped talking and turned around to salute, "Lieutenant General Zheng!"
No one thought that the lieutenant general would actually come to the deck in person, and even Tang Hao, who was not far away, could not help but saluted. Lieutenant General Zheng looked up and down Zhou Rong's sharp eyes, his eyes stopped for two seconds at the purple-black wound on his side neck that had not completely faded away, Zhou Rong was about to explain, but he raised his hand to stop it.
"On October 26, 2019, at 0:08 Beijing time, are you Major Zhou Rong who brought the last five special forces and a civilian volunteer to the Institute of Military Region B?"
Zhou Rong said, "Yes."
"'God has not favored mankind, we will finish our journey' - before the military region completely fell, it was you who sent the last satellite communication to the South China Sea headquarters?"
"Yes."
Lieutenant General Zheng nodded without saying a word, his eyes swept over the dusty faces of Chun Cao, Yan Hao, Ding Shi, and Guo Weixiang one by one, and after a while he said in a low voice, "You are missing a team member, Captain Zhou."
Zhou Rong patted the tactical bag on his right shoulder and replied calmly: "Lieutenant Zhang Yingjie is here, there is no shortage."
The hurricane rolled over the sea waves and roared, and General Zheng slowly raised his hand and gave Zhou Rong a military salute to each other.
"Major General Qian and Commander-in-Chief Liu of the 118 top-secret unit have all died. Eight squadrons have been destroyed one after another. You are the last survivors. Captain Zhou, the 118 unit has been withdrawn."
Zhou Rong closed his eyes suddenly, and there was a long silence behind him, only the wind whimpered.
Lieutenant General Zheng seemed to want to find something to comfort them, but he couldn't say anything. After a while, he could only nod his head: "I hope you cheer up." Then he took the initiative to reach out and shook hands with everyone, and turned around and gave a brief command: "Let me The medical team went to my office to stand by. Captain Zhou, bring your people with me, we urgently need to know everything you have been through during this time."
Zhou Rong finally looked back in the direction where Sinan was carried away on the stretcher, but the rescue went very fast. On the deck of the aircraft carrier, only people and vehicles were walking back and forth nervously, and the high beams leaked dazzling white light from the gaps in the crowd.
He narrowed his eyes, reluctant to leave for a long time, and finally followed Chuncao's uneasy urging.
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"... Dr. Ning has already reported to the top... "
"His serum... an important subject..."
The voices of walking and talking, which were deliberately suppressed, were like the dark shadows slowly floating in the deep water, penetrating into the drowsy dream.
"Why did the little white face surnamed Yan also follow him? Didn't they get asked by General Zheng for questioning?" a rather familiar male voice asked, seeming to suppress his dissatisfaction.
"The surnamed Zhou can't walk away, so I sent him over to watch..."
In the intensive care unit, Sinan frowned in pain, and finally let out a vague moan after a long while, his chin pushed back with all his might, and pushed deeply into the soft snow-white pillow.
The voices around stopped abruptly, and everyone stared at the people on the hospital bed with piercing eyes.
The snow-white gauze covered his eyes, but it couldn't stop the handsome lines on the lower half of his face.
The quilt of the hospital bed covered his waist, and his naked upper body was covered in scars. The countless bite wounds were black, purple, and cyan and red, and terrifying bloodstains oozing from the bandages. However, the broken body, from the shoulders and neck, collarbone, chest to the slightly concave abdomen, the delicate texture and smooth details of every skin, all show the beauty of life and death, fierce and awe-inspiring.
After a while, Sinan's arm bulged out, struggling to raise his left hand.
Why can't you see
Where am I
Before everyone could stop it, Sinan's next move was to grab the infusion tube on his right arm and pull it out through gritted teeth!
"stop!"
"Doctor, doctor!"
The ward shouted loudly, and Sinan pulled out the needle on the side of his neck with all his might, ignoring the spray of blood, and then tore the blindfolded gauze. Tang Hao stood up and shouted, "Stop him!"
The doctor rushed over quickly, but before he could stand still, he felt a sharp pain in his throat.
Under the watchful eyes of the public, the completely invisible Sinan pinched his neck with lightning precision!
"Let go!" Tang Hao stepped forward quickly: "That's the doctor, this is the military headquarters! You are safe!"
Sinan easily dragged the speechless doctor in front of him, his pale face adjusted the angle slightly, as if he was "seeing" everyone around him through the gauze.
This movement is obviously very subtle, but his calm face seems to see a trace of cold air, which makes everyone have a little attention, as if ice and snow are coming.
"...Calm down." Tang Hao forced himself to stop, and said calmly, "This is the South China Sea Naval Base, and we saved you. The doctor said that there is congestion in your skull that is compressing the optic nerve, so you can't use your eyes during this time. , in a few days the congestion will dissipate naturally—"
Sinan's fingers tightened slightly.
Tang Hao's voice stopped abruptly, and the doctor's face instantly changed from red to purple, and his feet were kicking desperately by the bed.
Everyone in the ward stood sternly and silently. Some people silently pulled out their guns, which were immediately stopped by Tang Hao's stern look.
"I've heard your voice," in the unbearable silence, suddenly Sinan said slowly.
Tang Hao was startled, and then replied: "...Yes, we met."
Simon said, "Who are you?"
It was clearly a question, but the tone was calm, without any ups and downs.
"I'm Lieutenant Colonel of the Search and Rescue Brigade of the South China Sea Naval Base, Tang Hao."
When Tang Hao spoke again, his voice had been adjusted, and the negotiation training he had received in the international peacekeeping force made his voice calm and restrained without giving the other party too much pressure: "We met in T City, my There was a little misunderstanding with you when someone was ordered to search for Omega and escort you to the shelter. But that's a thing of the past, and now you're safe, please let go of the doctor."
The doctor's struggle gradually weakened, his eyes turned upward, and Sinan's powerful fingers suddenly loosened.
Fresh oxygen was poured into the lungs without any delay, and the doctor coughed silently.
"Where's Zhou Rong?" Sinan asked, "watching" Tang Hao.
"… "
"Where's Yan Hao? Where are Chuncao, Ding Shi, and Guo Weixiang?"
"The Sixth Squadron has its own mission..."
Sinan interrupted him: "Zhou Rong is not here, I am not safe."
Just like in T City, Tang Hao knew that he had once again carried this extremely difficult Omega head-on.
Although he knew that the other party couldn't see, Tang Hao still stared at the blindfolded eyes, as if he could look straight into the other party's elusive brain: "Major Zhou Rong has a lot of important information that must be reported to his superiors immediately. I can't come here to see you. The Research Institute of the General Administration of Strategy has issued a special document. Your serum is of vital significance to the development of a detoxification vaccine. Please calm down and cooperate with our work. "
Sinan pondered for a moment, the corners of his almost bloodless lips slightly curved, and said, "No cooperation."
Tang Hao: "..."
"Bring Zhou Rong here." Sinan's tone carried the command meaning he was accustomed to: "Immediately."
"Lieutenant Colonel," someone in the ward whispered, "This Omega has been taken by Major Zhou..."
Tang Hao knew what he meant.
Once the mark is formed, Alpha's mind control over Omega may be very powerful, and some of Omega's over-reliance on words and deeds are sometimes not completely conscious.
Tang Hao rubbed his own mountain roots, and after a while he let out a long breath and frowned: "Major Zhou Rong is not here, I'm sorry I can't meet your request. Besides, I'll be blunt, I don't know what your mark is. Happened, but even if there was any reluctance in it, you could surgically remove the mark with the assistance of the military…”
Sinan mocked: "Shut up."
Tang Hao felt so fucked up in his heart, he could only squeeze the bridge of his nose hard.
No one could guess what this precious Omega was thinking, but everyone knew that Zhou Rong was in a very delicate situation. Zhou Rong must explain clearly how he and Sinan knew and marked. If the central government suspects that he used induction or even coercion to mark when he knew that Sinan had antibodies, it would be a very, very serious problem.
If this Omega came to the military base at the beginning of the virus outbreak, he would be the only antibody owner, and at Zhou Rong's level, he might not even have the qualifications to speak to him directly.
"Bring Zhou Rong." Sinan said flatly, "I'll give you the last five minutes."
Tang Hao's heart full of grievances had nothing to say. Before the 118th unit, it would be the blue army every time during the exercise. Now that the 118 system is gone, the hooligan surnamed Zhou can still continue to fight hatred in another way. In his last life, he killed the whole family, right? !
"Lieutenant Colonel..." The deputy battalion commander couldn't hold back his wink and wiped his neck.
Tang Hao tapped his index finger twice in the air, but he could only use this action to vent his irritability, and scolded casually: "Wipe your head! What are you doing, can't you figure it out? Go and send Zhou Rong to send that surname Yan. Come in, little white face!"